A groundbreaking medical advance has offered renewed hope to individuals suffering from a rare and untreatable form of blindness, with a low-cost gel injection successfully restoring sight.
This innovative procedure, which works by normalising pressure within the eye to improve vision, has been described by specialists as “not dissimilar to cosmetic fillers” due to its mechanism. The impact is already profound, as one participant in the study can now enjoy skiing with her son and anticipates regaining her driving licence.
The treatment targets hypotony, a debilitating condition affecting approximately 100 people in the UK annually, where abnormally low eye pressure distorts the eye’s shape. The pioneering research was spearheaded by London’s Moorfields Eye Hospital, supported by funding from Moorfields Eye Charity. Patients received injections of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC), a clear, colourless gel, directly into their eyes.
HPMC is usually used in surgery to maintain the eye’s shape during operations, or to coat its surface for protection and to prevent it from drying out.
Harry Petrushkin, consultant ophthalmologist at Moorfields, said
“Everybody who’s ever had eye surgery will have had this gel in or on their eye at some point, but normally that gel is washed off or washed out at the end of surgery.
“We don’t leave it inside the eye, but it’s actually a really safe substance if you are leaving it inside certain people’s eyes, and it allows it to act a bit like a filler. So, in many ways, it’s not dissimilar to cosmetic fillers.
“It fills the space, but in this context, it fills the space with something that’s transparent and see through, and allows you to give a certain amount per patient to fill the eye up to the size it’s supposed to be.
“A bit like if you’re pumping up a ball, you can pump it up to exactly the right size, and then the eye can see much better.”
Nicki Guy, 47, who lives in London and took part in a study for a new treatment for hypotony, a rare condition which causes blindness (Nicki Guy/PA Wire)
Hypotony can be caused by “a number of different diseases”, according to Mr Petrushkin, as well as trauma, inflammation or complications after surgery.
He added: “Up till now, there’s really been no useful long-term management plan for it because we’ve had plans, but all of them have had quite a lot of problems.”
The current standard treatment for hypotony has been to fill the affected eye with silicone oil.
However, this can cause toxicity to the eye and is “not great” in the long-term, Mr Petrushkin said.
He told PA: “The fluid that fills our eyes is pretty similar to water in terms of seeing through it, whereas if you hold up a bottle of oil, it bends light more, and so if you’re trying to look through oil, your vision is going to be worse and very magnified.
“The advantage of using a gel rather than silicone oil is that you can actually see through it much better.
“And silicone oil, magical as it is, causes a lot of toxicity to the eye. So it has, up till now, been the gold standard but it’s not great.”
The research, published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, included eight patients with hypotony whose eyes were injected with HPMC every couple of weeks.
Experts found that injecting the affected eye with HPMC not only restored its shape, but also restored sight in seven patients after 12 months of treatment.
Vision was measured using sight charts, and there have been “no serious side effects to date”, Mr Petrushkin said.
All patients needed regular check-ups during and after treatment and in some patients, injections were able to be stopped after the eye was restored to its normal size.
Nicki Guy, 47, who has been under Mr Petrushkin’s care since 2019 and took part in the study, told PA: “I’m so close to being able to drive again with my vision in my left eye.
“If it stays like this for the rest of my life, I would just be exceedingly happy.
“I’ve been able to take my son skiing. I love taking photographs, so I can do that again.
“There are still challenges with my vision as it is but, from where I was, it’s just phenomenal.”
Mr Petrushkin runs an all-day hypotony clinic at Moorfields – the only one of its kind in the world – but, prior to this, he said patients would have been told “there’s nothing more we can do”.
Speaking of Mrs Guy, he said: “She was a young patient who had a young family… I was just very frustrated that there was nothing that medicine could really do for her to keep her seeing.
“I’m lucky to work in a place with lots of amazing people, and we put our heads together, and thought that we would try injecting this gel, which is a gel that we’ve been using for decades.”
Moorfields has treated 35 hypotony patients in this way so far and Mr Petrushkin said the “results are holding up”.
He is now applying for funding for a large clinical trial to test different gels.
The goal is to figure out what gel involves injecting patients as few times as possible, he told PA.
“Ideally, we’d be able to find a product which expands slowly, so that we can inject a bit, but it slowly expands so we’re not having to top it up,” Mr Petrushkin added.
