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Getty Images The pandemic continues to rage out of control. The NFL continues to not flinch in the face of it. Yes, the 2020 season included several outbreaks — in Tennessee, Baltimore, Cleveland. But despite some fairly major surgery to the schedule, including a three-week delay in a game...

Getty Images Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier will square off in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. They may also be squaring off for the head coaching job in Houston. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Texans are expected to request...

Getty Images Chiefs cornerback Bashaud Breeland will play tomorrow against the Bills. The Chiefs announced today that Breeland has cleared the concussion protocol and is no longer on the team’s injury report. Yesterday the Chiefs listed Breeland as questionable with both a concussion and a...

Getty Images The Bills have elevated wide receiver Kenny Stills and cornerback Dane Jackson from their practice squad for Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. Stills signed with Buffalo’s practice squad on Jan. 4, just after the conclusion of the regular season. This will be his first game action...

Getty Images The Chiefs announced they promoted receiver Marcus Kemp and defensive back Chris Lammons to the active roster from the practice squad. Kemp originally signed as the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent in 2017 and has bounced between the roster and practice squad since. The Chiefs...

Getty Images Bills quarterback Josh Allen has been playing great football this season while his family has been struggling. Allen lost his grandmother in 2020, news that became widely known as fans donated more than $1 million to Oishei Children’s Hospital in her memory. What has been less...

Getty Images There’s good news on the injury front in Buffalo, as neither Stefon Diggs nor Cole Beasley have an injury status for Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. Diggs (oblique) was limited in practice on Wednesday and Thursday, but was full on Friday. Beasley (knee) did not appear on the...

Getty Images The Bills are signing kicker Tristan Vizcaino to their practice squad, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports. They worked out Vizcaino on Jan. 11. Tyler Bass has a hand injury but no designation, so Vizcaino’s signing likely is for an emergency kicker in case of future COVID-19 or...

Getty Images Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes spoke to the media on Friday and announced he’d been cleared from concussion protocol. Kansas City’s final injury report of the week makes that as official as possible, as Mahomes does not have an injury status heading into Sunday’s matchup with...

Getty Images The Bills are underdogs against the Chiefs this weekend and that suits defensive end Jerry Hughes just fine. Hughes said this week that he’s seen a lot of people picking the Chiefs to beat the Bills and advance to the Super Bowl. He acknowledged that the Chiefs have a number of...

Getty Images Patrick Mahomes‘ toe became a footnote when he was diagnosed with a concussion in the second half of last Sunday’s victory over the Browns. The toe, though, stands as more of a danger of preventing Mahomes from being Mahomes after an independent neurologist cleared the Chiefs...

Getty Images The Lions have their new head coach in place, but they still need to find someone to run the offense on Dan Campbell’s staff. Ravens quarterbacks coach James Urban interviewed for the offensive coordinator job this week and reports have identified three others who are in the mix...

Getty Images Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers undoubtedly will be the regular-season NFL MVP. He’s currently not the favorite to win the more significant individual award: Super Bowl MVP. Via PointsBet, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes leads the way at +300 (bet $100 to win $300). Next on...

Getty Images Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is back on the practice field on Thursday. Reporters at the open portion of Chiefs practiced shared word and images of Mahomes going through the session with his helmet on. Word from the team about his participation level will come later in the...

USA TODAY Sports We had one disagreement last week. MDS took the Bills, and I took the Ravens. We otherwise went 3-0 straight up and 2-1 against the spread. So he was 4-0 and 3-1, and I was 3-1 and 2-2. Through two weekends of the postseason, MDS is 8-2 straight up, and I’m 7-3. Against the...

Getty Images There was more positive news out of Kansas City on the Patrick Mahomes front Thursday afternoon. Head coach Andy Reid said the quarterback was able to take the majority of snaps in the day’s practice as Mahomes works his way through the concussion protocol. “Pat looked good out...

Getty Images Bills receiver Cole Beasley was not on Wednesday’s injury report, his first full practice since his knee injury in Week 16. But he is back on Thursday’s report. The team lists Beasley with a limited practice with his knee issue. Beasley missed Week 17. He returned to play 41 of...

Getty Images Though head coach Andy Reid said Patrick Mahomes was able to take the majority of snaps in Thursday’s practice, the quarterback is still officially listed as limited on the team’s injury report. Mahomes is working through the concussion protocol after sustaining the injury during...

Getty Images A strange dynamic has come into focus during the playoffs: Multiple teams have posted inaccurate injury information on their official websites. It’s not that injuries are being hidden. It’s that actual injuries aren’t being accurately reported on team websites. The most recent...

Getty Images Stefon Diggs was arguably the league’s best receiver in 2020, finishing No. 1 with 127 receptions and 1,535 yards. Despite dealing with an oblique injury, he’s continued to light up opponents in the postseason — tallying six catches for 128 yards and a touchdown against...