Boomer & Carton: NFL Divisional Round Picks-Picks-Picks
With the NFL Playoffs entering the Divisional Round this weekend, Boomer and Craig offered up their award-winning Picks-Picks-Picks for all four games.
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With the NFL Playoffs entering the Divisional Round this weekend, Boomer and Craig offered up their award-winning Picks-Picks-Picks for all four games.
Giants great Michael Strahan is among the 15 modern-era finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The commish said Tuesday that adding two more wild-card teams is under consideration, but didn't say when the league would be eyeing a potential expansion to its playoff format.
Seattle shouldn't hope to follow the same route to as their previous victory over New Orleans if they want to advance to the NFC title game next week.
Six weeks ago, the New Orleans Saints suffered their worst loss of the season in a game where they were absolutely demolished by the Seattle Seahawks. Immediately afterward, head coach Sean Payton told his players to put the game behind them because they would get another shot. Payton was right as the Saints are meeting the Seahawks again, and there are four big things they need to do, in order to win.
When Panthers Coach Ron Rivera said that he felt the team under the most pressure this week will be San Francisco he was dead wrong. Not only is his team the one that HAS to win this game, if he really believes that the Panthers are playing with house money he is setting his team up for failure.
The Carolina Panthers have not been to the playoffs since 2008. The upcoming game against the San Francisco 49ers will mark just the fifth time in franchise history that the Panthers have been to the playoffs, and that means the team is severely lacking in playoff experience.
A New Jersey man has filed a class action lawsuit in federal court, arguing the league's handling of the tickets is illegal. Josh Finkelman, of New Brunswick, contends the league's ticketing policy is a violation of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.
This AFC Divisional Playoff Game features legendary New England quarterback Tom Brady against Indy's Andrew Luck, who seems to be a legend in the making.
The awards could reach $5 million for athletes with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease; $4 million for a death involving brain trauma; and $3 million for dementia cases.
Bill Cowher and Boomer usually spend Sundays together on the set of the NFL Today on CBS. But on Tuesday, the former Steelers head coach paid both Booms and Craig a visit in the brand new Allstate Studio.
The New England Patriots still have some injury concerns, but a first-round playoff bye is allowing the team to do some healing.
"There (has) been no such decision," an NFL spokesperson wrote in an email, according to SI.com's Richard Deitsch. "It would require a vote of the clubs and it has not yet been taken up with them."
A season of transition brought a new coach with a breath of fresh air and a new identity as a team. There were adjustments along the way as Chip Kelly adjusted to life as an NFL coach after serving an entire career at the college level, but his players bought in to the mentality Kelly introduced to them and fought their way to an NFC East division title few saw coming before the season started.
As devastating as that may have been for Andy Reid's group, Kansas City's collapse looked like kid stuff when compared to the Giants'. In terms of speed of descent and area of splatter, few live up to that mess at Candlestick Park.
The road was kind in the wild-card round. The next challenge might be more daunting for the Saints, 49ers and Chargers. Not to mention the Colts, the only team to win at home this weekend.
After a brief time without the television cameras documenting the Morning Extravaganza, Boomer & Carton were back in front of the bright lights, premiering this morning on the CBS Sports Network.
Phil Dawson kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired as the San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers 23-20 on Sunday night in a frigid NFC wild-card game.
Saints head coach Sean Payton pointed to New Orleans' nearly 10-minute edge in time of possession, converting seven of 13 third downs compared to the Eagles' three of 12.
Nick Foles threw 29 touchdown passes, including two against the Saints, and only two interceptions, setting an NFL record for best TD/interception ratio. His passer rating of 119.2 was the third-highest in NFL history. He finished 8-3 as a starter.
The shocking turnaround, from a 38-10 second-half deficit to 45-44 victory over the Chiefs, left Indianapolis spent both physically and mentally, linebacker Jerrell Freeman said.
San Diego took advantage of Andy Dalton's three turnovers in the second half on Sunday, pulling away to a 27-10 victory that extended the Bengals' streak of playoff misery to 23 years and counting.
The forecast calls for freezing weather tonight in Green Bay for the Packers-Niners playoff game. The wind chill could dip to possibly minus-50.
The NFL has fined Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch $50,000 for violating the league's media policy.
Giants defensive coordinator Perry Fewell will interview for the Washington Redskins coaching job on Monday.
