The NFL preseason reaches its final weekend with 16 games from Thursday, Aug. 27 through Saturday, Aug. 29. Week 3 is the last live evaluation before roster cuts, giving coaches one more look at position battles and players fighting for jobs.

For every preseason matchup and national TV window, see the complete 2026 NFL preseason schedule.

2026 NFL Preseason Week 3 Schedule

All times are Eastern and subject to change. Games without a national network designation are available on participating teams’ local affiliates.

Thursday, Aug. 27

Friday, Aug. 28

• Washington Commanders at Baltimore Ravens, 6 p.m. ET (NFL Network)
• Houston Texans at Carolina Panthers, 7 p.m. ET (Local TV)
• Atlanta Falcons at Miami Dolphins, 7 p.m. ET (Local TV)
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Jacksonville Jaguars, 7:30 p.m. ET (Local TV)
• New York Giants at New York Jets, 7:30 p.m. ET (Local TV)
• New Orleans Saints at Dallas Cowboys, 8 p.m. ET (Local TV)
• Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs, 8 p.m. ET (Local TV)
• Cincinnati Bengals at Philadelphia Eagles, 8 p.m. ET (CBS)
• FArizona Cardinals at Green Bay Packers, 8 p.m. ET (Local TV)
• Minnesota Vikings at Denver Broncos, 9 p.m. ET (NFL Network)

Saturday, Aug. 29

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How Can I Watch NFL Preseason Week 3?

NFL Network carries seven Week 3 games, Prime Video has Patriots-Browns on Thursday and CBS has Bengals-Eagles on Friday. The remaining matchups will be available through participating teams’ local broadcast affiliates.

NFL Network is included in the ESPN bundle on FOX.com.

How Can I Stream NFL Preseason Week 3?

NFL+ offers live national and out-of-market preseason games, subject to local blackouts and device restrictions. Fans should also check their local team listings before kickoff.

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Malik Nabers practiced in full for the 2nd-straught day, and John Harbaugh is bringing the hype to New York. Danny Parkins, Eric Mangini, and Geoff Schwartz ask if it’s time to buy Giants stock, and if Jalen Hurts and the Eagles will struggle this season. Plus, they ask if it’s possible that J.J. McCarthy isn’t on the Vikings by Week 1.

Does NFL Preseason Week 3 Count Toward the Standings?

No. Preseason results do not count toward a team’s regular-season record. Week 3 is the final chance for teams to evaluate rookies, new additions and position battles before setting their initial 53-man rosters.

How Many Preseason Games Does Each NFL Team Play?

Most teams play three preseason games. The Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals each play four in 2026 because they also participated in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 6.

Week 3 closes the preseason. The 2026 regular season begins Sept. 9, when the New England Patriots visit the Seattle Seahawks.

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“New toys!”

The Cincinnati Reds have placed designated hitter/third baseman Eugenio Suárez and center fielder TJ Friedl on outright waivers, The Athletic reported on Thursday morning.

Suárez and Friedl could theoretically remain with the Reds, as another team would have to claim them on waivers, and if either player goes unclaimed after 48 hours, they would stay on Cincinnati’s payroll. In the scenario where a team claims either player on waivers, though, it would absorb their respective contract.

Suárez is in the midst of a one-year, $15 million deal, which includes a $16 million mutual option for 2027, while Friedl is under team control through 2028. Suárez is due roughly $3 million for the rest of the season, while Friedl is due roughly $700,000 and Cincinnati is reportedly “unlikely” to offer him a contract next season.

The 35-year-old Suárez, who played for the Reds from 2015-21, returned to the team last offseason following a 2025 campaign that saw the third baseman tie his career high in home runs (49) and drive in a career-high 118 RBIs in a year split between the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks.

This year, Suárez, a two-time All-Star, has totaled 19 home runs, 57 RBIs, a 93 OPS+ and -0.4 wins above replacement over 410 plate appearances, while owning a .208/.295/.410 slash line. He has made 62 starts as Cincinnati’s designated hitter and 38 at third base.

The 31-year-old Friedl, who has spent his entire six-year MLB career with the Reds (2021-26), has logged three home runs, 11 RBIs, five stolen bases, a 33 OPS+ and -0.9 wins above replacement over 253 plate appearances this season, while posting a .158/.242/.234 slash line.

Each of the aforementioned categories are a career low over a full season for Friedl, who registered 18 home runs, 66 home runs, 27 stolen bases and a .279/.352/.467 slash line in 2023 and drove in 53 runs in 2025. He has primarily played center field for Cincinnati, boasting five defensive runs saved at the position this season.

The Reds are 63-71, good for last place in the National League Central. That said, Cincinnati pulled off a miraculous comeback on the road against the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday afternoon, scoring seven runs in the top of the ninth inning for the largest ninth-inning comeback in franchise history since 1958. Suárez hit a grand slam in that inning.

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We can’t predict the future, neither can you, and in a sport like college football, chaos, upsets and endless debates are pretty much the only guarantees. But looking ahead to the 2026 college football season, we had to throw down some predictions. 

From the 12-team College Football Playoff field and the 2026 national champion to coaches’ projections with their new teams and Heisman Trophy finalists, we’re breaking down our bold predictions. Some may come to fruition, and some may not be quite right come January, but this is how we see the season unfolding. 

So as FOX Sports’ college football experts, here are our 12 bold predictions for the 2026 season.

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Curt Cignetti and Indiana are looking to repeat as Big Ten champions. (Photo by David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Perhaps my Bloomington roots are showing, but I’m shocked at how much it feels like the defending national champs aren’t being taken seriously to repeat as Big Ten champions.

