Keidel: From Foles To The Frozen Tundra - Wild Card Weekend
Every game this weekend has fascinating plots, from Cincinnati trying to break their playoff futility to the Frozen Tundra earning its sobriquet with a 30-below wind chill expected Sunday.
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Every game this weekend has fascinating plots, from Cincinnati trying to break their playoff futility to the Frozen Tundra earning its sobriquet with a 30-below wind chill expected Sunday.
Seattle has already faced, and beaten, both the Saints and 49ers this season but not the Packers. Does the unknown help or hurt a team in the Playoffs?
Last year, the 49ers made an improbable run to the Super Bowl, before falling one play short of reaching the ultimate team goal. They lost to the Baltimore Ravens, a more experienced team that rode momentum all the way to a Championship. This year it's San Francisco who fits this description and unlike last year, the Niners have everything in place to get past the rest of the NFC.
The Cincinnati Bengals had a great season and are looking forward to welcoming the San Diego Chargers into Paul Brown Stadium for the Wild Card round of the playoffs. Even with that game on the immediate horizon, the 2014 opponents for the Bengals have now been set.
Both the New Orleans Saints and Carolina Panthers sit tied atop the NFC South at 10-4. One of them will emerge as the winner of the conference in two weeks. The question is, who will secure the division title?
The Pro Bowl-caliber middle linebacker who leads Dallas in tackles and interceptions is being told the hamstring pull he sustained in a week ago in that embarrassing loss at New Orleans could sideline him for four weeks or more.
The New Orleans Saints dominated the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football in Week 10 both offensively and defensively and won the game bit, 49-17. Here is a look at the Cowboys' team grades.
Drew Brees completed 34 of 41 passes for 392 yards and four touchdowns as the New Orleans Saints dominated the Dallas Cowboys in a 49-17 win at the Superdome in New Orleans.
With multiple reports this past week of Cowboys WR Dez Bryant having issues with a possible herniated disc, GM/Owner Jerry Jones made it clear he has no idea where a report like that came from.
After missing some time with injuries, the Dallas Cowboys top defensive pass rusher will return this week as the team takes on the New Orleans Saints. Here is a look at the Dallas vs. New Orleans injury report.
As they head into an eagerly anticipated matchup on Sunday night, the Saints (6-2) and Cowboys (5-4) have little margin for error if they want to maintain tenuous perches atop their divisions.
Dallas defensive tackle Jason Hatcher has a pretty good idea what Rob Ryan is telling his players in New Orleans while getting ready to face the Cowboys less than a year after they fired him.
It's another edition of the Nigel and Whippie show as they prank a member of the New Orleans media about the upcoming Cowboys and Saints game.
At the end of the 2012 NFL season, the Dallas Cowboys fired defensive coordinator Rob Ryan. This week, Ryan brings a defense he improved from the worst in the NFL into one of the best to a big game with the team who gave up on him.
The Cowboys will need a consistent pass rush to disrupt the NFC's top passing attack on Sunday in New Orleans. They're expecting help from a familiar face.
The biggest weakness for the Dallas Cowboys in 2013 has been the pass defense and in Week 10 they face one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL in Drew Brees. Here is a look at the New Orleans Saints as they head into their big game with the Cowboys.
With fantasy drafts now in full swing, would-be owners are scrambling to unlock the secrets of this year's draft. To that end, let's take a closer look at who might be the best QB option this year in fantasy: Aaron Rodgers or Drew Brees.
Lance Moore is one of those players that understands what it means to pay your dues in the world of professional football. Now, after eight years in the league, he is going to be a starting wide received for the New Orleans Saints, and it is totally deserved.
Rob Ryan figures that his firing in Dallas will help him relate to a Saints defense humbled by a historically bad season. Both, he said, got their feelings hurt.
Hargrove was with Green Bay last spring but ended up missing the season while also serving the eight-game suspension he received from the NFL for his alleged involvement in the New Orleans Saints' bounty scandal.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has reinstated New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton following a season-long suspension for his role in the team's bounty scandal.
The Broncos and Raiders are the AFC teams visiting the Cowboys next season. Dallas will travel to Kansas City and San Diego. The schedule will be announced in the spring.
Garrett Hartley kicked a 20-yard field in overtime, and the New Orleans Saints damaged Dallas' playoff hopes with a 34-31 victory against the Cowboys on Sunday.
Dallas Cowboys tight end Jason Witten has broken the NFL record for catches in a season by a tight end.
