Player Notes

NFL Team Report - Pittsburgh SteelersSteelers hope to avenge losses to Jaguars The Pittsburgh Steelers only lost four times last season. Jacksonville handed them two of those losses, including a 45-42 loss in an AFC divisional round playoff game at Heinz Field. Now it's the Steelers that can deliver a death blow to the Jaguars' season. The Steelers (6-2-1) and the Jaguars (3-6) are two teams going ...

NFL Team Report - Dallas CowboysPLAYER NOTES --WR Tavon Austin did not practice on Wednesday with a groin injury. He missed the last three games and is questionable at best this week. --DE Taco Charlton left the Tennessee game with a shoulder injury. He didn't play against Philadelphia and didn't practice on Wednesday. --DT Maliek Collins left the Philadelphia game with a knee injury and didn't ...

NFL Team Report - Dallas Cowboys--Cowboys All-Pro right guard Zack Martin has been bothered by a knee injury this season, but the team can't afford for him to be out of the lineup. Martin briefly left the game with more problems with the knee on Sunday night against the Eagles. But Martin came back after missing just 13 plays, according to Dallas head coach Jason Garrett. "Just what (Martin is) ...

NFL Team Report - Dallas CowboysCowboys hope to keep offense revved up It's interesting that the Dallas Cowboys will try to fire up their offensive engine this week inside the Atlanta Falcons' Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Interesting because the Cowboys still aren't sure whether they have a sports car or a clunker for an offense. A few weeks ago, Dallas traded for Oakland wide receiver Amari Cooper, ...

NFL Team Report - Philadelphia EaglesPLAYER NOTES --CB Ronald Darby tore an ACL on Sunday night and is gone for the season, and it appears that the other starting cornerback, Jalen Mills, will miss his second straight game with a foot injury. That means Rasul Douglas is line for his second straight start. CB Sidney Jones, who has missed the last three games with a hamstring injury, is on track to ...

NFL Team Report - Philadelphia Eagles--Tight end Zach Ertz has had four games with more than 100 yards receiving this season. The Eagles have lost all four. On a team that prides itself on having plenty of weapons, does the ball need to be spread around more? "I think you can get too dialed in on anybody within a game but at the end of the day, are we having success or not is kind of how you measure ...

NFL Team Report - Philadelphia EaglesEagles try to keep season from unraveling Clearly this hasn't been the season the Philadelphia Eagles envisioned. Sitting at 4-5, it doesn't figure to get much better on Sunday when they travel to New Orleans to take on a red-hot Saints team that has won nine in a row, including handing the Los Angeles Rams their first loss of the year two weeks ago. "It'll ...

NFL Team Report - Atlanta FalconsPLAYER NOTES --K Matt Bryant's status (right groin) won't likely be known until game time. There is no reason to rush Bryant's return given the success of Giorgio Tavecchio the last two games. --DE Derrick Shelby (groin) continues to be limited in practice. He played last week and had a couple of tackles. His status will be finalized this weekend. --LB Deion Jones ...

NFL Team Report - Atlanta Falcons--Julio Jones continues to put his name in the record book among the game's greatest receivers. Last week Jones reached the 10,000-yard milestone for receiving yards. He required only 104 games to get there, which shaved 10 games off the existing mark held by Calvin Johnson. "He is amazing. He really is," Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan said. "He is a unique and special ...

NFL Team Report - Atlanta FalconsFalcons trying to salvage playoff hopes The Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys both sport 4-5 records. So why do the teams feel as though their seasons are going in different directions? The atmosphere around the Atlanta camp was deflated after last week's loss to the Browns, which put a damper on the team's three-game winning streak. Dallas, on the other hand, ...