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The Falcons got a win in Las Vegas on Monday, but the postgame discourse about quarterback Kirk Cousins didn’t sound all that different than it did during their four-game losing streak. Cousins threw his first touchdown since Week Nine, but was just 11-of-17 for 112 yards and also threw an

Mental errors have had a big hand in the Bears’ current eight-game losing streak and they added another entry to the list in Minnesota on Monday night. Offensive lineman Doug Kramer failed to report as eligible when he came into the game as a fullback and a D’Andre Swift touchdown

The Raiders’ special teams got two punts blocked, an extra point blocked, and fair caught a punt at the 3-yard line, leading to their offense taking a safety. Raiders coach Antonio Pierce was not pleased. Asked about his team’s special teams miscues after the game, Pierce acknowledged they were ugly.

Nic Antaya/Getty Images 1. Kansas City Chiefs (13-1) 3. Pittsburgh Steelers (10-4) 5. Baltimore Ravens (9-5) 7. Los Angeles Chargers (8-6) 8. Indianapolis Colts (6-8) 10. Cincinnati Bengals (6-8) 12. Cleveland Browns (3-11) 13. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-11) 14. Tennessee Titans (3-11) 15. New England Patriots (3-11) 16. Las Vegas Raiders

Two weeks ago, Devin McCourty and I did a PFT Live draft of the best candidates to coach the Bears. In the midst of doing (limited) prep, it occurred to me to suggest that the Bears target a coach currently serving as the head coach of another team. And it

The Vikings lead the Bears 13-0 at halftime and will get the ball to start the second half. Minnesota outgained Chicago 180 to 106, with Sam Darnold going 15-of-24 for 145 yards with a touchdown and an interception. The Vikings scored on three of four possessions, with Darnold throwing a

That just might do it. The Bears had a chance to cut the Vikings’ lead to 13-7 on D’Andre Swift’s 1-yard touchdown run midway through the third quarter. But offensive lineman Doug Kramer, playing fullback, failed to report as eligible, wiping out the touchdown. Swift got the Bears back to

The Falcons defense held the Raiders to 80 yards and a field goal, forced a turnover, had two sacks and recorded a safety. It helped Atlanta to a 9-3 lead over Las Vegas at halftime. The game’s only touchdown came on Kirk Cousins’ 30-yard throw to Drake London, the first

Kirk Cousins had no touchdowns and eight interceptions in the past four games. But in the first quarter of Monday Night Football, the Falcons quarterback threw his first touchdown pass since Week 9. Drake London got wide open on a double move, catching a 30-yard touchdown pass from Cousins. The

Mike Vick is a candidate for the Sacramento State head-coaching job. Unless he isn’t. Unless he is. It’s all unclear at this point. What is clear is that it’s in the mutual interests of Vick and the school to publicize the flirtation. Even if it will never be anything more

Geno Smith underwent imaging on his injured knee Monday, and it appears the Seahawks quarterback escaped serious injury. The MRI showed no structural damage and no fractures. “We’re fortunate. A lot of positive, optimistic signs coming out of the tests,” head coach Mike Macdonald said Monday, via Brady Henderson of

North Carolina coach Bill Belichick has said of his new job, “I didn’t come here to leave.” His contract, however, makes it very easy to leave. After June 1, 2025, the buyout plummets from $10 million to $1 million. As noted on Sunday, that term wasn’t randomly generated. It was

The 49ers are done with linebacker De’Vondre Campbell. Yes, they’ve imposed a three-game suspension after he refused to play on Thursday night. But that’s an obvious (and hardly unjustified) effort to save some money and to keep him from playing for another team, which might be what he wants. Regardless,

With Deion Sanders thriving as a college football coach, other former football players seem to be interested in that model. Those who cover football need to be wary that they’re sometimes being used as pawns in the effort to get the former football player a job. It happened last month,

Florida State quarterback DJ Uiagalelei has declared for the 2025 NFL draft. Uiagalelei has played five college seasons, spending time at Clemson and Oregon State before landing with the Seminoles. He announced his decision on social media. “To my coaches, thank you for believing in me, challenging me, and investing

The Bears have a couple of injured running backs on the active roster, so they pulled one up from the practice squad to round out the group for Monday night’s game against the Vikings. Darrynton Evans has been called up on a temporary basis. He will revert back to the

