Chiefs clinch No. 1 seed with win today, but neutral site AFC Championship Game remains in play

If the Chiefs beat the Raiders this afternoon, they are the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoffs regardless of anything that happens tomorrow. But the No. 1 seed won’t necessarily mean home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs. Because of the rules change the NFL voted on yesterday, the Chiefs could still play an AFC [more]

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Statistics from Monday night’s Bills-Bengals game will not be counted

No statistics from the nine minutes of the Bills-Bengals game that were played on Monday night will count toward the statistics of either team or any player. NFL policy on a cancelled game says, “To cancel a game is to nullify it either before or after it begins and to make no provision for rescheduling [more]

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Zac Taylor on proposed playoff changes: Positives for others, negatives for us

Bengals head coach Zac Taylor is not happy about the changes to the AFC playoff procedures that the league has proposed in the wake of cancelling the Bengals’ Week 17 game against the Bills. Under the proposal, the Bengals and Ravens would flip a coin for home field advantage in the Wild Card round of [more]

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NFL announces plans for all 32 teams to honor Damar Hamlin in Week 18

The NFL has announced league-wide plans to honor Bills safety Damar Hamlin in Week 18. Home teams’ public address announcers will read a statement before the national anthem to honor both Hamlin and the first responders who saved his life: “Throughout this week, the entire NFL family has been praying for Damar Hamlin of the [more]

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Owners will be able to amend the proposal for AFC playoff seeding

At noon ET on Friday, the NFL’s owners will consider the proposal from the Competition Committee regarding a change to the established rule for dealing with playoff seeding in the event of a canceled game. The proposal has multiple parts; one contemplates a neutral-site AFC Championship under certain circumstances, and the other allows for a [more]

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Byron Leftwich: Offensive struggles have been over-exaggerated

The struggles of the Buccaneers offense have generated a lot of attention this season. They have dropped from 30 points a game in 2021 to 18.5 in 2022 and they have scored 29 offensive touchdowns through 16 games after posting 56 to this point last year. Those numbers don’t leave much room for interpretation, but [more]

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Derwin James: I’m not a dirty player

Chargers safety Derwin James has not played since being ejected from the team’s Week 16 win over the Colts for a hit to the head of wide receiver Ashton Dulin. Both James and Dulin were put into the concussion protocol as a result of the hit, which Chargers head coach Brandon Staley said he did [more]

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