“We’re working with bioengineers all over the world, but particularly at UCL, to develop products that do that.”
Mr Petrushkin stressed that this treatment is not a cure for blindness, but could be used on people with other eye conditions.
“This is a treatment which is amazing for people who have visual potential, as in you are capable of good vision, but your eye is currently not letting you achieve that,” he said.
“It’s not a treatment to bring back blindness, where there is no vision at all.”
He added: “My hope would be that as the project develops, and as our knowledge in this area expands – our knowledge is really rudimentary – we understand where we can intervene to stop people from losing vision altogether.”
Kristin Davis says she doesn’t believe the chapter is closed for her Sex and the City character.
The actress, 60, was at the Golden Globe Awards’ Golden Eve event on Thursday, where she presented longtime friend and costar Sarah Jessica Parker with the Carol Burnett Award.
At the same event, the press asked whether the end of Sex and the City marked a final chapter for her character, to which she said no.
She also said the honour was well-deserved and praised Parker for shaping her character, Carrie Bradshaw, on and off-screen.
While no future projects in the Sex and the City universe have been announced, Davis made clear that, for her, the door remains open.
And Just Like That… aired its series finale on HBO Max in August after three seasons. The revival, which premiered in December 2021, followed Carrie Bradshaw (Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte York Goldenblatt (Davis) more than a decade after the 2010 film Sex and the City 2. Kim Cattrall appeared briefly as Samantha Jones in a one-episode cameo.
The decision to end the show was announced just weeks before the finale aired. At the time, showrunner Michael Patrick King shared a statement explaining that while writing the final episode, he felt season three gave a natural stopping point. He added that the announcement was intentionally delayed so the word “final” would not overshadow the season itself.
Davis publicly reacted to the news by expressing sadness over the series ending, praising the cast, crew, and fans who supported the show. She later revealed that she was surprised by the decision in an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show. During the show,she said she assumed the series would continue beyond its initial three-year commitment.
Paris Hilton is pushing back on growing concern surrounding Britney Spears, assuring fans that the pop star is in a good place despite recent headlines questioning her behavior.
Speaking to the Daily Mail at the WWD Style Awards in Santa Monica on Friday, Hilton addressed the chatter directly and offered a calm, confident update about her longtime friend.
“She’s doing good,” Hilton said of the Gimme More singer. She then repeated the sentiment, adding, “She’s doing really good.”
The two have remained close over the years, and Hilton recently spent time with Spears along with her children, son Phoenix and daughter London.
Spears later shared a heartfelt Instagram post reflecting on the visit, describing a tender moment with Hilton’s son.
“My relationship with little Phoenix was quite intense he actually let me hold him forever and he held my chest and looked up to me and his stunning mamma was miraculously so beautiful in letting me hold him for so long,” Spears wrote.
She also praised Hilton’s role as a parent, adding, “I’m so proud of Paris for being such a strong, beautiful mother!!!!!!!”
Spears ended the message by thanking Hilton for celebrating her birthday with her and writing, “You already know I love you sis!!!!”
Hilton’s reassurance comes after reports suggested Spears had distanced herself from members of her family.
In November 2025, a family insider told the Daily Mail that the singer had stopped responding to messages.
“She isn’t returning texts, won’t pick up calls, and won’t even read DMs,” the source claimed.
Another family source described her behavior as “disturbing” and said it was raising “a lot of red flags right now,” leaving relatives unsure how to move forward.
Speculation continued in December when Spears was photographed returning from a Cabo trip carrying a baby carrier and wearing a mystery ring.
Later that month, she spent Christmas with her younger son, Jayden, 19, while her older son, Sean Preston, 20, stayed with her sister Jamie Lynn Spears.
Spears appeared to address family tensions in a pointed Christmas Instagram post, writing, “Merry late Christmas to my beautiful family who have never disrespected me, harmed me, ever done anything completely unacceptable or caused unbelievable trauma, the kind you can’t fix …”
Despite the mixed signals playing out publicly, Hilton’s words offer a steady counterpoint.
As someone who has known Spears for decades, her message is clear, from her perspective, there is no reason for alarm, and Britney Spears is doing just fine.
