Football (NFL)

CINCINNATI (AP) — A gray, wet sky blanketed Paycor Stadium on Sunday. It looked a lot like the state of the season for the Cincinnati Bengals at the moment. Jake Browning and Co. have a lot of work to do.

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Antonio Pierce knows the NFL is a results-based business, and he has five games remaining to prove his case that the Raiders should remove the interim tag and name him the head coach. “I’m racing time now,” Pierce said Monday.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow had surgery Monday to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist. “The procedure went as planned and he is expected to make a complete recovery,” the Bengals said in a statement.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — During each of Alvin Kamara's first four NFL seasons, the New Orleans Saints were a playoff team and even the NFC's top playoff seed during the dynamic running back's second year on the club.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns are again in quarterback limbo. The only difference this time is they have a more suitable — if not sustainable — backup plan. Paging Joe Flacco.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Frank Reich era in Carolina is over after only 11 games. The Carolina Panthers fired their coach on Monday following the team’s NFL-worst 1-10 start in his first year at the helm.

Justin Herbert showed during his first three years that he could deliver a clutch drive to either tie or win the game for the Los Angeles Chargers.

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — There’s no nickname yet for Buffalo’s latest last-minute collapse. For a growing number of Bills fans, it’s one too many to occur under Sean McDermott.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Zay Flowers showed a national TV audience how he can impact a game — and added a couple clever touchdown celebrations to boot.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The fact the Arizona Cardinals lost another football game on Sunday isn't particularly surprising. The unexpected part was just how bad they looked.