Bucs favored by 3 over Rams, all four home teams favored in divisional round

After the Rams beat the Cardinals on Monday night, they opened as underdogs for Sunday’s divisional round game at Tampa Bay. The Buccaneers initially opened as 2.5-point favorites and quickly moved to 3-point favorites over the Rams at most sports books. Bettors are showing faith in the Bucs even though the Rams won 34-24 when [more]

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Budda Baker says “I am doing good” after collision with Cam Akers

Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker left Monday night’s Wild Card game against the Los Angeles Rams secured to a stretcher after a violent collision with running back Cam Akers. The left side of Baker’s head to the brunt of Akers’ impact as he slammed off the turf and remained down on the field for several [more]

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JuJu Smith Schuster: It would be nice to stay for another four years

Sunday night’s 42-21 loss to the Chiefs was likely Ben Roethlisberger‘s final game with the Steelers, but wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster hopes that’s not the case for him. Retirement isn’t on the table for Smith-Schuster, but he is set for free agency after signing a one-year deal to return to the team last offseason. He [more]

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Deebo Samuel: I told Kyle Shanahan to give me the ball and scored the next play

Deebo Samuel has been a major part of the 49ers offense all season and he came up with one of their biggest plays in Sunday’s win over the Cowboys. Samuel stepped up in the third quarter after cornerback K'Waun Williams picked off Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott inside the Dallas 30-yard-line. After that play, 49ers head [more]

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Fred Warner has “a chance” to play next weekend

The 49ers got a win in Dallas on Sunday, but they lost a pair of key defensive players to injury en route to the 23-17 victory. Defensive end Nick Bosa suffered a concussion and linebacker Fred Warner injured his ankle during the game. Bosa will have to go through the concussion protocol to be cleared [more]

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Ben Roethlisberger: “Truly a blessing” to be a Steeler

Ben Roethlisberger hasn’t officially announced his retirement yet, but nothing he said before Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs suggested he’s going to continue playing and that remained the case after the game. Roethlisberger said that it has “just been truly a blessing” to be the Steelers quarterback since 2004 and that it was “an honor [more]

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Tom Brady notches 35th postseason win, 85th postseason touchdown pass

Tom Brady keeps re-writing the NFL playoff record book. The Buccaneers’ win over the Eagles on Sunday was the 35th postseason win of Brady’s career. That’s not just an NFL record, it dwarfs second-place Joe Montana, who won 16 postseason games as a starting quarterback. Brady also threw two touchdown passes, giving him 85 in [more]

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