Player Notes

NFL Team Report - Oakland RaidersPLAYER NOTES --QB Derek Carr, who got off to a choppy start in head coach Jon Gruden's offense, has led the Raiders to two victories in their last three games and three of the last six after a 1-8 start. Carr has completed 357 of 520 passes for 3,864 yards with 19 touchdowns and eight interceptions, but has not thrown an interception his last 325 throws over 10-plus ...

NFL Team Report - Oakland Raiders--Head coach Jon Gruden fessed up Wednesday that he had a favorite Raiders rookie - first-year kicker Daniel Carlson, the team's fifth kicker since January. He was unceremoniously severed by the Vikings, who drafted him in the fifth round and weren't fond of his 1 for 4 career start on field goals, including 0 for 3 in a tie against the Packers. So, Carlson languished ...

NFL Team Report - Oakland RaidersRaiders visit Chiefs team with incentive to win After a memorable show to close down the Oakland home schedule for 2018 - and perhaps forever - the Raiders wrap up the season Sunday in Kansas City's Arrowhead Stadium against a Chiefs team that is 11-4 and playoff-bound. Oakland is 4-11 after beating the Denver Broncos, 27-17, in a rainy, raucous Monday night drama ...

NFL Team Report - Philadelphia EaglesPLAYER NOTES --WR Mike Wallace was activated from injured reserve this week. Wallace broke his fibula in Week 2. He signed a one-year contract in the offseason and has yet to record a catch for his new team, though he made one against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before getting hurt, but it was nullified due to a penalty. Wallace becomes the second player to be ...

NFL Team Report - Philadelphia Eagles--Quarterback Nick Foles may have only one more game in a Philadelphia Eagles uniform. With Carson Wentz entrenched as the team's quarterback of now and the future, it doesn't seem likely that Foles will return in 2019 for another year of playing backup to Wentz. If Foles does leave - and really the sentence should be "when" Foles leaves - he will do so having ...

NFL Team Report - Philadelphia EaglesEagles need win and Vikings loss to keep playing So it comes down to one final Sunday, and two of the best teams from only a season ago are vying for the one final berth remaining into the NFC playoffs. One will get in, the other will go home. These are the two games that matter most in the NFC: Eagles at Redskins and Bears at Vikings, and they will both kick ...

NFL Team Report - Dallas CowboysPLAYER NOTES --WR Tavon Austin returned to a full practice on Wednesday. He has missed the last nine games with a groin injury. --CB Anthony Brown missed the Tampa Bay game with a back injury and didn't practice on Wednesday. --DE Tyrone Crawford left the Tampa Bay game on a stretcher with a neck injury. However, a scan and an MRI didn't reveal any structural damage ...

NFL Team Report - Dallas Cowboys--Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has put himself in position to win a second NFL rushing title in his three seasons in the league. Going into Week 17, Elliott has gained 1,434 yards on 304 carries this season and leads the Rams' Todd Gurley II by 183 yards after Gurley sat out with a knee injury on Sunday. Gurley could play this week, but he has run for more ...

NFL Team Report - Dallas CowboysCowboys staying with process in regular-season finale Dallas Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett made it clear on Wednesday that the team's goal this week is the same as it has been the previous 16. Although Dallas has clinched the NFC East championship and can't better its seed in the playoffs, the Cowboys will prepare to win at New York on Sunday. A reporter asked ...

NFL Team Report - New York GiantsPLAYER NOTES --WR Odell Beckham, Jr. (quad) did not practice Wednesday. Head coach Pat Shurmur said that Beckham continues to make progress and that there is a chance that the receiver will play in Sunday's regular-season finale against the Cowboys. --WR Sterling Shepard (hip) was limited in Wednesday's practice but is expected to be ready to go Sunday in the regular-season ...