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    Week 17 injury report roundup

    Getty Images All 32 teams will be playing their final regular season game on Sunday. They have handed in their final injury reports of the week and all injury designations for those games are below. Dolphins at Patriots The Dolphins ruled out CB Jomal Wiltz (shoulder). LB Vince Biegel...
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    Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees omitted from NFL’s all-time team

    Getty Images The NFL has unveiled the 10 quarterbacks named to the league’s all-time team. And two of the all-time greats have been left out. Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees didn’t earn a spot on the roster. The 10 quarterbacks are, in alphabetical order, Sammy Baugh, Tom Brady, John Elway...
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    Drew Brees is a full participant Thursday and “all good”

    Getty Images Saints quarterback Drew Brees said he woke up Saturday morning with a knee issue. “It was actually before [last week’s] game,” Brees said Thursday, via Katherine Terrell of TheAthletic.com. “It’s actually progressively gotten better since then so all good.” Brees was a full...
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    Drew Brees set to break his own completion percentage record

    Getty Images In 2009, Drew Brees completed 70.6 percent of his passes, setting a new NFL record for the highest completion percentage in a season. In 2011, Brees broke the record by completing 71.2 percent of his passes. In 2017 he broke the record again by completing 72.0 percent. In 2018 he...
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    Antonio Brown working out for Saints

    Getty Images The Saints are reportedly looking at a possible addition to their wide receiving corps and it would make for quite the story heading into the playoffs. Antonio Brown posted a picture of a waiver he signed to work out with the Saints on Instagram and multiple reports confirm he’s...
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    Saints may force the league’s hand on Antonio Brown

    Getty Images The league apparently had hoped to kick the can all the way through the postseason regarding the status of receiver Antonio Brown. The Saints apparently may keep that from happening. If the Saints sign Brown, who is working out for the team today, the league will have to place...
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    Top 10 quarterbacks of the decade

    Getty Images There’s been plenty of talk lately about the Top 10 quarterbacks of all time. But who are the Top 10 quarterbacks of the last 10 years? That’s the subject of the latest installment of the best players at each position from 2010 to 2019. 1. Tom Brady. The best quarterback over the...
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    Drew Brees, Michael Thomas pop up on injury report

    Getty Images As the Saints close in on possible a playoff bye, they definitely could use it. Two of the best players on the team emerged on Wednesday’s injury report, from a practice that didn’t happen. If practice had happened, quarterback Drew Brees and receiver Michael Thomas would have...
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    Second-contract window opens Sunday for Patrick Mahomes, Deshaun Watson, Dalvin Cook, Alvin Kamara

    Getty Images The 2019 regular season ends Sunday. That’s obviously significant for playoff positioning, and also for determining the final two teams with tickets to the postseason party. It’s noteworthy for another more obscure reason. Upon the conclusion of the third regular season since the...
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    Saints place Krishawn Hogan on injured reserve

    Getty Images Christmas Eve brought word that the Saints would be signing cornerback DeShawn Shead to their 53-man roster, but they waited until Christmas Day to make the move official. The NFL’s transaction wire brought word of Shead’s signing as well as the corresponding move made to open up...
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    Sean Payton says Drew Brees is “fine”

    Getty Images Saints quarterback Drew Brees popped up on the hypothetical injury report Wednesday, listed as limited for a practice which didn’t occur. Apparently, any concern about his condition is not a real thing either. According to Katherine Terrell of TheAthletic.com, Saints coach Sean...
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    Panthers plan normal workload for Christian McCaffrey

    Getty Images The Panthers aren’t going to playoffs whether they win or lose Sunday’s game against the Saints, but one of the team’s players could reach a milestone only two others have reached in league history. Running back Christian McCaffrey has 1,361 rushing yards and 933 receiving yards...
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    Saints signing DeShawn Shead

    Getty Images The Saints are bringing in a fresh body for their secondary ahead of Sunday’s regular season finale. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the team is signing conerback DeShawn Shead to their 53-man roster. Shead has been out of the league since his second stint with the...
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    NFL playoff scenarios for Week 17

    Getty Images The NFL released the following playoff scenarios for the final week of the season. AFC CLINCHED: Baltimore Ravens – AFC North division and home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs Houston Texans – AFC South division Kansas City Chiefs – AFC West division New England...
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    Seven teams vying for three remaining bye weeks

    Getty Images Most of the time, the Super Bowl winner comes from the group of four teams that start the playoffs with a bye week. This year, those four teams will include the Ravens, who have already clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and three teams still to be determined...
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    Mike Vrabel “can only hope” sitting Derrick Henry helps next week

    Getty Images After the Texans beat the Buccaneers on Saturday, the Titans downgraded running back Derrick Henry to questionable because of a hamstring injury. They would leave him on the inactive list for Sunday’s game against the Saints and the timing of those decisions wasn’t a coincidence...
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    How high will the single-season reception record go?

    Getty Images When Colts receiver Marvin Harrison set the single-season reception record in 2002, he pushed the bar 20 spots higher than it previously had been, shattering Herman Moore’s seven-year-old mark of 123 catches. With Saints receiver Michael Thomas pushing the bar two receptions about...
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    Will Grier to continue to start for the Panthers

    Getty Images For weeks as they watched quarterback Kyle Allen flounder, Panthers fans wondered when Will Grier would get a chance. After watching Grier flounder in his first NFL game, they might have reasonably wondered if Allen was coming back. Via Joe Person of TheAthletic.com, interim...
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    Michael Thomas set another record on Sunday

    Getty Images On the same day Saints receiver Michael Thomas became the single-season reception leader with 145, he set another more specific all-time mark. With 136 receiving yards in a 38-28 win over the Titans, Thomas now has 1,688 for the season, and 5,475 receiving yards for his four-year...
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    Week 16 early inactives

    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. Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of kickoff. Saints at Titans Saints: G Andrus Peat, LB Kiko Alonso, S Vonn...
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