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NFL Nation reporters react to all the action, answering the biggest questions coming out of each game. Here’s what we learned from Week 16.

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Morgan Tuck sat down with SB Nation to share whether she sees Alyssa Thomas, DeWanna Bonner, and Brionna Jones returning to the Connecticut Sun, the process of protecting players for the expansion draft, and more.
Very few WNBA teams have a future as unpredictable as the Connecticut Sun, who entered the offseason with five unrestricted free agents, including Alyssa Thomas, DeWanna Bonner, and Brionna Jones. The Sun have a new coach, a new general manager, and only three returning players under contract ahead of next season.

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The Patriots’ rookie is playing well beyond his years.
Unless you live in New England it’s been easy to overlook Drake Maye in his rookie season. The No. 3 quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft didn’t carry near the fanfare or hype as the two guys selected before him, nor did Maye come with the same level of profound (bordering unrealistic) expectations. However, as we approach 2025 it’s tough to be more bullish about many young quarterbacks in the league. Drake Maye is poised to be an absolute stud.

It’s never wrong to win, so that applies to the Las Vegas Raiders when they beat the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. That out of the way, let’s all agree that victory was not optimal.
It was not great for the future.
It was not great for the well-being of the franchise.
It was not the best result if you weigh everything involved.
Coach Antonio Pierce and the players that were celebrating the success of their 19-14 victory as if it came with some sort of championship would vehemently disagree.
“Long overdue,” Pierce said afterward.

WNBA player Natasha Cloud celebrated the passing of a stopgap funding bill by suggesting Elon Musk leave the United States and return to Africa while taking shots at billionaires. The Phoenix Mercury guard fired off quite a collection of tweets insinuating that she knows how the government works far better than others.
The stopgap bill was opposed by many Republican leaders, with President-Elect Donald Trump and Musk leading the rebellion against the initial plan to avert a partial government shutdown. 
That bill would have extended current government funding levels until March 14.

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Are all these trades legal under the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement? Yes. Will every team involved hate them? Quite possibly.
The holiday season is about rebirth and renewal. It’s a moment of reflection, when we are all afforded a chance to improve ourselves in the new year. Many people vow to go to the gym more, to quit smoking, to be there for family and friends when they need it the most.
But we all know those things are meaningless. Daily life is but a petty footnote to the never-ending, all-consuming carnage of the NBA.

Outfielder Joc Pederson, 32, and the Texas Rangers have agreed on a contract pending a physical, sources confirmed to ESPN.

Though playoff hopes are gone, four wins in five games have changed the outlook on McCarthy’s future in Dallas. Of course, there are still two games to play.

Week 16’s Sunday slate is in the books and there were performances and injuries that will have long term fantasy implications. Andy Behrens joins Matt Harmon to breakdown all the action and place the games in three categories: Games we care about the most, games we sort of care about and games that could have been an email.

Fantasy football analyst Dalton Del Don recaps all the action from Week 16.