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Getty Images The Jets are playing a home game on Sunday, but it might not feel like it. When you combine a 5-9 home team with a visiting Steelers team that’s playing for a postseason berth and generally brings a lot of fans with them to road games, it’s a recipe for a crowd that will be tilted...

Getty Images The New York Jets promoted wide receiver Josh Malone from their practice squad on Wednesday. Along with the addition of running back Kenneth Dixon, Malone’s promotion from the practice squad fills one of two open roster spots created by placement of tackle Chuma Edoga and wide...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the finalists for the Centennial Class of 2020 on Thursday afternoon. The list includes some familiar names like Roger Craig, Drew Pearson, Donnie Shell, Jimbo Covert and Cliff Branch. The list of 10 contributor finalists, though, does not...

Getty Images Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster went from full practice participation last Wednesday to limited participation on Thursday and not playing against the Bills in last Sunday night’s loss. Things are moving in a better direction for the wideout this week. Smith-Schuster was...

Getty Images After watching Devlin Hodges throw four interceptions in last Sunday’s loss to the Bills, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin took a couple of days before announcing that Hodges would start against the Jets this week. Tomlin made the same call after Mason Rudolph threw four picks in a...

Getty Images Jets coach Adam Gase and Steelers safety Minkah Fitzpatrick were together in Miami last season, but things didn’t necessarily go as planned. Gase got fired as head coach of the Dolphins at the end of the year. Fitzpatrick, the Dolphins’ first-round draft pick last year, got traded...

Getty Images Last week, Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was on track to return to game action, until he aggravated a knee injury in practice. He’s now back at practice, again. Smith-Schuster participated on a limited basis on Wednesday, four days before a key game at New York against the...

Getty Images The Jets signed running back Kenneth Dixon on Wednesday night, the team announced. Backup Bilal Powell was limited in Wednesday’s practice with an ankle injury. Dixon, who worked out for the Jets in November, has not played this season. The Ravens cut him Sept. 6. Current Jets...

Getty Images Jets safety Jamal Adams has missed the past two games with a sprained ankle. He had a limited practice Wednesday. Adams terms his chance of returning for Sunday’s game against the Steelers as “very high.” He said he was in “a real low place” while sitting out a victory over Miami...

Getty Images That old softy Mike Tomlin, you just knew he couldn’t help getting nostalgic about the old days with Le'Veon Bell. Or something. Via Joe Rutter of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, the Steelers coach was asked about his relationship with his former running back, whom he’ll see...

Getty Images Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin declined to name a starting quarterback for Week 16 after his team’s loss to the Bills last Sunday night, but he made his choice public on Tuesday. Tomlin said that Devlin Hodges will make the start against the Jets on Sunday. It will be the fourth...

Getty Images Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster hasn’t played since Week 11 when he got only 22 snaps and two catches for 21 yards against the Browns. He still is dealing with the knee injury that has kept him out, and his status for this week remains uncertain. “He was able to participate...

Getty Images The Jets put a pair of players on injured reserve Tuesday. The team announced that tackle Chuma Edoga and wide receiver Jeff Smith were being placed on IR. Edoga was their third-round pick, and had started eight games this year after taking over for Brandon Shell, and started...

Getty Images The Ravens tied the Pro Bowl record with 12 players selected to the original list. Tight end Mark Andrews, long snapper Morgan Cox, cornerback Marlon Humphrey, running back Mark Ingram, quarterback Lamar Jackson, outside linebacker Matt Judon, cornerback Marcus Peters, fullback...

Getty Images There’s a big showdown this week in the NFC East. Well, I guess for the division title between the Eagles and Cowboys if that’s your thing. But also for the best shot at the second pick in next year’s draft, when Washington and the Giants square off at FedEx Field. If the season...

Getty Images Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster raised some hope that he’d be able to return to the lineup in Week 15 when he took part in practice as a full participant last Wednesday. He left Thursday’s practice early, however, and he was ruled out for the fourth straight game with a...

Getty Images The Dolphins may never want to return to New Jersey again. They’ve lost on consecutive Sundays at MetLife Stadium. This week, it wasn’t close against the Giants. Last week, it was; a late decision to call defensive pass inteference via replay review robbed Miami of a win over the...

Getty Images Black Monday is only two weeks away. In recent years Black Monday basically has become Black Sunday, because plenty of coaches get fired not the day after the season ends but the day that it’s all over. So for which coaches will it be over when the season’s over? Two (Jay Gruden...

Getty Images Sam Darnold and Adam Gase were caught by TV cameras in an animated sideline exchange Thursday night. The video has gone viral on social media. Not surprisingly, the Jets quarterback and his coach both downplayed the incident as merely a moment frustration. “We were both in the...

Getty Images Jersey swaps have become commonplace in the NFL in recent years, with opposing players showing mutual respect after games by giving each other the jerseys off their backs as a memento of competing against each other. But Thursday night, something unusual happened. Ravens...