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Any NFC team that wants to make it to the Super Bowl will have to go through New Orleans.

It’s Week 16 of the NFL schedule, which always means several teams can secure playoff berths. New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago and the Los Angeles Chargers already have qualified. New England wins its 10th successive AFC East title with a victory or tie at home against Buffalo, or Miami losing or

The Titans three-game winning streak is admirable, but let’s not overlook that the three opposing QBs they’ve beaten are Josh McCown (Jets), Cody Kessler (Jags) and the artist formerly known as Eli Manning (Giants). This week, they get Josh Johnson. Derrick Henry’s 408 rushing yards over

The NFL calendar is almost set to flip to the postseason, but we’re not letting ourselves off the hook for our preseason predictions.  In September, USA TODAY Sports’ NFL team made our picks for the Super Bowl, playoffs and major award winners. Some of the prognostications proved prescient, while

NFL Network’s Reggie Bush and Willie McGinest react to New Orleans defensive end Cameron Jordan’s comments on Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

After yet another suspension, New England Patriots receiver Josh Gordon’s chances of returning to the league are slim but not an impossibility.

The Ravens’ precarious playoff picture can be summed up in one neat and tidy dichotomy. If everything goes wrong for them this weekend, they’ll enter Week 17 with no playoff hopes. If everything goes right for them this weekend, they’ll enter Week 17 with still more work to do. The nightmare

The Saturday nighter also pits two motivated teams against each other as the Baltimore Ravens scratch and claw for a playoff spot while the Los Angeles Chargers vie for the No. 1 seed in the AFC. But in this case, the majority of our analysts can see the home favorite covering a less daunting 4.5-point

Anthony Lynn can imagine the heat that would have come if the Los Angeles Chargers didn’t cap their splendid comeback last week at Kansas City by converting a two-point conversion in the final seconds. He’s hardly fazed by the prospect. “All of the decisions are good when they work,” the Chargers

The Pro Bowl rosters have been announced and no team in the National Football League has more representatives than the Los Angeles Chargers. They are currently tied for the best record in the American Football Conference and have the second-best record in The League, so it’s no surprise that they

Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers is the most efficient quarterback in NFL history. Since the 14-game era began in 1960, only 20 other quarterbacks have lost all of at least seven road starts, according to Stats, LLC. If Rodgers were to join them on Sunday by falling to the Jets and rookie Sam

NFL Network’s Elliot Harrison and James Jones discuss which team in the NFC poses the biggest threat to the New Orleans Saints in the playoffs.

Fooch’s update 12/17: The 49ers are now tied with the New York Jets and Jacksonville Jaguars. Since they are in the AFC and the 49ers are in the NFC, the tiebreaker for record against common divisional and conference opponents does not apply. If they finished tied in strength of schedule, the Jets

NFL notes: Big Red coach faces questions about job security

NFL Network’s David Carr predicts how the AFC playoff picture will shake out down the stretch.

Patriots cornerback Stephon Gilmore engaged in some pushing and shoving with Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown on Sunday, and afterward Gilmore said Brown had engaged in dirty play. “He did a little dirty move, grabbed my helmet, threw me down,” Gilmore said, via NESN. “That was super dirty. But other

Despite another wild week of games in the NFL, only a few players stood out for fantasy purposes in the semi-finals round. It was more about the studs who didn’t help out. The week was awfully quiet for quarterbacks, with only three players topping 23 points, and one was Sam Darnold. No QB was good

The Chargers, who clinched a playoff spot, are still the fifth seed because they’ve lost twice in the division. They will hope they can finish a game ahead over the final two weeks, and with it, also steal home field. As soon as the Chargers lost to the Broncos a few weeks back, you knew that would

The Bears clinched the NFC North yesterday. But after one of their biggest wins, rookie coach Matt Nagy couldn’t help but flashback to a painful loss in Week One against the Packers, as evidence of how far his team has come. “Ninety-eight days ago,” Nagy told Peter King of NBC’s Football Morning

The 2018 Bengals have been eliminated from playoff contention. Despite beating the Raiders, Cincinnati no longer has any shot at making the playoffs. A Wild Card spot is out of the question after the Titans’ win over the Giants. The Bengals were mathematically alive for the AFC North crown, but those

The good news is that the Titans made surprisingly easy work of the Giants and got some help from a Dolphins loss in Minnesota. That means that Tennessee almost controls its own destiny. The bad news is that wins from the Colts, Ravens, and Steelers mean that there is virtually no chance that the Titans

Marcus Sherels gave the Vikings a familiar spark when he ripped off a season-long 70-yard punt return in the third quarter. It aided an offense that was starting to sputter in Sunday’s 41-17 win against the Dolphins. “That gave us three points,” quarterback Kirk Cousins said. “We didn’t even

“NFL GameDay Highlights” takes an updated look at AFC playoff picture after Sunday’s Week 15 games.

The Pittsburgh Steelers stayed ahead in the NFL’s AFC North, while the New England Patriots ceded the second seed.

The Latest on NFL’s Week 15 (all times Eastern):

The Latest on NFL’s Week 15 (all times Eastern): 2:25 p.m. The Buffalo Bills are down to their final running back after Marcus Murphy was escorted off the field holding his lower left arm. The Bills announced Murphy’s return was doubtful. He was hurt while being tackled on a 3-yard run late in

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reports that Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis has no regrets about trading wide receiver Amari Cooper and linebacker Khalil Mack.

Week 15 is here, and unless you made it to the semifinals in your seasonal league, you might want to jump into a few DraftKings contests to scratch your fantasy itch. If you’ve never tried it, I recommend entering a few $3 dollar tournaments to, as my buddy Jim Hackett says, “dip your beak.” For

The Patriots’ seemingly annual meeting with the Steelers is here. Coincidentally, it is the same week and place as last year — Week 15 in Pittsburgh. Last year, the Patriots stunned the Steelers with a last minute interception by Duron Harmon in the end zone following the controversial Jesse James

Last weekend was a wild one for folks tracking the top of the 2019 NFL Draft order. The San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders, and New York Jets all won. The Arizona Cardinals lost to drop into a tie with the 49ers and Raiders at 3-10 heading into the final three weeks of the season. The NFL kicked off