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Sunday’s Steelers-Lions game has given the league office a little extra work to do on Monday.

Per a league source, the NFL will turn its attention tomorrow to the contact in which receiver DK Metcalf engaged with a fan during the first half of the Week 16 game.

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As the source explained it, precedent for incidents of this nature points to a fine. Once the league takes a closer look at the video and considers the relevant factors, however, a stronger punishment could be imposed on Metcalf.

Unlike the Week 1 incident between Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson and a fan in Buffalo, the fan (based on the available video) did not initiate contact with Metcalf. Metcalf approached the stands and grabbed the fan’s shirt and pulled down — before punching up at the fan. It’s unclear whether Metcalf contacted the fan’s face, given the presence of the fan’s Honolulu blue wig.

The league also will presumably search for any other available video of the incident, from NFL-operated cameras to CBS cameras to any other video that may surface.

Regardless, Metcalf’s decision to interact physically with a fan during the game will be a significant topic for discussion and debate on Monday and beyond, regardless of whether he is or isn’t suspended by the NFL.

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Patrick Mahomes taking on the Tennessee Titans and their decimated secondary could have been one of the top matchups of the year for NFL DFS players to target. Instead, Mahomes went down with a torn ACL last week as the Chiefs also saw their playoff hopes end. What level of trust can you put in his backup, Gardner Minshew, as he fills in against the Titans on Sunday afternoon? Minshew is $4,500 on FanDuel and $6,500 on DraftKings, making him a much cheaper option than other quarterbacks in the NFL DFS player pool such as Josh Allen, Dak Prescott and Joe Burrow, but not as cheap as Quinn Ewers, who will start in place of Tua Tagovailoa.

Who should you target at QB, and who are the sleepers in the NFL DFS player pool that can help differentiate your lineups? Before making any NFL DFS picks for Sunday or locking in NFL DFS lineups on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel, be sure to check out SportsLine’s advanced NFL DFS lineup optimizer.

The DFS Optimizer uses info from the SportsLine Advanced-Data Projection Model and DFS Professional Millionaire Mike McClure to identify top DFS picks/plays for any slate on betting apps like DraftKings and FanDuel. It simulates every game 10,000 times to help DFS players optimize and build winning DraftKings and FanDuel lineups. Optimize, export, and enter lineups confidently with injury updates, floor and ceiling player projections, and Vegas lines and picks all with one winning tool.

Now, SportsLine’s NFL DFS Optimizer has turned its attention to Sunday’s 2025 NFL Week 15 schedule and just locked in its top daily Fantasy football lineups. You can only see its optimal lineups at SportsLine.

Top NFL Week 16 DFS picks for Sunday

One of the optimizer’s top DFS value picks for Sunday is Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud at $5,500 on DraftKings and $7,200 on FanDuel. He faces the Raiders, who have allowed opposing quarterbacks to have the eighth-highest rating this season. Stroud is also…

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After taking a lead into the locker room at halftime, the third quarter did not go well for the Commanders.

Commanders quarterback Marcus Mariota exited with a right hand injury, and backup Josh Johnson threw an interception after replacing him.

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Meanwhile, the Eagles got a big play on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts to Dallas Goedert, and Philadelphia leads 14-10 at the start of the fourth quarter.

The Commanders have played hard despite having nothing to play for, but the Eagles are playing to clinch the NFC East, and they look like they’re poised to wrap it up in the final 15 minutes.

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Control of the NFC North will be on the line when the Green Bay Packers battle the Chicago Bears on Saturday night. Chicago moved back into first place on Sunday when the Bears defeated the Cleveland Browns 31-3, while Green Bay dropped a 34-26 decision to the Denver Broncos. The Packers (9-4-1), who are 4-0 within the division, are 4-2-1 on the road this season. The Bears (10-4), who are 1-3 in the division, are 5-1 on their home field in 2025. Both teams are dealing with a substantial injury list. Green Bay lost Micah Parsons (knee) for the season last week. The Bears won’t have Rome Odunze (foot) or Luther Burden III (ankle), while D’Andrew Swift (groin) and Cole Kmet (ankle/knee) are among the players listed as questonable. 

Kickoff from Soldier Field in Chicago is set for 8:20 p.m. ET. Chicago is a 1.5-point favorite in the latest Packers vs. Bears odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 46.5 via DraftKings Sportsbook. Before making any Bears vs. Packers picks, check out the NFL predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model. 

The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up well over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters Week 16 on a 52-37 run on top-rated picks dating back to 2024. Anybody following its NFL betting picks at sportsbooks and on betting sites could have seen strong returns.

Now, the model has set its sights on Packers vs. Bears. You can visit SportsLine now to see the picks. Here are the FBS college football odds and trends for Bears vs. Packers:

Packers vs. Bears spread

Chicago -1.5 at DraftKings Sportsbook

Packers vs. Bears over/under

46.5 points

Packers vs. Bears …

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It’s one thing for us to say it. It carries much more weight when an NFL head coach says it.

Any time there’s a ball on the ground, go get it.

Broncos coach Sean Payton was asked by reporters on Friday about the crazy two-point conversion that morphed from incompletion to recovery in the end zone when running back Zach Charbonnet nonchalantly picked up the ball. The play, thanks to replay review, tied the Rams-Seahawks game at 30 in the fourth quarter.

