Новости за 20.12.2018

Zack Martin returned to practice for the first time since leaving the Eagles game in Week 14 after 65 of 99 plays, having re-injured his sprained MCL. The All-Pro right guard had a limited practice Thursday. Starting left guard Xavier Su'a-Filo returned to full participation Thursday as his left eye continues to heal. Su’a-Filo’s eye [more]

Is Sunday’s Steelers-Saints game a matchup of two future Hall of Fame quarterbacks? Not according to Saints defensive end Cam Jordan, who disputed the idea that Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is heading to Canton. As Jordan was being interviewed in the Saints’ locker room, he was asked about facing “a quarterback who might be going [more]

The Saints signed offensive tackle Cornelius Lucas, Josh Katzenstein of the Times-Picayune reports. They cut offensive tackle Derek Newton in a corresponding move. Lucas, 27, appeared in one game for the Rams last season. The New Orleans native played 35 career games, with six starts, with the Lions from 2014-16 after going undrafted out of [more]

The Timbers will be away for months thanks to renovations at Providence Park

During an appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio, Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn said that he wasn’t sure running back Melvin Gordon is all the way back from his knee injury “but he’s going to play” against the Ravens on Saturday night. The Chargers’ final injury report before the game sent the same message. Gordon was [more]

World Wide Technology helped the organization develop a proprietary dashboard in 2018 that contributed to better pit stop strategies.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to award Steve Gleason the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor Congress can bestow on a civilian, NFL Media reports. The U.S. Senate unanimously endorsed the award, with President Trump expected to sign the legislation in 2019 for Gleason to receive his Congressional Gold Medal in June. No [more]

Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham has missed the last two games with a quad injury and head coach Pat Shurmur was asked this week if the team has thought about shutting him down given the team’s non-existent playoff hopes. Shurmur said there’s been no thought of that and it doesn’t appear that Beckham will be [more]

LeSean McCoy‘s going to get his chance to get a few more yards this week. The Bills running back said Thursday he was playing in Sunday’s game against the Patriots, after he was inactive last week with a hamstring injury. “I’ll be out there,” he said, via Chris Brown of the team’s official website. McCoy’s [more]

Brooklyn progressing up East standings more quickly than expected

Ezekiel Elliott could win his second rushing title in three years. He is on pace to become only the fourth running back in NFL history to lead the NFL in rushing yards per game in three consecutive seasons. He has made his second Pro Bowl. None of that is good enough for the Cowboys star [more]

After Patriots wide receiver Josh Gordon announced on Thursday morning that he was stepping away from the Patriots, there was a report that Gordon was facing another suspension from the league for violating the substance-abuse policy. The NFL made that suspension official later in the day. “Effective today, Josh Gordon has been returned to the [more]

The Saints are close to securing the ability to play all their playoff games in their own building. But if they make it to the Super Bowl, they’ll be taking over their division rival’s. Via D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Atlanta host committee said the NFC representative in Super Bowl LIII will work [more]

Dallas gets its Norris-level, 25-minute defenseman back on Thursday.

Mississippi State has sent defensive tackles Fletcher Cox and Chris Jones to the NFL in recent years and another talented Bulldogs product announced he’s headed to the pros on Thursday. Jeffery Simmons had 30.5 tackles for loss, six sacks and five fumbles over 37 college games and regularly appears at the top of lists of [more]

Every Thursday (almost every Thursday), Simms and I conduct on PFT Live a draft of the players, coaches, units, and/or organizations that need to show us something in the coming slate of games. This week’s “Show Me Something” draft appears in the attached video. Which we’d like you to watch. We’d also like you to [more]

Most forceful denial yet

Washington got a big touchdown catch from Jeremy Sprinkle in the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s win over the Jaguars and Sprinkle may be in position for more action as the team’s lead tight end this Saturday. The team released its injury report for the game in Tennessee and tight ends are prominently featured. Jordan [more]

The Saints finished last week’s game against the Panthers with only five healthy offensive linemen, so the issue of active rosters is obviously on the top of coach Sean Payton’s mind. That might be why he used part of his press conference Thursday to offer the NFL some advice, without prompting. Via Mike Triplett of ESPN.com, [more]

Cowboys right guard Zack Martin missed the first game of his NFL career last Sunday because of a knee injury, but he took a step back toward the lineup on Thursday. Martin returned to practice for the first time since he was injured in Week 14. There’s no word on his participation level at this [more]

Where and how to watch all of the PL action in the next few days, as the festive action begins.

The Peach Bowl apparently isn’t as big of a deal as it would like to be. Michigan running back Karan Higdon has announced that he will skip the Atlanta exhibition against Florida to focus on draft preparations, via Nick Baumgardner of the Detroit Free Press. Higdon, a team captain and the program’s first 1,000-yard rusher [more]

The Denver Broncos stand one loss away from the franchise’s first consecutive losing seasons since 1971-72. And that apparently will be enough to get G.M. John Elway to make a change. Unless Elway changes his mind (which is always possible), coach Vance Joseph’s tenure as the head coach is expected to end after only two [more]

Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said earlier this week that there was a “good chance” that cornerback Kendall Fuller will play against the Seahawks on Sunday night despite having surgery on his broken wrist last Friday, but he hasn’t been on the practice field yet this week. Fuller missed practice on Wednesday and the team [more]

The regular season is almost over and the Bengals will miss the playoffs for the third straight year, which means that we’ll be watching to see if coach Marvin Lewis’ long run in Cincinnati comes to an end. It looked like it might happen last year after the Bengals finished 7-9, but Lewis returned for [more]