Five things I care about The Ravens demonstrate their complete transformation The Ravens took down the 49ers and Dolphins, two of the best operations in the league, by a combined 51 points in back-to-back weeks. They did it on the way to clinching the No. 1 seed in the AFC and vaulting their quarterback to the driver’s seat of the …
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Eric Williams NFC West Writer The stats are both representative of where the Seattle Seahawks stand with one regular-season game remaining and also embarrassing for a Pete Carroll-led defense. Since Week 11, the Seahawks have allowed a league-worst 1,102 rushing yards and a league-high 13 rushing touchdowns. The Pittsburgh Steelers were certainly aware of those numbers, which is why …
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Getty The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers made emphatic statements in Week 17 and locked up their conference’s respective No. 1 seeds in the process. The Ravens barely broke a sweat in a 56-19 rout of Miami, while the 49ers waxed Washington 27-10. As recipients of the top seed, both teams will receive first-round playoff byes. Since the playoff expansion …
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Who could have known exploring whether the Chicago Bears should take a quarterback at No. 1 overall or soldier forth with Justin Fields would become evergreen content? A year after trading the No. 1 overall selection in the 2023 NFL Draft and the eventual rights to Bryce Young, the Bears are in a similar position with two games remaining in …
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Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst The Buffalo Bills will enter Week 18 with a chance to be the No. 2 seed in the AFC or miss the playoffs altogether. The final week of the NFL season is nearly upon us after wrapping up the penultimate week of the regular season, and a ton of playoff implications still hang in …
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DENVER (AP) — Khalil Mack desperately wanted a win for the Los Angeles Chargers. He had to instead settle for a milestone sack in a 16-9 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Mack got the 100th sack of his 10-year career with a signature bull rush that pushed guard Ben Powers right into Jarrett Stidham, toppling the Broncos quarterback …
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USATSI The biggest showdown of Week 17 came in Baltimore where the Ravens hosted the Dolphins. Although the game was expected to be close, it turned into a blowout. There wasn’t much drama heading into the fourth quarter with the Ravens leading 35-13. At that point, the only drama revolved around whether the game was going to be a scorigami, …
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – DECEMBER 31: Jaren Hall #16 of the Minnesota Vikings looks to pass during the first quarter against the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 31, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Jaren Hall is out. After digging a 23-3 halftime hole to the Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings benched the …
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The Los Angeles Rams inched closer to clinching a postseason berth in a game they didn’t look like much of a playoff team — and were somewhat lucky to win. Kyren Williams ran for 87 yards and a career-best three touchdowns and the Rams won their third straight and sixth in seven games with a much harder-than-expected 26-25 victory over …
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USATSI Joe Burrow may not be playing in Week 17, but the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs are still rivals. They’ve seen plenty of each other over the past few seasons, and even faced off in each of the last two AFC Championships. Sunday marked their fifth meeting since 2022, and things got heated in the first half. The …
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The Buffalo Bills play at the Miami Dolphins in one of the NFL’s marquee games in the final week of the regular season. Miami (11-5) will wrap up the AFC East Division title with a win. Buffalo (10-6) will move into a tie for first with a win, and the Bills beat the Dolphins 49-20 in Week 4. The Dallas …
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Week 17 winners, losers: Ravens soar, 49ers clinch, Eagles stunned originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Not every NFL team will go into 2024 on a high note. That surely was the case with the Detroit Lions on Saturday, who lost 20-19 at the Dallas Cowboys after a controversial overturned two-point conversion. But, on the other hand, some teams …
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Getty Images It’s safe to say that David Tepper is over the 2023 season. During his team’s most recent loss — a 26-0 shutout to the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 17 — the Carolina Panthers’ owner appeared to throw his drink at a Jacksonville Jaguars fan. As you can see in the video below, Tepper flips his drink in the …
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Taylor Swift’s New Year’s Eve plans once again involved being at Arrowhead Stadium to watch her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and the Kansas City Chiefs as they took on the Cincinnati Bengals in a rematch of last year’s AFC Championship Game. Swift was even wearing a jacket similar to the one Kelce wore last week when he arrived to the Chiefs’ …
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Why did Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson believe that the team had threatened to bench him if he didn’t adjust the vesting date of his $37 million salary for 2025? According to Wilson’s agent, that’s what the Broncos told him. In a Sunday phone conversation with PFT, Mark Rodgers said he received a call on October 31 from G.M. George Paton …
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