The Tampa Bay Buccaneers find themselves on the doorstep of the Super Bowl this weekend, a Super Bowl that will be played in the Buccaneers’ home of Raymond James Stadium. With a win over the Packers on Sunday, the Buccaneers can become the first team to play in a Super Bowl in their home stadium. Tampa Bay has spent the […]

“Famous Jameis” is . . . back? Maybe. In a game billed as Tom Brady vs. Drew Brees vs. Father Time, it was a much younger Saints quarterback who notched New Orleans’ first touchdown pass of Sunday’s NFC divisional round playoff game: Jameis Winston tossed a 56-yarder to Tre’Quan Smith for a go-ahead score midway through the second quarter. And […]

NFL championship weekend features a pair of quarterback matchups for all ages.   First, Tampa Bay meets Green Bay in the NFC championship game at 3:05 p.m. ET on Sunday. Aaron Rodgers, 37, is playing in his fifth NFC championship game, but it’s his first one at Lambeau Field. Tom Brady, 43, is in his 14th NFC championship game, but this is his […]

Way back in the forgotten time of Week 6, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hosted the Green Bay Packers. Thanks to an offensive explosion in the first month of the season in which Green Bay won all four games and hadn’t scored less than 30 points, the Packers were considered to be the favorite — and were promptly blown out by […]

Longtime Jets beat writer for New York Daily News Syracuse University graduate 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 […]

Bruce Arians swears he might not have come out of retirement in 2019 to take over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers if Byron Leftwich were not riding shotgun. “I needed somebody to be the offensive coordinator,” Arians, 68, reflected on Monday for USA TODAY Sports. “I didn’t want to have to do that. Health-wise, for one thing. And then I just wanted to watch […]

Twitter didn’t take long to come up with the joke. Drew Brees won a playoff game that featured a special broadcast on Nickelodeon to set up a divisional round matchup with Tom Brady. Social media figured that should have a special broadcast, too, this time on the History Channel. All that was left was for Brady’s team to create a […]

The stage is set for the NFL’s final four teams to square off for the right to go to the Super Bowl, but before that happens, DFS managers get to put together one more multi-game lineup. The Conference Championship slate features four elite offenses and some tough defenses, so finding the right combination of players isn’t easy. Our FanDuel tournament strategy […]

Once again, the Pittsburgh Steelers will promote from within to fill their offensive coordinator job. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport and NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported that the Steelers are expected to promote quarterbacks coach Matt Canada to OC, per sources informed of the situation. Canada interviewed with the Miami Dolphins for their coordinator job but will stick in Pittsburgh […]

Texans fans are devoted to Deshaun Watson. And as such they are, presumably, on edge as rumors swirl about the franchise quarterback’s future in Houston. That future appears more likely to take place with any team but the Texans, with reports of a growing rift between Watson and Houston brass growing wider. Those reports spurred the Houston faithful to take action: On Monday, […]