The San Francisco 49ers have reached the NFC Championship Game for the third straight season. The 49ers will attempt to break a two-game losing skid in the conference title game when they host the Detroit Lions on Sunday. The top-seeded 49ers (13-5) reached this milestone in the past two seasons before coming up short. Last year, they were routed, 31-7, …

Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco will once again be held out of practice, but he does appear to be trending toward playing in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game versus the Ravens. Head coach Andy Reid said in his Thursday press conference that Pacheco (toe) participated in the day’s walk-through. Pacheco said himself on Wednesday that he “absolutely” is expecting to play …

Jim Harbaugh, who is off to lead the Los Angeles Chargers after winning a national championship with Michigan, is walking an increasingly rare path by jumping from college to the NFL. Since 2014, he is just the third sitting college football head coach to be hired in the same role by a professional team.  This isn’t new for Harbaugh, though. …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter In the NFC Championship Game for a third straight year, the San Francisco 49ers are looking to advance to the Super Bowl for the first time since the 2019 season. In their way are the upstart Detroit Lions, who won their first playoff game in more than three decades this …

With the NFL regular season behind us, it is time for teams to begin preparing for next season. Several teams have already made the decision to change key positions within the organization, whether that be a general manager, head coach or coordinator.  Rather than scouring the scatter shot reports across social media, CBSSports.com has compiled all of those reports of …

Getty Images Panthers owner David Tepper said he wants his next head coach to last “20 or 30 years.” And now he’s found the man for the job, with plans to hire Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales, according to CBS Sports Lead NFL Insider Jonathan Jones. Canales, 42, impressed Tepper and Panthers brass with an in-person interview Wednesday, per Jones, …

A new era has begun at Holtville High School as it will bring on Cory Lee as the new Athletics Director and Head Football Coach. After being approved by the Elmore County Board of Education on Tuesday night, Lee introduced himself to some of the athletes he’ll be working with at Holtville on Wednesday. “I have a couple more weeks …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter Dave Canales, who impressed in his first season as Tampa Bay’s offensive coordinator, is making an even bigger leap, as the Carolina Panthers are closing in on a deal to make him their next head coach. Canales, 42, spent 14 years with the Seahawks before coming to Tampa, and that time included an overlap of …

Is McDaniels a realistic Patriots OC candidate? NFL insider weighs in originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots still need a new offensive coordinator, but a lot of the top candidates have already taken other jobs. Two of the candidates still available who reportedly have already interviewed with the Patriots are Nick Caley and Zac Robinson, who …

Jim Harbaugh made history on Monday, becoming the first college football coach to move to the NFL directly after winning a national championship. When Harbaugh signed on as the next head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers,, he became the fifth coach in the AP poll era (since 1936) to leave the program immediately after winning the national championship. When …

Getty If the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Baltimore Ravens in Sunday’s AFC Championship, they’ll become the first team to win a playoff game immediately following a win over a Josh Allen-led Buffalo Bills team.  That’s right. No team has won a playoff game following a win over Allen’s Bills, courtesy of CBS Sports Research. No team has been more snake-bitten …

PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni is the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles and is one of the most successful the franchise has ever had.  The only head coach to take the Eagles to the playoffs in his first three seasons, Sirianni is just the third head coach to win 11-plus games with the franchise in consecutive seasons (Dick Vermeil in 1979-1980 …

This past season’s four-team College Football Playoff ushered in significant change across the landscape — and not just with the arrival of the 12-team field that will begin in 2024. Three of the playoff’s four coaches are no longer with their respective teams: Alabama’s Nick Saban retired on Jan. 10 and was replaced by Washington’s Kalen DeBoer two days later. …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter The Chiefs defense and coordinator Steve Spagnuolo know well the challenge of containing Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson. Kansas City faced him four years in a row from 2018-21, winning the first three and then losing a thriller in 2021. But in the two-plus years since the Chiefs last faced him, Jackson has added to what …

With only three postseason games to go, one of three competitions has been clinched. This weekend, another one will be clinched. One remains up for grabs. Simms has won the season-long against-the-spread competition. He’s 138-133-11. I’ve clinched the straight-up game at 176-106. What’s left is the best bets. I’m 30-27-1. He’s 29-28-1. He can tie me this weekend, if he’s …