Panthers receiver Xavier Legette is dealing with a groin injury and may or may not be available for the club’s Week 16 game against the Cardinals. Head coach Dave Canales told reporters on Monday that Legette is currently week-to-week. “We’re still doing all the work-up on that for him right

Michael Owens/Getty Images Johnson will be a free agent this offseason, giving him free rein to find a new team after a failed half-season with the Ravens. Though the 2024 season didn’t show it, the 28-year-old is capable of putting up solid numbers. Last season, he hauled in 51 receptions

Running back David Montgomery’s first season with the Lions is over. Word on Monday was that Montgomery has an MCL injury that might keep him out for the rest of the campaign and Lions head coach Dan Campbell confirmed that Montgomery is done for the year at his press conference.

After serving a one-game suspension, Diontae Johnson will not be back with the Ravens for Saturday’s game against the Steelers. Johnson and the team have mutually agreed that he is excused from team activities this week. Baltimore initially suspended Johnson after he refused to enter the Week 13 loss to

Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones confirmed that cornerback Trevon Diggs will miss the rest of the 2024 season because of a knee injury and his recovery timeline is going to be an extended one. Diggs has been dealing with knee issues for some time and Jones said on 105.3

The Giants don’t know who they are going to start at quarterback against the Falcons in Week 16. With Drew Lock sidelined by heel and left elbow injuries, Tommy DeVito started against the Ravens on Sunday but was knocked out of the game before halftime with a head injury. Tim

NFL RedZone host Scott Hanson likes to welcome fans to each Sunday’s broadcast by telling them they’re getting “seven hours of commercial-free football.” Yesterday, that wasn’t true. The NFL showed four short commercials during Sunday’s RedZone broadcast, with viewers seeing a split screen of a commercial and a game, and

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said on Sunday that he’d know more about his right ankle injury after having tests on Monday and those tests reportedly backed up the initial read on the severity of the issue. That read was that Mahomes suffered a high-ankle sprain during the 21-7 win over

The Cowboys have had a disappointing season. Receiver CeeDee Lamb has not been disappointing. Despite missing most of training camp and the preseason due to an entirely avoidable (from the team’s perspective) contract holdout, Lamb has had another highly productive year. In 14 games, he has 94 catches for 1,089

You can scratch one quarterback off the list as a potential 2025 draft pick. Drew Allar announced on Monday that he will return to Penn State next season for his senior year. Allar, who turns 21 in March, could have declared for the draft as he’s coming to the end

The hits keep coming for Detroit’s defense, which will now be down two more players as the club enters the postseason. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, defensive lineman Alim McNeill suffered a torn ACL during Sunday’s loss to Buffalo, which will end his season. And cornerback Carlton Davis suffered

The Dolphins shared on update on wide receiver Grant DuBose’s condition on Monday morning. DuBose was taken to a Houston hospital after being injured in Sunday’s 20-12 loss to the Texans and Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said there had been some “positive feedback” about the wideout’s condition after the

There hasn’t been much to like about the Jaguars this season, but wide receiver Brian Thomas is at the top of that small list. Thomas was a first-round pick in April and he’s lived up to that status over the course of his rookie season. Thomas caught 10 passes for

49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said last week that linebacker De’Vondre Campbell would not play for the team again after he refused to enter last Thursday’s loss to the Rams, but that the team was working out how they would handle the situation. The answer appears to have come on

There were 13 games around the league on Sunday and the matchup between the Colts and Broncos in Denver underlined one of the leading themes of the day. The two teams combined to turn the ball over eight times, including Broncos edge rusher Nik Bonitto’s disruption of a trick play

Ford will once again take over the starting running back role in Cleveland with Nick Chubb out injured. Chubb suffered a broken foot on Sunday. He missed the start of the season as part of his recovery from a torn ACL. Ford ran for 84 yards on seven carries and

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson reached another historical milestone during Sunday’s win over the Giants. Jackson’s career rushing total topped the 6,000-yard mark on Sunday, with Jackson now having 6,001 rushing yards in his NFL career. He joins Michael Vick as the only quarterbacks in NFL history with 6,000 rushing yards.

