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Baker Mayfield savored unforgettable Browns accomplishment
Three years after finishing 0-16, and 18 years after they last went dancing, the Browns are going to the playoffs. Cleveland overcame a couple of weeks of COVID-19 issues —...
Steelers give themselves reason to 'believe again'
Call them the Stealers, and call them the AFC North champions for the first time since 2017. The Colts seemingly had Pittsburgh headed for its fourth straight loss following an...
Drew Brees' return was a mixed bag
Drew Brees was back on the field Sunday, but the NFL’s all-time passing yardage leader couldn’t outlast MVP candidate Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs. Brees played for the first time...
Giants are in serious trouble
The wounds from the Giants’ ugly showing Sunday only gaped deeper after the Washington Football Team bumped them from first place in the NFC East with a defensively-fueled 23-15 win...
The NFL team proving there's life after 0-16
Three seasons after becoming just the second NFL team to finish winless over a 16-game season, the sizzling Cleveland Browns have clinched a winning record with four games to play....
Broncos slam own quarterbacks for COVID-19 debacle
Not many NFL teams would have done better down to their QB5, but the expected disaster transpired Sunday for the Broncos. Practice-squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton, a former college quarterback...
Serious injury adds twist to Giants, NFC East playoff madness
The slogging NFC East race has tightened even further, with a serious injury suffered Sunday likely to factor greatly into the outcome of the division. Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow,...
Cardinals stun Bills on bonkers Hail Mary play
The NFC West is primed for a wild, wild finish with Kyler Murray right in the middle of it. Murray’s 43-yard Hail Mary heave was hauled in by DeAndre Hopkins...
First Tua Tagovailoa-Kyler Murray battle was scintillating
Tua Tagovailoa finished as runner-up to Kyler Murray for the 2018 Heisman Trophy, but Miami’s rookie quarterback came out on top in their first scintillating meeting in the NFL. Tagovailoa...
Bills star overcomes grief in humbling of Seahawks
After Pete Carroll received a contract extension Sunday that should keep him in Seattle for the rest of his career, the Seahawks did something they’d never done in their head...
Patriots spiraling out of control with Cam Newton
More than half of their season remains, but the New England Patriots’ two-decade stranglehold on the AFC East certainly looks as if it’s coming to an end. Cam Newton fumbled...
Steelers show their flaws on way to staying perfect
Few expected the blowout that was developing between the AFC’s only unbeaten teams, but the Pittsburgh Steelers barely avoided flushing a 20-point lead in the second half to Tennessee. Titans...
Texans' gamble set stage for dramatic Titans' rally
Wherefore art thou, Romeo? Derrick Henry totaled 264 yards from scrimmage, including 212 on the ground — with a 94-yard scoring scamper in the fourth quarter and a 5-yard touchdown...
Raiders show that Chiefs can be beat
Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will not go unbeaten in their quest to repeat as Super Bowl champions. The Las Vegas Raiders sent the Chiefs to their first...
Odell Beckham is forever the Cowboys killer
Some of Odell Beckham’s most memorable performances with the Giants came at the expense of the Dallas Cowboys. But even OBJ’s famed one-handed grab in 2014 may have been replaced...
Unlikely NFL MVP candidate makes statement in wild win
The Bills could have suffered a crushing defeat after blowing the identical 25-point lead the Falcons once flushed in the Super Bowl. But a late pass interference call and early...
Cowboys comeback brings back ugly Falcons memories
For most NFL teams, this would go down as the worst loss in team history. It wasn’t quite blowing a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl, but the Atlanta Falcons’...
Tom Brady's Buccaneers debut did not go that well
Tom Brady has pulled off a few historic comebacks over two decades with the New England Patriots, but the six-time Super Bowl champion could not complete another in his ballyhooed...
Ryan Fitzpatrick's takedown could be devastating for Patriots
FitzMagic made the Patriots’ expected postseason bye week disappear. New England had won 15 straight games against Miami in Foxborough, but Ryan Fitzpatrick finished off a late scoring drive with...
Giants can blow up NFC East playoff scenario
The Giants’ season finale Sunday against the Eagles will help determine the winner of the NFC East. Philadelphia (8-7) seized the inside track on that postseason berth with a tight...