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According to multiple reports, Hauschka signed a four-year deal worth $12.4 million with the Bills on Thursday. ESPN was the first to report the deal. MORE: NFL free agency tracker Hauschka, a 2016 Pro Bowl alternate, has been one of the most sure-footed kickers in the NFL over the past six seasons. He made 175 of 197 field-goal attempts (88.8 percent) since 2011, including an 89.1 field-goal completion percentage in 2016, when he made 33 of 37 field goals....

The quickest draw to get there is relocating the Raiders from Oakland, and team owner Mark Davis has $500 million ready to make it happen. First, the possibility of that happening wasn’t ruled out by Roger Goodell. Then the commissioner expressed how the league is “evolving” in its stance in being more associated with legalized gambling. MORE: Raiders defense better than Broncos? Then came the Vegas endorsement of the Cowboys’ Jerry Jones, arguably the league’s most powerful owner....

No player who accumulates more than $800,000 in fines and racks up 16 unnecessary roughness, personal foul and roughing the passer penalties in his career will get that, even when he should. The NFL is making an example out of Burfict with his latest five-game suspension after an illegal hit on Chiefs fullback Anthony Sherman in a preseason game Aug. 19. Is the NFL suspending Burfict’s hit or his reputation?...

The Buckeyes should start the next decade with another big showing in the 2020 NFL Draft. Sporting News’ Vinnie Iyer projects nine Buckeyes will be drafted in his seven-round mock, including two in the first three picks. Defensive end Chase Young and cornerback Jeff Okudah are the headliners on what is another loaded class that features seven top-100 picks. Here are the Ohio State players Iyer projects will be selected in the 2020 NFL Draft, and where they will land....

That makes it another good time for an updated Sporting News first-round mock draft for 2021. The winless Jets got out of Monday night with a strong hold on the No. 1 overall pick, but there are plenty of one- and two-win teams jockeying for prime positions. Here’s how we see the picks from 1-32 playing out now. The top 18 picks are based on the current draft order, according to Tankathon....

As you might expect, that near-future class, like LSU’s Joe Burrow now, has a surefire No. 1 overall player at quarterback, one who also has won a college national championship. That would be Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence, the no-brainer pick for the team with the qualifying worst record. The order for this mock draft is based on current consensus odds to win Super Bowl 55. Here’s how things might play out for the first round in Cleveland a year from now:...

From SN’s previous mock draft in late August, much has changed. The biggest things is some teams look much better or much worse than we thought they were, which shakes up the prospects’ destinations based on talent and need. Working from an order determined by our latest SN NFL power rankings — with second-half adjustments based on what 14 teams would make the playoffs — here’s how we see the first round playing out in 2021....

On Feb. 7, CBS Sports will broadcast Super Bowl 50. That means officiating “expert" Mike Carey possibly could boot another big call. Carey made his latest miscue during the AFC championship last Sunday. If he screws the pooch in front of 120 million viewers during CBS’s telecast of the Panthers and Broncos, Twitter will melt. MORE: Ranking every Super Bowl winner, 1-49 | Every franchise’s greatest team We all know a chain is as strong as its weakest link, so we got to thinking here at Sporting News: What if the NFL allowed CBS to borrow highly respected officiating expert Mike Pereira from Fox Sports for Super Bowl 50?...

Detroit, which has a 37-40-2 overall record in its 79 consecutive Thanksgiving game appearances, is a home underdog against Chicago with good reason. With Matthew Stafford out of the lineup with broken bones in his back the Lions have limped to a 3-7-1 record in a lost season. The Bears, though they’ve had their share of struggles, are still fighting for a playoff spot in the NFC. FULL WEEK 13 NFL PICKS:Against the spread | Straight-up predictions...

So we’re looking at you, Browns, Falcons, Panthers, Steelers and Texans. These are teams that entered the 2019 season with postseason aspirations but dropped their openers. The problem for some of them is that their Week 2 matchups appear no easier than the games they just lost. MORE: Get the latest NFL odds at Sportsbook Review On the other hand, teams like the Cowboys, Patriots, Saints, Packers, Rams and Chiefs, to name a few, are coming off games in which they delivered on their playoff-level expectations....

