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It's Thursday, December 21st.

I'm Jamie Erdall.

There's Kyle Brand, Peter Schrager, and Jason McCordy.

Gentlemen, looking great in holiday garb, if you will.

For the latest news ahead of Thursday night football,

here is our very own Ian Rappaport.

Good news for the New Orleans Saints, Chris Alave,

their standout receiver who did not play last week. Been battling an ankle sprain is expected to go tonight. Now, for the New Orleans Saints, this is a receiver who makes their offense better, no doubt about it. It's really been kind of up and down the last several weeks, battling an illness, then battling an ankle sprain, the fact that he wasn't able to go last week. They survived. They advanced, but this is a big time boost for their offense for Derek Carr.

He is good to go tonight against the Los Angeles Rams.

For these Cincinnati Bengals, Jamar Chase did not practice yesterday.

Now, Zach Taylor did not rule him out with that AC joint sprain separated shoulder that left him in street

closed this past weekend did not finish that game. He is, from my understanding, not expected to go

this weekend, but not considered to be a long-term injury. So assuming misses this weekend's game

against the Steelers, potentially one more, could be back after that, not a long-term injury. And then for the Miami

Dolphins, they still expect their star receiver, Tyree Kill to be out there in a huge showdown

against the Dallas Cowboys. He just did not practice yesterday. And Coach Mike McDaniels said,

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