Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider As much as this week’s spate of stunning, era-ending coaching shifts caused football fans to look backward and reminisce, Eric Mangini believes there is just as much reason to look forward. What began with Pete Carroll moving out in Seattle continued with Nick Saban deciding 17 years of Alabama dominance was enough and wrapped up …
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The Bills will be missing one of their top receivers for Sunday’s home game against the Steelers. Head coach Sean McDermott said on WGR 550 on Friday that wide receiver Gabe Davis has been ruled out of the team’s playoff opener. Davis has a PCL sprain and the knee injury has kept him from practicing this week. Khalil Shakir, Trent …
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In many ways, the start of the NFL playoffs is similar to the first week of the regular season. There’s a feeling of newness in the air, along with the optimism from fan bases that this might be the year when something special takes place. With that in mind, we decided to list one reason why each team in the …
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We are a few days away from kicking off the most intriguing NFL playoff tournament we have seen in decades. Despite having a pair of heavyweights holding the No. 1 seeds in each conference, the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens are not guaranteed to reach Super Bowl LVIII in a postseason field in which matchups matter more than the …
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The Kansas City Chiefs will host the Miami Dolphins on Saturday night as part of NFL Wild Card Weekend 204. The Chiefs locked up the AFC West prior to Week 18 and decided to rest star quarterback Patrick Mahomes and tight end Travis Kelce. On the other sideline, Miami is the No. 6 seed. Last Sunday night, the Buffalo Bills …
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The third-seeded Detroit Lions will try to end the longest postseason losing streak in NFL history when they host the sixth-seeded Los Angeles Rams in a 2024 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend game on Sunday. Detroit (12-5) has lost nine consecutive playoff contests since trouncing Dallas 38-6 in the divisional round in 1991. Los Angeles (10-7) finished the regular season …
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The Patriots are all-in on Jerod Mayo. Is he set up to succeed? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Nobody envisioned 4-13. Nobody envisioned an offense that would fail to score a single touchdown in six of 17 games. When the Krafts gave Jerod Mayo and Bill Belichick contracts last offseason that were timed to expire after next year, that …
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After coming from behind to win the NFC East, the Dallas Cowboys will host the Green Bay Packers for a 2024 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend matchup on Sunday. This will mark the ninth time that these two teams have met in the NFL playoffs, with Green Bay winning the last two head-to-head matchups with Dallas during the NFL playoff …
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The 2024 postseason is finally here. Eighteen weeks and 17 games played have led to this week. It’s been a shocking week for the football world with Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll and Mike Vrabel all relieved of their head-coaching duties after all achieving strong — historic in the case of Belichick and Carroll — levels of success for their respective …
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NFL Super Wild Card Weekend 2024 will begin in Houston on Saturday as the 4-seed Texans (10-7) host the 5-seed Cleveland Browns (11-6). These teams just met in Week 16, when Cleveland won 36-22 on the road, though C.J. Stroud (concussion) did not play. This will be the first postseason matchup between the teams and they’ve split their 14 all-time …
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Video Details Bill Belichick has only been on the market for one day, and already there’s so much speculation on where this legendary coach could land next. Craig Carton is joined by Willie Colon, Greg Jennings and David Jacoby to decide which team would be the best fit, and Craig reveals there’s one team that’s made it to the playoffs …
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Who could Patriots hire as GM to work with Jerod Mayo? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots are wasting no time ushering in new leadership. After parting ways with legendary head coach Bill Belichick on Thursday, the Patriots have already named his replacement, hiring linebackers coach Jerod Mayo as their new head coach Friday, our Phil …
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Getty Images The New England Patriots wasted no time replacing head coach Bill Belichick this week, promoting veteran assistant Jerod Mayo to head coach one day after publicly bidding Belichick farewell. While Mayo’s hiring was foretold inside the organization, New England isn’t the only team that viewed the former linebacker as a viable head coach, with four other clubs targeting Mayo …
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The Patriots have their new head coach in Jerod Mayo but that is just one part of the organization’s plan to replace Bill Belichick. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, now that the club has turned to Mayo, New England will hire a new General Manager. Belichick previously served as the team’s top football authority on all matters. In his …
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The Detroit Lions are the only NFC team in the 2024 NFL playoff bracket never to have won the Super Bowl. The Lions will host the Los Angeles Rams at Ford Field during NFL Super Wild Card Weekend 2024. Sunday’s showdown will be the first-ever home playoff game at Ford Field after the Lions won their first NFC North title …
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