Sauce Gardner on Justin Jefferson: I love going against the best

Jets rookie cornerback Sauce Gardner was a Justin Jefferson fan when the Vikings wideout made a remarkable one-handed catch against the Bills a few weeks ago because he wanted to see Minnesota knock off their AFC East rivals, but there won’t be the same love on display this weekend. Gardner and the Jets will be [more]

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Nick Chubb: Guys are excited about Deshaun Watson’s return

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson didn’t talk to reporters on Wednesday, but there was plenty of conversation about him around the team’s facility. Head coach Kevin Stefanski spent a good deal of time talking about the quarterback ahead of his first game action since the end of the 2020 season. Watson sat out all of last [more]

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Mike Tomlin: “I have no response” to 19-3 Monday night record

The Steelers have always been a tough out under Mike Tomlin, who’s now in his 16th year as head coach and has a .631 regular-season winning percentage. But Tomlin’s teams have been particularly good on Monday Night Football. With the Week 12 victory over Indianapolis, Pittsburgh is 19-3 on Monday nights since Tomlin took over [more]

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Trent Dilfer is expected to become the next head coach at UAB

The pipeline of former NFL players to high-profile head-coaching jobs without much high-level experience continues to grow. Former quarterback Trent Dilfer reportedly is expected to become the next head coach at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, according to Pete Thamel of ESPN.com. Dilfer, who worked for ESPN after his playing career ended, has served as a [more]

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Josh Jacobs is the AFC offensive player of the week

Raiders running back Josh Jacobs was bothered by a calf injury before and during last Sunday’s game against the Seahawks, but you wouldn’t have known that from watching him play. Jacobs had the biggest day of his career in the Raiders’ 40-34 overtime win. He ran 33 times for 229 yards and caught six passes [more]

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Robert Saleh wants Jets to keep focus on the process

If the season eneded today, the Jets would be the seventh seed in the AFC playoffs and that would mark their first postseason berth since 2010. It’s November 30, though, and that means there is still a lot of football to play before the final playoff schedule is set in stone. That leaves a lot [more]

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Brian Daboll: Playing meaningful games in December is why we do this

The Giants have lost three of their last four games, but they still head into December with a 7-4 record and hopes of advancing to the postseason. That’s a big change from past seasons and it’s a big change from the expectations that accompanied the team into head coach Brian Daboll’s first season on the [more]

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