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I almost didn’t have time to write my picks this week and that’s because I was way too busy writing an email to Roger Goodell.  As we all know, the NFL needs to vacate the Bills’ win over the Chiefs from Sunday because the refs absolutely blew the call at the end of the game. They called offsides on a …

The Houston Texans won three straight games to open November, but they have been one of the league’s shakiest teams since. They are coming off one of their worst performances of the season, getting crushed by the Jets in a 30-6 final last week as 3-point road favorites. Star rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud was knocked out of the game with …

1. 49ers (10-3, last week No. 1): There’s still a gap between them and the field, but the Ravens will have a chance to close it (or not) on Christmas night. 2. Ravens (10-3, No. 3): The table is set to force the road to Nevada through Baltimore. 3. Cowboys (10-3, No. 5): Lose the next two (at Buffalo, at …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter The Titans looked like they were imploding.  In a surprisingly close game against the Dolphins, Tennessee committed back-to-back turnovers in the fourth quarter. It turned what was a tie game into a two-score deficit. It looked like a bad football team playing the kind of bad football we’ve grown accustomed to over the last calendar …

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Ripping Mike McCarthy and Dak Prescott became a trendy thing to do in recent years — their inability to win big games in Dallas the focal point of it all. The reality is McCarthy was always a better coach than given credit for by the social-media football cult. That’s showing up in a big way as he now calls plays …

Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith’s status for Week 15 is up in the air due to the groin injury that sidelined him in Sunday’s loss to the 49ers, but the word is more positive about another injured member of the team. Rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon left the 49ers loss after suffering a hip pointer early in the contest and head coach …

Eagles snap counts: Shaq Leonard gets his feet wet in Eagles debut originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Former All-Pro linebacker Shaq Leonard made his Eagles debut but didn’t play very much in the 33-13 loss to the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. Since Leonard arrived during last week, the Eagles worked him into the rotation with Zach Cunningham and Nicholas …

The Carolina Panthers called the right play late in the first half on Sunday. Jonathan Mingo ran a post route and was wide open for what would have been a touchdown. And Bryce Young absolutely missed him. He overthrew him even as Mingo was as open as a receiver can be in that situation. The pass wasn’t close either. If …

PARKER, Colo. (AP) — Denver Broncos suspended safety Kareem Jackson admittedly hasn’t learned his lesson after forfeiting nearly $1 million of his salary for a series of illegal hits that have resulted in a pair of ejections, multiple fines and six weeks’ worth of lost wages. That’s because the NFL isn’t a very good tutor, Jackson said. The 14-year veteran …

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporterRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Greg Wyshynski Close Greg Wyshynski ESPNGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer.Dec 12, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Connor Bedard is an 18-year-old who’s been billed as a franchise savior, the NHL’s next generational talent, and someone who is expected to win trophies ranging …

The Giants thought they had put Monday night’s game against the Packers on ice with a long run by Saquon Barkley, but the running back stumbled and fumbled the ball away with less than four minutes left on the clock. Green Bay moved ahead with a touchdown and the Giants thwarted a two-point attempt, which meant they got the ball …

Five games in Week 15 match up two teams with winning records, which means there’s plenty of changes coming to the NFL playoff picture this week. Here’s how the NFC and AFC playoff pictures look heading into Week 15: NFC Playoff Picture DIVISION LEADERS 1. 49ers (10-3): San Francisco has the head-to-head tiebreaker over both Dallas and Philadelphia. 2. Cowboys …

Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill says the ankle injury he suffered Monday night against the Titans was painful and he wasn’t sure if he was going to be able to return to the game. “A lot of pain,” Hill said. “It sucked.” Hill suffered the injury on a hip-drop tackle by Tennessee’s Sean Murphy-Bunting with 3:03 remaining in the first …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterDec 12, 2023, 04:20 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. After scoring for the first time in nearly three weeks, Colorado Avalanche star winger Mikko Rantanen had a message for one of his critics. The critic? It was Ismo Lehkonen, the father of Rantanen’s teammate and Avalanche winger Artturi Lehkonen. Rantanen’s …