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Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! With just three weeks left to play in the season, the NFL playoff chase should get pretty wild down the stretch and I fully expect that to start tonight with the Saints heading to Los Angeles for a showdown with the Rams. At this point, both teams fully control their …

Mason Rudolph will be the Steelers’ starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against the Bengals. Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin confirmed today that Kenny Pickett has been ruled out with an ankle injury. Rudolph will start and Mitchell Trubisky will back him up. This will be the third straight game Pickett has missed since suffering a high ankle sprain. The Steelers …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers hit the mark when he labeled this season “a lost year.” He was speaking about his own career and how his Achilles injury essentially ruined his 2023 season. But in turn, Rodgers’ injury derailed the Jets’ season. They lost a year, too. The Jets seemed to make things worse …

Getty Images Los Angeles Chargers kicker Cameron Dicker has been enjoying a phenomenal season in 2023. As a result, the Chargers have put together a hilarious ad campaign to try and obtain more Pro Bowl votes for Dicker. The ad shows Dicker — who’s comically stylized like a lawyer — explaining why he should “kick for you,” and it includes …

The Los Angeles Rams will attempt to post their fourth consecutive home victory when they begin Week 16 of the 2023 NFL schedule against the New Orleans Saints on Thursday Night Football. Los Angeles (7-7) lost three of its first four contests at SoFi Stadium, but has been perfect there since returning from its bye week, defeating Seattle, Cleveland and …

Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider Patrick Mahomes and pumpkin pie. Gang Green and green-bean casserole. Christian McCaffrey and cranberry sauce. Football and Christmas Day. Because, I mean, of course.  Christmas Day and a festive fiesta of National Football League action is a combo that has become an entrenched part of our holiday enjoyment, but it has crept up so rapidly …

Despite showing promise in the preseason, Malik Cunningham languished on the practice squad and never got a chance to be the Patriots’ quarterback during the regular season, ultimately leaving New England when the Ravens signed Cunningham to their own active roster. Patriots offensive tackle Trent Brown says the players in the locker room wish Cunningham had been given a chance. …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterDec 21, 2023, 12:00 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Heart along with Sir Mix-A-Lot will be among the musical acts expected to perform at the NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. The NHL said Thursday that Heart, which …

With Christmas right around the corner, the NFL and NBC will be delivering a special present for football fans this week: They’ve made the unprecedented decision to eliminate all commercials during the fourth quarter of the Bills-Chargers game on Saturday night.  There’s a good reason why that game was chosen for the NFL’s commercial-free experiment and it’s because Bills-Chargers will …

No more over/unders for me! My against the spread picks were great last week but the totals crashed. Such is life late in the season. Especially this year when we’ve got so many backup quarterbacks playing.  It’s wild just how many backups have been in play this year — roughly 75% of the NFL has been forced to play a …

When something happens for the first time in NFL history, it’s usually a bizarre play or a new record. But this time it’s even more rare: the NFL is eliminating commercials from one part of an upcoming game. The contest between the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday night will be shown only on Peacock, and those …

The 2024 Pro Bowl Games take place on Sunday, Feb. 4 in Orlando, Fl. Which NFL players most deserve to be honored with a spot? Our NFL staff voted on the most deserving NFC and AFC players and wrote about what made them stand out. Quarterbacks NFC QB: Brock Purdy, San Francisco 49ersAFC QB: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs Ben …

The Los Angeles Rams will try to stay hot and continue their playoff push when they square off against the New Orleans Saints on Thursday Night Football at SoFi Stadium. After starting the season 3-6, Los Angeles (7-7) is 4-1, with its only loss coming against the AFC-leading Ravens. The Rams enter the week holding the third and final wild …

As a former No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft, Baker Mayfield is rare in so many ways.  He was the first walk-on to be selected with the first pick in the draft. At just under 6-foot-1, he was, at the time, the shortest No. 1 overall pick quarterback in NFL history. He had transferred from one Power 5 …

The Commanders appear to be on the precipice of major change this offseason and a coaching change could be followed by a quarterback change. Sam Howell has started every game this season and he’s had some good performances, but his play has sagged along with the rest of the team during a five-game losing streak and Jacoby Brissett replaced him …