The playoff picture is at last entire.
The NFC's delegates will be the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants and Detroit Lions. The AFC section will highlight the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, Oakland Raiders and Miami Dolphins.
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MarkMaske ✔ @MarkMaske
Saturday: Raiders-Texans at 4:35 p.m. ET, Lions-Seahawks at 8:15. Sunday: Dolphins-Steelers at 1:05, Giants-Packers at 4:40.
10:25 AM - 2 Jan 2017
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The Patriots bolted up homefield advantage all through the playoffs with a 35-14 triumph over the Miami Dolphins, who are subsided into the AFC's No. 6 seed.
New England had all the earmarks of being great in control all through the main half against the Dolphins, driving 20-7 at halftime. The Dolphins revitalized to make it 20-14 to begin the second half, yet the Patriots replied with a long catch-and-keep running by Julian Edelman to push the score back to 27-14. Tom Brady, a MVP hopeful notwithstanding playing in only 12 diversions taking after a four-amusement suspension for is part in the Deflategate embarrassment, had three touchdown passes on the day.
[The Patriots aren't a Super Bowl bolt, yet their win puts them pretty close]
The Raiders required a win to keep up their grasp on the AFC's No. 2 seed. Rather, they got a 27-6 drubbing because of the Denver Broncos and lost reinforcement quarterback Matt McGloin, who was beginning set up of the harmed Derek Carr. That outcome, combined with the Chiefs' 37-27 triumph over the San Diego Chargers, drops Oakland to the fifth seed and takes away a first-round bye. Their prospects as they enter the AFC playoffs don't look brilliant — in spite of the fact that a first-round matchup with the Houston Texans, who likewise lost its most recent beginning quarterback to damage, ought to give their fans some help.
Tony Romo took his first snaps of the general season in the second quarter of the Dallas Cowboys' amusement against the Philadelphia Eagles, and speedily tossed his first touchdown. Romo topped a six-play, 81-yard drive with a 3-yard scoring go to Terrance Williams. That one drive was the activity Romo saw, supplanted by Mark Sanchez on Dallas' ensuing ownership and completed out the Cowboys' 27-13 misfortune that does not influence their remaining as the NFC's top seed.
Romo had been the substance of the Cowboys for a considerable length of time, yet lost his employment after tenderfoot Dak Prescott performed greatly after Romo crushed his spirit amid the preseason. With Romo sidelined for a significant part of the standard season, Prescott seized upon the open door and has not surrendered his grasp on the beginning occupation. The circumstance amongst Prescott and Romo created quarterback discussion story lines throughout the entire season until the Cowboys authoritatively said they would stayed with Prescott for the rest of the customary season and playoffs. Dallas' craving to abstain from reviving that discussion may have incited the snare for Romo taking after simply his one drive.
[Romo demonstrates the Cowboys he's prepared … in the event that they require him]
The Falcons bolted themselves into the No. 2 spot in the NFC with a 38-32 win over the New Orleans Saints, while the Seahawks (10-5-1) asserted the No. 3 position by battling off the San Francisco 49ers, who set up an amazing exertion in a 25-23 misfortune at home.
In the night diversion, Aaron Rodgers proceeded with his late-season tear, tearing the Lions for four touchdowns and 300 yards going in Green Bay's 31-24 triumph. That secures the Packers the fourth seed in the playoffs; they will have the Giants in the first round. Detroit, in the interim, will now go to Seattle to begin the postseason.
[Fancy Stats: Sorry Lions, the Packers and Redskins will play on in the playoffs]
For the 20 groups that neglected to achieve the playoffs this season, the offseason begins Monday. For some of those groups, the offseason will start with a touch of housecleaning.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported early Sunday that the San Francisco 49ers, falling off a season with just two wins entering Week 17, will direct an update of their association that will incorporate the terminating of Coach Chip Kelly and GM Trent Baalke. (Baalke affirmed he had been let go quite recently before the Niners commenced their season finale against the Seahawks.
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Lowell Cohn ✔ @LowellCohn
Baalke affirmed he got the hatchet
3:02 AM - 2 Jan 2017
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With Kelly tailing him out the entryway, the NFL's guiding opening now remains at six, with the Chargers terminating Coach Mike McCoy on Sunday night and Broncos Coach Gary Kubiak formally venturing down because of wellbeing reasons. Kubiak drove the Broncos to the Super Bowl simply last season. The Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Rams have officially gone separate ways with their head mentors.
In one other piece of key NFL offseason news, by losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in additional time — in spite of a few decent opportunities to win late and in OT, and regardless of the reality the Steelers rested the greater part of their key hostile starters — the Cleveland Browns have bolted up the No. 1 pick in the 2017 draft because of their ignoble one-win season.
