Football (NFL)

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — If Tampa Bay can clinch a playoff berth while also helping star receiver Mike Evans make NFL history, the Buccaneers would like to do it.

New Orleans (5-11) at Tampa Bay (9-7) Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, FOX BetMGM NFL Odds: Buccaneers by 13 1/2. Series record: Saints lead 40-26. Against the spread: Saints 6-10, Buccaneers 10-6 Last meeting: Buccaneers beat Saints 51-27 in New Orleans on Oct.

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos can erase nearly a decade of frustration and futility by beating a Kansas City Chiefs team that will be resting Patrick Mahomes and several other starters Sunday.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The final meeting of the season between the Buffalo Bills and New England Patriots doesn’t have any playoff implications. But both teams have plenty to play for. The Bills (13-3) enter the week locked into the No.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan sat down for his weekly news conference and then proceeded to name 13 players over the next 31 seconds who were either out or limited for Wednesday's practice because of injuries.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Saquon Barkley lost his shot at the NFL season rushing record.

Amazon Prime Video's “Thursday Night Football” package averaged 13.22 million viewers, a 13% increase over last season. The 16-game package, which included a game on Black Friday, saw 91.1 million unique viewers in the U.S.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to the playoffs. It just doesn't exactly feel like it — or look like it — heading into their regular-season finale against Cincinnati on Saturday night.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Gaining momentum matters more to the Green Bay Packers than improving their playoff seeding as they gear up for the postseason against their longtime punching bag, the slumping Chicago Bears.

Cincinnati (8-8) at Pittsburgh (10-6) Saturday, 8 p.m., EST, ESPN/ABC. BetMGM NFL Odds: Bengals by 1 1/2. Against the spread: Bengals 10-6; Steelers 10-6 Series record: Steelers lead 71-39. Last meeting: Steelers beat Bengals 44-38 on Dec.