6:25 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As Denver Broncos rookie running back Phillip Lindsay struggled, with a badly swollen right wrist, to finish off a suit-and-tie look for the chartered flight back to Denver after Monday night’s 27-14 loss to the Oakland Raiders, he joked he’d already been “Santa for everybody this year.” So a

5:51 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — It didn’t take long for safety D.J. Swearinger to find a new team. The Arizona Cardinals claimed the former Washington Redskins defensive back on Tuesday, a day after Washington released him. Swearinger broke the news first with an Instagram post. Swearinger played for the Cardinals in late 2015 and

12:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Some players wore their NFC East champion T-shirts and hats. Others kept them in clear, plastic bags. In his postgame speech after the Dallas Cowboys wrapped up the division title with a Sunday’s home win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, coach Jason Garrett told his players to be proud

11:37 PM ET OAKLAND, Calif. — Denver Broncos running back Phillip Lindsay, who topped 1,000 yards rushing earlier in the evening, left Monday night’s 27-14 loss to the Oakland Raiders with what coach Vance Joseph called a wrist injury. Lindsay had 46 yards rushing on 10 carries when he left game, which gives him 1,037

6:52 PM ET Associated Press THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Effectively locked into their playoff seed last season, the Los Angeles Rams rested nearly all of their key players against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 17. The Rams will again host the 49ers in the regular-season finale on Sunday, but have plenty to play for

1:55 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. – – The Tennessee Titans will be without Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jurrell Casey when they face the Indianapolis Colts in the season finale next week. The team plans to

6:30 PM ET The Patriots and Cowboys locked up a pair of division titles, the Eagles remained alive in the NFC and wins from the Ravens, Colts and Titans leave us with an exciting battle for the final AFC wild-card spot next Sunday. All that and more in Week 16’s biggest takeaways from NFL Nation.

12:06 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens‘ remarkable turnaround under Lamar Jackson has put the franchise in position to capture its first AFC North title since its 2012 Super Bowl season. The Ravens overtook first place in the division this weekend with an upset win over the Los Angeles Chargers and a

6:00 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Randy Gregory with the momentum-changing sack and fumble of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston allows Jaylon Smith to return the turnover 69 yards for a Dallas Cowboys‘ touchdown near the end of the first quarter on Sunday at AT&T Stadium. The Cowboys went up on the Bucs, 14-3.

3:26 PM ET CARSON, Calif. — Lamar Jackson delivered a statement in his first prime-time game. These old-school Baltimore Ravens are legitimate Super Bowl contenders in this new era of NFL. In Saturday’s 22-10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, Jackson and the NFL’s top-ranked defense upset the league’s hottest team at StubHub Center. Delivering