The NFC's delegates will be the Dallas Cowboys, Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers, New York Giants and Detroit Lions. The AFC section will highlight the New England Patriots, Kansas City Chiefs, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans, Oakland Raiders and Miami Dolphins.
Take after
MarkMaske ✔ @MarkMaske
Saturday: Raiders-Texans at 4:35 p.m. ET, Lions-Seahawks at 8:15. Sunday: Dolphins-Steelers at 1:05, Giants-Packers at 4:40.
10:25 AM - 2 Jan 2017
3 Retweets 2 likes
The Patriots bolted up homefield advantage all through the playoffs with a 35-14 triumph over the Miami Dolphins, who are subsided into the AFC's No. 6 seed.
New England had all the earmarks of being great in control all through the main half against the Dolphins, driving 20-7 at halftime. The Dolphins revitalized to make it 20-14 to begin the second half, yet the Patriots replied with a long catch-and-keep running by Julian Edelman to push the score back to 27-14. Tom Brady, a MVP hopeful notwithstanding playing in only 12 diversions taking after a four-amusement suspension for is part in the Deflategate embarrassment, had three touchdown passes on the day.
[The Patriots aren't a Super Bowl bolt, yet their win puts them pretty close]
The Raiders required a win to keep up their grasp on the AFC's No. 2 seed. Rather, they got a 27-6 drubbing because of the Denver Broncos and lost reinforcement quarterback Matt McGloin, who was beginning set up of the harmed Derek Carr. That outcome, combined with the Chiefs' 37-27 triumph over the San Diego Chargers, drops Oakland to the fifth seed and takes away a first-round bye. Their prospects as they enter the AFC playoffs don't look brilliant — in spite of the fact that a first-round matchup with the Houston Texans, who likewise lost its most recent beginning quarterback to damage, ought to give their fans some help.
Tony Romo took his first snaps of the general season in the second quarter of the Dallas Cowboys' amusement against the Philadelphia Eagles, and speedily tossed his first touchdown. Romo topped a six-play, 81-yard drive with a 3-yard scoring go to Terrance Williams. That one drive was the activity Romo saw, supplanted by Mark Sanchez on Dallas' ensuing ownership and completed out the Cowboys' 27-13 misfortune that does not influence their remaining as the NFC's top seed.
Romo had been the substance of the Cowboys for a considerable length of time, yet lost his employment after tenderfoot Dak Prescott performed greatly after Romo crushed his spirit amid the preseason. With Romo sidelined for a significant part of the standard season, Prescott seized upon the open door and has not surrendered his grasp on the beginning occupation. The circumstance amongst Prescott and Romo created quarterback discussion story lines throughout the entire season until the Cowboys authoritatively said they would stayed with Prescott for the rest of the customary season and playoffs. Dallas' craving to abstain from reviving that discussion may have incited the snare for Romo taking after simply his one drive.
[Romo demonstrates the Cowboys he's prepared … in the event that they require him]
The Falcons bolted themselves into the No. 2 spot in the NFC with a 38-32 win over the New Orleans Saints, while the Seahawks (10-5-1) asserted the No. 3 position by battling off the San Francisco 49ers, who set up an amazing exertion in a 25-23 misfortune at home.
In the night diversion, Aaron Rodgers proceeded with his late-season tear, tearing the Lions for four touchdowns and 300 yards going in Green Bay's 31-24 triumph. That secures the Packers the fourth seed in the playoffs; they will have the Giants in the first round. Detroit, in the interim, will now go to Seattle to begin the postseason.
[Fancy Stats: Sorry Lions, the Packers and Redskins will play on in the playoffs]
For the 20 groups that neglected to achieve the playoffs this season, the offseason begins Monday. For some of those groups, the offseason will start with a touch of housecleaning.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported early Sunday that the San Francisco 49ers, falling off a season with just two wins entering Week 17, will direct an update of their association that will incorporate the terminating of Coach Chip Kelly and GM Trent Baalke. (Baalke affirmed he had been let go quite recently before the Niners commenced their season finale against the Seahawks.
Take after
Lowell Cohn ✔ @LowellCohn
Baalke affirmed he got the hatchet
3:02 AM - 2 Jan 2017
1 Retweet 4 likes
With Kelly tailing him out the entryway, the NFL's guiding opening now remains at six, with the Chargers terminating Coach Mike McCoy on Sunday night and Broncos Coach Gary Kubiak formally venturing down because of wellbeing reasons. Kubiak drove the Broncos to the Super Bowl simply last season. The Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Rams have officially gone separate ways with their head mentors.
In one other piece of key NFL offseason news, by losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in additional time — in spite of a few decent opportunities to win late and in OT, and regardless of the reality the Steelers rested the greater part of their key hostile starters — the Cleveland Browns have bolted up the No. 1 pick in the 2017 draft because of their ignoble one-win season.
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