NFL - NEWS & NOTES

lol... i'll never forget. That's why KC, Oakland and Pittsburgh are on my list.

 

Not that it matters for the game but that poor kid for the colts was as widemopen as you can get and dropped a sure TD.

 

As young lad, I loved the Vikings as you know. Tark was my guy....The only SB I can really remember them losing however was to the Raiders. I was too young for the first three, but I still felt the pain upon reading of the travesties....

 

That was a gutzy call to go on 4th n 1 by the Cowboys.

 

Wow, Cooper from Dak, 7-3 Cowboys.

 

CJ Anderson is ripping it up...

 

I heard the betting guys talking about that on the way into work today. "The Chiefs are a fast team, they can't do that in the cold and snow. Colts grind it out". I mean, if you can read through even the slightest amount if nuance or bullshit, you realize how silly a notion that is. Unless the weather is so horrendous that the ball can barely be thrown... Not in favor of the Colts.

In retrospect, the outcome proved it, though I only got to watch a few minutes.

Remember last year, during the Jax - Bills game, when the commentators were blaming the wind for Bortles' terrible throws? It was one of the funniest things I've heard from a booth. The ball is traveling 5 feet, and "the wind took it".

 

I drew the cowboys in a blind draw really need a td here to at least give me hope

 

Who has two thumbs and is responsible for drafting the two most exciting young quarterbacks in the NFL?

^^^this guy.

 

He drafted Mahomes but not Watson

 

Are those not 2 exciting QBs to watch?

 

Looks like Rams about to bust your bubble wise guy....

 

Meh not teally going the way i figured

 

It is going the way I figured...

I like the Chargers on the moneyline tomorrow. They won't need the 4 points.

Still unsure about the late game. I would expect Saints to win, but that's a big number to cover. In all honesty, I'm probably staying away from that game. I'd likely take the points if ya twisted my arm....

 

I thought they only twist your arm when you can't pay the money.

 

maybe some places...We just break thumbs.

tried and true...

 

Chiefs move past Colts, will host AFC title game for first time...

The Chiefs won their first home playoff game in 25 years on Saturday and they’ll get a chance at another one next Sunday.

We won’t know who will be on the other sideline until the Patriots and Chargers square off tomorrow, but we do know that the Chiefs will host a conference title game for the first time in franchise history. The top seed in the AFC got out to a 17-0 lead in the first half and watched their defense overwhelm the Colts offense over most of a 31-13 win.

The Chiefs have only played in one AFC title game in their history as both of their Super Bowl trips came when they still called the AFL home. Regardless of which team advances to face them, they looked very capable of making their third visit to the big game against Indianapolis.

Patrick Mahomes was 27-of-41 for 278 yards and ran for a touchdown, Tyreek Hill ran for a score while catching eight passes, Travis Kelce had 108 receiving yards and Damien Williams continued to shine as the team’s top running back. Those headline performances took a backseat to the play of the Kansas City defense for much of the day.

They held the Colts without a first down for more than 28 minutes to open the game and totally shut down the run game despite finishing 27th in run defense during the regular season. They sacked Andrew Luck three times, forced a fumble a couple of plays after a Sammy Watkins turnover and didn’t allow the Colts to convert a third down all night.

A touchdown pass to T.Y. Hilton with just over five minutes left got the Indy offense on the board and it looked like they might get another chance to make it a game in the final minutes by forcing a punt, but Najee Goode, who blocked a punt for the first Colts touchdown of the game, was flagged for running into punter Dustin Colquitt.

It was the 10th penalty of the night for the Colts — another big negative for the Colts on a night overstuffed with them — and the Chiefs would add a Darrel Williams touchdown a short time later.

A big night for the defense wasn’t par for the course for the Chiefs this season. It was the high-powered offense that led the Chiefs to this point and the prospect of matching Saturday’s defensive performance to that kind of firepower again next week should warm hearts on a chilly night in Kansas City. (PFT)

 

Rams headed to NFC Championship Game for first time since 2001...

See C.J. run. Run, C.J., run.

See Todd run. Run, Todd, run.

C.J. Anderson and Todd Gurley both rushed for more than 100 yards in leading the Rams to a 30-22 victory over the Cowboys that didn’t feel that close.

The Rams ran for 273 yards, gained 459 total yards and punted only once. They scored on six of nine possessions, missing a 63-yard field goal on the final play of the first half, punting on their seventh possession and kneeling in victory formation to end the game.

Anderson’s 1-yard touchdown run on fourth down with 7:16 remaining gave the Rams a 15-point lead. The Cowboys got it back within a one-possession game with 2:11 left on a 1-yard Dak Prescott run, but with the Rams facing a third-and-seven, Jared Goff ran for 11 yards to ice it.

It sends the Rams to their first NFC Championship Game since 2001. They will either travel to New Orleans next weekend or play host to the Eagles.

Anderson had 23 carries for 123 yards and two touchdowns, and Gurley 115 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries in his return from left knee inflammation that kept him out the final two regular-season games.

Goff’s run, though, was as big as any in the game, ending the Cowboys’ chance at a comeback. He completed 15 of 28 passes for 186 yards.

The Cowboys ranked third against the run this season, had allowed only three 100-yard rushers and held the Seahawks, the top-ranked rushing offense, to 73 rushing yards last week. They had not allowed two backs in the same game to rush for 100 yards since Dec. 20, 2008, in the final game at Texas Stadium when La’Ron McClain and Willis McGahee did it for Baltimore.

The Cowboys ran for only 50 yards, as Ezekiel Elliott had 20 carries for 47 yards and a touchdown and Prescott two carries for 3 yards and a touchdown. Dallas had 308 total yards.

The Cowboys went 1-for-10 on third down and 3-for-4 on fourth down.

Rams defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh had perhaps his best game of the season, with four tackles, two quarterback hits and a tackle for loss, and Aaron Donald was dominant, with two tackles and a tackle for loss. (PFT)

 

Patriots up on the Chargers in the 2nd quarter... 21-7

Deja Vu