Zara Larsson defends position against immigration policies
Zara Larsson, a Swedish singer, is stepping up her attacks on what she earlier called the “cruel” immigration policies of the current U.S. government.
In a new Instagram Story, she took aim at ICE agents, calling them out for their behaviour during the raids they conduct.
The Up Close hitmaker, in a note on social media, wonders why they behave in such a way, writing, “What went wrong? Is it toxic masculinity, a frail ego, fear of people, and low IQ all mixed up, like a disgusting cocktail? Red pill podcasts? Sprinkled with some absence of love from their parents in childhood?
Moreover, Zara claims that all agents of ICE involved in controversies were men and that no woman was among them.
“Seriously, what happened in their heads that led those men (mind you!! I have yet to see a female agent!!!) down this path???”
She also raises the question of whether wearing a uniform boosts the ego to perform what the Lush Life singer described as “terrorizing” acts.
“Do you think they feel really cool when they come home after a day of terrorizing communities and families? Or only when the silly f***** outfit is on and their faces are fully covered?”
In the end, the Swedish singer, who is residing in the United States, suggested ICE agents should get therapy, “We need to teach little boys compassion and empathy, so they can grow up and view every person like a person. It’s just sooo unsexy to “just do their jobs” when the job is to be the most ridiculous evil clown on the planet. I don’t understand.”
This post comes before Zara shared how her boyfriend cannot enter the US for six years because of what she described as a minor offense of possessing marijuana.
The early-morning arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro sent shockwaves around the world, marking the most consequential move by the United States in its war against the dictator’s notorious “Cartel of the Suns.”
Maduro was indicted alongside his wife, Cilia Flores, son and three alleged co-conspirators with federal gun and narcotics trafficking charges. The case, which mirrors original charges filed in the Southern District of New York in 2020, adds charges against Flores and was filed under seal last month.
Maduro is facing four charges, including narco-terrorism conspiracy, cocaine importation conspiracy, possession of machine guns and destructive devices and conspiracy to possess machine guns and destructive devices.
Federal prosecutors allege that for years, the Cartel of the Suns – or “Cartel de los Soles” – has worked in tandem with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) under Maduro’s leadership to execute a complex and large-scale cocaine trafficking network to funnel narcotics into the U.S.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro addresses supporters during a rally marking the anniversary of the 19th-century Battle of Santa Ines in Caracas, Venezuela, on Dec. 10, 2025. (Pedro Rances Mattey/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“The Venezuelan regime, once led by Nicolás Maduro Moros, remains plagued by criminality and corruption,” then-Attorney General William Barr said in a 2020 news release. “For more than 20 years, Maduro and a number of high-ranking colleagues allegedly conspired with the FARC, causing tons of cocaine to enter and devastate American communities.”
U.S. officials’ war against Venezuela’s trafficking empire dates back to 1996, after the country was deemed one of the largest drug transit hubs within the Western Hemisphere, according to a 2009 report published by the United States Government Accountability Office.
Venezuela’s shared border with Colombia – along with ongoing corruption within the country’s government – has long provided criminals with consistent resources to transport narcotics throughout the region.
Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro leads the celebration of the 22nd anniversary of late President Hugo Chavez’s return to power after a failed coup attempt in 2002, in Caracas, Venezuela April 13, 2024.(Reuters/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo)
Since 2005, Venezuela’s cooperation with the U.S. regarding counternarcotic operations has significantly dwindled, denying visas to U.S. officials in 2007. One year later, then-President Hugo Chávez expelled the U.S. ambassador and recalled his ambassador from Washington, D.C., marking a significant blow to the two countries’ collaboration efforts.
While Venezuela and the U.S. agreed to reinstate their ambassadors in 2009, Venezuelan officials insisted the country did not need to work alongside the U.S. in counternarcotic efforts due to the country’s own programs.
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro gestures next to his wife Cilia Flores as they leave the Capitolio, home of the National Assembly, after taking the oath during the presidential inauguration in Caracas on Jan. 10, 2025.(Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images)
In an effort to crack down on Venezuela’s trafficking networks, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has worked both within the country and domestically to capture the cartel’s key players.
In 2018, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Padrino Lopez, a general in the Venezuelan armed forces, to its Specially Designated Nationals List.
