11:11 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The San Francisco 49ers simply will not go away. The same Niners that were once 3-5 and headed for a long offseason full of questions are now headed to the NFC Championship Game for the second time in three seasons. To get there, San Francisco had to pull
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7:42 PM ET NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Cincinnati Bengals wanted to send a message after their dramatic playoff win Saturday over the Titans. They’re not underdogs anymore. Cincinnati emphatically delivered that message with a 19-16 victory against the top-seeded Titans. Rookie Evan McPherson‘s 52-yard field goal as time expired sent the Bengals to their first
8:33 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. – Game-opening drives weren’t the Green Bay Packers‘ thing in the regular season. That changed on their first drive of the postseason. After scoring only three opening-drive touchdowns in the regular season — six fewer than they had the year before — the Packers marched down the field to
7:14 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — It turned out those 27 snaps David Bakhtiari played in the Green Bay Packers‘ regular-season finale were not a playoff warmup for him. Bakhtiari, an All-Pro left tackle, was declared inactive before Saturday’s NFC divisional round game against the San Francisco 49ers at Lambeau Field. He was listed
first Quarter CIN TEN FG 12:06 Evan McPherson Made 38 Yrd Field Goal 6 plays, 22 yards, 2:50 3 0 FG 2:15 Evan McPherson Made 45 Yrd Field Goal 6 plays, 61 yards, 3:41 6 0 second Quarter CIN TEN TD 6:12 Derrick Henry 3 Yard Rush, Derrick Henry 2Pt Rush No Good 9 plays,
4:59 PM ET Do a little dance … pay a little fine. Welcome to the world of Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill. The NFL has fined Hill $12,875 for unsportsmanlike conduct, according to Spotrac, following his impromptu celebration during last week’s wild-card playoff victory against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Hill, after grabbing a 31-yard
5:39 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator Keith Butler has informed the team he is retiring, the Steelers announced Saturday evening. “It is an emotional day as I announce I am retiring from my football coaching career,” Butler said in a statement. “I have spent every year since 1990 as a coach in
3:54 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday activated starting running back Leonard Fournette from injured reserve, making him eligible to play in Sunday’s divisional playoff against the Los Angeles Rams. To make room on the roster, the Bucs waived running back Le’Veon Bell. Fournette, who suffered a hamstring strain in
11:30 AM ET SITTING IN WHAT has become the most famous living room in football, sipping a scotch and wearing a half-zip with a Masters logo, Aaron Rodgers couldn’t stop grinning. Peyton Manning and Eli Manning had just asked him, as part of their ManningCast that streams during Monday Night Football, what some of the
6:06 PM ET The Baltimore Ravens have fired defensive coordinator Don “Wink” Martindale with one year remaining on his contract, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. Ravens coach John Harbaugh issued a statement Friday saying he and Martindale “agreed to move forward in separate directions.” “We have had a great run on defense,