Quarterback is a real question, albeit Josh Hoover has all the experience you could want in someone taking over for a Heisman winner. The defense will be as good as any in the country again and if things click under center, I like the Hoosiers to push Ohio State and Oregon for the Big Ten title. 

One other note that hasn’t been discussed enough — Cignetti brings back nine of his 10 on-field assistants from last year’s squad. That’s not nothing. — Ben Portnoy

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Tim Polasek led North Dakota State to an FCS National Title in 2024. (Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

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In my Ultimate 138 CFB Rankings, I put North Dakota State just out of my initial top 25, and that piqued the interest of many. It might shock you that I believe the Bison will not only enter FBS and be immediately competitive but the best Group of Six team in the sport.

In the eyes of the committee, that’s what they’ll have to achieve to make the College Football Playoff this season. As the rules state, only the highest-ranked Group of Six program will be rewarded with a spot in the CFP — regardless of whether that team won its conference title.

After announcing their move to FBS earlier this year, I asked Bison coach Tim Polasek a pointed question.

“Do you think your team is capable of competing for the College Football Playoff?” I asked.

“I think I like our team,” Polasek told me. “We’re going to have some learning and growing to do about our opponents, but I really like our process, the year-round work that we do and how we practice. Those things position us to be very competitive in every game. And if you happen to knock them down one at a time, there’s no reason North Dakota State can’t be in the conversation for the College Football Playoff.” — RJ Young

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Arch Manning threw for 1,714 yards and 14 touchdowns over the last six games for Texas in 2025. (Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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After getting off to a rough start in his first year as the Longhorns starting quarterback — who wouldn’t be impacted by all that national hype and expectations? — Arch Manning will look like the five-star talent everyone has been waiting for. He gave us a taste toward the end of last season, especially against Texas A&M and Michigan, but this season he’ll find that next level. 

Texas has one of the more challenging schedules in the country, but Manning’s leadership and growth will have the Longhorns poised for a national championship run. — Laken Litman

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Jeremiah Smith could cement himself as college football’s best receiver this year with a huge season. (Photo by William Purnell/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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When discussing his chances of winning the Heisman Trophy during an interview at Big Ten Media Days last month, Smith told reporters the only way for a player at his position to accomplish that feat is if the production mimics that of former Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith, who caught 117 passes for a staggering 1,856 yards and 23 touchdowns in 2020. 

There’s an opportunity for Smith to approach that kind of output in a receiving corps lacking proven targets behind him now that Carnell Tate is playing in the NFL. Only one receiver in college football history has eclipsed 2,000 yards in a season: Trevor Insley of Nevada in 1999. It’s time for Smith to push for that milestone. — Michael Cohen

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Lane Kiffin left Ole Miss in controversial fashion for another SEC team in LSU at the end of last season. (Photo by Gus Stark/LSU/University Images via Getty Images)

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Despite all the hoopla surrounding Lane Kiffin — the latest being LSU recruiting tight end Dae’Quan Wright after he was waived by the Cleveland Browns — the Tigers will make the CFP for the first time since the 2019 season when they won the national championship. And in doing so, Kiffin will remind the college football world just how good of a coach he truly is. — Laken Litman

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Ryan Day and Ohio State helped the Big Ten win three straight national championships, along with Michigan and Indiana. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)

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Realize Miami, Notre Dame, Washington and TCU combine for three more national title game appearances since 2022 than the SEC. Realize the SEC champion hasn’t reached the national title game since 2022. Realize that Mario Cristobal is 5-1 against the SEC at Miami and won his last five in a row against the league where “it just means more.”

Finally, realize the Big Ten has seen a member win the last three national titles and is poised to pull off a feat that only the SEC has in CFP era: feature two members from its own league in the national title game if the rankings hold true. From Ohio State to Oregon to Indiana, there’s every reason to believe the Big Ten can increase its streak to four. But how devastating will it be to fans of the SEC if it goes 0-for-4 in national title game appearances in the same timeframe? I’d like to find out. — RJ Young

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Can Lincoln Riley take USC to the next level this season? (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Lincoln Riley has signaled he believes this might be his best Trojans’ team. A large part of his confidence centers on alignment between himself, athletics director and president at USC. He learned the value of that alignment while at Oklahoma, and has developed it at USC. 

He also returns a starting quarterback, in Jayden Maiava, who can lead USC past good opponents, and a pair of running backs he believes can be as productive as Joe Mixon and Samaje Perine were on his Oklahoma teams. He brought in a College Football Hall of Fame coach as his defensive coordinator in Gary Patterson. All of this has turned me into a believer in the 2026 Trojans. — RJ Young

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Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy ran for 1,567 yards and 24 touchdowns last season. (Photo by Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

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I picked Miami quarterback Darian Mensah to take home the hardware, but the receiver class could steal the headlines in this year’s Heisman campaign.

Cam Coleman is the type of freak athlete that could find his way into the mix if the Longhorns live up to their billing. Jeremiah Smith is, well, Jeremiah Smith, and I’d be shocked if he doesn’t lead the Buckeyes and the Big Ten in receiving this year. Malachi Toney, too, will likely get some consideration if Miami is as good as advertised.

What about tailbacks Kewan Lacy (Ole Miss) or Jadan Baugh (Florida)? Or, let’s get weird and see Navy quarterback Braxton Woodson in the mix.

