The Broncos are bringing in some potential help at receiver for the stretch run.
Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Denver is signing Elijah Moore to its practice squad.
Moore, 25, was recently released by the Bills after appearing in nine games for the club this season. He recorded nine catches for 112 yards along with six carries for 24 yards with a touchdown.
A second-round pick in 2021, Moore played his first two seasons with the Jets before being traded to the Browns in 2023. He has tallied 209 catches for 2,274 yards with nine touchdowns in his 70 career games with 42 starts.
When Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said he believes the team’s defense can do “historic things,” this probably isn’t what he meant.
Against the Bills on Sunday, the Steelers allowed 249 rushing yards to the Buffalo Bills. It was the most rushing yards allowed by the Steelers at home in 50 years.
It happened on September 28, 1975. It was the home opener, the first game in Pittsburgh after the Steelers put the Vikings in a stranglehold for a 16-6 win in Super Bowl IX. And that game also involved the Bills.
O.J. Simpson had 227 rushing yards that day. Jim Braxton added 80. In all, Buffalo shredded the Steel Curtain for 310 rushing yards, in a 30-21 win.
The Steelers rebounded from that embarrassment, losing only one more game the rest of the season before beating Dallas in Super Bowl X. That same outcome to the 2025 season is extremely unlikely at this point. The playoffs currently feel like a long shot.
Said linebacker T.J. Watt, after the 26-7 loss that dropped the Steelers to 6-6: “I’ve never seen a team run the same play that much and have that kind of success.”
It speaks to the depths of the hole the Steelers have dug for themselves. Fans were chanting, “Fire Tomlin!” They booed during Renegade. Given the uncharacteristic, all-in moves made by the Steelers in an effort to win a playoff game for the first time since the 2016 season, it was the low point of the season.
And it can get lower. They face the Ravens on Sunday, in Baltimore. The Steelers have a home game on December 15, against the Dolphins.
They may not have to worry about chants or boos that night. They have to worry about the fans not showing up.
The Bengals placed linebacker Brian Asamoah II on injured reserve, the team announced Monday.
Asamoah, a fourth-year player, injured a knee in Cincinnati’s Week 13 win over Baltimore. He appeared in four games with no stats, seeing action on 58 special teams snaps.
The Bengals now have only four linebackers left on their roster.
In a corresponding move, they signed cornerback Jalen Davis off the practice squad to the active roster.
The fifth-year player spent the first 13 weeks of this season on Cincinnati’s practice squad. He was elevated from the practice squad to the active roster for the past two games.
Davis has six tackles and one sack in 79 defensive snaps.
Bills defensive end Joey Bosa came up with one of the biggest plays in Sunday’s win over the Steelers when he forced an Aaron Rodgers fumble on the first play of the third quarter, but his outlook for Week 14’s game against the Bengals is uncertain.
Bosa limped off the field later in the second half and head coach Sean McDermott said on Monday that he’s dealing with a hamstring injury. McDermott said, via multiple reporters, that “we’ll see where that goes” in terms of his availability this week.
Cornerback Christian Benford recovered Rodgers’ fumble and returned it for a touchdown that gave the Bills a lead they would not surrender. It was Bosa’s fifth sack and fifth forced fumble of the year.
McDermott said that left tackle Dion Dawkins remains in the concussion protocol. Tight end Dalton Kincaid, linebacker Terrel Bernard, right tackle Spencer Brown, and wide receiver Josh Palmer are all improving after missing Sunday’s game with an injury.
The Bengals got quarterback Joe Burrow back in the lineup in Week 13, but defensive end Trey Hendrickson missed their win over the Steelers and he’s likely going to miss their Week 14 date with the Bills as well.
Bengals head coach Zac Taylor told reporters on Monday that Hendrickson is considered doubtful to make his return to action next Sunday. Hendrickson has missed the last four games and five of the last six with hip and pelvis injuries.
Taylor said that the team considers Hendrickson week-to-week in terms of his return timeline.
Hendrickson had 16 tackles, four sacks, and a forced fumble when he was able to play. Joseph Ossai leads the team with five sacks and is the only player on the team with more sacks than Hendrickson.
The Bengals also played without wide receiver Tee Higgins in their win over the Ravens. He remains in the concussion protocol, but could be cleared in time to face Buffalo.
