National Football Conference
Super Bowl Preview: Rams and Bengals Bring Offensive
After a string of five Super Bowls featuring either Tom Brady or Patrick Mahomes, on Sunday, two new quarterbacks, Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow and the Rams’ Matthew Stafford, made sure that trend didn’t continue. Two weeks from now, the Cincinnati Bengals will face the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., in the Super […]
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A Generational Shift at N.F.L. Quarterback
In these chaotic times, there is great comfort in the familiar, and the most familiar scene in the last four N.F.L. postseasons has been an A.F.C. championship game staged at Arrowhead Stadium, home of quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. His presence in this round feels inevitable. The absence of some others feels […]
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What We Learned in the Divisional Round of the N.F.L. Playoffs
This weekend’s divisional-round games provided a few surprises, beginning with the top seeds in both conferences getting tossed, Joe Burrow’s being sacked nine times overcoming Ryan Tannehill’s three interceptions and Aaron Rodgers’s earlier-than-predicted consideration of his next team. Perhaps the biggest shock, however, is this: Jimmy Garoppolo is one plane ride and 60 minutes of […]
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The Uncertain Future for Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay
“I don’t want to be a part of a rebuild if I’m going to keep playing,” Rodgers said. Provided he wants to play at all, the question for Rodgers will be whether his desire to join another team toward the end of a sterling career — like Brady did after leaving the New England Patriots […]
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Dak Prescott and the Cowboys’ Starters Launch Into Playoffs
“I’ve rested players, I’ve not rested players,” said McCarthy, who previously coached the Green Bay Packers for 13 seasons. “But we felt where we were as a team, our first year in the playoffs, it was important for us to play.” It was important for Prescott, who looked comfortable dissecting the Eagles’ defense, completing 21 […]
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This Is the N.F.L. Season That Ran Too Long
Welcome to Week 18 of the N.F.L. season, the superfluous coda to an already-grueling marathon that few besides the television networks and advertisers really wanted. Get ready to discover the answers to some crucial questions this weekend. For example: Will the Dallas Cowboys finish second, third or fourth in the N.F.C. playoff seedings? A second-place […]
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