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10:25 AM ET The Texans‘ coaching decision is not expected to change Deshaun Watson‘s thinking, as the quarterback is still expected to want out of Houston, no matter who the head coach is, sources told ESPN’s Chris Mortensen. The Texans are expected to request second interviews with Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier and Kansas

6:25 PM ET In an arrangement the two sides have discussed and mutually agreed upon, quarterback Matthew Stafford is expected to not return to the Lions this offseason, with Detroit listening to trade offers for its former No. 1 overall pick starting this week, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. With new general

9:15 PM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Matthew Stafford gathered his team in a huddle before their Week 17 game against Minnesota, doing what he’d done so often before in his career with the Detroit Lions. As he did, it’s not clear if he knew then that this would likely be his last game in

6:55 AM ET ESPN staff The conference championship games of the NFL playoffs have arrived, with both kicking off on Sunday. The fifth-seeded Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face the top-seed Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game, and then the No. 2-seeded Buffalo Bills will play the No. 1 Kansas City Chiefs in the

5:16 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have interviewed quarterback Josh McCown and former Lions and Colts head coach Jim Caldwell for their head coach opening, the team announced on Friday. Houston signed the quarterback to a two-year contract on Nov. 4 from the Philadelphia Eagles‘ practice squad, with him joining Deshaun Watson and

7:00 AM ET Rob Demovsky Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Packers for Green Bay Press-Gazette from 1997-2013 Two-time Wisconsin Sportswriter of the Year as selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Jenna Laine Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Buccaneers since 2009 Joined ESPN in 2016 For years, the only hope for a Tom

12:29 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will not have wide receiver Antonio Brown for Sunday’s NFC Championship Game at the Green Bay Packers, coach Bruce Arians announced Friday. “I just talked to him this morning, and to put him on the plane and fly up there and have it swell more

2:07 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles are hiring Indianapolis Colts offensive coordinator Nick Sirianni to be the team’s next head coach, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Sirianni, 39, spent three seasons as an assistant with the Kansas City Chiefs, five seasons with the Chargers and the past three with the Colts. He replaces

7:10 AM ET HOUSTON — There are four teams left in the playoffs, and somehow the biggest topic in the NFL is quarterback Deshaun Watson and the Houston Texans. We covered the basics of why Watson is unhappy with the franchise that drafted him and what his options are going forward, but let’s take go

5:56 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Everyone else might be wondering how many chances Aaron Rodgers will get at a Super Bowl, but the Green Bay Packers quarterback says he’s not one of them. Just days away from his fifth NFC Championship Game — and his fourth since his lone Super Bowl appearance 10

6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — How many times does a team trade away the player who is the face of its league and get away with it? Or at least, the draft pick that became the face of its league? In the Buffalo Bills‘ case, they might have pulled off the

8:46 AM ET Indianapolis Colts quarterback Philip Rivers told the San Diego Union-Tribune he is retiring from football, saying “it’s just time” to end his NFL career after 17 seasons. Rivers revealed his decision to the Union-Tribune on Tuesday night and told the newspaper that he plans to coach high school football. Rivers, 39, spent

7:15 AM ET NFL NationESPN It is exactly two years to the day since the infamous defensive pass interference no-call in the Rams-Saints NFC Championship Game of the 2018 NFL season. It is one of the most recent massive officiating controversies, but it’s far from the only one. Rightly or wrongly, every NFL team’s fan

7:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A failing marriage in Houston has sparked near-hysteria in the New York/New Jersey area. With the NFL’s speculation machine working at high speed, the New York Jets have been linked to Deshaun Watson in potential trade scenarios for the disgruntled Houston Texans quarterback. The talk shows, local and

3:35 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes remains in the NFL’s concussion protocol, and it’s too early to say that he definitely will play in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Buffalo Bills, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Mahomes cleared certain steps Monday, “some big steps,” sources told Schefter, but the reigning Super

9:10 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2020 NFL playoffs are down to the top four teams heading into championship weekend. However, that also means that 28 other teams have begun their offseasons. Ahead of them looms free agency and the 2021 NFL draftto help shore up weaknesses and holes in their rosters. There are several

4:40 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is in the NFL’s concussion protocol, and that’s really all we can say about his status six days before the AFC Championship Game. We don’t know how long he will be sidelined. We don’t know if he will be able to play Sunday. We don’t even

12:02 PM ET For now, the Kansas City Chiefs remain the team to beat, but things could change quickly depending on the status of quarterback Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs begin the week as 3-point favorites over the Buffalo Bills in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday in Kansas City. The line reflects oddsmakers’ expectations that