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A football legend’s son is set to make his NFL debut on Monday night. The Buffalo Bills announced on Monday that they have elevated Frank Gore Jr. from their practice squad to the 53-man roster. Gore will be active for Buffalo’s “Monday Night Football” game against the New York Jets.

The Jets are greenlighting another chance for Todd Downing beginning tonight. Fired after two seasons as Titans OC, Downing is the team’s emergency replacement for Nathaniel Hackett. While Hackett remains on staff, both Robert Saleh and Jeff Ulbrich sought to demote him. Saleh wrestled with this situation for much longer,

The Indianapolis Colts have looked better on offense with Joe Flacco under center than they did with Anthony Richardson earlier in the year, but there is not going to be a quarterback controversy going forward. Colts head coach Shane Steichen told reporters on Monday that Richardson will start against the

The Texans will get Denico Autry back from suspension in Week 7, but the team will be without Mario Edwards for a notable stretch. The latter was issued a four-game ban for violating the league’s substance abuse policy. Edwards will thus be sidelined until Week 10, dealing a notable blow to Houston’s defensive

Dalton Risner is nearing a return to action. The Vikings guard had his practice window opened on Monday, per a team announcement. The move allows Risner to resume practicing. He must be activated in the next 21 days to avoid reverting to season-ending injured reserve. Minnesota head coach Kevin O’Connell

The Commanders fell to 4-2 on Sunday, and their defense may have been dealt a major blow in the process. Jonathan Allen is feared to have suffered a pectoral injury which would require season-ending surgery, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reports. A second opinion is being sought out before a final decision

In the days following Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s Week 2 “Thursday Night Football” concussion against the Buffalo Bills, head coach Mike McDaniel emphasized that he didn’t want to be the one who decides on his signal-caller’s playing future. McDaniel told reporters that he thought it was the “utmost priority”

Aidan Hutchinson‘s recovery process has begun. The Lions announced on Monday he underwent successful surgery to repair the broken tibia and fibula he suffered in Week 6. A rod was inserted into Hutchinson’s leg, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, who adds this injury generally involves a six-to-eight month recovery timeline. No

Before quarterback Justin Fields helped the Pittsburgh Steelers improve to 4-2 on the season via Sunday’s 32-13 win at the Las Vegas Raiders (2-4), multiple NFL insiders suggested that Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin “wants” to play veteran Russell Wilson over Fields beginning with this coming Sunday’s home game against the New York Jets (2-3).  For a piece

Robert Saleh was fired on Tuesday, but the Jets’ head coaching change was not the only major shake-up which was discussed. The status of offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett was set to change not long before Saleh’s dismissal. The fourth-year head coach was “seriously contemplating” the idea of firing Hackett, per a report

Davante Adams may well depart the Raiders shortly. The team will also be without one of its key veterans on the defensive side of the ball for an extended period. Christian Wilkins underwent surgery to repair a Jones fracture he suffered on Sunday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. As a

Still on the lookout for veteran help along the edge, the Panthers are set to make another addition. Shaq Lawson has a deal in place with Carolina, KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson reports. The move (a practice squad agreement) is now official, per a team announcement. Wilson noted earlier today that Lawson visited the

Talanoa Hufanga has managed to make a pair of appearances this season for the 49ers, but his next game action will come after a notable absence. The All-Pro safety is dealing with ligament damage in his wrist, head coach Kyle Shanahan said on Tuesday, per Matt Barrows of The Athletic.

Talanoa Hufanga has managed to make a pair of appearances this season for the 49ers, but his next game action will come after a notable absence. The All-Pro safety is dealing with ligament damage in his wrist, head coach Kyle Shanahan said on Tuesday. [RELATED: 49ers Place Yetur Gross-Matos On IR] As a

The Jets are in the market for a full-time head coach. On Tuesday, New York fired head coach Robert Saleh after a 2-3 start, the first time owner Woody Johnson has fired a coach mid-season. That gives the Jets a head-start gathering intel for their 2025 coaching candidates. Here are

A midseason quarterback change has long been expected in New England, and it is now set to take place. The Patriots plan to start Drake Maye in Week 6, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reports. Veteran Jacoby Brissett got the nod at the start of the campaign, something which came as little surprise.

