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USA TODAY Sports When the dust settled on the brouhaha sparked by the second illegal hit by Bengals gunner Mike Thomas on Dolphins punt returner Jakeem Grant, multiple players were ejected. Thomas wasn’t. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the powers-that-be decided that the...

USA TODAY Sports Sunday’s games had a little bit of everything. They had two of one specific thing. NFL Media reports that the NFL has suspended Bengals safety Shawn Williams and Titans defensive end Teair Tart one game each for stepping on opponents during their teams’ Week 13 games. It’s...

USA TODAY Sports Five players were ejected from the Dolphins-Bengals game on Sunday, and a sixth player was suspended Monday. At least one of those disagrees with his ejection. Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard argues he did nothing to Bengals receiver Tyler Boyd that warranted officials...

Getty Images Bengals quarterback Brandon Allen injured his chest in the fourth quarter. He was escorted directly to the locker room with 7:23 remaining and will not return, the team announced. Allen took a vicious backside hit from Dolphins pass rusher Shaq Lawson. He finished 11-of-19 for...

Getty Images The Dolphins and Bengals did not combine for many points. They did combine for a lot of penalties, a lot of ejections and a lot of injuries. It was not a dull game, which the Dolphins won 19-7. Miami moved to 8-4 for the first time since 2003, with Tua Tagovailoa going 4-1 as the...

Getty Images Brian Flores came unglued after the second of back-to-back cheap shots by Bengals receiver Mike Thomas on Dolphins punt return Jakeem Grant. Thomas’ second illegal hit on Grant, which briefly left Grant injured, set off a brawl midway through the fourth quarter and led to three...

Getty Images The Bengals lost to the Dolphins 19-7 on Sunday and they had to play out the final chunk of the game without wide receiver Tyler Boyd and safety Shawn Williams. Boyd was ejected for fighting with Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard and Williams was ejected after a scrap that broke...

Getty Images With four weeks to play in 2020, four of the league’s 32 teams have nothing to play for. Unless they do. With the Jets, Jaguars, Bengals, and Chargers eliminatinated from playoff consideration, the NFL has greater reason to be concerned about COVID-19 outbreaks for those teams...

Getty Images The NFL’s 2020 roster-flexibility rules give teams the power to elevate practice-squad players at any time, up to 90 minutes before kickoff. The Bengals utilized that ability on Sunday. The team has announced that defensive end Amani Bledsoe has been added to the COVID-19 reserve...

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. Playing without running back Todd Gurley and wide receiver Julio Jones didn’t hurt the Falcons against the Raiders last week and they’ll get a chance to...

Getty Images The Bengals were only trying to get 2 yards and a first down on third down. They got much more. Tyler Boyd caught a short pass from Brandon Allen and headed up the sideline untouched on his way to a 72-yard touchdown. It is the longest touchdown catch of Boyd’s career. Allen is...

Getty Images The Dolphins have had a rough day with injuries. Safety Eric Rowe left for a concussion check in the first quarter, but he has returned. Linebacker Elandon Roberts departed for the locker room with a chest injury in the first quarter and is questionable to return. The latest is...

Getty Images The Bengals lead the Dolphins 7-6, with fireworks right before halftime. With 1:08 remaining in the half, Brandon Allen‘s third-down pass sailed over the head of Tyler Boyd, who was defended by Xavien Howard. Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones also was on the scene as Boyd went down...

Getty Images The Dolphins have declined to name a starting quarterback, but it appears that Tua Tagovailoa will be back. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports that Tagovailoa is expected to be start today against the Bengals, as long as his injured thumb feels OK in warmups. Tagovailoa took most...

Getty Images Former Bengals and Raiders linebacker Vontaze Burfict was arrested early on Saturday. According to multiple reports citing court records in Clark County, Nevada, Burfict was arrested on a misdemeanor battery charge. No details of the incident leading to the arrest are known at...

Getty Images The Dolphins are short on healthy running backs on the active roster, but the situation in the backfield could be improved by getting someone back from injured reserve. Myles Gaskin returned to practice last week and worked all three days this week as he makes his way back from an...

Getty Images Dolphins head coach Brian Flores said he plans to make a decision on whether Tua Tagovailoa or Ryan Fitzpatrick will start against in Week 13 on Friday. But he didn’t give any indication on who that will be. “We’ll review the film and talk about the quarterback situation,” Flores...

Getty Images The Bengals won’t have one of their assistant coaches for Sunday’s game. But that’s an upgrade over what they have coached with the past three weeks. They were down two assistants last week, three the week before that and four the week before that. Defensive line coach Nick Eason...

Getty Images The Dolphins were without running back Matt Breida because of an illness at Friday’s practice and head coach Brian Flores declined to say whether it was related to COVID-19. A firmer answer came later in the day. The Dolphins announced that Breida has been placed on the...

Getty Images There was no Thursday night game this week, so Week 13 of the 2020 NFL season will kick off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. There will be 12 games played that day and the 24 teams taking part in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on...