9:15 AM ET Over 18 seasons with Tom Brady as their starting quarterback, the Patriots have only failed to advance past the wild-card round on three occasions. Saturday’s loss to the Titans marked the first time in a decade that Brady and the Patriots won’t advance to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. By
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6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Matt LaFleur knew he had a problem on his hands when he took the Green Bay Packers‘ head-coaching job last January — an injury problem. The Packers, according the injury-tracking website Man-Games Lost, were one of the most banged-up NFL teams of the past decade. From 2009 through
7:01 AM ET For the first time in a generation, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft enters an offseason not sure who will be his team’s starting quarterback, but he said he’d like for it to still be Tom Brady. “My hope and prayer is No. 1, he [Brady] play for the Patriots. Or No.
11:36 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys are intensely focused on head-coach candidates who have extensive NFL experience in the role and a track record of success, which is why former Green Bay Packers coach Mike McCarthy and former Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis were interviewed this weekend, according to a source familiar with the search
9:34 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN PHILADELPHIA — Pete Carroll said DK Metcalf stole the show. K.J. Wright compared him to Calvin Johnson. And Marshawn Lynch gave a response only he could when asked what impresses him most about the Seattle Seahawks‘ rookie wide receiver. “That he’s a big-a– dude that could move like that,” Lynch
10:06 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz played with injured ribs in a wild-card loss to Seattle. Ertz, Philadelphia’s leading receiver, caught two passes for 44 yards in a 17-9 loss to Seattle on Sunday. “I wanted to play for this city,” Ertz said. “I knew if there was
10:10 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Teammates of Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz took issue with the hit by Seattle Seahawks defensive end Jadeveon Clowney that knocked Wentz out of Sunday’s wild-card game in the first quarter. Left tackle Jason Peters confronted Clowney on the field after seeing a replay of the hit in which Clowney
8:30 PM ET The divisional round is set for the 2019 NFL playoffs. It includes the lowest-seeded teams in each conference but excludes two teams — the Patriots and Saints — that made a combined 11 such appearances in the previous decade. Upsets Saturday by the Titans over the Patriots and Sunday by the Vikings
9:20 PM ET HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson is used to seeing J.J. Watt do improbable things. The Houston Texans quarterback spent half of his rookie season in 2017 in the team training room, recovering from a torn ACL. Working beside him, in his own rehab from a broken leg, was Watt. Watson saw firsthand how
8:00 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Bears right guard Kyle Long announced on Sunday that he was retiring after seven NFL seasons. “Some Chicagoans are probably happy to hear I’m finally stepping away and getting my body right,” Long wrote on his official Twitter account. “Some Chicagoans may be sad to hear this. Either way