Getty Images Welcome to a rare Saturday edition of the Week 16 grades. The NFL was kind enough to give everyone an early Christmas gift in the form of a holiday doubleheader consisting of Bengals-Steelers and Bills-Chargers.  Each of these games carry a significant impact on the AFC playoff picture as the wild card picture is as close and jumbled as …

Just three weeks remain in the 2023 regular season and the Week 16 slated is packed with high-profile matchups that’ll certainly shake up the playoff picture. Division titles and playoff spots can be clinched over the course of the holiday weekend, and we’ll cap it off with a potential Super Bowl LVIII preview between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco …

New Mexico State coach Jerry Kill stepped down from his post Saturday. The Aggies have promoted wide receivers coach (and former UNLV head coach) Tony Sanchez to serve as his successor. Kill leaves New Mexico State with a 17-11 overall record. The 62-year-old Kill has battled health issues in the past, including dealing with the effects of epilepsy since 2005.  …

Who’s Playing New England Patriots @ Denver Broncos Current Records: New England 3-11, Denver 7-7 How To Watch When: Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 8:15 p.m. ETWhere: Empower Field at Mile High — Denver, ColoradoTV: NFL NetworkFollow: CBS Sports AppOnline streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.) What to Know The New England Patriots will head out on the road to face off …

The Cowboys will not have left tackle Tyron Smith on Sunday against the Dolphins. The team announced he did not make the trip to Miami and will not play. Smith was doubtful with a back injury. It would be the fourth missed game for Smith this season and the 37th since the start of 2020. He has not played a …

GRAPEVINE, Texas – At the moment of Ohio State’s arrival Saturday for the Cotton Bowl, the Buckeyes remained whole. That could change, but everyone on the current roster is in Texas or en route, coach Ryan Day said at a press conference at the team hotel. Nobody has announced he would opt out of playing, he said. Dec 20, 2023; …

Dec 23, 2023, 08:07 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Anaheim Ducks rookie forward Leo Carlsson will be out for four to six weeks with a sprained right knee ligament. The Ducks announced the extent of the injury for the No. 2 overall pick in last summer’s draft before they hosted the Seattle Kraken on Saturday night in their final game …

It’s pretty remarkable that we’re already in the final month of the 2023 NFL regular season. One minute you’re in the summer months gearing up for the season ahead, and BAM it’s Christmas. And what do we want in our stockings this year? Winners. We rebounded slightly after a dull Week 14, but the 6-8-2 ATS record last week is …

Vanderbilt football is hiring Melvin Rice, the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach at New Mexico State, to its staff, according to a report from Matt Zenitz at 247Sports. The report did not specify which role Rice was taking. Nick Howell, who was previously the defensive coordinator and safeties coach, was demoted from defensive coordinator to a position coach, then later …

This was the George Pickens game. After taking some heavy criticism both externally and internally over the course of the week, Pickens was a star on Saturday as the Steelers beat the Bengals 34-11. Pickens got the Steelers going with an 86-yard catch-and-run touchdown on the team’s second play from scrimmage. Then he had a long catch to set up …

PHILADELPHIA — Time heals all wounds, evidenced as new defensive play-caller Matt Patricia hugged Darius Slay prior to Patricia’s first press conference in his new role with the Philadelphia Eagles.  A year ago, that bro hug would have been impossible to envision. Slay couldn’t stand Patricia from their days together with the Detroit Lions, as their public feud appeared to …

In a fit of rage, former Tennessee football coach Butch Jones wasted a valuable timeout during Arkansas State’s Camellia Bowl matchup against Northern Illinois on Saturday, costing the Red Wolves a chance at their first bowl win since 2019. Arkansas State scored a touchdown off a 13-yard touchdown connection between Corey Rucker and Jaylen Raynor, though the team failed the …

Who’s Playing Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Current Records: Jacksonville 8-6, Tampa Bay 7-7 How To Watch When: Sunday, December 24, 2023 at 4:05 p.m. ETWhere: Raymond James Stadium — Tampa, FloridaTV: CBSFollow: CBS Sports AppOnline streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.) What to Know After two games on the road, the Buccaneers are heading back home. They will be home …

Getty Images Blocking has been a hot-button topic in Pittsburgh. Jaylen Warren, who said he would have blocked for George Pickens had the roles been reversed last week, put his money where his mouth is during the first half of Saturday’s game against the Bengals.  While it wasn’t for Pickens, Warren provided a crushing block that set up Calvin Austin …

The coaching carousel has stopped spinning at the moment as every open head coaching job has now been filled. But these cycles almost always have some surprises in store for us, and there’s one potential domino everyone is keeping an eye on: Michigan. Jim Harbaugh has flirted with the NFL in the past, and his name has been tied to …