7:34 PM ET The Detroit Lions will start undrafted rookie David Blough at quarterback on Thanksgiving against the Chicago Bears due to injuries to Jeff Driskel and Matthew Stafford. Driskell will serve as Blough’s backup, and quarterback-turned-tight-end Logan Thomas could be a potential fallback option. The Lions acquired Blough at the league’s cut-down deadline after
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6:28 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had one piece of advice for Devlin “Duck” Hodges on Wednesday afternoon. “Just be yourself,” he told the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ newest starting quarterback at practice. “Be Duck.” That’s all Pittsburgh needs Hodges to be as the team squares off in a high-stakes rematch with the Cleveland Browns
5:46 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots had eight players miss practice Wednesday due to flu-like symptoms, which safety Devin McCourty said was unlike anything he’s seen in his 10 years with the team. “We had guys come in, you’d look in their eyes and you could just tell they were out
5:31 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold didn’t pull a Mitchell Trubisky and demand the TV sets in the team facility be turned off. When things got bumpy last month, he blocked out the criticism the old-fashioned way. He focused on his job, impressing his coach and teammates. “This
5:14 PM ET Associated Press The Arena Football League has filed for bankruptcy. The indoor league was reduced to six teams before it suspended operations in October. Now, it’s declaring Chapter 7 bankruptcy. “We simply weren’t able to raise the capital necessary to grow the league, resolve the substantial legacy liabilities and make it financially
4:56 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — When Matt LaFleur said the Green Bay Packers will “look at everything” to find a fill-in for injured right tackle Bryan Bulaga, he wasn’t kidding. The Packers added another veteran to that spot on Wednesday when they claimed retired veteran Jared Veldheer off waivers from the New England
3:42 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz is a primary focus of fan frustration for the first time in his career following a four-turnover performance in Sunday’s loss to the Seattle Seahawks. The heat is turned up to high in Philadelphia, and Wentz gets it. “They have a right to be frustrated,”
3:16 PM ET CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton is happy to be the Bengals‘ starting quarterback again and is ready to lead Cincinnati to a victory. And if that puts the franchise’s potential top overall draft pick at risk and hurts his popularity, so be it. “If this city isn’t happy for wins then I don’t
2:43 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Tom Coughlin’s first media session in exactly seven months Wednesday was full of short answers, refusals to discuss certain issues and pleas for disgruntled Jacksonville Jaguars fans to show up for the team’s final three home games. What it didn’t have? Any support or vote of confidence for head
3:59 PM ET You drop a player in your fantasy football league only to watch him go off. Or worse, to watch him crush for someone else’s team in your league. Or even worse than that … to watch him crush for someone else’s team in your league while playing you. Oh yeah. That’s a