NFL news, live updates: Drake Maye dealing with shoulder injury, illness ahead of Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl 2026 matchup

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake hit the San Francisco Bay Area at 7:01 a.m. on Monday. The quake was centered in San Ramon, California, which is in the East Bay and roughly 40 miles northeast of Santa Clara and Levi’s Stadium, where Super Bowl LX will be played on Sunday.

On the ground as the New England Patriots arrive in the Bay Area for Super Bowl LX. The Patriots will be attempting to win the franchise’s seventh Lombardi trophy, which will break the current tie with Pittsburgh for the most in the NFL.

This matchup is also a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX, which New England won, 28-24.

The Seattle Seahawks have taken head coach Mike MacDonald’s words and turned them into a t-shirt that players were wearing on their way to Santa Clara, California, for Super Bowl LX.

During the victory celebration on the field after winning the NFC championship, MacDonald’s response to being an afterthought was “we did not care,” and now the team is running with it.

Coming into the 2025 campaign and for much of it, most had overlooked the Seahawks in favor of the Rams and 49ers in the NFC West. Seattle proved everyone wrong and defeated both the Rams and the Niners in the postseason to advance to the Super Bowl. The Seahawks are on a nine-game winning streak entering the Super Bowl and have beaten the Rams and 49ers twice each during this run.

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is listed as questionable in the team’s initial injury report for the Super Bowl on February 8. Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel said Maye would’ve practiced today if he weren’t sick.

The missed practice comes one day after Maye was limited on Thursday because of a right shoulder injury.

“We’ve had a lot of guys over the last month, six weeks here, with illness,” Vrabel told reporters. “So, again, just trying to do what’s best for the player and the team. I’m trying to take care of guys — don’t spread anything.”

A day after Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah defended the decision to move on from quarterback Sam Darnold but admitted its results “maybe didn’t play out the way we wanted,” Adofo-Mensa was fired. The team confirmed the change Friday.

In his four seasons as GM, the Vikings made the playoffs twice, including last season when Sam Darnold led them to 14 wins. Believing in J.J. McCarthy, who was back after tearing his meniscus as a rookie, Minnesota let Darnold walk in free agency.

Darnold signed with the Seattle Seahawks and has them in the Super Bowl.

Longtime Vikings executive Rob Brzezinski will lead the team’s football operations through the 2026 NFL Draft.

For more on the firing, go here

All eyes are on Patriots quarterback Drake Maye — specifically his throwing shoulder.

He’s been listed as “limited” on New England’s past two injury reports. On Friday, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss, the second-year signal-caller wasn’t present for the portion of practice open to the media.

That snippet of practice is just stretching and field-goal work, per Reiss.

The Atlanta Falcons added to their revamped front office, hiring Ian Cunningham as their new general manager on Thursday, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports.

Cunningham, 40, previously interviewed for the Falcons’ president of football position. With his experience in college scouting and player personnel, his responsibilities alongside Matt Ryan, who was hired in that president role, and new head coach Kevin Stefanski, seem apparent.

For the past three years, Cunningham has been the Chicago Bears’ assistant general manager under Ryan Poles. His front office NFL career began in 2008 with the Baltimore Ravens, working as a personnel assistant before advancing to area scout during his eight years.

Read more about the Falcons’ latest addition to the front office.

The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks unveiled their Super Bowl LX uniforms on Thursday:

To read more about them, go here

New England Patriots defensive coordinator Terrell Williams was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this season.

Mike Vrabel told reporters on Thursday that Williams’ treatment is going well, and that Williams will travel with the team to the Super Bowl, according to The Boston Herald’s Doug Kyed.

Linebackers coach Zak Kuhr has called defensive plays in Williams’ absence.

The Las Vegas Raiders are inching closer to making a decision on their next head coach. The team will reportedly interview Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak over the weekend, with one candidate believing Kubiak is the favorite to land the job, per ESPN.

Kubiak, 38, has interviewed with at least two NFL teams this offseason.

Kubiak is considered a strong head-coaching candidate after leading the Seahawks to a third-place finish in points scored in 2025. He’s also served as an offensive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints before joining the Seahawks in 2025.

