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Getty Images The Patriots already had ruled out running back Damien Harris for Sunday with an ankle injury. On Saturday, they placed Harris on injured reserve. Harris, 23, began the season on injured reserve before being activated to the 53-man roster on Oct. 5. He started all 10 games he...

Getty Images Another year, another report that the Jaguars may be firing coach Doug Marrone. Last year, ESPN reported on the Saturday before the regular-season finale that Marrone had been informed that he’ll be fired after the Week 17 game. This year, NFL Media is opting for the far safer...

Getty Images Before Friday night’s loss to Ohio State, Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence did little to make anyone think he’d return to no-pay play for another year. After the game, he said nothing to change the presumption that he’s heading to the NFL in 2021. “I don’t really want to get...

USA TODAY Sports The Jaguars have secured dibs on drafting Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence. Now, they’ll have to give some thought to whether that pick should be used on Lawrence or Ohio State quarterback Justin Fields. One week after Saints running back Alvin Kamara scored six touchdowns...

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 Until the Jets defeated the Rams in Week 15, it seemed like Sam Darnold would unquestionably be replaced by Trevor Lawrence with the No. 1 overall pick. But now New York is presumably out of the sweepstakes for the Clemson quarterback, since the club’s two wins helped Jacksonville...

Getty Images The Patriots placed defensive lineman Tashawn Bower and linebacker Josh Uche on injured reserve Thursday, the team announced. Bower, 25, began the 2020 season on the practice squad. The Patriots added him to the 53-player roster on Nov. 7. He played seven games with three starts...

Getty Images As the coaching carousel prepares to spin, plenty of spinning is happening regarding the potential candidates for the various openings. (The expected range of total jobs is six to eight.) The media laundry machine has offered up plenty of names of potential head coaches — far more...

Getty Images Frank Gore has played for 16 season and has an even 16,000 yards rushing. He won’t suit up for the Jets’ season finale against the Patriots after suffering a lung contusion against the Browns in Week 16. While Gore will finish 2020 on injured reserve, Jets head coach Adam Gase...

Getty Images Colts quarterback Philip Rivers will do something on Sunday that he’s done for 15 years in a row: Start all 16 games in a season. By doing that, Rivers will start his 240th consecutive regular-season game, tying him with former Vikings center Mick Tingelhoff for the third-most in...

Getty Images Jets head coach Adam Gase doesn’t have many supporters in his own backyard, but he got a positive review from one of his peers on Wednesday. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was asked about Jets quarterback Sam Darnold during his Wednesday press conference. Belichick had praise...

Getty Images While he has an admirer in Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, the general consensus is that the Jets are going to fire head coach Adam Gase at the end of the season. A radio report in New York this week indicated that Gase has already been told that he’ll be relieved of duties...

Getty Images Jets rookie running back La'Mical Perine won’t be available for the regular season finale. Head coach Adam Gase announced on Wednesday that Perine has tested positive for COVID-19. He’ll be placed on the reserve list and will not take part in Sunday’s game against the Patriots...

Getty Images It sounds like the Patriots won’t be making a change at quarterback. Cam Newton has started 14 of New England’s 15 games this season, missing one while on the reserve/COVID-19 list. Head coach Bill Belichick wasn’t definitive when asked during a Tuesday interview on WEEI if Newton...

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 Jets tight end Ryan Griffin missed Sunday’s game on the COVID-19 reserve list. The Jets announced they activated Griffin on Tuesday. He went on the reserve list Dec. 23. Griffin has appeared in nine games this season and has nine catches for 86 yards. He joined the Jets in 2019...

Getty Images After Monday night’s game, Patriots quarterback Cam Newton expressed some frustration that all the work he’s put in hasn’t led to favorable results in 2020. Patriots coaches have maintained throughout the season that New England has far more offensive issues than just Newton...

Getty Images Patriots coach Bill Belichick has repeatedly shot down questions about whether he would bench Cam Newton for Jarrett Stidham, and after pulling Newton for Stidham during Monday night’s loss to the Bills, Belichick didn’t have any answers about next week. “Game was over about 10...

Getty Images If Sunday ultimately will be Frank Gore‘s final NFL game, he will end his career with exactly 16,000 rushing yards. While it may not have been the last game of Gore’s career, it will be Gore’s last game in 2020. Coach Adam Gase told reporters on Monday that Gore won’t play in Week...

Getty Images After Sunday’s loss to the Jets, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield frankly said, “I failed this team.” Mayfield was playing without all four of Cleveland’s top receivers and two starting offensive lineman, but he fumbled three times — including on a fourth-and-1 QB sneak late in...