It’s official: Patriots-Jets at 1 p.m.
The Patriots will mercifully conclude a moribund season by hosting the Jets at 1 p.m. Sunday, the NFL announced. Fox will broadcast the game.
The regular season concludes Sunday night in Miami with a showdown between the Bills and Dolphins for the AFC East title at 8:20 p.m. on NBC. Miami, which has clinched a playoff spot, hasn’t won the division since 2008.
The final regular-season weekend includes a pair of Saturday games on ABC/ESPN: The Ravens host the Steelers at 4:30 p.m. and the Texans play at the Colts at 8:15 p.m.
There’s plenty more on the line Sunday. The Jaguars will attempt to clinch the AFC South title against the Titans at 1 p.m. The Buccaneers can win the NFC South by topping the Panthers at 1 p.m. The Packers will secure a wild-card bid with a win over the Bears at 4:25 p.m. The Eagles play at the Giants at the same time as the Cowboys-Commanders, with Dallas holding the tiebreaker for the NFC East crown.
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Dolphins’ Chubb tears ACL
Dolphins pass rusher Bradley Chubb has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season, coach Mike McDaniel said.
Chubb suffered the injury in the final minutes of Sunday's 56-19 loss at Baltimore. He went down after trying to make a tackle and grabbed at his right knee. He was carted off the field.
McDaniel expressed regret afterward when asked why Chubb and other Dolphins starters were in the game at that point, when the deficit was 30 points with 3:05 remaining.
“In hindsight, I would absolutely not have one of them out there if I had known that he was going to get hurt, for sure,” the coach said Sunday.
Lawrence to return?
The Jaguars could get quarterback Trevor Lawrence and receiver Christian Kirk back for their regular-season finale at Tennessee, a game that will help determine the AFC South.
Lawrence missed Sunday’s 26-0 drubbing of Carolina because of a sprained throwing shoulder, ending a streak of 51 consecutive starts.
No comment on Tepper
Neither the NFL nor the Jaguars had any comment on Panthers owner David Tepper throwing the contents of a drink into a crowd near the end of his team’s 26-0 loss at Jacksonville on Sunday. The league said it’s aware of the video showing Tepper’s reaction after rookie quarterback Bryce Young threw an interception with less than three minutes to play . . . Falcons coach Arthur Smith said Taylor Heinicke, who left Sunday's 37-17 loss to the Bears with a left ankle injury, will try to return this week . . . The Steelers are sticking with Mason Rudolph ahead of their pivotal regular-season finale against Baltimore.