In 2020, the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment against Maduro and 14 co-conspirators, with charges stemming from investigations conducted in collaboration with the DEA.
Five years later, Hugo Armando Carvajal Barrios, a top general known as “El Pollo,” pleaded guilty to the same charges brought against Maduro. His conviction marked a notable victory for U.S. officials, with co-conspirator Cliver Antonio Alcala Cordones also pleading guilty to providing material support, including firearms, to the FARC.
In 2025, OFAC sanctioned the Cartel of the Suns as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist due to its history of providing material support to Tren de Aragua and the Sinaloa Cartel. Despite the accusations, a U.S. intelligence assessment comprised of 18 agencies later found no direct evidence of a connection between the cartels, according to The Associated Press.
However, the indictment filed against Maduro alleges he, along with his family, facilitated “cocaine-fueled corruption to flourish for his own benefit, for the benefit of members of his ruling regime, and for the benefit of his family members.”
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Federal prosecutors allege Maduro “provided law enforcement cover and logistical support,” such as facilitating transport – such as boats and airplanes – to cartels moving drugs throughout the region.
“This cycle of narcotics-based corruption lines the pockets of Venezuelan officials and their families while also benefiting violent narco-terrorists who operate with impunity on Venezuelan soil and who help produce, protect, and transport tons of cocaine to the United States,” the indictment adds.
The DEA did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Julia Bonavita is a U.S. Writer for Fox News Digital and a Fox Flight Team drone pilot. You can follow her at @juliabonavita13 on all platforms and send story tips to julia.bonavita@fox.com.
Accidents will happen, and broken glass is one of the most frequent household accidents. The big pieces may be easily spotted and vacuumed, but the small, sparkling pieces are much more dangerous. These are usually left in the grout, in the spaces where appliances are located, and in the corners, silently hurting naked feet and paws. What is most interesting, however, is that a soft slice of bread is surprisingly one of the best ways to eradicate these minute pieces. Its porous texture will shape itself into the surfaces, catching the pieces that a broom and a paper towel may have left behind.The following is a step-by-step guide on how to make a slice of bread your best-kept secret.
Why tiny glass shards are harder to clean and how bread helps
Unlike larger pieces, small shards are deceptive. They scatter easily, cling to surfaces, and can be almost invisible under ordinary lighting. They move when brushed, flicked, or even when air currents pass over them, making traditional cleaning tools less effective. Professionals in restaurants or bars often encounter this issue, finding slivers long after the main spill has been cleared. These stubborn fragments are a real hazard for children, pets, and anyone walking barefoot. Using a tool that conforms to micro-surfaces is essential to eliminate this hidden threat safely.It is porous and slightly tacky so that it can stick to shards without driving them deeper into the crevice. A sponge may rip or move the shards around, or it may just slide across them. A piece of bread pushed gently into the area around the shards will act much like a blotter to catch the fragments the eye may not see. Fresh bread is best. It is important to use soft bread; a crusty or stale loaf will only make the problem worse.
Step-by-step guide to the bread technique
Prepare the area: Put on shoes and gloves, and move children and pets to another room. Sweep up all visible large pieces with a dustpan.
Use low lighting: Hold a flashlight close to the floor to spot hidden shards. This reveals fragments that overhead light may hide.
Blot with bread: Flatten a slice of bread in your hand and press it gently onto the floor. Lift, replace, and repeat, working outward from the spill in a spiral. Avoid dragging or sliding.
Reaching tight spots: Wrap bread around a credit card for baseboards or use tongs to hold folded bread under appliances.
Final cleanup: Pat the floor with a damp paper towel and use wide tape to pick up remaining shards. Seal bread and tape in a rigid container or double-layered bag, clearly labeled.
Important safety measures in the removal of small pieces of glass
Avoid pressing too hard. This can force fragments through a porous surface.
Do not use stale bread: It becomes crumbly and causes the pieces to spread out
Delay vacuuming: Vacuum hoses can spew debris backward, spitting it onto the floor. Beater bars can grind debris into surfaces. Vacuum only after the bread-and-tape technique.
Check hidden areas: Check under place mats, rugs, and pet beds. Use a wet cloth to remove any broken glass.
