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6:45 AM ET ESPN staff The Week 16 NFL schedule for the 2022 season is stacked with great matchups — including three on Christmas Day — and we’ve got you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game and a

9:00 AM ET PHIL VILLAPIANO WALKS through the Pittsburgh airport. It is late Wednesday evening, three days before Christmas. Even at 73, he still looks like a linebacker — sturdy chest, stout shoulders, steel chin. His hair is white, but his eyes dance the way they have for decades. Villapiano should hate Pittsburgh. He was

Dec 22, 2022 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence is checking things off the “Is he a franchise quarterback?” list. Can he rally the team from a three-score deficit to win a game? Yes, he did it Nov. 6 against the Las Vegas Raiders. Can he lead the team on a winning touchdown

11:20 PM ET Rich Cimini Close ESPN Staff Writer Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate Michael DiRocco Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was supposed to

9:00 AM ET ESPN staff With just three weeks left in the 2022 NFL regular season, the playoff picture is shaping up. More teams have claimed their spots in the NFC and AFC. However, the race to the playoffs continues as top teams in both conferences are still looking to lock in their spots for

9:05 PM ET ESPN NFL Experts The rosters for the 2023 Pro Bowl are set, with Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa leading the league in votes from fans but not making the AFC squad. Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs), Josh Allen (Bills) and Joe Burrow (Bengals) instead made the team, as Tagovailoa was the odd passer out. In

9:26 PM ET NFL NationESPN The rosters for the 2023 NFL Pro Bowl have been leaking out since Monday with the full reveal coming Wednesday evening. The Philadelphia Eagles had the most selections with eight players (six starters). The Dallas Cowboys and the Kansas City Chiefs were next with seven selections each. The Pro Bowl

12:22 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Just days after yielding the biggest comeback victory in NFL history, the Indianapolis Colts are making yet another quarterback change ahead of Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers. Veteran Nick Foles will take the reins from Matt Ryan, whose continued struggles played a significant role in

6:56 AM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Franco Harris, the Hall of Fame running back whose heads-up thinking authored the “Immaculate Reception,” considered the most iconic play in NFL history, has died. He was 72. Harris’ son, Dok, told The Associated Press his father died overnight. No cause of death was given. His death comes

5:03 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens made a surprise reunion Tuesday for their banged-up and frustrated passing attack heading into the playoff run. The Ravens claimed wide receiver Sammy Watkins off waivers and placed starter Devin Duvernay on injured reserve after he was hurt in Tuesday’s practice. Baltimore is bringing back

12:47 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles coach Nick Sirianni confirmed Tuesday that quarterback Jalen Hurts has a sprained right shoulder, but he isn’t ruling him out for Saturday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys. Sirianni called Hurts one of the “toughest” players he knows and someone who “heals fast,” so he isn’t going to put a

6:30 AM ET NFL Nation reporters Welcome to Week 16 of the NFL regular season. Our power panel — a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities — has evaluated how teams are stacking up through 15 weeks. As we near the end of the regular season, the surprises are still coming.

11:25 PM ET Sarah Barshop Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduate Rob Demovsky Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association GREEN BAY — Los Angeles Rams quarterback Baker

6:19 AM ET Sarah Barshop Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Packers for ESPN Milwaukee Marquette University graduate Rob Demovsky Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association When the 2022 NFL schedule was released in

10:23 PM ET LAS VEGAS — New England Patriots wide receiver Jakobi Meyers stood in a stunned locker room following the team’s 30-24 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium, making no excuses for his role in the shocking play that ended the game with no time left. Meyers’ careless lateral was caught

8:00 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Mark Davis traipsed across the Las Vegas Raiders‘ plush locker room in Allegiant Stadium late Sunday afternoon, a dazed look on his face after the latest chapter in the wild and woolly history of the franchise he owns had unfolded. “It’s a new house of thrills,” Davis told ESPN

4:08 PM ET HOUSTON — The Kansas City Chiefs, a franchise that in the first 55 years of its existence never won so much as back-to-back division titles, clinched their seventh consecutive AFC West championship Sunday by beating the Houston Texans 30-24 in overtime. The Texans (1-12-1) made things interesting for the Chiefs (11-3). Houston

7:15 AM ET Betting worlds will collide when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Cincinnati Bengals (-3.5), delivering the league’s most financially rewarding team against the costliest one. This matchup also pits the wise guys against recreational bettors, affectionately known as “Pros vs. Joes”. Tom Brady and the Bucs have only covered a league-worst three