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WRs Puka Nacua and Justin Jefferson each topped 100 receiving yards in Week 8’s Thursday Night Football contest. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images) The following is an excerpt from the latest edition of Yahoo’s fantasy football newsletter, Get to the Points! If you like what you see, you can subscribe for free here. For several weeks, the Rams have been …

Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman recently had a harsh assessment of the Cowboys’ receivers, saying they run “terrible routes” and that they are “lazy coming off the line of scrimmage.” Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb was asked about Aikman’s comments on Thursday. “Got to be better overall,” Lamb said, via Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News. Does he agree …

Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz has seen a fair amount of Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson over the years and he’s picked up on a difference this season. Jackson has thrown for 1,810 yards and 15 touchdowns through the first seven weeks of the season, which Schwartz sees as a sign of Jackson’s evolution as a quarterback. Schwartz thinks Jackson was …

The Jets season is in danger of spiraling out of control after they lost their fourth game in a row against the Steelers on Sunday night. Having lost three close games, the Jets were blown out in Pittsburgh as the Steelers racked up 31 unanswered points. They have a golden opportunity to get back to winning ways this weekend, as …

Are the Eagles finally seeing the real Nolan Smith? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia From the outside, it sure looks like something’s clicked for Nolan Smith. The effort has always been there. The production hasn’t. The last few weeks he’s shown up in a big way. But Smith insists nothing’s really changed. He has the game of football whittled down …

The Rams have been the subject of numerous trade rumors in recent days, but they took the field on Thursday night with the team they hoped to field when the season got underway and the results were positive. Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua returned from injuries to combine for 12 catches and 157 yards, Matthew Stafford threw four touchdown passes …

The NFL trade machine has been buzzing the past few weeks with executives wheeling and dealing to acquire missing pieces to what they hope is a championship puzzle. While every team is seemingly on a scavenger hunt to land a blue-chip player at a marquee position, it appears securing a high-end pass catcher is at the top of several wish …

His best game yet? Nakobe Dean settling into starting role after long wait originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Nakobe Dean filled up the stat sheet in Sunday’s blowout win over the Giants. The third-year linebacker led the Eagles with 11 tackles and added 4 quarterback hits, 2 sacks and 2 TFLs in the 28-3 win at MetLife Stadium. Many …

David Helman NFL Reporter Ralph Vacchiano NFL Reporter Jerry Jones is angry and clearly tired of all the criticism. But since the Dallas Cowboys are 3-3, including 0-3 at home, including a 47-9 pre-bye loss to the Detroit Lions, the criticism keeps coming. Everything about the Cowboys seems urgent and tense. Yet here is the reality they are facing as …

The San Francisco 49ers are hoping to not have a depleted receiver room for Sunday night’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. With Brandon Aiyuk already out for the season, there’s a chance that Deebo Samuel, and Jauan Jennings could sit out, while tight end George Kittle is likely to play. Samuel is recovering after being hospitalized with pneumonia on Sunday. …

In our everlasting mission to predict the future, a top-down look at how an offense might attack their opponent’s defense is, in my humble estimation, a good place to start. We find defenses every season that profile as a so-called run funnel, meaning opponents lean unusually hard on the rushing attack in neutral and positive game scripts. The same goes …

The Titans definitely won’t have DeAndre Hopkins at wide receiver against the Lions this Sunday and it’s not looking good for their chances of having Calvin Ridley. Ridley sat out practice for the second straight day on Thursday. He is dealing with a foot injury and his ailment has left Tyler Boyd, Nick Westbrook-Ikhine, and Jha’Quan Jackson as the only …

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said early this week that defensive end Micah Parsons and cornerback DaRon Bland would be game-time decisions for Sunday night’s game against the 49ers, but things don’t appear to be trending in a positive direction for either player. Parsons (ankle) and Bland (foot) were out of practice again on Thursday. Friday will offer another chance to …

If the national Sunday afternoon NFL window shared by CBS and Fox is the straw that stirs the league’s TV ratings drink, the downstream impact of these signature games is still largely overlooked. When the usual crowd of 25 million fans settles in as the shadows start lengthening on the East Coast, pretty much everything else on the tube takes …

The Rams’ Cooper Kupp (10) celebrates his touchdown catch against the Vikings with Colby Parkinson (86). (Ryan Sun / Associated Press) The Rams defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 30-20, at SoFi Stadium on Thursday night. What we learned from the victory that improved the Rams record to 3-4: The Rams still have a Cooper Kupp quandary The Rams’ Cooper Kupp has …