Snake-bit Chiefs Fall Short As Defense Fails Repeatedly In Second-half Collapse
The Kansas City Chiefs lost an eighth-straight postseason game on Saturday, losing 45-44 to the Indianapolis Colts after holding a 28-point lead in the third quarter.
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The Kansas City Chiefs lost an eighth-straight postseason game on Saturday, losing 45-44 to the Indianapolis Colts after holding a 28-point lead in the third quarter.
Andrew Luck threw four second-half touchdown passes and scored on a fumble recovery, leading the Indianapolis Colts from a four-TD deficit to an historic 45-44 comeback victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in a wild-card game Saturday.
Ten years after Drew Brees led Westlake High School to the Texas state championship, Nick Foles came along and broke many of his passing records but couldn't deliver another title for the Austin-based school.
The Chiefs lost running back Jamaal Charles with a possible concussion on the opening possession of its wild-card game at Indianapolis.
Kansas City pass rusher Tamba Hali will start in its wild-card game at Indianapolis. He shares the team lead with 11 sacks.
The Tennessee Titans have fired Mike Munchak after three seasons as head coach and 31 years combined with this franchise as a player and coach. Munchak had a season left on his contract.
The Bengals and Chargers will have a lot of young players in the playoff spotlight at Paul Brown Stadium.
The National Weather Service forecast called for a high temperature in Green Bay on Sunday of 2 degrees, with north-northwest winds making it feel more like minus-15 to minus-20.
Every game this weekend has fascinating plots, from Cincinnati trying to break its playoff futility to the Frozen Tundra earning its sobriquet with a 30-below wind chill expected Sunday.
If you ask many people around the NFL to give you a prediction for this weekend's San Diego-Cincinnati AFC Wild Card game, most folks would lean towards the Bengals.
The Indianapolis Colts are heading into the playoffs with a rather lengthy injury report, and there are indeed a number of big names listed on it. The good news is that most of the names are listed simply as precautionary measures and not for serious reasons.
While some layer up and brave the conditions at freezing Lambeau Field, the rest of Green Bay will be able to watch Packers-49ers from the warmth of their homes.
The Green Bay Packers have had trouble stopping the 49ers in their last two meetings. Now they have to try and beat them in the playoffs while facing injury issues on defense.
The fact that both teams could be without a key defensive player this Sunday when the 49ers and Packers play is not good. While Green Bay already knows their fate, San Francisco is hoping and waiting that they will not be without Carlos Rogers.
The Philadelphia Eagles will need their defensive secondary to be on their toes this weekend with Drew Brees leading the New Orleans Saints in to town with a monster of a passing offense. Fortunately for the Eagles, the defensive backfield is getting healthier in time for the playoffs.
"He has been with me from Day 1 as my quarterbacks coach and then my coordinator," Manning said. "He really taught me everything I needed to learn to become an NFL quarterback."
In an article posted Thursday on the website Deadspin, Chris Kluwe wrote that special teams coach Mike Priefer made several anti-gay comments in objection to Kluwe's outspoken opposition of an anti-gay marriage amendment in Minnesota.
Known for his bruising running style, Jacobs spent eight of his nine pro seasons with the Giants and was a key member of the 2007 and 2011 Super Bowl championship teams.
Patriots coach Bill Belichick brought back an old talking point Wednesday, saying he wants see the NFL make its extra-point play less of a gimme.
NFC East-rival Washington has received permission to interview Fewell for the team's vacant head-coaching position, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com.
Former Chicago Bears coach has reached an agreement to coach the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a person familiar with the negotiations said.
Jon Beason wants to return to the Giants, and it seems the feeling is mutual. Big Blue has "already begun the process of trying to retain" him, according to the Newark Star-Ledger.
Now we know why the Jets hired John Idzik as GM a year ago. He's a get-along guy. He wants to get along with owner Woody Johnson, and he wants to have a comfortable working relationship with Rex Ryan.
"We will always look to improve every position in any manner we can and that doesn't change going into 2014," John Idzik said. "We'll look at quarterbacks. Yes, we'll look at quarterbacks."
Elias Sports Bureau, the NFL's official statistician, reviewed a 7-yard pass from Manning to wide receiver Eric Decker and determined it will remain a forward pass and not a lateral, which would have made it a 7-yard run.
