Jerry Jones: The sky is not falling

The Cowboys lost for the third time in four games against the Raiders on Thursday, but Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on Friday morning that he was taking Thanksgiving to heart and “looking at the best parts of where” the NFC East leaders sit. Jones admitted the 36-33 loss was disappointing during an appearance on [more]

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Bradley Chubb “truly 50-50” to play on Sunday

Broncos edge rusher Bradley Chubb has been out since having ankle surgery after Week Two, but he returned to practice this week and has a shot to play against the Chargers this weekend. That was the word from Broncos head coach Vic Fangio on Thursday.  Fangio said Chubb’s first practice work went smoothly and suggested [more]

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Jared Goff felt holding was called “a little too often” on Thursday

Penalties were a big part of the story in the latest Lions loss. A delay of game penalty for calling consecutive timeouts helped the Bears pick up a first down that ensured they’d kick a game-winning field goal as time expired and the Lions had 10 accepted penalties against them over the course of the [more]

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Rich Bisaccia sees DeSean Jackson “getting more and more comfortable” in offense

The Raiders signed wide receiver DeSean Jackson with the hope that he’d make their deep passing game a bigger threat and that move paid off in a big way on Thursday. Derek Carr hit Jackson for a 56-yard touchdown to open the scoring in the first quarter and would add 46 more yards on two [more]

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Mario Addison: We have a good team, we just have to play consistent ball

The Bills were on the wrong side of a rout in Week 11 and the right side of one in Week 12, which continued a stretch of play that’s seen the team flop from loser to winner and back again. Since winning four straight games to move to 4-1 on the season, the Bills have [more]

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Sean Payton: We knew Taysom Hill couldn’t play QB Thursday night

Saints quarterback Taysom Hill was listed as a full participant in practice all week and he didn’t have an injury designation for Thursday night’s game against the Bills, but he never saw the field during a 31-6 loss that featured a dismal offensive performance across the board. Given how poorly the offense looked with Trevor [more]

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Home teams winless on Thanksgiving for third consecutive year

Home-field advantage has largely disappeared in the NFL in recent years, and Thanksgiving has been no exception. All three home teams lost on Thursday: The Lions lost to the Bears, the Cowboys lost to the Raiders and the Saints lost to the Bills. This was the third consecutive Thanksgiving in which the road teams won [more]

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