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Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander wasn’t a sure bet to play against the Cowboys on Sunday because he hurt his ankle when someone stepped on it during practice last week, but he wound up getting the green light to play and he made a big impact in Green Bay’s win. Alexander picked off Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott late in the first …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter TAMPA, Fla. — As the Buccaneers’ equipment director, Brad Berlin is responsible for everything the team wears and uses — about 25,000 pounds of helmets, pads, jerseys and everything else, enough to fill a 53-foot tractor trailer or the entire belly of a 767 wide-body jet. For the past two seasons, one of the smallest …

Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) and Lions quarterback Jared Goff (16) hug after the Lions defeated the Rams 24-23 during the NFC wildcard game at Ford Field in Detroit on Sunday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) When it comes to power, Jerome “The Bus” Bettis had plenty. Over the course of 13 seasons, the legendary Pittsburgh Steelers running back …

Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines celebrated their national title with a parade and ceremony in Ann Arbor on Saturday and Harbaugh will be moving on to other business on Monday. According to multiple reports, Harbaugh will meet with the Chargers about their head coaching vacancy on Monday. Reports last week indicated that such a meeting was coming as Harbaugh …

After 30 years without one, Lions fans were going to be fired up about facing any opponent in a home playoff game on Sunday night but the fact that it was the Rams made for an even more electric scene at Ford Field. Fans booed former Lions quarterback and current Rams starter Matthew Stafford before the game and they chanted …

After the Rams wrapped up a 5-12 season in 2022, head coach Sean McVay took some time to contemplate his future before ultimately deciding to return for another season on the sideline. That was the first step toward a big rebound for the Super Bowl LVI champs. The Rams would go 10-7 and advance to Sunday night’s playoff game in …

Detroit fans got to see the first Lions home playoff game in three decades on Saturday night, and head coach Dan Campbell thinks playing in front of Detroit fans made a difference. The Lions’ 24-23 win over the Rams featured plenty of crowd noise when the Rams’ offense was on the field, which Campbell believed was crucial. “That was arguably …

Photograph: Michael Ainsworth/AP The Dallas Cowboys in the playoffs are always a must-watch, usually for all the wrong reasons. With their 1990s run of dominance firmly in time’s rearview mirror, the Cowboys’ 21st-century legacy mostly consists of postseason disappointment. After grabbing the NFC’s second seed in the regular season, it felt like these Cowboys should have easily handled a visiting …

Lions quarterback Jared Goff (16) signals from the line against his former team, the Rams. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Jared Goff telegraphed this pass. We should have known he would flip a U-turn in the Motor City, leading the Detroit Lions to their first playoff victory in 32 years. He was a big part of dramatic turnarounds in …

DETROIT — The roar was primal. It was visceral. It was generational. It felt like it couldn’t get louder, and then it did. It felt like it couldn’t last, and then it never waned. It rattled the beams of Ford Field and poured out television sets across the country. It was loud, of course. Sixty-six thousand-plus screaming Detroit Lions fans …

Subscribe to Zero Blitz Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab join forces to recap a wildly unpredictable start to Super Wild Card Weekend full of upsets and unexpected heroes. The duo start off with the Sunday games and the Detroit Lions’ curse-breaking victory over the Los Angeles Rams, as the Lions have provided every fan of a moribund NFL franchise with …

TAMPA, Fla. — If the Philadelphia Eagles had a chance to watch their fellow NFC East postseason qualifier, they saw the warning. It’s a warning the Eagles, truth be told, received in Week 13. They received it also in Weeks 14 and 15 and again in Weeks 17 and 18. Because despite the Eagles’ early hold on the division, despite …

Super Wild Card Weekend has lived up to the hype as the NFL playoffs have begun. The Green Bay Packers became the first No. 7 seed to win a playoff game while C.J. Stroud and Jordan Love provided glimpses of the future thanks to incredible playoff debuts.  The Detroit Lions won their first playoff game since the 1991 season while …

Divisional playoff round schedule: Time, date for 49ers-Packers game originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The stakes are getting bigger. Super Wild Card Weekend is almost complete with two more games on Monday to round things out. On Saturday, the AFC’s No. 4-seeded Houston Texans cruised past the No. 5 seed Cleveland Browns 45-14 before the No. 3-seeded Kansas …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer Jared Goff showed some Detroit grit. The 29-year-old signal caller for the Detroit Lions led his team on three touchdown-scoring drives in the first half, then helped them put away the game late in a 24-23 victory over his former team, the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night. With the win, Goff moved past some …