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7:39 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the San Francisco 49ers departed Green Bay late Saturday night, injury questions lingered over two of their best players. On Monday, Niners coach Kyle Shanahan offered updates on left tackle Trent Williams and receiver Deebo Samuel as the team prepares for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game against the

6:16 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — It’s not only Matt LaFleur who wants Aaron Rodgers back as the Green Bay Packers quarterback next season. The coach said it’s unanimous among the organization’s top-decisions makers. While LaFleur said after Saturday’s 13-10 loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC divisional playoff round that “we’d

3:02 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson acknowledged Monday that coach Sean Payton’s status remains uncertain for the 2022 season when she told local reporters, “I don’t think any of us know, but he’ll let us know soon enough.” NFL Network reported Sunday that Payton had not yet committed to

1:00 PM ET Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Alaina Getzenberg KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was too busy Sunday night to consider the thoughts of most everyone watching, that the Kansas City Chiefs–Buffalo Bills divisional round playoff game was

2:17 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs have waived veteran Josh Gordon, a source said, but that doesn’t mean the veteran wide receiver’s time with the team is done. The Chiefs plan to sign Gordon to their practice squad if he clears waivers. Gordon, who hadn’t played in the NFL since

10:30 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen could have immediately run off the field, headed into the locker room and the offseason that awaited. Instead, after embracing Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes moments after he had thrown the game-winning score Sunday night, Allen took his time and

12:05 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady said Sunday night that it was too soon for him to think about his future and that his emotions were still tied to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ heart-breaking, last-second playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams that had occurred just minutes earlier. “Truthfully guys, I’m thinking about

10:12 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Buffalo Bills and Josh Allen someday might beat Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs. But for now, Mahomes and the Chiefs have the solutions for Allen and the Bills in the postseason. The Chiefs beat the Bills 42-36 in overtime on Sunday night

11:03 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs opened as touchdown favorites over the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship Game, after a wild playoff weekend filled with dramatic upsets. The Chiefs outlasted the Buffalo Bills in a back-and-forth thriller Sunday night to earn a spot in the AFC Championship Game for a fourth straight season.

8:00 PM ET Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Alaina Getzenberg KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes made one of his off-schedule plays to give the Kansas City Chiefs a brief lead against the Buffalo Bills late in the first half of

first Quarter BUF KC TD 8:03 Devin Singletary 1 Yard Rush, T.Bass extra point is GOOD, Center-R.Ferguson, Holder-M.Haack. 13 plays, 71 yards, 6:57 7 0 TD 2:26 Patrick Mahomes 8 Yard Rush, H.Butker extra point is GOOD, Center-J.Winchester, Holder-T.Townsend. 11 plays, 74 yards, 5:37 7 7 second Quarter BUF KC TD 1:52 Byron Pringle Pass

5:55 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN TAMPA, Fla. — When the Los Angeles Rams acquired Matthew Stafford in a blockbuster trade last winter, the veteran quarterback said he wanted to play in big games, an opportunity he seldom got during 12 seasons with the Detroit Lions. Stafford and the Rams — fresh off a dramatic 30-27

4:04 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN TAMPA — Matthew Stafford, Cooper Kupp and the Los Angeles Rams have taken their regular-season act into the playoffs. A week after connecting on a touchdown in the Rams’ wild-card win over the Arizona Cardinals, they hooked up for a 70-yard score early in the second quarter of Sunday’s divisional-round

Jan 21, 2022 Alaina Getzenberg Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Patrick Mahomes can’t seem to avoid Josh Allen. Josh Allen can’t seem to avoid Patrick Mahomes. The two quarterbacks and their respective teams, the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills, will

11:31 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. – It’s speculation season now that the Green Bay Packers’ actual season ended with a thud. As usual, Aaron Rodgers is in the middle of it all. In what could be considered his greatest playoff failure, the likely season MVP failed to lead the Packers to a single postseason

8:45 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The words “beautiful mystery” have hung over the Green Bay Packers for the past 12 months, ever since Aaron Rodgers used them to describe his future with the franchise. But there was nothing beautiful about what happened here Saturday night. And shoot, the next chapter in the mystery

4:55 AM ET Jeff Darlington Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books As the Tampa Bay Buccaneers enter the reality that their season is at most three weeks from its conclusion, there is another

1:32 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — There’s one thing that will make Aaron Rodgers‘ decision about whether to return to the Green Bay Packers next season much easier. “I don’t want to be part of a rebuild if I’m going to keep playing,” Rodgers said. Absent that, the 38-year-old year believes he has a