11:24 PM ET The New England Patriots will begin the two-week buildup to the Super Bowl as the favorites, but not by much. Heading into Monday, the Patriots were consensus 1.5-point favorites over the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LIII on Feb. 3 in Atlanta. For about 10 minutes late Sunday night, though, the
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10:33 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball NEW ORLEANS — The Los Angeles Rams came from behind at the Superdome on Sunday to defeat the New Orleans Saints to clinch the NFC Championship. But
3:03 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Make it nine Super Bowls in 19 years for Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots after their 37-31 overtime win over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday at frigid Arrowhead Stadium. If anybody thought the Patriots “suck and can’t win
10:51 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Drew Brees, who turned 40 on Tuesday, hopes to still be playing at age 41. When asked how positive he is that he will be back for a 19th season, the New Orleans Saints quarterback said, “I feel pretty positive.” He later said more definitively that, “I plan on
2:17 PM ET Referee Bill Vinovich’s crew missed an obvious pass interference call on Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman in the final minutes of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the New Orleans Saints. The no-call came with 1:45 remaining on a third-and-10 play from the Rams’ 13-yard line, with the score tied at 20.
12:42 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 Above all else, NFL replay is designed to save the league from itself. Its goal is to correct clear and obvious mistakes. But when a clear and obvious mistake occurred late in
7:41 PM ET NEW ORLEANS — Sean Payton said the NFL’s head of officials told him the officials “blew the call” by not penalizing the Los Angeles Rams for pass interference late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s NFC Championship Game. And Payton said he and the New Orleans Saints will “probably never get over
11:14 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball NEW ORLEANS — At the outset of the Los Angeles Rams‘ season, it was Super Bowl or bust. And Sunday, inside a sold-out and deafening Mercedes-Benz Superdome,
10:30 PM ET The Rams needed overtime to get by the Saints, but they are headed to the Super Bowl. They will meet the Patriots in Atlanta in two weeks, who also needed overtime in a shootout against the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium in the AFC title game. Here’s an early look at their matchup,
1:17 PM ET Despite not playing in the final five games of the season, Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz is expected to be healthy enough to be a full participant in Philadelphia’s offseason program in April if the team wants him to, league sources told ESPN. Despite Nick Foles’ success in limited time the past two