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Getty Images The final day of the regular season is set to proceed as scheduled. NFL vice president of communications Brian McCarthy announced that all 16 games are set to go on as planned. There was no concern about 15 of the games on Sunday morning, but there was some question about the...

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 Dolphins are in Buffalo to try to beat the Bills and advance to the playoffs without relying on help from any other teams. They will have the help of...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are playing their starters, trying to win to get the fifth seed and a trip to the NFC East winner. They are off to a good start. Tom Brady threw his fifth touchdown in five quarters and 37th of the season. That is the third most of his career. Brady went 3-for-3...

USA TODAY Sports Mike Evans went over 1,000 yards for the seventh consecutive season, but his day likely is done. The Buccaneers have to hope his season isn’t done after a scary injury in the end zone. Evans was helped off the field and carted to the locker room. He set an NFL record...

Getty Images Plenty of coaching jobs and General Manager positions will be open after today (plenty already are). Plenty of candidates will be in demand. For the candidates with options, an important factor is coming into sharper focus. The issue relates to communication with the owner...

Getty Images The Patriots won’t be in the playoffs. Patriots practice-squad linebacker Jack Cichy apparently will be. The Buccaneers have announced that Cichy has been signed to their active roster in advance of Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Falcons. A sixth-round pick of the...

USA TODAY Sports After Sunday’s NFL games, the annual round of NFL musical chairs begins. And this will prompt plenty of college coaches to take full advantage of the circumstances, if only to improve their current circumstances. At the center of this year’s intrigue is former 49ers coach and...

Getty Images Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians started the 2020 season by calling out quarterback Tom Brady. Arians is ending the year by praising his quarterback. During a Friday press conference, Arians was asked whether Brady exceeded expectations in his first year with the team. “Totally...

Getty Images Julio Jones‘ 2020 season is officially over. The Falcons declared the veteran wide receiver out with his hamstring injury. Jones has battled the hamstring injury year. He’ll finish with 771 yards on 51 receptions and three touchdowns in nine games. It’s the first time Jones won’t...

Getty Images The Buccaneers announced another addition to the COVID-19 reserve list Friday. Defensive lineman Steve McLendon joins linebackers Devin White and Shaquil Barrett, who went on reserve/COVID-19 earlier in the day. None of the three will play Sunday, and it’s unknown whether the Bucs...

Getty Images Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season is a Sunday-only affair. All 32 teams in the league will be playing on Sunday as the league finalizes who is in the playoffs and what seeds they’ll get with a slate of games that culminates with Washington visiting Philadelphia. If Washington wins...

Getty Images The Falcons confirmed a report earlier in the day, announcing they have completed an interview with interim head coach Raheem Morris for the full-time position. Falcons team president and CEO Rich McKay said Dec. 22 that the search committee would interview Morris for the job the...

Getty Images As the COVID-19 situation in the country worsens, there’s another team dealing with a positive test. The Falcons announced that the team will conduct all business virtually on Thursday after a member of the organization tested positive. Atlanta did not specify if the positive test...

Getty Images The Falcons fired their head coach this season and could wind up with the third overall pick in the 2021 draft if they lose their 12th game of the season on Sunday, but quarterback Matt Ryan doesn’t think the team needs a major overhaul. Ryan said this week that he thinks the...

Getty Images The pandemic continues to rage, and the NFL continues to work its way through the situation, applying flexibility whenever and whenever it’s needed. In Tampa, flexibility includes defensive coordinator Todd Bowles working virtually this week. Via Mike Garafolo of NFL Media...

Getty Images The Falcons closed their facility on Thursday morning because of a positive COVID-19 test and it appears center Alex Mack is the player who has tested positive. Mack was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday afternoon. The team did not announce the reason for the move...

Getty Images Once the Buccaneers activated running back Ronald Jones from the reserve/COVID-19 list, the only obstacle to his return to the lineup was a potential issue with his fractured pinky. Jones had a pin inserted into the finger a couple of weeks ago and he got in a limited practice...

USA Today Sports When the Falcons signed Dante Fowler to a three-year, $48 million deal in March, they envisioned getting plenty of sacks from the former No. 3 overall pick. After all, Fowler had 11.5 sacks, 16 tackles for loss, and a pair of forced fumbles in 2019 with the Rams. But through...

Getty Images The Buccaneers activated running back Ronald Jones from the reserve/COVID-19 list this week and that meant he practiced on Wednesday for the first time in over two weeks. In addition to dealing with COVID-19, Jones has also been recovering from surgery to insert a pin into his...

Getty Images Younghoe Koo‘s missed 39-yard field goal against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday may have had some assistance in traveling wide right. Chiefs defensive tackle Tanoh Kpassagnon said via his Twitter account that he caught a piece of the game-tying field goal try for the Atlanta...