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The Eagles got a win against the Commanders on Thursday night, but they had to fight an uphill battle in the second half to get it done and part of the reason for that was kicker Jake Elliott. Elliott missed two field goals in the first half, which helped Washington

Tight end George Kittle returned to a limited practice Thursday, a day after missing practice with hamstring irritation. Defensive end Nick Bosa (hip), left tackle Trent Williams (ankle/rest) and punter Mitch Wishnowsky (back) remained out of practice a second consecutive day. Cornerback Charvarius Ward remains away from the team after

Eagles fans cheered on Thursday night as Saquon Barkley racked up 146 rushing yards, 52 receiving yards and two touchdowns in a win over the Commanders. And then Eagles fans engaged in one of their favorite activities: Mocking the Giants. The fans in Philadelphia began a loud chant of, “Thank

The Commanders have the early 7-0 lead over the Eagles. On their second possession, the Commanders went 58 yards on only four plays. They used a short field after a 38-yard Braden Mann punt. Austin Ekeler got the drive started with a 34-yard catch-and-run to the Philadelphia 24, and Jayden

Analytics usually say that coaches are too quick to kick and should go for it on fourth down more often. But on Thursday night, Commanders head coach Dan Quinn made the rare decision to go for it in a situation where the analytics said to kick. It did not go

Alex Slitz/Getty Images 2. Philadelphia Eagles (8-2) 4. Arizona Cardinals (6-4) 5. Minnesota Vikings (7-2) 6. Green Bay Packers (6-3) 7. Washington Commanders (7-4) 8. San Francisco 49ers (5-4) 10. Seattle Seahawks (4-5) 11. Los Angeles Rams (4-5) 12. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-6) 14. New Orleans Saints (3-7) 15. Carolina

The Eagles have more yards (174-124), more first downs (11-6), more plays (42-26) and a better time of possession (18:29-11:31) than the Commanders. They do not lead at halftime. Philadelphia trails Washington 7-3. The Eagles ended the first half with quarterback Jalen Hurts in the sideline medical tent. Hurts was

Philadelphia has the lead for the first time. Jalen Hurts scored on a quarterback push play from the 1-yard line with 12:00 remaining in the fourth quarter. Jake Elliott missed the extra point wide left after also missing two field goals in the first half. The Eagles lead 12-10. The

Jayden DanielsMitchell Leff/Getty Images The Washington Commanders are one of the biggest surprises in the NFL this year, and while the play of rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels has drawn most of the attention to date, head coach Dan Quinn told reporters that he believes as offensive coordinator Kliff Kingsbury and

Dan Quinn’s odds of winning the coach of the year award got a little longer tonight. Or a lot. Two major coaching flaws stand out from Thursday night. Both from the fourth quarter. First, facing fourth and two from the Eagles’ 26 with 8:01 to play and down 12-10, Quinn

The Eagles scored 23 consecutive points in the second half Thursday night before Commanders tight end Zach Ertz scored a late touchdown and two-point conversion against his former team. Philadelphia won 26-18 despite three missed kicks from Jake Elliott. With its sixth consecutive win, Philadelphia (8-2) now leads the NFC

Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts took two hard hits from the Commanders in the first half Thursday night. The second, a hit from Quan Martin on third down in the red zone with 22 seconds left in the half, prompted the independent neurologist to call for a concussion check. Hurts was

On Sunday, The NFL Today will be doing something it’s never done before. The CBS pregame show will hit the road for a regular-season game. The cast will be in Buffalo for the game between the 9-0 Chiefs and 8-2 Bills. It’s only the fifth time since the merger that

Linebacker Tyrel Dodson was waived by the Seahawks on Wednesday despite being the team’s leading tackler. He is confused as to the reason. “We’re still trying to figure that out,” Dodson said Thursday after the Dolphins claimed him off waivers, via David Furones of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “Emotionally, I’m

The Cowboys began the season with a running back by committee. That plan was scrapped the past two weeks. On Thursday, coach Mike McCarthy confirmed Rico Dowdle now is the team’s bell cow. “He’s the lead back,” McCarthy said, via Shawn McFarland of the Dallas Morning News. “I thought he

The Cowboys have 18 players on their practice report Thursday as they begin preparations for Monday night’s game against the Texans. Two quarterbacks are on the list. Dak Prescott, who underwent season-ending hamstring surgery Wednesday, remains on the active roster. The Cowboys will place him on injured reserve later this

Bears safety Jaquan Brisker remains in concussion protocol. He landed there after an Oct. 7 game against the Panthers when he self-reported symptoms. Brisker, who had a violent collision with Panthers tight end Tommy Tremble during that Week 5 game, still isn’t practicing and will miss his fifth game Sunday.

Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton took a step in the right direction on Thursday. Hamilton did not participate in practice on Wednesday, but he did some work on a side field while rehabbing the ankle injury he suffered last Thursday. Reporters at the open portion of practice on Thursday send word

When the Steelers made the decision to insert Russell Wilson as their starting quarterback, they left the door open to Justin Fields having a package of plays that allowed him to remain part of the offense. Fields did not play in Week Seven against the Jets and a hamstring injury

Quarterback Drake Maye has been steadily progressing, finding success as a rookie with the Patriots. After helping lead the club to a 19-3 road victory over the Bears last week, Maye said in his Wednesday press conference that he wants to keep building off of what the offense has been

Patriots defensive tackle Christian Barmore is set to take a significant step back toward the lineup on Thursday. According to multiple reports, Barmore is expected to practice with the team. It would be Barmore’s first time on the practice field since he was treated for blood clots this summer. The

The Eagles and Commanders meet twice every season, so there’s plenty of familiarity for veterans on both sides of the rivalry but Eagles wide receiver Jahan Dotson is an outlier on that front. Dotson was a 2022 first-round pick in Washington and caught 84 passes for the team before being

When looking at Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s history against the Steelers, two things immediately jump out. One is that he’s missed more games against Pittsburgh since becoming the starter than he’s actually played and the other is that the two-time MVP has not been successful in the four starts he’s

The Bills are favored to beat the undefeated Chiefs on Sunday, but if we know anything about Patrick Mahomes, it’s that betting against him is risky. Kansas City is a two-point underdog at Buffalo, making Sunday’s game the 15th time the Chiefs have been underdogs with Mahomes as a starter.

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw caution to the wind on Monday night, throwing himself in the path of linebacker Christian Rozeboom after an interception. Tagovailoa got lucky that he didn’t sustain his latest concussion. He was asked on Wednesday what he saw when he watched the tape on film. “I

Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins has worked hard to fully overcome the Achilles injury that ended his 2023 season prematurely. He’s now dealing with a different injury. Actually, two of them. Cousins was listed by the Falcons as limited in practice on Wednesday with a right shoulder and right elbow injury.

Coach Mike McDaniel isn’t worried about former Dolphins player DeShon Elliott questioning the Miami’s mental toughness. Steelers safety DeShon Elliott, appearing on the Punch Line Podcast, called the Dolphins “soft as fuck” in reference to a 56-20 loss to the Ravens late last season. The Dolphins would have won the

Steelers receiver Mike Williams sent a social-media message to his former quarterback after catching a game-winning touchdown pass in his debut with Pittsburgh. Aaron Rodgers, who claimed he wasn’t aware of the “Red Line” hashtag Williams applied to a celebratory post on Instagram, laughed it off when asked about it

Patrick Mahomes called the burglary at his Kansas City area home “frustrating and disappointing.” News broke Tuesday that the homes of Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce were burglarized on Oct. 6 and Oct. 7 respectively. The Chiefs played the Saints on Monday Night Football on Oct. 7. On Wednesday,

Although the Lions won in Week 10, they had to dig out of a 16-point halftime hole. Left tackle Taylor Decker, who missed the game due to a shoulder injury, took his absence and the team’s performance without him hard. “I felt personally responsible for the first half of that

49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir has always believed he was among the best at his position in the NFL. On Tuesday, the 49ers confirmed their belief in him with a five-year, $92 million extension. “I was always the person [who] would be confident and then speaking aloud and saying stuff like,

Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald said before practice DK Metcalf would have a limited practice Wednesday, and the receiver said he didn’t know if he would return to game action this week. All signs are pointing to Metcalf coming back Sunday after missing two games with a sprained medial collateral ligament.

Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott underwent successful surgery in New York on Wednesday, Clarence Hill of alldlls.com reports. The surgery repaired a partial avulsion of Prescott’s hamstring tendon. The recovery timeline is three months, and thus, Prescott will finish the season on injured reserve. He was injured in the team’s Week

Seahawks receiver D.K. Metcalf has missed two games, due to a knee injury. Will he return on Sunday at San Francisco, four weeks after suffering the injury? “I don’t know yet,” Metcalf told reporters on Wednesday. “Going to practice today and then see how it goes.” Metcalf also was asked

The 1990 Giants won the Super Bowl behind a dominant defense led by Lawrence Taylor and coordinated by Bill Belichick. That defense held its first 10 opponents to less than 21 points, a start to the season that has never been repeated — at least not yet. If the Chargers

The focus of the Bears’ week has been on firing offensive coordinator Shane Waldron, but Wednesday’s injury report offered a reminder that there are other issues for the team to deal with heading into their game against the Packers. The status of defensive end Montez Sweat (knee) will be something

The Colts will have quarterback Anthony Richardson back in the lineup for Sunday’s game against the Jets and it looks like they might have wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. back as well. Pittman did not play in last Sunday’s loss to the Bills because of a back injury, but he

Vikings rookie quarterback J.J. McCarthy was reportedly back in the operating room recently. Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com reports that McCarthy had a second surgery on his right knee. McCarthy’s first surgery was to repair a torn meniscus and the second operation was needed to address swelling the first-round pick was

The Lions played without left tackle Taylor Decker last Sunday, but things appear to be trending in the right direction for this weekend. Lions head coach Dan Campbell said at a Wednesday press conference that Decker remains in the questionable category due to a shoulder injury. Campbell said that he

Browns left tackle Jedrick Wills raised some eyebrows when he told reporters that he made a “business decision” not to play the Week 7 matchup against the Bengals before he was benched. Head coach Kevin Stefanski defended Wills during his Wednesday press conference, noting Wills likely misspoke. “It was a

Eagles linebacker Zack Baun’s move into a starting role this year is going well. Baun signed with the Eagles as a free agent this offseason after four years spent mostly playing on special teams in New Orleans and he opened the season with 15 tackles and two sacks in a

The Browns added a cornerback to their 53-man roster on Wednesday. The team announced that they have signed Chigozie Anusiem. Anunsiem was signed off of the Commanders’ practice squad. Anusiem signed with the Commanders after going undrafted out of Colorado State this year. He was cut at the end of

If Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow looks like Macaulay Culkin, Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce possibly have been victimized by the Wet Bandits. Last month, the homes of Mahomes and Kelce were burglarized on consecutive days. Via TMZ.com, Mahomes’s mansion was entered on Sunday, October 6. The burglary at Kelce’s home

Panthers running back Miles Sanders was carted off the field during the team’s win over the Giants in Munich last Sunday, but it doesn’t look like he’s going to miss an extended period of time. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Sanders had extensive testing done on his foot

Ja’Marr ChaseKevin Sabitus/Getty Images Before we get to the top 100 overall players for Week 11 in PPR leagues (a list that can aid with flex lineup decisions), the usual notes, blathering and whatnot. First off, there are no quarterbacks listed here. If your league has a “superflex” spot and

Sunday’s Ravens-Steelers matchup is a big game in one of the NFL’s best rivalries, and a continuation of one of the league’s most significant coaching rivalries as well. Ravens coach John Harbaugh and Steelers coach Mike Tomlin will coach against each other for the 36th time on Sunday. Harbaugh became

As Thanksgiving approaches, you’re already thinking about that nagging obligation to buy Christmas gifts. Here’s an easy way to check plenty of boxes on your Christmas list. Buy hard copies of On Our Way Home for only $9.99. This year, all proceeds received by me will go to a pair

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has kept his mouth shut regarding his true views on owner Woody Johnson’s rash decision to fire coach Robert Saleh after only five games. Beyond protesting (perhaps too much) the suggestion that Rodgers made the termination happen, Rodgers has never said whether he agreed with it,

From time to time, but not very often, former special-teams coordinators become NFL head coaches. When it happens, there’s usually some other gig that the coach has performed before making the next step, like John Harbaugh spending a year as defensive backs coach in Philadelphia before becoming the Ravens head