The San Francisco 49ers took care of business Sunday with a 27-10 victory over the Washington Commanders to remain atop the NFC. But in order to clinch the No. 1 seed in the conference, the 49ers needed some help from the division-rival Arizona Cardinals, who were facing the No. 2 seed Philadelphia Eagles.  And they got it, with Kyler Murray …

Getty Images The 49ers have had some pretty good quarterbacks. Some of the NFL’s all-time greats, in fact. None of them has thrown for as many yards in a season as Brock Purdy, though, and Purdy might have accomplished it on his very last throw of the regular season. The former Mr. Irrelevant is up to 4,280 yards passing this …

It’s hard to find good offensive linemen. No matter the level of football, no matter the league, it’s rare to find five guys that can lineup and block consistently. And if you’re lucky enough to have a solid five, it’s even harder to keep them all healthy over the course of the season. Depth is usually tested, and more often …

Week 17 of the NFL certainly cleaned up a few playoff races in the AFC and NFC. The Dallas Cowboys are one win away from a division title while the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens will have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.  The AFC East is still up for grabs, setting up a showdown between the Buffalo Bills and …

Five things I care about The Ravens demonstrate their complete transformation The Ravens took down the 49ers and Dolphins, two of the best operations in the league, by a combined 51 points in back-to-back weeks. They did it on the way to clinching the No. 1 seed in the AFC and vaulting their quarterback to the driver’s seat of the …

Notre Dame football is ushering in the new year riding a wave of momentum. They had a very successful early signing day, hired Mike Denbrock away from LSU, and blew out Oregon St. to close out the season. Notre Dame is trending up for 2024. With the turn of the calendar top of mind and progress for the football program …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer The stats are both representative of where the Seattle Seahawks stand with one regular-season game remaining and also embarrassing for a Pete Carroll-led defense.   Since Week 11, the Seahawks have allowed a league-worst 1,102 rushing yards and a league-high 13 rushing touchdowns.  The Pittsburgh Steelers were certainly aware of those numbers, which is why …

Getty The Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers made emphatic statements in Week 17 and locked up their conference’s respective No. 1 seeds in the process. The Ravens barely broke a sweat in a 56-19 rout of Miami, while the 49ers waxed Washington 27-10.    As recipients of the top seed, both teams will receive first-round playoff byes. Since the playoff expansion …

Michigan football is preparing to battle against the biggest name in college football — Nick Saban. For most of the roster, this is the first time they will face the Crimson Tide, but for others, there’s already a ship to right. Cornelius Johnson is one of the older players on the roster who remembers the 2020 Citrus Bowl that finished …

Who could have known exploring whether the Chicago Bears should take a quarterback at No. 1 overall or soldier forth with Justin Fields would become evergreen content?  A year after trading the No. 1 overall selection in the 2023 NFL Draft and the eventual rights to Bryce Young, the Bears are in a similar position with two games remaining in …

Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst The Buffalo Bills will enter Week 18 with a chance to be the No. 2 seed in the AFC or miss the playoffs altogether. The final week of the NFL season is nearly upon us after wrapping up the penultimate week of the regular season, and a ton of playoff implications still hang in …

DENVER (AP) — Khalil Mack desperately wanted a win for the Los Angeles Chargers. He had to instead settle for a milestone sack in a 16-9 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Mack got the 100th sack of his 10-year career with a signature bull rush that pushed guard Ben Powers right into Jarrett Stidham, toppling the Broncos quarterback …

Dec. 31—When we checked in with Henry Nuce in August, he was talking about donating stem cells to a cancer patient and accepting that his junior season with the Montana Grizzlies would have to wait. A torn pectoral muscle early in training camp required surgery, so it didn’t figure that Nuce, a 6-foot-4, 245-pound Glacier High product, would see the …

USATSI The biggest showdown of Week 17 came in Baltimore where the Ravens hosted the Dolphins. Although the game was expected to be close, it turned into a blowout. There wasn’t much drama heading into the fourth quarter with the Ravens leading 35-13.  At that point, the only drama revolved around whether the game was going to be a scorigami, …

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – DECEMBER 31: Jaren Hall #16 of the Minnesota Vikings looks to pass during the first quarter against the Green Bay Packers at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 31, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Jaren Hall is out. After digging a 23-3 halftime hole to the Green Bay Packers, the Minnesota Vikings benched the …