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Thursday dealt Tyler Boyd and the Cincinnati Bengals some bad news on the injury front as they prepare for a Week 14 showdown with the Indianapolis Colts. Boyd, who did not have an injury designation on Wednesday, showed up on Thursday’s report with an ankle injury. He was limited in the session, per Pro Football […]

No one wants to be considered a Plan B, but if Jordan Hicks ends up on the New York Yankees in 2024, it probably means the team failed in loftier pursuits. Specifically, with free agent starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The Yankees have identified him as a top target to bolster their rotation, but there is […]

New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave was a question mark for Week 13 as he dealt with a concussion. Olave ended up playing, but on Thursday, he popped back up on New Orlean’ injury report, albeit for a new reason. Olave, who had not appeared on the Saints’ injury report earlier in the week, […]

A Houston Texans Week 14 date with the New York Jets: what a difference a few weeks make. Let’s take a quick stroll back to Week 8, and see just how much these teams’ fates have diverged since then. Week 8 saw the Texans lose to the lowly Carolina Panthers. (Houston is still the only […]

Sunday’s Baltimore Ravens Week 14 matchup against the Los Angeles Rams already feels like a tilted affair. The NFL season is a grind, but certain scheduling quirks can come in handy as the year wears on, and it feels like the Ravens hit the jackpot in this one. Tied for the second-best winning percentage in […]

It’s three straight wins and counting for Matt LaFleur’s Green Bay Packers heading into Week 14. Quarterback Jordan Love just had what might be looked back on as his NFL coming out party against Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. And Love has his opinion on why things are suddenly looking up for Green […]

The Los Angeles Angels inked a pitcher in free agency. Sorry Halo fans, no, this is not about Shohei Ohtani. On Wednesday night, news broke that the Angels and right-handed relief pitcher Adam Cimber were in agreement on a one year, $1.65 million contract, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Cimber has been a reliable reliever over […]

It sounds like Sunday’s Los Angeles Rams vs. Baltimore Ravens showdown will evoke some pretty positive memories for Baltimore wideout Odell Beckham Jr. The former Ram had nothing but praise for his former team and teammates on Wednesday. Beckham joked that facing L.A. was just another game before sharing his true feelings on the Rams’ […]

Concern at the quarterback position for the Jacksonville Jaguars compounded on Wednesday, based on the team’s injury report featuring backup C.J. Beathard just days after Trevor Lawrence suffered his own injury. Beathard appeared on Jacksonville’s Wednesday injury report with a shoulder injury and was limited in the session, per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. That’s in […]

Taysom Hill’s versatility is his calling card and what makes him such a weapon for the New Orleans Saints offense. On any given play, a defense must decide if he is going to run with the ball, catch it, or throw it. But per Wednesday’s injury report, Hill might have trouble fulfilling any role on […]

As Dan Campbell and the Detroit Lions seek to shore up their defense ahead of a near-certain trip to the playoffs, one familiar face apparently won’t be back in the silver and Honolulu blue. Campbell was asked about Ndamukong Suh, but appeared to throw cold water on the idea of a reunion. On Wednesday, when […]

The Kansas City Chiefs took a tough loss in Week 13, and it looks like the team will be feeling the effects as they prepare for their Week 14 showdown with the Buffalo Bills. Namely, the status of running back Isiah Pacheco is one to monitor. On Wednesday, Pacheco was held out of practice due […]

The Houston Texans got back into the win column on Sunday, prevailing over the Denver Broncos by a score of 22-17. But the upstart team didn’t emerge from Week 13 unscathed, with wide receiver Tank Dell suffering a season-ending injury in the win. Dell was forced to leave the game in the first quarter. A […]

The Cleveland Browns dropped their second straight game on Sunday, losing 36-19 to the Los Angeles Rams. After the defeat, head coach Kevin Stefanski offered his opinion on how quarterback Joe Flacco played in his first start for the Browns, but stopped short of declaring Flacco the team’s starter for next week. “He saw it […]

The San Francisco 49ers’ trade for star running back Christian McCaffrey continues to look better and better. On Sunday, McCaffrey managed to pull off a surprising first under coach Kyle Shanahan. During the Niners’ Week 13 matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, McCaffrey hit the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season. In doing so, he became […]

Much of the praise for the upstart Houston Texans has revolved around rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud and the team’s dynamic offense. But it was Jimmie Ward, back after missing the team’s last three games, and Houston’s defense that stepped up to clinch a 22-17 win over the Denver Broncos. It was Ward’s interception of Russell […]

The Tennessee Titans lost for the first time at Nissan Stadium this season, suffering a 31-28 overtime defeat at the hands of the Indianapolis Colts. After the game, quarterback Will Levis made no bones about his subpar performance. “Yeah, I think personally, I feel like it’s the worst I’ve played as as Titan,” Levis told […]

Robert Saleh continued his search for a quarterback that can spark the New York Jets’ moribund offense following his team’s 13-8 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Saleh replaced starter Tim Boyle with veteran Trevor Siemian in the fourth quarter, after Boyle was intercepted to end a third quarter drive. But Saleh still has no answers. […]

Most of the buzz surrounding the San Diego Padres’ offseason plans revolve around the anticipated trade of superstar outfielder Juan Soto. But the team is also rumored to be interested in bolstering its rotation, with Corbin Burnes’ name floating around as a possibility. The Padres need to add pitching, with just Yu Darvish and Joe […]

Sunday’s Tennessee Titans Week 13 matchup versus the Indianapolis Colts will serve as an interesting inflection point in the AFC South. A Titans win would further muddy the standings under the division-leading Jacksonville Jaguars, whereas a Tennessee loss would give the Colts hope in making their playoff case. At 4-7 and breaking in rookie quarterback […]

