ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — It was dubbed the latest Game of the Century.

The Baltimore Ravens’ Lamar Jackson vs. the Buffalo Bills’ Josh Allen.

And on a cold, snowy night at Highmark Stadium and with a trip to the AFC championship game on the line, Jackson, the reigning NFL Most Valuable Player and the favorite to win the award for a third ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Jared Verse was the talk of the town before Sunday’s NFC divisional-round game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles.

After the Rams rookie edge rusher told The Los Angeles Times last week that he hated Eagles fans and found them annoying, he became the target of heated fan discussion on local sports radio...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — When Saquon Barkley saw what will likely become the lasting image of the Eagles’ snowy playoff win, his first instinct was to see if he could get it taken down.

Try as he might, the photos of Barkley screaming and sprinting toward the end zone in the team’s 28-22 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday will be about as ...Read more

DETROIT — The chants were derisive this time.

From the corner of one end zone inside Ford Field on Saturday night, a throng of visiting fans in burgundy and gold hijacked the Lions’ rallying cry, turning “Jar-ed Goff! Jar-ed Goff!” into a jeer instead of a cheer. Then the Washington Commanders fans who’d taken over swaths of the lower...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Saquon Barkley’s final play Sunday was, appropriately, a handoff.

The Eagles running back left the Siberian swirl happening on the field and ran up the locker room tunnel, a cluster of handlers and TV cameras in his wake.

Just before he made a hard left to head to the locker room, he handed a commemorative NBC football to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Cooper Kupp walked to the middle of an empty Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday morning.

He looked around, as if he was taking in the scene.

Hours later, Kupp trudged through the snow-covered field with his teammates, retreating to the stadium's visiting locker room in the wake of the Rams' 28-22 defeat to the Philadelphia ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons’ search to replace one-year defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake started immediately after he was terminated.

From the outset, all NFL fingers were pointing to Jets interim coach Jeff Ulbrich, a former Falcons assistant and close friend of Falcons coach Raheem Morris.

The only holdup was if Ulbrich ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The snow never bothered Saquon Barkley anyway.

Barkley, the 2024 rushing title holder, plowed through a snow-covered Lincoln Financial Field, cruising for 205 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries in the Eagles’ nail-biter of a 28-22 divisional-round victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. The star running back ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Back in early September, when the only snow to be found came in a paper cone courtesy of Mister Softee, Jalen Carter spent several minutes at his locker in the NovaCare Complex, talking about the “rookie wall” that he insisted he hadn’t hit. He had been a rookie-of-the-year candidate for the first half of the 2023 season, ...Read more

DETROIT — By midway through the fourth quarter, Ford Field was mostly, ghostly quiet. This was the ending no one envisioned, the nightmare performance no one could fathom.

Where did all the noise go? Where did all the poise go? Where did Jared Goff’s throws go? Where did the Lions’ feel-good fervor go?

It left in a staggering deflation ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — There has been no announcement that the Dallas Cowboys have, or want to, interview Deion Sanders but the thought of that conversation even happening has done what both Jerry Jones and Deion wanted.

From gambling sites to sports media, the CGI of Deion coaching the Dallas Cowboys has broken Google.

So far, Philadelphia ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — It hardly seems to matter now that the Steelers have reached the playoffs for each of the past two seasons, three of the past four and four of the past five.

That is a healthy sign for most NFL teams — but it is not for the Steelers.

Right now, they are not sure which way they are supposed to go and what they are supposed to ...Read more

DETROIT — The Detroit Lions withstood one injury after another en route to their best season in franchise history.

But against the Washington Commanders at Ford Field, it was all simply too much.

The Lions lost cornerback Amik Robertson to a significant elbow injury early in the game and safety Ifeatu Melifonwu to a hamstring injury late in ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs are heading to the AFC championship game, riding the performance of a trusted veteran.

Yes, it sure looks like a few weeks off did 35-year-old Travis Kelce some good.

The Chiefs tight end had his best game of the season — going over 100 yards with a touchdown — as the Chiefs took a 23-14 home ...Read more

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Former Falcons assistant coach Jeff Ulbrich, who interviewed Wednesday, was named the team's defensive coordinator on Saturday.

He was the Jets’ defensive coordinator and interim head coach this season, played in NFL for the 49ers from 2000-09, and was with the Falcons from 2015-20. He was the linebackers coach mostly ...Read more

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — A comeback story is timeless and priceless, hard to write, even harder to finish. It has many forms, but almost always begins in the same place — at the bottom.

The Lions were there not long ago. Detroit was there not long ago. Not many people cared about their story, or even knew it. Now, people can’t get enough of it...Read more

BALTIMORE — The Buffalo Bills had not even finished dispatching the Denver Broncos when CBS broadcaster Tony Romo jumped ahead a week, unable to contain his excitement over the Bills’ next showdown against Lamar Jackson and the Ravens.

“That’s the game I’ve been waiting for,” the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback said, blurting out ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — To the millions of loyal Dallas Cowboys fans searching for good news, follow the Detroit Lions.

Maybe the Washington Wizards.

Being a Cowboys fan should require a warning from the surgeon general, no different than a pack of cigarettes. At least with cigarettes you know a painful death is coming, whereas consuming the ...Read more