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Getty Images With a loss tonight, the defending NFC champions will see their playoff chances for 2019 evaporate. Whenever the run ends for the L.A. Rams, a new question has emerged: Will defensive coordinator Wade Phillips be back in 2020? Alex Marvez of SiriusXM NFL Radio reported on Friday...

Getty Images Saturday’s NFL tripleheader is, frankly, better than the three games the league served up three weeks and two days ago, on Thanksgiving. Unlike Bears-Lions, Bills-Cowboys, and Saints-Falcons, however, Saturday’s three games won’t be seen on three-letter networks. If you have NFL...

Getty Images Week 16 of the 2019 NFL season kicks off on Saturday with three games and it continues with 12 more games on Sunday. The 30 teams taking part in those games have handed in their final injury reports of the week and all injury designations for those games are below. The Packers and...

Getty Images 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman declared himself ready to return to action after sitting out one game with a hamstring injury and the team did the same on Wednesday afternoon. The 49ers released their final injury report before Saturday’s game against the Rams and Sherman did not...

Getty Images The Vikings will secure the No. 6 seed, at worst, if the Rams lose to the 49ers on Saturday night. A Rams win over the 49ers, however, would be the first step in a convoluted and complicated chain of the events that could end with the 10-4 Vikings swiping the No. 1 seed from the...

Getty Images The Rams list kicker Greg Zuerlein as questionable. Zuerlein has a right quadriceps injury that has kept him out of practice all week. But his real status will reveal itself Friday. If the Rams add a kicker — Friday is the last day they can do it for him to play in Saturday’s...

Getty Images Greg Zuerlein has not kicked all week after tweaking his quadriceps against the Cowboys on Sunday. The Rams are planning on him kicking Friday to see if he can kick in Saturday’s game. “Greg is making good progress,” Rams coach Sean McVay said Thursday. “We’ll kick him tomorrow...

Getty Images It’s no secret that Rams quarterback Jared Goff injured his thumb on Sunday against the Cowboys. But the specific contents of the team’s injury report is, as to Goff, a bit of a mystery. Goff wasn’t mentioned at all on the Tuesday report, which given that the Rams play the 49ers...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the finalists for the Centennial Class of 2020 on Thursday afternoon. The list includes some familiar names like Roger Craig, Drew Pearson, Donnie Shell, Jimbo Covert and Cliff Branch. The list of 10 contributor finalists, though, does not...

Getty Images Jared Goff acknowledged that he was in pain, but said it wouldn’t keep him off the field. The Rams quarterback said his right thumb was “a little stiff” after he whacked it against the helmet of left tackle Andrew Whitworth while throwing a pass last week, but insisted he’d be...

Getty Images We won’t know all 12 playoff teams by the time that Week 16 comes to an end, but we could have 11 of the spots filled by the close of business on Monday. Eight teams have already booked berths and the Texans, Cowboys and Vikings can join them. The Texans will clinch both a playoff...

Getty Images 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman did not play against the Falcons last Sunday because of a hamstring injury, but said last week that his goal was to return to action against the Rams this Saturday night. Sherman’s week is starting off with a reason to think he can reach that goal...

Getty Images The Ravens tied the Pro Bowl record with 12 players selected to the original list. Tight end Mark Andrews, long snapper Morgan Cox, cornerback Marlon Humphrey, running back Mark Ingram, quarterback Lamar Jackson, outside linebacker Matt Judon, cornerback Marcus Peters, fullback...

Getty Images The Los Angeles Rams may need a new kicker this week to help them attempt to keep minuscule playoff hopes alive this Saturday against the San Francisco 49ers. Via Gary Klein of the Los Angeles Times, kicker Greg Zuerlein is dealing with a quadriceps strain coming out of Sunday’s...

Getty Images We’ve looked at the current AFC picture, so now we’ll look at the current NFC playoff picture. As with the AFC, this isn’t completely and totally comprehensive with every possible permutation, but it’s close enough for now. Next week, we’ll outline every remaining scenario for the...

Getty Images The Rams were battered by the Cowboys on Sunday, and quarterback Jared Goff emerged bruised. He injured his thumb during the game. On Monday, coach Sean McVay provided an update. “It was on the interception,” McVay told reporters. “I think it was [Andrew] Whitworth’s helmet. You...

Getty Images Los Angeles Rams linebacker Dante Fowler confirmed via his Twitter account on Monday that he was the individual subject to over $700,000 in fines from the Jacksonville Jaguars. The funds have since been recouped for Fowler after the NFLPA won a grievance on his behalf. The NFLPA...

Getty Images Rams cornerback Troy Hill only played eight snaps in Sunday’s loss to the Cowboys because of a thumb injury that required a trip to a surgeon on Monday. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Hill broke his thumb and is having an operation to repair the injury. Going the surgical...

It appears the Cowboys botched the opening coin flip, choosing to kickoff rather than defer. The team’s public relations department is trying to determine if Dak Prescott messed up the decision or referee Walt Anderson the announcement. Either way, no one will care if the Cowboys win. They...

Getty Images Rams defensive coordinator Wade Phillips had a good day against one of his many former teams last year in the divisional round of the postseason. His defense is having a terrible, no good, very bad day Sunday against the Cowboys. The Cowboys have 285 yards of offense, scoring on...