Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson is not one to take it easy on his team.Johnson has long been known as a football guru who lives and breathes the game and is dedicated to his team, which is why it is not surprising that he decided to have a heavier install volume this training camp as opposed to last year.This has made training camp a bit challenging for quarterback Caleb Williams and the offense so far.But, now that the install period is slowing down, things should be better for Chicagos offense in camp."He came out of the gate hot.Those first four practices were really, really good," Johnson said."As the volume has continued to go up, and its my fault because Ive put in more this year on offense than a year ago by design, I want it to feel like a lot right now. Now that things will slow down from an install point, were going to see him continue to go on the upswing."Williams and the offense were performing well in the first week of training camp, but they took a step back in the second week with numerous miscues including false starts, delay of game penalties and problems with the center-quarterback exchange.It is unclear how much the starters will play this preseason, if at all.Johnson already announced that a good number of starters won't play in the preseason opener against the Cleveland Browns on Saturday, including Williams."Do I need to see Caleb Williams in the preseason? No, I do not. I see him every single day in practice," Johnson said, noting that Williams will be ready for Week 1 based on what he's seen during practice this summer.Follow Bears Wire onTwitter,FacebookandInstagramThis article originally appeared on Bears Wire: How Ben Johnson is challenging Bears QB Caleb Williams this summer

The already-slim chances of the Bears resurrecting a stadium deal in Illinois are essentially dead as the NFL team said its developing plans in neighboring Indiana are its sole focus.The Bears had already been gravitating heavily toward building a $5 billion domed stadium and mixed-use development in Hammond, Indiana, and the teams board of directors voted in June to advance the plans there. As Indiana Gov. Mike Braun subsequently said the states deal with the Bears was in the red zone, franchise leaders confirmed Thursday that only minimal conversations with Illinois officials have happened since the Prairie State failed to advance stadium legislation more than two months ago.I dont know why it hit a dead end in Springfield but weve been very clear the last couple of years the things that weve always needed is property tax certainty, we need infrastructure certainty, thats what we need. So that has not changed, said Bears president and CEO Kevin Warren.The Bears are now evaluating two different stadium site options in Hammond, though there is a possibility that both locations will be used in some way.Our sole focus at this point in time is working on a world-class stadium and mixed-use development in Hammond, Indiana, Warren said.Despite that assertion, Illinois leaders still believe there is still some element of hope that the Bears will stay in the stateparticularly as there is still no definitive, signed agreement in Indiana. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, however, continued to put the onus on the team.Part of the Bears job here is, of course, to talk to legislators. There were legislators who voted in favor of one or the other of the [stadium] bills, Pritzker said. We passed a bill in the House. We passed a bill in the Senate. Those bills were not combined. There was no compromise reached between the two bills, but the Bears themselves have to figure out which ones of the parts of those bills they want in a final bill, and of course, to gather support from the legislature.That does not appear to be happening. Regarding Illinois, Bears chairman George McCaskey said, Hope is not a strategy.Naming MattersThe team, meanwhile, said it will remain known as the Chicago Bears, even if the Hammond development happens. That locale is about 20 miles from downtown Chicago, and is closer to Soldier Field than the Arlington Heights, Illinois, parcel that had been under consideration.When Ive driven that route [to Hammond], other than a sign telling me so, I wouldnt know that Ive just crossed the state border, McCaskey said. Once people see the building, once they get in there, once they understand our top priority from day one was a world-class stadium experience, we think well make that adjustment. We think Bears fans are up for that.Indiana legislators passed a bill in February to cover about 60% of the stadiums development costs.The post Bears Call Indiana Stadium Plans Their Sole Focus appeared first on Front Office Sports.