Bring it on. — Ben Portnoy

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James Franklin enters his first season at Virginia Tech after 12 years at Penn State. (Photo by Ryan Hunt/Getty Images)

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The James Franklin era begins at Virginia Tech. The Hokies went 3-9 last year, but Franklin has brought in a strong transfer class, which includes former Penn State quarterback Ethan Grunkemeyer, who earned valuable experience when he replaced an injured Drew Allar last season. The Hokies have road games at Clemson, SMU and Miami and will win at least one of those, while Franklin’s former employer, Penn State, will struggle in its three toughest games against USC, Michigan and Washington. — Laken Litman

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Kalen DeBoer has failed to reach the CFP national championship game in two seasons at Alabama. (Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images)

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DeBoer was arguably the hottest name on the coaching carousel following two incredible seasons at Washington, which ended with a national championship game appearance in 2023. Since then, though, he’s lost four games in each of his first two years at Alabama — a far cry from the impossible standard set by predecessor Nick Saban — including four defeats to unranked opponents. That’s the same number of unranked losses that Saban suffered in 17 years with the Crimson Tide. 

And while DeBoer signed a new seven-year contract in April that will pay him an average of $12.5 million per season, his buyout of $10 million might be worth stomaching for wealthy Alabama fans if things go awry this fall. — Michael Cohen

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Mario Cristobal’s Miami team was the CFP runner-up last season after losing to Indiana in the title game. (Photo by Doug Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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This isn’t the hottest take on the planet, but I have a really hard time seeing anyone from the ACC outside of Miami challenging for a College Football Playoff spot.

Rhett Lashlee has done incredible work at SMU in a relatively short time, moving the Mustangs up from the American Conference to the Power Four, but I’m not sold quarterback Kevin Jennings is the guy to get the Ponies back into the CFP mix.

Outside of SMU, who is challenging Miami this year? Louisville? Maybe. Cal? For reasons above, perhaps, but that’s asking a lot. — Ben Portnoy

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Josh Hoover becomes the third straight transfer to take over as Indiana’s starting quarterback under Curt Cignetti.  (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images for ONIT)

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No Big Ten player will receive more scrutiny than Indiana quarterback Josh Hoover, a TCU transfer tasked with following in the footsteps of Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza. But head coach Curt Cignetti and his staff have proven they can identify quarterback talent as well as — or better — than seemingly everyone else, so casting doubts about Hoover seems rather foolish. 

If Hoover can perform anywhere near the level established by Mendoza and predecessor Kurtis Rourke, who also guided Indiana to the College Football Playoff, then this loaded Hoosiers’ roster can extend one of the sport’s best fairytales. — Michael Cohen

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A walk-off in Atlanta. Huge innings and bigger losses. A squirrel. Wednesday’s MLB action provided all that and much more.

Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball:

Braves Walk Off The Dodgers

If the Braves are to have a realistic chance of catching the Dodgers for the second first-round bye in the NL this postseason, then Atlanta needs to beat L.A. So far, so good on that note: the Braves won the first game of the series with a late run, and then walked off the Dodgers in the second.

Once again, it was Tanner Scott on the mound for the Dodgers, and once again, he would take the L. Starting pitcher Roki Sasaki lasted just 3 ⅓ innings while allowing four runs, and Scott was the fifth reliever of the evening: it’s not like manager Dave Roberts was swimming in alternatives by this point in the game, with Sasaki failing to pitch into even the middle of the game. Scott came on in a tie game, and got the first two outs no problem on a combined seven pitches. Then, disaster struck: left fielder Lane Thomas, who had entered earlier as a pinch-hitter, hit a double, then Scott intentionally walked third baseman Austin Riley. Ha-Seong Kim would enter as a pinch-hitter for pitcher Victor Mederos — Atlanta had lost the DH earlier — and would work an eight-pitch at-bat. Scott threw a 97.2 mph four-seamer low in the zone, but Kim got to it, anyway, and hit a 254-foot liner to left, scoring Thomas.

That was the ballgame: the Braves have won three in a row and are now 78-55, just two games behind the Dodgers for that second bye. The head-to-head tiebreaker for that bye is also officially Atlanta’s now, as well: the Braves are 4-1 against the Dodgers this season, so while they still need to actually get into a tie with L.A. for it to matter, all the Dodgers can do is try to play better ball the rest of the way to keep this from coming into play.

Check Out This Double Play, Though

You don’t see that very often.

Yes, Mookie Betts got credit for starting the double play in the official scoring. Hey, he helped, just not conventionally.

That’s 5 In A Row For Peters

We already said yesterday that Tristan Peters has been on one. Guess what? He’s still on one. On Wednesday against the Rangers, the White Sox left fielder went 3-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs each, and a home run in his fifth-straight game.

This two-run shot came in the bottom of the fifth, and put Chicago up 6-2 over Texas. It ended up being the game-winning hit, but it would take a few more innings to know that: the White Sox scored another four runs of insurance, and all the Rangers could muster was another pair.

The W makes the White Sox the first non-AL East team to reach 70 wins this season, which is a very strange sentence to write for multiple reasons. But it’s true! The Rangers failed to keep pace with the Guardians in the AL wild-card race, and are now two back of Cleveland and just half-a-game up on the Orioles.

Orioles Nearly Blow It Until They Don’t

Just half-a-game, because try as Baltimore might it couldn’t completely blow the game against the Cardinals. But trust that the O’s did try. Baltimore went up 7-0 before the second inning ended, with DH Pete Alonso continuing his torrid run with a two-run homer. His OPS fell to .794 on Aug. 8, and he’s now raised it nearly 100 points over his last 16 games by batting .484/.543/.952 with nine of his 32 homers.

Then the Cardinals happened. In the bottom of the fifth, St. Louis singled, walked, walked and singled to make it 7-3, then right fielder Jordan Walker doubled to drive in another. Center fielder Nathan Church would follow with his own two-bagger that drove in two more runs, and a pitching change from Kyle Bradish to Alex Hoppe didn’t stop the bleeding. Second baseman José Fermín grounded out but tied the game for the sixth run of the inning, and then Hoppe finally got the third out.

