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The San Francisco 49ers and other teams may need to find a temporary new home after Santa Clara County on Saturday banned all contact sports from holding games and practices for the next three weeks. The 49ers have home games scheduled for Dec. 7 against Buffalo and Dec. 13 against Washington at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. ”We are working with the NFL and our partners on operational plans and will share details as they are confirmed,” the team said in a statement.

Practice squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton will reportedly play quarterback for Denver on Sunday with less than 24 hours notice.

The Jacksonville Jaguars’ luck continued to dwindle in terms of health as another starter was placed on injured reserve. This time it was guard Andrew Norwell who had been dealing with a forearm injury that caused him to be ruled out early in the …

Jerry Jeudy is as quick of his mind as he is with his legs. The Broncos’ WR had a solution for the team’s QB issues.

Here’s how to watch Sunday’s Raiders-Falcons game live online and on TV.

The Detroit Lions have fired general manager Bob Quinn and coach Matt Patricia, ending the franchise’s attempt to replicate the success the men helped Bill Belichick achieve in New England. The Lions made the moves Saturday, surprising no one. Detroit (4-7) lost consecutive games for the third time this season, collapsing in a 41-25 loss to Houston at home on Thursday after getting shut out for the first time in 11 years in its previous game at Carolina.

The Detroit Lions fired Matt Patricia on Saturday, and if you look at some key numbers, his tenure will go down as one of the four worst ever.

The Detroit Lions on Saturday parted ways with head coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn.

Detroit has fired head coach Matt Patricia and GM Bob Quinn after a 4-7 start to the season.

The Ravens and Steelers have set a date for the third time.

After avoiding naming a starting QB all week, Matt Nagy confirmed it’ll be Mitchell Trubisky under center vs. Packers.

According to ESPN NFL reporter Adam Schefter, the game between the Steelers and Ravens has been moved yet again. This is the second attempt by the league to change the date of this game to accommodate the Ravens who completely botched their COVID-19 protocols. This scenario can only benefit the Ravens who have over a dozen players and staff positive including starting quarterback Lamar Jackson and surely more positive tests are on the way

Charles Robinson wants to see Tom Brady prove it vs. the Chiefs, while Terez Paylor is eyeing an AFC South showdown this weekend.

NFL Network’s Gregg Rosenthal breaks down his game picks for Week 12. This game is streaming live on the Yahoo Sports mobile app, or on NFL Network

The left side of the Buccaneers offensive line is questionable to play against the Chiefs on Sunday. Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said that left tackle Donovan Smith and left guard Ali Marpet will each get that designation on the final injury report of the week. Smith is dealing with an ankle injury while Marpet [more]

Take a look at how the Rams’ defense has evolved since Brandon Staley took over for Wade Phillips.

As poorly as things have gone for the Chicago Bears over the last month, they have a chance to close November by getting right back in the thick of the NFC North race. If the Bears don’t capitalize on the opportunity, the Green Bay Packers will head into December well on their way to clinching a second straight division title. Chicago (5-5) has lost four straight and trails the Packers (7-3) by two games as the teams renew the NFL’s oldest rivalry Sunday night at Green Bay.

When Dalvin Cook arrived in Minnesota in 2017, the Vikings assigned him a cubicle at the practice facility next to a player recovering from injury who wasn’t certain to see the field again. Teddy Bridgewater became Cook’s fast friend in that corner of the locker room, with unconditional support from a fellow native of Miami who could relate to being so far from home. ”He put it all on a platter and just laid it on the line for me of how to be a pro, how to handle your business, how to go to meetings, everything,” said Cook, who tore his ACL in his fourth NFL game.

Baltimore is mired in a COVID-19 outbreak. Common sense would suggest its rescheduled game vs. Pittsburgh can’t happen. But science suggests it could.

Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt is the third-heaviest NFL player to score a touchdown on Thanksgiving.

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy will face questions about his decision-making after two fourth-down attempts blew up in his face. Washington stopped Dallas on its two fourth-down tries — one on a pass on fourth-and-one and another on a fake punt on fourth-and-10 — setting up touchdown drives of 19 and 23 yards. That — and [more]

The Dallas Cowboys entered the week hopeful they had turned the corner. Following a 31-28 Week 11 victory over the surging Minnesota Vikings, the club thought they may have solved their issues. It turns out that wasn’t the case. That wasn’t the case …

Montez Sweat took the ball out of Andy Dalton’s hands and had himself a pick-6

Dallas was a gracious host on Thanksgiving, making big mistakes and serving up an easy victory for Washington as Antonio Gibson rushed for three touchdowns.

Lane Johnson was listed as “did not practice” on the Eagles’ injury report on Thursday. By Dave Zangaro

The Houston Texans took care of business against the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving to get the win. Here is everything we know from Week 12.

The Titans and Colts released an estimated injury report on Thursday.

Green Bay Packers reserve defensive lineman Montravius Adams is expected to miss the rest of the season because of a toe injury. The Packers placed Adams on injured reserve Wednesday, a move that requires him to sit out at least three games. Packers coach Matt LaFleur said Thursday he doesn’t expect Adams to return this season.

Deshaun Watson and Will Fuller dominated the Lions on Thanksgiving, with Watson throwing 4 TDs and Fuller catching two of them.

Denver Broncos No. 3 quarterback Jeff Driskel was placed on the COVID-19 list Thursday but contact tracing showed starter Drew Lock and the Broncos’ other QBs weren’t in danger of being infected by the coronavirus. Lock, backup Brett Rypien and practice squad QB Blake Bortles all practiced on Thanksgiving after the Broncos consulted with Dr. Allen Sills, the league’s chief medical officer.