Player Notes

NFL Team Report - New York Giants--The Giants offense has a new lifeline, according to quarterback Eli Manning, and that lifeline is their dynamic rookie running back Saquon Barkley. "He's a tremendous player," Manning said after the Giants pounded Washington 40-16 Sunday. "I think we're starting to figure out that offense runs through him a little bit. When we run the ball well, it just sets up ...

NFL Team Report - New York GiantsSpirits up as Giants find ways to win The New York Giants are suddenly delivering to their starving fan base what they've been craving: winning football. Yet there are some critics who refuse to believe that the football they've seen come from the boys in the Big Blue jerseys is real, the argument being that the Giants' four wins coming after their Week 9 bye have ...

NFL Team Report - New Orleans SaintsPLAYER NOTES --WR Brandon Marshall was released without ever being active for a game during his month-long stay with the Saints. New Orleans signed Dez Bryant on Nov. 7, but he never played after tearing his Achilles in his second practice. Marshall was signed Nov. 12 to replace Bryant. The release of Marshall is an indication that Ted Ginn Jr., who has been on ...

NFL Team Report - New Orleans Saints--The Saints are playing their fifth prime-time game of the season and third in the last four. They have generally been successful in such games, both this season and since Sean Payton became head coach in 2006. The Saints are 3-1 in prime time this season having beaten Washington at home (Oct. 8), Minnesota on the road (Oct. 28) and Atlanta at home (Nov. 22) before ...

NFL Team Report - New Orleans SaintsSaints trying to get offense rolling again The New Orleans Saints defense hopes to maintain the pace at which it has been limiting opponents' scoring. The offense would like to get back to the scoring pace it was setting until the last two games. New Orleans has not allowed more than 17 points in any of its last five games and it has allowed an average of just ...

NFL Team Report - Carolina PanthersPLAYER NOTES --K Chandler Catanzaro joined the team prior to the game at Cleveland after kicking earlier in the season for Tampa Bay. He was 2-for-2 on field goals and 2-for-2 on extra-point attempts in his Carolina debut. K Graham Gano, who has an ailing left knee, didn't return to active participation in workouts by Thursday so Catanzaro likely gets the call for ...

NFL Team Report - Carolina Panthers--Tight end Ian Thomas has put together some encouraging performances while filling in for injured tight end Greg Olsen. "I had to step my game up and do what I could to fill that void," Thomas said. "We have to do a little bit more on the offensive side and defensive side." Thomas might be the tight end for the team for the long run so seeing him excel at this ...

NFL Team Report - Carolina PanthersHope for Panthers fading fast After five consecutive losses, the Carolina Panthers haven't given up hope. But time is running out going into Monday night's home game against NFC South champion New Orleans. The Panthers (6-7) no longer control their own destiny, but there is a path to the postseason as one of the two NFC wild cards. "We had high expectations ...

NFL Team Report - Los Angeles RamsFRIDAY INJURY REPORTPHILADELPHIA EAGLES --OUT: LB Jordan Hicks (calf), DT Timmy Jernigan (back), CB Sidney Jones (hamstring), G Isaac Seumalo (pectoral) --DOUBTFUL: QB Carson Wentz (back) --QUESTIONABLE: DE Michael Bennett (foot), S Avonte Maddox (ankle, knee), WR Shelton Gibson (wrist)LOS ANGELES RAMS No players listedPLAYER NOTES --QB Jared Goff (3,934) ...

NFL Team Report - Los Angeles Rams--The Rams were reunited with rookie guard Jamil Demby, who they lost to the Detroit Lions as a numbers casualty at the end of the preseason when they cut him - with the hope of bringing him back to their practice squad - only for the Detroit Lions to claim him off waivers. The Rams signed Demby off their practice squad this week and he's now a part of their 53-man ...