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-seeded 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
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1:24 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Quarterback Patrick Mahomes remained in the NFL’s concussion protocol, but he took the majority of the snaps in Thursday’s practice despite being listed as a limited participant, Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. “Pat looked good out there,” Reid said. “He did a nice job when he
7:41 PM ET The Washington Football Team is hiring Martin Mayhew as its new general manager, a source told ESPN on Thursday, adding another experienced voice to help coach Ron Rivera. Mayhew, who most recently was an executive in the Niners front office, interviewed with Rivera on Jan. 16 and had long been considered a
3:05 PM ET New Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell, in a passionate, emotional, intense and sometimes funny hourlong news conference, wove his way through talking about biting kneecaps to welcoming tourists to referencing “The Big Lebowski” as he introduced himself to his new city and team. If there were any questions about the type of
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
10:32 AM ET New Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell received a six-year contract from the team, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The Lions announced Campbell’s hiring on Wednesday but did not disclose terms. The team will introduce him with a news conference on Thursday. “With more than 20 years of experience as both a
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 Philip Rivers is retiring from football, ending his 17-year career as one of the most profilic quarterbacks in NFL history. Rivers, who spent this past season with the Indianapolis Colts after 16 years with the Los Angeles Chargers, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Chris Mortensen in a statement Wednesday that playing quarterback
7:37 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — When it comes to the immediate future of Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock, newly hired general manager George Paton will be both judge and jury. Paton, who was formally introduced Tuesday in his new job, faces some big-ticket items on his immediate to-do list, with a decision on whether
1:49 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Mike Triplett Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Saints for eight years at New Orleans Times-Picayune Previously covered LSU football, San Francisco 49ers Iowa native and University of Iowa graduate Defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen is