Month: December 2024

The Chiefs are expected to start recent acquisition D.J. Humphries at left tackle against the Chargers on Sunday and he may not be the last veteran to join the team’s bid for a third straight Super Bowl title. The agent for cornerback Steven Nelson said that his client is set

Wide receiver George Pickens was a late addition to the Steelers injury report this week. Pickens was not on the report on Wednesday or Thursday, but the team added him as a limited participant on Friday due to a hamstring injury. Pickens was a limited participant in the team’s final

Running back Kenneth Walker won’t be part of the Seahawks’ effort to move closer to an NFC West title on Sunday. Walker was listed as questionable to play with ankle and calf injuries on the team’s final injury report of the week, but his condition did not improve as hoped.

Rich von Biberstein/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Longhorns are a fascinating team for the committee to digest. On one hand, Texas is coming off a hard-fought loss in the SEC, a league ripe with teams ranked inside the top 20. On the other hand, another loss to Georgia complicates

On Thanksgiving, Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams got a 15-yard penalty for throwing the ball in Bears defensive back Tyrique Stevenson’s face on the sideline. But after the NFL’s disciplinary office looked at the play closely, it was Stevenson, not Williams, who was fined. Stevenson got a $19,697 fine, while

The Jets called running back Breece Hall doubtful to play against the Dolphins when they handed in their final injury report of the week and they removed any doubt about his status on Saturday. Hall has now been ruled out due to the knee injury that kept him off the

The Bengals have turned in their final injury report before Monday night’s game against the Cowboys. Defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins and left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. have been ruled out. Rankins missed practice all week with an illness and Brown was called doubtful to play early this week by head

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The Cowboys are leaving the door open for cornerback Trevon Diggs to play on Monday night. Diggs (knee) was a limited participant in practice for the third straight day on Saturday and the team listed him as questionable to be in the lineup against the Bengals. Diggs missed the last

Nick Bosa will officially miss another game. The 49ers have downgraded Bosa to out — one of several moves they’ve made on Saturday. Bosa was already sidelined for the last two weeks with hip and oblique injuries. He did not practice all week. Bosa has 7.0 sacks this season in

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Rate Bowl (Dec. 26): Rutgers vs. TCUBirmingham Bowl (Dec. 27): North Carolina State vs. OklahomaLiberty Bowl (Dec. 27): Kansas State vs. MissouriHoliday Bowl (Dec. 27): Georgia Tech vs. Washington StateLas Vegas Bowl (Dec. 27): USC vs. Texas A&MPinstripe Bowl (Dec. 28): Pitt vs. NebraskaPop-Tarts Bowl (Dec. 28): Miami vs. Iowa

Before Thursday night’s game in Detroit, a Lions fan from the group that carried the flag onto the field for the national anthem broke free to taunt Packers players, prompting coach Matt LaFleur to get involved. Eventually, game officials separated the fan from LaFleur and Packers players. “I’ve never been

The Falcons elevated wide receiver Chris Blair to the active roster from the practice squad for Sunday’s game against the Vikings. It is Blair’s third elevation of the season, having been elevated in Week 1 against the Steelers and Week 10 against the Saints. So, the Falcons will have to

The Buccaneers elevated punter Jack Browning and cornerback Dallis Flowers from the practice squad on Saturday, making them eligible to play in the team’s Week 14 game against the Raiders. It marks the first elevations for both players this season. The Bucs also announced the signing of linebacker Antonio Grier

The Chargers activated linebacker Junior Colson from injured reserve Saturday, the team announced. They also elevated running back Jaret Patterson and safety Kendall Williamson from the practice squad for Sunday’s game, and they downgraded linebacker Denzel Perryman (groin) to out. Colson has appeared in six games for the Chargers this

Not too long ago, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that: (1) the season would end; (2) Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy’s contract would expire; and (3) the Cowboys would hire someone else. What a difference two straight wins makes. In the days since Jerry Jones called the prospect of

The Vikings will have their rookie kicker back for Week 14. Minnesota has activated Will Reichard and long snapper Andrew DePaola on Saturday, the team announced. Reichard has made 14-of-16 field goals this season. He was sidelined by a right quad injury. The Vikings have waived kicker Parker Romo as

It was no surprise when Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was fined for his hit on Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence. It is a surprise that in the melee that followed, only one other player faced any league discipline. The NFL announced today that it has fined Jaguars tight end Evan Engram

The NFL has fined Steelers wide receiver George Pickens a total of $20,462 for twice getting flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct on Sunday against the Bengals. In the first quarter, Pickens was called for taunting. That got him a $10,231 fine. In the third quarter, Pickens was called for making a

Brooke Sutton/Getty Images 1. Saquon Barkley, PHI (vs. CAR) 2. Alvin Kamara, NO (at NYG) 3. Bijan Robinson, ATL (at MIN) 4. De’Von Achane, MIA (vs. NYJ) 5. Chase Brown, CIN (at DAL) 6. James Cook, BUF (at LAR) 7. Kyren Williams, LAR (vs. BUF) 8. Aaron Jones, MIN (vs.

It looks like Seahawks cornerback Tre Brown will miss Sunday’s game against the Cardinals. Brown was added to the injury report on Saturday with a hamstring injury and is considered doubtful to play. Brown has appeared in 10 games this season and he has 21 tackles and a pass defensed.

The Eagles won’t have to worry about edge rusher Jadeveon Clowney on Sunday. Clowney was listed as questionable with a knee injury on Friday and head coach Dave Canales expressed optimism about his chances of playing in Philly, but things took a turn for the worse on Saturday. The Panthers

The Cardinals added a defensive starter to their injury report on Saturday. Safety Jalen Thompson is now considered questionable to play against the Seahawks. Thompson is dealing with an illness. Thompson has started all 10 games he’s played this season and returned to the lineup last Sunday after missing two

On Friday, 49ers G.M. John Lynch described talk of a potential trade that would send coach Kyle Shanahan to a team like the Bears “rather comical.” Frankly, it’s rather comical that anyone would think Lynch’s opinion on the subject matters. Lynch didn’t hire Shanahan. Shanahan hired Lynch. If Shanahan goes,

They say there’s a fine line between courage and insanity. For the Lions, there’s no such line. They proved it on Thursday night, going for it on fourth down five different times. They converted four of them, but the one that failed was a Barry Switzer-style move. Fourth and one

Monday night’s loss by the Browns carried with it an incidental benefit for the Steelers. The loss guaranteed that the Steelers won’t finish in last place in the AFC North. This means that the Steelers will continue a streak of not finishing in last place in their division that dates