Former LSU star and current Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels made headlines on Thursday when it was reported that an attorney representing him sent a letter to the university informing it that they aren't allowed to use his name, image and likeness anymore. The reason? It's over the fact that Daniels was disappointed that LSU cornerback DJ Pickett would wear his old No. 5 jersey number.That left fans with so many questions, and along with Daniels speaking out on social media, there was Pickett who spoke to reporters as well."I've worn the number my whole life, since I was four years old," he said. "It's the number I was promised. I wish Jayden the best. Good player, and he did real good here. So, that's all."Cornerback DJ Pickett weighs in on the controversy surrounding him wearing Jayden Daniels number at @LSUfootball(via @chessabouche) pic.twitter.com/tUOLrjXn1N FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) August 13, 2026Was DJ Pickett promised Jayden Daniels' jersey number?That's his claim, and head coach Lane Kiffin mentioned that the number was "promised to him in recruiting here." Daniels' statement from his spokesperson said that "Jayden made it clear that he did not want his number given to another player, and he believed his wishes would be respected."This article originally appeared on For The Win: LSU cornerback breaks silence on Jayden Daniels jersey number: 'It's the number I was promised'

Enzo Maresca said he gave Rodri a big hug on the Spain midfielders return to Manchester City on Friday but offered no guarantees he will stay.City have already turned down offers from Barcelona for their Ballon dOr winner, who is in the final year of his contract, but the Spanish champions are expected to return with an increased bid, which in turn could drive Citys interest in Chelseas Enzo Fernandez.Rodri was the last City player to report for pre-season training, only arriving back on Friday, having had back surgery after helping Spain to World Cup glory this summer.Asked if he expects Rodri to remain a City player, Maresca said: First of all, the transfer window is open. We can buy players, we can sell players, anything can happen.I just saw Rodri now in the building, I gave him a big hug. He looks good, so well see what happens. Now we will have time to see each other a little bit more.Should a player who has been a lynchpin for City since joining from Atletico Madrid in 2019 depart, City are expected to turn to Fernandez, despite Chelsea demanding 120 million ($162.4 million) for the Argentina international and imposing a deadline of 5pm (1600 GMT) on Friday for any bids to be tabled.Maresca said he would not speak about players under contract at other clubs, but admitted City still have work to do in the final weeks of the window.For sure there are things we need to do, he said. Now, how many, I dont know. It can be one, can be two, it depends also if players are going to leave.When asked if City needed to do any business on Friday given the deadline set by Chelsea, Maresca said: Not today to be honest, I dont think were going to do something today.City have already splashed 116 million on Englands Elliot Anderson following Bernardo Silvas exit, but fellow midfielder Tijjani Reijnders is on the verge of joining Al Qadsiah in a 51 million deal as a major shake-up continues in the middle of the park.Reijnders only arrived from AC Milan for 46.5 million last summer, but fell down the pecking order in the second half of the season and started only half of Citys Premier League matches.Maresca said that it was normal that a player would want to play more and this had driven his determination to seek a move.Its a bit difficult to convince players when they are already convinced, he said. You need to change their thoughts, that is not always easy.Tijjanis situation is like James Traffords situation, some more players, but I think when the club, the player, the manager, they all think the same way, that probably the best decision for a player is to go, you have to go.City are preparing for Sundays Community Shield against Arsenal in Cardiff.Erling Haaland sat out the final part of an open training session on Thursday but Maresca said there were no significant concerns over their star striker.He had just a small thing behind the heels but he was okay, Maresca said.

