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Getty Images Word on Thursday was that the Buccaneers would get their kicking specialists off the reserve/COVID-19 list in time for Sunday’s game against the Falcons and their change in status became official on Friday. Kicker Ryan Succop, punter Bradley Pinion, and long snapper Zach Triner...

Getty Images Buccaneers left tackle Donovan Smith has started every game this season, but he won’t be on the field on Sunday. Smith revealed today that he is isolating after being exposed to COVID-19. “I had a close contact with a family member who recently tested positive for COVID-19,”...

Getty Images Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones has missed two of the team’s last three games and it looks like he’s on track to make it three of four this weekend. Jones missed practice on Thursday with a hamstring injury. He did not practice at all last week before missing the team’s loss to...

Getty Images The Buccaneers’ special teams got some good news today. Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reports that kicker Ryan Succop, punter Bradley Pinion and long snapper Zach Triner are all expected to play on Sunday after they were placed on the COVID-19 reserve list on Tuesday. One of...

Getty Images The Lions plan to interview former Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff for Detroit’s GM vacancy. Dimitroff will interview next week, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. The Falcons hired Dimitroff in 2008 and he made an instant impact, drafting Matt Ryan and improving...

Getty Images 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh surely will draw interest next month for head coaching jobs around the league. He’s expected to be a hot commodity, and the 49ers already are bracing themselves for his departure. Head coach Kyle Shanahan said Wednesday he and Saleh have...

Getty Images Buccaneers running back Ronald Jones had pins inserted in his fractured pinky on Tuesday, but he has not been ruled out for this weekend’s game against the Falcons. Jones did not take part in practice on Wednesday, but head coach Bruce Arians said that he expects Jones to practice...

Getty Images Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said on Monday that running back Ronald Jones may have fractured his pinky finger in last Sunday’s win over the Vikings and that he could need a pin surgically inserted in the bone to help with healing. There’s now confirmation on both those...

Getty Images For the second time in three weeks, the Chargers ran when the game situation screamed “pass.” This time, at least they won the game. After offensive coordinator Shane Steichen called a run play for third-and-1 when Los Angeles had no timeouts and just 22 seconds left at Atlanta’s...

Getty Images The Chargers beat the Falcons on Sunday, exorcising the demons of last week’s 45-0 blowout loss to the Patriots. But Los Angeles continues to mismanage critical in-game situations. Sunday’s game was more reminiscent of the Nov. 29 loss to Buffalo than last week’s embarrassing...

Getty Images The Chargers did what the Chargers do at the end of the first half. Another bad decision and poor clock management cost them three points. The Chargers trail the Falcons 17-10 at halftime. Having used their final timeout with 22 seconds remaining, the Chargers faced a...

Getty Images The Chargers-Falcons game perhaps didn’t get the ending it deserved. Nonetheless, the Chargers were just happy to finally win one with special teams. Michael Badgley kicked a 43-yard field goal on the final play to give the Chargers a 20-17 victory. Los Angeles, which had lost...

Getty Images The Falcons had offensive tackle Kaleb McGary questionable after he missed the last two practices of the week. The team listed his absence as not injury related. He won’t play as the Falcons have McGary among their inactives. The Falcons already had ruled out receiver Julio Jones...

USA Today Sports The Chargers will have more depth at running back to face the Falcons, as they’ve activated Justin Jackson from injured reserve. Jackson has been out since suffering a knee injury against the Raiders in Week 9. He’s accounted for 316 yards from scrimmage on 60 touches in 2020...

Getty Images The NFL hit Raiders safety Johnathan Abram hard after he hit a couple Falcons players hard. Abram was fined $80,000 for two hits in that game, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reports. One hit came on a tackle of Falcons running back Ito Smith in the backfield, and the other was on...

Getty Images The NFLPA announced on Friday that Falcons tight end Hayden Hurst has been named their Community MVP for the week. Hurst has been open about his struggles with depression and continued to talk about those issues in a video and article posted to the Falcons website earlier this...

Getty Images Week 14 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Rams and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images On Sunday night against the Broncos, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes had 318 passing yards. In the last three games combined, Patriots quarterback Cam Newton has 272 passing yards. Total. From 84 against the Cardinals to 69 against the Chargers to 119 against the Rams, Newton...

Getty Images After sitting out on Wednesday, Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones did not practice again on Thursday with a hamstring injury. Jones did not practice last Thursday either, but did on Friday before playing in last Sunday’s loss to New Orleans. Jones had six receptions for 94 yards...

Getty Images Heading into Week 14 of the NFL season, the winless Jets remain atop the NFL draft order for 2021. The Jaguars, who have one win, could become the first team to go 1-15 and not finish with the worst record in the league. The Broncos moved into the top 10 this week. According to...