Are the Chiefs out of the playoffs? The explanation of Kansas City’s postseason picture in Week 17 originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as your preferred source by clicking here. The Kansas City Chiefs have struggled this season, despite the expectations built into the beginning of the year. Patrick Mahomes and…
The New York Giants will return to East Rutherford on Wednesday as preparations begin for a Week 17 game against the Las Vegas Raiders, also known as The Tank Bowl. As players take the field, team scouts will likely keep their eyes on the Hawai’i Bowl, a game between California and Hawai’i that is the…
The Houston Texans host the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday as 14.5-point favorites. The Texans have won six in a row, but the Jaguars have won five in a row and hold the AFC South division lead by one game over Houston. This matchup seems like a walk in the park, but the Texans still…
In January, walking through cigarette smoke and blaring hip-hop in another victorious locker room inside Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach extolled his franchise’s comfort with stress. The Chiefs had just won the AFC championship for the fifth time in seven years, having harnessed a combination of magic and poise to achieve…
Following a 34-26 win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the Denver Broncos now sit in third place in Nate Davis’ latest NFL power rankings for USA TODAY Sports. That’s two spots up from fifth place last week. Here’s Davis’ comment on the Broncos heading into Week 16: Could the real Bo Nix stand…
They say that professional athletes should be trained differently than those who play collegiately. That may not be true for much longer. The NCAA is home to millionaire athletes and now has its own form of free agency. Still, there’s something to be said about the differences between some Big Ten or SEC coaches and…
When Pete Carroll was hired by the Seattle Seahawks in 2010, his first loss was against the Denver Broncos. When he won Seattle’s first Super Bowl in the 2013 season, his legendary team defeated the record-breaking Broncos and crushed Peyton Manning. When Russell Wilson was traded to the Broncos in 2022, Pete’s first post-Wilson win…
The New England Patriots are off this week, which means it’s time to kick back and relax. That being said, we will naturally be keeping a close eye on the rest of the NFL between Thursday, Sunday and Monday. After all, the playoff picture is still taking shape and the Patriots would appreciate a little…
Well, that’s better. The Buffalo Bills looked like a winning football team last Sunday as they went about their business in Pittsburgh. The patchy offensive line did its job and kept quarterback Josh Allen clean. They did more than that by creating lanes for Buffalo’s running game, which kept running the same play over and…
Thanksgiving weekend gave many teams a chance to show who they really are, both good and bad. With that in mind, I’m not overreacting to the Rams loss, but I’m putting a lot of weight on the Patriots, Bears and Packers wins. Advertisement And it’s time we talk seriously about the Chiefs and the Ravens….
