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7:27 PM ET NFL NationESPN The Dallas Cowboys, Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins are among the teams hoping to win their way into the playoffs on the final weekend of the NFL’s regular season Sunday. All three enter their games with key players on offense battling injuries. Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott ran for 105

11:45 AM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Minnesota Vikings star running back Dalvin Cook will miss Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions because of the death of his father, according to a league source. Cook returned to his home in Miami on Tuesday to be with his siblings and will miss the Vikings’ daily COVID-19 tests,

11:28 AM ET The Cleveland Browns closed their facility Wednesday to conduct contact tracing after a player and a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, the team announced. The Browns have battled issues with the coronavirus since Saturday, when they had to place their entire receiving corps on the reserve/COVID-19 list as high-risk close contacts

12:34 PM ET Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that Ben Roethlisberger will not play this weekend against the Cleveland Browns, with Mason Rudolph instead getting the start in Cleveland. Tomlin says the Steelers (12-3), who already have clinched a playoff spot, may rest more starters, but as of now, Roethlisberger is the only

11:08 AM ET RYAN FITZPATRICK‘S WILDEST moment over the past four months, the one that encapsulates the totality of whatever the hell he’s experienced, was easily the most symbolically accurate: 19 seconds left, down two to the Las Vegas Raiders on Saturday night, playoff elimination for the Miami Dolphins in sight, defensive end Arden Key

7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN With one week of regular-season games remaining, it’s time for the NFL Power Rankings to look to the future. After a 2020 that was different from anything we’ve ever seen and chock full of challenges (on and off the field), we look ahead to (hopefully) better times in 2021. Our

2:08 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Cam Newton has mostly struck a positive chord in his first year with the New England Patriots, but after another frustrating performance in which he was pulled midway through the third quarter of a blowout loss to the Buffalo Bills, he vented. Newton was asked about a graphic on

12:50 PM ET The Washington Football Team released quarterback Dwayne Haskins on Monday. “This afternoon I met with Dwayne and informed him that we would be releasing him. I told him that I believe it benefits both parties that we go our separate ways. We want to thank Dwayne for his contributions these last two

9:18 PM ET LANDOVER, Md. — Washington Football Team quarterback Dwayne Haskins opened the day as the starter with a chance to redeem himself. He exited with plenty of questions surrounding his future, calling the past week the toughest of his life. Washington benched Haskins in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 20-13 loss to the

7:45 PM ET The first year of the NFL’s expanded playoffs has left us with seven postseason spots still in play as Week 17 approaches. That’s more than in any year since at least 1990, the most recent time the field expanded, and sets up a wild final week of the regular season. Here is

4:10 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Being the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed hasn’t been the path to the Super Bowl for the Kansas City Chiefs, but they’re about to try again. The Chiefs clinched the AFC’s top seed on Sunday by beating the Atlanta Falcons 17-14 at Arrowhead Stadium. The 14-1 Chiefs, who

7:25 AM ET At least two NFL teams have reached out to Urban Meyer to see whether the former Ohio State coach would be interested in interviewing for — if not accepting — a head-coaching job at the next level, league sources told ESPN. Meyer, according to a source connected to one of those teams,

8:44 PM ET NFL NationESPN Week 16 in the NFL started on Christmas Day with a huge performance by the New Orleans Saints and Alvin Kamara, who became the second running back in league history to rush for six touchdowns in a game. The Saints also clinched the NFC South with a victory over the

4:43 PM ET Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady helped end the NFL’s second-longest playoff drought by throwing four touchdown passes in a 47-7 blowout win over the Detroit Lions on Saturday, clinching Tampa Bay’s first playoff berth since 2007. Brady, appearing in his 300th game in the same city his career began — Detroit, 20 years

8:13 PM ET CINCINNATI — Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow sent out a 12-second video that gave reason for optimism at the end of 2020. Burrow posted a short video to Twitter on Friday that showed him walking. It’s the first time Burrow has been seen publicly taking steps since he underwent successful reconstructive knee surgery

7:50 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Alvin Kamara went dashing through the Minnesota Vikings defense Friday with a Christmas Day performance for the ages. Kamara ran for six touchdowns — tied for the most in NFL history with Ernie Nevers of the Chicago Cardinals in 1929 — as the New Orleans Saints clinched their fourth

11:49 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants and safety Logan Ryan agreed to a new three-year extension that will tie him to the team through 2023, a source confirmed to ESPN. The deal is worth $30 million with $20 million guaranteed, according to the source. Terms of the agreement were first

7:05 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 16 NFL schedule is stacked with great matchups. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score picks. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides a stat to know for each game and a look at current playoff