Новости за 23.12.2018

The Dolphins’ playoff chances have just gone from slim to none. Miami, which already had a very limited path to the playoffs, lost at home 17-7 to Jacksonville today and was mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. It was a highly disappointing effort from a Dolphins team that raises questions about whether either head coach Adam [more]

Sometimes it seems unfair to keep picking on poor Hue Jackson. Then again, the difference in the Browns team he left and the one that’s been playing since then makes it easy to connect those two particular dots. The Browns hammered his current employer, the Bengals 26-18 Sunday, with a pair of players Jackson didn’t [more]

It looked bad when it happened, and it apparently is bad. Texans receiver Demaryius Thomas tore his Achilles on Sunday, John McClain of the Houston Chronicle reports. Thomas will undergo further medical evaluation to confirm, but an Achilles tear is one that is easily diagnosed. The non-contact injury occurred on the first play of the [more]

The Texans offense took a hit Sunday when receiver Demaryius Thomas was carted off with what appears a serious injury. The non-contact injury occurred on the first play of the fourth quarter. Thomas turned after Deshaun Watson threw the pass to DeAndre Hopkins and immediately went to the ground in immense pain. He tried to [more]

The Colts have trailed by as many as 14 points on Sunday, but they will head into the fourth quarter with a chance to pull off a comeback win. Running back Marlon Mack scored from three yards out with 32 seconds left in the third quarter and the extra point cut the Giants’ lead down [more]

Saints left tackle Terron Armstead returns to the lineup today. The Pro Bowler had missed the past five games with a pectoral injury. The Saints also will have center Max Unger, who left last week’s game with a concussion. New Orleans had five offensive linemen on its injury report this week, but only Jermon Bushrod [more]

DeSean Jackson was questionable to play Sunday with a left thumb injury that kept him out for three games. He played but didn’t make it to the second half. The Bucs list the receiver as questionable to return with a foot injury. He lost his shoe on his only catch, a 24-yarder, and limped off [more]

Let the festive gifts keep flowing, with a brand new, Sunday edition of the Premier League club power rankings.

The Cowboys have more points than they did last week. They also have the lead. Dallas, which was shutout 23-0 by the Colts in Week 15, leads the Buccaneers 17-13 at halftime. Dak Prescott scored on a 7-yard touchdown run; Jaylon Smith returned a Jameis Winston fumble 69 yards for a touchdown; and Brett Maher [more]

Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict had just come back from a concussion, but didn’t last long. Burfict has been declared out the rest of this game against the Browns, after leaving the game in the second quarter. Burfict was listed as questionable this week, but was cleared to return after missing the previous two games. He [more]

The Rams will be facing the Cardinals without one of their best players. Running back Todd Gurley, the 2017 offensive player of the year, is officially inactive for Sunday’s game at Arizona. Gurley suffered a knee injury last Sunday against the Eagles, and he hasn’t practiced all week. Coach Sean McVay had said that they [more]

The Vikings had a Festivus miracle before halftime today in Detroit. On a play they barely managed to get off before time expired in the second quarter, the Vikings scored a Hail Mary touchdown when Kirk Cousins heaved a ball into the end zone and Kyle Rudolph caught it for a 44-yard score. That wrapped [more]

The Packers have found some positives after a slow start to Sunday’s road game against the Jets and they won’t have to worry about Jets defensive lineman Leonard Williams thwarting any of their further efforts. Williams was ejected for throwing a punch at Packers tackle Bryan Bulaga with less than two minutes to go in [more]

Deshaun Watson ran for two touchdowns in the first half, giving Houston a 16-13 halftime lead over the Eagles. Watson has 25 yards on four carries. He also has completed 10 of 14 passes for 105 yards. The lead has changed hands three times, with Watson providing the final one of the first half on [more]

The Patriots are doing the thing a playoff team is supposed to do to a non-playoff team in Week 16. They’re up 14-0 on the Bills, in a reasonably non-descript kind of game. They have touchdown runs by Sony Michel and James White, and have gained 179 of their 210 yards on the ground. Tom [more]

The Colts will close the regular season against the Titans in Week 17 in a game that could have a postseason berth as the prize for the winner, but they are doing their best to make sure only one team will be in that position. The Giants scored touchdowns on their first two possessions, Andrew [more]

The Vikings’ new-look offense doesn’t look so good. Minnesota, which turned in an excellent effort last week under new offensive coordinator Kevin Stefanski, didn’t look like much today in Detroit: The Vikings’ first four offensive drives all went three-and-out. But just before halftime, after the Lions lost their best defensive player when cornerback Darius Slay [more]

The report from NFL Network that Patriots receiver Josh Gordon committed multiple violations of the substance-abuse policy before triggering his latest suspension raises concerns beyond whether the NFL violated its own confidentiality provision. The fact that Gordon wasn’t suspended immediately after his first violation following reinstatement underscores the reality that the NFL is exercising discretion [more]

Blake Bortles is back. Sort of. Bortles, the Jaguars quarterback who was benched for Cody Kessler after a miserable start to this season, has been brought back today against the Dolphins. Kessler led the Jaguars on an early touchdown drive, but he was later sacked and lost a fumble. He suffered a contusion to his [more]

This is the first suspension of Karlsson's NHL career.

The Rivers saga has been sort of odd, but the Rockets actually make sense as a landing spot for him.

It was bad enough that Cam Newton‘s shoulder disintegrated. Now the Panthers can’t keep his backup on the field. Taylor Heinicke has left the game with a left elbow injury after an awkward fall, and he has been announced as questionable to return. He went to the locker room after a brief trip to the [more]

The Browns have a decided advantage today over the Bengals — Hue Jackson doesn’t work for them anymore. They also have an early lead, as they went up 13-0 on Baker Mayfield‘s 22nd and 23rd touchdown pass of the season, a nice touch to tight end David Njoku and then one to Darren Fells. Mayfield [more]

Aaron Rodgers said he wanted to keep playing despite the Packers being out of the playoffs because he didn’t feel the last two games were meaningless. The Packers aren’t playing like winning means all that much to them on Sunday, however. The Jets have put together three long drives in the first half of Sunday’s [more]

The Texans have taken the lead over the Eagles with both teams fighting to stay alive in their respective playoff races. Texans defensive end Jadeveon Clowney sacked Nick Foles, forcing the ball loose. Clowney jumped on the fumble at the Eagles 5-yard line. On the next play, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson ran into the end [more]