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The 2026 INDYCAR season heads to Canada for the inaugural Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham. The race airs Sunday, Aug. 16 on FOX and FOX One, with practice and qualifying coverage beginning Friday on FOX Sports networks. Alex Palou enters the new street-course event after winning the OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland on Aug. 9. Here is how to watch the 2026 INDYCAR race at Markham, including the start time, TV channel, streaming information and complete weekend schedule. How to Watch the 2026 INDYCAR Race at Markham FOX coverage begins at noon ET, with the race scheduled to start at 12:22 p.m. ET. Broadcast times are subject to change. 2026 INDYCAR Markham Weekend Schedule All times Eastern. Friday, Aug. 14 Saturday, Aug. 15 Sunday, Aug. 16 Where Is the 2026 INDYCAR Race at Markham? The race takes place on the new Streets of Markham circuit in downtown Markham, Ontario. Markham is located north of Toronto and becomes the new home of INDYCAR's annual Ontario event in 2026. The temporary street circuit is 2.19 miles long and features 12 turns, a double-sided pit lane, fast straightaways and technical sections. The inaugural race is scheduled for 90 laps and 197.1 miles. Is This the First INDYCAR Race at Markham? Yes. The 2026 Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham is the first INDYCAR race held on the Streets of Markham. The event continues the series' long-running Ontario tradition after 39 races at Exhibition Place in Toronto. Pato O'Ward won the final race on the Toronto street circuit in 2025. Because the Markham layout is new, there is no defending winner at this track. Who Won the Most Recent INDYCAR Race? Palou won the OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland on Aug. 9. Watch the full highlights from the most recent NTT INDYCAR SERIES race below. How Can I Stream INDYCAR at Markham? Fans can stream the race, practices, qualifying and warmup live and watch three days free on FOX One. Follow the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy at Markham on FOX Sports for race information and results.The 2026 INDYCAR season resumes at Portland International Raceway for the OnlyBulls Grand Prix of Portland. The road-course race airs Sunday, Aug. 9 on FOX and FOX One, with practice and qualifying coverage beginning Friday on FS1 and FOX One.

There are things we can learn from grinding every single little detail in preseason action. Ive done this for years, and on the whole, its very helpful to nitpick these things. Ill do my best to cut through the noise, and also provide more context than just looking at the snap rates with the first team. Alignment, assignments and performance all matter as we project forward. Join us on YouTube as we debate these things each week.Here are my observations from the 12 teams that played on Thursday. Ill also continue to add takeaways from the remaining Week 1 preseason slate. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2026 NFL seasonCardinals: Jeremiyah Love shines in debutLove looked awesome. Spin move. Hurdle. Balance. More importantly, the rookie started over Tyler Allgeier and out-snapped him, 16:6, when both of them were mixing in throughout the first two drives. Love was also on the field for a 3rd-and-3 play-action rep from inside the 10-yard line. This coaching staff isnt playing games. Love is going to play a ton right away. Round 2 is back on the table for me.Playing all of those snaps comes with risk. Love has a minor ankle injury, and more importantly, second-round G Chase Bisontis (knee) went down. New coach Mike LaFleur said it does not look good. Thats a key injury in both the run and pass game.Jacoby Brissett got the ball to his receivers, with Trey McBride only playing one snap. Michael Wilson had an underneath grab and an excellent out route against press man coverage, and then Marvin Harrison Jr. drew a slot fade DPI and scored a crossing route against man coverage on a great ball from Brissett. Harrison spent most of his time at X receiver and ran down field often, but a slot target is nice to see as a change up. In general, this skill group is so much better than their current No. 32 projected scoring offense.Marvin Harrison drew a DPI (from the slot!!) before he scored his TD.RB notes: Jeremiyah Love started over Tyler Allgeier. Love played 16-of-22 snaps when Allgeier was mixing in, and Love was on the field for the 3rd-and-3 play action play inside the 10-yard line. Big time. pic.twitter.com/86CBktPa15 Hayden Winks (@HaydenWinks) August 14, 2026Raiders: Rookie RB steals the showKirk Cousins started ahead of Fernando Mendoza, but both played and had success, even without Brock Bowers playing beyond the first snap. The Klint Kubiak effect was felt right away. Their first drive included plays in 11, 12, 21 and 22 personnel with plenty of under center, motion, and play-action reps. Cousins moved around well. Mendoza nailed a signature 3rd-and-8 out route, like he did at Indiana all year long. Unlike college, Mendoza played under center and seemed to handle it well. His best play was a dot between four zone defenders over the middle.At receiver, Tre Tucker played in the opening 1-WR set snap before Jalen Nailor and Jack Bech (slot) entered on 3-WR sets. Bech made a nice grab on an out route, encouraging all film sickos to celebrate on Twitter. Tucker was involved underneath. Backup TE Michael Mayer finished off the drive with a score.Ashton Jeanty finished hard on his between-tackles carries, but it was fourth-round athletic specimen Mike Washington Jr. who stole the show by ripping off a huge run where a safety ate some turf with a big collision. Theres no debate that hes Jeantys sidekick and insurance.Adrian Peterson measurables at the Combine. I've been drafting him in Round 16-18 all summer. https://t.co/JFJlF1TslP Hayden Winks (@HaydenWinks) August 14, 2026This isnt fantasy related, but it was great to see fourth-round CB Jermod McCoy on the field after a knee injury caused a 90ish pick drop in his draft status. He allowed a touchdown on a jump fade in man coverage. It was just good that hes cleared and participating.Subscribe to Fantasy Ultra to unlock our Strategy Lab, 150+ page Draft Playbook and more!Packers: Offensive pace encouragingJust like it was at the Family Night scrimmage last week, Matthew Golden (X) and Christian Watson (Z) were the starters in 2-WR sets, while Jayden Reed mixed in as the slot in 3-WR sets. Unlike last year, the Packers didnt rotate their receivers much. Savion Williams only played one snap at the expense of Watson with the first-team. Thats encouraging for Goldens and Reeds sleeper odds.Just as important as that was the continued intention of playing with more pace on offense. Their second snap of the game was extremely quick after breaking the huddle, and they did the same after picking up a first down later in their drive with the starters. Its important because the Packers have been the slowest offense since 2022 in neutral situations. More pace = more plays = more fantasy points.Thats another reason to tack on MarShawn Lloyd in the final round of drafts. Hes balled out in camp while staying healthy, then played all the snaps with the first-team offense tonight as Josh Jacobs remains out with a soft-tissue injury. Lloyd caught a swing pass, had a spin move between the tackles and was given a pitch right away.For the true sickos, rookie K Trey Smack nailed a 58-yarder and the rest of his field goal attempts as a waiver wire option heading into Week 1.49ers: DeZhaun Striblings value on the riseStribling caught the first pass of the game (quick out) and didnt slow down. He was missed on a slant route, handled a jet sweep, made a leaping grab at the sticks, won a whip route and came down with a sideline grab as LT Trent Williams was gushing over him. His alignment within the starting lineup isnt set, as he moved from the slot to the boundary in his debut, but theres no doubt that he should be ahead of Deebo Samuel Sr. early, if not right in Week 1. Its possible he is THE sleeper of 2026. Im chasing him up the board.Trent Williams on De'Zhaun Stribling:"I love Strib. What a heck of a pick. Idk how he missed the first round. A guy that big, that can run that hard, as tough as he is, as willing as he is as a blocker, as smart as he is. I don't understand how we'd miss out on that."He makes pic.twitter.com/yQpVTAoN1s Hayden Winks (@HaydenWinks) August 14, 2026QB3 Kurtis Rourke is big (6-foot-4/220 pounds) and made a few nice plays in both phases, enough for me to want to track him long term.Titans: Cam Ward struggles in sloppy performanceWard looked awful. He had a retreating intentional grounding that was nearly a fumble (something that popped up on his rookie film way too often). He had a dropped interception over the middle into traffic. He also missed three to five underneath throws with poor accuracy and loose mechanics. That did not look like a former first overall pick. Sloppy.Cam..... pic.twitter.com/qw2jbvuhTz