Football (NFL)

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots were so bad last year they fired six-time Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick.

Cincinnati (0-1) at Kansas City (1-0) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds : Chiefs by 6. Series record: Bengals lead 18-16. Against the spread: Bengals 0-1, Chiefs 1-0 Last meeting: Chiefs beat the Bengals 25-17 on Dec.

DETROIT (AP) — Joe Schmidt, the Hall of Fame linebacker who helped the Detroit Lions win NFL championships in 1953 and 1957 and later coached the team, has died. He was 92. The Lions said family informed the team Schmidt died Wednesday.

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos expect to see Russell Wilson on the sideline in full pads and eye black this weekend, just as he was in the Pittsburgh Steelers' opener at Atlanta despite being inactive with a strained calf.

New York Jets (0-1) at Tennessee (0-1) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds : Jets by 3 1/2. Against the spread: Jets 0-1, Titans 0-1. Series record: Titans lead 25-20-1. Last meeting: Jets 27-24 OT on Oct, 3, 2021, in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Los Angeles Chargers (1-0) at Carolina Panthers (0-1) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL odds : Chargers by 6 1/2 Series record: Panthers lead Chargers 6-1. Against the spread: Chargers 1-0, Panthers 0-1.

DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions are the fourth team in NFL history to open a year with two straight playoff rematches. And they'll be hoping to end the season just as the other three teams did — by winning a league championship.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs are accustomed to playing each other late in the season, when the stakes are at their highest — like an AFC championship, for instance, and along with it a spot in the Super Bowl.

Cleveland (0-1) at Jacksonville (0-1) Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, CBS BetMGM NFL Odds : Jaguars by 3. Against the spread: Cleveland 0-1; Jacksonville 1-0. Series record: Jaguars lead 12-7. Last meeting: Browns beat Jaguars 31-27 on Dec.