New Orleans (5-10) at Tennessee (3-12)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EST, CBS.
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New Orleans Saints head coach Kellen Moore stands on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons (98) celebrates after tackling Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt for a safety during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave celebrates hands the ball to a fan after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ella Hall)
Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward passes during the first half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)
New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough celebrates after a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ella Hall)
BetMGM NFL odds: Saints by 2 1/2.
Against the spread: Saints 7-8, Titans 7-8.
Series record: Titans lead 9-7-1.
Last meeting: Saints beat Titans 16-15 in New Orleans on Sept. 10, 2023.
Last week: Saints beat Jets 29-6; Titans beat the Chiefs 26-9.
Saints offense: overall (26), rush (30), pass (19), scoring (29).
Saints defense: overall (9), rush (22), pass (5), scoring (14).
Titans offense: overall (31), rush (29), pass (31), scoring (30).
Titans defense: overall (20), rush (18), pass (21), scoring (T-26).
Turnover differential: Saints minus-3; Titans minus-4.
Receiver Chris Olave's 10 catches for 148 yards and two TDs against the Jets last week increased his season totals to 92 catches for 1,044 yards and eight TDs — all career highs.
QB Cam Ward. The No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft has started a franchise-record 15 games as a rookie. He is coming off his best back-to-back games by passer rating with a 122.3 rating last week as he completed a career-best 75% of his passes. He has been intercepted only once over the past seven games with eight TDs in that span.
The Saints' pass rush against an improved Titans' pass protection. Ward is no longer the NFL's most-sacked quarterback, and he has been sacked three times combined over the past three games. New Orleans ranks 12th with 37 sacks.
Saints: WR Chris Olave is questionable after being limited by a back issue Friday. ... Defensive tackle Bryan Bresee (knee) and tight end Foster Moreau (ankle) both are out again. Alvin Kamara (knee and ankle) will miss his fifth straight game. Guard Cesar Ruiz (ankle) also is out.
Titans: LB Cedric Gray, their leading tackler, cleared concussion protocol and will be back after missing last week. TE Gunnar Helm (toe) will play. CB Marcus Harris (knee), WR Bryce Oliver (knee) and OLB Femi Oladejo (fibula) are all out.
The previous two games between these NFC and AFC teams have been decided by a combined three points with the home team winning each time. The Titans won 23-21 in Nashville in 2021, while the Saints won 16-15 in the 2023 season opener in New Orleans.
The Saints have won three straight with rookie QB Tyler Shough 4-3 since taking over as the starter. ... Shough threw for 308 yards and a TD pass last week. ... QB Taysom Hill threw a 38-yard TD pass, ran for 42 yards and had 36 yards receiving last week. He is the first player in the Super Bowl era and fourth all time with at least 1,000 yards passing, 1,000 yards rushing and 1,000 yards receiving for his career. ... RB Alvin Kamara needs 52 yards receiving to become the fifth player all time with 5,000 yards rushing and 5,000 yards receiving for his career. ... TE Juwan Johnson had 89 yards receiving last week. ... DE Chase Young had a sack and recovered a fumble last week. ... DE Cameron Jordan had two sacks last week. ... DT Nathan Shepherd had a sack and his first career forced fumble last week. ... CB Alontae Taylor had seven tackles and a sack last week. ... Rookie S Jonas Sanker had his second career interception last week. ... The Titans' next win will be the franchise's 500th all time, including the postseason. ... Ward leads all rookies with 2,866 yards passing and is tied for the most TD passes with 13. Ward has thrown two TD passes in the past three games. ... RB Tyjae Spears had a team-high 105 yards from scrimmage last week with a rushing TD. ... RB Tony Pollard has the NFL's longest active streak of 100-yard rushing games at three straight. ... WR Elic Ayomanor had a career-high 58 yards receiving last week. He and Chimere Dike are the only rookie teammates with at least 350 yards receiving and two or more TD catches. ... Four-time Pro Bowl DT Jeffery Simmons is tied for sixth in the NFL with 16 tackles for loss and had his first career safety last week. ... LB James Williams had a team-high nine tackles and his first career sack last week.
Pollard. The veteran has put together three consecutive 100-yard rushing performances for the first time in his career with Tennessee leaning on the run over the past month. The Saints are giving up 122.6 rushing yards a game.
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New Orleans Saints head coach Kellen Moore stands on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Tennessee Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons (98) celebrates after tackling Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt for a safety during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)
New Orleans Saints wide receiver Chris Olave celebrates hands the ball to a fan after scoring a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ella Hall)
Tennessee Titans quarterback Cam Ward passes during the first half of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)
New Orleans Saints quarterback Tyler Shough celebrates after a touchdown during the second half of an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Ella Hall)
Philadelphia (10-5) at Buffalo (11-4)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, Fox.
BetMGM NFL odds: Bills by 2.
Against the spread: Eagles 9-6; Bills 7-8.
Series record: Eagles lead 9-6.
Last meeting: Eagles won 34-31 OT on Nov. 26, 2023, at Philadelphia.
Last week: Eagles beat Commanders 29-18; Bills beat Browns 23-20.
Eagles offense: overall (22), rush (15), pass (23), scoring (16t)
Eagles defense: overall (12), rush (21), pass (7), scoring (3)
Bills offense: overall (4), rush (1), pass (18), scoring (4).
Bills defense: overall (11), rush (30), pass (2), scoring (14).
