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Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
5 things to watch for in the Thanksgiving game between the Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions, including the Matt Nagy scrutiny and Andy Dalton's return — plus our Week 12 predictions — For a short week, the lead-up to the Chicago Bears' game against the Detroit Lions on Thursday has had a whole lot of drama.
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Bears Wire, Mercury News and DraftKings Nation
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Dan Wiederer / Chicago Tribune:
‘This is a roller-coaster league’: Amid a report of Matt Nagy's possible firing, Chicago Bears players try to tune out the noise — Tashaun Gipson's first four NFL seasons came with the Cleveland Browns, who at the time had the distinction as the most wayward and dysfunctional organization in the league.
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New York Post, Bleacher Nation, Bears Wire, CBS Chicago, DraftKings Nation and ProFootballTalk
Colleen Kane / Chicago Tribune:
‘That is not accurate’: How a report stating Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy will be fired after Thursday's game set off a strange day at Halas Hall — Matt Nagy has faced questions about his job security with the Chicago Bears before, but never quite like Tuesday morning at Halas Hall.
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CBS Chicago, Bleacher Nation, New York Post, Da Windy City, Bears Wire, Chicago Sun-Times and Boston Herald
Dan Wiederer / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago Bears QB rewind: Justin Fields' development has been temporarily interrupted. On a short week, it will be Andy Dalton's show in Detroit.
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Shaw Media Local, Bears Wire and Bear Goggles On
Brad Biggs / Chicago Tribune:
As a report of Matt Nagy's imminent firing swirls, the Chicago Bears leave their coach to fend for himself. Whether it's after Thursday's game or before Week 17, the end seems near.
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Bleacher Nation, Bears Wire, Bear Goggles On, Da Windy City, Detroit Jock City and NFL Spin Zone
ESPN:
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen calls out Steven Matz's agent for ‘unprofessional behavior’ — New York Mets owner Steve Cohen called out Steven Matz's agent for “unprofessional behavior” in a tweet Wednesday morning, one day after the free-agent left-hander opted against rejoining his former team …
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Jays Journal, MLB Trade Rumors, Sports Illustrated, MLB Baseball News … and Bleacher Nation
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ESPN:
Steven Matz, St. Louis Cardinals reach agreement on four-year, $44 million deal, sources say — Starting pitcher Steven Matz, a key component to a turnaround season for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2021, has agreed to a four-year, $44 million deal with the St. Louis Cardinals, pending a physical …
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New York Post, MLB Baseball News …, Lone Star Ball, Bleed Cubbie Blue, Beyond the Box Score and Jays Journal
Justin Toscano / NorthJersey.com:
Aaron Loup signs with the Angels as the Mets bullpen takes a major hit
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Sports Illustrated
David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins center Michael Deiter returns to practice, but Miami's receivers still need more time — MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins center Michael Deiter returned to practice on Wednesday as he could be approaching a return from the foot injury that has kept him on injured reserve since Oct. 2.
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David Furones / Sun-Sentinel:
Dolphins place two players on injured reserve, sign veteran safety — After both outside linebacker Brennan Scarlett and cornerback Jamal Perry left the Miami Dolphins' 24-17 win over the New York Jets on Sunday with knee injuries, the two were placed on injured reserve on Tuesday.
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Boston Herald and Mercury News
Pat Leonard / New York Daily News:
Giants fire offensive coordinator Jason Garrett as season spirals: source — Jason Garrett is out. — The Giants fired their offensive coordinator on Tuesday, according to a source, pulling the plug 26 games in on the longtime former Dallas Cowboys head coach.
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Boston Herald, ProFootballTalk, DraftKings Nation and Sportsnet.ca
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Pat Leonard / New York Daily News:
Joe Judge has reached boiling point with Jason Garrett's offense
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ProFootballTalk
Pat Leonard / New York Daily News:
Pathetic Giants slouch through blowout loss to Tom Brady's Buccaneers
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ProFootballTalk, The Athletic, Boston.com and Associated Press
DJ Bien-Aime II / New York Daily News:
Zach Wilson returns, possibly wiser for his time on the sidelines — Zach Wilson finally exited the recovery chamber and is ecstatic to return after missing four weeks with a sprained PCL. — “It's awesome. I'm excited,” Wilson said. “That rush, that feeling you get just to be back on the field.
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Mercury News
Matthew Roberson / New York Daily News:
With lefty reliever Zack Britton on the shelf, here are some free agents for Yankees to consider — The more one examines the Yankees' roster, the easier it becomes to poke holes in it. — All-MLB performers Aaron Judge and Gerrit Cole are the only legitimate stars who will conjure …
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Pinstripe Alley
Anthony Castrovince / MLB.com:
The '21 All-MLB Team is here. And it's stacked — Though the All-Star Game enjoyed a welcomed return in 2021, that midseason spectacle remains an incomplete evaluation of the players who made the biggest impact on the full season. That's why we have the All-MLB Team …
Ken Rosenthal / The Athletic:
Best bet for Freddie Freeman; why Rangers are so aggressive; how high for Marcus Semien?; more notes — The best guess still is that the Braves will keep Freddie Freeman. It's almost unthinkable they would lose him after winning their first World Series since 1995 and generating a staggering amount of revenue in the process.
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New Jersey Online, Yanks Go Yard, Bleacher Nation, NBCSports.com, Call to the Pen, Bluebird Banter and NESN.com
