Baker Mayfield of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, right, bumps heads with Ryan Jensen. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images) On Dec. 10, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ playoff hopes were down to one drive. They were trailing and on the road. With 3:23 left, the Atlanta Falcons scored to take a 25-22 lead. With a loss, the Bucs would have fallen to …
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Eric Williams NFC West Writer The ability to play with confidence can be a fleeting thing in the National Football League. For most of the season, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy played with swagger because of his MVP-like production in leading San Francisco to an 11-4 record and a second straight NFC West title. But a poor performance like the one …
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The Cleveland Browns welcome the New York Jets to town for an AFC matchup on Thursday Night Football. The game kicks off the NFL’s Week 17 slate, and the Browns aim to continue a hot streak. Cleveland is 10-5 overall after a 36-22 road win over the Houston Texans in Week 16. The Browns are on a three-game winning streak …
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Dec 28, 2023, 11:34 AM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sabres top-line center Tage Thompson was placed on the team’s non-roster list because of personal reasons on Thursday. Thompson did not play in Buffalo’s 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. The team did not provide any other details on Thompson’s absence except to indicate he is expected to …
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The Week 17 NFL main slate begins Sunday at 1 p.m. EST and features 13 games. Only the Thursday Night Football (Jets-Browns), Saturday game (Lions-Cowboys) and Sunday Night Football (Packers-Vikings) participants play outside the Week 17 main slate. Yahoo will run plenty of NFL DFS contests for Week 17, but the biggest is the Sunday Baller, which pays out a …
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Chris Fallica FOX Sports Wagering Expert Want to win some free money while watching the NFL? This weekend, you can do just that with our new free-to-play FOX Super 6 game. How do you play? Enter the NFL Super 6 contest by predicting the correct answers to six questions before the games start for your chance at weekly cash prizes. …
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Unless you’re in middle age, you either don’t remember or were not alive the last time the Steelers won in Seattle, the site of Pittsburgh’s Week 17 game. It’s been a little over 40 years since Pittsburgh last won in Seattle after losing its last five games in the Emerald City. The Steelers’ last win in Seattle took place on …
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A week after impressive wins over fellow Super Bowl contenders, the Ravens and Dolphins will clash on Sunday in a potential AFC Championship Game preview. Baltimore is a 3-point home favorite according to the latest Week 17 NFL odds. A win would clinch the No. 1 overall seed for the Ravens, while Miami can also lock down the top seed …
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The costly Russell Wilson era with the Denver Broncos is likely ending. Wilson, a nine-time Pro Bowler, was expected to help bring the Broncos back to the glory days of John Elway and Peyton Manning when he was traded by the Seattle Seahawks to Denver for two first-round picks, two second-round picks, a fifth-round pick, quarterback Drew Lock and two …
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Patricia explains what he likes about Brandon Graham playing inside originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Playing inside on the defensive line is nothing new for Brandon Graham. Heck, the biggest play of Graham’s career came when he rushed from the inside and forced a fumble against Tom Brady and the Patriots in Super Bowl LII. But after not playing …
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The Vikings are weighing yet another quarterback change entering Week 17. But if star wide receiver Justin Jefferson has his way, they’ll be going back to their original starter in 2024, locking up the injured Kirk Cousins this offseason. “I definitely will always give that extra word for Kirko,” Jefferson said this week, per the St. Paul Pioneer Press. “(And) …
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Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens revealed that they cared just a little about being perceived as the underdogs going into their game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The quarterback relished the tag, while other teammates said they felt disrespected. A few days after beating the 49ers, on the road, by two touchdowns, the Ravens have done a …
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Rob Rang NFL Draft Analyst The 2024 NFL Draft is still four months away, but with the deadline for underclassmen to declare looming Jan. 15, and half of the league’s 32 teams either already out of playoff contention or just one more loss away from it, ‘tis the season for mock drafts and the fierce player debates that go along …
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A 4-1 ATS week on my top five picks, and 9-7 ATS overall. Picking the Washington Commanders to cover three points just because it was my dad’s birthday was pretty incredible. Jacoby Brissett saved us there with a 21-point run in the second half. The Detroit Lions came through for us for the first time in what feels like ages, …
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As an NFL season progresses, a straightforward but important question is often posed — which teams can actually win the Super Bowl? Often it’s answered with a small collection of, like, six to eight teams without much justification. That will not be the case here. I have pinpointed the super-specific, possibly obscure — well beyond “they have a good offense” …
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