Player Notes

NFL Team Report - Cincinnati Bengals--Running back Joe Mixon was able to plow through openings and enjoyed one of his more productive showings. An improved performance on the offensive line can be credited with an assist, especially Christian Westerman, who received 42 snaps at guard. He entered last week with just 87 career snaps and 28 snaps this season but wound up being the most effective player ...

NFL Team Report - Cincinnati BengalsMistakes still doom Bengals best efforts The four-man rush was humming, the performance was better. Yet, the Cincinnati Bengals are on a five-game losing streak because the mistakes still persisted. No, they weren't as frequent as the previous two weeks when a combined 25 penalties contributed to home losses against the Cleveland Browns and Denver Broncos. ...

NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ersFRIDAY INJURY REPORTSEATTLE SEAHAWKS --OUT: S Maurice Alexander (concussion) --DOUBTFUL: G/T D.J. Fluker (hamstring) --QUESTIONABLE: WR Doug Baldwin (hip), S Bradley McDougald (hamstring), DT Jarran Reed (oblique)SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS --OUT: S Jaquiski Tartt (shoulder) --QUESTIONABLE: RB Matt Breida (ankle), WR Marquise Goodwin (calf), DL Cassius Marsh (concussion), ...

NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ers--The 49ers might have shocked the playoff-contending Denver Broncos in Week 14, but not before one potentially embarrassing moment just as the coaches had begun celebrating on the sideline. Inexperienced quarterback Nick Mullens mis-timed two consecutive snaps as the 49ers were running out the clock, leaving enough time for the Broncos unnecessarily to get the ...

NFL Team Report - San Francisco 49ersGarcon's 49ers career likely over The San Francisco 49ers' plan on a slow-and-steady rise from the basement of the NFC toward the penthouse is best exemplified by the fact that they retained $58 million in unused cap space in the first year of the John Lynch/Kyle Shanahan regime in 2017, and $35 million this season. The goal: Fill enough holes to be competitive, ...

NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay BuccaneersFRIDAY INJURY REPORTTAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS --OUT: S Justin Evans (toe), WR DeSean Jackson (thumb) --QUESTIONABLE: DT Beau Allen (wrist), CB Carlton Davis (knee), T Demar Dotson (knee), S Isaiah Johnson (concussion), DE Jason Pierre-Paul (knee, hip), LB Adarius Taylor (not injury related)BALTIMORE RAVENS --DOUBTFUL: G Alex Lewis (shoulder) --QUESTIONABLE: ...

NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay Buccaneers--The Bucs were among five NFL teams selected Wednesday to be the designated home team as part of the league's international series in 2019. Details will be announced next spring, but there will be four NFL games played next season in London and one in Mexico City. The other "home" teams are the Chargers, Raiders, Jaguars and Rams. As part of their bid to ...

NFL Team Report - Tampa Bay BuccaneersBucs prepare for two-headed QB threat The Tampa Bay Buccaneers would seem to be out of the playoff picture, but with all the teams ahead of them in the wild-card race losing last week, believe it or not they still have some life at 5-8. It will be a tough road, however, to win their final three games starting with Sunday's 1 p.m. game against the Ravens. ...

NFL Team Report - Buffalo BillsFRIDAY INJURY REPORTDETROIT LIONS --OUT: WR Bruce Ellington (hamstring), DL Da'Shawn Hand (knee), RB Kerryon Johnson (knee), T Rick Wagner (concussion), S Charles Washington (hamstring) --QUESTIONABLE: LB Trevor Bates (ankle), FB Nick Bellore (ankle), CB Marcus Cooper Sr. (back), T Taylor Decker (shoulder), LB Devon Kennard (hip), QB Matthew Stafford (back)BUFFALO ...

NFL Team Report - Buffalo Bills--The Bills have been a good pass rushing team in 2018 as they rank sixth in the NFL according to Pro Football Focus in pass-rush pressure, the percentage of time they get heat on an opposing quarterback. Their figure is 36.4 percent, but it has been falling in the last two weeks because the Bills have not been as proficient. In the losses to the Dolphins and Jets, ...