Mike Glennon will make his fourth start of the season when the skidding Jacksonville Jaguars host playoff-hopeful Chicago on Sunday.

Coach Doug Marrone made the announcement Saturday following the team’s final practice of the week, choosing Glennon over Gardner Minshew.

The Jaguars (1-13) also ruled out rookie running back James Robinson, who missed practice all week because of a left ankle injury. Robinson has been the team’s biggest bright spot during its 13-game losing streak. Dare Ogunbowale and Devine Ozigbo are expected to get the bulk of the carries against the Bears (7-7).

Robinson is 35 yards shy of breaking the NFL rushing record by an undrafted rookie. He will try for the mark in the season finale at Indianapolis. There’s no telling whom the quarterback will be in that one.

Marrone opened up the job following Minshew’s five-sack performance in a blowout at Baltimore last week. Minshew took a safety, lost a fumble and had an interception returned for a touchdown that was overturned because of a late-hit penalty on the quarterback. He also missed several open receivers deep.

Glennon started the three previous weeks, a run that ended following his fourth turnover in six quarters. Glennon threw for 600 yards, with three touchdowns and three interceptions, in three games.

Glennon gets the nod against the team that paid him $16 million in 2017. Glennon started four games for Chicago before giving way to then-rookie Mitchell Trubisky.

The former teammates will now go head to head for the first time, both starting in Week 16 after getting benched earlier this season.

”There’s not a whole lot of guys left that I played with, but there’s a handful,” Glennon said this week. ”I think anytime you’re going against your former team, there’s always some added excitement. I think that’s kind of natural to see and we’ll see what happens though.”

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CLEVELAND (AP) The Browns will try to make the playoffs without four wide receivers, including Jarvis Landry, along with their starting middle linebacker and his likely replacement, because of a positive COVID-19 test and subsequent contact tracing.

Cleveland’s game against the New York Jets will be played as scheduled, an NFL spokesman said.

The stunning news for the Browns (10-4) came as the team was preparing to fly to the New York area – the flight was delayed more than four hours – and potentially lock up its first postseason berth since 2002, the league’s longest drought.

Starting linebacker B.J. Goodson was the first to be placed on the COVID-19 list after he tested positive. Then, after the team completed contact tracing, Landry and fellow receivers Rashard Higgins, Donovan Peoples-Jones and KhaDarel Hodge were also placed on the list, knocking them out of the game.

Rookie linebacker Jacob Phillips, who may have started for Goodson, is also out.

The losses leave quarterback Baker Mayfield without most of his top targets. Landry, who has never missed a game in his seven seasons, leads the team with 67 catches for 789 yards in the absence of Odell Beckham Jr., who suffered a season-ending knee injury on Oct. 25.

Per league rules, Goodson will miss Sunday’s game and the Jan. 3 matchup against Pittsburgh is also in question. The league says any player testing positive has to stay out at least 10 days before being eligible to return. Of course, that also depends on the player’s health.

The Browns elevated wideouts Ja’Marcus Bradley and Derrick Willies from the practice squad along with linebacker Montrel Meander.

While the passing game could suffer, the Browns have one of the league’s best running attacks and coach Kevin Stefanski will likely lean on Nick Chubb (931 yards) and Kareem Hunt (793) against the Jets (1-13), who stunned the Los Angeles Rams last week.

Cleveland did get some good news as starting rookie left tackle Jedrick Wills was activated Saturday from the COVID-19 list after being placed there Thursday due to close contact with a person outside the team. Wills never tested positive.

After learning of Goodson’s result, the Browns delayed their flight for contact tracing. Players were told to stay home until the tracing was finished.

Goodson has done a nice job solidifying Cleveland’s linebacking corps after the team chose not to re-sign veterans Joe Schobert or Christian Kirksey. Goodson has started all 14 games and been credited with 91 tackles (59 solo), made two interceptions and provided leadership.

”He’s definitely the emotional leader of the defense,” Stefanski said after a win this month over Tennessee. ”You hear him before you see him. He rallies the guys at practice and during the games. He’s making big plays in these ballgames to help us win.”

With Goodson and Phillips out, linebacker Mack Wilson will likely get more snaps after being benched last week.

Wills is an important part of an offensive line that’s taken some hits lately.

Starting right guard Wyatt Teller will miss his second game in a row with a sprained ankle and the Browns lost versatile lineman Chris Hubbard for the season with a knee injury suffered in a win over the Giants last week. Rookie Nick Harris will make his first career start in Teller’s spot.

The Browns also elevated center Javon Patterson from the practice squad as a COVID-19 replacement.

Like numerous NFL teams, the Browns have been dealing with positive cases for most of the season. Defensive star Myles Garrett missed two games after contracting the virus. He said last week he was still struggling with lingering effects from the illness and continued to undergo breathing treatments.