The Colts are winless this season, losing one and tying the other. Kansas, meanwhile, has had a flawless start to the season, winning their opening two games. The Colts are third in the AFC South standings, while the Chiefs come in atop the AFC West standings. Bet $5, win $200 instantly on NFL or CFB NFL PROP #1: Patrick Mahomes II (Chiefs), Passing Touchdowns & Pass Completion (-145 on TrackBets) Patrick Mahomes II has had a stellar start to his campaign, throwing seven touchdowns in the first two games....

It used to be that 12 total teams made the playoffs with six from each conference qualifying. Two teams from each conference were awarded bye weeks while the remaining eight teams paired off in wild-card stand-offs. Now, there are fewer bye weeks to begin the playoffs and more games — just the way the NFL likes it. Many are still getting used to the new-ish playoff format. Sporting News is here to break down the NFL playoffs for those that need a refresher on how they work....

Based on the final standings and taking into account tiebreakers, here are how things look in the AFC and NFC. MORE: Watch NFL in U.S. live and on demand with fuboTV (7-day trial) NFL playoff bracket AFC No. 1 seed — Patriots (13-3): Champions, AFC East. New England took care of division rival New York at home to lock up the familiar position of having home-field advantage. No. 2 seed — Steelers (13-3): Champions, AFC North....

The Bills are the No. 2 seed in the AFC, and entered the postseason scorching hot. They’ve now won their last eight games after beating the Dolphins for the second time in three meetings this season between the division rivals. While Miami is left to look to next season, the Bills are on to the divisional round. MORE: Sporting News’ NFL experts make their playoff, Super Bowl 57 picks...

Former No. 1 picks Joe Burrow and Kyler Murray are in that group, along with former Alabama stars Mac Jones and Jalen Hurts. Veteran Derek Carr rounds out that group. That group will look to challenge the establishment. Seven-time Super Bowl champion and three-time MVP Tom Brady is at the top of the list, along with two-time MVP Aaron Rodgers in the NFC. Patrick Mahomes II has led the Chiefs to back-to-back Super Bowl appearances....

All that’s left in the 2018 regular season is the month December before everything counts in larger amounts for the 12 teams that make the playoffs. Although there are some surefire playoff teams in place, Sporting News’ power rankings ahead of Week 13 show there’s plenty room for movement beyond them. MORE: Updated NFL playoff picture NFL power rankings New Orleans Saints 10-1 (last week: 1) The Saints let the good times keep rolling on Thanksgiving by getting even more guys involved in Drew Brees’ late-career MVP campaign....

Dallas three seasons ago went 13-3, and Philadelphia is only two years removed from a Super Bowl victory. Those teams will look to maintain their momentum as NFC playoff teams and conference championship contenders, while Washington and New York work to catch up after drafting quarterbacks in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft. 2019 NFL PREDICTIONS:Standings, playoff projections, Super Bowl pick Based on SN’s picks for the entire 2019 season, here are our predictions for the NFC East....

What’s usually a rallying cry and fight song brimming with confidence is nothing more than a question heading into the 2020 Eagles season. The team willed its way into the playoffs last season, before crashing down in a matchup vs. the Seahawks — just as Jadeveon Clowney came crashing down on Carson Wentz. The Eagles, still talented on both sides of the ball, are playing opponents and health in 2020, as injuries largely derailed their 2019 season, even while winning the NFC East....

The second-to-last NFL tuneup starts with three games on Friday, highlighted by Patriots at Panthers and a Lions at Jaguars matchup on CBS. Saturday’s 11-game slate includes Steelers at Bills on NFL Network, 49ers at Broncos, Eagles at Packers and Seahawks at Chargers on CBS. Both of Sunday’s games will be nationally televised, with the Saints hosting the Texans on FOX and the Cardinals at the Raiders Sunday night on NBC....

Jefferson and Hill are pulling away from the rest of the field in terms of receiving yards this season, with Jefferson leading the way and Hill not far behind with only two games left in the 2022 season. There is no other receiver within 300 yards of either wideout. The extra 17th game to the schedule has already made it a matter of time until new single-season stat records are set, but with the campaigns from Jefferson and Hill, it’s beginning to feel like the two receivers could battle it out for the receiving yards record in 2022 and even challenge for reaching 2,000 receiving yards in a season, a feat never before accomplished....