10:40 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Call it the week of broken streaks. One day after the Cleveland Browns ended the Denver Broncos‘ 11-game winning streak against them and three days after the Los Angeles Chargers put a stop to the Kansas City Chiefs‘ nine-game hex over them, the San Francisco 49ers made it
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10:30 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin has his kicker’s back, and it seems that will continue for the rest of the season. After practicing to keep his job late last week because of struggles all year, Chris Boswell helped seal Sunday’s 17-10 victory over the New England Patriots with a 48-yarder in
8:28 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SANTA CLARA, Calif. — While talking this week about the damage a resurgent Seattle Seahawks team is capable of doing in the playoffs, veteran receiver Doug Baldwin noted that they’ve still got to get there first. In all likelihood, they still will. FPI still gives the Seahawks a 99 percent
8:14 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Coach Mike Tomlin promised “Redemption Sunday.” Instead, he got the Gronk hurdle. Steelers cornerback Joe Haden‘s leaping interception over New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski in the fourth quarter was the signature play of the year for a Pittsburgh defense that finally exorcised the Patriots demon. Everything you need
7:30 PM ET After a week of tumult, the Minnesota Vikings won on Sunday and coach Mike Zimmer received a vote of confidence from the team’s owner. “We’re very happy with the coach and the entire coaching staff,” Vikings owner Zygi Wilf told the Pioneer Press (St. Paul) after a 41-17 win over the Miami
7:17 PM ET ATLANTA — Sure, it was the lowly Arizona Cardinals, but the quality of the opponents wasn’t Tevin Coleman‘s fault. All Coleman could control was how he performed with nothing except pride on the line. His 5-9 Atlanta Falcons were officially eliminated from the playoffs Sunday when the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Miami
7:45 PM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Detroit Lions trudged off the field late Sunday afternoon, some faster than others, all pretty quickly. There wasn’t much else to do after a loss that effectively ended their season with two games remaining. A chance at the playoffs: extinguished. A third consecutive winning season, something the
6:30 PM ET The Vikings’ win put them closer to a playoff seat. Two NFC East teams were shut out. The Bears hung on to get to 10 wins and the Ravens tallied their fourth victory in five Lamar Jackson starts. All that and more in Week 15’s biggest takeaways from NFL Nation. Jump to
6:33 PM ET On Sunday morning, just down the street from Heinz Field, something unexpected was shaping up at the new sportsbook at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh: Significantly more money had been bet on the New England Patriots than the hometown Steelers. That would change in the afternoon. “Around noon, the love of the Steelers
6:04 PM ET CHICAGO — Bears left tackle Charles Leno was in a celebratory mood Sunday afternoon. Minutes after the Bears clinched their first NFC North title since 2010 with a 24-17 victory over the Green Bay Packers, Leno got on one knee at midfield and proposed to his girlfriend, Jennifer Roth, who had been