Pro tips: One is not usually sufficient; systematic circuits will promote a cleaner environment. Alternatives and pro tips: Instead of bread, a slice of raw potato, a marshmallow, and a lint roller can be used to pick up small pieces. The use of bread wrapped around a card or tongs comes in handy when reaching tight areas. Final scans should be done in poor lighting conditions.
Tim Bontemps is a senior NBA writer for ESPN.com who covers the league and what’s impacting it on and off the court, including trade deadline intel, expansion and his MVP Straw Polls. You can find Tim alongside Brian Windhorst and Tim MacMahon on The Hoop Collective podcast.
Why did Atlanta and Washington do this deal now? What’s next in the evolution of both franchises? This is a fascinating deal with ripple effects for both teams and throughout the NBA. Let’s dive into all of them, plus examine how the Young trade could affect other simmering potential deals across the league.
When Atlanta chose not to extend Young this past offseason, it started the countdown to the end of his tenure with the team that drafted him No. 5 in 2018.
The Hawks, who did sign guards Dyson Daniels and Nickeil Alexander-Walker to four-year contracts worth $162 million, had made it clear that the future of the franchise didn’t necessarily include Young.
That’s when Young, 27, and his agents began looking for an off-ramp — and a team that would pay him through his prime years. Young did have some leverage; he could have declined his player option for 2026-27 and walked via unrestricted free agency this July.
Atlanta chose not to wait, a decision made easier by Atlanta’s 2-8 record in the 10 games Young played this season — the guard was sidelined nearly two months because of a quad injury — and a defense that slipped 14 points per 100 possessions when he was on the court.
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This now means the Hawks can fully lean into a young core featuring likely first-time All-Star Jalen Johnson, last year’s No. 1 pick Zaccharie Risacher, last year’s Most Improved Player Daniels and Alexander-Walker, who has proved to be an excellent free agent signing.
That grouping, with either Onyeka Okongwu or Kristaps Porzingis playing center, has been very successful this season. Add a potential top-6 pick in the 2026 NBA draft via the New Orleans Pelicans or Milwaukee Bucks and around $30 million in cap space, and Atlanta now has the chance to grow into a consistent contender in the Eastern Conference.
“Other than a few details, this trade was essentially a three-way deal where the Pelicans got Jordan Poole, the Hawks got CJ McCollum and the Wizards got Trae Young,” one East executive told ESPN, referencing the Poole-McCollum swap from last June.
“If that had all happened in the summer in one move, there may have been some more questions for Atlanta. But the way this season has played out and with how terrific Jalen [Johnson] has played as a creator, it makes more sense now.”
Why did Washington do this trade?
This was a value move that the Wizards couldn’t pass up. Young is a four-time All-Star and multiple-time league assists leader at a position of dire need.
He can facilitate offense for recent draft picks in shooting guard Tre Johnson (No. 6 in 2025), big man Alex Sarr (No. 2 in 2024) and forward Kyshawn George (No. 20 in 2024). And the cost of taking on Young’s $49 million player option for the 2026-27 season wasn’t an issue for a team that was projected to hit the offseason with $80 million in cap space. (Washington also cleared $14 million by sending Kispert to the Hawks.)
“This is pre-agency,” a second East executive said. “The Wizards are using cap space in this deal that they would’ve had this summer.”
The Wizards are hoping to mimic one of two recent moves. In 2019 as Oklahoma City was entering a roster restructuring period after trading Paul George and Russell Westbrook, bringing in veteran point guard Chris Paul helped develop young teammates in the roster, including future MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The other was from 2023 when the Houston Rockets, in a situation more similar to where the Wizards are now, were hoping to turn their situation around after drafting a number of prospects and aggressively acquired veteran point guard Fred VanVleet in free agency.
What did the league think of the deal?
The prevailing opinion from sources around the league was that Atlanta did well to move away from a player in Young who is both extremely expensive and plays a position, point guard, that might be the NBA’s deepest.
“I know from a value proposition why you look at it,” an East scout said. “But if I’m the Wizards, just keep being bad, and stuff will figure itself out. I’m not sure why they felt the need to do this.”
A Western Conference executive pointed to Young’s defensive deficiencies, coupled with the rise in offensive production around the league, as making it difficult to bet on Young’s future value.
“Offense is so easy now,” the executive said. “One of the worst teams in the league can still easily put up 115 points in a game. … It’s hard for these small point guards to have real value with how the game is played now.”