After the Minnesota Vikings knocked off the New York Jets 23-17 on Sunday in London, Aaron Rodgers told reporters he blamed himself for the loss.  The postgame remarks reflected a sense of genuine accountability from the 40-year-old four-time NFL MVP. However, now that the Jets have fired coach Robert Saleh,

Under intense scrutiny essentially since he took over as Jets offensive coordinator, Nathaniel Hackett remains in place after Robert Saleh‘s Tuesday-morning ouster. The Jets are not planning to can the embattled OC, per The Athletic’s Dianna Russini. Considering Hackett’s ties to Aaron Rodgers, this is unsurprising. The Jets have gone

On Tuesday, the NFL community was shocked that New York Jets owner Woody Johnson fired head coach Robert Saleh roughly 48 hours after the Jets fell to 2-3 on the season via this past Sunday’s 23-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London. According to Jets/NFL insider Connor Hughes of

Coming into the season coaching for his job, Robert Saleh could not do enough to impress Jets ownership. Five games in, the team will go through with an abrupt course change. The Jets are firing their fourth-year HC, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. This will end an underwhelming tenure for the

Quarterback Justin Fields guided the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 3-0 record but then dropped back-to-back starts as Russell Wilson continued to recover from the lingering calf injury that kept him out of action across the season’s first five weeks.  During Monday’s edition of the “Pro Football Talk” program, NFL insider

Darius Robinson was sidelined for the Cardinals’ first five games of the season, but he could be close to suiting up. The first-round rookie had his practice window opened on Monday, per Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon. [RELATED: G Will Hernandez Suffers Season-Ending Knee Injury] Robinson suffered a calf injury in August,

Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals produced one of the most surprising results of Week 5 with their 24-23 win over the San Francisco 49ers. Murray started the game with an apparently easy 50-yard touchdown rush on the Cardinals’ second offensive snap, and book-ended the game with a 14-play, 4:34

Monday’s taxi squad moves: Atlanta Falcons Signed: TE Armani Rogers Indianapolis Colts Signed: K Spencer Shrader Released: CB Gregory Junior Jacksonville Jaguars Signed: LB Anthony Pittman  Released: S Andre Chachere Tampa Bay Buccaneers Signed: WR Tanner Knue Placed on IR: WR Cody Thompson This content was brought to you by: Pro Football RumorsPro Football Rumors

The Chiefs improved to 5-0 with a 26-13 win over the Saints (2-3) that wasn’t nearly as close as the final score indicated. This content was brought to you by: Yardbarker: NFL

Here are the minor moves made around the NFL on Monday: Arizona Cardinals Received one-game roster exemption: WR Zay Jones Atlanta Falcons Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Received one-game roster exemption: DT Mike Hall Green Bay Packers Philadelphia Eagles New Orleans Saints Tampa Bay Buccaneers Both Jones and Hall were issued suspensions under

ESPN’s Adam Schefter suggested over the weekend that the Las Vegas Raiders would not trade disgruntled wide receiver Davante Adams this week due to a lingering hamstring injury that could sideline Adams through at least this coming Sunday.  It appears the 2-3 Raiders are now in a hurry to get Adams out the door. 

Deshaun Watson‘s performance on the field has not lived up to expectation, but his most recent legal situation has been resolved. The civil suit filed against the Browns quarterback last month has been settled, as first reported by Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk. “We have now resolved our client’s

Cleveland Browns insider Tony Grossi of ESPN Cleveland/The Land on Demand said via X (formerly known as Twitter) on Sunday night that “any decision” related to the club possibly benching struggling quarterback Deshaun Watson “comes from above.”  While speaking with reporters on Monday coming off Cleveland’s 34-13 loss to the Washington Commanders

A resolution to the Davante Adams situation could be coming soon, but the Raiders may well need to make a concession on one of two fronts. The team is asking for a package involving a second-round pick in an Adams trade, and Vegas hopes to avoid retaining any of his remaining

The Kansas City Chiefs are looking for its remaining offensive weapons to step up in the absence of running back Isiah Pacheco and wide receiver Rashee Rice. Monday’s primetime bout with the New Orleans Saints is the first opportunity for players to fill those gaps. ESPN’s Adam Schefter delivered some

October 7th, 2024 at 5:59pm CST by Adam La Rose A clear recovery timetable for Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is still not in place. After further testing on his injured knee Monday, though, the worst-case scenario has been avoided. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports Rice will need an LCL

Injury issues continue to plague Austin Corbett. The seventh-year offensive lineman tore his biceps in Week 5, Panthers head coach Dave Canales announced on Monday. As a result, he is out for the remainder of the campaign. Corbett remained mainly healthy through the start of his NFL career, and he

