While the Atlanta Falcons have been anything but consistent this season, rookie edge rusher James Pearce Jr. has been a consistent bright spot in an otherwise disappointing year. Atlanta overcame a 14-point deficit in the fourth quarter to upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the team couldn't have done it without Pearce.

The Steelers took over first place in the AFC North by surviving the Ravens after an overturned touchdown in the final minutes. The Jaguars remain atop the AFC South after dismantling the Colts, who lost Daniel Jones to an Achilles injury. And the Bills all but dashed the Bengals' playoff hopes with a 39-34 win in the snow.

Readers of the website Awful Announcing deemed Wayne Larrivee and Larry McCarren the best announcing team among the 32 NFL franchises.

The Texans are allowing the fewest yards per game since the 2009 Jets. Can that elite defense carry Houston to its first Super Bowl?

The National Football League has indefinitely suspended Javier Loya, a Houston energy executive and minority owner of the Houston Texans, after investigating whether he violated its personal-conduct policy.

Meanwhile in the NFC, the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles are floundering, the Detroit Lions might not even make the postseason and there's also no clear team-to-beat in their place, with only a single game separating the one seed and the seventh seed.

The top of the draft order is changing by the week, but the priorities are not. QB will be the call for at least a few clubs on Day 1.

The new league year is fast approaching, and with less than one month until January 1, the NFL released key dates for the next calendar year. The most important date after the Super Bowl is the early negotiation window. That'll open on March 9, giving teams two days to negotiate before free agency and the new league year kicks off on March 11.

The NFL is set to kick off two weeks of social justice initiatives across the league with the Inspire Change Weeks.

The NFL has suspended Houston Texans minority owner Javier Loya indefinitely and fined him $500,000 for violating the league's personal conduct policy after an investigation into accusations of rape and sexual abuse made in Kentucky in 2023,