Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers connected on a 42-yard Hail Mary as time expired in the first half on Sunday to give Green Bay a 14–6 lead over the Giants.
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Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers connected on a 42-yard Hail Mary as time expired in the first half on Sunday to give Green Bay a 14–6 lead over the Giants.
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Thank you for your continued support of Deadspin. We hope you had a pleasant wild card weekend.
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Green Bay Packers receiver Jordy Nelson will not return to the NFC wild-card game against the New York Giants because of a rib injury. Nelson took a shot to the left side his body by Giants safety Leon Hall’s helmet while trying to pull in a pass from Aaron Rodgers. Nelson stayed down on the sideline for a couple minutes while play continued.
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Aaron Rodgers made up for an uneasy first half by finding Randall Cobb in the end zone to close out the first half against the Giants, giving Green Bay a 14-6 lead at the intermission.
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After a 30–12 opening-round playoff win over the Dolphins, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger arrived to his postgame press conference in a walking boot and told reporters that he tweaked his ankle on the second to last play of the game.
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That title still goes to the New England Patriots.
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The Latest on the NFL’s wild-card Sunday. (All times Eastern):
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Big Ben in walking boot, but says he’ll play in KC
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The Miami Dolphins’ return to the postseason was a short one.
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The 2017 AFC Playoff Bracket has advanced to the Divisional Round. What are the matchups after Wild Card Weekend?Disappointingly, the AFC Wild Card Playoffs weren’t high on entertainment. Neither of the two games on the weekend’s schedule really came close to providing a great deal of …
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The Latest on the NFL’s wild-card Sunday. (All times Eastern)
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Marvin Lewis will be back for a 15th season as the Bengals’ head coach. Heading into 2017, he should take a page out of Sam Wyche’s book, the last coach to win a playoff game in the Queen City.The year was 1987. The Bengals, searching for a 2-0 start, hosted Bill Walsh and the 49ers on a…
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Matchups for the divisional round of the NFL playoffs, including times and TV listings.
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Injuries forced Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell to wait three seasons for the chance to run onto the field together in the playoffs. The wait for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ ”Big Three” to do it again won’t be nearly as long. Bell ran for a franchise postseason record 167 yards and two scores, Brown caught five passes for 124 yards and a pair of first-quarter touchdowns from Roethlisberger as the Steelers overwhelmed the beaten-up and mistake-prone Miami Dolphins 30-12 on Sunday.
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Berkeley let go of head football coach Sonny Dykes this morning, after four years and a 19-30 record. His firing comes with a buyout of nearly $6 million, thanks to a 2015 contract extension that was supposed to keep him at Cal through the 2019 season. Per Twitter, however, it looks as if players were not informed…
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Bell sets Steelers rushing record for playoff game
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Davis shared his thoughts on the polarizing receiver.
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Charles Harris is from Kansas City, Missouri and attended Lincoln Prep. At Lincoln Prep, he was a multisport athlete who played football and basketball where he was a first team All-Interscholastic League player. He chose to go play football at Mizzou because their academic reputation, and is majori…
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The Buccaneers certainly have needs to fill, and wide receiver John Ross from the University of Washington could help fill a big one as a day one draft selection.It’s time to prepare for the NFL draft, as the Buccaneers season has come toa close. The NFL Combine is rapidly approaching, and pl…
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While the 49ers have yet to hire a general manager, whoever takes the spot should keep an eye on these NFL free agents. These players are currently playing in the playoffs and are also set to hit free agency in 2017. So the San Francisco 49ers didn’t make the playoffs?Don…
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A weekly series recapping three players on the Oakland Raiders whose stock is on the rise after playing well, and three players whose stock has taken a hit after a poor performance.It’s over. The clock struck 0:00 at NRG Stadium in Houston Saturday, pulling the cord on a seemingly magical Oak…
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Le’Veon Bell ran all over a record Franco Harris held for nearly 42 years. Bell topped Harris for most rushing yards in a playoff game on a third quarter touchdown run Sunday against the Miami Dolphins. The run put Bell at 165 yards for the game, the most in a postseason Steelers game since Harris in the 1975 Super Bowl.
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If your Eneloop AA collection isn’t quite as big as it could be, you can supplement it with an 8-pack of AmazonBasics high capacity AAs for $16 today.
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With the post-season soon underway, it’s time to take a look back at the last 17 weeks of football. With a full year under their belt, it’s time to find out which team’s rookie class stood above the rest.What a thrilling year of football 2016 turned out to be. Tom Brady returned aft…
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The Cleveland Browns fired defensive coordinator Ray Horton after one season, replacing him former Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Gregg Williams.Cleveland Browns fans were promised stability in 2017, and while the front office and head coaching roles remain the same, there will be some cha…
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Someone tell the Giants they’re not in Miami anymore.
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The Chicago Bears know that the draft will be high noon for their 2017 off-season, but free agency could prove just as key to a turnaround.GM Ryan Pace made it clear the 2016 season was “unacceptable.” Among the positive notes he mentioned more than once at his end-of-year press conferen…
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Matt Moore got rocked in the AFC Wild Card Game on Sunday, taking him out of the game and prompting his backup to come in.The early Wild Card game on Sunday in Pittsburghwas a rough one for Dolphins fans to watch. Not only did the score get out of hand from the very start, but starting quarterback…
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Bud Dupree’s crushing, and penalized, hit on Matt Moore knocked the Dolphins quarterback out of the game for a play as Miami attempted to come back from a 20-3 deficit in Pittsburgh.
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CLEVELAND (AP) Gregg Williams revived his coaching career after shame and suspension.
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