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NFL playoff picture projections: Updated chances to make the postseason, win divisions
We're looking ahead to how the 14-team playoff picture could line up en route to Super Bowl LIX.
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NFL playoff clinching scenarios for Week 16: Which teams will secure a division title or postseason berth?
Seven of 14 teams have already secured their playoff spots. Here's what to know about the clinching scenarios for Week 16.
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NFL playoff clinching scenarios for Week 15: Which teams can secure a postseason berth this weekend?
Four of 14 teams have already secured their playoff spots. Here's what to know about the clinching scenarios for Week 15.
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Barnwell predicts the NFL playoff field and makes his Super Bowl pick: Who's in and who's out?
Every year, an average of six NFL teams don't make it to back-to-back postseasons. Who are those teams in 2024? We tried to predict.
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Barnwell picks five NFL teams set to improve: Could the Patriots make the playoffs?
Which teams should win more games this season than they did in 2023? We made five picks, including the Patriots.
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Which NFL playoff teams will make it back this season? Barnwell ranks all 14 contenders
Which of last season's NFL playoff teams will return next postseason? We stacked all 14 based on their chances.
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'Devin Hester, you are ridiculous!': How one Super Bowl play turned Bears star into a Hall of Fame icon
It was one of the most electrifying plays in Super Bowl history. Here's how the people who were there remember it.
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Barnwell: The history of 'sexy' Super Bowl picks, and why the Packers, Lions and Texans should be optimistic
Every year, a team emerges as a trendy preseason Super Bowl pick. Do those squads usually succeed? Let's evaluate 20 recent candidates.
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Surprise in London: Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift relationship timeline
It is, in fact, a love story. A look at the whirlwind romance of Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift as the Chiefs tight end and the singer-songwriter appear on stage together at Wembley Stadium in London for Eras Tour.
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NFL players speak on the 18-game schedule: What stands in the way of an agreement?
The commissioner has advocated for an expanded schedule and a holiday weekend Super Bowl. NFL players have thoughts.
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'One of the biggest heartbreaks': 49ers at varying stages of grief after latest postseason near miss
It's been nearly two weeks since their overtime Super Bowl loss to the Chiefs, but the what-ifs are still lingering for the 49ers.
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Core conundrums for the Chiefs, 49ers: Can both Super Bowl teams keep their stars? Let's do the math
Both teams have big-name free agents (Chris Jones, Chase Young) and extensions (Brandon Aiyuk, Creed Humphrey) to navigate. Can they make it work?
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Justice for Kyle Shanahan? Barnwell's guide to every NFL playoff overtime angle
The Chiefs wanted the ball second in overtime in the Super Bowl. The 49ers wanted the ball first -- and got it. Did Kyle Shanahan really make the wrong call?
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From Kelce's bodycheck to Watt's gel, the Super Bowl's off-field moments as told by social media
The Kansas City Chiefs are the Super Bowl LVIII champions after defeating the San Francisco 49ers. These are the moments that had social media going.
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How Travis Kelce embraced stardom and cemented his football legacy
The most chronicled figure of the 2023 NFL season held the public's attention until the very end. This is how Kelce reminded us why he matters.
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Let's overreact to the Super Bowl: Will Mahomes catch Brady? An OT mistake for the 49ers?
The Chiefs are champs again after beating the 49ers, and we sized up potential overreactions on Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid and Kyle Shanahan.
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Niners players: We didn't know overtime rules
Multiple 49ers players said they were not aware of the NFL's postseason overtime rules.
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SVP's One Big Thing: All roads lead to a parade for Kansas City
The Kansas City Chiefs are back-to-back Super Bowl champions. Scott Van Pelt reflects on the dynasty-cementing season of Patrick Mahomes & Co.
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- Kelce: Bumping, yelling at Reid 'unacceptable'
- Shanahan: 49ers made OT plan before playoffs
- Record $185.6M bet on SB with Nevada books
- Super Bowl LVIII most-watched TV program ever
- Love tap: Kelce, Reid brush off bump, will be back
- Mahomes: Chiefs three-peat would be legendary
- 49ers left 'hurting'; Shanahan stands by coaching