Remarkably, neither team would score again for the next few innings. But in the top of the ninth, Baltimore’s bats, quiet since Alonso’s dinger, came to life once more. First baseman Samuel Basallo singled and was replaced with pinch-runner Luis Vázquez, who went to second on a wild pitch. Then, infielder Christian Encarnacion-Strand hit a liner to center, scoring the runner and giving the game its final score of 8-7.

The Orioles are just 65-68, but also just 2.5 out of the last AL wild-card spot. The Cardinals have made life a lot more difficult this week, as St. Louis now sits six back of the Padres in the NL wild-card race, with the Diamondbacks and Marlins ahead of it as well. The Cards have one more against the O’s to try to avoid a sweep and falling any further.

Schwarber Gets No. 40 And History

The Mariners took the first two games of this series thanks in large part to a flurry of dingers from Cal Raleigh, but this time it was Phillies’ slugger Kyle Schwarber getting the long ball-related headlines. With Philadelphia already up 3-0, Schwarber crushed a nearly 99 mph offering from Bryan Woo and deposited it 425 feet away in right-center.

That was Schwarber’s 40th homer of the season, which marks both the fourth 40-homer campaign of his career as a whole and with the Phillies. And that tied the franchise record, held by 13-year Phillies’ veteran Ryan Howard. Howard had four 40-homer campaigns in a row, bashing 58, 47, 48 and 45 from 2006 through 2009; Schwarber has 46, 47, a just-missed 38, 56 and 40 in his five seasons with the Phillies.

By the way, despite being in just his fifth — and not yet finished — campaign with Philadelphia, Schwarber’s 227 dingers with the Phillies ranks seventh all-time among franchise leaders. Another six, and he’ll tie Chase Utley. Unless he absolutely blows things open in September, he might have to wait until 2027 for Chuck Klein and the top five, though, since he’s at 243.

The Phils would win, 6-0, leaving the Mariners four games back of the last AL wild-card and the Phillies two games up on the Padres for the second NL wild-card.

Luis García Jr. Vs. The Astros

Yankees’ first baseman Luis García Jr. has faced the Astros in five games this season — first with the Nationals, and now with New York. To wit, he’s hit .591/.609/1.091 with 13 hits, eight runs, nine RBIs, two doubles and three homers against Houston. The second of those dingers came on Tuesday, and No. 3 on Wednesday, against reliever Enyel De Los Santos.

Now, the game was already out of hand at this point, but García bashing another long ball against Houston and driving in even more runs is a real salt in the wound situation. Isn’t it bad enough that the Astros have now dropped under .500, to 66-67, where they… are still in first place in the AL West. Well, alright, it’s been that kind of season.

The Yankees, meanwhile, kept pace with the Rays in the AL East, as New York sits 3.5 back and 10 up on the first team out of the wild-card picture. A postseason spot seems assured for the Yankees, but which one is an open question.

Blue Jays Stop Royals Streak Cold

The Kansas City Royals came into Wednesday’s game winners of nine-straight contests, but the Blue Jays put a stop to that. It wasn’t a must-win game for Toronto, but close enough: even with the dub, the Jays are three back in the AL wild-card race and just 65-69. Unlike the loser of the Astros, Rangers and Mariners disaster, Toronto can’t rely on sneaking in via the division — the Blue Jays are 14.5 games behind the AL-leading Rays, with the second- and third-best records in the league ahead of them in the Yankees and Red Sox.

One game at a time, though, and on Wednesday, the game was a W. Right fielder Nathan Lukes had one hit all game, and it was a big one — the only scoring of the night for either team, a three-run jack.

Pretty great for a bullpen game, too, as Toronto got two innings out of Spencer Miles and then used another six arms out of the pen — the third pitcher got the W, three others got a hold and Louis Varland picked up his 30th save of the season, too.

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Brewers Are Relentless In W

This one was all Brewers nearly from the jump. Milwaukee scored four runs in the second thanks to six hits in a row, all singles.

That would be more than the Brewers needed to down the Mets, but they scored four more, anyway, with most of it coming on a Brice Turang homer in the fourth. Milwaukee’s second baseman launched this one 408 feet at nearly 105 mph, and plated a pair of runners in addition to himself.

Shout out to Milwaukee’s pitching, too — Dustin May was knocked out of the game after taking a liner off his back in the bottom of the bottom of the first, against the first batter he faced in center fielder A.J. Ewing. While he got the out, he had to exit in favor of Robert Gasser — the lefty wasn’t planning to pitch, but threw 5 ⅓ with just one run allowed, anyway. The actual bullpen took care of business the rest of the way, and Milwaukee would win, 8-1.

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Leonard Williams isn’t going anywhere.

The star defensive lineman and three-time Pro Bowler has signed a three-year, $90 million extension with the Seattle Seahawks, NFL Media reported on Thursday morning. Williams’ $30 million average annual value puts him tied with Tampa Bay Buccaneers nose tackle Vita Vea for fifth among interior defensive linemen. He was entering the final season of a three-year, $64.5 million deal.

Last season (2025), Williams totaled seven sacks, 33 solo tackles and 62 combined tackles, while earning second-team All-Pro honors. Williams was fourth among defensive linemen with 58 pressures, 11th with a 75.3 overall grade and 12th with 36 hurries, according to Pro Football Focus.

Williams was an integral part of a Seattle defense that was first in the NFL in opponent points (17.2 per game), third in opponent rushing yards (91.9 per game), sixth in opponent total yards (285.6 per game), tied for seventh in sacks (47.0) and 10th outright in opponent passing yards (193.9 per game). And, of course, the Seahawks went on to win Super Bowl LX.

