12:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago is having fun again. Coming off a 5-11 season, the Bears finished 12-4 and won their first NFC North title in eight years. They have a Coach of the Year candidate (Matt Nagy), a superstar (Khalil Mack) leading the No. 1 scoring defense and a promising young
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2:53 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — As the Dallas Cowboys wind down their preparation for Saturday’s wild-card matchup against the Seattle Seahawks, it is appropriate to remember the only other time these franchises met in the playoffs and how a matter of seconds can change everything. Maybe it is not funny ha-ha, but funny in
12:00 AM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers‘ defense was not surprised or in awe by anything Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson did when these two teams faced off two weeks ago. “It helps a lot because it’s fresh,” defensive end Isaac Rochell said. “You don’t have to dig weeks back or
12:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens have heard all the talk about how their run-option offense is a fad and how it’s only a matter of time before defenses figure it out. The Ravens’ response: Go watch film of one of the greatest basketball players of all time. “I don’t know
12:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Defense wins championships. Sometimes. Other times, as recent history has shown, it’s elite quarterback play that gets the job done. So what happens when you pit those two things against one another? We’ll find out this weekend. Sunday’s wild-card game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears (4:40 p.m. ET,
12:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — It was about this time a year ago when Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck returned from his six-week stay in the Netherlands where he had been receiving treatment on his surgically repaired right shoulder. It was during his time there that his frustration grew because the pain persisted. He had
7:30 AM ET The NFL playoffs have arrived. We’re previewing wild-card weekend with a rundown for each game from Dan Graziano, score predictions from our Nation reporters and Football Power Index projections from ESPN Stats & Information. Plus: Key matchups to watch from Matt Bowen, what to know from a sports betting perspective by Rob
11:49 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 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — On a random December Wednesday at the Los Angeles Rams‘ practice facility, coach Sean McVay broke down Robert Woods as a wide receiver
11:36 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Around the time the Seattle Seahawks reconvened for training camp this past summer, Frank Clark spoke in front of the team’s rookie defensive linemen. The expanded offseason roster meant there were several more players in the room than there would be when the season began. And that
6:46 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Just a year after the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018 included three enshrines who had been eligible for the first time, the Class of ’19 could turn the trick again. Former Denver Broncos cornerback Champ Bailey, former Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed and former Kansas City