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    Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was waiting for Matt Canada’s offense to show a strong pulse. But it stayed too close to flat-lining. So Tomlin did something almost unheard of in Steelers’ history – he pulled the plug in mid-season, firing Canada ...

NFL WEEK 11 Scores, stats, highlights  Thursday’s result Baltimore 34, Cincinnati 20 Sunday’s results Rams 17, Seattle 16 Green Bay 23, Chargers 20 Cleveland 13, Pittsburgh 10 Dallas 33, Carolina 10 Detroit 31, Chicago 26 Houston 21,Arizona 16 Jacksonville ...

We noted in our Week 11 preview that some of pro football’s best teams needed to be weary of trap games. But with seven games decided by a single possession, it was NFL fans who ended up ensnared in yet another Sunday of dramatically unpredictable action.   Interdivisional ...

Former pro quarterback Chase Daniel says NFL teams need to wake up to the importance of backup quarterbacks. As a backup for six teams over 13 seasons, Daniels is an expert on the subject. He was moved to shout out on social media after the Cincinnati Bengals ...

What can Week 11 possibly do for an encore to the madness and drama of Weeks 9 and 10 of the NFL schedule?    Trap games, junior. Trap games.    Whether it be the Texans and rookie sensation C.J. Stroud relaxing after their magnificent road win over Cincinnati, ...

Whatever TNF lead announcer Al Michaels did to piss off the football gods is apparently forgiven.   After a slug of uninspired Thursday games with few playoff implications comes a divisional matchup bristling with many. Perhaps the two hottest teams in the NFL ...

In the “what have you done for me lately” nature of the NFL, we doubted that this Sunday’s slate of games would approach the entertainment value of Week 9.    Week 10 more than held its own.   Sunday produced multiple instant classics, including a remarkable ...

It is hard to imagine anything happening this week that will shock us after what we witnessed in a thrilling and stupendously entertaining Week 9.   Having said that…we do love surprises.   The slate of games in Week 10 contains a handful of terrific matchups. ...

Carolina (1-7) at Chicago (2-7), Thursday Night Football, Amazon Prime, 8:15 p.m. ET   With quarterback Justin Fields listed as “doubtful” for Thursday’s matchup against Carolina, Tyler Bagent is expected to start for Chicago once again — though as far as Bears ...

  Who knew that all the NFL needed to produce its most dramatic and compelling weekend of the season was that extra hour of sleep.   Daylight Savings Sunday ushered in a handful of palm-sweating thrillers and key conference and divisional matchups that surely ...