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The team that becomes division champion will host at least one playoff game as a top-three seed. The runner-up will settle for the No. 5 seed and top wild-card spot, starting the playoffs on the road at the No. 4 seed, NFC South champion Tampa Bay. Because Philadelphia and Dallas have already played each other twice this season, splitting the series, there are a few permutations for how the final week could play out....

The Jets and Steelers decided the last spot Sunday, with New York failing to take advantage of a win-and-in situation. The rest jostled for bracket positioning until the Vikings capped the day with a win over the Packers. MORE: Browns fire Pettine; who’s next for Cleveland? | Seahawks send message Here’s what the NFL playoff picture crystallization revealed. NFL playoff seeding AFC Broncos — Thanks to New England’s loss, Denver was able to clinch the No....

The former Alabama quarterback’s stock enjoyed a meteoric rise in the lead up to the NFL Draft back in April, when Jones was widely regarded as a shoo-in to be selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the third overall pick. The 49ers picked North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance instead, with Jones falling all the way down to No. 15, where he was picked up by the Patriots....

The No. 1 overall pick in April’s NFL Draft went 9-of-19 for 131 yards with an interception and was sacked twice in Tampa Bay’s preseason opener against the Vikings. MORE: NFL Week 1 action | Chargers, Rivers work out four-year deal Winston misfired on his first three passes before hitting Vincent Jackson on a 40-yard bomb to set up a field goal. He turned the ball over on Tampa’s next two possessions, with an interception and fumble....

Tagovailoa was taken off on a cart during Alabama’s 38-7 win against Mississippi State on Saturday, after he was sacked by two defenders late in the second quarter. The 21-year-old – who along with LSU quarterback Joe Burrow is in contention to be taken with the first pick in the 2020 NFL Draft – will now sit out the rest of the campaign. “Tua Tagovailoa sustained a right hip dislocation that was immediately reduced at the stadium,” Crimson Tide team surgeon Lyle Cain said in a statement....

These three games have every NFL fan sitting on the edge of their seats with NFL fans searching the web to watch each game. It brings one question that every fan has. How can they watch the games online through streaming? If any NFL fans do not have cable and still want to watch the games here are some great options. Can you stream NFL Wild Card Playoffs for free on Reddit?...

The tie was significant for a myriad of reasons, not least of which is that they entered Sunday with the sixth and seventh seeds in the NFC playoff picture. With the Giants finishing at 7-4-1 and the Commanders going to 7-5-1, they upped the ante for their upcoming matchup in two weeks. Elsewhere in the NFC East, the Eagles moved to 11-1 with a decisive 35-10 win over the Titans in a good old-fashioned revenge game for A....

The schedule for all the 32 franchises for the 2021 season is set to be released during a three-hour show, which begins at 8 p.m. ET on NFL Network and NFL.com. Aside from the slate for each team, the show will also reveal which games have been allocated the primetime slots of Thursday Night Football, Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football. Precious little is known about the upcoming season, aside from the fact that it will feature 17 games per team for the first time in history and that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are expected to begin the season at home, as has become tradition for the reigning Super Bowl champions....

But Anthony Fabiano has a knack for overcoming such obstacles. The Harvard product had his career threatened last year by a midseason injury, which should have kept him out well past the NFL Combine and his Pro Day. He has gone from nearly forgotten to the 2016 draft class’ most athletic and intriguing offensive lineman. DRAFT CENTRAL: News, rumors, team needs, more Fabiano wasn’t a prized recruit out of high school....

That kind of phenomenon transcends video game circles, particularly given the way in which “Fortnite” attracts a wide range of ages and demographics. It has spawned celebrities from those who live-stream the game and drawn in the likes of rapper Drake and Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster to those events, which have consistently generated hundreds of thousands of viewers at any given time. MORE: Grading NFL trade deadline deals through ‘Madden NFL 19’...

