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Getty Images Word early on Sunday morning was that Titans running back Derrick Henry would be inactive against the Saints due to the hamstring injury that’s been bothering him the last few weeks and that word was on the mark. Henry was put on the inactive list Sunday after being downgraded to...

Getty Images Drew Brees has set plenty of records lately, but he was stopped short of another one Sunday. By throwing an incomplete pass on his second attempt of the day, Brees saw his streak of 23 consecutive completions stopped. He hit his last 22 last week against the Colts, and his first...

Getty Images The Titans are holding Derrick Henry out today, but they’ve shown they can still run. They’re hanging onto a 14-10 lead over the Saints at halftime, after rookie wide receiver A.J. Brown scored on a 49-yard end-around run). They had previously scored on a Ryan Tannehill touchdown...

Getty Images Eagles running back Darren Sproles was already done for the season. He decided Saturday to make it permanent. Via Reuben Frank of NBCSportsPhiladelphia.com, the veteran running back and return man has announced his retirement. “My body is telling me it’s time to step away from...

Getty Images None of the news from Saturday was good news for the Titans. The Texans clinched the AFC South with a victory over the Bucs in the early game, and the Titans downgraded star running back Derrick Henry to questionable for their game against the Saints on Sunday. Henry was a full...

Getty Images Week 16 of the 2019 NFL season kicks off on Saturday with three games and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday. The 30 teams taking part in those games have handed in their final injury reports of the week and all injury designations for those games are below. The Packers and...

Getty Images Former NFL wide receiver Joe Horn has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud a health plan, the first conviction in a case that has seen 12 retired NFL players accused of ripping off the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan, a program designed to help them with...

Getty Images The management of Titans running back Derrick Henry‘s hamstring injury this week included giving Henry a day off from practice on Thursday, but the team didn’t extend that rest time through Friday. Henry was practicing with the team during the open portion of practice. He’s said...

Getty Images The Titans are on their fifth kicker of the season. They are hoping Greg Joseph can perform better than the others have. The team signed Joseph earlier this week after placing Ryan Succop on injured reserve and waiving Ryan Santoso, who handled kickoffs the past three weeks. Cody...

The Giants waived Janoris Jenkins, because, coach Pat Shurmur said, of the cornerback’s “refusal to acknowledge the inappropriate and offensive language” Jenkins used on Twitter. Jenkins apologized after hitting unemployment. Now employed again, after the Saints claimed him off waivers this...

Getty Images The Vikings will secure the No. 6 seed, at worst, if the Rams lose to the 49ers on Saturday night. A Rams win over the 49ers, however, would be the first step in a convoluted and complicated chain of the events that could end with the 10-4 Vikings swiping the No. 1 seed from the...

Getty Images Titans safety Kenny Vaccaro will see his old team, the Saints, on Sunday. But the Saints are often on Vaccaro’s mind, and he gives his current teammates pointers that he picked up from playing in New Orleans. Specifically, Vaccaro regularly tells Titans rookie wide receiver A.J...

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 Titans running back Derrick Henry had a limited practice Wednesday, his first practice in a while. “Yeah, kind of felt like a stranger,” Henry told reporters Thursday. “It felt good to get out there yesterday.” But that was before practice Thursday, and Henry did not practice...

Getty Images Titans running back Derrick Henry didn’t practice at all last week before running 21 times for 86 yards in a 24-21 loss to the Texans and the team is taking a different approach to his schedule this week. According to multiple reporters at the open portion of Titans practice...

Getty Images The Saints have added their second defensive back of the week. Cornerback Janoris Jenkins was the first to arrive in New Orleans when the Saints claimed him off of waivers on Monday. Jenkins was joined on the roster by safety D.J. Swearinger on Wednesday. According to multiple...

Getty Images The Saints were without one of their starting guards Wednesday, but they got another one back. Via Mike Triplett of ESPN.com, Saints left guard Andrus Peat returned to practice Wednesday. He was limited, but he’s missed the last five weeks with a broken arm, so it’s a start. His...

Getty Images Drew Brees set some records during Monday night’s win over the Colts and that effort has led to an award from the NFL on Wednesday. Brees has been named the NFC’s offensive player of the week. He broke Peyton Manning’s record for career touchdown passes when he threw No. 540 to...

Getty Images It’s a Tuesday (except when on Wednesday) tradition. The #PFTPM podcast hands out awards for the week that was, from players of the week to rookies of the week to coaches of the week to calls of the week. The Week 15 players of the week are Saints quarterback Drew Brees and...

Getty Images The Saints put in a pair of waiver claims on veteran defensive players earlier this week and one of them was successful. Terrell Suggs landed with the Chiefs, but cornerback Janoris Jenkins is the newest member of the Saints and head coach Sean Payton discussed the acquisition...