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USA TODAY Sports Before becoming the head coach at Michigan, Jim Harbaugh’s career consisted of four years, and only four years, at each stop on the coaching trail. Four years with the Raiders as an assistant. Four years at the University of San Diego as head coach. Four years at Stanford...

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. Playing without running back Todd Gurley and wide receiver Julio Jones didn’t hurt the Falcons against the Raiders last week and they’ll get a chance to...

Getty Images The Lions played hard for interim head coach Darrell Bevell. Bevell, who replaced the fired Matt Patricia and said he hopes he’s getting a five-game audition to be the Lions’ permanent head coach, got the most out of his team as the Lions fell behind early but came back to win...

USA TODAY Sports The first order of business for the Detroit Lions, once the season ends, will be hiring a General Manager and a head coach. The second order of business for the Lions — and the first order of business for the new G.M. and coach — will be to make a decision on quarterback...

Getty Images Former NFL running back LeGarrette Blount has announced his retirement. Blount, who last played in 2018, wrote on Instagram that he’s ready to say it’s over. “I just want to inform y’all that I’m officially retiring,” Blount wrote. “I have thought long and hard about this...

Getty Images Wide receiver Allen Robinson was added to the Bears injury report on Friday. Robinson is listed as questionable after getting in a limited practice. He left practice early with a knee injury in what head coach Matt Nagy called a precautionary move. That’s also how Nagy couched...

Getty Images Lions head coach Darrell Bevell said on Friday that wide receiver Kenny Golladay‘s hip injury is improving, but it hasn’t improved to the point that he’ll actually be able to play against the Bears on Sunday. Golladay has been ruled out for the fifth straight game and seventh time...

Getty Images There was no Thursday night game this week, so Week 13 of the 2020 NFL season will kick off at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday. There will be 12 games played that day and the 24 teams taking part in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on...

Getty Images Last year, when the 49ers were one of the best teams in the NFL, defensive coordinator Robert Saleh’s name routinely emerged in the national conversation regarding potential head-coaching candidates. Earlier this year, when the 49ers were struggling, Saleh didn’t get mentioned. Now...

Getty Images The Lions intend to waive receiver Marvin Hall, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports. Hall had a 100-yard game in Week 8, catching four passes for 113 yards. In 11 games this season, Hall has 17 catches for 290 yards and two touchdowns. He has played 40 percent of the team’s...

Getty Images Lions running back D'Andre Swift is still not practicing with an illness, while wide receiver Kenny Golladay is getting better. Lions interim head coach Darrell Bevell said today that Swift remains out of practice with an illness that the Lions say is not COVID-19 and is also not...

USA TODAY Sports Steelers tight end Eric Ebron strenuously objects to playing three games in 12 days. Steelers tight end Eric Ebron doesn’t seem to realize that he and plenty of other players have played three games in 12 days, once per year every year. For any team that plays on a Sunday, a...

USA Today Sports When Giants running back Saquon Barkley tore his ACL in September, the first person who came to mind was Adrian Peterson. Now with the Lions in his 14th pro season, Peterson tore his ACL late in 2011. But remarkably, he nearly broke the single-season rushing record in 2012 —...

Getty Images The good news for Lions running back D'Andre Swift is that he has been cleared from the concussion protocol. The bad news for Swift and the Lions is that he remained out of practice on Thursday anyway. Swift was out because of an illness that the team said is not COVID-related...

Getty Images Bears linebacker Khalil Mack said this week that “getting to the quarterback is what I’m here for” and that he needs to do more of it, but the team’s injury reports have cast some doubt about his ability to do so against the Lions this Sunday. Mack did not practice on Wednesday...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has not missed a snap since partially tearing ligaments in his right thumb on Nov. 15 against Washington. There is no reason to believe he won’t play every snap Sunday against Chicago. But Stafford remains on the Lions’ practice report. He was...

Getty Images Heading into Week 13 of the NFL season, the winless Jets remain atop the NFL draft order for 2021. The Jaguars, who have one win, could become the first team to go 1-15 and not finish with the worst record in the league. The Cowboys, with a loss to Washington on Thanksgiving, have...

USA Today Sports The Lions will be without two defensive starters for at least the next three weeks, as they’ve placed cornerback Desmond Trufant and defensive tackle Danny Shelton on injured reserve. Trufant has battled hamstring injuries throughout the season and suffered another during the...

Getty Images The Lions began looking to the future last weekend when they fired head coach Matt Patricia and General Manager Bob Quinn and they hope to have a piece of that future back on the field this weekend. Rookie running back D'Andre Swift has missed the last two games with a concussion...

Getty Images Bears head coach Matt Nagy didn’t name a starting quarterback for this week’s game against the Lions on Monday, but said he didn’t see why Mitchell Trubisky wouldn’t start for the second straight week. One possible reason would be a return to health for Nick Foles, who was out...