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In today’s early window of games, Browns star pass rusher Myles Garrett attempts to break the single-season sack record while the Bills hope to inch closer to the playoffs. (1 p.m. ET, CBS)
Also, the Cowboys’ playoff hopes look bleak, but they host the Chargers in a marquee game. (1 p.m. ET, FOX)
In the late window, the Jaguars are on the road vs. the Broncos in an AFC showdown (4:05 p.m. ET, FOX)
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The Chiefs might need to invest in a backup QB this offseason following Patrick Mahomes’ season-ending knee injury, and Gardner Minshew will get the first opportunity Sunday to show he’s up for the gig.
Minshew, 29, has previously been an NFL starter with four other teams and is only under contract with the Chiefs through the end of this season.
His limited snaps last week didn’t go to plan. Minshew, with a chance for a game-winning drive, was off target on a pass to Kelce and was intercepted as the Chiefs fell 16-13 to the Los Angeles Chargers to end their playoff hopes.
Minshew will face difficult circumstances over the next three weeks, given the team’s medical report. K.C. is still without four of its top offensive tackles, meaning Minshew will have to operate while protected by rookie Esa Pole and International Pathway Program player Chu Godrick — two players who had combined for zero career NFL snaps before the start of this month.
Getting their shot: The Chiefs should use these final three games to find out as much as they can about some young players set for bigger roles in 2026.
A few of them? Running back Brashard Smith immediately comes to mind; he has only 32 carries this season while used as more of a pass-catching option, but the Chiefs should use him out of the backfield on designed runs to see how he performs. Fourth-round receiver Jalen Royals also should get some run after what has mostly amounted to a redshirt season for him as he’s learned the offense.
On defense, fifth-round linebacker Jeffrey Bassa has mostly been limited to special teams duty but could get a long tryout the next three weeks at weakside linebacker. Second-year safety Jaden Hicks also hasn’t lived up to expectations most of the season and needs to prove in the last few weeks he can be trusted on the back end.
Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce pushed back retirement talk this week, but this could be the start of his final three games in the NFL.
So, with the playoffs out of reach, might the Chiefs left him have some fun?
Kelce, for instance, hasn’t thrown a pass since the 2020 season. Could the Chiefs dial up a play for him to do that, perhaps today against the Titans?
The 36-year-old Kelce could be targeted often in the pass game. Kansas City will be starting backup Gardner Minshew at quarterback, and he looked to establish an early connection with Kelce during his limited fourth-quarter snaps last week.
In any case, Kelce will be worth watching in the final three games of a lost season.
Brian Flores may not have edge rusher Jonathan Greenard or safety Josh Metellus, both of whom were put on season-ending IR, at his disposal. It shouldn’t matter. This Giants offense is not particularly imposing. Running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. can be explosive, and the receiving corps is capable enough. Neither should prevent the Vikings from causing havoc.
Dart plays football like a Red Bull mountain biker approaching a cliff jump. There is complete disregard. Because he often misses reads, he’ll backpedal in the pocket or look to scramble. Flores’ unit likes to stress the minds and eyes of quarterbacks, especially young ones. Dart should be up against it Sunday. The Vikings defense has a chance to continue its streak of effective performances.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Kansas City Chiefs will wait at least one more week to give a midseason acquisition his first chance.
The Chiefs listed running back Dameon Pierce, who joined the team’s practice squad in November, as a gameday inactive. Pierce signed to the team’s active roster this week.
K.C. should have opportunities to give Pierce some carries in the final two games after being eliminated from playoff contention last week. Pierce, 25, was a two-year starter for the Houston Texans in 2022 and 2023 before getting waived by the team last month.
Here’s the full list of Chiefs’ inactives against the Titans:
WR Rashee Rice
CB Trent McDuffie
RB Dameon Pierce
OL CJ Hanson
OT Jaylon Moore
WR Tyquan Thornton
DT Derrick Nnadi
Myles Garrett is one sack away from NFL history. On the other side of the ball, the 3-11 Browns are just searching for competence.
Garrett has 21.5 sacks this season, one short of the record currently shared by Michael Strahan and T.J. Watt. Garrett has recorded at least one sack in eight straight games, and in his pursuit of Josh Allen today he’ll look to become just the third player with a nine-sack streak since the sack became officially recognized as a stat in 1982.
A week after getting drubbed in Chicago, 31-3, rookie Shedeur Sanders makes his fifth start for the Browns in windy conditions. Sanders was intercepted three times last week, but he’ll again look to rookie tight end Harold Fannin Jr. as his top target as the Browns search for a spark. Sanders has targeted Fannin 36 times in his four starts; the next most-targeted player during that time is Jerry Jeudy with 16.
The Cleveland offensive line will again be without veteran guard Wyatt Teller, who returned to practice but will miss a third straight game due to a calf injury. Veteran right tackle Jack Conklin was placed on injured-reserve Saturday due to lingering effects of a concussion. Neither Conklin nor Teller is under contract for next season.
KT Leveston again starts at right tackle and Teven Jenkins will again be at right guard for an offensive line that’s struggled mightily in recent weeks.
The Browns today are also without Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward (calf), tight end David Njoku (knee), running back Dylan Sampson (hand), defensive tackle Sam Kamara (elbow) and defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. (illness). Myles Harden starts in Ward’s place, and the Browns promoted defensive tackles Keith Cooper Jr. and Maurice Hurst from the practice squad with Hall and Kamara out.
NEW ORLEANS — As expected, Justin Fields is inactive, so Tyrod Taylor will be Brady Cook’s backup against the Saints. Fields has been out with