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Getty Images The NFL definitely will have played 255 games in the 2020 regular season when the clock strikes midnight. The final number likely will be 256. For now, though, the Steelers-Browns game is in a vague state of limbo. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, Sunday morning...

Getty Images The final day of the regular season is set to proceed as scheduled. NFL vice president of communications Brian McCarthy announced that all 16 games are set to go on as planned. There was no concern about 15 of the games on Sunday morning, but there was some question about the...

Getty Images Every week we bring you all the inactives from the 1 p.m. ET games in one post, constantly updated with the latest information. The Dolphins are in Buffalo to try to beat the Bills and advance to the playoffs without relying on help from any other teams. They will have the help of...

Getty Images All the Browns need to do is beat the Steelers and they’ll clinch a playoff berth for the first time since 2002. Nick Chubb has Cleveland off to a good start. The running back scored a 47-yard touchdown to cap the Browns’ first drive. Chubb started the possession with an 11-yard...

Getty Images The Cleveland Browns will be down yet another player when Sunday’s win-and-in playoff game against the Steeler gets started. On Saturday night, the Browns placed cornerback Kevin Johnson on the COVID-19 reserve list. The Browns elevated cornerback A.J. Green from the practice...

Getty Images The Steelers will reportedly be without cornerback Joe Haden for their next two games. Dan Graziano of ESPN reports that Haden has tested positive for COVID-19. He’ll miss Sunday’s game against the Browns as a result and the 10-day isolation period means that he will also miss the...

Getty Images A report earlier in the day indicated Steelers cornerback Joe Haden tested positive for COVID-19. The Steelers since have announced they have placed Haden, tight end Eric Ebron and outside linebacker Cassius Marsh on the COVID-19 reserve list. It is unknown whether Marsh and Ebron...

Getty Images A coach is the latest member of the Cleveland Browns organization to test positive for COVID-19. The Browns announced today that they are once again closing their facility, as they did repeatedly this week, while they conduct contact tracing. “The Cleveland Browns were informed...

Getty Images The Steelers will rest several key starters on Sunday, but the starters who will be playing with the backups aren’t viewing the game against the Browns as a meaningless scrimmage. Running back James Conner, who will play in what will be the final game of his rookie contract, is...

Getty Images Word on Friday morning was that the latest round of COVID-19 testing for the Browns returned no positive results and the team confirmed it a short time later. The team announced the results of the testing and that they have received approval from the NFL to hold practice on Friday...

Getty Images Quarterback Mason Rudolph will start for the Steelers on Sunday, which means Browns defensive end Myles Garrett will line up across from him throughout the contest. Garrett was suspended last year for swinging Rudolph’s helmet at the quarterback late in Cleveland’s Week 11 victory...

Getty Images Myles Garrett will serve as a team captain Sunday, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski announced Friday. Stefanski said it had nothing to do with last year’s incident between Garrett and Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph. Instead, the Browns defensive end has earned the right to wear...

Getty Images Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph and Browns defensive end Myles Garrett will be on opposite sides of the field on Sunday for the first time since Garrett hit Rudolph in the head during a fight late in a 2019 game between the teams. Garrett was suspended six games for that act...

Getty Images Week 17 of the 2020 NFL season is a Sunday-only affair. All 32 teams in the league will be playing on Sunday as the league finalizes who is in the playoffs and what seeds they’ll get with a slate of games that culminates with Washington visiting Philadelphia. If Washington wins...

Getty Images Browns cornerback Denzel Ward was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Thursday and he will not be able to play against the Steelers this Sunday as a result. Ward may not be available for a Wild Card playoff game either. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that Ward was...

Getty Images After losing to the Jets on Sunday, Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said he failed the team. Apparently he’s not looking to repeat that in Week 17. Cleveland may be falling into a potential COVID-19 crisis, but Browns offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt said Mayfield looked as...

USA TODAY Sports Steelers receiver Chase Claypool has earned the respect of his organization, winning the team’s rookie of the year award. He says he also has earned similar recognition from opposing defenses. “I think it’s nice that teams respect you and put a safety over the top,” Claypool...

Getty Images The COVID-19 situation in Cleveland may be getting worse, as the Browns decided to keep their facility closed today following two more positive tests. “In light of today’s positive test results and after consulting with the NFL, we’ve decided to keep our facility closed for the...

Getty Images It looks like the Browns will be without cornerback Denzel Ward for Sunday’s game against the Steelers. The team announced on Thursday that they have placed Ward on the reserve/COVID-19 list. They also announced that linebacker Malcolm Smith has been placed on the list. A report...

Getty Images Texans defensive end J.J. Watt made an impassioned speech after Sunday’s loss to the Bengals, saying, in part, “if you can’t come in and put work in in the building . . . you should not be here.” No one works harder than Watt, but he still might not be “here” next year. After 10...