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The 2024 season hasn’t been a terribly pleasant one for the Raiders, but they can take some solace in the fact that they nailed their first-round pick in April. Tight end Brock Bowers broke Rams wideout Puka Nacua’s year-old record for rookie receptions on Sunday and he also broke a

The Dolphins have increased their lead over the Browns early in the third quarter. Tyler Huntley rushed for a 13-yard touchdown to give Miami a 13-3 lead. The score capped a six-play, 72-yard drive that took 3:05 off the clock. Huntley is now 17-of-20 for 189 yards on the day

There hasn’t been much offense to speak of on the shores of Lake Erie on Sunday afternoon. But the Dolphins got a 39-yard field goal as time expired in the first half to go up 6-3 on the Browns. Quarterback Tyler Huntley — playing for an injured Tua Tagovialoa —

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s Christmas performance led to days of discussion about whether he should supplant Bills quarterback Josh Allen as the MVP favorite and Allen got his chance to answer on Sunday. Allen ran for one touchdown and threw for two more as the Bills blasted the Jets 40-14

Tank who? The Giants were in a position for the No. 1 overall pick and hadn’t won a game at home all year. Drew Lock was starting at quarterback for a club that was averaging just 14.3 points per game. But none of that mattered on Sunday afternoon, as New

In a game that mattered only to the 2025 NFL draft order, the Titans won by losing. The Jaguars beat the Titans 20-13, which improves the Jaguars’ record to 4-12 and drops the Titans to 3-13. The Titans remain in contention for the first overall pick heading into Week 18.

It will take a collapse of epic proportions for the Bucs to go into Week 18 without a chance of winning the NFC South. Joe Tryon-Shoyinka blocked a punt by Panthers punter Johnny Hekker with just over five minutes to play in the third quarter and J.J. Russell scooped the

The Cowboys and Eagles both are playing backup quarterbacks today. The Eagles’ backup quarterback is outplaying the Cowboys’ backup quarterback. Kenny Pickett has thrown a touchdown, and his 1-yard touchdown run on the final play of the half has the Eagles leading the Cowboys 24-7 at halftime. Three Cowboys turnovers

Raiders rookie tight end Brock Bowers has just broken one of the NFL’s oldest records. On his third catch today in New Orleans, Bowers broke the record for most receiving yards for a rookie tight end in NFL history, which was set by Bears tight end Mike Ditka in 1961.

The Cowboys have tied things up in Philadelphia. Six minutes after Cooper Rush threw a pick-six to C.J. Gardner-Johnson, he threw a 4-yard touchdown pass to Jalen Tolbert. The teams are tied 7-7. The Cowboys have 100 yards on two drives. The Eagles have yet to have an offensive possession.

Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins is set for free agency after the 2024 season and that was on his mind during Saturday’s game against the Broncos. The Bengals are on the road against the Steelers in Week 18, so this season’s home finale might have been Higgins’ last game playing

Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. The Bills’ bid to clinch the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs will unfold without safety Damar Hamlin. Hamlin is inactive for Sunday’s home game against

The Dolphins got some bad news about quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on Saturday and Sunday got underway with mixed news about their top two receivers. Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle were both listed as questionable to play against the Browns in Cleveland on Sunday. Hill is dealing with a wrist injury

Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey’s game-clinching pick-six against the Steelers was capped by an uncalled taunting foul. And despite his best effort to explain that it wasn’t a taunt, the NFL didn’t buy it. Humphrey was fined $11,255 for taunting. “I want to make this, like, pretty clear,” Humphrey said after

There might or might not be a connection between giving Tom Brady a below-market deal for 10 percent of the franchise and the latest tale of dysfunction coming from the gang that couldn’t raid straight. Via Vincent Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review Journal, mechanical problems delayed the Raiders’ flight

During the fourth quarter of an ugly loss to the Chargers on Saturday, many of the few who remained for garbage time of a garbage game made their preferences known regarding the team’s first-year head coach. “Fire Mayo!” was the chant that emerged. “You hear those things,” coach Jerod Mayo

The Chiefs have a dilemma. They can try to knock the Broncos out of the playoffs next weekend with a win in Denver, or they can do what they typically do when the last game of the regular season means nothing to their playoff fortunes — rest the starting quarterback

AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post The Los Angeles Chargers cashed their ticket to the playoffs Saturday with a 40-7 dismantling of the New England Patriots in which completed 68.4 percent of his passes for 281 yards and three touchdowns. Their rivals, the Denver Broncos, could have earned their way into the

The MVP race may be down to Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, but Bengals coach Zac Taylor thinks Joe Burrow is the NFL’s best player. After Burrow led the Bengals to an overtime win over the Broncos on Saturday, Taylor was asked about Burrow in relation to Allen and Jackson

NFL draft prospects opting out of their bowl games to avoid injuries has become so commonplace in college football that it’s actually surprising when players like Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter don’t do it. But Miami quarterback Cam Ward did something on Saturday that takes opt-outs to another level.

Mariah May capped off a breakout year in 2024 by successfully retaining her AEW Women’s World Championship Saturday night over Thunder Rosa in a Tijuana Street Fight. To do so, The Glamour overcame a ferocious attack by her opponent, he sought revenge and her first reign with the gold since

With Saturday night’s victory over the Cardinals, the Rams are now on the verge of clinching the NFC West for the fourth time in Sean McVay’s eight years as head coach. It’s not unrealistic that it’ll happen over the next two days, as Los Angeles will clinch strength of victory

After starting the season 1-4, the Rams have won nine of their 11 games after their Week 6 bye to enter Week 18 10-6. With the club on the verge of clinching the NFC West either with some help or with a victory next weekend, quarterback Matthew Stafford said after

Down by 10 to start the second half, the Cardinals faced little resistance on their way down the field to scoring a touchdown. Trey McBride’s first receiving touchdown of the year got Arizona on the board. But a blocked extra point kept the score at 10-6 midway through the third

The Rams need a win on Saturday night to have a chance at clinching the NFC West with some help on Sunday. Though they struggled on offense for much of the first two quarters, they have a 10-0 lead over the Cardinals at halftime. Los Angeles punted on each of

Reinforcements in the Secondary The season-defining loss at Syracuse perfectly embodied—in a bad way—the struggles of Miami’s secondary. It’s no surprise, then, the ‘Canes have aggressively pursued defensive backs in the portal. They’ve brought in Michigan State corner Charles Brantley, Arizona corner Emmanuel Karnley and Jacksonville State safety Zechariah Poyser,

The Bengals’ 17-10 lead lasted all of 2:45. That’s how long Bo Nix needed to drive the Broncos to the tying score. His second touchdown throw of the day, a 51-yarder to Marvin Mims, has allowed the Broncos to tie the Bengals 17-17 with 8:48 left. Nix now is 15-of-18

The Bengals should have more points than they do after reaching the Denver 22, 2 and 2 on their three drives of the first half. They scored one touchdown, turning it over on downs on failed fourth downs on the first two possessions. Cincinnati leads Denver 7-3 at halftime. The

Last year, the Lions were 30 minutes from their first Super Bowl apperance. But their 17-point lead evaporated, and their best shot to win a championship in decades disappeared. Not surprisingly, as he prepares to take his team back to San Francisco, Lions coach Dan Campbell is still haunted by

The Titans downgraded running back Tony Pollard (ankle/illness) and safety Amani Hooker (shoulder) to out for Sunday’s game against the Jaguars, the team announced. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that it’s the flu that will keep Pollard out. Pollard has 238 carries for a career-high 1,017 yards and six touchdowns

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is back after briefly exiting today’s game for a concussion evaluation. Maye was hit hard in the head along the sideline and went to the locker room to get checked out. Jacoby Brissett replaced him, and the Patriots’ offense went three-and-out on Brissett’s lone drive. But

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye has exited today’s game against the Chargers with an apparent head injury. Maye scrambled, stepped out of bounds and took a helmet-to-helmet hit from Chargers defensive back Cam Hart, and exited the game after that. Hart could have been called for an illegal hit, but the

Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins is back. Dobbins, who has missed the last four games with a knee injury, is officially active for today’s game against the Patriots. Dobbins is the Chargers’ leading rusher, and it will be particularly helpful to have him today with the Chargers’ No. 2 running