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CLEVELAND (AP) The Browns will try to make the playoffs without four wide receivers, including Jarvis Landry, along with their starting middle linebacker and his replacement, because of a positive COVID-19 test and subsequent contact tracing.

Cleveland’s game against the New York Jets will be played as scheduled, an NFL spokesman said.

The stunning news for the Browns came as the team was preparing to fly to the New York area and potentially lock up its first postseason berth since 2002 – the league’s longest drought.

Starting linebacker B.J. Goodson was the first to be placed on the COVID-19 list after he tested positive. Then, after the team completed contact tracing, Landry and fellow receivers Rashard Higgins, Donovan Peoples-Jones and KhaDarel Hodge were also placed on the list, knocking them out of the game.

Rookie linebacker Jacob Phillips, who may have started for Goodon, is also out.

The losses leave quarterback Baker Mayfield without most of his top targets. Landry leads the team with 67 catches for 789 yards in the absence of Odell Beckham, who suffered a season-ending knee injury on Oct. 25.

Per league rules, Goodson will miss Sunday’s game and the Jan. 3 matchup against Pittsburgh is also in question. The league says any player testing positive has to stay out at least 10 days before being eligible to return. Of course, that also depends on the player’s health.

The Browns (10-4) elevated wideouts Ja’Marcus Bradley and Derrick Willies from the practice squad along with linebacker Montrel Meander.

Cleveland did get some good news as starting rookie left tackle Jedrick Wills was activated Saturday from the COVID-19 list after being placed there Thursday due to close contact with a person outside the team. Wills never tested positive.

After learning of Goodson’s result, the Browns delayed their flight for contact tracing. The team had been scheduled to leave Cleveland at 2:45 p.m., but players were told to stay home until the tracing was finished.

Goodson has done a nice job solidifying Cleveland’s linebacking corps after the team chose not to re-sign veterans Joe Schobert or Christian Kirksey. Goodson has started all 14 games and been credited with 91 tackles (59 solo), made two interceptions and provided leadership for coach Kevin Stefanski.

”He’s definitely the emotional leader of the defense,” Stefanski said after a win this month over Tennessee. ”You hear him before you see him. He rallies the guys at practice and during the games. He’s making big plays in these ball games to help us win.”

With Goodson and Phillips out, linebacker Mack Wilson will likely get more snaps after being benched last week.

Wills is an important part of an offensive line that’s taken some hits lately.

Starting right guard Wyatt Teller will miss his second game in a row with a sprained ankle and the Browns lost versatile lineman Chris Hubbard for the season with a knee injury suffered in a win over the Giants last week. Rookie Nick Harris will make his first career start in Teller’s spot.

The Browns also elevated center Javon Patterson from the practice squad as a COVID-19 replacement.

Like numerous NFL teams, the Browns have been dealing with positive cases for most of the season. Defensive star Myles Garrett missed two games after contracting the virus. He said last week he was still struggling with lingering effects from the illness and continued to undergo breathing treatments.

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DETROIT (AP) When a team loses 47-7, it is difficult to pick out one play that could have changed things.

The Detroit Lions, though, can at least consider it.

On the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ first possession, they faced third-and-9 from their 19. Linebacker Jahlani Tavai sacked Tom Brady for a 6-yard loss, but Everson Griffen was offside on the play.

Given a second chance, Brady converted the first down with a pass to Chris Godwin, then put the Buccaneers ahead with a 33-yard pass to Rob Gronkowski.

After that, it was a disaster for the Lions (5-10).

Detroit with Robert Prince handling coaching duties after interim head coach Darrell Bevell was sidelined by COVID-19 protocols, lost quarterback Matthew Stafford to a lower-leg injury on the first series of the game.

Chase Daniel completed 13 of 18 passes, but for only 86 yards and never got the Lions past midfield.

”We were 1 of 10 on third down, which means we weren’t staying on the field,” Daniel said. ”When that happens, you are putting your defense in a very tough spot, and it is even worse when you are facing Tom Brady.”

Twenty-three years after backing Brian Griese on the University of Michigan’s 1997 national championship team, Brady didn’t show any signs of age. He completed 22 of 27 passes for 348 yards and four touchdowns in the first half as the Buccaneers took a 34-0 lead.

”I’m not going to blame the defense for all of this – this is a team game and we fell short on both sides of the ball,” Prince said. ”The offense couldn’t stay on the field and the defense wasn’t able to get the kind of stops we needed to beat a very good football team.”

Tampa Bay rested Brady in the second half, but Blaine Gabbert only needed 10 seconds to make it 40-0. After a touchback on the kickoff to start the half, Lions running back D’Andre Swift fumbled on first down. The Buccaneers recovered the ball on the Detroit 25 and Gabbert hit Gronkowski on the next play for his second TD of the game.

