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The AFC Championship Game is going to be extra 'quarterbacky'
When you’re truly remorseful, your apology tends to be louder than your initial disrespect. It’s why Lamar Jackson’s and Patrick Mahomes’ haters have been so silent lately....
Report: Bears hiring ex-Seahawks OC Shane Waldron
The Bears are finalizing a deal with former Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator Shane Waldron to fill the same role in Chicago, ESPN reported Monday....
Are there two worse words in Buffalo Bills history than 'wide right'?
Buffalo had Kansas City right where they wanted them with two minutes left at home in the main event of the Divisional Round. It looked like Josh Allen and the Bills might finally vanquish their nemesis from the Midwest, and send them home with a loss in Patrick Mahomes’ first road playoff game. How...
The 2023 Lions feel like the post-Katrina Saints
Another dome team led by an acolyte of Sean Payton with a young, innovative playcaller helming an explosive offense, a rehabilitated quarterback making the most of his second chance and a highly drafted rookie tailback are coalescing to alter the trajectory of a bottom-feeding franchise....
The Ravens are the best team left in the playoffs. And it's not even close
There were some tense moments for most of the favorites in the Divisional Round. The current NFL darling Detroit Lions almost let the game slip away on Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The San Francisco 49ers are fortunate that Jordan Love forgot how to throw a football in the fourth quarter...
Falcons interview Ben Johnson for HC vacancy
The Atlanta Falcons announced Sunday that they have conducted a virtual interview with Ben Johnson as they continue to search for their next head coach....
Chiefs fend off Bills, advance to sixth straight AFC title game
Patrick Mahomes threw two touchdown passes to Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs advanced to the AFC Championship Game for the sixth consecutive season with a 27-24 victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night at Orchard Park, N.Y....
Reports: Eagles fire defensive coordinator Sean Desai
After relieving defensive coordinator Sean Desai of his play-calling duties last month, the Philadelphia Eagles fired him, per multiple reports Sunday....
Lions tame Bucs, reach first NFC title game in 32 years
Jared Goff passed for 287 yards and two touchdowns and the Detroit Lions advanced to the NFC championship game with a 31-23 victory over the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday afternoon....
A playoff game for the top pick in the NFL Draft sounds good — until you remember that human beings would be participating in it
Professional athletes play sports for two reasons: They play to make money and to win games. There is no other incentive necessary, or that would even work, to get the maximum effort out of players. And what would certainly be a terrible idea, is adding a “playoff game,” in which the result is the w...
Bills' leading tackler Terrel Bernard (ankle) inactive vs. Chiefs
Buffalo Bills leading tackler Terrel Bernard is one of the team's inactives for Sunday night's AFC divisional round playoff game against the Kansas City Chiefs....
Jordan Love’s best and worst were on display this postseason
No matter how Jordan Love’s season ended, it was an unmitigated success. He put himself in a position to secure a bag from Green Bay this offseason, obliterated the Dallas Cowboys with a 3-touchdown performance in his playoff debut, and was an all-around feel-good story despite the unhappy ending. B...
Lions LB James Houston inactive vs. Buccaneers
Detroit Lions pass-rusher James Houston is inactive for Sunday's NFC divisional playoff game against the visiting Tampa Bay Buccaneers....
The 49ers can’t play like they did against the Packers and expect to win a Super Bowl
The San Francisco 49ers advanced to their fourth NFC championship game in five years after escaping a Green Bay Packers onslaught, 24-21. While they are the favorites to represent the NFC in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas, it’s clearly going to take a herculean effort by Christian McCaffrey to carry ...
Report: Texans OC Bobby Slowik set for 3 more head-coach interviews
Houston Texans offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik has three virtual interviews for head-coaching jobs set for Sunday, ESPN reported....
49ers storm past Packers, reach third straight NFC title game
Christian McCaffrey rushed for two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with 1:07 left, and the San Francisco 49ers held on to beat the Green Bay Packers 24-21 in an NFC divisional round playoff matchup on Saturday night in Santa Clara, Calif....
Lamar Jackson, Ravens blow by Texans
Lamar Jackson threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more on Saturday as the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens pulled away from the visiting Houston Texans in the second half for a 34-10 victory in an AFC divisional playoff game....
Report: Cowboys' Mike McCarthy will coach 2024 with no extension
The Dallas Cowboys' wild-card round home loss to the Green Bay Packers didn't cost Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy his job — but it didn't land him a contract extension, either....
Raheem Morris latest to interview for Falcons' head coach opening
Add Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris to the list of candidates to have interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons for their head coach position....
Chiefs rule out WR Kadarius Toney (hip, ankle) vs. Bills
The Kansas City Chiefs have ruled out wide receiver Kadarius Toney from Sunday's AFC divisional round game against the Buffalo Bills at Orchard Park, N.Y....