The 2025 NFL season is right around the corner, and with that, it means it's almost time for EA Sports' Madden 26 game, which will be released on August 14.

This week was the "Football is Back" bat signal for NFL fans. The first preseason game (Hall of Fame) is in the books. At the same time, EA Sports dropped the top ten player ratings separated by divisions for the new and improved Madden 26.

In an emotional interview ahead of Thursday night’s NFL preseason opener between the Los Angeles Chargers and the Detroit Lions, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell addressed the shooting earlier this week that targeted NFL headquarters,

Goodell stayed in New York to attend the funeral of Didarul Islam, the NYPD officer who was one of four people killed earlier this week.

There was a moment of silence before the game as Commissioner Roger Goodell paid tribute to the lives lost during a shooting in the NYC building that houses the NFL headquarters earlier this week.

Lions vs Chargers live from ESPN4 on Watch ESPN. Live stream on Friday, August 1, 2025.

However, the Detroit Lions likely wish they could have hit the restart button against the Los Angeles Chargers after an incredibly sloppy opening half that included three turnovers in the first quarter.

Louis Rees-Zammit is heading back to the rugby pitch. Rees-Zammit announced on social media on Thursday night that he was leaving the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars and intends to return the sport in which he starred for Wales and toured with the British & Irish Lions.

Rees-Zammit had spells with the Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars, but never played a snap in a regular season game. "I've decided to leave the NFL and return to rugby,"