The 2023 regular season is now in the books and just 14 teams have kept their hopes of hoisting the Lombardi Trophy alive. After a wild Week 18, the playoff picture is set and a jam-packed Super Wild-Card Weekend is on deck, starting Saturday and rolling all the way into Monday night. Of course, two teams you won’t see are …
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Josh Harris spent his first season as Commanders owner patiently. On the first day of his first full offseason, he wasted no time in writing a new chapter — perhaps his most important one as owner. Harris fired Ron Rivera on Monday after an abysmal 4-13 campaign. Rivera finished 26-40-1 with zero winning seasons and zero playoff wins in Washington. This …
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Schrock’s Bears Report Card: Grading Justin Fields, Matt Eberflus for 2023 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago GREEN BAY Wis. — The 2023 season came to an end for the Bears on Sunday much in the same way it began. Same opponent, same helpless feeling. Only the location was different. Final score: Packers 17, Bears 9 The Bears opened …
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Chargers linebacker Khalil Mack, who increased his career-high sack total for a season to 17 with one against the Chiefs, tries to strip the ball away from quarterback Blaine Gabbert. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Where it all went wrong for the Chargers this season was the logical topic to discuss after players exited the field at SoFi Stadium …
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Rams coach and quarterback Jared Goff reached a Super Bowl together. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Matthew Stafford will return to Detroit, but that story already is written. Stafford has won. He became a Super Bowl champion with the Rams and remains beloved in his previous hometown. That won’t change, regardless of whether he leads his current …
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Quarterback Dak Prescott and the rest of the Cowboys made an emphatic final statement in the regular season on Sunday. Prescott threw four touchdown passes and the Cowboys scored the final 31 points of a 38-10 road win over the Commanders that ensured they would be the NFC East champs and the No. 2 seed in the conference for the …
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Matthew Stafford has played a lot of games in Detroit, but none of them have been anything like the game he will be playing there next Sunday night. Stafford was the Lions quarterback every other time he played at Ford Field, but he’ll be leading the Rams into the playoff matchup with the NFC North champs. That’s one big change …
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The Bills were 6-6 when they lost in overtime to the Eagles in Week 12 and no one was giving them much chance of winning the AFC East, but things play out on the field rather than the court of public opinion in the NFL. An offside penalty on Chiefs wide receiver Kadarius Toney helped them to a win coming …
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Dan Whelan’s appearance for Green Bay Packers in September meant he became the first Irish-born player in the NFL in 38 years Dan Whelan is set to become the first Irish-born player to play in the NFL play-offs for 41 years. The County Wicklow native’s Green Bay Packers side defeated the Chicago Bears 17-9 at Lambeau Field on Sunday evening …
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Four home teams are favored in the opening round of the playoffs, while two wild card teams are favored to win on the road against the division winners. In the playoff opener, the Browns are 2.5-point favorites at the Texans on Saturday afternoon. On Christmas Eve Cleveland won by 14 at Houston, and the Browns had a better record than …
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Roob’s Observations: Another catastrophic loss for Eagles caps off regular season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Another catastrophic loss to cap off a catastrophic regular season. The Eagles followed one of the worst losses in franchise history to one that was almost as bad. Here’s how you can remember the 2023 Eagles: The first team in NFL history to …
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The Eagles hope to have wide receiver A.J. Brown and quarterback Jalen Hurts for next weekend’s playoff game against the Buccaneers, but it doesn’t look like safety Sydney Brown will be in the lineup. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that Brown is believed to have a torn ACL. Testing will be done on Monday to confirm that diagnosis. Brown …
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The Bills entered the fourth quarter down 14-7 but have scored two touchdowns in quick success to take a 21-14 lead with 7:16 left in the regular season. After Deonte Harty’s 96-yard punt return tied the score at 14, quarterback Josh Allen hit tight end Dawson Knox with a 5-yard touchdown to gain a seven-point advantage. That pass capped an …
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Getty Images As much as things change, some things do stay the same in the NFL. That’s certainly the case in the NFC South, as the Buccaneers are once again NFC South division champs after Sunday’s 9-0 win over the Panthers. Tampa Bay’s third and most recent division-championship run was a roller coaster. After a 2-0 start, the Buccaneers endured …
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