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The Week 13 NFL schedule features several teams being forced to dig deep on the depth chart to find help. The Chargers (+3.5) are expected to turn to Austin Ekeler at running back in place of the injured Melvin Gordon (knee) as they take on the Steelers on Sunday Night Football. The Redskins, meanwhile

It’s crunch time, folks. There are five weeks left in the regular season and we’re having serious conversations about the 4-6-1 Browns (the Browns!) having a chance at the playoffs. What a world. Meanwhile, the NFL’s best teams are jockeying for the right for home-field advantage — no one

Washington’s defense of adding Foster was pathetic. The Redskins saw talent and jumped in line for it without knowing that nobody else in the NFL would follow suit.

As the Saints continue to establish themselves as the NFL’s best team, Drew Brees has cemented his status as the frontrunner for league MVP. For a second-straight week, Brees placed ahead of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes in CBS Sports’ MVP ballot, once again finishing in first place on all

Less than three days after he was arrested on domestic violence charges, linebacker Reuben Foster was claimed off waivers Tuesday by the Washington Redskins. The San Francisco 49ers released Foster on Sunday morning, hours after his arrest at the team hotel in Tampa, Fla. Doug Williams, Washington&

It’s the last week of the regular season for most Fantasy leagues, so that means a third of the league has nothing to play for. Considering the byes are also over, you should have considerably less competition for streamers than you have in the past. That’s good, because at a couple of positions

The NFL playoff picture continues to become clear and the Week 13 NFL odds indicate that several teams in desperate need of a win could be in trouble. A week after pulling out a critical win over the Packers to get to 6-4-1, the Vikings are six-point underdogs against the Patriots. Green Bay, meanwhile

The 49ers and Raiders were forced to travel east this weekend, and they are both traveling back west with losses.

First and foremost, of course, both on and off the field, is Mayfield, the Heisman Trophy winner and No. 1 overall draft pick who helped the Browns (4-6-1) end a 25-game road losing skid that was one shy of the NFL record. After tossing four TD passes and zero interceptions, he made sure to get in his

Robert ”Bob” McNair, the man who brought football back to Houston after the Oilers left for Tennessee by founding the Texans, has died. One of the NFL’s most influential owners, McNair had battled both leukemia and squamous cell carcinoma in recent years before dying in Houston

Jason Garrett addressed his team after its win over the Redskins, then got choked up when he mentioned his father.

Drew Brees made Atlanta pay for losing track of his inexperienced receivers, and New Orleans’ defense halted several promising Falcons drives with forced fumbles they could not afford. Tommylee Lewis and Austin Carr each caught his second career touchdown pass, rookie tight end Dan Arnold and rookie

Green Bay Packers tight end Jimmy Graham returned to the practice field on Thursday on the heels of breaking his thumb in last week’s game against Seattle. Graham had not practiced yet this week but is set to attempt to play with a heavily bandaged broken thumb when the Packers return to the field

Here’s a look at the Week 12 matchups for Sunday, including the broadcasting TV network for each game. You can also livestream games within your market on the Yahoo Sports App.

Mike Triplett ESPN Staff Writer Close Covered Saints for eight years at New Orleans Times-Picayune Previously covered LSU football, San Francisco 49ers Iowa native and University of Iowa graduate Follow on Twitter NEW ORLEANS — The New Orleans Saints are thin on receivers heading into Thursday night

Yahoo Sports NFL senior writers Kimberley A. Martin, Terez Paylor and Charles Robinson select games this week that will leave us buzzing heading into Monday.

32. Arizona Cardinals (2-8, Last Week: 31) Losing like that stinks but the loss to the Raiders might end up landing Arizona the first pick of the draft. That eases some of the pain. (Leonard Johnson)

Derrick Gunn gives his predictions for his top five NFL games of Week 12. 

Houston Texans: Veteran receiver Demaryius Thomas has been slow to grasp the game plan and was targeted just once without a catch in last Sunday’s win over the Washington Redskins. Thomas has three receptions in two games since being acquired from the Denver Broncos. “He’s very close,” quarterback

Joey Bosa is back. The Texans secondary might get to feast on Blaine Gabbert. Those are two of a few home run IDP picks in fantasy this week.

The 105-point epic between the Rams and Chiefs was the NFL’s latest masterpiece – and more of the same is likely to follow.

The Kansas City Chiefs walked out of Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles late Monday night confident that they could beat the Rams if they should get a rematch in the Super Bowl. For all the positives the Chiefs did during their 54-51 shootout loss to the Rams – and there were plenty – the glaring mistakes

The other NFL reality: As offenses are now so entertaining, they can relegate bad officiating that would have taken over the narrative of this game only five years ago to an afterthought.

Trubisky (right shoulder) was listed as a non-participant on the Bears’ estimated injury report Monday. Led by Trubisky, the Bears have put together a four-game winning streak, which was capped by Sunday night’s 25-20 win against the Vikings. During that stretch, he’s completed 64.5 percent

The plan was just 20 snaps. The Chargers wanted to be careful. After 11 weeks without their best pass rusher, they could afford to bring Joey Bosa along as slowly as possible. At least, that’s what they thought before last Sunday’s loss to the Broncos started to slip away. But when it was all

With the trade deadline having passed, Nicole Cohen looks back at some of her trade target hits and misses.

The Bears have had hot first halves in prime time before. But this one looks like it might hold up. They’re up 14-0 at halftime over the Vikings, bullying their NFC North rivals in every way. They picked off Kirk Cousins just before the half, and also collected a fumble and limited the Vikings to [more

ESPN.com Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers stunned the Jaguars with a late victory, while the Texans padded their lead in the AFC South and the Cowboys made up ground in the NFC East. Plus, the debut of Lamar Jackson electrified the Ravens in a win over the Bengals. In the late afternoon slate, the

The Eagles were the last team standing in the NFC last year, but their chances of making it back to the playoffs took a serious shot on Sunday from the team that’s looking like it might just be the favorite to be the conference’s No. 1 team this time around. The Saints jumped out to [more]

NFL Week 11 is here. To keep tabs on some of the choicest highlights and other big news throughout Sunday, keep it locked here for updates.  Schedule, scores Seahawks 27, Packers 24 (Recap) Texans at Redskins, 1 p.m. (GameTracker) Steelers at Jaguars, 1 p.m. (GameTracker) Titans at Colts, 1 p.m. (GameTracker