Tyrann Mathieu “hoping it works out” to stay with Chiefs

The Chiefs’ season came to an end with Sunday’s overtime loss to the Bengals in the AFC Championship Game and the realities of the NFL mean that the loss also marked the end of some players’ time with the organization. Safety Tyrann Mathieu could be one of them. Mathieu is now out of contract and [more]

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C.J. Uzomah hopeful knee injury won’t keep him out of Super Bowl

Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah helped get the team into the AFC Championship Game, but he wasn’t able to help them rally for a win in the second half of the game. Uzomah hurt his knee in the first quarter and did not return to the 27-24 overtime win. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reported [more]

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Joe Mixon ruling seems to be the right call

An important question lingers regarding the final moments of Sunday’s AFC Championship thriller in Kansas City, where the Bengals found a way to beat the Chiefs in overtime. After rumbling 13 yards from the Chiefs’ 25 to their 12, Cincinnati running back Joe Mixon appeared to drop the ball without being down by contact. The ruling [more]

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Zac Taylor on Joe Burrow: When game is on the line, he figures it out

The Bengals took quarterback Joe Burrow with the first overall pick of the 2020 draft with the hope that he’d transform the franchise’s fortunes and that happened a bit faster than most people expected. After beating the Chiefs in overtime on Sunday, Burrow said that he “probably would’ve called you crazy” if you told him [more]

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Eric Weddle: We were down and out, Aaron Donald rallied us

Tight end George Kittle‘s touchdown in the third quarter of the NFC Championship Game put the 49ers up 17-7 and inspired a sideline meeting for the Rams defense. Defensive tackle Aaron Donald held the floor during that meeting and delivered a message to his teammates. That message was that it was time for them to [more]

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Jimmy Garoppolo: We’ll see what happens, but I love this team

Jimmy Garoppolo knew his time as the 49ers starting quarterback was limited the moment that the team traded up to take Trey Lance with the third overall pick in last year’s draft and it likely came to an end on Sunday night. That’s when Garoppolo’s backhanded fling under pressure late in the fourth quarter was [more]

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Matthew Stafford, Joe Burrow are second pair of No. 1 overall pick QBs to meet in the Super Bowl

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford and Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow have taken very different paths to Super Bowl LVI, but they both started their careers the same way, as the first overall pick in the NFL draft. Stafford vs. Burrow is just the second time that both Super Bowl starting quarterbacks were first overall picks. The [more]

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