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Garrett was listed as having a personal issue in addition to shoulder and hamstring issues while Njoku is listed as resting and having a knee injury. Cooper also missed Week 17 with a heel injury.
Guard Joel Bitonio (rest, oblique, knee), kicker Dustin Hopkins (left hamstring), running back Kareem Hunt (groin), cornerback Greg Newsome (knee), running back Pierre Strong (back), safety Juan Thornhill (calf), and wide receiver Cedric Tillman (concussion) were also out of practice. Cornerback Mike Ford (calf), wide receiver Marquise Goodwin (knee), linebacker Jordan Kunaszyk (calf), defensive lineman Ogbo Okoronkwo (pectoral, groin), and center Ethan Pocic (shoulder, stinger) were limited participants.


Myles Garrett, Amari Cooper among Browns out of practice Tuesday - NBC Sports

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The Chargers completed an interview Tuesday with their offensive coordinator, Kellen Moore, for their head coaching vacancy, the team announced.
Moore spent his first season with the Chargers in 2023, taking over the play-calling job in late January.
It was Moore’s sixth season as an NFL coach, his fifth calling the plays.
Moore parted ways with the Cowboys last year, and in his first season with the Chargers, they ranked 18th in total offense and 21st in points.

Chargers complete interview with Kellen Moore - NBC Sports

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SIGNINGS

• LB Justin Houston is signing with the Dolphins with injuries piling up at the position, NFL Network Insider Mike Garafolo reported. The team later announced the signing.
• LB Bruce Irvin is signing with the Dolphins, NFL Network Insider Tom Pelissero reported. The team announced the signing.
• LB Malik Reed is signing with the Dolphins' practice squad, per Pelissero.

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Joe Flacco will start for the Browns in a playoff game against the Texans on Saturday, nine years after he last started a playoff game, on January 10, 2015 for the Ravens. That nine-year gap between playoff starts is the second-longest for any quarterback in NFL history.
Only Doug Flutie, who started a playoff game for the Bears on January 3, 1987, and then started a playoff game for the Bills on January 2, 1999, went longer between starting playoff games.

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Black Monday has come and gone. It’s now Wednesday. We’re still waiting to see what happens with the Patriots and coach Bill Belichick.
The overriding question is whether owner Robert Kraft will indeed sever ties with a 24-year employee who continues to be one of the best game-day coaches the sport of football has ever seen. Belichick has made it simple — keep me or fire me — while also potentially complicating things by suggesting publicly (and presumably privately) a willingness to make some changes.
It was believed to be too late for Belichick to change. Or, more accurately, for the Patriots to become convinced he was willing and able to do it.
Regardless, if the Patriots know they’re moving on, why are they waiting? If the goal is to make Mike Vrabel the next head coach of the team, they should get started with their search, before someone else can attract Vrabel’s attention.


The clock keeps ticking for the Patriots and Bill Belichick - NBC Sports

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The Bears are planning to stick with Eberflus as their head coach for the 2024 season, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.

That news broke shortly after the news that Luke Getsy has been fired as offensive coordinator. So Eberflus has two big jobs ahead of him in hiring an offensive coordinator to replace Getsy and a defensive coordinator to replace Alan Williams, who resigned early in the 2023 season and was not replaced.

Then an even bigger job commences for Eberflus and the Bears: Deciding whether to stick with Justin Fields as their franchise quarterback or draft a quarterback, most likely USC’s Caleb Williams, with the first overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft.


Bears plan to stick with Matt Eberflus in 2024 - NBC Sports

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During last year’s hiring cycle, there were several hot defensive coordinators. Jim Schwartz was not one of them.

The Browns hired him. And Schwartz, a former head coach of the Lions, made Cleveland’s defense into the finest in the league. The performance of the unit helped propel the Browns to 11 wins, and the No. 5 seed in the AFC.

It started early. After a Week 1 win over the Bengals, defensive end Myles Garrett raved by phone to PFT about Schwartz’s defense, which fully utilized Garrett’s skills and abilities.

They surrendered, on average, 270 yards per game. That’s nearly 20 yards per game less than the Chiefs, who finished second, gave up.

PFT's 2023 NFL assistant coach of the year- Jim Schwartz - NBC Sports

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The Panthers have fired their head coach and General Manager, but not all assistants are currently able to seek employment elsewhere.

According to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, Carolina has blocked a request from Jacksonville to interview defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero for the same position. The Panthers plan to interview Evero for their own head coaching vacancy.

Evero was hired last offseason after spending one year with the Broncos as defensive coordinator. Much like in 2022, the Panthers’ defense was the team’s strength in comparison to an inept offense. Carolina finished No. 4 in total defense after Denver finished No. 7 in total defense with Evero at the helm.

Report- Panthers block Jaguars request to interview Ejiro Evero for defensive coordinator - NBC Sports

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Chiefs-Dolphins brace for sub-zero temps in what could be among the coldest NFL playoff games in history

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Report- Maxx Crosby to explore trade if Raiders don't hire Antonio Pierce - NBC Sports

Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby endorsed hiring interim head coach Antonio Pierce on a full-time basis near the end of the regular season and he did the same in a social media post on Friday, but that might not be the end of his push.

NFL Media reports that Crosby is expected to explore a trade request if the Raiders opt to hire someone other than Pierce. That report is part of a larger report about Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh’s potential return to the NFL because the Raiders “continue to weigh” a pursuit of their former quarterbacks coach.

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Bears to interview Liam Coen for offensive coordinator

Titans complete interview with Mike Kafka

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Chargers complete interview with Todd Monken

Falcons complete interview with Mike Macdonald

Falcons request interview with Bobby Slowik

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Someone will catch Patriots for all-time postseason wins record today (and maybe tomorrow)

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Raiders have focused on hiring a General Manager, so far

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Jim Schwartz hasn’t gotten any interview requests in the current hiring cycle