If Kubiak is hired by the Raiders, he would likely get the chance to work with Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, the presumptive No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.

Until that happens, Kubiak will focus on preparing the Seahawks to take on the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIX.

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is still battling a foot issue following the team’s divisional round loss to the Denver Broncos.

Allen appeared at a team press conference Thursday, in which the Bills announced former offensive coordinator Joe Brady as its next head coach. Allen was spotted using crutches and wearing a walking boot on his foot.

At the team’s end-of-season presser in January, team president of football operations Brandon Beane mentioned that Allen could need surgery on his foot during the offseason. While it was initially unclear whether Allen underwent that surgery already, Beane hinted that was the case Thursday, mentioning Allen “had his foot fixed.”

Beane expressed optimism Allen would be ready by the start of OTAs, so it doesn’t appear the injury is a serious concern for now.

The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook released its annual Super Bowl prop packet on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. PT, lighting up the odds screen with hundreds of ways to wager on the big game. Some of the sharpest prop bettors in the country line up for the chance to bet $2,000 a pop on a prop before moving to the back of the line and doing it all over again.

Yahoo Sports checked in with Casey Degnon, SuperBook risk manager, and he gave six prop bets that received some sharp action on opening night:

• RB TreVeyon Henderon under 4.5 receiving yards (-110)

• Total number of Seahawks with a rushing attempt: Over 4.5 (-110)

• Will there be a 2-pt conversion attempt? No (-140)

• RB Rhamondre Stevenson over 2.5 receptions (-140)

• WR Jake Bob under 0.5 receiving yards (-140)

• Distance of first field goal made over 36.5 yards (-110)

It’s early, but the betting public continues to wager on the Seahawks to cover in Super Bowl LX. In the biggest event of the year, bettors are pulling for the Seahawks while the book hopes for a low-scoring affair with minimal touchdowns,” Christian Cipollini, a BetMGM trading manager, said in a release. “While there’s still some time before the game, it looks like the game and futures market will be rewarding to bettors if the Seahawks cover the game and win outright.”

Read more here.

The Seattle Seahawks did not practice on Wednesday, but the NFL requires a practice/injury report starting today for the Super Bowl next week.

This is the projected report if they had practiced on Wednesday.

Linebacker Ernest Jones IV (chest) and tackle Amari Kight (knee) were the only two DNP’s for Wednesday.

The New England Patriots didn’t have practice Wednesday, however, quarterback Drake Maye would have been limited with a “right shoulder” issue, according to the team’s projected injury report.

Maye hasn’t missed a game this season, his second in the NFL. There was speculation after the Patriots’ AFC title game victory that he suffered an injury during the conference championship, but Maye explained on Boston’s WEEI that his shoulder problem was really “just the buildup of throwing” over the course of the season, as reported by The Associated Press.

During that radio appearance, Maye maintained that he’ll be ready to go for the Super Bowl.

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye was asked on WEEI if he expects to be limited at all over the next two weeks leading up to the Super Bowl.

“I think it’s too early to say. Right now, feeling good and looking forward to getting out there and prepping for the Seahawks and prepping to get ready to go.”

Maye is believed to have hurt his right shoulder during the AFC title game on Sunday in Denver during a scramble play in the third quarter. A similar question was downplayed by head coach Mike Vrabel concerning Maye’s status.

The New England Patriots beat the Denver Broncos in the AFC title game on Sunday to advance to Super Bowl LX. In that game, quarterback Drake Maye looked to have hurt his right shoulder in the third quarter on a scramble play where a Broncos defender fell on top of him.

When asked about it, head coach Mike Vrabel barely acknowledged the injury. While it doesn’t seem to be anything serious, all eyes will be fixed on Maye and any potential setbacks leading up to Super Bowl LX.

Usually, when teams have a middle-of-the-road quarterback, they hold on no matter the cost despite knowing deep down that they can’t go to a Super Bowl with him. Those making decisions generally don’t have enough time to make a quarterback change and survive it if it doesn’t hit big right away. So they play it safe.

The Seattle Seahawks have made two bold moves at quarterback in the past few years. And they’re going to the Super Bowl because of it.

Read more on the winners and losers of the conference championship round here.