NFL Player News
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Jalen Hurts QB | PHI
Eagles' Jalen Hurts: Gets pulled in Week 18 loss
Hurts completed seven of 16 passes for 55 yards and an interception before being replaced by Marcus Mariota late in the second quarter of Sunday's 27-10 loss to the Giants.
Hurts also added four rushing yards on two carries. The Eagles began the afternoon using their starters, as they still had a slim chance to win the NFC East, but they effectively no-showed the game. Hurts got checked out for a finger injury early in the second quarter, per Mike Garafolo of NFL Network, and while he didn't initially miss a snap, the QB got pulled for good after the Giants had grabbed a 24-0 lead just before halftime. Philly's late-season collapse has left the team with the No. 5 seed in the postseason and a road game in Tampa Bay for the wild-card round next weekend, and Hurts will head into the playoffs potentially down his top two targets in DeVonta Smith (ankle) and A.J. Brown (knee). Speaking after the game, coach Nick Sirianni didn't seem concerned about Hurts' own availability for the playoffs, Garafalo reports.
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Trevor Siemian QB | ATL
Jets' Trevor Siemian: Wins snow game with 70 yards
Siemian completed eight of 20 passes for 70 yards and rushed twice for one yard in Sunday's 17-3 win over the Patriots.
Siemian isn't exactly a prolific passer in pristine conditions, so it's no surprise that he struggled in snowy Foxborough, but Breece Hall's 178-yard rushing performance and the defense carried the Jets to victory. Siemian finishes the season with 724 passing yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions in five appearances (three starts). He was the fourth man up under center for the Jets after Aaron Rodgers (Achilles), Zach Wilson (concussion) and Tim Boyle, so Siemian will likely be looking to land a backup job somewhere next season.
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Jeff Driskel QB | WAS
Browns' Jeff Driskel: Throws two late TDs in spot start
Driskel completed 13 of 26 passes for 166 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions in Sunday's 31-14 loss to the Bengals. He added 33 yards on seven rushing attempts.
Driskel struggled in his spot start with Joe Flacco resting, as his two interceptions helped the Bengals build a 31-0 lead. The journeyman quarterback salvaged his stat line with fourth-quarter touchdowns of 31 yards and 24 yards to David Bell. Flacco will start in the wild-card round against the Texans, and while the backup job was up in the air between Driskel and PJ Walker heading into the regular-season finale, Driskel likely lost that competition with Sunday's poor performance.
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Ryan Tannehill QB | TEN
Titans' Ryan Tannehill: Manages Titans to upset win
Tannehill completed 17 of 26 passes for 168 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in Sunday's 28-20 win over the Jaguars.
Tannehill served as Tennessee's primary quarterback for the third consecutive game and helped the team to an upset win. He got the offense off to a hot start, leading a seven-play, 75-yard touchdown drive on the opening possession, which concluded with a 28-yard touchdown toss to Tyjae Spears. Tannehill began the third quarter with his second score, hitting DeAndre Hopkins from six yards away. It was a solid performance in what will almost certainly be his final game with the Titans, though Tannehill should be able to find a new deal as a backup for another franchise this offseason.
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Jake Browning QB | TB
Bengals' Jake Browning: Throws three TDs in Week 18 win
Browning completed 18 of 24 passes for 156 yards, three touchdowns and one interception in Sunday's 31-14 win over the Browns. He added 18 yards on two rushing attempts.
Browning was picked off on Cincinnati's first possession but led touchdown drives on the next three. That stretch included a six-yard touchdown pass to Joe Mixon and a three-yard touchdown pass to Andrei Iosivas, as well as a Mixon rushing touchdown. Browning added a seven-yard touchdown pass to Iosivas in the third quarter. After Joe Burrow suffered a season-ending wrist injury in Week 11, Browning threw for 1,936 yards with a 12:7 TD:INT and three rushing touchdowns in seven starts and one relief appearance. Browning's strong finish is likely to earn the 27-year-old quarterback at least a backup role next season, be it in Cincinnati or elsewhere.
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Nick Mullens QB | JAC
Vikings' Nick Mullens: Remarkable numbers in loss
Mullens completed 30 of 44 passes for 396 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions and rushed twice for eight yards in the Vikings' 30-20 loss to the Lions on Sunday.
Mullens put together an outstanding line from a fantasy perspective, but his two fourth-quarter interceptions helped sink any chance the Vikings had of temporarily remaining alive for a postseason berth with a win. Mullens put up plenty of eye-catching play on tape over his late-season three-game starting stint (five overall appearances), throwing for at least 303 yards and multiple touchdowns in all three games he opened under center. With Kirk Cousins' (IR-Achilles) future in Minnesota uncertain, it s conceivable Mullens could receive some consideration for the 2024 starting job, although he'll be 29 by the start of the new campaign and has profiled strictly as a backup throughout his career thus far.
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Desmond Ridder QB | GB
Falcons' Desmond Ridder: Encouraging performance in finale
Ridder completed 22 of 30 passes for 291 yards with two touchdowns and one interception and netted no gain on two carries in the Falcons' 48-17 loss to the Saints on Sunday. He also lost a fumble.
The two turnovers were naturally a blemish, but Ridder otherwise put together some encouraging numbers that included an elevated 9.7 yards per attempt, his second-highest figure of the season. Ridder connected with Jonnu Smith and and Bijan Robinson for touchdown tosses of 15 and 71 yards, respectively, for only his second multi-touchdown performance of his second season, and Sunday's production pushed the sophomore signal-caller's final numbers to 2,836 passing yards and a 12:12 TD:INT over 15 games. Both Ridder and the Falcons as a whole head into the offseason with plenty of uncertainty, and it seems likely that the young signal-caller will either find himself in a new locale or playing for a new coaching staff with Atlanta in 2024.
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Jared Goff QB | DET
Lions' Jared Goff: Strong finish to season
Goff completed 23 of 32 passes for 320 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions in the Lions' 30-20 win over the Vikings on Sunday.
The Lions treated the regular-season finale as a normal game in terms of personnel usage, and Goff was a beneficiary in the form of his fifth 300-yard game of the campaign. The veteran signal-caller honed in on Amon-Ra St. Brown as usual, connecting with his top target for on seven occasions for 144 yards, including a 70-yard touchdown pass. Goff also hit Sam LaPorta (knee) for a two-yard touchdown toss to open the scoring in the first quarter, and he finishes the season with the second-highest touchdown total of his career (30). The Lions will be either the No. 2 or No. 3 seed in the NFC, depending on the outcome of the Cowboys' and Eagles' games in the late window.
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Tyrod Taylor QB | NYJ
Giants' Tyrod Taylor: Back in Sunday's game
Taylor (thumb) returned to Sunday's game against the Eagles, Darryl Slater of The Newark Star-Ledger reports.
Taylor hit the sideline for a spell to have his thumb examined, but after backup Tommy DeVito got banged up, the former reentered the contest. He'll look to build upon the 72 yards on 4-for-6 passing and one seven-yard carry that he had accumulated prior to his departure.