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The 2-6 Jets host the 6-2 Texans on Thursday night. And, somehow, the Jets are favored to win. The consensus spread is Jets minus-1.5. The Jets. The woeful, wrong-way, dysfunctional Jets. Favored to beat the Texans. Yes, the Jets beat the Texans last year at MetLife Stadium, 30-6. But that was last year. This year, the Jets are free falling …

Henry McKenna NFL Reporter Travis Kelce is there and then he isn’t. He’s the best tight end in the NFL, but he only produces like it once every few weeks. The Kansas City Chiefs star finished Sunday’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders with 10 catches for 90 yards and a touchdown. It was his biggest game of the year …

Week 9 Byes: PIT, SF Arizona Cardinals James Conner (Week 8: 50 snaps, 22 opportunities, 19 routes, 2 targets) Emari Demercado (Week 8: 8 snaps, 1 opportunity, 4 routes, 1 target) Trey Benson (Week 8: 4 snaps, 1 opportunity, 1 route, 0 targets) Notes: In the Cardinals’ Week 8 win over the Dolphins, Conner ran 20 times for 53 yards …

Optimize your lineups rest-of-season with these fantasy football trade targets ahead of Week 9 Buy low on Mike Evans Now is the time to buy in on Evans. A lot was made this past week about which Bucs receivers would replace Chris Godwin and Mike Evans, but Week 8 came and went, and no Bucs receiver stood out. Rookie Jalen …

Cincinnati Bengals running back Chase Brown continues to earn a decent chunk of the workload alongside Zack Moss. Could he soon take over the backfield as the team’s true RB1? (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Running backs remain king in fantasy football. While it feels like there are more elite quarterbacks and wide receivers than ever before, the amount of consistent, dependable …

Breer: Patriots felt Josh Uche ‘wasn’t on board’ before trade originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Sometimes there’s more than meets the eye with trades in the NFL, and that appears to be the case with Joshua Uche. The New England Patriots dealt Uche to the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday for a 2026 sixth-round pick, which seemed like an …

The 49ers have dealt with so many injuries during the season that it’s been easy to forget that they’ve also been without one key player since February. Linebacker Dre Greenlaw tore his Achilles during the Super Bowl and head coach Kyle Shanahan gave an update on his extended recovery during an appearance on KNBR on Tuesday. Shanahan didn’t have an …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. SEATTLE — Growing up as a small-town kid with big dreams of reaching the NHL is a story that’s been told for more than a century — about men. Most girls never had that dream, because no woman had ever reached …

Week 8 of the regular season was loaded, but Jayden Daniels stole the show with what should undoubtedly go down as the play of the year while leading the Washington Commanders to a miracle victory over the Chicago Bears. Outside of that Hail Mary, however, multiple starting quarterbacks fell to injuries around the league on Sunday. Here’s a look at …

Identifying players who have run particularly hot or cold in recent weeks will be the goal of this space over the 2024 NFL season. Spotting guys who are “due” won’t always work out because my children recently lost my magic eight ball, leaving me powerless to predict the future. Nevertheless, we persist in finding NFL players who have overperformed their …

Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford had his best fantasy performance of the season in Week 8. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun) It’s been a relatively quiet season for Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, who had just three passing touchdowns before Week 8’s explosion against the Minnesota Vikings’ secondary. He threw for 4 TDs (1 INT) with WRs Cooper Kupp and …

The Steelers will have cornerback Cameron Sutton available to them for the rest of the season. Sutton, who was suspended eight games for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy, had his suspension lifted on Tuesday. He currently has a roster exemption and does not count toward the Steelers’ 53-player limit, but they can add him to their active roster if …

Tom Brady is in the first year of a huge contract with Fox.Photograph: Kevin Jairaj/USA Today Sports Ups Detroit’s offense (defense TBD) “The major question mark hangs over the Detroit Lions and whether their middling defense can handle losing its capstone, Aidan Hutchinson,” I said back in the dogeared annals of two weeks ago. As the hobbled defense makes the …

Vikings running back Aaron Jones remains one of the most underrated RBs in fantasy when considering his usage as a workhorse back in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Is Minnesota Vikings running back Aaron Jones one of the most underrated fantasy RBs in the league? Heading into Week 9, it would appear that the answer is a firm “yes.” Though …

Houston Texans wide receiver Stefon Diggs (1) is helped off the field after getting injured against the Colts last week. (AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith) The Houston Texans are 6-2 and had to be feeling pretty good about their chances of a deep playoff run, considering their strength in the passing game. That strength took a huge hit on Tuesday. Receiver …