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NFL trade deadline day: Lions, Bengals bolster rosters with early morning moves originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Amari Cooper and DeAndre Hopkins may have already changed jerseys, but that doesn’t mean there’s going to be a shortage of players on the move ahead of the 2024 NFL trade deadline Tuesday afternoon. The Detroit Lions, looking to bolster their …

Our mission here is straightforward: to separate the truth from the lie. In sports, almost anything can (and does) happen in any given game. In addition to producing some true highlight reel plays by Garrett Wilson and Saquon Barkley, Week 9 gave us a lot of surprise fantasy performances. No one’s going to look a gift horse in the mouth, …

Running back Khalil Herbert is on to Cincinnati. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Bengals have agreed to a trade with the Bears that will add Herbert to their backfield for the rest of the season. A 2025 seventh-round pick will go back to the Bears as compensation. Herbert bolsters the Bengals backfield in the wake of Zack …

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will likely be heading to injured reserve, according to owner Jerry Jones. The injury happened at the end of the third quarter during the Cowboys’ 27-21 defeat to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday. Prescott said afterward he “didn’t think much” of the pull in his hamstring despite it being tough to walk at the time. …

In Roob’s Stats: What the Eagles did for the first time since 1950 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles have done something over the last three weeks that they hadn’t done in 74 years. And their linebackers did something they hadn’t done in 25 years. And Jalen Hurts did something that only one other Eagles quarterback has ever …

How ‘dead legs’ helped DeVonta Smith make an impossible catch originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The crazy thing isn’t that he made this insane one-handed catch in the back of the end zone. And it’s not that he was able to somehow drag both feet in bounds at the last possible instant. The crazy thing is that DeVonta Smith …

The Detroit Lions, coming off a 24-14 road win against the Green Bay Packers, made a big move ahead of the trade deadline. On Tuesday morning, Detroit reportedly acquired veteran defensive end Za’Darius Smith and a 2026 seventh-round pick from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick. It hasn’t been much of …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The instinct and trust between Patrick Mahomes and new Chiefs receiver DeAndre Hopkins was already on display in Monday night’s 30-24 overtime win against the Bucs. Just 11 days after Kansas City sent a conditional fifth-round pick to the Titans for the 32-year-old as an answer to a slew of injuries, the Chiefs saw a promising …

Despite 2 failed attempts, Nick Sirianni still confident in Tush Push originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles faced a 4th-and-inches late in the third quarter against the Jaguars on Sunday afternoon at the Jaguars’ 25-yard line and Nick Sirianni kept his offense on the field. Here’s comes the Brotherly Shove, right? Nah, instead of their most popular and …

The Detroit Lions added the pass rusher they’ve lacked since Aidan Hutchinson suffered a broken leg in Week 6, acquiring veteran Za’Darius Smith from the Cleveland Browns. In exchange for Smith, the Lions sent a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round draft pick to Cleveland, while Cleveland sent Smith and a 2026 seventh-round pick. Smith was among the top …

There was a lot to like about the way the Buccaneers played in Kansas City on Monday night, but the final score made most of the positives moot. After driving for a touchdown with 27 seconds left, the Bucs opted to kick an extra point and take their chances in overtime. That plan didn’t work out as the Chiefs won …

The Ravens defense had a good day against the Broncos in a 41-10 win in Week Nine, but the overall body of work this season has not been anything to celebrate. One of their rough days came against the Bengals in Week Five. They gave up 392 passing yards and five passing touchdowns to Joe Burrow before squeezing out a …

The Cowboys haven’t had much positive injury news this season and more bad news came Monday when an MRI showed quarterback Dak Prescott’s hamstring was worse than anticipated. He will miss multiple weeks. The Cowboys, though, are optimistic about getting another star player back this week. Edge rusher Micah Parsons “should be back” for Sunday’s game against the Eagles, Adam …

Darren Rizzi held his first press conference since becoming the interim head coach of the Saints on Monday afternoon and he said that “no one should be happy” about anything that’s happened to the team this season. The Saints fired Dennis Allen after the team dropped to 2-7 with Sunday’s loss to the Panthers. It was their seventh straight loss …

It seems like only yesterday that the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs were kicking off the 2024 season. But here we are, in Week 10. The stretch run is almost here – and for every fantasy manager who is cruising down Easy Street, there’s another who is on Desperation Drive. And let me tell you, that’s a bad part …