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The Lions find themselves in an unfamiliar position as they head toward their playoff opener against the Commanders this week. As the first seed in the NFC, the Lions are favorites to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history and they will have the eyes

The NFL divisional round is here, and you can follow this space for all news and developments of the playoff schedule, matchups, kickoff times and scores. AFC Playoff Bracket 1. Kansas City Chiefs 2. Buffalo Bills beat Broncos 31-7 in wild card round. 3. Baltimore Ravens beat Steelers 28-14 in

The Vikings will have their No. 2 running back and they did not change the quarterback depth chart for Monday’s postseason matchup against the Rams. Cam Akers (illness) is officially active for the contest. He did not practice on Saturday and was listed as questionable. He was the only player

The Cowboys denied the Bears’ request to interview Mike McCarthy, though they decided to move on from their head coach Monday. McCarthy’s exclusive negotiating window with the Cowboys expires at midnight Tuesday, and he will interview with the Bears on Wednesday, David Moore of the Dallas Morning News reports. McCarthy

The Rams seem right at home at State Farm Stadium in Arizona and didn’t take long to get an early lead in Monday night’s playoff matchup against the Vikings. Matthew Stafford connected with running back Kyren Willams in the end zone for a 5-yard touchdown, giving Los Angeles a 7-0

Quarterback Sam Darnold’s poor performance was not Minnesota’s only issue over the last two weeks. But Darnold was a significant problem in the Vikings’ Week 18 loss to the Lions and that trend continued in Monday night’s 27-9 postseason loss to the Rams. “You know, I clearly just didn’t play

Rams tight end Tyler Higbee was transported to a local hospital and is in stable condition after suffering a chest injury during Los Angeles’ 27-9 wild card victory over Minnesota, head coach Sean McVay said in his postgame press conference. “It was just something with his chest,” McVay said. “I

The Rams faced real-life adversity throughout the first week of the postseason, as fires raging around Los Angeles forced Monday night’s game to be moved to Arizona. But the club was able to rally around one another, coming away with a 27-9 victory to advance to the divisional round. Los

Sam DarnoldSet Number: X164654 TK1 Restricted/Exclusive-Rights Free Agents The Vikings should be commended for what they put together in 2024. However, keeping the proverbial band together could prove difficult. Minnesota is projected to have $73.3 million in available cap space. However, it also has a number of key contributors slated

Jared Verse was the Rams first first-round pick since they selected Jared Goff in 2016. He’s now made an impact play in the postseason. After defensive back Ahkello Witherspoon strip-sacked quarterback Sam Darnold midway through the second quarter of Monday night’s wild card matchup, Verse was there to pick it

Jerry Jones has hired eight head coaches since he bought the Cowboys in 1989. Jimmy Johnson, Barry Switzer, Dave Campo and Jason Garrett had ties to Jones or the Cowboys, and Chan Gailey, Bill Parcells, Wade Phillips and Mike McCarthy had previous head coaching experience. So, on the surface, Deion

The Rams have had an emotional week, with the fires raging across Los Angeles forcing their wild card matchup with the Vikings to be moved to Arizona. But head coach Sean McVay’s squad has responded, as L.A. leads Minnesota 24-3 at halftime. Los Angeles’ defense has been relentlessly pressuring San

Dak Prescott publicly campaigned for the Cowboys to retain Mike McCarthy as head coach. He didn’t get his wish. The Cowboys announced Monday that they and McCarthy are parting ways after five seasons. Thus, Prescott will play for his third head coach next season. Prescott called McCarthy “a great coach

The 49ers completed an interview with Noah Pauley for their offensive coordinator opening, the team announced Monday. Pauley currently is the passing game coordinator/wide receivers coach at Iowa State, having just completed his second season with the Cyclones. He held the same position at North Dakota State University from 2019-22

For the franchise’s first 29 years, the Cowboys had Tom Landry as their head coach. Since Jerry Jones bought the team in 1989, he has been through eight head coaches. Sometime soon, Jones will hire his ninth head coach. Mike McCarthy’s deal expired, and the Cowboys announced Monday they are

