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Getty Images The Saints took care of business against the Panthers on Sunday, but the Bears fell short against the Packers and that means there will be no bye for New Orleans. With the playoffs up to seven teams in each conference this year, there’s only one bye available and Green Bay secured...

Getty Images When the Panthers pulled quarterback Teddy Bridgewater from Sunday’s 33-7 loss to the Saints in the third quarter, it appeared to be a reaction to Bridgewater throwing an interception in the end zone for the second time in the game. After the game, Rhule said it wasn’t solely a...

Getty Images The NFL announced the wild-card playoff schedule for next weekend. The most highly anticipated scheduling decision involved the Saints-Bears game. Saints running back Alvin Kamara is on the COVID-19 reserve list with a chance to play in the wild-card round only if his team was...

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 Never before has the NFL seen a season as high-scoring as 2020. With one Sunday to go, a total of 11,854 points have been scored this season. On Sunday, the league will easily shatter the all-time record of 11,985 points, the record set in 2013. If NFL teams continue at their...

Getty Images The Saints are running out of running backs for Sunday’s regular-season finale. Everyone who was in the running backs room this week has been declared a close contact with Alvin Kamara, who tested positive for COVID-19, according to Jay Glazer of FOX Sports. That means running...

Getty Images Wil Lutz possibly is on notice. On Friday, the Saints worked out a pair of free-agent kickers: Blair Walsh and Chandler Catanzaro. Lutz has served as the Saints’ kicker since 2016, making it to the Pro Bowl in 2019. He missed a pair of field goals in a Week 14 loss to the Eagles...

As expected, Saints running back Alvin Kamara will be making an involuntary contribution to the NFL’s version of the Human Fund. According to NFL Media, the NFL has find Kamara $5,000 for wearing non-conforming cleats during the Christmas Day game against the Vikings. While wearing those shoes...

Getty Images The Panthers will likely play their season finale without several key contributors. Head coach Matt Rhule said earlier this week running back Christian McCaffrey (thigh) was likely to miss his 13th game of the season. He’s officially been listed as doubtful after not participating...

Getty Images Saints running back Alvin Kamara has tested positive for COVID-19. Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football reports that Kamara did not practice today and is going on the COVID-19 reserve list, but there is apparently still some hope that the test was a false positive. Kamara has...

Getty Images Saints running back Alvin Kamara will miss Sunday’s regular-season finale and may miss time in the postseason as well after testing positive for COVID-19. The Saints were holding out hope that Kamara’s initial positive test was a false positive, but he has now been re-tested and...

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 Though the Panthers are 5-10, they’ve played close games. There’s been an opportunity to at least tie the score in eight of their losses. But they’re 0-8 in such situations. Quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has experienced and up-and-down season in his first year as a starter since...

Getty Images The Panthers have gotten used to playing without Christian McCaffrey this season and it looks like they’ll be able to try playing without Mike Davis this weekend as well. Panthers head coach Matt Rhule said on Wednesday that McCaffrey has been ruled out of Sunday’s game against...

Getty Images New Orleans could be without a starting safety for Week 17, as the club has placed C.J. Gardner-Johnson on the reserve/COVID-19 list. It’s not currently known if Gardner-Johnson has tested positive or is the close contact of someone who has. Gardner-Johnson has appeared in all 15...

Getty Images It probably didn’t take too long for the NFL to decide who would be the NFC offensive player of the week for Week 16. Saints running back Alvin Kamara joined a very short list of players who have scored six touchdowns in a single game during the team’s 52-33 Christmas Day win over...

Getty Images It’s Tuesday. Which means it’s time to hand out the awards for the sixteenth week of the regular season. That happened on Tuesday’s PFT PM. As usual, MDS, Charean Williams, and I named an offensive player of the week, a defensive player of the week, a rookie of the week, and a...

Getty Images Super Bowl week will be very different this year, for many reasons. One reason relates to the arrival of the Super Bowl teams in Tampa. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Super Bowl teams will remain in their normal environments for Super Bowl week, traveling to...

Getty Images After the Vikings were overwhelmed by the New Orleans offense in a 52-33 Christmas Day loss, Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer said that this year’s defense is the worst he’s ever coached. He noted that the unit is “undermanned” due to the many injuries they’ve experienced before and...

Getty Images The Panthers have adjusted their stadium capacity for Sunday’s final home game. The Panthers will allow only 1,500 fans into Bank of America Stadium to watch their game against the Saints. Those 1,500 tickets are reserved for families and friends of the two teams, though the team...