Football (NFL)

New England's Jerod Mayo and Jacksonville's Doug Pederson are two NFL coaches who are out of a job, though a handful of other teams decided to stay with the status quo in the days following the NFL's regular season.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — General manager Ran Carthon paid the price for the Tennessee Titans going 9-25 in his two seasons.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars are conducting their coaching search with transparency for the first time in franchise history.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Those veteran running backs who changed addresses in the offseason have given themselves a chance to showcase the difference they can make in the postseason.

The overlap of the NFL playoffs and coaching search season will have many of the league's top assistants pulling double duty this month.

DENVER (AP) — It's not about the money until it is. The final weekend of the NFL regular season brought the usual intrigue over which teams would clinch the final playoff spots — the Buccaneers and Broncos — and who would get the No.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — After three straight seasons of long playoff runs , the San Francisco 49ers are packing up and heading home early for a change.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers are planning to sign running back Ezekiel Elliott to their practice squad pending a physical, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday night.

FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys are fully committed to Dak Prescott, and their franchise quarterback wants Mike McCarthy back as the coach. So do standout receiver CeeDee Lamb and star edge rusher Micah Parsons.