In 2024, Williams recorded his second career double-digit sack season, racking up 11.0 sacks. Williams has been a Pro Bowler in each of the last two years.

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Williams is in his third full season and fourth season altogether with the Seahawks, who acquired the now-32-year-old from the New York Giants during the 2023 NFL season. The defensive lineman was selected by the New York Jets with the No. 6 pick in the 2015 NFL Draft out of USC and was traded to the Giants during the 2019 season.

Elsewhere on the contract front, the Seahawks made wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba (four-year, $168.6 million deal) and cornerback Devon Witherspoon (four-year, $132 million deal) the highest-paid players at their respective positions in NFL history this offseason. They also re-signed wide receiver/returner Rashid Shaheed (three-year, $51 million deal), linebacker Drake Thomas (two-year, $8 million deal) and cornerback Josh Jobe (three-year, $24 million deal), among other moves.

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The Los Angeles Dodgers visit the Atlanta Braves on Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 7:15 p.m. ET from Truist Park, Atlanta, GA.

The Atlanta Braves enter at 78-55 (.586), while the Los Angeles Dodgers sit at 80-53 (.602). Chris Sale (12-9, 2.20 ERA in 135 innings) takes the mound for the Braves, opposed by Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7, 2.61 ERA in 151.2 innings).

Below, we’ll give you all the details you need to know about how to watch this game.

How to Watch Dodgers vs. Braves

• When: Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 7:15 p.m. ET
• Where: Truist Park, Atlanta, GA
• TV: FS1
• Stream: Watch 3 days free on FOX One, FOX Sports

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Sale sets the tone for Atlanta. The Braves have their clearest edge when he owns the mound, and his 2026 line backs it up: 12-9 with a 2.20 ERA, 1.03 WHIP, 166 strikeouts in 135 innings and 16 quality starts.

Now comes the real test. The Dodgers rank first in OPS and second in both batting average and slugging percentage. Atlanta pitchers have held opponents to a .232 average, while Sale has been even tougher at .222.

If Sale gets through Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman cleanly and works deep into the game, Atlanta can shrink the night and play to the strength of a staff that ranks fifth in ERA.

One swing could decide this matchup, and no Atlanta hitter is better equipped to deliver it than Olson. He leads the Braves with 37 home runs and 78 RBI, while his .538 slugging percentage anchors a lineup that ranks fifth in slugging and seventh in homers.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto has been excellent, but Dodgers pitchers have still allowed 150 home runs. That gives Olson a clear opening. Atlanta does not create much pressure with its legs, so the Braves need their middle-order power to produce.

If Olson gets a mistake or forces Los Angeles to work around him, the entire Atlanta lineup becomes more difficult to navigate.

Yamamoto can answer Sale pitch for pitch. The Dodgers right-hander enters at 12-7 with a 2.61 ERA, 0.90 WHIP, 145 strikeouts in 151.2 innings and 18 quality starts. Opponents are hitting just .187 against him.

That dominance has helped Los Angeles lead the majors in quality starts while ranking near the top in WHIP and opponent batting average. But Atlanta presents a serious challenge. The Braves lead the NL East, are 44-23 at home and have enough power to punish anything left over the plate.

Yamamoto’s command against Olson, Michael Harris II and Drake Baldwin will shape the night. If he stays ahead and keeps Atlanta out of hitter’s counts, the Dodgers can put this game on their terms.

Ohtani owns the biggest swing in this matchup. He leads Los Angeles with 30 home runs and is tied for the team lead with 80 RBI, along with a .288 average, .388 on-base percentage and .546 slugging percentage.

He has also stayed dangerous lately, going 11-for-41 with a double, two triples, three home runs and four RBI over his past 10 games.

Sale is the toughest assignment on the board, which makes this the matchup to watch. If Ohtani reaches base or drives a mistake, he can crack open a game otherwise built to become a pitching duel.

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The former third-round pick won’t make it to Year 4.

The Cleveland Browns are releasing wide receiver Cedric Tillman, ESPN reported on Thursday morning. Cleveland selected Tillman with the No. 74 pick in the 2023 NFL Draft out of Tennessee.

Last season (2025), Tillman totaled 21 receptions for 270 yards (12.9 yards per reception) and two touchdowns over 13 games. Over Tillman’s three years with the Browns, the 6-foot-3 receiver averaged 23.7 receptions for 277.7 yards (11.7 yards per reception) and 1.7 touchdowns per season.

Injuries have held back Tillman, as he missed three games in the 2023 regular season due to a hip injury, the last six games of 2024 due to a concussion — with Tillman also missing the Browns’ 2023 AFC wild-card round bout against the Houston Texans due to a concussion — and four games in 2025 due to a hamstring injury. Moreover, in Tillman’s final season at Tennessee (2022), he missed six games due to a high ankle sprain.

Cleveland’s wide receiver room includes Jerry Jeudy, Isaiah Bond and top-40 draft picks KC Concepcion (pick No. 24 out of Texas A&M) and Denzel Boston (pick No. 39 out of Washington), among others.

Elsewhere concerning the Browns’ offense, head coach Todd Monken recently announced that Deshaun Watson will open the season as the team’s starting quarterback, beating out second-year signal-caller Shedeur Sanders for the job.

Cleveland wraps up its preseason at home against the New England Patriots on Thursday night and opens the 2026 regular season on the road against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sept. 13.

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LOS ANGELES — As reporters shuffled to the back of the Dodgers’ clubhouse to swarm Kyle Tucker after the beleaguered right fielder snapped an 0-for-26 hitless skid at home with a go-ahead single last Saturday, one of Tucker’s teammates chimed in one locker away. 

