Saints QB Taysom Hill will play through a finger injury suffered in Thursday night’s loss, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Hill’s mallet finger injury is not viewed to be as severe as Russell Wilson’s that required surgery.
Blackhawks forward Tyler Johnson has undergone the same artificial disk replacement surgery that Jack Eichel underwent last month, according to The Associated Press.
Dallas took another step in its bid to win the NFC East, while New Orleans’ playoff chances took a hit. Here is the current postseason outlook after Thursday night’s game.
Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy said Thursday night’s win over the Saints, in which the team played without him and five assistants, was “a great experience for us.”
Michigan will wear a special patch in the Big Ten title game on Saturday and the Lions will have T-shirts and a helmet decal to honor the four Oxford High School students who were killed in this week’s shooting.
Browns chief of staff Callie Brownson, one of a handful of current female assistant coaches in the NFL, will coach the U.S. women’s tackle national team this summer at the world championships in Finland.