Meanwhile, the strong expectation around the league is Young will sign an extension with the Wizards. The league’s evaluation of this deal, multiple executives said, hinges on what contract Young agrees to with the Wizards and his production over the next few seasons.
What’s next for the Hawks?
Before the 2024-25 season, the Hawks were capped out into the future and were out of draft picks because of the steep price they paid to acquire Dejounte Murray from the San Antonio Spurs.
The Hawks’ front office has made four key moves since. They traded Murray to New Orleans and acquired Daniels; moved De’Andre Hunter to Cleveland to create the cap flexibility to sign Alexander-Walker; completed a draft-night deal with the Pelicans that landed them a potential high lottery pick in the 2026 draft; and now they have traded Young in a cap-clearing move. Rival executives saw the contracts they have given Johnson, Alexander-Walker and Daniels as savvy.
It’s not yet clear how their move this summer to acquire Porzingis, who has dealt with illness throughout the season and is on an expiring contract of his own, will play out. But the Hawks’ roster became younger and more balanced after Wednesday’s trade.
There has been discussion between the Hawks and Mavericks about Anthony Davis, sources said, but talks aren’t currently active, though it’s something to monitor over the next month. But with a likely high lottery pick coming to Atlanta, along with a young core and future salary flexibility, the Hawks don’t appear to be in a hurry.
What’s next for the Wizards?
The Wizards’ 2026 first-round draft pick goes to the New York Knicks if it falls outside the top eight. That cannot and will not happen.
They won’t say it publicly — just like the Utah Jazz, who are in the same situation in the Western Conference, won’t either — but keeping that protected pick would seem to be Washington’s top priority.
The Wizards, thanks to some strong recent play by McCollum, have won five of their past seven games, and it’s unclear when, or how much, Young is going to be on the court for Washington this season.
“They could say it’s a coincidence,” a second scout said, “but them doing this deal now after McCollum was leading them to wins they don’t need probably played a role.”
Young is coming off a sprained knee and a quad bruise. Expect the Wizards to give him all the time he needs — and probably lots more — to heal.
This situation calls to mind the Toronto Raptors doing what they could to protect their own pick last season by dealing for Brandon Ingram at the trade deadline. Ingram, like Young, was up for a new contract.
Ingram, who was dealing with a nasty ankle sprain at the time, did not play a single minute for the Raptors last season after they acquired him, even after agreeing to a three-year, $120 million extension at the time of the trade.
“This is what life is like under our [draft] lottery system, with partially protected draft picks,” one executive said. “You have one team [the Hawks] that doesn’t have its pick trading a player because they were losing too much when he was playing.
“And you have another team [the Wizards] who desperately needs to keep its pick who may find a reason not to play the same player because they might win too much if he plays.”
What does this mean for the rest of trade season?
With Young off the board, the question is whether he’ll be the biggest name traded this deadline season or whether another star deal — be it Giannis Antetokounmpo, Davis or some surprise entry (a la Luka Doncic last season) — materializes between now and Feb. 5.
Antetokounmpo again dismissed the idea of a trade in an interview with The Athletic on Wednesday, declaring he will never ask out of Milwaukee. Sources have continued to reiterate for weeks that the Bucks have no intention of moving him, and will instead scour the trade market to upgrade around the two-time MVP forward.
The Davis situation is more fluid. Between the dynamics of the Mavericks still searching for a long-term replacement at general manager to a desire to build long term around No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg, to the fact Davis — who will turn 33 in March, has a lengthy injury history and is owed $58 million next year and has a $62 million player option for the 2027-28 season — has a tepid market, it’s hard to see how and from where a deal would come.
“I don’t understand why they wouldn’t just keep him,” a third East executive said. “Just let things play out, get to the summer time when it’s easier to make this kind of move anyway, and see where things stand.”
Said a third East scout: “[Dallas] ownership wants to see those guys play together before they do anything, and until they do that I don’t think they’ll rush into doing anything. … I’m not optimistic it’s anywhere close to where they hope his value is.”
There’s a real possibility Young is, indeed, the biggest name traded between now and Feb. 5. Between the dearth of picks available across the league and so many teams stuck in difficult and move-limiting financial situations, multiple scouts and executives predict a slow trade deadline.