Turnover differential: Eagles plus-4; Bills plus-2.
K Jake Elliott. The ninth-year player is dealing with accuracy issues and coming off missing two field-goal attempts — three if you include a 57-yard miss nullified by a penalty — in the first half against Washington. The misses add to a season in which the 30-year-old has gone 17 of 24, including 4 of 8 from 50 or more yards. Though accustomed to kicking outdoors, Elliott looks ahead to an outing with the forecast calling for a wintry mix of snow and rain hitting Orchard Park, New York.
QB Josh Allen. The eighth-year starter is coming off his third outing of the season and just seventh of his career without having a hand in a touchdown in a game he played a majority of snaps. By comparison, Allen has six outings in which he’s scored three or more times this season. At 29, Allen has scored 299 touchdowns, and is one away from becoming the NFL's first player to reach 300 before turning 30.
Eagles RB Saquon Barkley vs. Bills run defense. Barkley topped 100 yards rushing in two of his past three outings, after doing so only once in his first 12. He's coming off a 132-yard outing against Washington, in which Barkley also scored for a third straight game. He faces a defense that has allowed 150 or more yards rushing seven times this season, including 246 in a 35-31 win over New England two weeks ago. The Bills have also allowed 24 TDs rushing, the second-most in a season in team history after giving up 26 in 1972.
Eagles: LB Nakobe Dean has been ruled out after hurting his hamstring last weekend. ... RT Lane Johnson (foot) has also been ruled out and will miss his sixth straight game. ... DT Jalen Carter (shoulder) doesn't carry an injury designation, putting him in position to return after missing three games. ... A.J. Brown returned to practice on Friday and is cleared to play after having his wisdom teeth removed.
Bills: S Jordan Poyer (hamstring), DT DaQuan Jones (calf), DT Jordan Phillips (ankle) and PK Matt Prater (quadricep) have been ruled out. ... The status of TEs Dalton Kincaid (knee) and Dawson Knox (knee) bear monitoring with both listed as questionable. ... Allen doesn't carry an injury designation, and coach Sean McDermott said the quarterback should be “good to go” after being limited in practice this week because of a sore right foot.
The Eagles have won three straight, and five of the past six meetings. ... The teams have split their eight meetings at Buffalo. ... A win over the Bills would match the Eagles’ longest streak in the series after a 4-0 run spanning 1981-87. ... In their most recent meeting, Philadelphia rallied from a 24-14 third-quarter deficit, with Elliott tying the game at 31 with a 59-yard field goal with 20 seconds remaining. After Buffalo opened overtime with a field goal, Jalen Hurts secured the win with a 12-yard touchdown run.
Bills coach McDermott opened his NFL coaching career with his hometown Eagles on Andy Reid’s first staff in 1999. McDermott worked his way up to become Philadelphia’s defensive coordinator for two seasons before being fired after the 2010 season. McDermott has a 97-49 head coaching record, while earning wins against every NFL team except Philadelphia. ... The Eagles became the NFC East’s first team to win consecutive division titles since Philadelphia’s four-year run from 2001-04. ... Philadelphia has a 5-3 road record. The five road wins currently match the fewest during coach Nick Sirianni’s five-year tenure, after the team went 5-4 in 2023. ... At 64-28, including playoffs, Sirianni ranks fourth on the NFL win list over a coach’s first five seasons. He trails George Seifert (68), Tony Dungy (67) and Don Shula (65). ... With 32 total touchdowns, Hurts entered the weekend ranking fourth among NFL quarterbacks, trailing the Rams’ Matthew Stafford (40), Allen (37) and Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence (33). ... TE Dallas Goedert has a team-leading 10 TDs receiving, which is tied for third in the NFL and tied for first among tight ends entering this week. His 10 touchdowns also tie a franchise record for his position and first set by Pete Retzlaff in 1965. ... LB Zack Baun is the NFL’s only player this season with 115-plus tackles, three-plus sacks and three or more takeaways. ... The Bills set a franchise record by clinching their seventh straight playoff berth, and eighth in nine seasons under McDermott. Buffalo is also one of just five NFL teams to have won at least 11 games over six consecutive seasons. ... The Bills are 25-4 in regular-season games played in December and January since 2020. ... Allen improved to 8-0 this season and 40-7 overall when not committing a giveaway. ... RB James Cook has taken over the NFL lead with 1,532 yards rushing — 44 ahead of Indianapolis’ Jonathan Taylor. O.J. Simpson is Buffalo’s lone player to lead the league in rushing, doing so four times in the 1970s. ... Cook’s yards rushing rank third on the single-season list behind Simpson’s 2,003 in 1973 and 1,817 in ’75. ... The Bills are 8-1 this season when Cook tops 100 yards rushing. ... DE Greg Rousseau had 2 1/2 sacks against Cleveland to take over the team lead with 6 1/2, and was credited with a career-best seven quarterback hits. ... S Jordan Poyer’s interception against Cleveland was the 25th of his career, and first since having four in 2022.
Turn elsewhere if you’re looking for a Bills wide receiver to count upon entering championship weekend. Buffalo’s receiver group — led by Khalil Shakir’s 66 catches for 684 yards — has combined for just 159 catches for 1,832 yards and nine touchdowns this season.
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Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen (17) hands off against the Buffalo Bills during the second half of an NFL football game in Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott watches during the first half of an NFL football game against the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/David Richard)
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) runs with the ball past Las Vegas Raiders cornerback Darien Porter (26) during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
