8:10 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had described Sunday’s regular-season finale as a playoff game, and then he went out and turned in one of his trademark postseason-type performances. That’s good news for the Patriots, as their 38-3 victory over the New York Jets clinched a first-round bye. The
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3:57 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Teddy Bridgewater threw his first touchdown pass in more than three years on Sunday, the latest milestone in his comeback from a devastating 2016 knee injury. Bridgewater, 26, started for the New Orleans Saints in place of Drew Brees since New Orleans has already clinched the NFC’s No. 1
4:45 PM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Miami Dolphins linebacker Kiko Alonso was ejected in the third quarter of Sunday’s 42-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills after being penalized for a late hit on Bills quarterback Josh Allen. Alonso dove sideways into Allen as the rookie slid at the end of a 9-yard scramble on
3:26 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown is inactive for Sunday’s game against the Bengals with a knee injury, while running back James Conner returns to the lineup after a three-game absence with an ankle injury. Brown experienced knee discomfort after last week’s loss to the New Orleans Saints and did not
3:53 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers‘ season started with a knee injury and ended with a concussion. The Green Bay Packers quarterback left Sunday’s season finale against the Detroit Lions after just three series. He took a hard hit on his first dropback of the game, got sacked by linebacker Jarrad Davis
7:17 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Atlanta Falcons waited a while, but offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian pulled out some trickery in the season finale. Quarterback Matt Ryan caught a 5-yard touchdown pass from Mohamed Sanu off a trick play in the third quarter against the Buccaneers. It was Ryan’s first career reception and, of
3:09 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Giants top pick Saquon Barkley set a rookie running back record when he caught his 89th reception of the season in the second quarter of Sunday’s home game against the Dallas Cowboys. Barkley passed the previous mark set by Reggie Bush (88) in 2006 with the New Orleans
7:13 AM ET The Miami Dolphins sparked their struggling offense right before halftime Sunday by pulling out their version of the Philly Special setting up a Kenny Stills-to-Ryan Tannehill touchdown. Tannehill handed the ball off to Kenyan Drake, who ran to the left side of the field and pitched to Stills. The veteran receiver, running
7:13 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. – The Detroit Lions might not have anything to play for Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, but they did run one of the more surprising plays of the season. In the second quarter against Green Bay, the Lions ran a direct snap fake field goal that led to
2:15 PM ET Associated Press Referee Walt Coleman is officiating the final regular-season game of his 30-year career at the Patriots–Jets game. Appropriately, it’s in Foxborough, Massachusetts. New Englanders remember Coleman from the snowy 2002 playoff game against Oakland in which he cited the then-obscure “Tuck Rule” to overturn a fumble call and keep the