The Chicago Bears walked into Week 18 claiming they were playing to win. Head Coach Ben Johnson swore up and down that despite having the playoffs locked up, they weren’t taking their foot off the gas against his former squad, the Detroit Lions. Well, if that performance was the Bears playing to win, I’d hate…
If you were wondering whether the New England Patriots were ready for postseason football, Sunday’s regular-season finale gave you a pretty loud answer. It wasn’t just a win; it was a statement. In a game that felt like two teams heading in completely different directions, the Patriots absolutely dismantled a battered Miami Dolphins squad, 38-10….
If you walked into NRG Stadium expecting a lazy Sunday stroll into the playoffs for the Houston Texans against the Colts, you probably left needing a cardiologist. Week 18 in the NFL is usually a strange cocktail of desperate teams fighting for their lives and top seeds napping on the sidelines. But what we got…
If you’ve spent any time freezing your toes off along the lakefront in January, you know the history of the Chicago Bears quarterback position is less of a “rich tradition” and more of a haunted house tour. It is a position where hope usually goes to die, buried under a pile of overthrow passes and…
In a game where the backups are mostly in for the Eagles, Head Coach Nick Sirianni did the right thing for one of his stars and let him go for a milestone. Sirianni let star wide receiver Devonta Smith go for the 1,000 yards, and on the Eagles’ second drive of the game, he was…
On Sunday, the Jaguars didn’t just beat the Tennessee Titans; they dismantled them 41-7 to lock up the AFC South title. It wasn’t just a win; it was a statement. This victory secured the franchise’s third AFC South title and capped off an eight-game winning streak that has the rest of the league looking over…
Sunday’s 19-17 win over the New Orleans Saints by the Atlanta Falcons was the kind of football game that makes you question why we watch this sport. It was gritty, it was ugly, and at times, it was downright unwatchable. Here is the weird reality for Atlanta fans: You just swept your arch-rivals for the…
In a season defined by inconsistency and what-ifs, the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals offered one final, chaotic chapter at Paycor Stadium on Sunday. The Browns’ 20-18 victory, secured as time expired, wasn’t just a game of inches; it was a microcosm of two franchises heading into the offseason with vastly different questions. While neither…
If you ever needed proof that the football gods have a twisted sense of humor, look no further than Week 18 at MetLife Stadium. In a vacuum, beating the Dallas Cowboys 34-17 to close out the season should be cause for celebration. It’s a rivalry game, after all. But for the New York Giants and…
It was a tale of two different trajectories at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday. The Minnesota Vikings, with nothing but pride on the line, played like a team hitting its stride, while the Green Bay Packers, supposedly gearing up for a postseason run, looked like a team running out of gas. In a Week 18…