NFL Playoffs Articles - Page 16

With just one week left in the 2024 regular season, the Los Angeles Chargers are the No. 6 seed in the AFC Playoff picture under new head coach Jim Harbaugh, and there’s a possibility they improve based on Week 18. However, with the Chargers set to play in the 4:25 p.m. EST timeslot on Sunday, […]

Although the Washington Commanders clinched a playoff berth following their overtime win against the Atlanta Falcons, head coach Dan Quinn made it clear where he stands on resting his starters versus playing them. Quinn made a statement on Monday, explaining why he made his decision, per Ben Standig on X. “Dan Quinn said the Commanders […]

As the NFL regular season barrels toward its climactic finish, the Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves in a precarious position. Recall that they had an impressive start to the season where they held a 10-3 record heading into Week 15. However, the Steelers have lost their last three games, opening the door to a potentially nightmarish […]

It has been a season of highs for the Baltimore Ravens in 2024. However, as the NFL playoff picture comes into focus, there is some potential unease about the road ahead. For all their regular-season accomplishments, the postseason path that appears to be taking shape could be perilous for a team with Super Bowl aspirations. […]

Although they struggled to score, the Los Angeles Ram took care of business against the Arizona Cardinals. The 13-9 victory improved their record to 10-6. More importantly, it moved Los Angeles closer to clinching the NFC West. They can lock up the division as early as Sunday if they get help from other teams around […]

The weeks leading up to the playoffs typically feature some of the most exciting regular season NFL games. There are four total playoff spots still up for grabs heading into the main slate of Week 17 games on Sunday. Those include two division titles in the NFC as well as one wild card spot in […]

Considering how disappointing the Cincinnati Bengals’ 2024 season started, there’s still a way for them to make the playoffs. Four potential scenarios would result in the Bengals making the 2024 NFL Playoffs, including their outcome against the Broncos in Week 17. Option No. 1: The Bengals must win against the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers. […]

For the second-straight season, the Green Bay Packers will play in the 2025 NFL playoffs. Despite playing behind the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions in the NFC North, the Packers clinched a Wild Card spot in Week 16. While the NFC North has not yet been clinched, the Packers cannot win the division. They remain […]

Sitting in second place in the AFC after their narrow 24-21 victory against the New England Patriots, there’s a pathway to the No. 1 seed for the Buffalo Bills. And with the debate on resting starters in the final week of the season before the playoffs, Bills head coach Sean McDermott wasn’t ready to give […]

There is one game left in Week 16 as the Green Bay Packers host the New Orleans Saints on Monday Night Football. But that means the AFC games are finished and the playoff picture has cleared up. The Chargers beat the Broncos on Thursday night, starting the week with a big win. Wins by the […]

The Detroit Lions (21-1) are on top of the NFC and have officially secured a postseason spot following their win over the Green Bay Packers. It’s been a historic season for the team. For one, their 11-game winning streak is already a franchise record. Additionally, this is the first time in history that the Lions […]

About midway through the month of October, the Detroit Lions provided an update on star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson that could only be considered optimistic, stating that if the Lions managed to make their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history, there was a chance that Hutchinson would be able to return to the field […]

The Kansas City Chiefs are heading back to the playoffs for the tenth straight season. Patrick Mahomes and the offense are having a down year but they have won every one-possession game they’ve played and are 11-1. While the 2024-25 Chiefs are not the best version of this team, they still will be scary in […]

With a last-second win over the New England Patriots in Week 13, the Indianapolis Colts improved to 6-7 in 2024, including 5-4 with Anthony Richardson starting. The win keeps the Colts in the playoff hunt with just four games remaining in the regular season. While the win was impressive, Richardson and the Colts still showed […]

The Kansas City Chiefs became the first team in the NFL this season to clinch a playoff berth, but star quarterback Patrick Mahomes is anything but satisfied with his team’s performance against the Las Vegas Raiders. Mahomes threw for 306 yards and a record-setting touchdown in the 19-17 Black Friday win, and after the playoff-clinching […]

The Arizona Cardinals are riding high on the heels of a four-game winning streak. Their most recent victory over the New York Jets was a clinic. Kyler Murray completed 22-of-24 passes for 266 yards and a touchdown. He added 21 yards rushing and two scores on the ground. Rookie Trey Benson earned double-digit carries for […]

One of my running shticks here at ClutchPoints has been to take a story about an athlete playing through an injury that would force a normal human like me to cower and cry and do anything but play in a football game. Well now, thanks to some of the folks who make up Chiefs Kingdom, I’ve learned […]

With the Kansas City Chiefs’ win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl 58, Patrick Mahomes captured his third title before turning 30 years of age. That feat matches Tom Brady, but the comparison between Mahomes and Brady tilts heavily towards the Chiefs signal caller in several other significant categories. Mahomes was named Super […]

Patrick Mahomes. Travis Kelce. Andy Reid. Heck, even Taylor Swift drew some credit for the success of the Kansas City Chiefs as they added another Super Bowl trophy to their collection. But one man who doesn’t get as much screen time as those other four made history after the Chiefs’ triumph in Super Bowl 58: […]