“First hit in three homestands!” Miguel Rojas teased loudly with a grin across his face. “Look what happens when you get a hit!”

Tucker took the razzing in stride. He knew it was an example of Rojas, one of the veteran leaders in the Dodgers’ clubhouse, trying to provide some levity and a reason to laugh amid a dreadful start to the four-time All-Star’s first season in Los Angeles. 

On the “On Base with Mookie Betts” podcast, Betts described Rojas as “the person that can really talk to [Tucker] and level with him and kind of keep him going.” Ultimately, Rojas believes the more comfortable he and his teammates can make Tucker feel, the better Tucker will play. Rojas is still figuring out the best way to do that, as he tries to get to know the taciturn outfielder. 

“For Kyle, it’s a little bit different because he’s a superstar,” Rojas told me. “He needs to be open to accept anything from his teammates, kind of be open to learning new people, but I think our job as teammates in the clubhouse is to take the time to learn him — see what he’s like, what he likes to do — to kind of free him up on the field.”

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One activity Tucker enjoys, Rojas has discovered, is playing cards. So, Rojas recently taught Tucker a Venezuelan card game, which they’ve been playing in the Dodgers’ clubhouse. Rojas has only played sparingly, but he knows if he can play even a small part in helping get Tucker going, he will have found a way to help his team. 

“We’ve had conversations to try to make him feel better and unlock his potential out there,” Rojas said. “There’s a lot of pressure because of the expectations: ‘Oh, yeah, we brought you here because we need you to win another championship,’ all that kind of creates a lot of stress. But at the end of the day, you’ve got to let the guy kind of feel good and feel comfortable around you. Sometimes, you have to wait for him to come to you.”

Tucker’s four-year, $240 million deal seemed like an excessive luxury that would turn an already loaded Dodgers roster coming off back-to-back World Series championships into an indomitable force. 

Instead, at least to this point, it has been a detriment.

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Tucker, who produced an OPS over .800 in each of his last seven seasons, entered Wednesday with a .687 mark. He’s on track to hit below league average for the first time since he was a 21-year-old rookie in 2018, when he played in only 28 games. 

Most of Tucker’s struggles have come at Dodger Stadium, and neither Tucker nor the Dodgers can figure out how or why he has produced the lowest OPS at home of any qualified hitter in the sport. He also hasn’t helped his cause as a baserunner or in the outfield, where he’s producing his worst defensive season by most metrics. 

“He’s going through a lot,” Rojas said, “because he really wants to perform.”

The lowest point of Tucker’s worst season came a couple of weeks ago.

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He was given a Saturday off at home against Milwaukee ace Jacob Misiorowski after Dodgers manager Dave Roberts sensed that his right fielder’s frustrations were starting to bleed into his production. Tucker returned to the lineup the next day, then concluded an 0-for-19 homestand by dropping a fly ball at the wall. The defensive blunder was met by boos as the Dodgers lost the game and the season series to the Brewers. 

One day later, Tucker went 0-for-5 in Colorado. During the loss, he hesitantly attempted to catch a routine fly ball near his ankles. The ball popped out of his glove. 

“That ball that drops there, that’s because of confidence and feeling the pressure of what’s been going on,” Rojas said. “It’s not because of his ability to catch a fly ball, you know?”

Tucker maintained that he felt fine — that he was “all right” and “all good” — even as the results and his body language painted a different picture. 

But when asked last weekend if this year has been hard on him mentally, he took a long pause before responding. The lull said more than the words that followed, though he did acknowledge the reality. 

“I mean, it’s been a struggle in the sense that I’d like to help our team win and perform better for the guys in the clubhouse and the fans that come to the games,” Tucker said. “In that aspect, I wish I would’ve done better this year.”

Of course, the year is not done.

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Tucker’s struggles have not sunk the Dodgers, who entered Wednesday with a 9.5-game lead in the division and the second-best record in the sport. 

And as poorly he has played to this point, Tucker’s performance in October will ultimately trump anything that has happened to this point. 

So, instead of harping on what has already transpired, Tucker is trying to focus on what remains possible. 

“We’ve still got a month and a half left and the playoffs coming up,” Tucker said. “So, it’s not over yet.” 

His teammates and coaches have helped him foster that positive mindset, trying to remain upbeat and optimistic. 

Last Friday, for example, Roberts claimed that Tucker had “turned a corner,” despite the right fielder coming off a mediocre 3-for-14 series in Colorado. 

“Mentally and emotionally, I think that he’s freed up,” Roberts explained. “We’re in a fight, and I think that he understands that there’s no other alternative but to keep going forward. We’ve just got to get through this together.” 

As the season has progressed, Roberts believes he has built enough trust with Tucker that he can start to press the first-year Dodger to be more proactive. 

“Really challenging him to push himself, to be uncomfortable, to get out of his comfort zone, all the while supporting him,” Roberts told me. “That goes to his work, his preparation, the conversations I’m pushing him to have with other people that he might not be used to doing.” 

In an effort to find a spark, Roberts encouraged Tucker to switch up his routine. One change came last Friday, when Tucker, who typically only hits in the indoor cage before games, decided to take batting practice on the field. That night, the fans at Dodger Stadium tried to provide a lift, too, giving Tucker an ovation before his first at-bat to start the homestand. 

It did not produce the intended result, as Tucker went 0-for-4 with a walk in the game. He finished that series against the Pirates just 2-for-11, though his hit Saturday proved to be the game winner. He also reached base twice on Sunday, but he has followed that up with a 1-for-9 start to the Dodgers’ road trip. His OPS (.680) is now the lowest it has been since April 22. 

