NFL News

The final week of the regular season is upon us and Week 18 culminates with a head-to-head battle between the Detroit Lions and Minnesota Vikings with the NFC North and the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoff bracket on the line. The Lions are three-point favorites in the latest Week 18 NFL odds. Meanwhile, there is one playoff spot …

Word heading into Week 17 was that the Dolphins would release defensive lineman Calais Campbell if they were eliminated from playoff contention, but they beat the Browns and remain alive heading into their season finale against the Jets. Campbell will be on the roster to help push for the final playoff spot in the AFC, but the prospect of what …

Mike Vrabel is the latest candidate to get an interview for the Jets’ head coaching job. Vrabel will interview at the Jets’ facility today, according to Zack Rosenblatt of TheAthletic.com. A consultant for the Browns this season, Vrabel’s contract with Cleveland expired this week, freeing him up to begin the process of looking for a head-coaching job before the season …

The 2024 NFL regular season is coming to an end, and half of the league will be turning their attention to the offseason. Last offseason was rather dramatic, as Bill Belichick found himself without a head-coaching job, Jim Harbaugh returned to the NFL and the quarterback market exploded with five $50-plus million-per-year extensions being handed out. What will happen this …

Even if healthy, Jalen Hurts was likely not going to play in the Philadelphia Eagles’ regular-season finale on Sunday against the New York Giants. Head coach Nick Sirianni indicted this week he would be resting a number of players, including running back Saquon Barkley, as the team is locked into the NFC’s No. 2 seed. But with the Eagles quarterback …

How Avonte Maddox made the most of a challenging season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia He was released on March 7 after six years with the Eagles. He re-signed a month later but with a smaller contract and no guarantees. He began the season as the starting slot but got benched for Cooper DeJean during the bye week. He …

Seahawks defensive tackle Leonard Williams is in his 10th NFL season and has been recognized for years as one of the best at his position. But he’s only made the Pro Bowl once, in 2016. And he’s not happy about that. “It’s pretty disappointing, if I’m being honest,” Williams said after Pro Bowl rosters were announced on Thursday, via ESPN. …

The Eagles’ seamless transition after losing a couple greats originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia As they began preparing for the 2024 season, the Eagles lost both Jason Kelce and Fletcher Cox to retirement. On Thursday, their replacements — Cam Jurgens and Jalen Carter — were both named as Pro Bowlers for the first time. There’s no doubt that Kelce …

10 Eagles backups to watch in Week 18 against Giants originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia With nothing to play for in terms of seeding, the Eagles are going to rest their star players in Week 18 against the Giants. But this is a big opportunity for a lot of backups. “What an opportunity for some of the guys who …

Defensive tackle Otito Ogbonnia was a Charger the last time they made the playoffs and sees something different in the current team. (Kyusung Gong / Associated Press) The joy of clinching a playoff berth didn’t erase the pain of Otito Ogbonnia’s last postseason memory. Perhaps the Chargers’ 27-point collapse in Jacksonville two years ago only enhanced the thrill of returning …

Backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo joined the Rams knowing what his role would be. (Gary Klein / Los Angeles Times) This could play out differently. What Rams quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo does on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks — and what might happen during the offseason — might make it so. In 2022, quarterback Baker Mayfield started the Rams’ regular-season finale, an …

While the long shadow of another quadrennial upheaval threatened to diminish the NFL’s stranglehold on American media consumption, the 2024 election cycle had relatively little impact on the league’s TV ratings. Unlike 2016, when NFL deliveries fell 8% in the face of the Trump-Clinton race, this season’s numbers are flat versus the heady year-ago turnout of 17.8 million viewers per …

Eagles running back Saquon Barkley won’t be in the lineup against his former team on Sunday, but he remained on the Giants’ minds as they move toward the end of the season. It has been easy to see how Barkley’s on-field production has been lacking from the Giants offense this season and his former teammates said that he might have …

At the conclusion of every fantasy football season, it’s a good exercise to look back at what circumstances led to your ultimate fate — whether you walked away with a first-place trophy or reigned supreme in your league’s Toilet Bowl. Perhaps the most important aspect of that self-reflection is to look back at our worst picks. Why did we make …

The Bengals handed out injury designations for Saturday’s game against the Steelers and a couple of key skill position players earned questionable tags. Running back Chase Brown remained out of practice with the ankle injury he suffered in last Saturday’s win over the Broncos while wide receiver Tee Higgins was a limited participant due to the ankle and knee issues …