Super Bowl 58 ended in victory for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. For some fans, that win immediately sparked a debate about whether Mahomes has officially surpassed Tom Brady as the greatest quarterback of all time. The Chiefs’ 25-22 defeat of the San Francisco 49ers secured the team’s third title in five years. […]

As she watched boyfriend Travis Kelce and his Kansas City Chiefs fight to keep Super Bowl 58 from ending in a San Francisco 49ers victory, Taylor Swift might’ve instructed Kelce to “Shake It Off” and get his team into overtime. With three minutes left in the game, Swift was caught looking incredibly on edge, biting […]

For all the highs he experienced as a player, Tony Romo’s career was marked by several high-profile failures in big spots. For some fans watching Super Bowl 58 between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, Romo came up short when it mattered most again on Sunday. After a low snap from Chiefs center […]

In the run-up to Super Bowl 58, much was made of Taylor Swift’s journey from her concert in Japan to Las Vegas to watch boyfriend Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs take on the San Francisco 49ers. The pop star indeed made it, enduring a 12-and-a-half hour flight immediately after performing a three-plus hour […]

Following a 13-4 season that ended in AFC Championship heartbreak, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was asked if he’d be tuning into Super Bowl 58. Would he watch with excitement like so many NFL fans, or would that only serve as a painful reminder of how close Jackson and his team were to playing in […]

NFL playoff games might be heading in a strange direction after Peacock saw massive success streaming a postseason game this season. As a result, it sounds like Amazon Prime is going to get in on the action next year. That’s right, reports indicate Amazon Prime will officially stream an NFL playoff game much like Peacock, […]

When trying to predict who will be crowned Super Bowl 58 MVP, you cannot go wrong with Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs. The player’s own resume, plus the history of the award, would point any reasonable person in that direction, instead of, say, the direction of Isiah Pacheco. After all, of the 58 […]

In the age of streaming, important sporting events being viewable on non-traditional platforms is becoming more of a regularity. While streaming is a new concept to some, it only makes watching games more convenient, and that will be the case for Super Bowl LVIII. The championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City […]

It has been a different postseason run than usual for Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs as they get prepared win back to back Super Bowls on Feb. 11. in Las Vegas Nevada against the San Francisco 49ers. This time around, the Chiefs have been labeled as “underdogs” due to an up and down […]

Until now, football fans continue to discuss the past weekend’s conference championship games. From the Baltimore Ravens’ stunning loss to the San Francisco 49ers’ comeback, most of those tuned in still bear fresh memories from an eventful Sunday. Some memories aren’t too sweet, however, such as those of the Detroit Lions faithful. One particular memory […]

It seems inevitable that every year Patrick Mahomes reaches the Super Bowl. Because of Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs along with Travis Kelce’s insane skills at tight end, he is back yet again. There were a lot of doubts about him when he entered the draft out of Texas Tech but he has proven those […]

In the must-read, recently released book “The Football 100” written by various columnists from The Athletic, there’s a section on former Houston Oilers running back Earl Campbell, who was voted the 67th greatest player in NFL history, according to the staff of The Athletic. Dan Pompei, who wrote the essay on Campbell, noted that Campbell’s […]

The Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers entered the NFC Championship Game with two entirely different storylines. It made for appointment television with a record number of NFL fans tuning in to see the battle. Almost 57 million people watched the NFC Championship Game. It marks Fox’s highest viewership of the game since 2012 and […]

It’s taken four years to do so, but the San Francisco 49ers are headed back to the big game to face the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 58. Of course, the 49ers’ last Super Bowl appearance back in 2019 was against the Chiefs, and it didn’t go so well for them back then. Will […]

The Kansas City Chiefs will be heading to Super Bowl 58 to take on the San Francisco 49ers. It will be a Super Bowl rematch between the two teams from the 2019 season where the Chiefs dynasty initially started. Little did anyone know that back in 2019, that would be just the beginning of this […]

The NFC Championship was slipping away from the San Francisco 49ers. Jared Goff and Amon-Ra St. Brown were connecting while all Dre Greenlaw, Fred Warner, and Nick Bosa could do was wait for their own offense to do something. There also was not much Kyle Shanahan’s offense would do despite Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle, and […]

The Baltimore Ravens and star quarterback Lamar Jackson were sent home packing, albeit from their own stadium, on Sunday as they fell to the Kansas City Chiefs, 17-10 in the AFC Championship Game. But it wasn’t supposed to end like that. No, this was a team that seemed more than destined to right all the […]

The Baltimore Ravens came up just short in their quest to make it to the Super Bowl, as they suffered a 17-10 loss at the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs. Now, they are forced to head into the offseason earlier than they would have hoped, and they have some big questions to answer, with […]

Brandon Aiyuk’s logic-defying catch versus the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship jump-started a marvelous double-digit comeback for the San Francisco 49ers and ultimately crushed the dreams of an entire Super Bowl-starved city. Apparently, though, it wasn’t impressive enough to grab the No. 1 spot in SportsCenter’s Top 10 Plays. The amazing display of awareness […]

The Detroit Lions very nearly found their way into Super Bowl 58, but ended up collapsing and losing the NFC Championship Game 34-31 at the hands of the San Francisco 49ers. Coming up just short of having a shot to win it all is very tough, and Rex Ryan is one guy who certainly understands […]