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“I saw the replay of it, and I know the play they were running,” Payton said. “Holy cow, that was — I’d never seen anything like it. Of course, when you looked at it, the No. 1 rule, and I think [former NFL coach] Wade Phillips tweeted this. . . . Any ball on the ground, defensively scoop it. I don’t care if a fan threw it from the — any ball on the ground, scoop it. So there was a unique play though, and obviously had a huge impact in the game. Absolutely, ball on the ground. But I didn’t get to watch any of the game. I just saw that clip.”

Phillips, the first defensive coordinator of the Rams under head coach Sean McVay (and a former Broncos head coach), did indeed tweet it. “That’s why you ALWAYS make your defensive players pick up every ball on the ground no matter what it looks like,” Phillips said.

Charbonnet, by all appearances, was simply getting the ball in order to give it to the officials. All players, on offense or defense, need to know that, even after the whistle is blown, any ball on the field needs to be grabbed.

There’s no downside. As Charbonnet learned, there’s a potentially gigantic upside.

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Control of the NFC North will be on the line when the Green Bay Packers battle the Chicago Bears on Saturday night. Chicago moved back into first place on Sunday when the Bears defeated the Cleveland Browns 31-3, while Green Bay dropped a 34-26 decision to the Denver Broncos. The Packers (9-4-1), who are 4-0 within the division, are 4-2-1 on the road this season. The Bears (10-4), who are 1-3 in the division, are 5-1 on their home field in 2025. Green Bay will be without pass rusher Micah Parsons (knee), who is out for the year with an ACL tear. Chicago receiver Rome Odunze (foot) has been ruled out.

Kickoff from Soldier Field in Chicago is set for 8:20 p.m. ET. The Packers lead the all-time series 109-96-6, including wins in 12 of the past 13. Chicago is a 1.5-point favorite in the latest Packers vs. Bears odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 46.5 via DraftKings Sportsbook. Before making any Bears vs. Packers picks, check out the NFL predictions from the SportsLine Projection Model. 

The model, which simulates every NFL game 10,000 times, is up well over $7,000 for $100 players on top-rated NFL picks since its inception. The model enters Week 16 on a 52-37 run on top-rated picks dating back to 2024. Anybody following its NFL betting picks at sportsbooks and on betting sites could have seen strong returns.

Now, the model has set its sights on Packers vs. Bears. You can visit SportsLine now to see the picks. Here are the FBS college football odds and trends for Bears vs. Packers:

Packers vs. Bears spread

Chicago -1.5 at DraftKings Sportsbook

Packers vs. Bears over/under

46.5 points

Packers vs. Bears money line 

Chicago -125, Green Bay…

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The Week 16 NFL schedule features 16 more games, including several with potential playoff ramifications. One such game is a Saturday NFC North battle between the Green Bay Packers (9-4-1) and the Chicago Bears (10-4). Chicago is favored by 1 point as Jordan Love and the Packers face Caleb Williams and the Bears. Green Bay has won nine of the past 10 meetings, including a 28-21 victory at Lambeau Field two weeks ago. Another key matchup between two contenders is the NFC South matchup between the division co-leading Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The teams are tied with 7-7 records and play each other two times in the final three weeks. 

The Buccaneers enter as 3-point road favorites. Sunday’s largest spreads include Raiders vs. Texans (-14.5), Bills (-10.5) vs. Browns and Steelers vs. Lions (-7). Among the worst injuries suffered in Week 15 include Patrick Mahomes (knee) of the Chiefs and Micah Parson (knee) of the Packers, which have affected the NFL spreads in their respective games. Before making any Week 16 NFL picks or NFL score predictions on those games or others, you need to see the NFL against the spread, over/under and money line predictions powered by the self-learning SportsLine AI.

Built using cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques by SportsLine’s Data Science team, AI Predictions and AI Ratings are generated for each game. The AI predictions are determined by statistically learning from each team’s historical data and then quantitatively evaluating the strength of the opponent’s defense by assigning a numeric value out of 100 called a matchup score. It continuously refreshes on the most recent available data and can help you spot the biggest discrepancies in the lines. SportsLine’s AI PickBot has hit more than 2,000 4.5- and 5-star prop picks since the start of the 2023 season. 

For Week 16 NFL betting, SportsLine AI has evaluated the NFL odds and…

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During the second half of Sunday’s win over the Raiders, Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts seemed to suffer a leg injury when he was twisted awkwardly during a tackle. He doesn’t appear on the first injury report for Week 16, in advance of Saturday’s game against the Commanders.

The Eagles held a walk-through, not a full practice. The report for Tuesday is an estimate as to the participation, or lack thereof, if the team had conducted a normal practice.

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Another key offensive player showed up on the report, with an injury that would have kept him from practice. Running back Saquon Barkley has a stinger.

Also not practicing (if there would have been practice) were defensive tackle Jalen Carter (shoulders), guard Landon Dickerson (calf), tackle Fred Johnson (ankle), tackle Lane Johnson (foot), and tight end Cameron Latu (stinger).

Running back Tank Bigsby (illness) was limited. Fully participating were linebacker Zack Baun (hand), linebacker Jaelan Phillips (knee), and tackle Cameron Williams (shoulder).

The 9-5 Eagles are one win (or a Cowboys loss) away from clinching the NFC East.

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