Burrow takes the yardage in six-yard chunks leaving two to go on third down. Samaje Perine barrels over for 1st & Goal.

Joe Burrow steps up in the pocket and extends the play then finds Tee Higgins for 10. Bengals hunting in the red zone, 16 yards to go for the score until Meyers gives up a false start penalty. 21 for the score.

Cincinnati respond with a strong Chase Brown run up the middle for a first down but Brown gets swallowed up behind the line on his second attempt. Ja'marr Chase gives them a 3rd and short. Dohnte Meyers then collects a 24-yard pass to take the Bengals into enemy territory.

TOUCHDOWN! Chargers 7-0 Bills 10:33, 1st quarter

Buffalo make two good stands on the goalline but can't stop the Chargers in the end.

Pittsburgh bunch their receivers on 3rd down after taking a very early timeout and Rodgers finds his man in the open field who makes the easy catch and waltzes in for the early score. Magic start for the Steelers.

TOUCHDOWN! Chiefs 7-0 Dolphins 12:54, 1st quarter

Ominous start for Kansas City who march 67 yards on four plays for the score. Travis Kelce's 48-yard grab set the score up.

So much for that hyped Bengals defense. Jaylen Warren rips off 30 yards on a swing pass and the Steelers are over midfield.

Let's drop in on the Bengals against their AFC North rival Steelers to start things off. It's a beautiful day in Pittsburgh with Cincinnati kicking things off. Aaron Rodgers will take over on offense a few yards shy of the 30-yard line.

Some pre-match reading comes in the form of a stirring . It is hard to believe it has been 10 years since his refusal to stand for the US national anthem. Kap talks about that moment and how he inspired a global gesture of civil rights.

In more quarterback injury news it looks like Caleb Williams will be back for the Chicago Bears quite soon … phew.

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is expected to be sidelined for three to ⁠four weeks with a grade two hamstring injury, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday.

The ⁠reports, however, noted ⁠that ​Williams could return sooner than that timeline, with head coach Ben Johnson saying earlier ⁠this week that the quarterback has been known as a quick healer.

Williams has been ruled ⁠out for the Monday night game pitting the Bears (1-1) against ​the visiting Philadelphia Eagles (2-0).

Williams sustained a hamstring injury during ​the fourth quarter of Chicago's 9-3 loss to the Minnesota Vikings last Sunday. He sat out his third straight practice session on Saturday.

Should Williams sit out three games, he would ⁠be in line to return against the host Atlanta ​Falcons on 18 October. The New ​England Patriots will visit the Bears the following ​week.

Williams, 24, ‌made 36 ​consecutive regular-season ​starts since the Bears drafted him No 1 overall in 2024. He has completed 65.5% of his passes for 407 yards, two touchdowns and one interception this season.

Some big news today is Super Bowl winning quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks. Drew Lock deputised in style with good wins over the Patriots and Cardinals but the main man returns from a glute injury to face the winless Washington Commanders.

There are no layups in the NFL but, with Washington missing their star QB Jayden Daniels, the pressure won't be quite so high on Darnold to come out swinging for the fences. He can rely on arguably the NFL's best defense to shutdown Commanders backup passer Marcus Mariota and keep it conservative through the air. Though hopefully he will still let a few bombs go to Jaxon Smith-Njigba.

So what has been the difference for Cincinnati on defense? The acquisition of tackle Dexter Lawrence from the New York Giants. The Bengals traded the 10th overall pick for him in the offseason as they searched for an elite gamechanger. And they seem to have found exactly that after beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans. Lawrence has been a rock solid base for Cincinnati to go to work and lead the NFL in both sacks (eight) and turnovers (three).

Lawrence and company will be feeling good about continuing their impressive start against the Pittsburgh Steelers today. Mike McCarthy's team are 1-1 but struggling on offense and have retooled the whole right side of their offensive line to remedy having scored the league's fewest points (23) after two games.

Hello there, pig-skin-istas and of the NFL. Missing the Premier League? Real football would never leave you hanging for three weeks with only scraps like England v Spain (who?) to watch. Yes, the intimidatingly large muscle of the National Football League is here to fill the hole in your sporting heart and put a smile on your face for the foreseeable with a ridiculous compendium of nine games starting at 11am CST/12pm EST/6pm BST (home teams listed second):

• (0-2) Los Angeles Chargers v Buffalo Bills (2-0)

• (1-1) Carolina Panthers v Cleveland Browns (1-1)

• (1-1) New York Jets v Detroit Lions (1-1)

• (0-2) Houston Texans v Indianapolis Colts (0-2)

• (1-1) New England Patriots v Jacksonville Jaguars (1-1)

• (2-0) Kansas City Chiefs v Miami Dolphins (0-2)

• (0-2) Tennessee Titans v New York Giants (1-1)

• (2-0) Cincinnati Bengals v Pittsburgh Steelers (1-1)

• (2-0) Seattle Seahawks v Washington Commanders (0-2)

We are going to get a really good luck at some early standouts. Are the 2-0 club of Buffalo, Kansas City, Cincinnati and Seattle are legit or a little lucky? My money is on legit. The Bills' offense looks ferocious, ditto the Chiefs while the Seahawks' stopping power remains unmatched. The Bengals have surprised the most with huge improvements on defense after being one of the NFL's worst last season. All four will be confident of making it 3-0 when the evening is over, but you never know …