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Dwayne Haskins was excited after his first victory as a starter. In fact, he was excited before his first victory as a starter was secured and missed victory formation. While the team was running out the clock, the Washington quarterback was taking a photo behind the bench, grabbing the cell...

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. Check back to see the full list as it becomes available 90 minutes ahead of kickoff. Buccaneers at Falcons Buccaneers: LB Anthony Nelson, CB M.J...

Getty Images Sunday morning opened with a report that Washington would make cornerback Josh Norman a healthy scratch against the Lions, but it appears someone changed their minds after the reports from Erin Hawksworth of 106.7 The Fan, Adam Schefter of ESPN and others hit the wire. Norman is...

Getty Images The suspension (deletion) of the blackout policy guarantees that fans will be able to see the local team’s home games without leaving their homes. In some cities, most fans aren’t leaving their homes. In D.C., images appearing on social media show a mostly empty FedEx Field for a...

Getty Images It was a play Will Harris likely would like to forget. The Lions defensive back gave up a touchdown, got a 15-yard penalty and paid a fine in the team’s loss to the Cowboys on Sunday. The NFL fined Harris $28,075 for unnecessary roughness. Harris lowered his head to initiate...

Getty Images Washington finally placed tight end Vernon Davis on injured reserve. The move came Friday as the team called up defensive lineman Ryan Bee from the practice squad, JP Finlay of NBCSportsWashington.com reports. Bee’s promotion adds more doubt to Daron Payne’s status for Sunday...

Getty Images Week 12 of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Texans and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday, which means that the 24 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images Neither the Lions nor quarterback Matthew Stafford have said anything about Stafford missing the rest of the regular season, but the idea of shutting him down because of a back injury is going to remain on the table for the near future. The Lions have ruled Stafford out of...

Getty Images Even though Washington coach Bill Callahan said after practice that Adrian Peterson practiced, the team’s injury report told a different story. Peterson missed practice again Thursday with his toe injury. A Washington spokesman said, via Craig Hoffman of 106.7 The Fan, that...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said earlier this week that he’s doing “everything I possibly can to get out there as fast as I can” after missing the last two games with a back injury, but he’s not ready to get on the field yet. Stafford is not practicing on Wednesday as the...

Getty Images The Lions are now without a fullback, but added one of their draft picks back to the active roster. The team announced that fullback Nick Bawden had been placed on injured reserve, and that rookie defensive end Austin Bryant had been activated from IR. Bawden left last week’s...

Getty Images Matthew Stafford missed practice again Wednesday, putting him in line to miss a third consecutive game. The Lions quarterback fractured bones in his back late in the team’s Week Nine loss to the Raiders. With the Lions 3-6-1 and behind six teams in the NFC wild-card race, it begs...

Getty Images Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said he didn’t have a firm timeline on when he’d return from his back injury. But at least one of the team’s former stars thinks it doesn’t make sense to try to extend that timeline for the next six weeks. “I would look at it and say, ‘What is...

Getty Images Matthew Stafford doesn’t know when he will return but called it a “collaborative effort” to try to “figure out when is appropriate and when is the best time for me to get back out there.” The Lions quarterback has missed the past two games after fracturing bones in his back late...

Getty Images Things are still crowded at the bottom, though there are a few teams trying to escape the top 10. The Jets and Falcons putting together actual winning streaks have knocked them down a few spots, but most of their peers are staying put, in terms of the 2020 NFL Draft. If the...

Getty Images There’s not a specific timeline for the return of Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. Stafford missed his second consecutive game on Sunday, and Lions coach Matt Patricia said today that Stafford remains “week to week.” Stafford has been dealing with a back injury that reportedly...

Getty Images Most teams in the league were expected to attend Colin Kaepernick’s workout Saturday. When the workout was moved from the Falcons’ training facility to a high school field an hour away amid sniping between the league and Kaepernick’s representatives, most teams opted out. Seven...

Getty Images The Lions played without quarterback Matthew Stafford on Sunday and they lost more starters during the 35-27 loss to the Cowboys. Head coach Matt Patricia said after the game that defensive end Trey Flowers and center Frank Ragnow are both in the concussion protocol. Both players...

Getty Images The Cowboys used to go as Ezekiel Elliott went. That’s why they made him the league’s highest-paid running back. Ten games into Elliott’s deal, the Cowboys have reinvented themselves. This now is Dak Prescott‘s offense. Prescott had his third 400-yard passing day of the season...

Getty Images Cowboys wide receiver Michael Gallup had a heavy heart while putting up big numbers in Sunday’s win over the Lions. Gallup’s younger brother committed suicide on November 17, 2018, so the wideout was honoring the first anniversary of his death when he took the field in Detroit. He...