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The NFL playoff field is finally set. Here’s everything you need to know for the expanded start to the postseason. Saturday, Jan. 15 No. 5 Las Vegas Raiders at No. 4 Cincinnati Bengals 4:35 p.m. ET | NBC After clinching the AFC North last week, the Bengals will host the Raiders to kick off their postseason. The Raiders survived a wild overtime game with the Chargers on Sunday night to take the final playoff spot in the conference.  The Bengals, who rested most of their starters in their loss to… Source link

“Relentless” was a word Joe Judge used as an anchor in the first media conference of his New York Giants coaching career. It was the kind of buzzy, coach-speak term that rolls off the tongue well in interviews and can be easily plastered somewhere in the team facility. If Ted Lasso has “Believe,” Joe Judge has “relentless.” Relentless in losing … in making mistakes … in overseeing decline.  They’re relentless reminders that fruit of the Bill Belichick coaching tree is usually long… Source link

One thing is certain already: the market environment for 2022 will not be the same as that in 2021. This may or may not be good for investors, per se, but like every shift in market conditions, it will present opportunities for those prepared to grasp them. Some factors are just reruns. COVID is rearing its ugly head again, threatening us with lockdowns and shutdowns. That’s running against the grain of a resurgent economy, an economy that is trying to gain more traction – but it’s… Source link

After more than two years away, Klay Thompson finally stepped back on the court for the Golden State Warriors on Sunday night. Thompson, who suffered both an ACL injury and then an Achilles injury in recent years, officially made his return on Sunday at the Chase Center for the Warriors’ 96-82 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Thompson was in the starting lineup for the Warriors, and received a massive standing ovation from Warriors fans pregame. Draymond Green fouled instantly after the tip,… Source link

The first 150 seconds of Sunday’s Seattle-Arizona game showed exactly why Russell Wilson might be done with the Seahawks … and why he might stick around for another decade.  On the second play from scrimmage, Arizona’s Chandler Jones burst through Seattle’s overwhelmed offensive line and laid out Wilson. He fumbled the ball right into the hands of Zach Allen, who ran it back 16 yards for a touchdown. O-line protection has been a sore point for Wilson for a long time, and that was as ugly a… Source link

At about 2:30 p.m. PT, it looked like the San Francisco 49ers‘ season was dying. It was back on life support at a little bit before 4 p.m. too.  Somehow, the 49ers made it to the postseason. They came back from a 17-0 deficit against the Los Angeles Rams to tie it. Jimmy Garoppolo overcame a bad fourth-quarter interception to lead an enormous 88-yard touchdown drive to tie it with 26 seconds left. Then in overtime, Garoppolo led a field-goal drive to take the lead and rookie cornerback Ambry… Source link

Thanks to a huge performance on Sunday afternoon, Rob Gronkowski will get to cash in a $1 million bonus check. The Buccaneers tight end had seven receptions for 137 yards in Tampa Bay’s 41-17 win over the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, which earned him a pair of $500,000 contract incentives. The 32-year-old entered their regular season finale in Tampa with 48 catches and 665 receiving yards on the season. He was seven catches shy of 55, which triggered an automatic $500,000 bonus, and 85… Source link

The New Orleans Saints were very much alive for a playoff spot on Sunday afternoon, but their hopes of doing anything in the playoffs looked a lot murkier before they knew if they’d made the postseason.  The Saints lost quarterback Taysom Hill to a Lisfranc injury to his foot, New Orleans coach Sean Payton told Fox sideline reporter Laura Okmin. Hill wasn’t ruled out, but that’s generally a serious injury. Trevor Siemian replaced Hill.  The Saints needed a win and a San Francisco 49ers loss… Source link

Nobody had given up on Trevor Lawrence. But before the Jacksonville Jaguars‘ final game this season, Lawrence looked very little like the star he was touted to be.  Blame Urban Meyer or Lawrence’s teammates or the Jaguars in general for a bad rookie season, but it has been a bad rookie season. He hadn’t thrown for more than one touchdown in a game since the season opener. His passer rating for the 10 games before Sunday’s finale was a ghastly 66. Not that the Jaguars were going to be… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Concern among some big European nations about economic fallout raises the risk of a split with the U.S. on how strongly to hit Russia with fresh sanctions if it invades Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from Bloomberg Western allies are united in their desire to prevent a war as they enter high-stakes talks this week aimed at defusing tensions with Russia, warning it faces massive penalties for any incursion. Actions that have been discussed… Source link