NFL won't be cutting in line for coronavirus vaccine

The NFL won’t be cutting in line to get the coronavirus vaccine. ”No one should be thinking about the vaccine going anywhere other than our first responders and the most vulnerable people right now,” said DeMaurice Smith, executive director of the NFL Players Association. ”We’re in complete harmony with the union in that we feel that it’s vital that frontline healthcare workers and another essential service workers are at the front of the line,” said Dr. Allen Sills, the NFL’s chief medical officer.

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Browns can't contain Jackson, lose heartbreaker to Ravens

The Browns and their fans hadn’t felt heartbreak in years. Cleveland couldn’t stop Lamar Jackson from running around in the first half or on a fourth-down play in the final two minutes after he returned from cramps, and the Browns were beaten 47-42 on Monday night by the Baltimore Ravens in a wild game with twists galore. ”The message in the locker room after the game was, win as a team, lose as a team,” said quarterback Baker Mayfield, who shook off his first interception in six games and rallied the Browns from a 14-point deficit in the second half.

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End-of-Season Awards for the 2020 Eagles

After one of its worst seasons in program history, the Eagles’ defense took a significant step in the right direction, rising from 125th to 70th in total defense (416.8 yards per game allowed) and 101st to 60th in scoring defense (28.4 points per game allowed). Eagles fans welcomed a dynamic aerial attack that saw five different BC players catch 28-plus passes (Kobay White led the team in 2019 with 29 grabs). While exciting on the field and inspiring off it, the new-look Eagles were far from perfect.

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Patriots' NFL-record division title streak will end at 11

For just the fourth time since Bill Belichick became Patriots coach in 2000, New England won’t end the season as AFC East champions. It eliminated the hopes of New England (6-7, 5-4) to extend its NFL-record run of 11 straight division titles. The Los Angeles Rams own the NFL’s second-longest division streak, earning seven straight titles from 1973-79.

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Seahawks' Jamal Adams thankful to reunite with Jets, Adam Gase: 'I do miss those guys … this is bigger than football'

While the Seattle Seahawks recorded a 40-3 rout of the Jets on Sunday, Jamal Adams cherished reuniting with his former teammates. After the game, he opened up on a ‘bigger than football’ aspect about crossing paths again with Adam Gase and New York.

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Washington leads NFC East after gritty 23-15 win over 49ers

Rookies Chase Young and Kamren Curl scored defensive touchdowns and Washington grabbed sole possession of first place in the NFC East after a gritty 23-15 win over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. Washington (6-7) has won four straight games and is one game ahead of the New York Giants, who lost to the Arizona Cardinals 26-7 earlier Sunday. It is Washington’s first four-game winning streak since 2016.

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Rodgers-led Packers beat Lions 31-24, clinch NFC North title

Aaron Rodgers ran for a tiebreaking score in the third quarter and threw three touchdown passes and the Green Bay Packers beat the Detroit Lions 31-24 Sunday and clinched the NFC North title. The Packers (10-3) knocked Matthew Stafford out of the game with a rib injury in the fourth quarter and went on to win their third straight game and second straight division championship. The Packers clinched the division with the win and Minnesota’s loss to Tampa Bay earlier in the day.

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Chiefs remontan ante Dolphins y aseguran título divisional

(AP) — Patrick Mahomes sufrió una captura de 30 yardas antes que lograra guiar a los Chiefs de Kansas City a la dirección correcta.Los Chiefs se recuperaron de un déficit de 10 puntos y cuatro balones perdidos el domingo para asegurar su quinto título consecutivo de la División Oeste de la Conferencia Americana al vencer 33-27 a los Dolphins de Miami.

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Trubisky cumple y Chicago amansa a Watson y los Texans

CHICAGO (AP) — Mitchell Trubisky lanzó tres pases de touchdown para superar a Deshaun Watson en su primer enfrentamiento desde que ambos quarterbacks llegaron a la NFL, y los Bears de Chicago pusieron fin a una racha de seis derrotas con el triunfo 36-7 ante los Texans de Houston el domingo.David Montgomery corrió para un touchdown de 80 yardas en la primera jugada de Chicago y ayudó a que los Bears pusieran fin a su peor racha de derrotas desde que perdieron ocho consecutivos en 2002.

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