Новости за 08.01.2021

The Saints will be without their sack leader against the Bears on Sunday. Defensive end Trey Hendrickson has been ruled out of the game. Hendrickson has a neck injury and went from limited participation on Wednesday to being out of practice Thursday. He remained on the sideline for Friday’s session. Hendrickson also missed Week 16 [more]

The Washington Football Team has added a wide receiver to the roster ahead of Saturday’s home playoff game against the Buccaneers. Dontrelle Inman has been summoned from the practice squad. The Football Team listed wide receiver Terry McLaurin as questionable to play with an ankle injury, but head coach Ron Rivera indicated on Thursday that [more]

Titans receiver A.J. Brown has spent much of the season on the injury report. He missed two games. Brown, though, isn’t about to miss Sunday’s wild-card playoff game with the Ravens. “As long as I have breath in my body, I’m going to play,” Brown said Friday. The Titans list Brown with knee and hand [more]

Despite concerns that a COVID-19 outbreak could cause the college football national championship game to be delayed, both Ohio State and Alabama have confirmed that the game is a go. Both schools have confirmed they have been cleared to make the trip to Miami and play on Monday night. It’s still not clear whether either [more]

The Rams may not be revealing who will start at quarterback in Saturday’s wild-card matchup against the Seahawks, but they’re at least getting much closer to full strength. Los Angeles activated defensive lineman Michael Brockers off the reserve/COVID-19 list on Friday. Brockers was placed on the list last Thursday, making him ineligible to play in [more]

Williams played in the Celtics' win over the Heat on Wednesday.

Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny popped up on the team’s practice report Thursday. He was limited with a knee injury. It went unnoticed, though, because the Seahawks didn’t give Penny a designation. They now have. The Seahawks updated their injury report Friday, ahead of Saturday’s wild-card game against the Rams, listing Penny as questionable with [more]

The Browns have placed another player on the reserve/COVID-19 list in safety Jovante Moffatt. It’s currently unclear if Moffat tested positive or was a close contact of someone who has. Moffat has been a special teams contributor in his first season out of Middle Tennessee. He’s appeared in nine games this season. Cleveland’s assistant offensive [more]

Linebacker Roquan Smith didn’t practice at all this week, but the Bears aren’t ruling him out of Sunday’s game in New Orleans. Smith has been listed as questionable to play due to the elbow injury that knocked him out of the team’s Week 17 game. The lack of practice time would seem to leave him [more]

The Colts promoted running back Darius Anderson and offensive tackle Jared Veldheer to the active roster from the practice squad for Saturday’s game against Buffalo. Anderson was a COVID-19 replacement. Indianapolis’ active roster now stands at 54 players. Anderson signed with the Colts’ practice squad Sept. 8 after participating in training camp with the Cowboys. [more]

Leading Titans receiver A.J. Brown did not practice on Friday, putting in question his status for Sunday’s playoff game against the Ravens. Head coach Mike Vrabel said during his Friday press conference that he’s not ruling anyone out for the wild-card matchup. But Brown (knee/hand) was listed as a limited participant on Wednesday before not [more]

The Browns will be able to practice on Friday. The team’s facility remained closed on Friday morning as the team waited for the latest round of COVID-19 testing results, but multiple reports say that the team has been cleared to get on the field for the first time this week. The practice is scheduled to [more]

The Jets completed an interview with 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh for their head coaching vacancy, the team announced Friday. It was the third interview for Saleh, with the Jaguars and Chargers set to meet with him Saturday. He met with the Falcons and Lions earlier this week. Among the six teams with head coaching [more]

The Lions have completed another interview with a General Manager candidate. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Saints assistant G.M. of college personnel Jeff Ireland interviewed with the team on Friday. Ireland has also interviewed with the Panthers this week. Ireland was the Dolphins General Manager from 2008-2013 and has been working in the [more]

The Flyers, Penguins, New York Islanders, New Jersey Devils, New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres, Washington Capitals and Boston Bruins will play every other team in the division eight times.

The Packers have the luxury of a playoff bye, but have held a few practices this week. Notably, wide receiver Davante Adams has not participated in them. But on Friday, head coach Matt LaFleur said it’s not a reason for concern. “Yeah, it’s just rest,” LaFleur said during his Friday press conference. “He’s been getting [more]

The match is considered the biggest ever gap between two clubs in the third round of the FA Cup, where it is Marine v Mourinho, er, Tottenham.

The role of Jack Easterby in the Texans front office has been a subject of interest in Houston since the team fired head coach/General Manager Bill O’Brien during the regular season and it was the subject of questions at new General Manager Nick Caserio’s introductory press conference on Friday. Easterby was not at the press [more]

With just about the halfway point of the 2020-21 season here, our mid-term Premier League grades have arrived.

Raiders head coach Jon Gruden said earlier this week he’d like to move quickly to hire a defensive coordinator to replace the fired Paul Guenther. While many are still interviewing head coaching candidates, Las Vegas is now in position to get a top DC. The Raiders have interviewed Chargers defensive coordinator Gus Bradley and former [more]

The first question that Texans General Manager Nick Caserio fielded at his introductory press conference concerned quarterback Deshaun Watson. Reports of Watson’s unhappiness and potential desire to be traded have surfaced over the last couple of days along with word that the Texans will not trade him if he requests one. Among Watson’s reported issues [more]

We won’t officially know the identify of the 2020 NFL MVP until the night before Super Bowl LV. Unofficially, we know. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers undoubtedly will be the MVP, for the third time in his career. Rodgers received 46 of 50 votes at quarterback, with Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes [more]

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The Associated Press revealed the 2020 NFL All-Pro team on Friday and it included a pair of unanimous selections. Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald were both named by all 50 voters. The full voting totals have now been released and the choices at several other positions were nearly as [more]

Trae Young looked uncharacteristically passive in the Hawks' loss to the Hornets on Wednesday.