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Getty Images Ben Roethlisberger missed all but two games last season with an elbow injury. The 38-year-old quarterback has played 21 postseason games, compiling a 13-8 record in his 17-year career. But at his age, Roethlisberger knows the end could be near. At least that’s how he sounded in...

Getty Images Cleveland Browns wide receiver Rashard Higgins and tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. will plead not guilty to drag racing charges, their attorney, Kevin Spellacy, told Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network. Higgins and Wills were cited on Tuesday morning in Westlake, Ohio and received tickets...

Getty Images The Panthers starting interviewing General Manager candidates on Monday and they’ve gotten a bunch of them under their belts in two days. The team announced that Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio, Bills assistant G.M. Joe Schoen, Titans director of player...

USA TODAY Sports The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the 15 modern-era finalists for the Class of 2021. Six of the 15 are finalists for the first time. Jared Allen, Calvin Johnson, Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson are a vote away from Canton in their first year of eligibility. In...

Getty Images When it rains, it roars. Browns tackle Jedrick Wills Jr. and Browns receiver Rashard Higgins were cited for drag racing on Tuesday morning, according to Jake Trotter of ESPN.com. “We are aware of the incident, will gather more information and handle this matter appropriately,” a...

Getty Images Former Browns General Manager Ray Farmer is reportedly on the list of candidates that the Jaguars want to talk to about filling their G.M. vacancy. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the team plans to interview Farmer in the near future. Farmer was the General Manager in...

Getty Images The Browns are in the playoffs for the first time since 2002, but their head coach won’t be there with them. Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced. That will require him to go into isolation and miss the Browns’ playoff game on...

Getty Images The longest-tenured member of the Browns will reportedly miss the team’s first playoff game since January 2003. The Browns announced that head coach Kevin Stefanski tested positive for COVID-19, but they did not reveal the identities of two other coaches and two players who also...

Getty Images The Browns defensive line will be missing a significant piece when they head to Pittsburgh for next Sunday night’s playoff game. Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski announced on Monday that defensive end Olivier Vernon ruptured his Achilles during Sunday’s 24-22 win over the...

Getty Images The Browns signed cornerback Brian Allen to the active roster from the Bengals’ practice squad, the team announced Monday. Allen is in his third NFL season out of Utah. The Steelers made Allen a fifth-round choice in 2017. He has appeared in 17 career games between Pittsburgh...

Getty Images Home teams are usually favored in the playoffs, but in both the AFC and the NFC, the highest-seeded wild card is favored on the road against the lowest-seeded division winner. The Buccaneers opened as 6.5-point favorites on the road at the Washington Football Team, and that spread...

Getty Images Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield met the media a week ago and told them he failed in a loss to the Jets that left the Browns short of clinching a playoff berth. Mayfield did not have to offer any mea culpas this week. He ran for a first down late in the fourth quarter that...

USA TODAY Sports Myles Garrett and Mason Rudolph had not spoken face-to-face since the “helmet game” in 2019. They did after Sunday’s game, perhaps burying any lingering bad blood leftover from Week 11 last season when Garrett used Rudolph’s helmet to clock the quarterback over the head with...

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 Cleveland is on the verge of making the postseason for the first time in 17 years. After Baker Mayfield threw a two-yard touchdown to Austin Hooper to put the Browns up 17-9, Cleveland’s defense helped the Browns extend that lead. On third-and-9 from the Pittsburgh 42, Mason...

Getty Images The Browns lead 24-16, but they may have lost a key piece of their defense if they advance to the postseason. Olivier Vernon was carted back to the locker room with an ankle injury after going down early in the fourth quarter. Vernon left the game following a second-and-10...

Getty Images At long last, Cleveland is back in the postseason. The Browns clinched their first playoff berth since 2002 with a 24-22 victory over the Steelers, ending the league’s longest postseason drought. Though the Steelers started Mason Rudolph and kept many of their key players on the...

Getty Images The Browns won Sunday, clinching their first playoff berth since 2002 to end the league’s longest postseason drought. After beating the Steelers 24-22, head coach Kevin Stefanski said he was proud of the team for showing resilience. “We achieved what we set out to do today,”...

Getty Images The Panthers haven’t finished playing the 2020 season, but they have started a key part of the offseason. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that they have started requested interviews with candidates for the General Manager job. The three executives in the report are all with...

Getty Images A report earlier in the day indicated Steelers cornerback Joe Haden tested positive for COVID-19. The Steelers since have announced they have placed Haden, tight end Eric Ebron and outside linebacker Cassius Marsh on the COVID-19 reserve list. It is unknown whether Marsh and Ebron...