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Dec 24, 2024, 09:49 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

There are 16 games on the Week 17 schedule and they’re spread out over five days of football and eight stand-alone games, beginning Christmas Day with the Kansas City Chiefs at the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens at the Houston Texans. While all four teams have clinched a playoff berth, the Chiefs will be looking to clinch the AFC and home field throughout the playoffs while the Steelers and Ravens are battling for the AFC North title, both teams having a 10-5 record and

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Dec 23, 2024, 04:38 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Houston Texans claimed wide receiver Diontae Johnson off waivers Monday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

The move comes on the same day the team announced wide receiver Tank Dell suffered a torn ACL and dislocated kneecap in Saturday’s 27-19 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Ravens waived Johnson on Friday, ending his drama-filled seven weeks with the team. The Ravens suspended him for one game after he refused to play in a Dec. 1 game against the Philadelphia Eagles and then he was

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Dec 23, 2024, 02:04 PM ET

Houston Texans wide receiver Tank Dell suffered a torn ACL and dislocated kneecap in Saturday’s 27-19 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, coach DeMeco Ryans said Monday.

Ryans also said there are “other things” Dell will need to get repaired when he undergoes surgery.

Dell wasn’t the only Texans starter to sustain a season-ending injury Saturday. Veteran safety Jimmie Ward suffered a midfoot sprain that will require surgery, Ryans said.

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Guard Shaq Mason, meanwhile, sustained a knee injury Saturday that will leave him week-to-week.

Dell injured his knee

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Dec 23, 2024, 12:00 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The penultimate week of the 2024 NFL regular season has finally arrived. With a number of playoff spots already locked up, seeding and the 2025 draft order are still to be finalized.

The week kicks off with a Christmas Day doubleheader. Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers head to GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium to take on Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the early game, then Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens welcome C.J. Stroud and the

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Dec 19, 2024, 07:22 PM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended Reactions

Christmas is less than a week away and NFL players around the league are dressing accordingly.

The Los Angeles Chargers got it off to a hot start before “Thursday Night Football” against the Denver Broncos. A Chargers player wore a Santa Claus outfit with a Grinch mask to cap it off. Los Angeles didn’t specify who was under the mask in

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Dec 19, 2024, 02:23 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is likely to start Saturday’s game against the Houston Texans despite a high ankle injury, coach Andy Reid told reporters Thursday.

Mahomes has practiced in full this week after sustaining the injury in Sunday’s 21-7 victory over the Cleveland Browns.

“He worked out this week, full. He’ll most likely end up playing. We’ll just see how things work out today,” Reid said.

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Dec 19, 2024, 12:22 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The San Francisco 49ers running back Isaac Guerendo is dealing with a hamstring injury and is unlikely to play Sunday at the Miami Dolphins, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday.

Guerendo has risen to the top of a 49ers depth chart at the position that has been decimated due to injury this season. Christian McCaffrey, Jordan Mason and Elijah Mitchell all sustained season-ending injuries this season.

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The other running backs on the 49ers’ 53-man roster are Patrick

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Dec 17, 2024, 03:02 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Tennessee Titans are planning to make a switch at quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Tuesday.

Mason Rudolph is the logical candidate to step in for starter Will Levis, who was benched in Sunday’s game after committing four turnovers in a 37-27 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Levis was replaced by Rudolph in Sunday’s game after throwing his third interception of the game, a pick-six by Bengals safety Geno Stone.

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Dec 17, 2024, 11:06 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Saturday football returns to the NFL in Week 16 with games spread out over four days and every team in action.

The week kicks off Thursday with an AFC West matchup of the Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium as both teams jockey for wild card positioning behind the division-leading Kansas City Chiefs, who will play the first half of a Saturday double-header, hosting the playoff-bound Houston Texans. Saturday afternoon’s game will be an AFC North battle as the 9-5 Baltimore

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Dec 16, 2024, 02:14 PM ET

Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard suffered a PCL injury Sunday that will likely end his season, sources told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Monday.

Hubbard sustained the injury on his first career reception — a 2-yard touchdown catch in the first half of the Bengals’ 37-27 victory over the Tennessee Titans.

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It was the first receiving touchdown by a Bengals defensive player in the history of the franchise.

Hubbard is the longest-tenured player on the Bengals’ roster. He is the only player on the roster who predates the arrival of

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