• October 17, 2024
Lamar Jackson challenges teammates at halftime, then carries Ravens to AFC Championship

Lamar Jackson challenges teammates at halftime, then carries Ravens to AFC Championship

[ad_1] BALTIMORE — They told anyone who would listen that this was a different team, that they had learned from past playoff failures, that they were “locked in” on making a Super Bowl. Then, over the first 30 minutes of football Saturday on a frigid late afternoon in Baltimore, they looked like the playoff Ravens…

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The Athletic

NFL playoff predictions: 9 coaches, executives predict divisional-round winners

[ad_1] Don’t smile because it’s over. Cry because it happened. That’d be the more fitting phrase for anyone hoping wild-card weekend might offer more than a single competitive game throughout the three-day slate. Not only had five of the six games been decided by multiple possessions, but all the blowouts were also practically decided at…

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Projecting each NFL playoff team's odds to win Super Bowl, with divisional matchup analysis

Projecting each NFL playoff team’s odds to win Super Bowl, with divisional matchup analysis

[ad_1] Thirty-two teams embarked on a mission this season to win Super Bowl LVIII. Eight teams remain. Jeff Howe breaks down each of the four divisional-round matchups this weekend before The Athletic’s projection model, created by Austin Mock, reveals each team’s odds of winning the Super Bowl. AFC A look at the AFC playoff bracket…

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2023-24 NFL Week 18 playoff scenarios: Packers, Bills, Steelers clinch berths

2023-24 NFL Week 18 playoff scenarios: Packers, Bills, Steelers clinch berths

[ad_1] The Jacksonville Jaguars lost to the Tennessee Titans on Sunday setting off some AFC playoff dominoes. The Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills clinched playoff spots with the Jags’ loss. This also gave the Houston Texans the AFC South title. And later, the Bills gained the AFC East title by beating the Miami Dolphins on…

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The Super Bowl winning coach and his family who have fallen in love with Wrexham

The Super Bowl winning coach and his family who have fallen in love with Wrexham

[ad_1] Where does a former NFL coach with a Super Bowl title to his name go on holiday for the new year? Wrexham, of course. Paul McCord and his family swapped Florida for north Wales to take in the League Two match against Barrow after becoming passionate fans of the club through the documentary Welcome…

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The Athletic

Bird, ‘The Wire,’ a life sentence paroled and a Colts game 40 years in the making

[ad_1] Bleary-eyed from 16 hours on a Greyhound bus, he strolled into the stadium running on fumes. He’d barely slept in two days. The ride he was supposed to hitch from Charlotte to Indianapolis canceled at the last minute, and for a few nervy hours, Antonio Barnes started to have his doubts. The trip he’d…

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