The San Francisco 49ers survived a scare last week, but now are one win away from another Super Bowl appearance when they host the surging Detroit Lions on Sunday in the 2024 NFC Championship Game. The top-seeded 49ers (13-5) struggled against the Green Bay Packers in the divisional round but emerged with a 24-21 victory to set the stage for …
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The third-seeded Kansas City Chiefs will seek their sixth consecutive postseason victory when they visit the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens on Sunday in the 2024 AFC Championship Game. Kansas City (13-6) has not lost in the NFL playoffs since falling in overtime against Cincinnati in the 2021 conference championship round. The Chiefs won the Super Bowl for the second time in …
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Conference championship weekend is finally here. In the first of two Sunday games, the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will visit the Baltimore Ravens as two of the NFL’s best team vie for the right to call themselves the AFC’s best. The Ravens finished the regular season with the NFL’s best record and will bring likely league MVP …
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‘I know the type of player I can be:’ Nakobe Dean counting down days till 2024 originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Nakobe Dean’s message: Give up on him at your own risk. “I know who I am,” Dean said. “I know who I am, I ain’t got it wrong. I know who I am. I’m confident in my game. …
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The 2024 Championship Round NFL schedule begins on Sunday when the No. 1 Ravens face the No. 3 Chiefs in the 2024 AFC Championship Game at 3 p.m. ET on CBS and Paramount+. It concludes with a nightcap between the 1-seed 49ers and 3-seed Lions in the 2024 NFC Championship at 6:30 p.m. ET. Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown …
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The 2024 NFL playoff bracket has narrowed down to two must-see matchups for Conference Championship Weekend. The Kansas City Chiefs narrowly defeated the Buffalo Bills to get to the 2024 AFC Championship Game and are +150 to defeat a tough Baltimore Ravens team. Meanwhile, the Detroit Lions are +250 underdogs to win the NFC Championship Game in their first playoff …
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The 2024 AFC Championship Game will pit the Baltimore Ravens against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday on CBS and Paramount+. Kansas City is making its sixth AFC Championship appearance in a row, while Baltimore earned its first conference title appearance in 11 years. The Chiefs beat the Dolphins and Bills in the 2024 NFL playoffs, while the Ravens had a …
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Four teams remain in the 2024 NFL playoffs and the winner of each conference will be decided on Sunday. The defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will visit the Baltimore Ravens in the 2024 AFC Championship Game, while the San Francisco 49ers will host the Detroit Lions in the 2024 NFC Championship Game. The Lions are the only team …
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Howie Roseman defends roster-building strategy at linebacker originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles are unapologetic about their roster-building strategy. They build through the trenches. Sometimes at the expense of other positions — namely, linebacker. “I feel like we’ve had a long history of success here building the team a certain way,” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said on …
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Cardell Hayes, who shot and killed former Saints defensive end Will Smith in 2016, has been found guilty of manslaughter. A jury convicted Hayes of manslaughter but acquitted him of attempted manslaughter for shooting and injuring Smith’s wife, Racquel Smith, in the same incident. Hayes was initially convicted of manslaughter in 2016 and sentenced to 25 years in prison, but …
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Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun is earning his practice squad paychecks this week. That’s the word from Kansas City defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, who says Oladokun is putting in hard work playing the Lamar Jackson role on the scout team to help the Chiefs’ defense. “He did it yesterday for us,” Spagnuolo said, via USA Today. “I will say we’re fortunate …
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The Lions signed veteran tight end Zach Ertz to their practice squad this week, just days before the NFC Championship Game. Quarterback Jared Goff sees no reason Ertz can’t play on Sunday. Goff said that Ertz has already shown he gets what the Lions are doing on offense, and teammates have been impressed by how much Ertz already understands. “He’s …
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NFL play-offs Dates: 13-28 January 2024 BBC coverage: Live text coverage of every match on the BBC Sport website and app and live radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds on Kansas City Chiefs v Baltimore Ravens on 28 January (from 19:45 GMT) When the host city for this year’s Super Bowl was announced in December …
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As expected, the NFL has officially argued that the wrongful termination lawsuit filed in September by Jim Trotter should be thrown out of court. Via A.J. Perez of FrontOfficeSports.com, the NFL filed on Friday night a motion to dismiss the action, along with a 26-page legal brief making the case that, in the NFL’s opinion, Trotter has no case. Although …
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The AFC Championship between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs has the potential to be the game of the year in the NFL, and the winner of the showdown will likely be the favorite to win Super Bowl LVIII. Not only does this matchup have two MVP quarterbacks in Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson, but the Chiefs and Ravens …
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