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Matt Ryan is keeping some special company these days

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Matt Ryan is keeping some special company these days.

Steelers' Brown rolls live locker room video after win

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) So much for Antonio Brown and the Pittsburgh Steelers keeping a low profile.

Mike Tomlin filmed referring to Patriots as 'a–holes' by Antonio Brown on Facebook Live

The Steelers coach was irked that his team had to spot the Patriots an extra day of preparation.

Packers Cook Up a Classic, Steelers Keep Rolling, Way Too Much Talk About Romo

Plus, how the Falcons dismantled the Seahawks, Houston hangs around in New England, and the most surprising coaching hires

Seahawks coaches set defense up to fail

Steven Terrell was never going to be able to replace Earl Thomas, and it was a mistake for the Seattle Seahawks to ask him to.Losing Earl Thomas to a broken leg crushed the Seattle Seahawks’ championship dreams this season. The dominant defense fell apart, and the offense was never going to b…

Young Dallas Cowboys Ready to do Damage in 2017

It didn’t quite work out for this young Dallas Cowboys this year but they will be back in 2017.Young Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott surprised me once again. In knew the stage wouldn’t be too big and that he wouldn’t get rattled. I just simply didn’t think h…

NFL Today, Divisional Playoffs

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The Steelers' win will continue an insane run of QB dominance in the AFC

Bell carries Steelers into AFC title game in New England

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Le’Veon Bell deftly danced his way through the teeth of the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night.

Five takeaways from Packers' thrilling divisional round victory over Cowboys

What did we learn from the Green Bay Packers’ thrilling divisional round win over the Dallas Cowboys?It wouldn’t be Packers playoff football without them trying to throw away a lead. This time there would be no heartbreak for Mike McCarthy’s team, however. That belonged to the Da…

AFC Playoffs 2017, Steelers vs Chiefs: Recap, Highlights, More

The Kansas City Chiefs proved a tough opponent, but fell short to Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Divisional Round.The story of the game was the Chiefs offense. They simply couldn’t give the defense the support it needed to win the game. Think about it. If someon…

Chiefs' mistakes prove costly in 18-16 loss to Steelers

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Eric Fisher stood all alone in the middle of the field as the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrated a 2-point conversion that would have tied the game, well aware that the flag laying a few yards away was thrown at him.

The Latest: Steelers-Patriots, Packers-Falcons next weekend

The Latest on the NFL’s divisional playoffs Sunday. (all times Eastern):

Steelers hold off Chiefs on Boswell's 6 field goals, 18-16

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Who needs to reach the end zone when you have Le’Veon Bell chewing up yards and the clock, and Chris Boswell setting an NFL playoff record with six field goals?

Chiefs' mistakes prove costly in 18-16 loss to Steelers (Yahoo Sports)

Eric Fisher stood all alone in the middle of the field as the rest of the Kansas City Chiefs celebrated a 2-point conversion that would have tied the game, well aware that the flag laying a few yards away was thrown at him. Forced to attempt the conversion again, Alex Smith’s pass to the end zone was batted incomplete, allowing Pittsburgh to hold onto its lead with about three minutes left. It was yet another heartbreaking home loss for the Chiefs, who have not won a postseason game in what is supposedly one of the toughest venues in the league since beating the Steelers in January 1994.

Steelers hold off Chiefs on Boswell's 6 field goals, 18-16 (Yahoo Sports)

Who needs to reach the end zone when you have Le’Veon Bell chewing up yards and the clock, and Chris Boswell setting an NFL playoff record with six field goals? Throw in a stingy Pittsburgh defense for most of Sunday night, and a multitude of mistakes by Kansas City, and the Steelers’ 18-16 victory sent them into the AFC championship game. The Steelers (13-5) needed to hold off a last-ditch threat by the Chiefs (12-5) before advancing to face New England next Sunday night for a spot in the Super Bowl.

Disappointing end, promising future for Prescott-led Cowboys (Yahoo Sports)

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is more convinced than ever that his rookie quarterback can play at the highest level. ”I know now that this team was capable of playing all the way through this thing, and even with rookies in key spots I know now we were ready to have a win,” Jones said.

Half Mary? Clutch Rodgers leads Packers past Cowboys 34-31 (Yahoo Sports)

Aaron Rodgers didn’t need another Hail Mary this time. Rodgers threw a 36-yard pass to a toe-dragging Jared Cook on the sideline, and Mason Crosby kicked a 51-yard field goal on the next play as time expired, sending the Packers to the NFC championship game with their eighth straight win while thwarting a Dallas rally in a 34-31 victory in the divisional round of the playoffs Sunday. The throw on the run from Rodgers to Cook came on third-and-20 with 12 seconds left, and after the Cowboys tied the score twice in the final 4:08 after trailing by 18 in the first half and by 15 to start the fourth quarter.

The Latest: Bell breaks his 1-week old team playoff record (Yahoo Sports)

Bell broke Hall of Famer Franco Harris’ franchise mark for yards rushing in a postseason game running for 167 yards in the Steelers’ wild-card win over Miami. Harris ran for 158 yards in the 1975 Super Bowl win over Minnesota, and Bell needed only three quarters to improve that mark. Against the Chiefs, Bell had to keep running into the fourth quarter to top himself.

2016 Minnesota Vikings positional evaluation: Running backs

How did the Minnesota Vikings running backs fare during the 2016 NFL season and what kind of grades did they earn for their efforts?Honestly, the running game for the 2016 Minnesota Vikings was bad. Really bad. As a unit, they were ranked dead last in nearly every statistical category when it came…

New Orleans Saints: Inadequate Synergy

Watching the 2017 playoffs reminds all of Who Dat Nation what’s missing. It’s the simple lack of any evidence of synergy.So what is synergy?Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts- Ray French, Charlotte, Rayner, Gary Rees, Sally Rumbles- Organizatio…

Jason Garrett pays Aaron Rodgers huge compliment after Packers' win over Cowboys

Rodgers’ brilliance helped knocked out the Cowboys.

Cowboys fan breaks TV after loss to Packers (Video)

One Dallas Cowboys fan took his team’s loss to the Green Bay Packers particularly poorly when he broke his 70 inch TV.This article contains video that has NSFW language that may be offensive to some readers.For the Dallas Cowboys, who went 13-3 with a rookie quarterback and running back, …

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