Russell Wilson isn’t the only player who wants to stay with the Steelers. Edge rusher T.J. Watt, who has one year left on his contract, also said Monday he hopes for an extension that keeps him in Pittsburgh beyond 2025. “I want to be a Pittsburgh Steeler,” Watt said, via

For most of the season, it was assumed that the Cowboys would be looking for a new coach. Late in the year, owner and G.M. Jerry Jones seemed to be warming up to the idea of keeping Mike McCarthy around. Last week, during the team’s exclusive window for talking to

The Giants are allowing executive advisor to the G.M. Ryan Cowden out of his contract so he can join the Patriots’ front office, NFL Media reports. It will reunite Cowden with Mike Vrabel. Cowden’s title will be along the lines of vice president of player personnel, according to Albert Breer

The Titans held 10 interviews with candidates for their General Manager job and they are now whittling that list down as they move into a second round of conversations. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that they want to have second meetings with Chiefs assistant G.M. Mike Borgonzi, Buccaneers assistant

Broncos quarterback Bo Nix popped up on the injury report with a back issue in Week 13 before the Broncos played the Browns on Dec. 2. He played all 66 snaps in the 41-32 win and never appeared on the report again with the injury. It turns out Nix had

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar has made a decision about his future. Dane Brugler of TheAthletic.com reports that Allar is returning to Penn State for his senior season. Allar previously announced his intention to return, but he also said he was keeping his options open based on NFL feedback. Allar,

The Ravens beat the Steelers in the Wild Card round without the help of wide receiver Zay Flowers, but getting him back for Sunday afternoon’s game against the Bills would improve their chances of continuing on the path toward the Super Bowl. Head coach John Harbaugh didn’t have much of

Lions head coach Dan Campbell said last week that he expects to have running back David Montgomery back in the lineup for the team’s first playoff game and nothing changed on that front over the weekend. Montgomery missed the final three games of the season with a knee injury that

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye showed flashes of his talent during his rookie season, but he’ll need to continue that development in the coming years to make New England a consistent contender. With rumors circulating that Josh McDaniels could be coming back to again be the Patriots’ offensive coordinator, new head

The Titans fired General Manager Ran Carthon last week after just two seasons with the club. Tennessee went 9-25 in Carthon’s two years with two different head coaches — Mike Vrabel and Brian Callahan. Carthon was interviewed on 104.5 The Zone on Monday morning and noted that while he never

The Colts have started the process of finding their next defensive coordinator and former Saints head coach Dennis Allen could be in the mix. Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that the Colts plan to interview Allen for the position this week. The Colts fired Gus Bradley after the end of

If the Eagles are going to win the Super Bowl, it appears they’re going to have to do it without linebacker Nakobe Dean. The Eagles fear Dean’s knee injury is going to keep him out for the rest of the playoffs, according to NFL Network. Dean is set for an

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Eagles running back Saquon Barkley ran for 119 yards in Sunday’s win over the Packers, but he could have run for 59 more and chose not to on his final carry of the game. After he gained the game-clinching first down, Barkley went down at the Eagles’ 41-yard line, even

The Buccaneers have their first lead since kicking a field goal on their first drive following the opening kickoff. Bucky Irving caught a 4-yard pass from Baker Mayfield to give Tampa Bay a 17-13 lead with 4:31 remaining in the third quarter. The Commanders opened the second half with a

Jayden Daniels did it again, and this time he did it on the biggest stage he’s been on so far. The rookie quarterback led the Commanders on a 10-play, 51-yard drive, allowing Zane Gonzalez to kick the 37-yard field goal off the right upright and through the goal posts on

The report came quickly, a day after the Steelers’ season ended with another one-and-done postseason performance. They’re “not planning” to make a coaching change. It’s an interesting choice of words. Plans can change. Sometimes, they do. So what would change their plans as to the future of Mike Tomlin? One

With 1:09 to play on Sunday and the Eagles holding a 22-10 lead, running back Saquon Barkley broke free for what would have been a 76-yard touchdown run. Barkley opted to slide at the Philly 41. With one more snap, the game was over. If he’d scored, the Eagles would

Georgia LB Jalon WalkerCFP/Getty Images The Buccaneers landed a few important contributors in the 2024 draft, including starting center Graham Barton, running back Bucky Irving and wide receiver Jalen McMillan, who has come on late in the season. Licht largely drafted for need last April, and we can expect a

By Monday night, we’ll know the NFL’s final eight. We already know when the next four games will be played. The divisional round begins on Saturday, with Texan at the Chiefs at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN and ABC, and Commanders at the Lions will play at 8:00 p.m. ET on

The Buccaneers held the Commanders out of the end zone once. Baker Mayfield asked them to do it twice, and they came up one play short. Jayden Daniels 5-yard touchdown pass to Terry McLaurin on fourth-and-goal has given the Commanders a 20-17 lead with 9:46 remaining. Less than five minutes

The Bucs and Commanders might be playing the best wild-card game of the weekend thus far. The teams headed into the locker room tied 10-10 at halftime. Tampa Bay trailed 10-3 when Baker Mayfield let Mike Evans take over in the final two minutes. Evans, playing his nemesis Marshon Lattimore,

The 49ers completed an interview with Jett Modkins for their vacant special teams position, the team announced Sunday night. Modkins is the current assistant special teams coach for the Lions. The interview was virtual. The 49ers parted ways with special teams coordinator Brian Schneider after three seasons. Modkins joined the

Notre Dame CB Benjamin MorrisonJames Black/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Packers are likely to take a best-player-available approach early in the draft. Logically, though, they’ll target defense in the opening round. Green Bay just used a first-round pick on a tackle, and the 2025 draft class isn’t particularly impressive

The Bears reached into their past for their latest head coaching interview. The team announced that they have completed an interview with Ron Rivera on Sunday. He is the eighth candidate to meet with the Bears, although Mike Vrabel is now out of the running because he’s accepted an offer

The Packers have gotten on the board, but they lost one of their wide receivers on the way to their first points of the game. Romeo Doubs slammed the back of his head into the turf while trying to make a catch in the end zone and he remained down

When the Buccaneers are clicking, they can play with — and potentially beat — anyone. For quarterback Baker Mayfield, he knows whether it will be clicking before the game even starts. After his five-touchdown day two weeks ago against the Panthers, I asked Mayfield when he knows everything is going

Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels continues an incredibly impressive rookie season tonight, as he tries to lead the team to its first playoff win since Daniels was five years old. That victory happened in January 2006, in the same stadium where he’ll play tonight. And in the same stadium where he

The Bills are still alive, and next weekend the Ravens will be coming to Buffalo. Today’s AFC wild card matchup was a mismatch, as the Bills beat the Broncos 31-7 and moved on to the divisional round. As he has all season, Josh Allen made big plays with his arm

The AFC’s third wild card game is going the same way as the first two: A blowout win for the home team. Josh Allen hit Curtis Samuel for a 55-yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter to give the Bills a 28-7 lead over the Broncos, and the rout is

Bills running back Ray Davis has gone to the locker room with an apparent concussion after an ugly hit in the third quarter today. When Josh Allen floated a pass to Davis, Broncos defensive back Brandon Jones pursued and put a nasty helmet-to-helmet hit on Davis. Davis immediately went to

Deion Sanders may have interest in the Raiders’ head coaching job, but the Raiders have “zero interest” in the Colorado head coach. That’s the word from TheAthletic.com, with Vic Tafur and Tashan Reed speculating that Sanders is merely using the Raiders for leverage. Sanders reportedly has “very strong interest” in

During the latter months of the regular season, Jon Gruden’s name was emerging as a potential candidate for a 2025 head-coaching job. A full week into the coaching carousel, however, his name has not been mentioned in any report linking any team to any candidate. Because he’s not currently employed

It didn’t take the underdog Broncos long to make a statement against the Bills that they’ve come to play. The Broncos got the opening kickoff and promptly marched down the field 70 yards on five plays, with the last play a 43-yard touchdown pass from Bo Nix to Troy Franklin.