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USA Today Sports Falcons defensive tackle Jacob Tuioti-Mariner was one of the biggest factors in the Falcons beating the Raiders 43-6. He recorded the first sack of his career, forcing quarterback Derek Carr to fumble on the same play, and picked up the loose ball for a takeaway...

Getty Images Heading into Week 13 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 Cowboys, with a loss to Washington on Thanksgiving, have...

USA Today Sports The Falcons had no problem boat racing the Raiders 43-6 without running back Todd Gurley and wide receiver Julio Jones last week. But both players appear to be trending in the right direction to play in Sunday’s matchup with the Saints. Interim head coach Raheem Morris said...

Getty Images Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden didn’t enjoy watching his team’s 43-6 loss to the Atlanta Falcons the first time around. Watching it again wasn’t any better. “You ever go to the dentist and have to have your teeth pulled out? It’s pretty much like that,” Gruden said...

Getty Images You know the drill by now. Or at least you should. Every Tuesday, MDS, Charean Williams, and I hand out awards for the offensive player of the week, the defensive player of the week, the rookie of the week, and the coach of the week during PFT PM. The full segment appears in the...

USA Today Sports The Falcons have placed second-year wide receiver Olamide Zaccheaus on injured reserve after he left Sunday’s game against the Raiders with a toe injury, the team announced Tuesday afternoon. Zaccheaus joined Atlanta as an undrafted free agent out of Virginia in 2019. He’s...

USA Today Sports Though wide receiver Julio Jones and running back Todd Gurley were out on Sunday, you’d never have known based on Atlanta browbeating Las Vegas 43-6. Both former All-Pros could be back against New Orleans in Week 13. Jones was out with a hamstring injury and Gurley with a knee...

Getty Images A week after the Raiders nearly swept the season series with the Chiefs, they were boat raced in Atlanta. Quarterback Derek Carr‘s performance was a significant part of the equation. Carr had his worst showing of 2020 on Sunday, throwing a pick six and losing three fumbles in the...

Getty Images The Raiders have a lot of work to do if they want to avoid a second straight loss. Derek Carr lost a pair of fumbles and the Raiders never got the ball into the end zone during the first half of Sunday’s game in Atlanta. The Falcons turned those fumbles into two field goals and...

Getty Images The Falcons turned Raiders quarterback Derek Carr‘s two fumbles into six points in the first half and they’ve tacked on seven more points thanks to another Carr miscue. Falcons linebacker Deion Jones stepped in front of a pass thrown behind running back Devontae Booker and took it...

Getty Images The Raiders won some respect for how they went down in a Week 11 loss to the Chiefs, but that won’t be the case after their Week 12 loss to the Falcons. Derek Carr turned the ball over four times, including a third quarter interception that Falcons linebacker Deion Jones took for...

Getty Images The Raiders were on the wrong side of a rout on Sunday as the Falcons whipped them 43-6 in Atlanta. Plenty went wrong on the way to that final score, including four Derek Carr turnovers and 11 penalties that totaled 141 yards. They included a roughing the kicker call that wiped...

Getty Images The Falcons ruled running back Todd Gurley out on Friday with a knee injury and it looks like they’ll be without another key offensive player against the Raiders as well. Falcons interim head coach Raheem Morris said that wide receiver Julio Jones was going to be a gametime...

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. Ryan Fitzpatrick is going to be back in the driver’s seat for the Dolphins Offense on Sunday. Tua Tagovailoa was downgraded to doubtful with the left...

Getty Images The Raiders waited until the second quarter to score their first points of Sunday’s game. Safety Johnathan Abram picked off Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan to kill an Atlanta drive in Raiders territory and the Raiders were able to move the ball back over midfield, but the drive...

Getty Images The best job in any NFL team arguably is team president/CEO. Apart from the compensation package, the position typically entails plenty of security. Case in point: Each of the three teams that have fired their coaches and General Managers this season have fired none of their...

Getty Images Nearly 10 percent of all NFL franchises are currently looking for a new coach and a new General Manager. The Lions have now joined the Falcons and Texans in clearing out both jobs during football season. With three coach/G.M. vacancies, how many more will open up between now and...

Getty Images The Raiders won’t have to tangle with running back Todd Gurley on Sunday. Gurley missed practice all week with a knee injury and the Falcons ruled him out on Friday. He has a long history of knee trouble, but this will be the first game that Gurley misses this season and the...

Getty Images The 49ers and Bengals claimed, and subsequently waived, Takk McKinley with a failed physical. The Raiders claimed him earlier this week and plan to keep him. Instead of waiving him with a failed physical, the Raiders instead placed the pass rusher on injured reserve with the groin...

Getty Images Week 12 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with wins by the Texans and the Washington Football Team and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing...