Jalen Hurts: I’m just trying to be available for the team

Before the Eagles played the Jets in Week 13, quarterback Jalen Hurts expressed confidence that he would play despite injuring his ankle late in Week 12 but Gardner Minshew wound up getting the start and leading the Eagles to a win. The Eagles were off last week, so Hurts has had an extended stretch to [more]

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Case Keenum: We are looking nowhere but forward

With Baker Mayfield testing positive for COVID-19, Case Keenum will in all likelihood start for the Browns when they play the Raiders on Saturday. Keenum provided a steady hand earlier in the season when Mayfield had to miss Cleveland’s Thursday matchup with Denver back in Week Seven. He was 21-of-33 passing for 199 yards with [more]

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Austin Ekeler is expected to play Thursday night

Chargers running back Austin Ekeler aggravated an ankle injury last Sunday, but it doesn’t look like that will keep him from taking part in Thursday night’s clash with the Chiefs. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Ekeler is expected to be in the lineup for a matchup with major implications in the race for [more]

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Dolphins sign Damon Arnette to practice squad

Cornerback Damon Arnette has found a place to continue his NFL career. The Dolphins signed Arnette to their practice squad on Wednesday. It is the 2020 first-round pick’s first job in the NFL since being cut by the Raiders in early November. Arnette was waived after a video was released showing Arnette threatening someone’s life [more]

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If Urban Meyer was fired “for cause,” a fight over his remaining pay could be looming

The issue first emerged in early October, in the days before Jon Gruden’s email scandal yanked the spotlight away from Urban Meyer’s Ohio misadventures. Will the Jaguars fire Urban Meyer “for cause,” cutting off his pay? The fact that Meyer didn’t resign suggests that he didn’t want to waive his chance to get the balance [more]

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Matt Ryan working to extend Falcons’ opportunity to stay relevant

The Falcons haven’t made the playoffs since 2017 and they’ve been well out of the race for postseason berths in the final weeks of the last few years, so it has been a while since quarterback Matt Ryan was part of a team with relevance late in a season. Ryan’s on one now and he’d [more]

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DeAndre Hopkins having knee surgery, out about six weeks

The Cardinals will need to make it deep into the postseason to get wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins back. Hopkins is having knee surgery that will require about six weeks of recovery, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. The NFC Championship Game is six weeks and three days from now, so that would seem to [more]

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