The Philadelphia Eagles want some security. After a high-scoring loss to the Washington Commanders last week, the NFC East division title champagne was put back on ice for at least another week. But Philly can assure itself of a first-round bye — and at least for the day, stay in the chase for the No. 1 seed in the NFC — with a win over the Dallas Cowboys this afternoon. Quarterback Jalen Hurts was knocked out of that loss to Washington with a concussion, but the ground game still did its thing, with Saquon Barkley rushing for 150 yards. He’s just 268 yards away from breaking Eric Dickerson’s single-season NFL rushing record of 2,105, and while Barkley was held under 70 yards in the teams’ first matchup, Dallas’ porous run defense — ranked 26th in the league — could be a chance for him to gain some ground on the record.
Also in the early window, the Buffalo Bills take on the New York Jets, with Josh Allen eyeing a potential first NFL MVP award. He’ll need to impress voters — in a game that won’t affect much of the first round of the playoffs for the Bills, with the Chiefs clinching the No. 1 seed on Christmas Day — to keep pace with Lamar Jackson after his brilliant Christmas performance.
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Brock Bowers breaks Mike Ditka’s 1961 record for rookie TE receiving yards
What an incredible season for Brock Bowers of the Raiders.
Read more about his mighty accomplishment here.
Incredible one-handed catch from Grant Calcaterra leads to Eagles TD
Eagles TE Grant Calcaterra made this absolutely bonkers one-handed catch, which led to a TD catch from Devonta Smith. Eagles lead 14-7.
Bucs get close to another TD thanks to Bucky Irving
The Jets can’t stop hurting themselves
The Jets can’t stop getting in their own way. In the red zone during another long Jets drive, Aaron Rodgers throws into traffic. The ball is batted and intercepted. Womp-womp.
Saints score TD on this very fun play
Do the Colts know they need to win this game?
The Giants are looking alive, while someone might want to poke the Colts to see if they’re still with us. The Colts need to win this game to keep their playoff hopes alive, but this is a Giants team that clearly wants to play spoiler.
What a grab from Jax WR Parker Washington!
This won’t clinch the NFC East for the Eagles
The Eagles are going to have to do a lot better than this if they want to win and clinch the NFC East on Sunday.
“The NFL Today,” the show Greg Gumbel hosted for years on CBS, gave a touching tribute to him on Sunday morning. Gumbel, 78, died of cancer on Thursday.
The Giants are so bad they’re making history
The Giants aren’t just a bad team. They’re *so* bad that they’re creating new NFL history with their badness. To have done something that’s so egregiously awful that no team has ever done it before? Truly incredible.
Wild stat. If the Giants lose today, they’ll be the first team in NFL history to lose 9 games at home in a season.
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