It’s hardly the kind of production the Dodgers expected when they gave him a contract with the highest present-day average annual value in baseball history when accounting for deferrals. 

But if Tucker can find a way to right the ship over the next two months, his first four will be forgiven. 

“He’s going to help us win a championship,” Roberts told me, “and it’s my job to make sure that he doesn’t lose that confidence.”

Rowan Kavner is an MLB writer for FOX Sports. He previously covered the L.A. Dodgers, LA Clippers and Dallas Cowboys. An LSU grad, Rowan was born in California, grew up in Texas, then moved back to the West Coast in 2014. Follow him on X at @RowanKavner.

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Since Indiana hoisted the CFP trophy last January, we have been waiting for this moment.

After an offseason filled with coaching changes, transfer portal madness and months of anticipation, college football is finally back.

Last season was a reminder of just how unpredictable the sport can be. The Hoosiers entered the year with a .415 winning percentage since 2000, before making history in the most incredible way, finishing the regular season a perfect 12-0 for the first time in program history. Indiana didn’t stop there, eventually completing a 16-0 season with its first ever national championship.

Now, every team starts back at 0-0 with a new set of expectations. Which programs will exceed them, and which could fall short?

Let’s check out the regular-season win totals for every school in the Power Four conferences at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Aug. 27. 

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Big Ten Regular-Season Win Totals

Ohio State Buckeyes

Over 9.5: -180 (bet $10 to win $15.56 total)
Under 9.5: +150 (bet $10 to win $25 total)

Indiana Hoosiers

Over 10.5: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.50 total)
Under 10.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)

Oregon Ducks

Over 10.5: +100 (bet $10 to win $20 total)
Under 10.5: -120 (bet $10 to win $18.33 total)

Michigan Wolverines

Over 8.5: +140 (bet $10 to win $24 total)
Under 8.5: -180 (bet $10 to win $15.56 total)

USC Trojans

Over 8.5: +115 (bet $10 to win $21.50 total)
Under 8.5: -136 (bet $10 to win $17.35 total)

Washington Huskies

Over 7.5: -170 (bet $10 to win $15.88 total)
Under 7.5: +140 (bet $10 to win $24 total)

Wisconsin Badgers

Over 6.5: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)
Under 6.5: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)

Penn State Nittany Lions

Over 8.5: -166 (bet $10 to win $16.02 total)
Under 8.5: +130 (bet $10 to win $23 total)

Iowa Hawkeyes

Over 7.5: -140 (bet $10 to win $17.14 total)
Under 7.5: +120 (bet $10 to win $22 total)

Illinois Fighting Illini

Over 7.5: +134 (bet $10 to win $23.40 total)
Under 7.5: -160 (bet $10 to win $16.25 total)

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Over 6.5: +115 (bet $10 to win $21.50 total)
Under 6.5: -136 (bet $10 to win $17.35 total)

UCLA Bruins

Over 6.5: +110 (bet $10 to win $21 total)
Under 6.5: -132 (bet $10 to win $17.58 total)

Michigan State Spartans

Over 4.5: +130 (bet $10 to win $23 total)
Under 4.5: -156 (bet $10 to win $16.41 total)

Maryland Terrapins

Over 5.5: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.50 total)
Under 5.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)

Minnesota Golden Gophers

Over 6.5: +130 (bet $10 to win $23 total)
Under 6.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)

Northwestern Wildcats

Over 5.5: +110 (bet $10 to win $21 total)
Under 5.5: -130 (bet $10 to win $17.69 total)

Purdue Boilermakers

Over 3.5: +120 (bet $10 to win $22 total)
Under 3.5: -140 (bet $10 to win $17.14 total)

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

Over 4.5: -156 (bet $10 to win $16.41 total)
Under 4.5: +130 (bet $10 to win $23 total)

Big 12 Regular-Season Win Totals

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Over 10.5: -200 (bet $10 to win $15 total)
Under 10.5: +160 (bet $10 to win $26 total)

BYU Cougars

Over 8.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)
Under 8.5: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)

Colorado Buffaloes

Over 4.5: +134 (bet $10 to win $23.40 total)
Under 4.5: -160 (bet $10 to win $16.25 total)

Utah Utes

Over 8.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)
Under 8.5: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)

Arizona Wildcats

Over 7.5: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.50 total)
Under 7.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)

Arizona State Sun Devils

Over 6.5: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)
Under 6.5: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)

Baylor Bears

Over 5.5: -166 (bet $10 to win $16.02 total)
Under 5.5: +134 (bet $10 to win $23.40 total)

Cincinnati Bearcats

Over 5.5: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)
Under 5.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)

Houston Cougars

Over 8.5: +130 (bet $10 to win $23 total)
Under 8.5: -156 (bet $10 to win $16.41 total)

Iowa State Cyclones

Over 4.5: -136 (bet $10 to win $17.35 total)
Under 4.5: +115 (bet $10 to win $21.50 total)

Kansas Jayhawks

Over 5.5: -156 (bet $10 to win $16.41 total)
Under 5.5: +128 (bet $10 to win $22.80 total)

Kansas State Wildcats

Over 8.5: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)
Under 8.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)

Oklahoma State Cowboys

Over 6.5: +105 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)
Under 6.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)

TCU Horned Frogs

Over 7.5: +125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)
Under 7.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)

UCF Knights

Over 5.5: -140 (bet $10 to win $17.14 total)
Under 5.5: +120 (bet $10 to win $22 total)

West Virginia Mountaineers

Over 5.5: -160 (bet $10 to win $16.25 total)
Under 5.5: +134 (bet $10 to win $23.40 total)

