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The Chiefs have two critical lineup moves as we hit the December schedule.

The slump continued. Uggh. Thank you Leonard Fournette for the ejection, by the way, and a first-and-goal to cover turning into a 42-yard missed field goal! Such is life in the topsy-turvy NFL, I suppose. So 1-2, again. Not good enough. So this week, we are going to go big in an effort to turn the tide

Among the Week 13 must-watches: Who’ll stay hot, the Texans or Baker Mayfield? Can Chargers maintain their pace without Melvin Gordon? Can the Patriots bring the heat against Kirk Cousins?

Well, Thursday night’s game between New Orleans and Dallas did not go as well as many Fantasy owners likely hoped. There were more duds than studs, especially considering all the stars. It was a bad way to start a crucial Fantasy week. Ezekiel Elliott was great with 25 PPR points, and Alvin Kamara

Davante Adams ranks sixth in catches with 77, eighth in receiving yards with 1,022 and fourth in receiving touchdowns with 10. Yet, Adams feels something is missing. “I just want to get the respect that I deserve,” Adams said, via Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. Adams has a chance to break

Rules changes aimed at safety have made kickoff returns almost a rarity in the NFL. Miami’s Jakeem Grant beat out Kansas City’s Tyreek Hill as the NFL’s top returner in 2018 in voting released Friday by a panel of 10 football writers for The Associated Press. Grant received the honor the

Consecutive defeats to the Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys cost the Washington Redskins a chance to seize control of the NFC East race. Only one game separates the Redskins from the Eagles in the suddenly tight NFC East heading into a Monday night showdown in Philadelphia. After getting a 16-3 win

Our Yahoo Fantasy experts deliver their biggest booms, busts, and breakouts for Week 13.

The Oakland Raiders and the Kansas City Chiefs had one of the hottest rivalries in football for a long time, first in the American Football League and later in the NFL. Meanwhile, the Raiders have slipped to 2-9 and are coming off a 34-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens. “I know what we’re in

The Green Bay Packers aren’t used to being far off the pace in the NFL playoff race when the calendar hits December, but that’s where they are heading into Sunday’s game at Lambeau Field against the Arizona Cardinals. The Packers (4-6-1) have lost four straight road games during a rugged

The Pittsburgh Steelers have performed well without their star running back, Le’Veon Bell, and the Los Angeles Chargers will find out in Sunday night’s game in Pittsburgh whether they can survive without their top running back. Although James Conner’s fumble in the Steelers’ 24-17 loss

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