How are Vikings fans dealing with playoff disappointment? Not well The Minnesota Vikings lost a football game they controlled for the first 3 1/2 quarters and were in a position to finish off with a chip-shot field goal by Blair Walsh. By now you likely know how that went. In case you don't here's the depressing radio call from play-by-play announcer Paul Allen and color analyst Pete … [Read more...]

The full NFL divisional round playoffs schedule with kickoff times After four road teams won in the divisional round, the first time that has happened in the current NFL playoff format that dates back to 1990, there are great matchups across the board for the divisional round. Among the final eight teams in the NFL playoffs are both of last year's Super Bowl participants and three of the … [Read more...]

Chiefs win first playoff game in 22 years, shutting out Texans The fifith-seeded Kansas City Chiefs came into the postseason as the hottest team in the NFL, winning their last 10 regular-season games. And they've added one more, as they ended the fourth-seeded Houston Texans' season, 30-0 in their AFC wild-card matchup on Saturday. It was the first postseason win for Kansas City in 22 … [Read more...]

Big Ben, Antonio Brown banged up as Steelers survive and advance The Pittsburgh Steelers' two most indispensable players, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and wide receiver Antonio Brown, suffered injuries in the team's thrilling, ugly 18-16 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday. Brown suffered a concussion after a massive hit in the waning moments by Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict … [Read more...]

No fights: Officials stand at midfield before Bengals-Steelers The Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers don't like each other. There were Twitter threats, and that spilled over into some pregame pushing and shoving when the two teams played in December. With the AFC North division rivals coming together again for a wild-card playoff game, the officials made sure there would be no … [Read more...]

Chiefs' Jeremy Maclin ruled out with knee injury The Kansas City Chiefs moved on in the playoffs with relative ease against the Houston Texans in the wild-card round, but they might be doing it without their leading receiver. Jeremy Maclin, in his first season with the Chiefs after signing as a free agent, suffered a right knee injury in the third quarter. He didn't return to the game and … [Read more...]

Greg Cosell's Playoff Preview: Breaking down AFC wild-card games With the playoffs upon us, I'm going to preview the games of wild-card weekend. In this post we'll delve into the AFC games played on Saturday; tomorrow we'll look at Sunday's NFC games. My goal for each of these preview posts is to give you a strategic wrinkle or two or a matchup to look for in each game, whether it's how the … [Read more...]

After Tom Coughlin parts from Giants, Eagles want to interview him Of all the coaches, in all the towns, in all the world, the Philadelphia Eagles had to pick Tom Coughlin to interview. Multiple reports including ESPN, Fox Sports and NFL Network said that Tom Coughlin, a two-time Super Bowl champion with the New York Giants, is expected to interview Monday for the Eagles' head-coaching … [Read more...]

Seahawks star RB Marshawn Lynch suddenly ruled out vs. Vikings On Friday, before the Seattle Seahawks traveled to Minneapolis, coach Pete Carroll was optimistic that Marshawn Lynch would play Sunday. That has been the message from the team all week. By the time the Seahawks boarded a plane to Minnesota, Lynch wasn't with the team and the star running back was ruled out of Sunday's wild-card … [Read more...]

Fantasy Roundtable: Roundtable: Wild Card Predictions Jesse Pantuosco (@JessePantuosco): After a two-week hiatus, the Roundtable is back and so are the playoffs. Let’s dig right in and throw out some predictions. For the two Saturday games, I’m going with Kansas City over Houston and Pittsburgh over Cincinnati. The Texans were lucky to make it and should be one-and-done against a Chiefs squad that … [Read more...]