Tyler Lockett led “really touching, really special” team meeting on Saturday night

The Seahawks snapped a three-game losing streak with Sunday’s 30-23 win over the 49ers and the seeds for that win were planted during a team meeting on Saturday night. Defensive end Carlos Dunlap said the team “had one of those hard talks” that wide receiver Tyler Lockett initiated about “why we continue to work and [more]

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Week 14 NFC playoff picture: Washington keeps rising

The seven teams that were in playoff position in the NFC heading into Week 13 remain there with all of the conference’s games in the books, but there was one change in the pecking order. Washington beat the Raiders 17-15 for their fourth straight win and they moved ahead of the 49ers into the sixth [more]

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Chargers added Philly Special to playbook just last week

The Chargers built a 24-0 lead against the Bengals on Sunday, with the final two points coming on their version of the Philly Special, a play made famous by the Eagles in Super Bowl LII. So what do the Chargers call it? (Drum roll, please.) The Philly Special. After the 41-22 win over Cincinnati, the [more]

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Kirk Cousins: Loss to Lions obviously hurts, but we’ve got to move on with a short week

The Vikings became the first team to lose to the Lions this year and that hasn’t done anything good for the team’s mental state. Head coach Mike Zimmer said after the game that the players are “not doing good” when asked about their mindset in the wake of a 29-27 loss that dropped them to [more]

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FMIA Week 13: ‘Seven Shots’—How T.J. Watt And Steelers Kept Playoff Hopes Alive By Stopping Ravens Late

With the flightiness of NFL greatness (outside of New England), one of the sport’s oxymoronish phrases is “enduring rivalries.” There is only one that truly endures at the highest level of the game, year after year. Ray Lewis comes, Hines Ward goes. Billick/Cowher out, Harbaugh/Tomlin in. It never changes. The games I’ve covered in this [more]

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Will the risk Antonio Brown presented to Bruce Arians and Tom Moore be a factor in Tampa Bay’s final decision?

The Buccaneers have two weeks to decide whether to keep or to cut receiver Antonio Brown. In 14 days, he returns from the three-game suspension imposed on him for giving the team, and in turn the league, a fake vaccination card. On Sunday, PFT reported that the Bucs are indeed considering the possibility of parting [more]

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Rob Gronkowski on 90th TD pass from Tom Brady: Just glad we’ve still got it

Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady hit tight end Rob Gronkowski for a pair of touchdowns in Sunday’s 30-17 win over the Falcons and that means they’ve now hooked up for 90 regular season touchdowns over the course of their time together. That’s one more score that Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates produced during their run with [more]

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