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The San Diego Padres were never going to catch the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West after their trade-deadline flurry, but they were expected to comfortably make the playoffs. Maybe they will eventually run away with a wild-card spot, but it hasn’t been easy. The Padres are 10-13 since the deadline. Fernando Tatis Jr. got suspended for PEDs. Josh Hader has been a surprising disaster. Not much has gone right. It doesn’t get easier for the Padres on Monday night. The Padres face the San… Source link

NFL wild-card weekend came and went and swept away six teams in the first season with an expanded playoff. Most lost to superior clubs, while others made their own crippling mistakes or were perhaps the victim of bad officiating.  Now, these six teams head into the offseason looking for answers about why their postseason ended with a first-round exit. Some solutions will be easier to solve, while others may have a hard time returning to the postseason after the NFL’s first 18-week season…. Source link

The list of times Bill Belichick has been embarrassed in the playoffs is short.  The instance everyone will point to is a 2009 wild-card game against the Baltimore Ravens, when the New England Patriots trailed 24-0 in the first quarter. They lost that game 33-14. In 2012 they lost the AFC championship game to the Ravens by 15 points. Those were the only times Belichick’s Patriots teams had lost by more than 10 in the playoffs.  A lot about Saturday night’s 47-17 Buffalo Bills win was… Source link

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

The wild-card round of the NFL playoffs continues Sunday at 1:05 p.m. EDT with a three-game slate. The Ravens and Titans kick off the day with a rematch of last season’s AFC divisional-round tilt, followed by Bears-Saints and Browns-Steelers. Among the recommended options for this slate are a quarterback-receiver combo facing a vulnerable secondary, an elite running back who has dominated all season and a veteran tight end facing a defense that has struggled to stop the position by the goal… Source link

The Baltimore Ravens beat the Indianapolis Colts, 24-10, on Nov. 8. That win brought their record to 6-2, with five victories coming by 14 or more points. The only losses were to the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers, the two best teams in the NFL. The thought of them missing the playoffs wasn’t on anyone’s mind. The NFL moves fast. In two weeks, the Ravens have taken on two losses — they lost two games the entire 2019 regular season — and suddenly Baltimore is far from a… Source link