Georgia quarterback Carson Beck has made it official: He’s in the 2025 NFL draft. Beck was once viewed as a potential first overall pick, but that is no longer the case. He did not play as well in 2024 as he had in 2022 and 2023, and he suffered a

The Commanders have cut ties to another early-round draft pick from their previous regime. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that they waived defensive tackle Phidarian Mathis on Saturday. Mathis was a second-round pick in 2022 and the Commanders have also parted ways with 2023 first-round pick Emmanuel Forbes and

The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the modern-era finalists for induction in the class of 2025 and it includes five players who can be elected in their first year of eligibility. Former Giants quarterback Eli Manning is at the head of that group. The two-time Super Bowl winner would

Eagles coach Nick Sirianni is four for four when it comes to making the playoffs. And yet there’s still a sense that Sirianni isn’t a high-end NFL coach. It’s not just a media thing. Despite a 13-4 season, Sirianni has become a 100-1 afterthought in the betting for coach of

More than four years after he was convicted of rape and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, former NFL defensive lineman Dana Stubblefield has gotten very good news. A California appeals court has overturned the conviction. Via the Associated Press, the court found that prosecutors used “racially discriminatory

Steelers receiver George Pickens has shown high-end ability during nearly three seasons in the NFL. He also has flashed just enough frustration and anger to make some wonder how much of a problem he’d be without the influence of coach Mike Tomlin. When Pickens crashed the post-game interview of Chiefs

The Browns have no good options when it comes to the final two years of quarterback Deshaun Watson’s fully-guaranteed contract. And so they’re whipping up a batch of salary-cap chicken salad. PFT has confirmed multiple reports that the Browns and Watson have agreed to terms on a restructuring. The news

SmackDown.WWE SmackDown opened with a video recap of Kevin Owens attacking Cody Rhodes after their match at Saturday Night’s Main Event followed by an announcement from Nick Aldis. He confirmed KO still has the Winged Eagle belt but is not the WWE champion. He gave Owens until the end of

Quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson is officially set to make his second start of the season on Sunday afternoon. Thompson-Robinson (calf) is off the injury report with no game status for the Week 17 matchup against Miami. While Thompson-Robinson was listed as limited on Wednesday and Thursday, he was upgraded to a

As a rookie with the Packers in 2014, Davante Adams caught his first touchdown pass — which happened to be the 200th touchdown pass of Aaron Rodgers’ career. In 2020, Adams caught Rodgers’ 400th touchdown pass. On Sunday, Adams hopes to catch Rodgers’ 500th touchdown pass. Rodgers is at 499

The Patriots announced a number of roster moves ahead of Saturday’s game against the Chargers. Cornerback Marcus Jones was ruled out with a hip injury on Thursday and he went on injured reserve Friday. Jones will miss Week 18 because of the move, so his season is over. Jones made

The Chargers made it official, announcing they have activated running back J.K. Dobbins from injured reserve. Dobbins will play in Saturday’s game against the Patriots after missing the past four games with a knee injury. Dobbins has 158 carries for 766 yards and eight touchdowns in 11 games. Gus Edwards

The door is open for veteran edge rusher Shaq Barrett to play before the 2024 season is over. The Dolphins waived Barrett off of the reserve/retired list on Thursday and he would not be eligible to play if claimed because he was on the retired list. The NFL’s transaction report

Joe Flacco has started four games in place of Anthony Richardson this season. The Colts quarterback could start another this week. If he does, there is a chance it could be the final start of Flacco’s career. While Flacco has given no indication he plans to retire, he is 39.

It’s the penultimate weekend of the 2024 season, and five more teams can punch their playoff tickets. Others can cement their spots on the playoff tree. Either way, we’re two weeks away from the start of the postseason, which will consist of games far more compelling than the college football

Free agent linebacker Shaq Barrett will join the Buccaneers’ practice squad Saturday, pending a physical, according to multiple reports. The Dolphins cut Barrett from the reserved/retired list this week, and he cleared waivers Friday. That made him a free agent and eligible to play this season. Barrett signed with the

Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart has declared for the 2025 NFL draft. Dart, though, said in his social media post Friday that he will play in the Gator Bowl against Duke on Jan. 2. Dart spent three years in Oxford after transferring from USC. “I really and truly came of