Managing to beat the Steelers despite missing their top four defensive ends, the Cowboys also received word the most recent of those injuries — to rookie Marshawn Kneeland — is not as severe as initial fears indicated. Carted off early in Dallas’ Sunday-night win, Kneeland did not sustain an ACL

The Indianapolis Colts (2-3) suffered their third loss of the season in Week 5 to the Jacksonville Jaguars (1-4), but it wasn’t because of their offense. The Colts offense recorded a season-high 447 total yards and 34 points on Sunday despite losing to the Jaguars, 37-34. Backup quarterback Joe Flacco

By the time teams convene for Wednesday practices, Davante Adams may well have a new uniform assigned to him. The Raiders are aiming to be done with this process this week. More specifically, The Athletic’s Dianna Russini indicates Las Vegas wants Adams to have a new home within the next

During spring and summer workouts, Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin praised the work ethic and offensive knowledge that rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels flashed from his first days inside the team’s facility through the preseason.  Daniels nevertheless managed to surprise teammates amid the hot starts he and the Commanders have enjoyed over the

Josh Allen faced the Texans without his most reliable receiver, as Khalil Shakir was down due to an ankle injury sustained in Baltimore. This helped lead to a woeful performance, accuracy-wise, from the Bills‘ franchise quarterback. Buffalo’s superstar quarterback went 9-for-30 for just 131 yards in the loss to Houston.

Denver Broncos cornerback Patrick Surtain II and Seattle Seahawks safety Rayshawn Jenkins combined to make NFL history on Sunday and they did it within minutes of each other. With the New York Giants lining up for 4th-and-goal from the Seahawks’ 1-yard line with 2:33 left in the first quarter, running

Months after signing a Patriots extension, Jabrill Peppers has run into off-field trouble. The veteran safety was arrested over the weekend on assault and drug charges. Peppers is facing charges of assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, strangulation and the possession of a class B substance,

Per ESPN’s Daniel Oyefusi, head coach Kevin Stefanski insisted that he is “not changing quarterbacks” shortly after his Cleveland Browns suffered a brutal 34-13 loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday afternoon that dropped Cleveland to 1-4 on the season. Former Dallas Cowboys head coach and current NBC personality Jason Garrett is among the numerous members

The Denver Broncos offense has been a mess for most of the 2024 NFL season as rookie quarterback Bo Nix goes through some growing pains. On the other hand, the defense has been mostly outstanding and entered their Week 5 game against the Las Vegas Raiders as one of the

Cornerback Patrick Surtain II keeps showing why he’s one of the Denver Broncos‘ most valuable players. With Denver leading the Las Vegas Raiders 27-10 early in the fourth quarter, Raiders backup quarterback Aidan O’Connell tried to force a pass to rookie tight end Brock Bowers. However, the ball was batted

Minshew began the game by completing 12 of 17 passes for 137 yards and one touchdown. He threw an interception when the Raiders were close to scoring a touchdown, however, with Broncos corner Patrick Surtain returning it 100 yards for a Denver score. Minshew then tossed another pick late in the

If there was ever proof of wins not being a quarterback stat, Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow is it. If Cincinnati’s record reflected the play of its quarterback, it would be closer to 5-0 rather than searching for its second win over a month into the season. The Bengals lost a

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ turnover-filled game in London against the Vikings set the low bar for quarterbacks on Sunday, but several comfortably limboed past the four-time MVP’s performance. Here’s our round-up of the five worst quarterback outings from Week 5. Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson Cleveland has 230 million problems, and

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott looked like a turnover machine in the first half of his team’s “Sunday Night Football” matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers. At the end of the second quarter, on a 2nd-and-4 at Pittsburgh’s 15-yard line, Prescott lobbed a pass to the end zone for star wide

Bryce Young may have entered the game in place of Andy Dalton during the Panthers‘ Week 5 loss to the Bears, but head coach Dave Canales told the media that Dalton would remain the team’s starting quarterback moving forward. Canales explained that the quarterback change was more about limiting Dalton’s exposure behind an

Odell Beckham Jr. was activated from the PUP list in time to make his Dolphins debut in Week 5. A knee injury prevented him from being healthy at the start of the campaign, something the veteran wideout recently expounded on. “[After last] season, there was a lot going on in my

With most of the Week 5 NFL schedule in the books, it’s time to take a look at some of Sunday’s biggest losers. Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson The Browns signal-caller had a poor performance for the second consecutive week, but Watson was especially bad in Sunday’s 34-13 loss to