NFL Playoffs

NFL Playoffs

NFL Playoffs

Comprehensive coverage of the NFL Playoffs, includes all matchups, schedules, team and player stats, projections, polls, videos, podcasts and much more.

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Auction Block: Lord of the Rings

Eric Angevine

...over the wire last week that former Bulls guard Randy Brown would be selling his trio of championship rings as part of bankruptcy proceedings, it was a solemn reminder that the truth hits everybody in...

Blog Entry | Conversation | May 04, 2009

The Back and Forth: Best Sports Day Of The Year?

Ted Bauer and Eric Angevine

...the debate we'll attempt to settle in this edition of "The Back and Forth," pitting Conference Championship Sunday (represented by ESPN associate editor/producer Ted Bauer) versus the first day of the NCAA Tournament...

Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 2009

The NEXT: AFC Championship Game?

Ted Bauer

...win Super Bowl XLIV. Here's our call, right now: Steelers vs. Patriots in the 2009 AFC Championship Game, to be contested in January 2010. The movie-poster-style tagline for it? "The Battle...

Blog Entry | Conversation | February 02, 2009

Eight Men Out

Doug Mittler

...BLAME? Earnest Byner. The Browns are driving for the tying touchdown against the Broncos in the AFC championship game following the 1987 season. Byner is stripped of the ball by Jeremiah Castille near the...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 29, 2009

SUPER. FREAKY. WACKY. CREEPY?

Molly Knight

...outcome of the game, but that doesn't mean she's comfortable tempting fate. Before the AFC Championship contest versus the Steelers Kathy explained: "I don't think we oughta change what brought us...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 29, 2009

In This Issue: Without Express Written Consent

...so as not to attract the ire of high-powered corporate attorneys.) COLLECTOR A: 1. 1974 — AFC Playoffs, Miami at Oakland I can remember where I was watching this with my grandfather in 1974...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 28, 2009

ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings

Ted Bauer

...Power Rankings is? Please click here.] Logically speaking, there have been a lot of tremendous AFC and NFC Championship games over the years. (A list of NFC games is here; AFC games here.) By...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009

The Hitchhiker: Day 1

Sean Tuohey

...D.C. to Pittsburgh, but right into the stands to scream for my Steelers in the AFC championship game. The Steeler way is not to spend, but to get it done another way, with...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009

Prep for Sunday: The Steelers D

David Fleming (text) and Stevland Wilson (video)

A reader wrote to Magazine senior writer David Fleming yesterday and asked, "Is Ray Lewis/Ed Reed the best safety/linebacker combo ever?" Fleming's re...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009

In Defense Of The Prevent

David Fleming

John Madden threw it under the bus. We defend it.

Story | Conversation | January 16, 2009

Just Crazy Enough To Work

Eddie Matz

When the game's on the line, there are certain skills you need. Here's how people pull 'em off.

Story | Conversation | January 16, 2009

Right Leg, Don't Fail Me Now

David Fleming

From 2002 to 2007, 12 playoff games were decided by late field goals. Want to know what to look for in these situations?

Story | Conversation | January 16, 2009

Stage-Setting: NFL Predictions

Rick Paulas

In the next few days, a lot of professionals will be analyzing the upcoming double-dose of NFL action by using such time-tested guidelines as "statist...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009

The Weekend Lookahead: Ten Links For the Conference Title Games

Ted Bauer

Our boss calls ESPN The Magazine's website a "content factory." Legit. We produce videos and written pieces, right? Some of them over the past few mon...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 15, 2009

The Back and Forth: Best Sports Day Of The Year?

Ted Bauer and Eric Angevine

...evening, you have the opportunity to consume professional football at the highest levels in form of Conference Championship Sunday. This year's should be a doozy: the Cardinals are a great story, Donovan McNabb is...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 15, 2009