Detroit’s only points came on Jamal Agnew’s 74-yard punt return in the third quarter, but the Buccaneers only needed four plays to make it 47-7 on a franchise-record sixth touchdown pass of the game.

”It’s been frustrating, because we’ve been looking for a play like that all season, and when we finally get one, it comes when the score is 40-0,” Agnew said.

David Blough, the third Lions quarterback of the game, did get the offense into Tampa Bay territory early in the fourth quarter, but the drive ended with a punt from the Buccaneers 40.

”It was a crazy week with the coaches and it is obviously tough to lose Matthew after one drive, but that’s why Chase and I are here,” Blough said. ”No one feels sorry for us. It is our job to go into the game and execute and we didn’t do that.”

Tampa Bay could have scored 50 points, but Ryan Succop missed two extra points and a 42-yard field-goal attempt.

”I’ve been in a few games like this,” Blough said. ”We (Purdue) played Auburn in the Music City Bowl in the last game of my senior year and got beat 63-14. That wasn’t much fun.”

The Lions allowed 588 yards, the second-highest total in team history and the highest in a regulation game. In 1990, the Lions gave up 566 yards in a 43-23 home loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, then allowed 676 in a 41-38 overtime loss to Washington three weeks later.

Those, though, were the only times the Lions allowed 40 points in a 6-10 season. This year, they’ve given up that many five times and are averaging a league-worst 32.1 points allowed per game.

”This just isn’t good enough,” Prince said. ”We had our team, they had their team and they beat us up.”

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) Phillip Lindsay’s season and possibly his career in Denver is over after the Broncos placed him on injured reserve Saturday with hip and knee injuries.

The Broncos (5-9) promoted running back LeVante Bellamy from their practice squad to serve as Melvin Gordon’s backup Sunday against the Chargers (5-9) in Los Angeles.

The Broncos also ruled out Pro Bowl pass rusher Bradley Chubb (ankle) on Saturday. A day earlier, the Chargers ruled out star defensive end Joey Bosa (concussion, shin).

The only undrafted player in NFL history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in consecutive seasons to start a career, Lindsay ran for just 502 yards and one touchdown and caught just seven passes for 28 yards in an injury-marred 2020 season.

Lindsay’s production paled in comparison to his first two seasons, when he averaged 1,243 total yards and 8+ TDs and made the Pro Bowl as a rookie.

Lindsay, a local favorite who starred at Denver South High School and the University of Colorado, has never fumbled in 611 career touches in the NFL.

But he found himself mostly the second running option in Pat Shurmur’s offense as Gordon has accounted for 955 total yards and nine touchdowns after signing a two-year, $16 million free agent deal in the spring.

Lindsay missed five games this season with turf toe, hip and knee injuries and came out of another game with a concussion.

Lindsay suffered his turf toe injury in the opener and missed three weeks. Upon his return, he had a terrific three-game stretch beginning with his only 100-yard performance of the season at New England when Gordon was sidelined with strep throat.

Lindsay ran for 79 yards on just nine carries against the Kansas City Chiefs the next week before leaving with a concussion. He returned a week later and rushed six times for 83 yards against the Chargers, sparking a comeback from a 21-point second-half deficit with a 55-yard touchdown run.

After that, his effectiveness began to ebb as defenses keyed on the run whenever Lindsay was in the backfield because he was so rarely used in the passing game.

After running eight times for 23 yards at Atlanta and just twice for 4 yards at Las Vegas, Lindsday bounced back for 82 yards on 16 carries in a win over Miami on Nov. 22.

At that point, Lindsay was averaging a whopping 5.4 yards per carry.

But over his final four games, that average dropped to 2.4 yards as Lindsay, who’s a restricted free agent after this season, managed just 27 yards a game as he fought through more injuries.

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) The New York Jets activated running back La’Mical Perine from injured reserve after the rookie missed four games with a high ankle sprain.

Perine is second on the team with 202 yards rushing and rejoins a Jets backfield that includes Frank Gore, Ty Johnson and Josh Adams.

New York also promoted linebackers Sharif Finch and Brady Sheldon from the practice squad and added linebacker Noah Dawkins from the practice squad as a COVID-19 replacement on Saturday. All three are eligible to play against Cleveland.

Dawkins is taking the roster spot of tight end Ryan Griffin, who was placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list on Wednesday after being deemed a close contact of someone who tested positive.

The Jets are short-handed at the linebacker spot after Jordan Jenkins and Harvey Langi were placed on injured reserve during the past two weeks.

Finch made his Jets debut last week at Los Angeles against the Rams, while Dawkins has played in the past three games. Sheldon, who was on the practice squad the past two weeks, could play for New York for the first time against the Browns.

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