SEC Regular-Season Win Totals

Georgia Bulldogs

Over 9.5: -190 (bet $10 to win $15.26 total)
Under 9.5: +160 (bet $10 to win $26 total)

Alabama Crimson Tide

Over 8.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)
Under 8.5: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.5 total)

Texas Longhorns

Over 9.5: +120 (bet $10 to win $22 total)
Under 9.5: -142 (bet $10 to win $17.04 total)

LSU Tigers

Over 8.5: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)
Under 8.5: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)

Ole Miss Rebels

Over 7.5: -166 (bet $10 to win $16.02 total)
Under 7.5: +130 (bet $10 to win $23 total)

Arkansas Razorbacks

Over 3.5: -160 (bet $10 to win $16.25 total)
Under 3.5: +134 (bet $10 to win $23.40 total)

Auburn Tigers

Over 6.5: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)
Under 6.5: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)

Florida Gators

Over 7.5: +130 (bet $10 to win $23 total)
Under 7.5: -156 (bet $10 to win $16.41 total)

Kentucky Wildcats

Over 4.5: -148 (bet $10 to win $16.76 total)
Under 4.5: +124 (bet $10 to win $22.40 total)

Mississippi State Bulldogs

Over 4.5: -120 (bet $10 to win $18.33 total)
Under 4.5: +100 (bet $10 to win $20 total)

Missouri Tigers

Over 6.5: -120 (bet $10 to win $18.33 total)
Under 6.5: +100 (bet $10 to win $20 total)

Oklahoma Sooners

Over 8.5: +140 (bet $10 to win $24 total)
Under 8.5: -166 (bet $10 to win $16.02 total)

South Carolina Gamecocks

Over 6.5: +110 (bet $10 to win $21 total)
Under 6.5: -130 (bet $10 to win $17.69 total)

Tennessee Volunteers

Over 7.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)
Under 7.5: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.50 total)

Texas A&M Aggies

Over 8.5: +100 (bet $10 to win $20 total)
Under 8.5: -120 (bet $10 to win $18.33 total)

Vanderbilt Commodores

Over 5.5: -130 (bet $10 to win $17.69 total)
Under 5.5: +110 (bet $10 to win $21 total)

ACC Regular-Season Win Totals

Miami Hurricanes

Over 10.5: -110 (bet $10 to win $19.09 total)
Under 10.5: -110 (bet $10 to win $19.09 total)

Boston College Eagles

Over 3.5: +105 (bet $10 to win $20.50 total)
Under 3.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)

California Golden Bears

Over 6.5: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)
Under 6.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)

Clemson Tigers

Over 7.5: -140 (bet $10 to win $17.14 total)
Under 7.5: +120 (bet $10 to win $22 total)

Duke Blue Devils

Over 5.5: -146 (bet $10 to win $16.85 total)
Under 5.5: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)

Florida State Seminoles

Over 5.5: -175 (bet $10 to win $15.71 total)
Under 5.5: +144 (bet $10 to win $24.40 total)

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Over 6.5: +110 (bet $10 to win $21 total)
Under 6.5: -130 (bet $10 to win $17.69 total)

Louisville Cardinals

Over 8.5: +124 (bet $10 to win $22.40 total)
Under 8.5: -158 (bet $10 to win $16.33 total)

NC State Wolfpack

Over 7.5: +120 (bet $10 to win $22 total)
Under 7.5: -140 (bet $10 to win $17.14 total)

North Carolina Tar Heels

Over 4.5: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)
Under 4.5: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)

Pittsburgh Panthers

Over 7.5: -146 (bet $10 to win $16.85 total)
Under 7.5: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)

SMU Mustangs

Over 8.5: -136 (bet $10 to win $17.35 total)
Under 8.5: +115 (bet $10 to win $21.50 total)

Stanford Cardinal

Over 3.5: -125 (bet $10 to win $18 total)
Under 3.5: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)

Syracuse Orange

Over 4.5: -105 (bet $10 to win $19.52 total)
Under 4.5: -115 (bet $10 to win $18.70 total)

Virginia Cavaliers

Over 7.5: -150 (bet $10 to win $16.67 total)
Under 7.5: +125 (bet $10 to win $22.50 total)

Virginia Tech Hokies

Over 6.5: -170 (bet $10 to win $15.88 total)
Under 6.5: +140 (bet $10 to win $24 total)

Wake Forest Demon Deacons

Over 5.5: -160 (bet $10 to win $16.25 total)
Under 5.5: +134 (bet $10 to win $23.40 total)

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The Los Angeles Rams are reuniting with a former wide receiver of theirs. 

Tutu Atwell is going back to the Rams as the Miami Dolphins have agreed to trade him for running back Jarquez Hunter, ESPN reported Thursday. Atwell returns to Los Angeles five months after leaving the franchise in free agency.

Originally selected by the Rams in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft out of Louisville, Atwell appeared in 64 games and hauled in five receiving touchdowns and ran in another over four seasons, operating as both a downfield threat and return specialist. Atwell was on the Rams Super Bowl LVI roster, but did not play the second half of the season due to a shoulder injury.

Atwell signed a one-year contract with his hometown Dolphins in March, but now rejoins head coach Sean McVay’s offense ahead of the regular season. He joins a crowded receiver room including the likes of Davante Adams and Puka Nakua as options through the air for reigning NFL MVP Matthew Stafford.

Hunter, a fourth-round draft choice by Los Angeles in 2025 out of Auburn, joins a Miami backfield seeking additional depth. During his rookie season in 2025, Hunter primarily contributed on special teams, appearing in five games.

The Rams open the season against the San Francisco 49ers in Australia on Sept. 10. The Dolphins will go against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sept. 13.

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