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Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers announced his retirement on Wednesday morning, 13 years to the day after he famously played in the AFC championship game on a torn ACL. Known for his toughness, his kindness and his superior trash talk, he made an impact on many people during his 17 years in the NFL. After Rivers announced his retirement, which he did through San Diego Union-Tribune sportswriter Kevin Acee, tributes began pouring in on social media. I’ll… Source link

On one hand, it makes sense that playoff rematches would look similar to the regular-season result. There’s usually a reason one team beats another. That doesn’t magically disappear in the playoffs. Since 2002, when the NFL started its current divisional format, teams that won a regular-season meeting are 63-44 in the playoff rematch according to the Washington Post. In the championship round, there have been nine rematches from the regular season over the past seven seasons and the team… Source link

Subscribe to The Yahoo Sports NFL Podcast Terez Paylor & Charles Robinson recap all four divisional round games from the weekend, starting with Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers putting away Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints on Sunday evening in what is likely to be Brees’ final game before retirement. Later in the show, they break down the Kansas City Chiefs outlasting the Cleveland Browns after Patrick Mahomes suffered a concussion in the third quarter, what’s next for Lamar Jackson… Source link

A few weeks back, Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Parris Campbell got a call out of the blue from Urban Meyer, the coach who recruited him and coached him at Ohio State. Meyer didn’t mince words, telling Campbell he had opportunities to coach in the NFL and wanted his opinion on how his coaching style and culture would work on that level. Campbell told his former coach two things about his transition to the NFL. “No. 1, I’m worried about his health,” Campbell told Yahoo Sports in a… Source link

ProFootball Talk on NBC Sports Chase Claypool calls the Browns “classless” Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool says the Browns were “super classless” during Super Wild Card Weekend. Extending a war of words that started when Claypool predicted the Browns will lose to the Chiefs and continued with Browns linebacker Sione Takitaki calling Claypool “salty about losing,” Claypool weighed in about the Browns again today. “If the [more] Source link

As Thursday rolled into the afternoon hours for the Cleveland Browns, the vast deflation of what should have been one of the most exciting weeks in franchise history continued. The practice facility remained closed. Quarterback Baker Mayfield, who isn’t allowed to practice with his teammates outside of the facility, told reporters he hasn’t thrown a football since the regular-season finale. Cleveland’s Coach of the Year candidate, Kevin Stefanki, continues to ratchet on a game schematic… Source link

Get ready for a super-sized NFL wild-card weekend. In 1982, there was a 16-team bracket due to a strike-shortened season. That was the last time we’ve had more than four games in the first weekend of the NFL playoffs, before this season. With the NFL expanding the playoffs from 12 to 14 teams, we’ll get wall-to-wall postseason football on wild-card weekend. Those games can be live steamed on the Yahoo Sports app. Here is the schedule for the three games on Saturday of wild-card weekend, all… Source link

Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers threw for 240 yards and four touchdowns Sunday to give the Packers a 35-16 victory at Chicago, a home-field edge in the NFL playoffs and a first-round bye. Rodgers completed 19-of-24 passes with second-quarter touchdown tosses of 3 yards to Robert Tonyan, 13 yards to Dominique Dafney and 72 yards to Marquez Valdes-Scantling plus a late 6-yarder clincher to Davante Adams as the Packers finished 13-3 with the National Conference (NFC) top seed. “It was a good win for… Source link

The NFL boasts some interesting matchups this Sunday in Week 17, but let’s be honest — the matchup you care about the most is in your fantasy league. Who is set for a big Week 17, who should you be starting and who should you be sitting? Here is a roundup from some of the top fantasy football experts around, including from Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports and our own expert. QUARTERBACK: START ‘EM Here are some quarterbacks you should start this week NJ Advance Media: Ryan Tannehill, Titans. He’s… Source link

GlobeNewswire Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Reminds Investors That Class Action Lawsuits Have Been Filed Against Splunk, Minerva Neurosciences, Covia Holdings, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporations and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm NEW YORK, Dec. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized shareholder rights law firm, reminds investors that class actions have been commenced on behalf of stockholders of Splunk, Inc. (NASDAQ:… Source link