When the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers met in the 1967 NFL championship game, it was epic. They call it the Ice Bowl. When they met again 46 years later in the 2014 divisional playoffs, it was again epic. Even though Dez did not catch it. Now two of the most storied franchises in […]

There were plenty of blowouts on NFL wild-card weekend, but this Sunday’s divisional playoff matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs feels destined to come down to the final possession. The Steelers have won eight straight and are a legitimate Super Bowl contender with Ben Roethlisberger, Le’Veon Bell and Antonio Brown rolling, but the the […]

Not even when the New England Patriots ran the regular-season table in 2007 were the Pats favored by this much in a playoff game. In fact, against the Houston Texans in the divisional round, the Patriots are the biggest playoff favorite this century. It makes sense. The Texans won a bad division by default and […]

How much does playoff pedigree matter? That’ll be a big question when the divisional round of the NFL playoffs kicks off with a Saturday afternoon matchup between the Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Falcons. That’s because the Seahawks have an 8-3 playoff record with two Super Bowl appearances in quarterback Russell Wilson’s first five seasons, while […]

Professional athletes are allowed to have lives and allowed to have fun. Odell Beckham Jr. and his teammates were allowed to party last Monday, because they had just concluded a successful regular season, they were off until Wednesday and they didn’t play again until Sunday. All good, and I don’t think anyone with an IQ […]

The NFL’s divisional playoffs are set. Here’s what we have too look forward to next weekend: Seawhawks at Falcons (Saturday, 4:35 p.m. ET, FOX): Atlanta had the league’s highest-scoring offense this season, but watch out for NFL sack leader Vic Beasley against a Seattle team that has struggled to protect quarterback Russell Wilson. Even without […]

Prior to the start of the 2016 NFL regular season, we made some award predictions. Now, it’s time to update those based on what actually happened the last 17 weeks. MVP: Aaron Rodgers, Packers — We wrote in September that this could be his best season yet, and we were wrong. But that’s why Rodgers […]

After 17 long weeks it is finally time for the start of the road to the Super Bowl with a Wild Card weekend that is short on competitive matchups, but could yield many surprises. As we head into the opening weekend of the postseason, it is time to make some bold predictions for the Wild […]

Throughout the 2016 NFL regular season, we’ve been ranking the league’s top 10 quarterbacks. For the playoffs, let’s say goodbye to eliminated signal callers Drew Brees, Marcus Mariota and Kirk Cousins, as well as the injured Derek Carr, and expand the field to 12. 1. Aaron Rodgers, Packers: The hottest quarterback in the NFL has […]

A jarring and unexpected New York Giants playoff run requires several ingredients: Eli Manning, a top-notch defense and victories over the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl and the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. Manning is here, the defense gave up an NFC-low 17.8 points per game, the Patriots are the AFC’s top […]

When the Miami Dolphins went undefeated and won the Super Bowl in 1972, weird old NFL rules forced them to go on the road to play the three-loss Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC championship game. That silly format nearly cost Miami a perfect season. The Dolphins fell behind early before coming back to edge Terry […]

The last time the Detroit Lions won a playoff game, George Bush was president. The first one. For the Lions to end that drought and avoid a nine-game playoff losing streak, they’ll have to defy some pretty big odds on Saturday night. That’s because overrated Detroit has lost three straight games and will have to travel […]