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The New Orleans Saints and Los Angeles Rams will kick off the Week 16 NFL schedule on Thursday Night Football. Both teams are coming off pivotal wins to keep them in the NFL playoff picture. The Rams are averaging 33 points per game over their last four contests, so should daily Fantasy football players prioritize Los Angeles players for NFL …

A report on Tuesday morning said that the Falcons will be starting Taylor Heinicke at quarterback against the Colts on Sunday and the team has now confirmed those plans. The team released an updated depth chart for Week 16 on Tuesday and it shows Heinicke on the top rung at quarterback. Desmond Ridder is now the No. 2 and Logan …

Week 15 of the NFL season proved the league will have some huge matchups between its top teams over the final weeks of the season. The Baltimore Ravens are the No. 1 seed in the AFC and are on a collision course with the San Francisco 49ers and Miami Dolphins over the next two weeks. The Dallas Cowboys still can’t …

Any time an AFC team and NFC team go head-to-head, it’s, in theory, a Super Bowl preview, but the Week 16 NFL schedule offers two legitimate possibilities. Cowboys vs. Dolphins on Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET will see a pair of 10-4 teams matching up, with Miami 1.5-point home favorites in the latest Week 16 NFL odds. Those franchises squared …

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 …