4:26 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. – Playing at nearly full strength for the first time this season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ defense stifled the Philadelphia Eagles, forcing three turnovers in a 31-15 wild-card playoff win at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. With linebackers Shaquil Barrett, Jason Pierre-Paul and Lavonte David all returning from injuries, and
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3:09 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Pete Carroll’s job security as Seattle Seahawks head coach was not discussed during a routine end-of-season meeting Thursday with team chair Jody Allen and general manager John Schneider, a source told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. The meeting reviewed the Seahawks’ 2021 season — their first losing campaign since 2011 — and
Jan 14, 2022 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The losses were piling up early in the season for the Kansas City Chiefs in a way they shouldn’t for a two-time defending AFC champion with a reasonable preseason goal of playing in a third straight Super Bowl. The Chiefs lost to the Baltimore Ravens in Week 2
Jan 14, 2022 PITTSBURGH — Each morning at 8:30, coach Mike Tomlin sets the tone for the Pittsburgh Steelers. With a booming voice, he greets his team. “The way he says good morning, it just wakes you up,” second-year linebacker Alex Highsmith said earlier this season. “It just brings a lot of attention.” This week,
11:46 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Philadelphia Eagles starting defensive end Josh Sweat will miss Sunday’s playoff game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after undergoing a medical procedure to address what the team described as a “life-threatening situation.” “On Tuesday night, Josh Sweat was admitted to the hospital. He underwent an emergency procedure due to
10:17 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Bill Belichick, who turns 70 in April, said he still wants to coach in 2022 and will begin the process of moving forward after his New England Patriots team was rocked by the Buffalo Bills 47-17 in the wild-card round of the AFC playoffs Saturday night. Belichick, the NFL’s
10:14 AM ET Referee Jerome Boger and the crew that worked the AFC wild-card game between the Las Vegas Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals are not expected to officiate again this postseason after their problematic performance Saturday highlighted by a controversial whistle. The NFL grades officials after each game, and Boger and his crew are not
Jan 15, 2022 TAMPA, Fla. – One year ago, quarterback Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers embarked on a three-game road playoff odyssey that ended at home with a Super Bowl championship at Raymond James Stadium. This season, the Bucs pursuit of a repeat begins Sunday when they host the Philadelphia Eagles (1 p.m.
11:15 PM ET CINCINNATI — When you find your quarterback, things become possible that weren’t. The Cincinnati Bengals won a playoff game Saturday. It had been 31 years and nine days since the last time that happened. Only four players on the Bengals’ current roster were even alive yet. There was, at that time, no
11:24 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Buffalo Bills didn’t just beat the New England Patriots. They made a statement to the entire NFL. The Bills dominated the teams’ third meeting in 41 days, winning 47-17 to move on to the divisional round of the playoffs. Buffalo scored a touchdown on all