Then again, that’s what people thought last year — only for arguably the most stunning trade in the history of the league to take place less than a week before the deadline.
One of the teams involved in the Doncic trade — the Lakers — are a prime example of why this deadline might be quiet. Despite the team’s glaring flaws, particularly on defense, the Lakers have limited draft assets and are just a million dollars below their first-apron hard cap for the season, giving them little flexibility to make the improvements to the roster necessary to truly become a threat in the West.
“They just need to fast forward to the offseason,” another West executive said. “They can’t realistically add to the roster. They don’t have a solve.
“They’re focused on keeping cap space and trying to do moves on the margins, and it’s hard to find a lot that makes sense.”
Josh Allen has finally won a road playoff game, and it took his Superman traits to get it done for his Buffalo Bills.
The Bills took down the Jacksonville Jaguars, 27-24, behind Allen’s two rushing scores, including the game-winner on Sunday afternoon.
The fourth quarter was electric for both teams, as each scored two touchdowns in the 15 minutes that ensued. But it was Allen’s second rushing score of the game that mattered most in the end.
Josh Hines-Allen of the Jaguars sacks Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills during the AFC wild-card game at EverBank Stadium on Jan. 11, 2026, in Jacksonville, Florida.(Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
Allen and the Bills’ offense faced a 24-20 deficit after Trevor Lawrence found Travis Etienne Jr. for a 14-yard touchdown catch, where he broke one tackle and flew into the end zone. The Duval County crowd went nuts, but the clock was still in Buffalo’s favor.
After all, we’ve seen Allen have some good playoff heroics in the past. But he was 0-4 in road playoff games for his career coming into this contest, and the pressure was certainly on as Jacksonville’s defense was making it hard for him all game.
Allen’s first clutch moment of the drive came when he threw the ball 36 yards off his back foot to Brandin Cooks to flip the field into Jaguars territory. Cooks stepped up with 58 yards on three receptions, including this key one down the stretch.
Then, the Bills found themselves with a fourth-and-inches play, the game on the line from Jacksonville’s 11-yard line. It wasn’t hard to tell Buffalo was going to run their version of the tush push with Allen, but no one expected what happened next.
Not only did Allen get the push he needed for the first down, but his teammates continued to thrust him forward for 10 yards, almost finding the end zone.
On the very next play, after officials reversed their initial ruling of a touchdown, the Bills went back to the well as Allen was pushed into the end zone without much of a Jaguars threat. Jacksonville seemed to want them to score with just over a minute left to play and down three points.
Trevor Lawrence of the Jaguars throws a pass against the Buffalo Bills at EverBank Stadium on Jan. 11, 2026, in Jacksonville, Florida.(Mike Carlson/Getty Images)
Given kicker Cam Little’s leg — he reset the NFL’s longest made field goal record earlier this season — Lawrence didn’t need to go too far to allow a chance to send the game to overtime.
But on the very first play of the drive, a pass intended to Jakobi Meyers was tipped by Tre’Davious White, who had a tremendous game, and intercepted by safety Cole Bishop. Bishop smartly fell to the turf and the game was over with the Jaguars not possessing any timeouts.
The Bills will now wait to see who their next opponent will be in the divisional round.
In the box score, Allen was 28-of-35 for 273 yards with a touchdown pass to Dalton Kincaid in the fourth quarter. He also had 33 rush yards on 11 carries, while James Cook had trouble all day against the league’s top rushing defense, with only 46 yards on 15 touches in the backfield.
Khalil Shakir stepped up for Buffalo as well, hauling in all 12 of his targets for 82 yards.
For Jacksonville, Lawrence had three touchdown passes on his 30 attempts, but also two interceptions, the other by Shaq Thompson in the first half. He threw for 207 yards with 31 rushing yards on six attempts to close out his season.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen looks to pass against the Jacksonville Jaguars in an AFC wild-card at EverBank Stadium on Jan. 11, 2026.(Nathan Ray Seebeck/Imagn Images)
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The rush attack was good for the Jaguars, who saw Etienne pick up 67 and Bhayshul Tuten adding 51 on only four carries.
In the pass game, Parker Washington closed his season with yet another solid performance, hauling in seven catches for 107 yards to lead the game.
