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5:08 PM ET CHICAGO — New Bears coach Matt Eberflus had a very simple answer to how he’ll handle second-year quarterback Justin Fields as the team begins installing a new system. “Building the offense around him and his strengths,” Eberflus said Monday, after being introduced as the 17th head coach in franchise history. “What does

12:49 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Brian Daboll has a key piece in mind as he takes over as New York Giants head coach. He’s hoping to have Patrick Graham as his defensive coordinator, if Graham doesn’t get the Minnesota Vikings‘ head-coaching job. Graham spent these past two seasons as the Giants’ defensive coordinator

3:55 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are taking an exhaustive look at why they endured one of the most painful seasons in franchise history. Ravens coach John Harbaugh recently met with his performance staff for four hours after a season in which Baltimore placed 25 players on injured reserve. The Ravens

3:07 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN Quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Kirk Cousins have been added to the NFC Pro Bowl roster as injury replacements for Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers, respectively. Brady, who rarely plays in the Pro Bowl, pulled out of Sunday’s game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, citing a shoulder injury. Sources have

1:48 PM ET CINCINNATI — The Bengals have received a glimmer of good news regarding one of their core players. The initial tests on C.J. Uzomah‘s knee injury were labeled “encouraging” by coach Zac Taylor on Monday after the tight end left Sunday’s victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game. Taylor

6:26 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was easy to forget after back-to-back Super Bowl appearances the past couple of years, but the Kansas City Chiefs have a tortured playoff history. They added another chapter to the sorry list in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game, a 27-24 overtime loss to the Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead

11:45 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The right glove that former Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown threw into the stands mid-meltdown at MetLife Stadium on Jan. 2 is up for auction. The listing, which can be found at Lelands Sports Memorabilia and Card Auctions, calls it “a tangible memento from an iconic NFL

9:05 PM ET ESPN.com staff The matchup is set for the biggest sports gambling day of the year. The Cincinnati Bengals will take on the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Sunday, Feb 13. It will be the second straight year a team will play in its

9:47 PM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The end came sooner and in more heartbreaking fashion than the San Francisco 49ers could have imagined. In a blown lead reminiscent of their most recent playoff loss (Super Bowl LIV), the Niners coughed up a 10-point fourth-quarter advantage to the Los Angeles Rams on the way to a

12:59 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — As quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo walked slowly to the locker room for, perhaps, the final time as a member of the San Francisco 49ers, he stopped and embraced general manager John Lynch. Garoppolo and the Niners’ latest comeback attempt had just been derailed when his last-gasp fling to JaMycal Hasty

1:50 AM ET INGLEWOOD, Calif. — With just under 10 minutes left in Sunday’s NFC Championship Game, the moment San Francisco 49ers safety Jaquiski Tartt had dreamed of since he was young hung in the air for a second — and then another and another and another. Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford had just

9:42 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams and their roster full of stars are headed to Super Bowl LVI, where they’ll try to win a world championship on their home field. And it was three of their biggest stars who helped get them there. Matthew Stafford and Cooper Kupp connected

10:31 PM ET The upstart Cincinnati Bengals are underdogs again. Sportsbooks on Sunday installed the Los Angeles Rams as 3.5-point favorites over the Bengals in Super Bowl LVI. The Rams opened as -170 money-line favorites to win the game straight up at Caesars Sportsbook, and the over/under total was set at 50.5 points. The Super

9:50 PM ET ESPN staff Well now. Super Bowl LVI is going to give us a matchup that almost none of us expected when the 2021 season began. The Cincinnati Bengals were 125-1 preseason long shots to reach the Super Bowl, having won an NFL-worst two games in 2019 and then only four games last

8:56 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There might have been a time early in his career when Patrick Mahomes would have looked back at a season where the Kansas City Chiefs lost in overtime of the AFC Championship Game and felt his team accomplished a lot. But he said after Sunday’s 27-24 overtime loss

7:45 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. The Los Angeles Rams went all in this season. Now, Matthew Stafford, Odell Beckham Jr. & Co.

6:16 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Break out the victory cigars. The Cincinnati Bengals are headed to the Super Bowl. For the first time in decades, the Bengals are AFC champions. Cincinnati defeated the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday in overtime, 27-24, to win its first conference championship since 1989. The Bengals will face

3:48 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Cincinnati Bengals tight end C.J. Uzomah was taken to the locker room after suffering a left knee injury in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs. The Bengals initially said Uzomah was doubtful to return before ruling him out after halftime. Uzomah went down after he