Injuries to Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels deprive the NFL of 2 young stars

Caleb Williams was carted off the field with a hamstring injury. Jayden Daniels needed a cart after he dislocated his elbow again.

Williams and Daniels already were linked together as Heisman Trophy winners selected with the first two picks of the 2024 NFL draft. Now, the two franchise quarterbacks are dealing with potentially significant injuries at the same time after getting hurt on Sunday.

That’s bad news for Chicago, Washington and the NFL, which loses two of its young stars.

There’s hope Williams avoided a serious injury. He was seen walking around the locker room after the game with only a slight limp. But the Bears won’t know the severity of it until he gets an MRI on Monday.

It’s possible he could return to the lineup sooner than later but the Bears will likely be cautious with Williams, whose mobility is a big part of his game.

A worst-case scenario would be an injury similar to what Dak Prescott suffered midway through the 2024 season. Prescott needed surgery because a hamstring tendon tore away from a bone. That required a four-month recovery process.

Seeing Williams visibly emotional, sitting on a cart with a towel draped over his face was a scary moment for Bears fans, his coaches and teammates. After a rough rookie season, Williams had a breakout year with coach Ben Johnson in 2025 and led Chicago to an NFC North title and playoff win.

“I’m actually happy it’s nothing with the knee, that was my first inclination,” Johnson said. “But yeah, the hamstring could be pretty damaging as well. So, we’ll see how bad it is and we’ll go from there.”

Daniels has been through this before, which could prolong his recovery. He dislocated his left elbow in Week 9 last season, returned in Week 14, tweaked it again and missed the last four games.

Daniels was the AP NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2024 when he led the Commanders to the NFC championship game against Philadelphia. But injuries limited him to only seven starts last season.

Commanders coach Dan Quinn said imaging showed Daniels didn’t suffer a fracture and he’ll have more tests Monday.

It has to be concerning that Daniels’ left elbow has twice bent the wrong way on a fall in less than a year.

Dr. David Chao, an orthopedic surgeon and former team physician for the Chargers, wrote on X: “Joint comes out easier 2nd time. Original ligament tear heals ‘looser.’”

Quinn summed it up succinctly: “It sucks.”

The Bears (1-1) scored 59 points in Week 1 before losing 9-3 to the Vikings. With Williams, they have high expectations. They would turn to Tyson Bagent in his absence. If his test results provide positive news, Williams has an extra day to rest because the Bears host Philadelphia (2-0) next Monday night.

Marcus Mariota will replace Daniels for the Commanders (0-2). They weren’t expected to be contenders even with Daniels. Without him, things look bleak in a tough NFC East.

Here are some other takeaways from Sunday’s games:

The Packers overcame a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and beat the Jets 20-17 in overtime to finally win a game without Micah Parsons. Green Bay was 0-6 without the All-Pro pass rusher, including a playoff loss to Chicago. Parsons is still recovering from ACL surgery. The problem wasn’t defense against New York. The offense sputtered, managing just 199 yards. Jordan Love threw two TD passes but the Packers converted on third down just once in nine tries.

After nearly rallying New Orleans from a 21-0 deficit in Week 1 against Detroit, Tyler Shough led the Saints to a 24-17 comeback win at Baltimore on Sunday. The second-year pro guided a 16-play TD drive for the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter. The Saints are going to compete in a weak NFC South.

Cincinnati’s revamped defense led by Dexter Lawrence and Jonathan Allen kept Houston out of the end zone in a 20-6 win. The Bengals sacked C.J. Stroud four times, forced five punts and four turnovers on downs. If the defense continues to play this well, Joe Burrow and the Bengals are Super Bowl contenders.

Patrick Mahomes had surgery to repair a torn ACL and LCL nine months ago. He looks like his old self already. Mahomes threw for 382 yards and three TDs in Kansas City’s 33-30 overtime win over Indianapolis. He ran twice for 17 yards, moved around in the pocket and made big plays.

The Broncos held the Jaguars to 268 yards and gave Trevor Lawrence trouble throughout the game in a 20-13 comeback win against Jacksonville. After a terrible start in Week 1, Denver’s stingy defense returned to form.

