Super Bowl LVIII is coming up, but exactly when is it played? If you’ve been wondering when the big game is, you’ve come to the right place. This year’s NFL championship game, concluding the 2023 season, will be played on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. ET. The action will take place at the home of the Las Vegas …
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Eagles hiring Vic Fangio as defensive coordinator after Dolphins exit, per report
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles had Vic Fangio fall into their lap. Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and general manager Howie Roseman were having their season-ending press conference (Sirianni will remain the head coach, by the way) when the Miami Dolphins and Fangio mutually agreed to part ways. Fangio was with the Eagles as a consultant for two weeks last season, …
Read More »Ravens and Chiefs features a great QB battle
Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson will make even more history on Sunday. The two quarterbacks will meet in the first ever playoff matchup of former MVPs that are both under age 30, according to NFL Media’s Dante Koplowitz-Fleming. It’s also a matchup between last season’s MVP, Mahomes, and this season’s presumed MVP, Jackson. The two are both on a Hall …
Read More »Mike Evans free agency: Why star wideout’s departure would be a blow for Buccaneers and NFL fans alike
It is so easy to normalize greatness like Mike Evans’ streak of 10 straight seasons with 1,000 receiving yards. You can count on Evans quietly putting up 1,000 yards every year. It’s not the sexiest thing in the world. He’s not going to lead the NFL in receiving yards or challenge Calvin Johnson’s record (1,964). He’s not going to make …
Read More »2024 NFL mock draft: Bears, Commanders, Vikings and Bucs add first-round QBs
Rob Rang NFL Draft Analyst Correctly predicting the first 32 picks of any NFL draft is effectively impossible at this point in the season, given that a handful of clubs haven’t yet found their head coach and free agency will shake up team needs. What is already apparent, however, is the talent — or lack thereof — available. The NFL …
Read More »49ers vs. Lions position-by-position breakdown: Who has the edge in the NFC Championship?
The 2024 conference title games are now just three days away. In the second of Sunday’s two contests, the No. 1 seed San Francisco 49ers will play host to the No. 3 seed Detroit Lions for the right to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. In our effort to break down these matchups from every conceivable angle, we’re once …
Read More »The Funnel Defense Report: Championship Week
Cincinnati Bengals v Kansas City Chiefs Below is a look at the league’s most extreme run funnel and pass funnel defenses through the Divisional Round — teams being consistently attacked on the ground or through the air regardless of game script. Having an understanding of which defenses are being bludgeoned via the rush or pass should help us identify matchups …
Read More »Patrick Mahomes vs. Lamar Jackson: Tale of the tape as Chiefs, Ravens QBs square off in 2024 AFC Championship
Only one round of playoff football stands between the NFL’s final four contenders and a trip to Super Bowl LVIII, which will kick off Feb. 11 on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Two of the league’s top quarterbacks, meanwhile, will go head-to-head in the AFC Championship, with the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson headlining a marquee matchup of …
Read More »Teryl Austin finalizes two-year deal to stay with Steelers
Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin’s contract expired with the team’s loss to the Bills in the playoffs, but word this week was that he would remain with the organization. The deal to ensure that happens is reportedly done. Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Austin has agreed to a two-year deal to remain in Pittsburgh. Austin will now …
Read More »Good or bad, you’ve got to clean the slate for the next week
49ers quarterback Brock Purdy had a rough time for most of last Saturday’s game against the Packers, but he was able to go 6-of-7 for 47 yards while running twice for 11 yards to help set up Christian McCaffrey’s game-winning touchdown run late in the fourth quarter. The ending helped overshadow the tough sledding, but Purdy said on Wednesday that …
Read More »The NHL’s All-Value Team: Most team-friendly deal for all 32
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJan 25, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Value. It’s a loaded, variable term. Especially in the sports sphere. We’ve seen it all before: a struggling player cut from one team goes on to thrive somewhere else. Right place, right time, right fit. It all adds up to that …
Read More »Patrick Mahomes seeking a record sixth straight postseason game without an interception
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes hasn’t thrown an interception through two games of this year’s playoffs. He didn’t throw an interception in three postseason games last year, either. Which means he could set a new NFL record on Sunday. If Mahomes doesn’t throw an interception against the Ravens in the AFC Championship Game, he will become the first quarterback in NFL …
Read More »How Minnesota fans have suffered through 32 years of heartbreak
Kevin Seifert, ESPN Staff WriterJan 25, 2024, 06:00 AM ET CloseKevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University …
Read More »Andy Reid can join exclusive company with his fifth Super Bowl appearance as head coach
Chiefs coach Andy Reid is one win away from joining the very short list of head coaches who have led their teams to the Super Bowl five times. Reid took the Eagles to the Super Bowl once, and if the Chiefs beat the Ravens in the AFC Championship Game, it will be Kansas City’s fourth Super Bowl with Reid as …
Read More »Jim Harbaugh changed the culture at Michigan — and Sherrone Moore can keep it intact
The college football world knew this day would probably come sooner rather than later, but that doesn’t take away from the gut-punch feeling Michigan fans are left with just two weeks after raising the national championship trophy. Jim Harbaugh is leaving Ann Arbor and making a move to the NFL to become the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. …
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