Jared Goff to miss Rams' season finale after thumb surgery

Jared Goff will miss the Los Angeles Rams’ season finale against the Arizona Cardinals after undergoing surgery on his right thumb. Goff could return a week later if the Rams make the playoffs, coach Sean McVay said Monday night. John Wolford will take his first NFL snaps as Goff’s replacement when the Rams (9-6) host the Cardinals on Sunday.

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Bills take 10-3 lead on Patriots after fake punt

The Bills and Patriots receivers are having a hard time holding onto passes tonight. It is Bills cornerback Siran Neal who has made the biggest catch so far. Neal caught a 13-yard pass from safety Jaquan Johnson on fourth-and-five from their own 35. The Patriots failed to cover either gunner, allowing Johnson to take the [more]

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Washington cuts Dwayne Haskins

Dwayne Haskins‘ tenure in Washington is over. Washington’s first-round draft pick in 2019, Haskins has been released today, according to NFL Network. The move comes after the latest lousy performance in a string of them from Haskins, who was once viewed as Washington’s future franchise quarterback but quickly proved himself not to be up to [more]

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Doug Pederson officially names Jalen Hurts starter for season finale

Eagles head coach Doug Pederson has once again officially stated the obvious: Jalen Hurts will be Philadelphia’s starting quarterback this week. “I want to continue to evaluate,” Pederson said, via Zach Berman of TheAthletic.com. Hurts has provided a clear lift to a Philadelphia offense that was stuck in the mud with quarterback Carson Wentz. Hurts [more]

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NFL announces Week 17 schedule changes, with Washington-Eagles on Sunday Night Football

The NFL announced schedule changes for Week 17, and not surprisingly, the Washington Football Team’s game against the Eagles will be the last of the 256 games played this season. The league moved the Washington-Philadelphia game to Sunday Night Football on NBC next week with kickoff set for 8:20 p.m. ET. Washington will play for [more]

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Jared Goff accepts blame for “one of the worst plays I’ve had in my career”

Rams quarterback Jared Goff has not been playing well lately, and in today’s loss to the Seahawks, it got particularly ugly. Goff said after the game that the interception he threw to Seahawks safety Quandre Diggs was one of the worst passes he’s ever thrown. “I made one of what I think is one of [more]

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Cowboys beat Eagles 37-17, stay alive with Washington loss

Andy Dalton threw for 377 yards and three touchdowns, two to Michael Gallup, and the Dallas Cowboys stayed alive in the playoff race with a 37-17 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. The Cowboys (6-9) won their third consecutive game and still have a chance to win the NFC East thanks to Washington’s 20-13 loss to Carolina, which guaranteed that the NFL’s worst division won’t have a team with a winning record. Dallas can overtake Washington (6-9) with a win at the New York Giants and a Washington loss to the Eagles on the final weekend of the regular season.

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Seahawks wrap up NFC West title with 20-9 win over Rams

The Seattle Seahawks claimed the NFC West title with a 20-9 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, with Russell Wilson throwing a 13-yard TD pass to Jacob Hollister with 2:51 left for the clinching score. Seattle (11-4) earned its first division title since 2016 and its fifth since Pete Carroll arrived in 2010 behind a stellar defensive effort and a clutch late drive engineered by Wilson. Wilson connecting with Hollister was a bit of redemption for the tight end who was stopped inches short of the same end zone on the final play a year ago in Week 17 against San Francisco.

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Kevin Stefanski: We had all the players we needed, we got flat out beat

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski didn’t want to talk about moral victories after the team lost 47-42 to the Ravens recently and he didn’t want to talk about excuses for this Sunday’s 23-16 loss to the Browns. The Browns were playing without four wide receivers because of COVID-19 protocols and they struggled to move the [more]

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