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5 takeaways from the Green Bay Packers season-ending 24-21 NFC divisional playoff loss to the San Francisco 49ers ·

SANTA CLARA, California − On a rain-soaked field, the Green Bay Packers came less than a minute from advancing to the NFC championship game in Jordan Love’s first season as their starting quarterback.The Packers controlled action for most of Saturday night’s matchup against the San Francisco 49ers, but costly mistakes led to a 24-21 loss in the NFC divisional round. It’s coach Matt LaFleur’s third ...

Everything we know about Mike McCarthy’s return as Cowboys head coach ·

5-6 minutes 1/20/2024Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy speaks during his end of season press conference at...After a first-round playoff thumping and a lot of speculation, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy will indeed be returning for his fifth season at the helm in Dallas. It will be the final year of McCarthy’s five-year contract with Dallas.Here’s everything we know so far about McCarthy’s ...

Falcons complete interviews with Raheem Morris, Joe Brady ·

FLOWERY BRANCH — Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, who received a hearty endorsement from general manager Les Snead on Friday, was interviewed virtually by the Falcons on Saturday, according to the Falcons.Also, the team interviewed Bills interim offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Joe Brady.Morris, 47, is no stranger to the team. He was on Dan Quinn’s staff for five-plus seasons and was ...

The Frank Wycheck era is when those Oilers became our Tennessee Titans ·

Nashville TennesseanThe Tennessee Titans, by NFL standards, aren’t old enough to have nostalgia for the good ol’ days.There are no grainy, John Facenda-narrated, "NFL Films" highlights of yesteryear. Sure, the franchise has tried admirably to co-opt the Houston Oilers’ tradition as its own, but it’s just not the same. Those Oilers were Houston’s team: Bum Phillips, Earl Campbell, Warren Moon and the ...

Through a week full of adversity, Zach Wilson delivers finest performance of career in win vs. Texans ·

6-8 minutes 12/11/2023Adversity can be one of life’s greatest teachers.The last two weeks have been challenging for Jets quarterback Zach Wilson. He was benched and demoted to emergency quarterback and many didn’t expect the 24-year-old to start — or even play in — another game for the Jets.But when his number was called during Sunday’s 30-6 victory against the Texans, Wilson put on his finest performance ...

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert fractures finger in loss to Broncos ·

INGLEWOOD — Just when it seemed it couldn’t get any worse for the Chargers, it did Sunday.Quarterback Justin Herbert suffered a fractured right index finger in the second quarter of the Chargers’ 24-7 loss to the Denver Broncos at SoFi Stadium, an injury that forced him from the game and that might keep him out of Thursday night’s contest against the Las Vegas Raiders, too.The loss was the Chargers’ ...

Graney: Raiders need complete overhaul on offense as season spirals ·

I hope you bet the under.There is a bigger picture to this eyesore of a loss, this abysmal 3-0 defeat by the Raiders to Minnesota on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium.It’s a third straight setback for the club under interim coach Antonio Pierce and things are only getting worse offensively. The staff is overmatched on that side of the ball.Bo Hardegree is a coordinator calling plays for the first time and ...

What Andy Reid, Chiefs (and referee) said about controversial offsides flag vs. Bills ·

Andy Reid is typically measured when asked about officiating and flags, looking to avoid both headlines and fines.Which made the Kansas City Chiefs coach’s responses particularly notable following KC’s 20-17 home loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.Reid didn’t just want to talk about a controversial offensive offsides flag called on receiver Kadarius Toney late in the fourth quarter that wiped ...

Controversy hovers over Chiefs’ loss, but there’s no more rationalizing their issues ·

When the Chiefs in February played in their third Super Bowl in four seasons, and won their second in that span, it set the stage for them to pursue the first NFL repeat title in nearly two decades. As the instant favorites, no less.And since the advent of the Patrick Mahomes Era, they’ve been so good for so long that they’ve earned heaping helpings of benefit of the doubt.So it’s been only natural ...

Kadarius Toney lined up offsides and negated an incredible TD play by Travis Kelce ·

This was a heck of play that didn’t count.This wasn’t quite as painful as the Dee Ford penalty in the AFC Championship Game in 2019, but woof, this one will sting for the Chiefs.It appeared that tight end Travis Kelce’s love of laterals had paid off late in Sunday’s game against the Buffalo Bills at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium.The Chiefs trailed by three points when Kelce hauled in a pass from ...

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Jim Otto, the original Mr. Raider, dies at 86

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Calculating the 2024 Draft grades of all 257 picks

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