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Patriots OC implies starting QB is open for Week 12
New England offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien left the door open Monday that Mac Jones might not be the starting quarterback in Week 12 for the 2-8 Patriots....

Vikings' Alexander Mattison is styling with chain mouth piece
Every now and then, we get a story in pro sports where a player is fined or reprimanded in some way for something viewed as trivial by the public. In the NFL, this often happens when a player violates the league’s uniform policy. In the past, players have been punished for wearing the wrong socks or...

MNF Week 11: Eagles-Chiefs Preview, Props, Prediction
Whether you call it the Andy Reid Bowl, the Kelce Clash or perhaps Super Bowl 57.5, fireworks are expected when the Kansas City Chiefs play host to the Philadelphia Eagles in a Monday night showdown....

Bengals sign QB Drew Plitt to practice squad
The Cincinnati Bengals signed quarterback Drew Plitt to the practice squad Monday, four days after losing starter Joe Burrow to a season-ending wrist injury....

FSU QB Jordan Travis (leg) confirms season over
Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis confirmed Monday that his season and his Seminoles career is over after he suffered a devastating leg injury on Saturday....

Yale OT Kiran Amegadjie enters NFL draft
Yale offensive tackle Kiran Amegadjie declared for the 2024 NFL Draft....

Reports: Jets OT Mekhi Becton (ankle) having MRI
New York Jets starting left tackle Mekhi Becton is having an MRI on the ankle he injured in Sunday's game but there's optimism that it's not as bad as originally thought, NFL Network and ESPN reported Monday....

Commanders DE Efe Obada undergoes surgery on leg breaks
Washington Commanders defensive end Efe Obada underwent surgery to repair multiple leg fractures Sunday night, hours after being carted off the field in a loss to the New York Giants, The Athletic reported Monday....

Everything riding on Egg Bowl for Mississippi State
Mississippi State ended each of the past 13 seasons in a bowl game....

The NFL wants to dismiss Jim Trotter’s lawsuit — Loretta Lynch is defending the league’s racism. Again
The first Black woman to serve as this country’s Attorney General is trying to get Jim Trotter’s racial discrimination/retaliation lawsuit against the NFL dismissed — 21 months after she was hired to defend the league from Brian Flores’ class-action lawsuit against the NFL’s alleged racists hiring p...

Prolific passers carry Tulane, UTSA into pivotal AAC showdown
Tulane's quarterback just became the school's all-time leading passer, and UTSA's quarterback is coming off his own historic performance....

Week 11 NFL Takeaways: Lions, Dolphins and Texans escape disaster
Winning a game does not mean the victorious team is better than the one that lost. The football is oblong and takes several unpredictable bounces every game. Sometimes sure-handed running backs fumble and undependable quarterbacks throw for 400 yards and four touchdown passes....

The curse of the Detroit Lions may finally be over
This week marks the 60th anniversary of William Clay Ford becoming the majority owner of the Detroit Lions on the same day JFK was assassinated. That inauspicious timing fits the Lions franchise. The Kennedy family curse has nothing on the Ford family’s. Between 1952 and 1962, Detroit had won three ...

The Jets got what they deserve with Zach Wilson
Zach Wilson finally broke Robert Saleh. Fortunately, for Saleh, not literally, when Wilson ran into him during the game. Saleh’s confidence in Wilson as starting quarterback for the New York Jets though, that is in pieces....

NFL roundup: Lions storm back in fourth, stun Bears
David Montgomery scored on a 1-yard run with 29 seconds remaining and the Detroit Lions rallied from a 12-point, fourth-quarter deficit to pull out a 31-26 victory over the visiting Chicago Bears on Sunday....

Courtland Sutton's late heroics allow Broncos to edge Vikings
Russell Wilson lobbed a go-ahead, 15-yard touchdown pass to Courtland Sutton with 1:03 to go, and the Denver Broncos held on for a 21-20 win over the visiting Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night....

Report: Browns sign veteran QB Joe Flacco to practice squad
The Cleveland Browns are signing veteran quarterback Joe Flacco to their practice squad, ESPN reported Sunday night....

Rams dump Seahawks for 2nd time this season
Lucas Havrisik kicked a 22-yard field goal with 1:31 remaining as the Los Angeles Rams rallied to defeat the Seattle Seahawks 17-16 Sunday in Inglewood, Calif....

New-look Bills dominate inept Jets
Josh Allen threw three touchdown passes Sunday and the Buffalo Bills avenged a Week 1 loss to the New York Jets with a 32-6 victory in Orchard Park. N.Y....
