Tag: nfl playoffs

  • Longest Active Postseason Streaks in the NFL

    Longest Active Postseason Streaks in the NFL

    Heading into the 2016 NFL season, there are 8 teams with consecutive playoff appearances in the last two years or more. The most recent Super Bowl champion not on a playoff streak, not even making the postseason last year, are the Baltimore Ravens, winning the Super Bowl following the 2012 season. Arizona Cardinals – 2 […]

  • Teams That Missed the Playoffs After Winning the Super Bowl

    Teams That Missed the Playoffs After Winning the Super Bowl

    The Denver Broncos didn’t have the best of offseasons following their Super Bowl win, including the loss of two quarterbacks and some key players on defense, which puts them in a very likely position to be the 14th team to miss the playoffs following a Super Bowl win in the 16-game NFL season era.

  • Cardinals vs Panthers Predictions

    Cardinals vs Panthers Predictions

    The funny thing about the upcoming NFC championship game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Carolina Panthers is that the weather might make everything we know about these teams useless, considering how both of them aren’t used to play in these kind of conditions.

  • Patriots vs Broncos Predictions

    Patriots vs Broncos Predictions

    For the second time in three seasons, we get the AFC championship game everyone keeps waiting for at the beginning of each year. The New England Patriots against the Denver Broncos, which means another edition, maybe the last, of the Tom Brady & Peyton Manning rivalry.

  • NFL Rumors – New England Patriots & Denver Broncos Mostly Busy Trash Talking

    NFL Rumors – New England Patriots & Denver Broncos Mostly Busy Trash Talking

    Heading into the AFC Championship game, part of the routine is trash talking between the Denver Broncos and New England Patriots. Be it about how to tackle Rob Gronkowski (hint: go low) or whether Tom Brady complains too much to referees, there’s plenty to gorge on for those who can’t wait for the actual game to start.

  • NFL Postseason Scores

    NFL Postseason Scores

    The NFL Playoffs divisional round is over, as the Carolina Panthers, thanks to a huge first half by their defense and Cam Newton, advance to the NFC championship game at the expense of the Seattle Seahawks, while the Denver Broncos defense carries Peyton Manning once again, this time into the AFC championship game, leaving the hobbled Pittsburgh Steelers behind.

  • NFL Playoff Scores

    NFL Playoff Scores

    The first half of the NFL Playoffs divisional round is over, with the New England Patriots beating the Kansas City Chiefs to put themselves in another AFC championship game, while the Arizona Cardinals needed overtime to beat the Green Bay Packers, who forced the extra few minutes with another Aaron Rodger hail mary pass, something we’ve already seen happen in the regular season.

  • NFL Rumors – Carolina Panthers & Arizona Cardinals Under Championship Pressure

    NFL Rumors – Carolina Panthers & Arizona Cardinals Under Championship Pressure

    With home field advantage and excellent regular seasons comes more pressure. The Carolina Panthers (hosting the Seattle Seahawks) and the Arizona Cardinals (hosting the Green Bay Packers) are favorites to win their NFC divisional playoff games, but they have more riding on these games as well.

  • NFL Rumors – Steelers, Broncos Relying on Banged up Quarterbacks

    NFL Rumors – Steelers, Broncos Relying on Banged up Quarterbacks

    The next stage for the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Denver Broncos in the NFL playoffs will be a rematch from the regular season, one which Ben Roethlisberger won, but that was back when he was healthy (as healthy as Big Ben can be) and Peyton Manning didn’t even play in.

  • NFL Rumors – Being the Road Team is Great

    NFL Rumors – Being the Road Team is Great

    Maybe the one thing the wild card round of the NFL playoffs taught us is that home field advantage is nice, but isn’t that important. The Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers were all playing on the road. But for the first time in the WC round history, all the road teams won the game.