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AP Sports WriterKoo's miss adds to Falcons' long list of ways to lose gamesBy GEORGE HENRYATLANTA (AP) The Atlanta Falcons keep finding new ways to lose.Sunday's 17-14 defeat at Kansas City ended with an unlikely source of frustration. Younghoe Koo, who had missed just once this season and...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) This hasn't been the type of rookie season that Green Bay running back A.J. Dillon anticipated, but the second-round pick from Boston College demonstrated Sunday why the Packers drafted him. Dillon rushed for 124 yards - more than doubling his previous season total - and scored...

LOS ANGELES (AP) The Los Angeles Rams' sputtering offense is the biggest culprit in their slide from the top of the NFC West to the brink of missing the playoffs. In fact, the unit is so ineffective that it's unclear whether the injury absence of its starting quarterback and its...

With a 5-10 record and a three-game losing streak heading into the final weekend of the regular season, it can be said without reservation the New York Giants don't deserve to be in the playoffs. This is 2020, though, and we are talking about the NFC East, the division that...

LAS VEGAS (AP) Derek Carr will need to wait at least another year to make his first playoff appearance. Another late-game collapse on Saturday night sent the Las Vegas Raiders to their fifth defeat in six games with a 26-25 loss to Miami and elimination from playoff contention. "This one might...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles aren't going to the playoffs for the first time since Doug Pederson's first season as coach in 2016 and he's confident he'll stick around to get them back to the postseason. The Eagles (4-10-1) were the first team eliminated in the woeful NFC East, which...

CLEVELAND (AP) The Browns had handled so many of 2020's obstacles, navigating the coronavirus minefield and overcoming injuries while becoming one of the NFL's biggest surprises. In 24 hours, it all fell apart. They fumbled. Sunday's 23-16 loss to the New York Jets, which came after Cleveland lost six players because of...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) The Dallas Cowboys won a game thanks to a watermelon kick and are now 2-0 after smashing said fruit as a motivational tactic the night before each victory. If that doesn't say it all about the pandemic-altered 2020 season, then how about the woeful NFC East offering...

AP Sports WriterNo help needed for Ravens, who earn playoff spot with winBy DAVID GINSBURGBALTIMORE (AP) A year ago, the Baltimore Ravens had already wrapped up the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs as they headed toward the final week of the regular season.Baltimore rested many of...

AP Sports WriterColts' playoff path grows complicated after loss to SteelersBy WILL GRAVESPITTSBURGH (AP) For more than 40 minutes, things came easily for the Indianapolis Colts. The defense overwhelmed Pittsburgh's lifeless offense. Rookie running back Jonathan Taylor twice violently churned his way into the end zone. Philip Rivers...

AP Sports WriterGiants' playoff chances grow dimmer with 3rd straight lossBy DAVID GINSBURGBALTIMORE (AP) In a bid to keep their playoff hopes alive, the New York Giants needed at least one of two things to happen against Baltimore: Their recently hobbled quarterback had to efficiently direct a foundering...

The Latest: Washington blowing chance at NFC East crownBy The Associated PressThe Latest on Week 16 in the NFL (all times EST):---6:05 p.m.Washington is well on the way to blowing its first chance to clinch the NFC East.Dwayne Haskins turned the ball over three times in the first half,...