BetMGM: Best Monday Night Football bets — Patriots at Bills in Week 13
From the staff of BetMGM There are plenty of Monday Night Football bets that offer value this week. The New England Patriots travel to Buffalo to take on the Bills, and first place in the AFC East is on the line. According to the NFL betting lines from BetMGM, the...
Chiefs keep AFC West lead with victory over Broncos
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Chiefs’ Andy Reid is an offensive-minded coach to his core, so the Kansas City defense must have done something special against the Denver Broncos on Sunday night for him to call its performance “beautiful.” Three turnovers. Three fourth-down stops. One pick-6 to seal a fifth...
Bills CB Dane Jackson, a Pitt and Quaker Valley product, draws on memories of 4 late friendsVideo
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Dane Jackson pays little heed to questions of what challenges he faces in preparing to replace Tre’Davious White in the Buffalo Bills secondary. The second-year cornerback need only point to his left arm, where the initials D, D, D, R are tattooed in honor of four...
Up-and-down Chargers hold off Bengals for 41-22 victoryVideo
CINCINNATI — Justin Herbert passed for three touchdowns, and Tevaughn Campbell returned a Joe Mixon fumble 61 yards for a score, helping the Los Angeles Chargers hold off Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals for a 41-22 victory on Sunday. Herbert was 26 of 35 for 317 yards as Los...
NFL Week 13 roundup: Lions pull out first victory after wasting double-digit lead to VikingsVideo
DETROIT — The Lions finally found a victory when Jared Goff threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Amon-Ra St. Brown as time expired, lifting previously winless Detroit to a 29-27 win over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Not only was the finish dramatic, it was stunning. Goff led the Lions...
Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey dies as age 77Video
ATLANTA — Pro Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey, one of the NFL’s most fearsome pass rushers during the 1970s with the Atlanta Falcons but long overlooked on mostly losing teams, died at the age of 77. Humphrey, who also reached the Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, died unexpectedly...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: There’s a difference between actions of Aaron Rodgers, Antonio Brown
Antonio Brown got suspended three games by the NFL for having a bogus covid vaccination card. Brown’s ex-personal chef ratted him out because Brown owes the chef $10k. Brown’s ban costs him somewhere around $183k in game checks. Remember when those game checks were a lot bigger? Brown has not...
Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians urges NFL look at vaccination status of more teamsVideo
TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians would like to see the NFL expand an investigation of the covid-19 vaccination status of two players on his team to include other rosters around the league. Responding publicly for the first time to the league suspending wide receiver Antonio Brown...
Bears to go with Andy Dalton as starter against CardinalsVideo
LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Quarterback Andy Dalton will make his second straight start Sunday for the Chicago Bears as a result of Justin Fields’ broken ribs. The Bears face the Arizona Cardinals at Soldier Field, and on Friday coach Matt Nagy said Fields’ health improved, but not enough to play....
Giants QB Daniel Jones will not play vs. Dolphins because of neck injuryVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones will not play against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday because of a neck injury, and he could be out longer. Coach Joe Judge ruled out Jones on Friday after being told by the team’s medical personnel that the third-year quarterback...
Analysis: Why Rodgers got fined and 3 Bucs got suspended
Aaron Rodgers flaunts the NFL/NFLPA coronavirus protocols and gets a fine that barely shows up in his paycheck. Antonio Brown and two others do the same and get three-game suspensions. What gives? It’s complicated, but in some ways it’s also pretty simple why the Packers quarterback was fined $14,650, a...
Defense lifts Cowboys to victory over sinking SaintsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — CeeDee Lamb had 122 yards from scrimmage, Tony Pollard had a 58-yard touchdown run and the Dallas defense produced timely sacks and turnovers in the Cowboys’ 27-17 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night. The Cowboys intercepted Saints quarterback Taysom Hill three times in the...
Tampa Bay’s Antonio Brown, 2 others suspended for violating covid rulesVideo
NEW YORK — Antonio Brown and two other NFL players have been suspended immediately for three games by the league for violating covid-19 protocols. The Tampa Bay wide receiver and teammate Mike Edwards were suspended Thursday. Free agent John Franklin III, if signed by a team, is also ineligible to...
