Report: Vic Fangio’s job is safe in 2021

Cross Broncos coach Vic Fangio’s name off the list of coaches on the hot seat. Fangio will return to Denver in 2021, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The Broncos are 5-9 this year and and went 7-9 in Fangio’s first season last year, which raised questions about whether Fangio would make it for Year 3. [more]

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Bruce Arians: We’re in the dance, I’ve won a Super Bowl as a wild card

The Buccaneers will probably have to win three road games in January to get to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium, but coach Bruce Arians says it’s possible. Arians pointed out after the Buccaneers clinched a wild card berth on Saturday in Detroit that he was the Steelers’ wide receivers coach in 2005 [more]

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NFL fines Ravens $250,000, but no lost draft pick, for COVID-19 violations

A COVID-19 outbreak within the Ravens organization wreaked havoc on the NFL schedule, and that outbreak was caused at least in part by the team failing to follow the league’s COVID-19 protocols. But the league’s discipline on the team was not particularly harsh. The Ravens were fined $250,000 but not docked a draft pick, Ian [more]

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Bears now have clear path to playoffs

After a six-game losing streak dropped their record to 5-7, the Bears were left for dead a couple weeks ago. Now they have a clear path to the playoffs. The Cardinals’ loss to the 49ers on Saturday makes it relatively easy for the Bears to earn a wild card in the NFC. If the Bears [more]

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Jon Gruden: I don’t regret taking a knee instead of scoring a TD

Late in Saturday’s game, the Raiders had the ball at the 1-yard line and the Dolphins were poised to let them score a touchdown, but Raiders coach Jon Gruden directed Derek Carr to take a knee to run the maximum time off the clock before kicking a field goal and taking a 25-23 lead. That [more]

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Brian Flores: Tua Tagovailoa will start Week 17

FitzMagic will not be making a triumphant return to Buffalo next weekend. At least not initially. After quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick helped the Dolphins to an improbable win over the Raiders with an involuntary no-look throw for the ages on Saturday night, coach Brian Flores told reporters that rookie Tua Tagovailoa will start the Week 17 [more]

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Fitzmagic strikes again, leading Dolphins to improbable 26-25 win

Fitzmagic may have saved the Dolphins’ playoff hopes . . . while dashing those of the Raiders and the Ravens. Ryan Fitzpatrick replaced Tua Tagovailoa in the fourth quarter. In three drives, the veteran quarterback directed the Dolphins to as points as Tagovailoa did in eight — not counting a kneel down — as the [more]

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