Football (NFL)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jimmy Garoppolo will take his first snaps for the Rams when he starts in place of Matthew Stafford in playoff-bound Los Angeles' regular-season finale against Seattle on Sunday.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Joshua Dobbs will start the season finale at quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers with starter Brock Purdy out with an elbow injury.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson said he was in such severe pain last week he struggled to walk.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs will start backup Carson Wentz at quarterback on Sunday in Denver in a game that means nothing to Kansas City, which has already clinched the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs, but could mean everything to the Broncos.

There's never quite been a division like this season's NFC North and there has never been a wild-card team like whoever loses the division title showdown between Detroit and Minnesota.

The Detroit Lions have a short week to prepare for a pivotal matchup against Minnesota , and they will not complain about that fact. The winner will earn the NFC North title and home-field advantage until the Super Bowl.

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — John Harbaugh wasn't going to wade into the debate over whether Lamar Jackson should win a third NFL MVP award this season. Instead, he stuck to the obvious. “He's my MVP.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zach Frazier began his first season with the Pittsburgh Steelers with a problem he'd rarely encountered on the football field up to that point. The rookie center found himself stuck inside his head a little too much.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns' push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Cowboys released running back Ezekiel Elliott on Tuesday, a quiet end to a Dallas career that started with two rushing titles in three seasons but faded quickly from there.