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The Cowboys-Eagles SNF showdown was anticlimactic by any objective measure. But given the drama that unfolded earlier in the day, NFL fans likely felt they were in need of a break from all the excitement.    That and they needed to catch their breath before the ...

In what was supposed to be a thrilling battle for supremacy in the NFC East ended with host Dallas sending off the Eagles with their tail feathers between their legs.   MVP candidate Dak Prescott passed for 271 yards and two touchdowns and Brandon Aubrey kicked ...

  NFL week 14 builds to a dramatic evening multiple climax, as it were, featuring Philadelphia at Dallas Sunday night then Tennessee-Miami and Green Bay-New York on Monday night.. The weekend begins with some decent matchups, including the Los Angeles Rams (6-6) ...

While Steelers fans got their Xmas booing out of the way, the rest of the NFL audience gears up for what is certain to be a scintillating push for the postseason.   It starts on Week 14 Sunday.   Front and center are key divisional tussles, highlighted by Philadelphia ...

If boos were a weather system, then the storm front unleashed by Steeler fans Thursday night in their team's 21-18 loss to New England would have brought NFL action at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field once again to a halt.   The Patriots built a 21-3 first-half lead ...

Some NFL fans may be wondering what Thursday did to deserve a dud of a game so late in an NFL season otherwise stocked with possible playoff matchups.    But as seen in previous weeks, games that look like dung on the schedule — even those featuring backup quarterbacks — ...

Cincinnati quarterback Jake Browning was magnificent in his second career start, and placekicker Evan McPherson kicked a 48-yard field goal in overtime to give the Bengals a win as thrilling as it was unlikely.   Though a tough setback for Jacksonville, the Jaguars ...

If the NFL is not careful, this steady diet of tightly contested games and thrilling finishes is going to spoil its fans.   Five of the seven matchups in the early window of Week 13 were one-possession games heading into the fourth quarter. One went into overtime. ...

Jordan Love, the Packers' suddenly improving quarterback, threw three touchdown passes, and Green Bay's resilient defense turned away a last-minute drive my the Chiefs to get a surprising and impressive victory.   After a late Green Bay field goal made it 27-19, ...

The Thursday night barnburner in Dallas got Week 13 in the NFL off to a hot start, with Dallas upending a game Seattle team, 41-35   Looking at the schedule of games for Sunday and Monday, there appears to plenty of fuel to keep the blaze going.   At the top ...