Sean McDermott welcomes head coaching opportunities for Brian Daboll, Leslie Frazier

A change in NFL procedures this year allows teams looking for head coaches to interview candidates employed by other teams during the final two weeks of the regular season as long as their current employers agree to let the interviews take place. There’s been no word of formal requests to speak to Bills offensive coordinator [more]

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Taylor Heinicke will start, Kyle Allen will “probably” play

Washington’s playoff hopes are on life support after Sunday’s humiliating 56-14 loss to the Cowboys, but they aren’t going to make a quarterback change as they play out the string on the 2021 season. Head coach Ron Rivera told reporters on Monday that Taylor Heinicke will remain the starter for the team’s Week 17 game [more]

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Week 17 NFL playoff picture: Two spots still up for grabs in the NFC

When Week 16 began, no NFC teams had clinched spots in the postseason. By the time it was over, five of the seven tickets had been punched and three of the divisions were decided. Only the NFC West remains in play and the Rams now have the inside track on a home playoff game in [more]

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Week 17 NFL playoff picture: The AFC says hello to the Dolphins

The Dolphins were 1-7 at one point this season and the discussion around the team had more to do with whether Brian Flores would return for a fourth season as their head coach than anything related to a playoff run. It’s a very different discussion after Monday night’s 20-3 win over the Saints, however. The [more]

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Ian Book: I’ve got a lot to get better at, first start was bad

Saints fourth-string quarterback Ian Book was thrust into the starting lineup on Monday night, and the results were not good, with just 135 passing yards, two interceptions and eight sacks in a 20-3 loss. Book acknowledged that he has a lot to learn. “I’ve got a lot to get better at,” Book said. “It’s bad. [more]

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FMIA Week 16: How Colts Overcame Covid On Christmas. Plus The Most Important Win Of Josh Allen’s Life

NFL 2021, in Omicronland: Last Friday, a robotic NFL Films camera in the Indianapolis Colts quarterback room caught the unvarnished real of this NFL season. NFL Films for the first time is doing an in-season “Hard Knocks” show on HBO every Wednesday night, and this debut series is with the Colts. Last Friday, a few [more]

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Who’s in danger of getting fired by Tuesday morning?

Teams with head-coaching vacancies as of 8:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, along with teams who have told their coaches they won’t be back, can begin interviewing assistant coaches from other teams, 12 days before the conclusion of the regular season. So which other coaches could learn in the next 40 hours or so that they’re [more]

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