Dec 27, 2020 ESPN staff Week 16 of the 2020 NFL season is almost over, and it has provided a lot of answers to our questions on which teams would make the playoffs, and what seeds they would occupy. But much remains to be determined, as can be seen by reading our latest updates to
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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
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
4:20 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — If there was any doubt about the power coach Ron Rivera has in Washington’s organization, it was put to rest Monday. He asked team owner Daniel Snyder whether he could release quarterback Dwayne Haskins Jr., a player whom it was well known Snyder liked and had pushed to draft
2:09 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With the Kansas City Chiefs having clinched the AFC’s No. 1 playoff seed and a first-round playoff bye, coach Andy Reid said some starters wouldn’t play in Sunday’s final regular-season game against the Los Angeles Chargers at Arrowhead Stadium. Reid wasn’t specific about which players would be out
6:22 PM ET Following Sunday’s loss to the New York Jets, which prevented the Cleveland Browns from clinching a playoff berth, quarterback Baker Mayfield said he “failed the team” after fumbling three times. “Plain and simple, I have to hold on to the damn ball,” said Mayfield, who fumbled on Cleveland’s final two drives, allowing
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
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6:29 AM ET The Broncos will bring back coach Vic Fangio in 2021, league sources told ESPN, squashing any speculation about whether Denver would consider a coaching change after a fourth straight losing season. The Broncos (5-9) enter Sunday tied for last place in the AFC West. Their opponents, the Los Angeles Chargers, also have
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