Hayden Winks (@HaydenWinks) August 14, 2026The first play of the game was in 11-personnel, with Calvin Ridley at X, fourth-overall pick Carnell Tate at Z and WanDale Robinson in the slot. A few plays later, it was Ridley and Tate in a 2-WR set, as expected. Ridley was moving well to me in limited action. After Ridley left, the offense rotated their receivers all around. Im not sure what to buy into, but it wasnt textbook usage for Tate or Robinson, as both Elic Ayomanor and Chimere Dike played with the first-team offense here. I doubt it would hold into the regular season, but you never know.Tony Pollard and Tyjae Spears rotated in stints of about five plays, instead of by situation. Spears had a great run at one point, spinning out of an A-gap run. Pollard scored nearly untouched.Bengals: Tinkering with offenseThe starters played, and their first four plays were under center. Run to Chase Brown, play-action dig first-down to JaMarr Chase, run to Brown and a sack. This matches training camp reports of the offense tinkering with more balance and away from strict shotgun. I dont think we need to nitpick that transition for fantasy purposes, other than it could mean even more Brown and arguably a little less Tee Higgins. The last things to note were Samaje Perine spelled Brown on 3rd-and-15, and Andrei Iosivas remains the WR3. This was the same as last year and was expected.Steelers: Rookie Germie Bernard impressesThe starters didnt play, but Germie Bernard and Roman Wilson were out there to extend their competition for the No. 3 receiver role in the slot. Bernard had an on-brand game as a physical underneath and intermediate option. He broke three tackles, caught the ball cleanly, created quick separation on a slant and nearly scored a touchdown on a broken play. Bernard is the more promising starting option. You can do worse in the deepest of fantasy leagues. More on him from my YouTube channel here.Rookie returner Kaden Wetjen put on the afterburners on a reception for a 75-yard gain. He was flying.2025 third-rounder Kaleb Johnson might be fifth in line as a cut candidate.Fantasy football position previewsQuarterbacksRunning BacksWide ReceiversTight EndsChargers: WR usage still coming into focusThe starters were held out, including training camp stand outs RB Keaton Mitchell and TE Charlie Kolar. Thats great news for their sleeper appeal. Meanwhile, Kimani Vidal and Oronde Gadsden II played with the Trey Lance offense.The Mike McDaniel offense featured a ton of FB Scott Matlock, to the point that they only used 3-WR sets on 10-of-15 plays to start the game. We dont have answers to how often Tre Harris and other WRs will mix in at the expense of Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston, but McDaniels offenses tend to rotate. That particularly could be true with the state of this deep depth chart that lacks true star power. Hopefully we get some answers here later this month.Patriots: Strong outing for Pop DouglasThe starters rested, but they trotted out trade-candidate WR Kayshon Boutte. Training camp reports suggest itll mostly be slot Pop Douglas in 3-WR sets with Mack Hollins, Kyle Williams, and Efton Chism rounding out that group. Williams had a nice outing, drawing a DPI on a hook versus man coverage before catching a go-ball TD versus man coverage after shaking the defender at the line of scrimmage. This is a reason why Boutte will very likely be traded before Week 1.K Andy Borregales only went 2-of-5 on field goal attempts. Mike Vrabel was not happy after the game.Rookie TE Eli Raridon had a nice yards-after-the-catch moment. He has received positive notes all camp long as a clear starter in 2-TE sets. Id buy him in dynasty as quickly as possible. He was a great prospect to me.Colts: Anthony Richardson posts solid filmRichardson played quite well with the backups, after speculation he may be released by the time the season kicks off. His interception really was a dropped pass. He ran the ball to the half-inch line later on. Its interesting to see him play ahead of presumed long-term QB2 Riley Leonard.Lions: Isaac TeSlaa being pushedThey rested their starters, but perceived WR3 Isaac TeSlaa was forced into snaps. He had a drop that turned into an interception, which continues a trend of having a disappointing second offseason. Hes being pushed by Greg Dortch and others in camp per their local beat reporters. Hes no longer an interesting dart throw with his snaps up for grabs.Texans: See you next weekThey rested their starters. I learned nothing.