Новости за 16.12.2020

From Week 1 to Week 12, Vikings kicker Dan Bailey was having a solid season. He’d made 10-of-12 field goals and 26-of-27 extra point attempts. But things have changed in the last two weeks. Bailey’s missed three extra points and four field goals in Minnesota’s last two games, including all four of his kicks — [more]

The Saints have three quarterbacks on the roster. Only one of them won a Heisman Trophy, secured a college national championship, and entered the league as the first overall pick in the draft. And he’s currently on the bottom of the depth chart. Jameis Winton, thrown overboard by the Buccaneers and coach Bruce Arians after [more]

Liverpool-Tottenham is a massive game on Wednesday at Anfield, as the two teams locked on the same number of points at the top of the Premier League lock horns.

Jets CEO Christopher Johnson offered head coach Adam Gase a vote of confidence after the team’s Week 1 loss to the Bills and he has resisted calls for the team to dismiss Gase over the course of 12 more losses this year. Gase is now 7-22 with the Jets since being hired ahead of the [more]

The Bills’ long drought without a division title can come to an end this weekend. A win over the Broncos on Saturday afternoon is all the team needs to secure the AFC East crown for the first time since the 1995 season. According to the NFL’s release about this week’s playoff scenarios, the Bills can [more]

Eagles kicker Jake Elliott has struggled from short distances recently, missing an extra point in Week 12 and Week 13 before clanking a 22-yard field goal off the left upright in last Sunday’s win over New Orleans. Elliott didn’t mince words when discussing his performance with reporters on Wednesday. “First and foremost, I want to [more]

Slaven Bilic has been fired by West Brom and here comes Sam Allardyce, once again.

Matthew Stafford is dealing with a rib injury this week and the Lions have added a quarterback to their practice squad. The Lions announced that they have signed Jordan Ta’amu. They also signed running back Jordan Scarlett and released running back Dalyn Dawkins and punter Arryn Siposs in other practice sqaud transactions. Ta’amu signed with [more]

The Jaguars have designated left guard Andrew Norwell and cornerback/return specialist Chris Claybrooks to return from injured reserve. Norwell has been on IR since Nov. 28 with a forearm injury. He started Jacksonville’s first 10 games of the season before landing on IR. Head coach Doug Marrone said on Wednesday morning he thinks Norwell could [more]

For years, the NFL wanted to expand the regular season. Now that the league has secured from the NFL Players Association the ability to do so, the NFL suddenly has become less intent on adding a 17th game. The abrupt equivocation makes little sense on the surface, especially in light of the persistent notion that [more]

Bengals defensive tackle Geno Atkins‘ season is over. His tenure in Cincinnati could be over as well. Atkins has been placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury. With only three games left this season, that means he’s done for 2020. The designation ends the worst year of Atkins’ career, a year in which he [more]

On paper this looks like a straightforward away win, but strange things have happened this season.

The Jaguars have the unenviable task of scheming against Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson this week.  On Wednesday, Jacksonville head coach Doug Marrone said the most challenging part is preparing for Jackson’s speed. There aren’t many players as fast as Jackson, and none of them are quarterbacks. Marrone joked that backup quarterback Jake Luton has been [more]

Lionel Messi to PSG seems like it is in the works, as Barcelona appear to be resigned to losing their star man when his contract runs out next summer.

When the Ravens had to pull wide receiver Dez Bryant from the lineup shortly before their Week 13 game over the Cowboys due to a positive COVID-19 test, they were not allowed to activate another player to take his place. Bryant’s deactivation came after the deadline of 90 minutes before kickoff to set the game [more]

As Dolphins coach Brian Flores has said, Sunday’s game against the Patriots will be a “very good challenge” for rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. If that challenge results in the Patriots opening up a big lead, don’t expect Tua to freak out. After Sunday’s game between the Chiefs and Dolphins, Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes praised [more]

Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman has been sidelined since undergoing knee surgery in October, but he may be returning sooner than later. New England head coach Bill Belichick said he’d classify Edelman as “day to day” on Wednesday morning. “When he’s ready, we’ll start him. If he’s not ready, then he’ll keep working and we’ll [more]

The NFL has announced on Wednesday morning its various players of the week. On Tuesday afternoon, we announced our weekly PFT PM awards. Like every week, we’ve named offensive players of the week, defensive players of the week, rookies of the week, and coaches of the week. This week, I’ll admit that I made a [more]

Patriots head coach Bill Belichick moved to 21-5 when facing rookie quarterbacks since the start of the 2000 season when the Patriots beat the Chargers earlier this season. Some of those wins came with Dolphins head coach Brian Flores on the New England defensive coaching staff, so he has first-hand knowledge of how difficult Belichick [more]

Washington got a critical win over San Francisco to take sole possession of first place in the NFC East. Their punter was a significant part of the victory, and now Tress Way has been named NFC special teams player of the week. Way averaged 49.8 yards on his eight punts, with a 47.9 net average [more]

The Broncos got a big play from punt returner Diontae Spencer early in last Sunday’s game against the Panthers. Denver punted to start the game and Spencer stepped up after Carolina did the same after their first possession. Spencer fielded the punt and then took the ball 83 yards for a touchdown that put the [more]

Entering Sunday’s game against the Giants, Arizona’s Haason Reddick had 5.0 sacks. He doubled that total in Week 14. To no one’s surprise, Reddick has now been named NFC defensive player of the week for his performance. Reddick had five sacks, three of which forced fumbles. Reddick brought down starter Daniel Jones three times, strip [more]

It’s been nearly a week since Rams running back Cam Akers last played a game, but his effort against the Patriots in Week 14 left a strong impression. Akers ran 29 times for 171 yards and caught two passes for 23 yards in a 24-3 win that moved the Rams to 9-4 on the season. [more]

Kenny Moore made one of the most impressive interceptions of the season, drawing comparisons from his head coach to Odell Beckham Jr. Now Moore has been named AFC defensive player of the week. Moore’s interception came in the second quarter, keeping the Raiders off the board when they could have tied or gone ahead. He [more]

The Ravens and Browns played perhaps the most memorable game of the year on Monday night and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was right in the middle of it. Jackson ran for two touchdowns in the first half and helped the Ravens build a 14-point lead in the second half, but the Browns were able to [more]