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The 2024 NFL playoff bracket has narrowed down to two must-see matchups for Conference Championship Weekend. The Kansas City Chiefs narrowly defeated the Buffalo Bills to get to the 2024 AFC Championship Game and are +150 to defeat a tough Baltimore Ravens team. Meanwhile, the Detroit Lions are +250 underdogs to win the NFC Championship Game in their first playoff …

The 2024 AFC Championship Game will pit the Baltimore Ravens against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday on CBS and Paramount+. Kansas City is making its sixth AFC Championship appearance in a row, while Baltimore earned its first conference title appearance in 11 years. The Chiefs beat the Dolphins and Bills in the 2024 NFL playoffs, while the Ravens had a …

Four teams remain in the 2024 NFL playoffs and the winner of each conference will be decided on Sunday. The defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will visit the Baltimore Ravens in the 2024 AFC Championship Game, while the San Francisco 49ers will host the Detroit Lions in the 2024 NFC Championship Game. The Lions are the only team …

Howie Roseman defends roster-building strategy at linebacker originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles are unapologetic about their roster-building strategy. They build through the trenches. Sometimes at the expense of other positions — namely, linebacker. “I feel like we’ve had a long history of success here building the team a certain way,” Eagles general manager Howie Roseman said on …

Cardell Hayes, who shot and killed former Saints defensive end Will Smith in 2016, has been found guilty of manslaughter. A jury convicted Hayes of manslaughter but acquitted him of attempted manslaughter for shooting and injuring Smith’s wife, Racquel Smith, in the same incident. Hayes was initially convicted of manslaughter in 2016 and sentenced to 25 years in prison, but …

Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun is earning his practice squad paychecks this week. That’s the word from Kansas City defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo, who says Oladokun is putting in hard work playing the Lamar Jackson role on the scout team to help the Chiefs’ defense. “He did it yesterday for us,” Spagnuolo said, via USA Today. “I will say we’re fortunate …

The Lions signed veteran tight end Zach Ertz to their practice squad this week, just days before the NFC Championship Game. Quarterback Jared Goff sees no reason Ertz can’t play on Sunday. Goff said that Ertz has already shown he gets what the Lions are doing on offense, and teammates have been impressed by how much Ertz already understands. “He’s …

NFL play-offs Dates: 13-28 January 2024 BBC coverage: Live text coverage of every match on the BBC Sport website and app and live radio commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds on Kansas City Chiefs v Baltimore Ravens on 28 January (from 19:45 GMT) When the host city for this year’s Super Bowl was announced in December …

As expected, the NFL has officially argued that the wrongful termination lawsuit filed in September by Jim Trotter should be thrown out of court. Via A.J. Perez of FrontOfficeSports.com, the NFL filed on Friday night a motion to dismiss the action, along with a 26-page legal brief making the case that, in the NFL’s opinion, Trotter has no case. Although …

The AFC Championship between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs has the potential to be the game of the year in the NFL, and the winner of the showdown will likely be the favorite to win Super Bowl LVIII. Not only does this matchup have two MVP quarterbacks in Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson, but the Chiefs and Ravens …

Kittle details how Shanahan’s has evolved as a communicator originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area George Kittle possesses a unique perspective on Kyle Shanahan after having been with the organization since his coach’s first season with the team in 2017. During an interview with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco on the latest episode of the “49ers Talk” podcast, …

Deebo drops perfect one-liner about Gardner-Johnson feud originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Deebo Samuel and C.J. Gardner-Johnson exchanged words on social media earlier this season, and they will have an opportunity to settle their beef on the field when the 49ers host the Lions on Sunday in the NFC Championship Game. The feud ramped up in October when …

You can check out Part One of my rookie running back breakdown here. That article includes more detail on how I came up with percentile ranks for player production. If you ain’t reading all that, it measures players against previous rookie seasons with similar draft capital. Higher numbers are the good ones. De’Von Achane, Dolphins Achane missed Week 1 and …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Charles McDonald discuss Carolina’s choice for its new head coach – and if the longtime offensive assistant, who’s helped turn around the careers of Geno Smith and Baker Mayfield – will get the chance to do the same for the Panthers. Hear the full conversation on the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple …

With both the Atlanta Falcons and Carolina Panthers choosing new head coaches this week in former Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Dave Canales, it is looking increasingly possible that former Tennessee Titans head coach Mike Vrabel — who seemed like he was going to be one of the top candidates on …