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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 …

Finally, the Detroit Lions have won a postseason game. (Rey Del Rio/Getty Images) The Detroit Lions have finally done it. The Lions held on late on Sunday night to beat the Los Angeles Rams 24-23 in their wild-card matchup at Ford Field. The win marked the Lions’ first playoff win since the 1991 season, finally ending the rough drought for …

ARLINGTON, Texas — While Dallas Cowboys nation yells “it’s our year” at the start of every NFL season, the 2023 campaign felt different. Especially for quarterback Dak Prescott.  The 30-year-old, eighth-year pro, who became the first quarterback in Cowboys history to lead the NFL outright in passing touchdowns while compiling a career-high 105.9 passer rating in 2023, looked like a …

In his first start in 2021, subbing for the injured Aaron Rodgers, Jordan Love looked like the stage was too big for him and the lights too bright. He stunk against the Chiefs, with a touchdown and an interception in a 13-7 loss. On Sunday night, the Packers discovered for certain that they have their franchise quarterback. Love validated the …

Getty Images Puka Nacua became the most prolific rookie wide receiver in NFL history in Week 18. A week later, the Rams star made history again, breaking the record for most receiving yards by a rookie in a playoff game during Los Angeles’ 24-23 Super Wild Card Weekend loss to the Lions. The 22-year-old Nacua hit 181 receiving yards on …

It’s not fair that one game can define how you view an entire season, but that’s what likely will happen with the Miami Dolphins. The Dolphins finished the regular season with the No. 1 offense in the league (401.3 yards per game) and No. 2 scoring offense (29.2 points per game), but fans aren’t feeling great about the future following …

The second day of Super Wild Card Weekend did not go as expected, at least for the Dallas Cowboys. Filled with Super Bowl aspirations, the Cowboys fell in the wild card round for the second time in three years as the Green Bay Packers ran them out of AT&T Stadium (and the game wasn’t even that close).  Jordan Love left …

There’s trades that worked out well for both sides, then there’s the Jared Goff-Matthew Stafford trade.  Following Detroit’s win on Sunday night it’s safe to say both teams are extremely happy with the deal. The Rams won a Super Bowl in the 2021 season. The Lions went from three wins in 2021 to 12 in 2023, and have now snapped …

The Lions got it done. After an offensive onslaught in the first half where each team scored on its first three possessions, Detroit was able to hold on in a tight fourth quarter to defeat the Rams 24-23 in Sunday’s wild card matchup. The Lions went into halftime up 21-17 and scored a 54-yard field goal on their first drive …

ARLINGTON, Texas — Everything was set up for the Dallas Cowboys to make a deep postseason run and end the franchise’s drought of playoff appearances without reaching the conference championship game.  The Cowboys entered the postseason with a 12-5 record for the third consecutive season. The were the NFC’s No. 2 seed and boasted the NFL’s highest scoring offense (29.9 …

Eagles’ potential opponent set for divisional round originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia TAMPA — We now know who the Eagles will play in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs if they’re able to beat the Buccaneers on Monday night to advance. If the Eagles are able to advance with a win in the wild-card round — and it …