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Getty Images The Chiefs, Bills and Steelers have already clinched playoff berths in the AFC. The other playoff spots will go to four of five teams: The Titans, Colts, Browns, Ravens and Dolphins. And the Dolphins are the most likely team to be left out. Based on Sunday’s Vegas lines, the...

Getty Images The COVID-19 situation is getting worse in Cleveland. The Browns had two more players test positive today and have closed their facility while contact tracing goes on. “The Cleveland Browns were informed of two additional positive COVID-19 test results among our players this...

Getty Images The downside of playing football in an empty Heinz Field, as Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt explained to PFT after Sunday’s win over the Colts, is that energy must be manufactured by the players. The upside comes from the ability to hear the opponent like never before. Via Mark...

Getty Images The postseason doesn’t officially get underway until next week. But when it comes to the Cleveland Browns, they may as well start now. The Browns can earn a playoff berth for the first time in 18 years with a victory on Sunday over the Pittsburgh Steelers. They can also wind up at...

Getty Images Despite multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the Browns organization, the NFL is expecting Cleveland to host Sunday’s Steelers-Browns game as scheduled. On a media call today focusing on the league’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, league officials said the game can...

Getty Images The Browns-Steelers game has several interesting storylines. The Browns are playing for a playoff berth. The Steelers don’t yet know whether they are the two or three seed. The Browns had nine players on the COVID-19 list before Wednesday, when they had another player test...

Getty Images Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said at his Wednesday press conference that he hoped the team would be given the green light to practice after closing the facility in the morning due to a pair of positive COVID-19 tests. Stefanski’s wish has been granted. The Browns announced...

Getty Images The last time Mason Rudolph started a game against Cleveland, Browns defensive end Myles Garrett ended up suspended for swinging the quarterback’s own helmet at his head following the game’s antepenultimate play. Garrett was out for the rest of the 2019 season, and there have been...

Getty Images The NFL has successfully navigated multiple COVID-19 outbreaks this year, without ever having to pull the pin on an 18th week. As Week 17 approaches, the league has one more regular-season challenge. With the Browns apparently in the throes of a full-blown outbreak, Sunday’s...

Getty Images The Steelers got back in the win column and one of their cornerbacks was a significant reason why. Mike Hilton has been named AFC defensive player of the week after he picked up two takeaways and a pair of passes defensed in Pittsburgh’s 28-24 win over Indianapolis. In the first...

Getty Images The Browns have been given a big advantage in Sunday’s game against the Steelers, and the oddsmakers have noticed. Cleveland is now a 10-point favorite over Pittsburgh after the news that Mike Tomlin has decided not to play Ben Roethlisberger and other key starters on Sunday. The...

Getty Images The Broncos played a game without a quarterback because of COVID-19 contact tracing. The 49ers played a game after putting four key players, including three receivers, on the COVID-19 list a day before kickoff. The Ravens were missing a dozen starters and key contributors...

Getty Images The Browns have added another player to the COVID-19 list. The team announced Tuesday night it has placed safety Karl Joseph on the reserve list. Joseph makes nine Browns on the COVID-19 list. Earlier in the day, tight end Harrison Bryant and safety Andrew Sendejo went on the...

Getty Images It’s Tuesday. Which means it’s time to hand out the awards for the sixteenth week of the regular season. That happened on Tuesday’s PFT PM. As usual, MDS, Charean Williams, and I named an offensive player of the week, a defensive player of the week, a rookie of the week, and a...

Getty Images Super Bowl week will be very different this year, for many reasons. One reason relates to the arrival of the Super Bowl teams in Tampa. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, the Super Bowl teams will remain in their normal environments for Super Bowl week, traveling to...

Getty Images The Steelers’ decision to rest Ben Roethlisberger and other key starters on Sunday against the Browns is great news in Cleveland. Not so much in Baltimore, Indianapolis and Miami. With the Browns, Ravens, Colts and Dolphins all competing in the AFC wild card race, a win for the...

Getty Images After the Steelers clinched the AFC North with Sunday’s win over the Colts, players from the team posted videos from the celebration in the locker room on social media. Wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Ray-Ray McCloud each shared videos of players dancing that showed many of...

Getty Images Steelers linebacker Avery Williamson arrived in Pittsburgh after Devin Bush suffered a season-ending knee injury, and on Sunday he proved himself up to the task of replacing Bush, one of the Steelers’ best players. Williamson contributed 14 tackles, tied for the most of any player...

Getty Images The last time that Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph started against the Browns, he wound up being blasted in the head by a helmet-wielding Myles Garrett during a post-play fracas. Rudolph will get another chance to face Garrett and the Browns in Week 17. Steelers head coach Mike...

Getty Images Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt has been one of the league’s best defenders for years, but he’s now a clear frontrunner to earn his first defensive player of the year award. Watt leads the league with 15.0 sacks, 23 tackles for loss, and 41 quarterback hits in 2020. No other player...