Fisher and the Rams are checking both boxes with free-agent wide receiver Kenny Britt. STLToday.com reported Monday that they've agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.4 million, plus incentives. Britt, 25, comes to St. Louis with much baggage, including multiple arrests. Fisher, though, is willing to risk another meltdown in hope of adding a playmaker to the Rams' sputtering offense. When he's healthy and in the league's good graces, Britt can be productive....

Following a complete seven-rounder, a two-rounder with trades and a three-rounder earlier this week, our final NFL mock draft for 2020 features just the first two rounds. The goal with these mocks is to provide an idea of what the teams are thinking, which prospects’ stock is rising and what are the logical fits based on positional need and overall value. For one last time this year, here’s exploring yet another set of player selection permutations....

NFL Draft analysts can be stubborn fellows, after all. But even through that, the endless mock drafts this time of year get a little tiresome as we get ready for the real thing on April 23. We’ve seen all kinds of mocks: with trades, without trades, the non-obvious ones and even the click-bait ones. That’s just the nature of this time of year, after all. And there’s no certainty when it comes to the NFL Draft, after all....

While the preseason football is some considerable distance away from the intensity typical of the 17 regular season weeks, it still represented a significant uptick in quality from the Hall of Fame razzmatazz. The first week of preseason games provided numerous talking points, with the Cleveland Browns and Baker Mayfield already looking in the groove, while Devin Bush and James Washington caught the eye of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Mayfield played just one series for the Browns on Thursday night, but took Cleveland 89 yards down the field in just over two minutes....

Yet overtime is the talk in the aftermath of Kansas City’s 42-36 victory. Patrick Mahomes II and Josh Allen put on a show, but the Bills did not get a chance to respond after Kansas City scored on the opening possession. The NFL’s overtime rules and format will be hot topic of discussion again in the league meetings this winter as a result. The NFL’s postseason overtime format has been questioned for more than 60 years, ever since a controversial, last-second field goal set up overtime in the 1965 Western Conference championship between Green Bay and Baltimore....

We’re back to a slate of 14 matchups with only four teams on a bye. From Thursday through Monday, there’s also a unique contest to consider on Sunday morning. The AFC has had big games, but this week’s marquee belongs to the NFC. Diving into the lines early in the week, here’s Sporting News’ latest fearless forecast of professional pigskin prognostications: (Odds courtesy of Sports Interaction) MORE: Updated NFL playoff picture for Week 10...

Here is what the seeding would look like if the playoffs started today, including analysis of where every team stands in the race for the eight division titles and four wild-card berths. NFL playoff picture AFC Who would be in: Chiefs (8-1), first in AFC West Kansas City took care of Cleveland to stay ahead of New England, which beat the Chiefs in Week 6. The Chiefs’ bye is in Week 12, and before then, they have a gimme game (Cardinals at home) and a tough toss-up against the Rams in Mexico City....

Here is an updated look at what each conference field would look like now, what teams are still in contention and what teams should already be thinking about the offseason: MORE: Clinching scenarios for Week 14 NFL standings for Week 14 AFC playoff picture Who would be in? Ravens, first place, AFC North (11-2) — The Ravens clinched a playoff spot by beating the Bills while the Texans lost to the Broncos, and they got closer to the division title (up three wins on Pittsburgh with three to play)....

By Monday night, six playoff teams will be eliminated. Meanwhile, six more will move on to the NFL’s divisional round and set up some good-looking battles en route to the Super Bowl. The only two playoff teams that won’t be in action are the Chiefs and Eagles. They are the No. 1 seeds in the AFC and NFC brackets respectively and earned a bye week as they await the lowest-seeded surviving teams in their respective conferences....

For the big picture of the NFL, that caused a shakeup ahead of the final month, half December, half January. It’s beginning to look a lot like playoffs every week. With less than two weeks before Christmas, here’s unwrapping how all 32 teams stack up against each other in the latest edition of Sporting News’ power rankings: MORE: Updated NFL playoff picture after Week 14 NFL power rankings Week 15 Philadelphia Eagles 12-1 (previous week: 1) The Eagles, after the upset loss to the Commanders and a late midseason lull, are back to their dominant passing and/or rushing ways backed by relentless situational defense....