You would never know it by his stats, but Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts confirmed he played Sunday’s game with a fractured left ring finger. “It is broken, and it did impact my play,” Hurts said after the 27-13 win over the Steelers. Hurts wore a splint on his left hand,

Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images According to Tankathon, the current order of selection for the 2025 NFL Draft is: 1. New York Giants (2-12) 2. Las Vegas Raiders (2-11) 3. New England Patriots (3-11) 4. Jacksonville Jaguars (3-11) 5. Carolina Panthers (3-11) 6. Tennessee Titans (3-11) 7. Cleveland Browns (3-11) 10. New

Jim Tunney, who spent three decades as an NFL official, has died at the age of 95. Tunney was the referee for Super Bowl VI, Super Bowl XI and Super Bowl XII, and worked legendary games including the Ice Bowl in Green Bay, the Fog Bowl in Chicago and The

As the Kansas City Chiefs inched closer to home-field advantage for the 2024 NFL playoffs, the NFC race tightened. Josh Allen continues his potential… This content was brought to you by: Bleacher Report – Front Page

Maybe the Colts wouldn’t have won anyway, but the worst mistake of Jonathan Taylor’s career cost them a chance to find out. Taylor was running for a 41-yard touchdown that would have given the Colts a 20-7 lead early in the third quarter when he began a premature celebration. Taylor

The Packers were able to withstand a mid-game lull to come away with a decisive 30-13 victory over the Seahawks on Sunday. But Seattle has a bigger concern than just a loss, as quarterback Geno Smith suffered a knee injury midway through the third quarter and did not return. Green

The Vikings don’t play until Monday night this week, but they can already punch their ticket to the postseason. With Seattle’s loss to Green Bay on Sunday night, Minnesota has officially clinched a playoff berth. This was one of three ways the Vikings could clinch a spot in Week 15.

Green Bay’s win over Seattle clinched a playoff berth for Minnesota, but it also had some significant consequences for the playoff picture in the NFC West. The Rams now lead the division with three weeks to go. At 8-6, Los Angeles has the same record as Seattle. But the Rams

Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith had to exit Sunday’s loss to the Packers midway through the third quarter with a knee injury. After the game, head coach Mike Macdonald noted that the team isn’t yet sure of the extent of Smith’s injury. “It was a knee for Geno. I can tell

In the AFC, the seven playoff teams seem to be set. The seeding, and one division title, remain to be determined. In the NFC, things have been tightened at the top, with three of the divisions still up for grabs. Fifty regular-season games remain before it all gets sorted out,

Things have been going well for the Packers on Sunday night but a rare mistake by Josh Jacobs may have gotten the Seahawks back in it. Jacobs fumbled for just the third time this season with the Seahawks recovering the loose ball. Zach Charbonnet made the takeaway count, as he

The Seahawks have an injury concern with their quarterback. Geno Smith has come out midway through the third quarter after suffering a knee injury on an incomplete pass. He is questionable to return. Smith had just put the Seahawks in scoring position with a 22-yard pass to Tyler Lockett. But

The Packers came out hot and kept the pressure on the Seahawks throughout the first 30 minutes, taking a 20-3 lead into halftime. Green Bay scored on all four of its first-half possessions with a pair of touchdowns and two field goals. Jordan Love started the game 9-of-9 for 108

The hits keep coming for the decimated Detroit defense. The Lions, who already had more defensive players on injured reserve than any other team in the NFL, lost three more players to apparent season-ending injuries today. The most serious injury was to cornerback Khalil Dorsey, who had an air cast

The Packers elected to take the ball after winning the opening coin toss and certainly sent a message with their first drive. Josh Jacobs capped a 10-play, 63-yard drive with a 1-yard touchdown to give Green Bay an early 7-0 lead over Seattle. Coming off a long weekend after the

Chris Graythen/Getty Images One of the best stories of this 2025 season has been the emergence of rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders. Left for dead in a jam-packed NFC East, the team entered Week 15 at 8-5 and in the seventh and final seed in the conference

The Broncos haven’t nailed down a playoff berth just yet, but it looks like their long drought is about to come to an end. After falling behind the Colts 13-7 in the first half, the Broncos were the only team to score in the second half. The 31-13 win moves