Mayfield, Browns can make up for lost season in home stretchVideo
CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield’s chance to change the narrative — about him, about the Browns and about his future — is staring him in the face. He’s got five games to show if he is a franchise quarterback or another Cleveland miss. Pushing through several injuries for weeks, Mayfield spent...
AFC has record 12 teams at .500 or better through Week 12
The NFL has never quite seen a conference like this year’s AFC. Heading into December, only four teams in the conference have losing records, with the 12 teams at .500 or better the most for a conference through 12 weeks since the merger. There have been three seasons when 11...
Panthers RB McCaffrey out for the season with ankle injury
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The injury bug bit Christian McCaffrey yet again. The Carolina Panthers’ often-injured running back will miss the remainder of the season with an ankle injury, the team announced Monday. McCaffrey had an MRI that revealed the injury was severe enough to put him on injured reserve. Because...
Browns’ Jack Conklin suffers season-ending knee injury vs. Ravens
CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns right tackle Jack Conklin will undergo surgery after suffering a season-ending right knee injury Sunday night at Baltimore, a crushing blow to an offense struggling to score. Conklin ruptured his patellar tendon while pass blocking in the first quarter against the Ravens, who held the Browns...
Cowboys’ Mike McCarthy out vs. Saints after positive covid test
Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy checked into the team hotel the day after the Thanksgiving game as a precaution with covid-19 infections spreading on his staff. McCarthy ended up testing positive anyway and isn’t the only one in his family dealing with the virus. The second-year Dallas coach is out...
Ravens overcome Jackson’s 4 INTs, beat Browns
BALTIMORE — On a night he threw a career-high four interceptions, Lamar Jackson still produced one incredible moment of brilliance. That was enough for the Baltimore Ravens, who now have the best record in the AFC after gutting out another tense victory. Jackson pulled off one of his signature scrambles...
NFL roundup: Mac Jones leads Patriots to 6th straight win
Mac Jones threw two touchdown passes, New England’s defense forced four turnovers and the Patriots earned their sixth straight win, 36-13, over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. The victory snapped New England’s two-game skid against the Titans. The Patriots hadn’t beaten Tennessee since former Patriots linebacker Mike Vrabel took over...
Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curly Culp dies at 75Video
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hall of Fame defensive lineman Curly Culp, who helped the Kansas City Chiefs win their first Super Bowl during a 14-year NFL career, died Saturday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 75. Culp announced this month that he had been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer....
Ravens, Browns meet for 1st time since wild December clash
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Of all the times Lamar Jackson has rescued the Baltimore Ravens in his young career, last season’s game at Cleveland stands out. The star quarterback left the game with cramps, then returned for a fourth-down play and threw a long touchdown pass to Marquise Brown, part...
Analysis: Sizing up 10 teams with best Super Bowl chances
Close games and unpredictable outcomes have been a staple this NFL season. Thanksgiving Day was the latest example. The Bears beat the Lions on a last-second field goal. The Raiders upset the Cowboys on a field goal in overtime. The league and the networks must love it, and fans stay...
Josh Allen throws for 4 TDs as Bills beat short-handed SaintsVideo
NEW ORLEANS — Josh Allen passed for 260 yards and four touchdowns, Buffalo’s defense stifled New Orleans’ short-handed offense and the Bills rolled to a 31-6 victory Thursday night that sent the injury-ravaged Saints to their fourth straight loss. Tight end Dawson Knox caught two TD passes, giving him a...
Raiders beat Cowboys in overtime on field goal after penalty
ARLINGTON, Texas — Daniel Carlson kicked a 29-yard field goal in overtime after Anthony Brown’s fourth pass-interference penalty kept the drive alive, and the Las Vegas Raiders beat the Dallas Cowboys, 36-33, on Thursday. Carlson’s fifth field goal came after Brown was called for interference on Zay Jones on third-and-18....
