Derek Carr has “all the confidence” Raiders will be ready for Sunday night

In the Super Bowl era, only two quarterbacks have started more games at quarterback than Derek Carr without starting a playoff game. Carr has a golden opportunity to stop chasing Ryan Fitzpatrick and Archie Manning staring him in the face this week. A win over the Chargers on Sunday night would put the Raiders in [more]

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Carson Wentz: I’ve missed some things, got to be better

Colts quarterback Carson Wentz missed practice all of last week while on the COVID-19 reserve list, but was activated in time to play against the Raiders with the Colts pushing for a playoff spot. Wentz didn’t have his best afternoon in a 23-20 loss. He was 16-of-27 for 148 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown that [more]

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Jordan Poyer: We know how special it would be to win AFC East at home

The Bills are guaranteed another trip to the playoffs, but they still have some work to do in the final week of the regular season. A win over the Jets will make the Bills AFC East champs for the second straight year, which is why quarterback Josh Allen believes there will be “no letdown” from [more]

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Bobby Wagner has “a lot of optimism” about staying in Seattle

Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner discussed his uncertainty about his future with the team last week ahead of a home win over the Lions that he left early because of a knee injury. Wagner’s future with the team was a topic of his Wednesday press conference this week as well, but Wagner had a different take [more]

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Pete Carroll: Adrian Peterson would be a great coach, he and I have talked about it

Given how little he has played this season, it would be easy to forget that Adrian Peterson is still playing running back in the NFL, a couple months before his 37th birthday. But some day Peterson will retire, and when he does, coaching could be next. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll says that Peterson (who has [more]

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Aaron Rodgers sounds like a guy who is content to stay where he is

Wednesday’s press-conference diatribe directed at MVP voter Hub Arkush obscured other comments from Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers that are far more significant to his future career prospects. As Simms and I have discussed recently, Rodgers may have a hard time finding a better situation than his current one in 2022. Appearing on SiriusXM’s The Adam [more]

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Ben Roethlisberger: Knowing there’s a QB competition will be good for Mason Rudolph

Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger‘s pending retirement raises the question, “Who’s next?” In theory, Mason Rudolph could be the answer. Pittsburgh drafted him in the third round of the 2018 draft and he’s started 10 games for the club — including eight in the 2019 season when Roethlisberger missed most of the year with an elbow [more]

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