Well-traveled wide receiver Brandin Cooks could land with another team in the coming days. The Saints and Cooks mutually agreed to part ways on Wednesday, Nick Underhill of NewOrleans.Football reports. Cooks will be free to sign anywhere if he goes through waivers unclaimed.
The move to cut Cooks came after he renegotiated his contract down, according to Underhill. He had a little over $2MM in guarantees left, including a 2026 salary of approximately $1.7MM, NewOrleans.Football colleague Mike Triplett notes.
Now 32 years old, Cooks entered the NFL as a first-round pick of the Saints in 2014. After spending his...
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The 2025 season has been a struggle for the Cincinnati Bengals. This past weekend highlighted how much the team has struggled this year, with Jalen Ramsey and Ja’Marr Chase getting into a fight over Chase spitting on Ramsey. The officials ejected Ramsey from the game after he threw a punch at Chase, but now Chase is suspended over the incident. It was a big issue that prompted a reaction from Ramsey’s former teammate, Aaron Donald.
On the latest episode of “The Inner Circle Podcast,” Ramsey’s old teammate, Aaron Donald, said that he actually respected how Ramsey reacted because if it...
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The Baltimore Ravens have been rolling as of late, currently winners of four straight games to get themselves fully back into the playoff mix in the AFC. A large part of the reason why things have been going so well for Baltimore has been the return of quarterback Lamar Jackson, who missed a few games with a hamstring injury but has since come back to the lineup and performed well.
Up next for the Ravens is a home game against the New York Jets on Sunday, but unfortunately, the team got a concerning update on Jackson’s status for Wednesday’s practice....
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NOVEMBER 19: Glenn confirmed on Wednesday that Taylor, not Fields, would start in Baltimore on Sunday.
When asked why he made the call, Glenn responded, “Because I wanted to,” per ESPN’s Rich Cimini. While he may be continuing a somewhat adversarial relationship with the New York press corps, he may also be signaling that he, not notoriously meddlesome owner Woody Johnson, made the decision to bench Fields for Taylor.
NOVEMBER 17: The Jets are making a change at quarterback. Tyrod Taylor will start over Justin Fields in Week 12 against the Ravens, Dianna Russini of The Athletic reports.
The...
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The New England Patriots and Cincinnati Bengals are squaring off at Paycor Stadium on Sunday afternoon. These two teams are headed in different directions in the AFC playoff race. Cincinnati is 1-7 without Joe Burrow and will start Joe Flacco again. Meanwhile, New England is riding an eight-game winning streak. How does recent form impact the Patriots’ and Bengals’ bold predictions? Let’s find out!
The most significant absence from this game is Ja’Marr Chase, who is suspended for the game. He spat on Jalen Ramsey amid some trash talk, earning him a one-game suspension. That should put Christian Gonzalez on...
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The Atlanta Falcons’ rough season continues. Now, the Falcons are without quarterback Michael Penix Jr. after he suffered a season-ending torn ACL. After the diagnosis, the Falcons signed former Tampa Bay Buccaneers backup QB Kyle Trask to provide some insurance.
Penix, who was selected in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, threw for 1,982 yards with nine touchdowns and three interceptions this year for Atlanta.
But, the latest injury is a big one for Penix, and while it is a partially torn ACL, he will miss the rest of the year and try to recover in time for...
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The Kansas City Chiefs are used to living on the edge and surviving it. This season, that aura is gone, which is why Andy Reid’s message after the crushing 22-19 loss to the Broncos was so blunt: reset and narrow the focus.
He told the locker room the only thing they can control now is showing up ready for the Colts, handling each day of preparation, and trying to claw their way back into the AFC race one week at a time.
The bigger problem is that the traits that once made Kansas City terrifying in tight games have completely...
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The Carolina Panthers announced they have signed LB Jacoby Windmon to the practice squad.
Panthers add a linebacker to practice squadhttps://t.co/RTnTOOcFwD
— Carolina Panthers (@Panthers) November 19, 2025
Carolina’s practice squad now includes:
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Recently, it was announced that Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders would be making his first NFL start this week vs the Las Vegas Raiders. Sanders got into a game for the first time last week against the Baltimore Ravens after starting quarterback and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel went down with injury, and although he didn’t perform well at all, there is still some hope that that could turn around with more experience.
Now, Sanders is speaking out about his state of mind ahead of his first career start.
“I know our fans have hope… and I would be doing a...
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On Sunday afternoon, the Minnesota Vikings continued their losing ways with a narrow home loss to the Chicago Bears, in which quarterback JJ McCarthy, aka “Nine,” had another rough start. After the game, FS1 analyst Emmanuel Acho took to social media to praise McCarthy for his comeback effort down the stretch, to which former NFL receiver Cris Carter wondered if Acho had watched the first portion of the game, in which McCarthy struggled.
McCarthy’s quarterback coach Greg Holcomb then took to X, formerly Twitter, to call Carter a ‘f’kn clown,’ but now, he has since walked back those remarks.
“I...
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Most of the country will miss out on Sunday’s Week 12 game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears.
According to television broadcast maps published by 506 Sports on Wednesday, CBS Sports coverage of the Steelers and Bears will have a very limited national audience, with most markets in the general area of Pittsburgh and Chicago getting the game.
Outside of the Pittsburgh and Chicago markets, stations in Philadelphia, Scranton Pa., Charleston W.V., Roanoke Va., Richmond Va., Norfolk Va., South Bend Ind., Minneapolis and several smaller stations in the Midwest will get the Steelers-Bears game.
CBS revealed that Ian Eagle...
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The New York Giants have not had the 2025 season they hoped for. New York is 2-9 heading into Week 12 and head coach Brian Daboll has already been fired. Now the only hope of excitement for Giants fans is getting QB Jaxson Dart back on the field. Thankfully, the rookie quarterback could take an important step forward on Wednesday.
Dart will be in the Phase 4 non-contact portion of concussion protocol today, per Giants reporter Art Stapleton.
Since quarterback are always non-contact during practice, Dart could realistically practice with the first-team offense on Wednesday without any limitations.
[Dart suffered...
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