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Getty Images Not long ago, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was the odds-on favorite to win the league MVP award. Now, after missing two games and more than half of a third, his candidacy faces an uphill climb. But he’ll be back on Sunday at Tennessee, and despite the time he has missed...

Getty Images Latavius Murray put up Alvin Kamara numbers when Alvin Kamara was out with an injury. So now that he’s back, Alvin Kamara is perfectly willing to share. Via Mike Triplett of ESPN.com, Kamara said he’s willing to split the reps with Murray, who had 307 yards from scrimmage and...

If the NFL coach of the year award went to the best coach in the NFL, Bill Belichick would win it every year. But the prize is determined, as a practical matter, by the extent to which a coach pushes him team over and above its loose, general expectations when the season began. When the season...

Getty Images Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan missed a start for the first time since 2009 when a sprained ankle kept him from playing against the Seahawks in Week Eight, but he’s ready to kick off a new consecutive start streak against the Saints this Sunday. Ryan had time off to recover during...

Getty Images Tight end Jared Cook wants better things in the second half of his first season with the Saints and he’ll be able to kick off the effort to get them without concern about an ankle injury. Cook missed the team’s last two games because of the injury, but he was a full participant in...

Getty Images Week 10 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the 49ers and it continues with 11 more games on Sunday, which means that the 22 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images Dez Bryant hasn’t played since Dec. 31, 2017. He still wants to play, which doesn’t mean the former Pro Bowler will get the chance. The former Cowboys receiver has continued to workout, periodically posting videos of his training. He posted on social media Wednesday night that he...

Getty Images Saints quarterback Drew Brees returned to action in Week Eight with a splint on his right thumb and he’s practicing fully this week, but memories of the injury that cost him five games this season haven’t gone away. Brees is still wearing the splint on his thumb as it won’t...

Getty Images The Saints got quarterback Drew Brees back in the lineup before their bye week, but their offense didn’t have all hands on deck against the Cardinals in Week Eight. Running back Alvin Kamara and tight end Jared Cook were both out of the lineup with ankle injuries for that game...

Getty Images Barring an unlikely return from injured reserve for the playoffs, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton‘s 2019 season is over. So where will he play in 2020? Simms and I drafted the best fits on Wednesday’s PFT Live. My first choice, albeit not exciting, is exactly where he is. I’m also...

The Falcons are 1-7, so it can’t really get much worse. But they got some good news Wednesday, with a pair of key players returning to the practice field. Via D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, quarterback Matt Ryan and cornerback Desmond Trufant were returning to...

Getty Images The main item of business for the Saints was getting their quarterback back, as Drew Brees recovered from his thumb sprain before the bye. But the week off appeared to help, as they got a number of other key pieces back after their bye. Via Mike Triplett of ESPN.com, Saints...

Getty Images After a pair of productive seasons with the Raiders, the expectation was that tight end Jared Cook would keep things rolling with the Saints after signing with New Orleans as a free agent. Cook caught 15 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns in six games before suffering an...

Getty Images The Giants were competitive with the Cowboys for three quarters on Monday night, but in the fourth quarter they looked like the same old Giants. Giants head coach Pat Shurmur said after the game that he thought the Giants had some opportunities and didn’t capitalize. “I’m...

Getty Images The Falcons have an extra day of practice this week as they come off their bye, so they gave Matt Ryan an extra day off. Via D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Falcons quarterback was held out again Monday, after he missed their last game with a right...

Getty Images Football coaches are conditioned to want to work — to spend more hours at the office, to watch more film, to continue to grind. So it took Saints coach Sean Payton some time to figure out how to handle time off. Via Amie Just of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Payton put in a...

Getty Images Saints linebacker Demario Davis was fined earlier this season for wearing a headband that said “Man of God,” but he found a way to turn the attention that drew into help for others. Davis, who successfully appealed the fine, began selling the headbands with the proceeds going to...

Getty Images A $6.1 million judgment in favor of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees against a San Diego jeweler has now increased in value. According to Ramon Antonio Vargas of the NOLA.com, interest and prejudgment costs have increased the award for Brees to $8.9 million. The jeweler...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced they claimed cornerback Ken Crawley off waivers from the Saints on Wednesday. They waived receiver Isaiah Ford in a corresponding move. Crawley entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Saints in 2016. He played 39 games, including 23 starts, over...

Getty Images The Saints are making at least one change today. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Saints are waiving cornerback Ken Crawley today. The move makes sense, with cornerback P.J. Williams being reinstated from his two-game suspension. Crawley has been with the Saints since...