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Reports of New England’s playoff demise remain an exaggeration — for now. The road ahead isn’t easy, but haven’t we learned to stop doubting Bill Belichick?

At least two top GM candidates have reservations about coming to the Lions without a football-oriented team president

Lamar Jackson is officially back on the Ravens active roster. Jackson was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Monday. The move clears the way for Jackson to start Tuesday’s game against the Cowboys. Jackson missed last Wednesday’s loss to the Steelers. Robert Griffin III started in his place, but had to leave the game after [more]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without placekicker Chris Boswell when they put their unbeaten 11-0 record on the line against Washington.

Matt Nagy’s job can’t be safe after six straight losses and there’s a college coach in the Bears’ backyard who might be just what they need. But would he even want the job?

There were some interesting takeaways from the Titans’ Week 13 snap counts.

Highlighting the good, the bad and the ugly from the Packers’ 30-16 win over the Eagles on Sunday.

LOOK: Raiders QB Derek Carr’s passing chart from Week 13

Taysom Hil’s quality play means New Orleans might want to think twice about rushing back Drew Brees. And could even set up an interesting decision next year.

Howie Roseman, Dave Gettleman and Ryan Pace are among NFL GMs facing the heat. Is it the pressure warranted, or should some keep their jobs?

The second of two would-be Tyreek Hill touchdowns came off the board in dramatic fashion.

Here are our Players of the Game for the Kansas City Chiefs in the Week 13 victory over the Denver Broncos.

The Detroit Lions ‘just let loose’ to come back from a 10-point 4th-quarter deficit and give interim head coach Darrell Bevell his first win, 34-30.

Cam Newton ran for two touchdowns and the New England Patriots scored two TDs on special teams in a 45-0 rout of the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. Newton has four games this season with multiple rushing touchdowns, breaking the league record for a quarterback. Newton’s 1-yard dive on the game’s opening drive and a 2-yard keeper up the middle in the second quarter gave him 11 rushing scores on the year.

The Patriots have won three in a row with a chance to make a playoff push.

Aaron Jones rushed for 130 yards and delivered a game-clinching 77-yard touchdown run with 2:36 left as the Green Bay Packers withstood a fourth-quarter comeback attempt to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles 30-16 on Sunday. Aaron Rodgers connected with Davante Adams on two of his three touchdown passes and reached a couple of career milestones to help Green Bay (9-3) hand the Eagles (3-8-1) their fourth consecutive loss. Kingsley Keke had two of the Packers’ seven sacks.

The Raiders pulled off a miracle win in the final seconds to keep the Jets winless on Sunday.

The Browns pulled out all the stops in the first half to build a 38-7 lead, and they held on for their ninth win and first winning season since 2007.

Expect Derrick Henry and the Nick Chubb-Kareem Hunt duo to pile up the yards when the Titans and Browns meet, but one of these teams has a decided edge.

Follow along with Lauren Carpenter as she keeps you up-to-date with touchdowns, big plays, and injuries during all of the 1:00 and 4:00 pm EST games. (Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports)

The weeks are starting to run together into a seemingly never-ending avalanche of news and adjustments as the NFL tries to navigate a season in the middle of a pandemic. Monday evening’s visit by the red-hot (by NFC East standards) Washington Football Team (4-7) was originally scheduled for Sunday before being bumped back by the NFL after Pittsburgh’s game against Baltimore set for Thanksgiving night was moved three times because of a COVID-19 outbreak among the Ravens. Yes, the Steelers are unbeaten.

The Seahawks backfield will be supporting some great foundations on Sunday.

Detroit Lions game score, live updates and analysis vs. the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field in Chicago on Sunday.

The next step of growth for the Browns will be to go toe-to-toe with a playoff-caliber team and show they can beat the Titans at their own game.

Trevor Konitzer is the kind of guy whose cellphone is constantly buzzing with updates on NFL players: who’s hurt, who’s playing, what breaking news affects one team or another. A coronavirus outbreak involving the Denver Broncos saw three of the team’s quarterbacks deemed high-risk close contacts for having been mask-less around QB Jeff Driskel before he tested positive, making them ineligible to play in the upcoming game against the Saints.

See what the score predictions are for this week’s matchup.

Rookie fifth-round pick Quintez Cephus stands to see an uptick in playing time once Marvin Hall’s departure from the Detroit Lions is finalized.

The Patriots need a victory over the Chargers on Sunday if they’re to have any hope of making it into the postseason. Tom E. Curran breaks down the Week 13 matchup and shares his prediction.

The Bucs’ offense isn’t taking advantage of what Tom Brady does best, and that could be part of the reason they’ve lost three of their last four.

The game’s numbers weren’t much worse than your standard Monday Night Football game.