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Getty Images The Atlanta Falcons will not bench Kirk Cousins in favor of rookie Michael Penix Jr., head coach Raheem Morris announced Monday  after the team suffered its fourth straight loss. Cousins is mired in a slump over his last four games. Cousins has completed 63.1% of his passes for 762 yards with zero touchdowns to seven interceptions — including …

The San Francisco 49ers’ running back problems aren’t getting any better. 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed Monday that Isaac Guerendo sustained a foot sprain in Sunday’s 38-13 win over the Chicago Bears. With a short week ahead of them — the 49ers will take on the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday night — it’s unclear if Guerendo will be …

Getty Images The Buffalo Bills got a super human performance from Josh Allen on Sunday, but despite his huge game, the Bills still managed to lose to the Los Angeles Rams in one of the wildest games of the 2024 season.  With the loss, the Bills made NFL history by basically inventing a new way to lose. Going into Week …

Breer: Why Kraft is unlikely to part with Mayo or Wolf in 2025 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Jerod Mayo has taken plenty of heat amid the New England Patriots’ 3-10 start. But you could argue de facto general manager Eliot Wolf deserves a fair share of blame as well. After all, Wolf and the front office are responsible …

Getty Images The 6-7 Miami Dolphins remain right in the thick of the playoff race thanks to a 32-26 overtime victory against the rival New York Jets on Sunday. Jonnu Smith was the hero, as he caught a 10-yard game-winning touchdown from Tua Tagovailoa in the extra period. Miami trailed by eight points at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but …

With Eagles now in playoffs, 10 facts and figures on their postseason history originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia After the lights at the Linc had dimmed and the parking lots had emptied out, the Eagles clinched a playoff spot Sunday with very little drama. The combination of the Lions beating the Packers on Thursday, then the Eagles beating the …

Zach Charbonnet’s Week 14 output in a win over the Arizona Cardinals is the best performance by any running back for Seattle this season. Charbonnet filled up the stat sheet with 134 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries and seven receptions for 59 yards. Those numbers were good for 37 Fantasy points, and for a running back with very …

Belichick responds to UNC coach rumors, what kind of program he’d build originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The University of North Carolina needs a new head coach of its football team after firing Mack Brown last month, and one surprise candidate for the job is generating a lot of conversation. Former New England Patriots head coach and eight-time Super …

Minnesota Vikings MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings announced themselves as NFC contenders with a 42-21 throttling of Kirk Cousins and the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, their sixth straight win. Now, they’re set to debut all-new “Winter Warrior” uniforms for their Week 15 matchup with the Chicago Bears. The Vikings have hosted “whiteout” games for years, asking fans to dress in …

Kittle still hopes 49ers can ‘sneak’ into playoffs with right approach originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Until they are mathematically eliminated from NFL playoff contention, the 49ers are keeping the faith. That much was evident in San Francisco’s 38-13 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium, where the 49ers’ one-game-at-a-time mentality had them rolling to …

USATSI The Saints won on Sunday, but quarterback Derek Carr paid a heavy price. Carr exited the Saints’ 14-11 victory early with a left hand injury. Further tests revealed that the veteran suffered a significant fracture in that non-throwing hand and is expected to miss several weeks, according to NFL Media.  Given there are just four weeks left in the regular …

What’s more fun than second-guessing NFL coaches? Nothing, that’s what. So let’s do it every week, right here. Today: Whatever that was at the end of Bills-Rams. The scenario Late in Sunday’s massive Los Angeles-Buffalo showdown, the Bills were down 44-35 but knocking on the door. Not just knocking, pounding. A pass interference penalty gave Buffalo the ball on the …

The Week 14 NFL schedule concludes with a primetime AFC matchup with the Dallas Cowboys hosting the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday Night Football. Kickoff at AT&T Stadium is at 8:15 p.m. ET. The Bengals need a win to stay alive in the AFC playoff picture, and the NFL DFS player pool features a mix of young talent and proven veterans. …

What Zolak is hearing about Belichick’s pursuit of UNC coaching job originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Could the smoke around Bill Belichick and North Carolina turn into fire? The former New England Patriots head coach reportedly interviewed for UNC’s head coach opening last week, a development that raised plenty of eyebrows in NFL and college circles. It appears the …

There are 100 million fully guaranteed reasons this may not happen, but the Falcons need to send Kirk Cousins to the sideline and start Michael Penix Jr.  Let’s start, naturally, with the numbers as justification. Over the last four games, all Atlanta losses, Cousins has thrown eight interceptions without a touchdown, with a 7.57 yards-per-attempt average, and led an offense …