The Detroit Tigers have already made a splash in free agency, signing starting pitcher Kenta Maeda to a two-year contract. But they are hoping that by inking Maeda, they get much more — namely, another starter in Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Speaking to Detroit media members on Thursday, Maeda was asked about potentially playing with Yamamoto, a […]

The Detroit Pistons took the term “rough stretch” to another level with Thursday’s 118-112 loss to the New York Knicks. Monty Williams’ team put themselves in conversation with one of the most polarizing teams in NBA history as a result. The loss to the Knicks on the road gave the Pistons a record of 0-15 […]

This Sunday’s Carolina Panthers Week 13 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers represents a bit of a clean slate for the 1-10 Panthers. Out is former head coach Frank Reich, in is interim coach Chris Tabor, Carolina’s special teams coordinator. A team doesn’t get to 10 losses in 11 games because of one singular failure. […]

A Green Bay Packers Week 13 Sunday Night Football showdown welcomes Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs to town. The Chiefs got back into the win column in Week 12 after facing ol’ reliable, the Las Vegas Raiders. The Packers, meanwhile, have notched victories in two straight games to insert themselves into the NFC […]

Just like everyone predicted before the season started, a Denver Broncos Week 13 matchup against the Houston Texans is among the most compelling on the NFL’s docket. Both of these teams are firmly in the AFC’s playoff picture, although neither would qualify if the postseason started today. (Don’t worry, it doesn’t. We checked.) The Broncos […]

In a season that seems to be slipping into irrelevance for the Los Angeles Chargers, wide receiver Keenan Allen has been a constant bright spot. So of course, even now that’s in question after Thursday’s injury report. Allen missed his second straight day of practice because of a quad injury, per ESPN’s Field Yates. That’s […]

The Atlanta Falcons Week 13 showdown with the New York Jets seems like a perfect opportunity for head coach Arthur Smith. As presently constituted, the Jets are an ideal opponent for the Falcons. That is, depending on which Falcons team shows up on Sunday. Whether it’s Zach Wilson, Tim Boyle, or Trevor Siemian, as long […]

The 2023 NFL season has been good to the Detroit Lions so far. The team is tied for the third-best winning percentage in the entire league. A playoff berth is all but assured. On Wednesday, the team even got an encouraging update on Hendon Hooker. Hooker, the team’s rookie quarterback drafted in the third round […]

Felix Bautista’s dominant 2023 season for the Baltimore Orioles ended in disheartening fashion. But the closer got a nice pick me up on Wednesday, when he was named winner of the 2023 Mariano Rivera Award, given to the American League’s top relief pitcher each season. The Orioles were quick to celebrate the achievement for the […]

When the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles meet on Sunday, linebacker Fred Warner hopes that defensive tackle Javon Hargrave plays as well as he did when these teams met in last season’s NFC Championship game. Of course, this time around Warner is rooting for Hargrave to succeed, which wasn’t the case last season. “I’m […]

Few, if any teams want to try to engage in a shootout with the Kansas City Chiefs. But after the Green Bay Packers’ Wednesday practice report was released, the health of Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon might force Matt LaFleur’s hand towards passing the ball more on Sunday. Dillon and Jones, the backs who respectively […]

Tom Thibodeau didn’t like what he saw from his New York Knicks team in Sunday’s 116-113 loss to the Phoenix Suns. What was even more painful was that, according to Thibodeau, the Suns out-Knicks’d the Knicks. “They beat us to the ball and that’s usually a strength of ours,” Thibodeau lamented in post-game comments, according […]

An eight-yard rush by QB Lamar Jackson on Week 12 of Sunday Night Football served as a reminder that the Baltimore Ravens passer is one of the best dual-threats in NFL history, as another record set by Michael Vick fell on the play. On Jackson’s third quarter scamper against the Los Angeles Chargers in Baltimore’s […]

When Philadelphia Eagles coach Nick Sirianni called on Jake Elliott to extend Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills, no one from Philly’s side should’ve been surprised by what happened next. Despite rainy, windy weather conditions, Elliott nailed a 59-yard field goal with 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter to send the Eagles’ Week 12 […]

When the Cincinnati Bengals lost QB Joe Burrow for the season, it might have been expected that head coach Zac Taylor would lean on RB Joe Mixon and the ground game to compensate. That wasn’t the case in the team’s 16-10 loss on Sunday to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mixon accounted for just 16 yards on […]

When Frank Reich signed on to succeed Matt Rhule as head coach of the Carolina Panthers, most observers figured he would be granted patience. Reich, after all, was taking over a team that hadn’t qualified for the playoffs since the 2017 season, and hadn’t won the NFC South since 2015. Reich was a free agent […]

A multi-touchdown day from Derrick Henry helped the Tennessee Titans defeat the Carolina Panthers on Sunday. It also vaulted Henry into some exclusive territory in NFL history. Henry’s 76-yard, two-touchdown day saw him pass 9,000 rushing yards for his career. After the game, Henry described himself as “extremely blessed”, per longtime Titans scribe Paul Kuharsky. […]

Despite losing to the Indianapolis Colts by a score of 27-20 on Sunday, Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers remain in the thick of the NFC South standings. Whether the team can bounce back from the loss remains to be seen. Mayfield knows what it will take for the Bucs to make a run, […]

Head coach Bill Belichick tried to pinpoint the issues his team is dealing with after another dreadful performance from the New England Patriots on offense, specifically from Belichick’s options at quarterback. After Mac Jones and Bailey Zappe both got a crack at sparking the offense in a 10-7 loss to the New York Giants, Belichick […]