Player Notes

NFL Team Report - Green Bay PackersPackers feel Sunday is must-win game After reaching the NFC Championship Game in 2016, the Green Bay Packers' 2017 season essentially ended in Week 6 at Minnesota, where quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered a broken collarbone. With Rodgers back, the Packers entered this season with championship aspirations. So did the Vikings, who reached the NFC Championship Game ...

NFL Team Report - Carolina PanthersPLAYER NOTES --WR Devin Funchess was held out of Wednesday's practice because of a back ailment. Head coach Ron Rivera described that as a day-to-day situation. --DE Mario Addison didn't participate in Wednesday's practice because of a shoulder injury. He leads the team with 7.5 sacks, and he has been held out of other workouts for what sounds like a similar ailment. ...

NFL Team Report - Carolina Panthers--WR Devin Funchess had uncharacteristic drops in the loss at Detroit, where a year earlier he excelled against the Lions. So it was a puzzling performance for the former University of Michigan standout. Funchess had started to look like the top-line receiver for the Panthers because he was developing consistency. The Panthers have no choice but to suggest they ...

NFL Team Report - Carolina PanthersPanthers hope to end losing streak against Seahawks There's a tendency to want to look back at the missed plays and some of the decisions that came about in the latest loss for the Carolina Panthers. But it's not a lost cause if the Panthers can move forward with some success. "It's what's in front of us," head coach Ron Rivera said. "Control the situation and ...

NFL Team Report - Jacksonville JaguarsPLAYER NOTES --T Corey Robinson was added to the Jaguars roster this week. To make room on the roster, the Jaguars released QB Landry Jones. Robinson, 6-7, 315, has appeared in 24 career games with eight starts after originally entering the league as a seventh-round selection in the 2015 draft by Detroit. Robinson spent three seasons in Detroit and was traded ...

NFL Team Report - Jacksonville Jaguars--There was a lot of talk in the Jacksonville locker room on Sunday following the team's loss to Pittsburgh, regarding a report on ESPN that morning by Adam Schefter regarding the Jaguars possibly trading Jalen Ramsey during the offseason. Ramsey's teammates came to their teammate's defense when questioned about it afterwards. "Yeah, I guess they need to say ...

NFL Team Report - Jacksonville JaguarsSimply winning a game main goal for Jaguars The Jacksonville Jaguars are entering the portion of the schedule in which many perceived would be a stretch drive where the team would pad their winning record with at least four, likely five and possibly six wins in their final six games of the 2018 regular season. On paper, it certainly looked to be a lot easier ...

NFL Team Report - New York GiantsPLAYER NOTES --DE Kerry Wynn (concussion) is in the league protocol, his status for Sunday uncertain. PLAYER SPOTLIGHT: Edge rusher Olivier Vernon. Vernon is coming off his worst game as a Giant last week, a game in which he failed to dent the stat sheet. But this week, he gets a favorable matchup against left tackle Jason Peters, who suffered a torn biceps in the ...

NFL Team Report - New York Giants--Giants running back Saquon Barkley was named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his 142-yard, 27-carry performance last week in a 38-35 win over the Bucs. Barkley, who becomes only the second Giants rookie since tight end Jeremy Shockey in 2002 to win the award since its inception, was also the first Giants player to score three touchdowns in a game since ...

NFL Team Report - New York GiantsGiants on different path now than Eagles The New York Giants haven't won a game on the road against the Eagles since 2013, and they didn't exactly get off to a good start in terms of gaining the competitive edge over their division rivals when the two teams met earlier this year. But although that meeting was five games ago, a lot has changed for both teams as they ...