The San Francisco 49ers (3-4) reentered the playoff picture with their best win of the season, defeating the Bears at Chicago in quarterback Jimmy Garoppolos redemption-filled homecoming.The 49ers look to make it two in a row with a victory in Week 9 over the potentially severely-shorthanded division-leading Arizona Cardinals (7-1).A win against Arizona, and a Carolina lo s to New England, would put the 49ers back in position for a Wild Card.Here are five Players to Watch in the 49ers key divisional matchup with Arizona:Rondale Moore, Wide Receiver, #4 Arizona CardinalsThe Cardinals could be without quarterback Kyler Murray (ankle) and No. 1 wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins (hamstring). Thats their best two weapons.Head coach Kliff Kingsbury fortunately has three other legit receivers, including rookie Rondale Moore. Even if Murray and Hopkins are able to go, expect a lot from Moore.The second round pick is one of the NFLs best young offensive weapons and mismatches. He has 4.29 speed and averages 11.3 yards per reception.Moore is one of the NFLs leaders in a unique
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All-Pro Calvin Ridley's absence creates a ma sive hole for the Atlanta Falcons at the wide receiver position.Instead of making a splash at Tuesdays trade deadline, the Falcons opted
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With two weeks to go in the regular season, the Buffalo Bills (9-6) still have a chance to earn the No. 2 playoff seed in the AFC.Technically, . But that would require an extraordinary set of circumstances in which the Kansas
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The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Dallas Cowboys by a final score of 19-9 on Sunday, extending their winning streak to four games as they head into the bye week.
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PHILADELPHIA Avonte Maddox has played in 42 NFL games since entering the league as a fourth-round draft pick in 2018.None of them were in his hometown of Detroit.That changes Sunday (1 p.m./FOX) when the Eagles play the Lions at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.The Eagles cornerback went to high school at Martin Luther King High school, just a few blocks from Ford Field. He bought 35 tickets for family, including his dad and uncle, friends, and the entire football team at MLK, including coaches.Its real meaningful, said Maddox on Thursday. All the time my coaches in high
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After mi sing the first NFL game of his career in a Week 6 lo s to the Steelers, Seahawks quarterback Ru sell Wilson is chomping at the bit to return to action and doing everything he can to be back on the field sooner rather than later.Speaking with reporters on Wednesday, coach Pete
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