Новости за 28.12.2018

Tom Brady won’t win his fourth league MVP award. The Patriots quarterback ranks only 19th in completion percentage, ninth in yards, 11th in touchdown passes and 17th in passer rating. Yet, New England already has won its 10th consecutive AFC East title and is a victory over the Jets from its ninth consecutive first-round bye. [more]

Chiefs safety Eric Berry missed the first 13 games of the season with a heel injury and the issue flared up again on Friday. Berry was a full participant in practice on both Wednesday and Thursday, but he was held out of the team’s final workout before Sunday’s game against the Raiders. He’s listed as [more]

The Rams are going to err on the side of caution. Having a backup go wild the week before made it an easier decision. The Rams officially ruled running back Todd Gurley out of Sunday’s regular season finale against the 49ers, giving him time to rest his ailing left knee. He also sat out last [more]

Dion Waiters is about to take a big step toward returning to the Miami Heat.

Officially, the Titans are playing wait-and-see with quarterback Marcus Mariota. They have listed their starting quarterback as questionable for Sunday’s win-and-in game against the Colts because of the stinger suffered last week. Coach Mike Vrabel already said they wanted to see him work out tomorrow before making a decision so that’s little surprise. The official [more]

The Steelers face a must-win game Sunday, and they might have to play without their All-Pro receiver. Steelers receiver Antonio Brown is undergoing tests on his sore knee, which kept him out of practice Thursday and Friday. The team called his absence from practice Wednesday a coach’s decision. The Steelers list Brown as questionable for [more]

The Eagles activated wide receiver Mike Wallace from injured reserve this week, but he won’t be in the lineup for the regular season finale. Wallace broke his fibula in the second game of the season and returned to the field for the Eagles this week, but the team has ruled him out of Sunday’s game [more]

The Cowboys will sit defensive end Tyrone Crawford (neck) and defensive lineman David Irving (ankle) on Sunday. They list cornerback Anthony Brown (back), linebacker Sean Lee (hamstring), right guard Zack Martin (knee) and left tackle Tyron Smith (neck) are questionable. The Cowboys have nothing on the line in the regular-season finale against the Giants, having [more]

Teddy Bridgewater will be in the starting lineup for the Saints on Sunday. Saints head coach Sean Payton made the announcement on Friday afternoon that Bridgewater will lead the offense against the Panthers in the final regular season game of the year. The Saints have already clinched the top seed in the NFL playoffs. Bridgewater [more]

The Titans held their final practice of the regular season on Friday and it ended without clarity about who will be quarterbacking the team in its bid to continue playing beyond Week 17. Marcus Mariota was limited in practice for the second straight day by the stinger that knocked him out of last Saturday’s game. [more]

"I love being able to come into an arena and hear boos and chants, whatever it is, see signs and come in here and win by 20."

Two weeks ago, Stephen A. Smith set social media ablaze with an assessment of the Chargers-Chiefs game that included commentary on the expected performance of L.A. tight end Hunter Henry, who tore an ACL during offseason workouts and hasn’t played at all this year. That was bad; this is worse. In an exclusive! sit-down with the [more]

The Jaguars made a number of roster moves on the heels of their final regular-season game. They placed kicker Josh Lambo (right groin) and right tackle Josh Wells (concussion) on injured reserve. They waived linebacker Martrell Spaight. The Jaguars activated linebacker Donald Payne from the injured reserve list and promoted running back Dimitri Flowers and [more]

The Bears are set to be without key players on both sides of the ball when they close out the regular season on Sunday. Head coach Matt Nagy said that safety Eddie Jackson and wide receiver Allen Robinson will both be listed as doubtful for their matchup with the Vikings. Jackson also missed last Sunday’s [more]

The Colts believe tight end Eric Ebron should be cleared to play on Sunday night against the Titans. Colts coach Frank Reich said today that he’s optimistic about Ebron getting final clearance through the league’s concussion protocol. Ebron has played in every game this season but left last week’s game early because of the concussion. [more]

The Colts will be without center Ryan Kelly for their win-and-in game against the Titans. Kelly left last week’s game with the Giants with a neck injury and didn’t return to the game, and he didn’t practice this week. Evan Boehm will start in the middle, as he did when Kelly missed three games with [more]

The Browns elevated receiver Blake Jackson from the practice squad Friday. To make room, the team placed linebacker Tanner Vallejo on injured reserve. Vallejo, who appeared in 13 games with one start, has a hamstring injury. He finished with 20 tackles and a forced fumble on defense and seven special teams tackles. Jackson is in [more]

Panthers head coach Ron Rivera will take the team to New Orleans for their final regular season game on Sunday and what comes after that has been a topic of discussion in recent weeks. The team’s seven-game losing streak has led some to wonder if new owner David Tepper might cap his first year with [more]

Click n' Close was a primary sponsor of Bubba Wallace in three points races in 2018, including the Daytona 500.

Once the i's are dotted and t's crossed, the Columbus Crew will officially be staying in Columbus.

The Vikings’ chances of having cornerback Xavier Rhodes in the lineup as they try to nail down a playoff spot this Sunday took a step in the right direction on Friday. Rhodes practiced on Friday after missing the first two sessions of the week with a groin injury and he has been listed as questionable [more]

The weekend report that Dolphins V.P. of football operations Mike Tannenbaum is all but certain to be fired is if anything becoming more certain as Week 17 approaches. So if/when Tannenbaum goes, what happens next? At this point, no one knows. Chris Grier serves as the G.M., but he doesn’t have true G.M. powers. As [more]

Defensive end Cameron Wake will turn 37 next month, but he’s not looking for something else to do with himself come the 2019 football season. Wake’s contract is up after the end of this season and he said Friday that he has his eyes on signing another one with the Dolphins. “I think that I’m [more]

They have been without four of their top players for most of the season.

Does the league really want to stop tampering?