James Conner: Shame on us if we think home-field advantage doesn’t matter in playoffs

Monday night’s 30-23 loss to the Rams means there’s a new No. 1 in the playoff pecking order in the NFC. The Cardinals are out and the Packers are into position for the only first-round bye in the conference. They’re also in line to play all of their postseason games at home while the Cardinals [more]

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Report: Further tests show Logan Thomas did tear his ACL

After Washington tight end Logan Thomas injured his knee in a Week 13 win over the Raiders, head coach Ron Rivera said that an MRI showed Thomas did not tear his ACL. It appears that other tests returned different news about Thomas’ knee. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that those tests showed Thomas did suffer [more]

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Sean McVay “really proud” Rams didn’t flinch in face of missing players

The Rams didn’t let missing players keep them from getting a win in Arizona on Monday night. Cornerback Jalen Ramsey, tight end Tyler Higbee, running back Darrell Henderson, right tackle Rob Havenstein, and cornerback Dont’e Deayon were all placed on the COVID-19 reserve list in the last few days, which led to a lot of [more]

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Tom Brady strengthens his grip on MVP odds

Tom Brady continues to become a bigger and bigger favorite to win the NFL’s MVP. At the age of 44. Four years after Brady won the award for the third time at the age of 40, he’s now an overwhelming favorite to win it for the fourth time. From +175 a week ago (bet $100 [more]

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Nick Bosa: We almost blew it, but we didn’t

49ers defensive end Nick Bosa went into Sunday’s game against the Bengals with designs on sacking his good friend Joe Burrow and reaching that goal helped the 49ers get a win. Bosa sacked Burrow twice — a third sack was wiped out by a penalty — and the second one came on third down on [more]

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Micah Parsons wants to be the one others are compared to

More than a few people have compared versatile Cowboys pass rusher Michah to Hall of Famer and former NFL MVP Lawrence Taylor. Speaking to Parsons after Sunday’s win over Washington, I asked Parsons for his reaction to the use of his name and Taylor’s name in the same breath. “I think LT is one of [more]

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Zach Wilson: Rough days “all part of the process” of improving

It’s been a rocky rookie year for Jets quarterback Zach Wilson and Sunday’s game against the Saints featured more rough moments for the second overall pick of the 2021 draft. Wilson avoided turnovers, but went 19-of-42 for 202 yards in a 30-9 loss that leaves the Jets with a 3-10 record on the season. Some [more]

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