Kirk Cousins fired three TD passes to lead Las Vegas to a 26-14 victory on the road against the Chargers. He’s got six TD in two games and the Raiders are off to a 2-0 start after going 3-14 last season. No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza is going to have to wait his turn because Cousins is playing well.

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Trainers attend to Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) after an apparent injury in the first half against the Dallas Cowboys during an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams (18) waves as he is carted off the field after an injury during the second half of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Apple's latest mobile operating system update, iOS 27, rolled out last week, headlined by a more advanced version of its Siri assistant. But it also comes with a slew of other useful but less well known features for iPhone users.

The software upgrade, which is available for devices dating back to the iPhone 11 from 2019, includes a number of refinements and improvements to make things run faster, such as apps loading more quickly.

There are new features powered by Apple Intelligence, but they're only available on newer devices, starting from iPhone 16, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models. A new Siri AI app will only be available in beta at first, so users need to join the waitlist through the settings menu. And Siri AI's rollout in the European Union will be delayed because of a clash over the bloc's digital rules.

Here's a look at some of the most useful and interesting iOS 27 features:

Apple has added new child safety features and revamped its screen time controls. The new system adds more granular controls for parents trying to manage what their kids can access and see on their devices.

A new setup process lets parents choose which apps kids can access and then add more over time.

A new feature, Ask to Browse, requires kids to ask permission from parents before they can access new websites in Safari. Like the existing Ask to Buy setting for online purchases and downloads, Ask to Browse is on by default for children under 13. Parents can assess and approve requests in their messages or do it directly on the child’s device using their passcode. It’s easier and more flexible than pre-approving websites individually or imposing a blanket ban.

The revamped screen time controls also allow parents to schedule when their kids can use various apps based on their category, such as entertainment, games or social media. To help kids focus, parents can allow some types of apps to be used during a certain “time window” during the day, such as before, during and after school. They also can set weekday and weekend schedules.

There’s a way to completely suspend all access to devices when you want your kids to pay full attention, like at dinnertime. It also works the other way, allowing parents to temporarily drop all restrictions if a child needs more time to finish something outside their window.

Apple also has tightened restrictions in its Communications Safety feature, which previously blocked nudity in images and videos shared in Messages or FaceTime. Now it also blocks “gore or violence.”

Want to keep tabs on a shopping website in case that pair of shoes you want goes on sale?

Apple's Safari browser can now monitor webpages and let you know if anything changes.

The company says Notify Me can check a webpage for any updates such as “price changes and item availability.”

To turn it on, open Safari and go to the site that you want to monitor. Then, at the bottom of the screen, tap the three-line menu icon. Scroll down the menu to Notify Me, where you can type in what changes you're looking for, and when and how often it should check — every hour, day, week or month.

I tested it out on a news site's AI section, asking it to check every hour and notify me if there was a new story posted. I did get alerts about new headlines appearing, although it didn't specify which of the randomly arranged posts was new.

While this feature is handy, some users might be disappointed that it can't check more frequently, such as every few minutes, if they're waiting for something important.

That group photo you took at the wedding party will be treasured for years, but it was taken at a slightly weird angle.

No problem, just use one of the new AI-powered photo editing tools to fix it. The new tools allow you to reframe a photo's perspective, clean up any distracting things by removing them, or extend the background beyond the photo's borders.

To find these tools, tap on the editing icon at the bottom of each photo, represented by three slider bars, then tap Tools.

I tried them out by reframing a picture of one of my kids standing outside the front door on the first day of school. The tool took a few seconds to analyze the picture and then let me move the perspective around, from one side to the other or up and down. The result was quite realistic.

However, when I used the extend tool on the same photo, the results were less impressive — even creepy.

The most glaring problem? It added a garbled house number — complete with a made up character— to the right side of the door to mirror one on the left.

Also, a black electrical conduit pipe barely visible in the original photo became drastically bigger, and a gas meter box was extended too much.

To be sure, it worked well for most other photos with backgrounds that were generic.

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Newly-launched Apple iPhone 18 Pros stand on display at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)f

People shop at the Apple store on Fifth Avenue on the day of Apple's launch of the iPhone 18 Pro, Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)