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The Detroit Lions have been one of the fearsome teams in football this season, as Dan Campbell’s team has gone 12-1 and held sole possession of first place in the NFC North for 14 weeks. The Lions have won a franchise-record 11 straight games after a 1-1 start and will look to extend their winning streak in Week 15 at Ford Field against the Buffalo Bills. Although the Lions are tied for the best record in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs, the team has been ravaged by injuries, primarily on defense. Detroit’s front seven has several impact players…
GREEN BAY – Before their match against the Seattle Seahawks Sunday, the Green Bay Packers perhaps seeks to bring back the magic of their all-white uniforms brought them when they faced the Houston Texans in October.The Packers hinted at the return of alternate uniforms in an Instagram post Monday. The post featured several photos from the Texans game with the caption: “Last time we wore these was on film. Comment below to see them again this Sunday in Seattle.”The last time all-white uniforms appeared, October 20 against the Texansthe Packers clinched a victory with a 45-yard field goal by newly…
Let’s get something out in the open.As the Vikings continue to prove they are a legitimate Super Bowl contender, Kevin O’Connell deserves to be at the top of the list of candidates for NFL Coach of the Year.Few expected much from the Vikings when they returned to the TCO Performance Center this summer.Las Vegas bettors certainly didn’t take the Vikings seriously at the time, considering they pegged their line at 6½ wins. Only the Carolina Panthers with 5½ wins, the Denver Broncos with 5½ wins and the New England Patriots with 4½ wins had lower projections.This is a good starting…
About a month ago, a knee collision with a teammate during a Friday morning practice cut short Tykee Smith’s impressive rookie season. The Buccaneers rookie safety, a third-round pick out of Georgia, took longer than expected to recover and ended up missing three games sandwiched during the team’s bye week. It didn’t take long for Smith to show the Buccaneers what they were missing. He played 43 of the Bucs’ 67 defensive plays against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday as the team had to continue shuffling the back secondary due to injuries to Jordan Whitehead, Mike Edwards and -…
In Week 14, the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Carolina Panthers 22-16.Saquon Barkley hit his number to stay in contention for Erik Dickerson’s record, the defense made Carolina one-dimensional, and in the end, when the team needed it most, Philly’s playmakers stepped up and secured the victory, keeping the winning streak alive while still securing a playoff spot one way or another.And yet, if you actually watch the game, you know that the stats don’t tell the whole story, as the Eagles underplayed their competition as they so often do and could have been embarrassed at home by one of the…
Derek Carr leaves the field after injuring his hand at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on December 8, 2024.New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr has fractured his non-throwing hand and is expected to miss several weeks, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero.Carr was injured in the fourth quarter of the Saints’ 14-11 win over the New York Giants on Sunday. After diving for a first down, he collided with a teammate and then tried to brace his fall with his left hand.New Orleans has just four games left on its schedule, meaning Carr faces missing the…
Trey McBride surpassed his personal high for yards in a season on Sunday – he reached 851 for the season – and with 80 catches, he is one point shy of his own franchise record for tight ends with four games remaining. He’s having a huge season. Now, can he reach his first Pro Bowl? With the second wave of votes announced Monday, McBride remains fourth overall in the NFL among tight ends in voting and second in the NFC. He follows the Raiders’ Bowers, followed by the 49ers’ George Kittle (the top vote-getter in the NFC), then the Chiefs’…
Mikey Sherry DeCamilla/Facebook Mia DeCamilla, young 49ers fan who survived cancerThe family of a cancer survivor says her first-ever NFL game was ruined when a Buffalo Bills fan “purposely” pushed the girl because she was cheering for the opposing team.Mia DeCamilla’s parents told CBS affiliate WIVB that their 8-year-old daughter, who became a San Francisco 49ers fan thanks to her father, was shoved by a “drunk” Bills fan during the game between the two teams on Sunday, December 1 at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, New YorkAlthough she was not injured in the incident, DeCamilla fell out of her seat…
ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – OCTOBER 01: Terron Armstead #72 of the Miami Dolphins heads to the locker room after an injury during the first half against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on October 01, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York York. (Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images)The knee injury that sidelined Miami Dolphins Offensive tackle Terron Armstead for most of the team’s 32-26 victory over the New York Jets does not need surgery, coach Mike McDaniel told reporters Monday.“It’s all about rest,” McDaniel said of Armstead. “You may have seen his frustration level in trying to contribute in…
The New England Patriots sat rookie quarterback Drake Maye for the first few games of the season before turning the offense over to the third overall pick.Since then, Maye has impressed, as he has handled the challenges of running an NFL offense better than expected for a rookie who spent the first month of the season watching Jacoby Brissett from the sidelines.Still, Maye knows he still has plenty of room to improve in the future, as he recently spoke about how he’d like to improve over the offseason.“Learn the coverages, learn how these defenses try to attack me or how…