49ers can extend impressive playoff streak with win vs. Packers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers’ historic 2023 NFL season could continue in the playoffs. With players shattering individual records left and right every week, San Francisco — as a team — has a chance to extend its divisional-round playoff streak on Saturday. The 49ers welcome Jordan …

Brian Kelly is working on building depth on the defensive line in the 2025 recruiting class. That idea has led him to Spring, Texas, where he has found a three-star defensive lineman. Floyd Guidry is a 6-foot-3, 260-pound, three-star defensive lineman who plays for Spring High School. The Spring Lions finished the season 5-6 with a loss to The Woodlands …

Another NFL postseason, another Green Bay Packers versus San Francisco 49ers showdown. If it feels familiar, that’s because the matchup is the NFL’s most familiar playoff matchup with Saturday night in the Bay Area serving as the 10th edition between these two historic heavyweights.  The seventh-seeded Packers became the youngest team (average age: 25 years, 214 days) to win a …

Alabama basketball aims to score a victory over Tennessee on Saturday at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. The Crimson Tide has started SEC play off strong, winning its first four games. But it hasn’t faced a team of the Vols’ caliber yet in conference play. Tennessee has a top 25 offense and defense, per KenPom. The Vols’ defense ranks No. …

Super Wild Card Weekend is in the books, and we’re already onto the next round of action in the 2024 NFL playoffs. Six teams have moved on. Another six have been left behind. While the latter clubs will no doubt hurry to begin planning for the offseason, those who remain in the mix for this year’s Lombardi Trophy have plenty of …

The final matchup of divisional-round weekend is a very familiar one: For the third time in four seasons, the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs will meet in the playoffs.  This is the first time that game will take place in Buffalo, though, as the Chiefs are headed on the road for a postseason contest for the first time in …

A BYU helmet sits of the sidelines during a game at the LaVell Edwards Stadium field in Provo on Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. | Ben B. Braun, Deseret News BYU fans who remember kicker Matt Payne from the early 2000s will recall his linebacker-esque physique and physicality — so, too, will Boise State fans. Turns out, Payne’s son is a …

Sunday’s game will be a new experience for Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes & Co. travel to Buffalo to take on the Bills in an AFC Divisional Round game. And in one of the quirkiest facts from this season, it will be the first true “road” playoff game of Mahomes’ seven-year NFL career. Mahomes has an impressive playoff …

Former NFL QB Warner doesn’t understand Purdy criticism originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Since emerging as the 49ers starting quarterback last season, Brock Purdy continues to prove the naysayers wrong. Not with his words, though, but with his play on the field — and he has the stats to back him up. Still, it isn’t enough for some …

Florida football’s recruiting efforts are currently operating at a feverish pitch with the high school contact period wide open. The Gators are hosting their junior day events during this window with an eye on the 2025 class and a good deal of attention being placed on the wide receiver position. Among those who have received offers from Billy Napier and …

Only eight teams are left in the 2024 NFL playoffs with just over three weeks remaining until Super Bowl LVIII. Like every week in the NFL, we’ve got a bevy of injury updates to address with conference championship appearances at stake.  While each remaining team is dealing with injuries, no one has been hit harder than the Buffalo Bills. Head coach …

The Detroit Lions are the only NFC team remaining in the NFL playoff bracket never to have won the Super Bowl. The Lions will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday during the Divisional Round. With a win on Sunday, the Lions will advance to the NFC Championship for the first time since …

The USC Trojans have grabbed a number of players from the Arizona Wildcats in the transfer portal in recent years. Dorian Singer, Christian Roland-Wallace, Kyon Barrs, and other players have made their way from Tucson to Los Angeles. Now, after Jedd Fisch left for Washington, a lot of Arizona players have entered the transfer portal. USC could use a few …

The opportunity to play for the conference championship is on the line when the fourth-seeded Houston Texans visit the No. 1 seed Baltimore Ravens in an AFC Divisional Round showdown on Saturday during the 2024 NFL playoffs. Houston (11-7) lost its previous four Divisional Round contests, including a 20-13 setback at Baltimore in 2011. The Ravens (13-4) haven’t advanced past …

The Detroit Lions and their playoff failures are well known, having only two playoff victories since their last championship in 1957. One of those wins came in the wild-card round last week, as the Lions are one victory away from their first conference championship game since the 1991 season.  Detroit hosts its second playoff game in as many weeks, the …