Ryan Jensen: I’m proud of myself for being out there after a severe knee injury

Buccaneers center Ryan Jensen played in Monday night’s playoff loss to the Cowboys after missing the entire regular season with a knee injury, and afterward he said he was proud to have done it. “It means everything,” Jensen said. “It’s why we do it, we do it for each other. And after a year where [more]

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FMIA Wild Card: Joe Burrow on Going to Buffalo; Daboll and Pederson on their Latest Improbable Wins

“It is what it is,” Joe Burrow said as the clock struck midnight, not long after Cincinnati edged (is there a better word for an agonizingly close game than “edged”?) Baltimore to set up a divisional playoff date Sunday that just might get a good television rating: Cincinnati at Buffalo. Emphasis on at Buffalo. Good [more]

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Tyler Huntley: I just tried to make a play

Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley turned in one of the strongest performances of his career on Sunday night in Cincinnati, but no one is likely to remember his good moments when they look back at the game. They’re likelier to recall a failed quarterback sneak in the fourth quarter. Huntley jumped to try to go over [more]

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NFL regular-season attendance hit six-year high in 2022

The NFL saw a significant increase in attendance during the 2022 regular season, not only beating the pandemic-affected 2020 and 2021 seasons but topping even pre-pandemic levels. The average NFL crowd was 69,442 per game in 2022, the highest mark since 2016, according to Sports Business Journal. Total attendance of 18.8 million was the highest [more]

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Justin Herbert: Everyone would be lucky to have a coach like Brandon Staley

The Chargers blew a 27-point lead against the Jaguars on Saturday night and that put head coach Brandon Staley’s future with the team up for discussion. Staley’s coaching decisions helped keep the Chargers out of the playoffs last season and they contributed to other losses before the Chargers gave up the fifth-biggest comeback in NFL [more]

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Marlon Humphrey: Lamar Jackson is limping around the facility, we knew he wasn’t playing

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was apparently never close to returning to the field after suffering the knee injury that forced him to miss the final five regular-season games and last night’s playoff loss. Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey said after Sunday’s game that Jackson was clearly not healthy enough to play. “I don’t even know if [more]

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J.K. Dobbins criticizes play calling, says if Ravens had Lamar Jackson they would have won

Ravens running back J.K. Dobbins says bad play calling and Lamar Jackson’s absence are the reasons Baltimore’s season ended with a loss in Cincinnati on Sunday night. Dobbins said that if the Ravens had Jackson, who has been out with a knee injury that has lingered longer than expected, they would have beaten the Bengals. [more]

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