Championship Sunday was everything it was hyped up to be as it gave us two overtime games setting up a Super Bowl matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots.
Sunday marks the eighth consecutive AFC Championship Game appearance for the New England Patriots and their 14th in 19 years. On the other side of the spectrum, the Kansas City Chiefs make their first appearance in the AFC Championship Game since 1969 when the Chiefs defeated the Oakland Raiders en route to the franchise's first and only Super Bowl championship.
When these two teams met in Week 9, the game had a little bit of everything; a combined 80 points, an 18-point second half come back from the Rams, and a 72-yard touchdown pass to Michael Thomas that sealed the deal for the Saints that included a Joe Horn-esque cell phone touchdown celebration. Minus the cell phone, Sunday's NFC Championship Game between the Rams and Saints could feature the same high scoring and explosive plays we saw just two months ago.
The Oakland Raiders coaching staff will coach the North team in this years Senior Bowl. The game will be played in Mobile, Alabama on January 26. The game will give head coach Jon Gruden and new general manager Mike Mayock a front-row seat for some of the top prospects in the upcoming NFL Draft.
Eight teams remain after a wild card weekend that featured the Colts defeating the Texans, the Cowboys stopping the Seahawks run game, the Chargers solving Lamar Jackson, and the Eagles getting past the Bears thanks to a blocked kick.
The Oakland Athletics are expecting first-round pick and Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray to declare for the NFL Draft on Sunday, according to Susan Slusser and Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle.
The Clemson Tigers became the first team in modern college football history to finish a season 15-0, defeating Alabama 44-16 and have won the College Football Playoff National Championship for the second time in three years.
This preview could have been written back in August before the season started. These two teams were ranked one and two in the preseason Associated Press college football rankings. Both teams finished their seasons 14-0 with convincing wins in the College Football Playoff semifinals. Now, for the third time in four years, the Alabama Crimson Tide meet the Clemson Tigers in the National Championship Game.
Wild-card weekend will feature plenty of new teams. As a matter of fact, all seven of the teams who missed the playoffs last season will be playing this weekend with the Philadelphia Eagles as the lone team who made the playoffs last year. The Eagles just so happen to also be the defending Super Bowl champions.
Wild-card weekend will feature plenty of new teams. As a matter of fact, all seven of the teams who missed the playoffs last season will be playing this weekend with the Philadelphia Eagles as the lone team who made the playoffs last year. The Eagles just so happen to also be the defending Super Bowl champions.
The NFL regular season has come to an end and playoffs are just about to get under way. It's never too late to reflect on the season that just happened though.
The Oakland Raiders ended the year by announcing that former NFL Analyst, Mike Mayock, will be joining the team as their General Manager after firing Reggie McKenzie earlier in the month of December.
We are finally at the end of the NFL regular season but there's still plenty of drama left before the playoffs are filled. There are five games on the schedule today that include teams trying to clinch a playoff spot and many more that will decide seeding.
