Buccaneers

Cowboys

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott wants to finish the final two games of the season on a strong note and is hoping to play in Week 18 so that the team can come away with an even record.

• The Cowboys are set to miss the postseason for the second straight year. When asked about how close he thinks they are, owner Jerry Jones said he was surprised that their defense didn’t turn things around by the time they played the Lions in Week 14: “To be very candid with you, the loss against Detroit was a surprise to me. I thought we had turned the corner defensively. … I thought it was onward and upward at that point.” (Jon Machota)
• As for whether he’s pleased with the defense’s scheme and coaching staff, Jones responded: “No. No. Not at all. We have a lot of work to do over there. But we can do it.” (Jon Machota)
• Jones said he didn’t have any explanation for why LB Logan Wilson didn’t play in Thursday’s game: “I don’t have an explanation for you for why Wilson wasn’t in there. We planned to have him in there. He needs to be in there. He has good instincts. The reason we got him was because he reads the play quick and can basically be in his lane of responsibility and react quick. It’s critical that a linebacker have quick reacting (ability). He’s able to do that. That’s why we got him.” (Jon Machota)

Saints

Saints RB Alvin Kamara appeared on former teammate LT Terron Armstead‘s show, The Set, and commented on the idea that he was holding the team hostage by threatening to retire.

“I saw a lot of people looking at that and saying, like, I was holding the Saints hostage by saying that if they traded me, that I would retire. Which is not at all what I was saying,” Kamara said. “What I was saying was the same thing that I’ve said my whole career. I want to be in New Orleans, right? Period. In the simplest of forms. I want to be in New Orleans. If I were to have to play football somewhere else, then I don’t want to play football, that’s all I was saying.”

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