Search results

  1. Freddie Falcon

    Buccaneers activate Ronald Jones from COVID-19 list

    Getty Images The Buccaneers may have their starting running back for Week 17, as the club has activated Ronald Jones from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Jones has missed Tampa Bay’s last two games since going on the list on Dec. 16. Jones also is returning from a broken pinky suffered in the...
  2. Freddie Falcon

    Bucs hope to get Ronald Jones back this week

    Getty Images The Buccaneers won’t be resting their starters for their Week 17 game against the Falcons, but it remains to be seen if running back Ronald Jones will be joining them. Jones has missed the last two games while on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Jones could be cleared this week, but...
  3. Freddie Falcon

    Bruce Arians: We’re playing to win, not resting starters

    Getty Images The Buccaneers will not rest their starters in Week 17. That’s the word from head coach Bruce Arians, who said today that he wants to finish the season 11-5 and earn the highest seed in the NFC playoffs that the Buccaneers can get. “We’re going to play to win,” Arians said. The...
  4. Freddie Falcon

    NFL announces Week 17 schedule changes, with Washington-Eagles on Sunday Night Football

    Getty Images The NFL announced schedule changes for Week 17, and not surprisingly, the Washington Football Team’s game against the Eagles will be the last of the 256 games played this season. The league moved the Washington-Philadelphia game to Sunday Night Football on NBC next week with...
  5. Freddie Falcon

    Falcons take 14-10 lead over Chiefs, Sammy Watkins doubtful to return

    Getty Images The Falcons Defense has limited Kansas City’s offensive production and now the Chiefs may have more issues. Atlanta has taken a fourth-quarter lead with quarterback Matt Ryan‘s five-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Laquon Treadwell. Wide receiver Calvin Ridley‘s 31-yard...
  6. Freddie Falcon

    Travis Kelce sets single-season record for tight end receiving yards

    Getty Images Kansas City’s Travis Kelce continues to prove he’s one of the best offensive weapons in football. With his 36-yard reception in the fourth quarter, Kelce set a new single-season record for yards receiving by a tight end, getting to 1,400 yards with the reception. San Francisco’s...
  7. Freddie Falcon

    Chiefs hold on to defeat Falcons, clinch AFC’s top seed

    Getty Images The Falcons gave the Chiefs all they could handle, but in the end Kansas City clinched the all-important top seed in the AFC with a 17-14 victory over Atlanta. Falcons kicker Younghoe Koo missed a game-tying, 39-yard field goal wide right with 14 seconds left. Matt Ryan had...
  8. Freddie Falcon

    Younghoe Koo: At that moment, I just have to come through

    Getty Images Some have said the Falcons are cursed. They may or may not be wrong. Just a few days after he was named to the Pro Bowl, Atlanta kicker Younghoe Koo missed a game-tying, 39-yard field goal with 14 seconds left. The snap and hold looked good, but the ball went wide right before it...
  9. Freddie Falcon

    Patrick Mahomes: It was just a bad day for the offense, starting with me

    Getty Images The Chiefs defeated the Falcons to clinch the AFC’s top seed, but it wasn’t a particularly satisfying victory for the defending Super Bowl champions. Kansas City scored fewer than 20 points for only the second time in the last 58 games. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes threw his sixth...
  10. Freddie Falcon

    NFL Week 16 early inactives: Marquise Brown active, Marcus Peters out

    Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. The Ravens need to keep winning in order to have a chance at making it into the playoffs and they’ll have the help of several players who were listed as...
  11. Freddie Falcon

    Julio Jones ruled out for Sunday

    Getty Images Wide receiver Julio Jones has been ruled out for Atlanta’s Week 16 matchup with Kansas City. Jones has been hampered by a hamstring injury for much of the season and hasn’t played since Week 13. He did not practice at all this week. In nine games this season, Jones has 51...
  12. Freddie Falcon

    Tyreek Hill, Frank Clark questionable for Sunday

    Getty Images The Chiefs have listed wide receiver Tyreek Hill (hamstring) and defensive end Frank Clark (illness) as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Falcons. Hill experienced hamstring tightness following last week’s matchup with New Orleans and didn’t practice on Wednesday. He was...
  13. Freddie Falcon

    NFL Week 16 injury report roundup: Derek Carr set to return on Saturday night

    Getty Images Week 16 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Friday with the Saints hosting the Vikings for a Christmas matinee and it continues with three games on Saturday and 11 more games on Sunday. The teams playing in those games have released their final injury reports. The teams playing...
  14. Freddie Falcon

    Eric Bieinemy: Le’Veon Bell ready to handle Chiefs backfield job

    Getty Images With Clyde Edwards-Helaire going down for at least the rest of the regular season, the running back job for the Kansas City Chiefs will now fall to midseason acquisition Le'Veon Bell. Bell signed with the Chiefs in October shortly after he was released by the New York Jets. Since...
  15. Freddie Falcon

    Report: Lions are expected to interview Brad Holmes for G.M. opening

    Getty Images The Lions have started interviewing General Manager candidates who are not currently employed by other teams and there’s word of another candidate who is expected to be added to the list once the process expands after the end of the regular season. Lindsay Thiry of ESPN.com...
  16. Freddie Falcon

    Tyreek Hill limited in Thursday’s practice

    Getty Images Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill (hamstring) was back on the field as a limited participant in Thursday’s practice. Though Hill didn’t practice Wednesday, head coach Andy Reid said he thought Hill would be OK to play against Atlanta this week. Defensive end Frank Clark was added...
  17. Freddie Falcon

    Raheem Morris: Everything we do is an interview

    Getty Images Falcons president Rich McKay said this week that interim head coach Raheem Morris will interview for the full-time job before the Falcons hire anyone as the permanent replacement for Dan Quinn. Morris has gone 4-5 since Quinn was fired in the wake of an 0-5 start to the season and...
  18. Freddie Falcon

    Patrick Mahomes “extremely confident” in Le’Veon Bell

    Getty Images Chiefs rookie running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire is likely out until the postseason, which means Kansas City will turn to Le'Veon Bell as its RB1. Bell has rushed for 224 yards and a touchdown in eight games with the reigning Super Bowl champs and he’s also caught 12 passes for 90...
  19. Freddie Falcon

    Lions announce G.M. interviews with Rick Smith, Scott Pioli, Thomas Dimitroff

    Getty Images The Lions are looking for a new G.M. On Wednesday, they interviewed three candidates for the job. Former Texans G.M. Rich Smith, former Chiefs G.M. Scott Pioli, and former Falcons G.M. Thomas Dimitroff underwent interviews for the position on Wednesday. The Lions fired G.M. Bob...
  20. Freddie Falcon

    Rick Smith interviewing for Jaguars G.M. opening

    Getty Images Former Texans General Manager Rick Smith has landed another interview for one of this year’s G.M. openings. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Smith is interviewing with the Jaguars on Wednesday. He interviewed with the Falcons last week and word earlier this month was that he...
Top