NFL playoff picture, draft order after Sunday’s early Week 17 games: Colts are finished, Eagles win NFC East and uh, oh, Seahawks

NFL playoff picture, draft order after Sunday’s early Week 17 games: Colts are finished, Eagles win NFC East and uh, oh, Seahawks

After the first set of Sunday’s Week 17 games, we now know that: The Philadelphia Eagles are NFC East champions, the Indianapolis Colts were eliminated from the AFC playoff race and the Los Angeles Rams moved another step closer toward the NFC West crown. The Eagles became the first team in the NFC to claim … Read more

Chargers thrash Patriots to book NFL play-off spot

Chargers thrash Patriots to book NFL play-off spot

The Chargers are aiming for their first play-off win since the 2018 season [Getty Images] The Los Angeles Chargers booked their place in the NFL play-offs with a dominant 40-7 victory at the New England Patriots. Justin Herbert threw for 281 yards and three touchdowns to help the Chargers earn a wildcard spot in John … Read more

Zac Taylor: To me, Joe Burrow is the MVP

Zac Taylor: To me, Joe Burrow is the MVP

The MVP race may be down to Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, but Bengals coach Zac Taylor thinks Joe Burrow is the NFL’s best player. After Burrow led the Bengals to an overtime win over the Broncos on Saturday, Taylor was asked about Burrow in relation to Allen and Jackson and the MVP race, and … Read more

Eagles retrieve 3rd-string QB Tanner McKee’s 1st career touchdown ball from fan after A.J. Brown throws it into the stands

Eagles retrieve 3rd-string QB Tanner McKee’s 1st career touchdown ball from fan after A.J. Brown throws it into the stands

Tanner McKee was all smiles after throwing his first NFL touchdown pass. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Third-string quarterback Tanner McKee had an NFL debut to remember on Sunday while throwing his first career touchdown and helping the Eagles clinch the NFC East. But he almost lost his milestone ball due to a lapse by A.J. Brown. … Read more

Eagles retrieve 3rd-string QB Tanner McKee’s 1st career touchdown from fan after A.J. Brown throws it into the stands

Eagles retrieve 3rd-string QB Tanner McKee’s 1st career touchdown ball from fan after A.J. Brown throws it into the stands

Tanner McKee was all smiles after throwing his first NFL touchdown pass. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Third-string quarterback Tanner McKee had an NFL debut to remember on Sunday while throwing his first career touchdown and helping the Eagles clinch the NFC East. But he almost lost his milestone ball due to a lapse by A.J. Brown. … Read more

Buccaneers stretch lead to 41-14 on blocked punt

Buccaneers stretch lead to 41-14 on blocked punt

It will take a collapse of epic proportions for the Bucs to go into Week 18 without a chance of winning the NFC South. Joe Tryon-Shoyinka blocked a punt by Panthers punter Johnny Hekker with just over five minutes to play in the third quarter and J.J. Russell scooped the ball up for 23-yard touchdown … Read more

Former US president Jimmy Carter dies at 100

Former US president Jimmy Carter dies at 100

Former US president Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100, US media reported. Carter served one term in office as the 39th president of the United States (1977-1981) during a turbulent period both domestically and internationally. James Earl Carter, Jr. was the first US president to be popularly elected after Watergate forced … Read more