Player Notes

NFL Team Report - Buffalo BillsYoung receivers helping Bills offensive production After nine games of sheer futility on offense during which the Buffalo Bills scored a total of eight offensive touchdowns, they have escaped from the abyss the last two games and have scored eight touchdowns combined in their victories over the Jets and Jaguars. "There's things that obviously we've done better," offensive ...

NFL Team Report - Indianapolis ColtsPLAYER NOTES --Several Colts starters didn't practice on Wednesday, although most are resting nagging injuries and expected to play. The players who fit that category are TE Eric Ebron (back), WR T.Y. Hilton (groin), LB Darius Leonard (shoulder/knee), safety Clayton Geathers (knee) and linebacker Anthony Walker (shoulder). All played last week. The DNP uncertainties ...

NFL Team Report - Indianapolis Colts--Several Colts, including wide receiver T.Y. Hilton, were quite candid about how Jacksonville's issues don't concern them. "It means nothing to us, we just got to go out there and play," Hilton said. "We know they are going to come out there and they're going to bring it. It's a division game, so for us we got to go out there and try to take the crowd out of the ...

NFL Team Report - Indianapolis ColtsColts prepare for limited Jaguars offense They just saw each other 17 days ago, but the Jacksonville Jaguars will look a lot different when they host the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday at TIAA Bank Field. The Colts (6-5) will have to adjust their preparation for the Jaguars (3-8), who have benched quarterback Blake Bortles in favor of backup Cody Kessler and replaced ...

NFL Team Report - Detroit LionsPLAYER NOTES --RB Kerryon Johnson will miss his second straight game Sunday against the Rams with a knee injury. Lions HEAD coach Matt Patricia declined this week to say if he expects Johnson to play again this season. --CB Mike Ford, an undrafted rookie out of Southeast Missouri State, played 51 of a possible 58 defensive snaps in the Lions' Thanksgiving loss to ...

NFL Team Report - Detroit Lions--The Lions' already depleted offense took another hit this week when wide receiver Marvin Jones Jr. went on injured reserve with a knee injury. Jones had a career-high 1,101 yards receiving last season and joined Golden Tate as one of just three sets of teammates to top 1,000 yards on the year. The Lions traded Tate to the Philadelphia Eagles last month, and are down ...

NFL Team Report - Detroit LionsHarrison arrival boosts Lions run defense The Detroit Lions have as many holes as their 4-7 record would suggest, on offense, defense and special teams. But as the Lions head down the home stretch looking for building blocks in this disappointing season, one that's emerged is a run defense that's miraculously gone from being one of the NFL's worst to the league's ...

NFL Team Report - New England PatriotsPLAYER NOTES RB James White: White can have a big day against the Vikings because he should get matched up against a linebacker. Linebackers have a tough time covering White. Look for the Patriots to throw a lot to White who is having a Pro Bowl season. TE Rob Gronkowski: Gronkowski had three catches for 56 yards in his first game back against the Jets. He ...

NFL Team Report - New England Patriots--Head coach Bill Belichick on facing Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen, who has 93 catches for almost 1,200 yards this season. Thielen can play both in the slot and outside. "Pretty much everything. He does everything well. He's got good size. He can get to a lot of balls with his length. He has very good hands. He's quick for a taller player and so his length ...

NFL Team Report - New England PatriotsPatriots face challenge against talented Vikings Around New England, fans have become jaded. The Patriots are 8-3 and only three teams have a better record than them yet the sky is falling because the Patriots did not dominate the New York Jets more on Sunday in their 27-13 win. The Patriots, though, play a team on Sunday in the Minnesota Vikings that is fighting ...