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Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson will make even more history on Sunday. The two quarterbacks will meet in the first ever playoff matchup of former MVPs that are both under age 30, according to NFL Media’s Dante Koplowitz-Fleming. It’s also a matchup between last season’s MVP, Mahomes, and this season’s presumed MVP, Jackson. The two are both on a Hall …

It is so easy to normalize greatness like Mike Evans’ streak of 10 straight seasons with 1,000 receiving yards. You can count on Evans quietly putting up 1,000 yards every year. It’s not the sexiest thing in the world. He’s not going to lead the NFL in receiving yards or challenge Calvin Johnson’s record (1,964). He’s not going to make …

Rob Rang NFL Draft Analyst Correctly predicting the first 32 picks of any NFL draft is effectively impossible at this point in the season, given that a handful of clubs haven’t yet found their head coach and free agency will shake up team needs. What is already apparent, however, is the talent — or lack thereof — available. The NFL …

The 2024 conference title games are now just three days away. In the second of Sunday’s two contests, the No. 1 seed San Francisco 49ers will play host to the No. 3 seed Detroit Lions for the right to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. In our effort to break down these matchups from every conceivable angle, we’re once …

Cincinnati Bengals v Kansas City Chiefs Below is a look at the league’s most extreme run funnel and pass funnel defenses through the Divisional Round — teams being consistently attacked on the ground or through the air regardless of game script. Having an understanding of which defenses are being bludgeoned via the rush or pass should help us identify matchups …

Only one round of playoff football stands between the NFL’s final four contenders and a trip to Super Bowl LVIII, which will kick off Feb. 11 on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Two of the league’s top quarterbacks, meanwhile, will go head-to-head in the AFC Championship, with the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson headlining a marquee matchup of …

Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin’s contract expired with the team’s loss to the Bills in the playoffs, but word this week was that he would remain with the organization. The deal to ensure that happens is reportedly done. Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Austin has agreed to a two-year deal to remain in Pittsburgh. Austin will now …

49ers quarterback Brock Purdy had a rough time for most of last Saturday’s game against the Packers, but he was able to go 6-of-7 for 47 yards while running twice for 11 yards to help set up Christian McCaffrey’s game-winning touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. The ending helped overshadow the tough sledding, but Purdy said on Wednesday that …

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJan 25, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Value. It’s a loaded, variable term. Especially in the sports sphere. We’ve seen it all before: a struggling player cut from one team goes on to thrive somewhere else. Right place, right time, right fit. It all adds up to that …

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes hasn’t thrown an interception through two games of this year’s playoffs. He didn’t throw an interception in three postseason games last year, either. Which means he could set a new NFL record on Sunday. If Mahomes doesn’t throw an interception against the Ravens in the AFC Championship Game, he will become the first quarterback in NFL …

Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterJan 25, 2024, 06:00 AM ET CloseKevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University …

Chiefs coach Andy Reid is one win away from joining the very short list of head coaches who have led their teams to the Super Bowl five times. Reid took the Eagles to the Super Bowl once, and if the Chiefs beat the Ravens in the AFC Championship Game, it will be Kansas City’s fourth Super Bowl with Reid as …

The college football world knew this day would probably come sooner rather than later, but that doesn’t take away from the gut-punch feeling Michigan fans are left with just two weeks after raising the national championship trophy. Jim Harbaugh is leaving Ann Arbor and making a move to the NFL to become the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. …

The Colts are not renewing the contract of defensive line coach Nate Ollie, Joel Erickson of the Indianapolis Star reports. Ollie, whose name and bio have been removed from the team website, spent the past two seasons with the team. The Colts went from 33 sacks in 2021, the year before Ollie arrived, to 44 in 2022 and a team-record …

Jan 25, 2024, 01:22 AM ET DENVER — Nathan MacKinnon scored three of his four goals consecutively in the second period for a natural hat trick and added an assist to help the Colorado Avalanche beat the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Wednesday night. MacKinnon, the NHL scoring leader with 82 points, had his second four-goal game of the season and …