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Greg Auman NFC South Reporter The Atlanta Falcons, running out of chances to keep their postseason hopes alive, are making another change at quarterback, benching starter Desmond Ridder for the second time this season and turning again to backup Taylor Heinicke, The Athletic reported Tuesday. Ridder, who leads the NFL with six red-zone turnovers this year, had a costly one …

Browns defensive end Myles Garrett had his fourth-straight game without a sack against the Bears on Sunday, but that run hasn’t done anything to change head coach Kevin Stefanski’s view of how well Garrett is playing this season. On Monday, Stefanski referenced Garrett’s recent complaints about officials ignoring holding penalties that players commit against him by saying that he knows …

Video Details Jalen Hurts was questionable up until the last minute before the Monday Night Game against the Seattle Seahawks, and the quarterback fought through illness to take the field and try to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to victory. The win was out of reach, however, making this Philly’s 3rd consecutive loss, and Hurts took to the podium after the …

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The Rams moved into an NFC playoff spot with their 28-20 win over the Washington Commanders. Meanwhile, the Chargers lost so horribly last Thursday, succumbing to the Las Vegas Raiders, 63-21, that their coach and general manager were fired the next day. Los Angeles Times Rams beat writer Gary Klein, Chargers beat writer Jeff Miller, NFL columnist Sam Farmer and columnist Helene Elliott …

The Atlanta Falcons have had a roller-coaster season, and nowhere has that been more true than the handling of the team’s quarterback situation.  Heading into a crucial stretch run, head coach Arthur Smith on Monday declined to commit to which player the team will use under center for its Week 16 game against the Indianapolis Colts or the rest of the …

Drew Lock pulled it off. Despite not knowing whether he was going to start in place of Geno Smith until just before kickoff, Lock mounted a wild game-winning drive to lift the Seattle Seahawks past the Philadelphia Eagles 20-17 on Monday night at Lumen Field. Lock, after DK Metcalf pulled down a pair of ridiculous catches, hit Jaxon Smith-Njigba for …

As we head into the final three weeks of the NFL’s regular season, is there any team right now that you would take over the San Francisco 49ers to win it all? Think? Anybody? Didn’t think so.  I picked the 49ers to win it all before the season, but I feel much stronger about it now than I did back …

Syndication: The Record If you have read Getting Defensive for any length of time (Thank you for that—were it not for people reading it, I rather doubt my benevolent overlords here would allow me to keep writing it.), then you know that this analyst is a streamer where defenses are concerned, I play the matchups. Turn ‘em and burn ‘em. …

Falcons head coach Arthur Smith said on Monday that he was considering a quarterback change after the team fell to 6-8 with a 9-7 loss to the Panthers and he has reportedly come to a decision. According to TheAthletic.com, the Falcons will be starting Taylor Heinicke against the Colts. It would be the second time that Smith and the Falcons …

Eagles offense continues to sputter with no answers in sight originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia SEATTLE — A.J. Brown didn’t know what to say. He doesn’t seem to have any answers right now. No one does. “I don’t know what’s going on,” Brown said about the offense after the Eagles’ 20-17 loss to the Seahawks. “I think we’ll just …

Anthony Gharib, ESPNDec 19, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Many years ago, moos and oinks filled this bright red barn. Set in the countryside of Sweden in Sävsjö, it served as an integral part of a farm owned by Swedish artist David Gunnarsson’s grandfather. Now, the barn is the dedicated area where Gunnarsson paints the masks of some of the NHL’s …

Lamar Jackson, a 26-year-old former MVP and one of the NFL’s most electrifying players at the most valuable position in sports, was available to talk about a new contract with any team for 43 days. From the start of free agency to April 27, when he agreed to a new $260 million deal with the Baltimore Ravens, he was on …

Pete Carroll became coach of the Seahawks in 2010. Since then, Seattle has faced the Eagles eight times. The Seahawks have won each and every game played between the two teams. Last night’s thrilling — and perhaps season-saving — 20-17 victory pushed Carroll’s Seattle record against the Eagles to 8-0. It also gave Carroll a win over each Eagles head …

Photograph: Lindsey Wasson/AP So much of the December NFL narrative is devoted to teams scrambling to qualify for the playoffs, but the end of the regular season is also a terrific chance for the diminishing handful of Super Bowl contenders to sharpen their tools, to separate themselves from the pack. One of those contenders, the Philadelphia Eagles, had lost their …