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Getty Images The Ravens have added an experienced safety to their practice squad ahead of Sunday’s regular season finale. The team announced that Jayron Kearse will be joining the organization. Kearse was cut by the Lions earlier this week. When the move was made, the implication was that the...

Getty Images Lions running back Adrian Peterson is interested in staying in Detroit in 2021, under the right circumstances. Peterson said today that he’d love to stay in Detroit next season, but he also said he wouldn’t want to stay if the next coach and GM think a complete rebuild is in...

Getty Images The Vikings placed offensive tackle Riley Reiff on the COVID-19 reserve list, the team announced Wednesday. It is unknown whether Reiff tested positive or was in close contact with someone who did. It leaves a question about a bonus of $1 million he can earn based on playing...

Getty Images Lions defensive coordinator Cory Undlin is back in the team’s facility after missing practice time last week and last Saturday’s loss to the Buccaneers due to COVID-19 protocols. It’s expected to be a brief return to work. The Lions fired head coach Matt Patricia earlier this...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said earlier this week that he wants to go out of this season on the field. Stafford has thumb, rib, and ankle injuries and the ankle injury knocked him out of last Sunday’s game, but Stafford said he wants to play as long as there’s a way for...

Getty Images Vikings running back Dalvin Cook is out for the season finale against the Lions on Sunday. Cook is flying back home to Miami after his father, James Cook, died at the age of 46, Chris Tomasson of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. Cook will not play in Sunday’s finale at Detroit...

Getty Images Safety Jayron Kearse was not in the Lions lineup for Saturday’s loss to the Buccaneers and he won’t be playing in their regular season finale against the Vikings either. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that the Lions have informed Kearse that they will be cutting him on Monday...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford is dealing with a variety of injuries and the team is playing out the string on a disappointing season, but he isn’t looking to sit out Week 17’s game against the Vikings. Stafford left Saturday’s loss to the Buccaneers after hurting his ankle...

Getty Images After the Vikings were overwhelmed by the New Orleans offense in a 52-33 Christmas Day loss, Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer said that this year’s defense is the worst he’s ever coached. He noted that the unit is “undermanned” due to the many injuries they’ve experienced before and...

Getty Images The NFL announced schedule changes for Week 17, and not surprisingly, the Washington Football Team’s game against the Eagles will be the last of the 256 games played this season. The league moved the Washington-Philadelphia game to Sunday Night Football on NBC next week with...

Getty Images Urban Meyer has been a wildly successful head coach. Some think he could be a successful NFL coach. Some NFL teams have inquired about whether he’s interested in interviewing for an NFL head-coaching job. Adam Schefter of ESPN.com reports that at least two teams have reached out...

Getty Images The Lions’ defense didn’t provide much resistance to the Buccaneers on the first drive of today’s game in Detroit. Bucs quarterback Tom Brady hit tight end Rob Gronkowski on a deep ball down the right sideline for a 33-yard touchdown to give the Bucs a 6-0 lead just three minutes...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford lasted only one series today against the Buccaneers. Stafford suffered what appeared to be an ankle injury on the Lions’ first offensive possession and went to the locker room. He was replaced by backup quarterback Chase Daniel. The Lions look...

Getty Images The Detroit Lions may have turned in the worst half of football the NFL has seen so far this season. Tampa Bay has absolutely dominated in Detroit and leads 34-0 at halftime. The Lions don’t look like they particularly care, particularly on defense, where the Bucs are rarely met...

Getty Images It was 1951. Long before the NFL became a pass-happy league. On September 28, Norm Van Brocklin had a pass-happy day for the Rams, against the New York Yanks. Brocklin generated 554 passing yards that day, a single-game record that has lasted 69 years. That record will last at...

Getty Images In two weeks Tom Brady will play in his 42nd career postseason game, and his first with the Buccaneers. The Bucs clinched a wild card berth with a 47-7 win over the Lions today in Detroit, and that means Brady is going back to the playoffs, where he so often went with the...

Getty Images Week 16 of the 2020 NFL season kicked off on Friday with the Saints hosting the Vikings for a Christmas matinee and it continues with three games on Saturday and 11 more games on Sunday. The teams playing in those games have released their final injury reports. The teams playing...

Getty Images The Lions will not have head coach Darrell Bevell or defensive coordinator Cory Undlin on hand against the Buccaneers on Saturday, but they will have defensive end Everson Griffen. Griffen was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list on Friday. Griffen went on the list on December...

Getty Images The Buccaneers are signing quarterback Drew Stanton to their practice squad, agent Mike McCartney tweeted. Stanton played for Bucs coach Bruce Arians in Indianapolis and Arizona. The Buccaneers needed a practice squad quarterback to replace Josh Rosen, who signed with the 49ers’...

Getty Images The Detroit Lions released running back Jonathan Williams on Friday to free up a spot for the return of defensive end Everson Griffen from the reserve/COVID-19 list. Griffen was activated from the list earlier in the week and given a roster exemption as he worked back into...