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Getty Images What does it mean to be the Most Valuable Player in a sports league? Is it the best player? The player most valuable to the league? The player most valuable to his team? No one really knows. In most cases, MVP ultimately becomes a Potter Stewart-style analysis, and you simply know...

Getty Images We won’t officially know the identify of the 2020 NFL MVP until the night before Super Bowl LV. Unofficially, we know. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers undoubtedly will be the MVP, for the third time in his career. Rodgers received 46 of 50 votes at quarterback, with Bills...

Getty Images The Colts promoted running back Darius Anderson and offensive tackle Jared Veldheer to the active roster from the practice squad for Saturday’s game against Buffalo. Anderson was a COVID-19 replacement. Indianapolis’ active roster now stands at 54 players. Anderson signed with...

Getty Images The Bills have promoted two players from the practice squad for Saturday’s playoff opener against the Colts. Wide receiver Duke Williams and offensive lineman Jordan Devey have been called up. Both players will revert to the practice squad after the game. The Bills listed a pair...

Getty Images The Associated Press revealed the 2020 NFL All-Pro team on Friday and it included a pair of unanimous selections. Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald were both named by all 50 voters. The full voting totals have now been released and the choices at...

Getty Images Colts linebacker Darius Leonard will be one of the best players on the field when this year’s playoffs begin on Saturday in Buffalo. But he knows not many people are giving his team a chance. Leonard says coach Frank Reich has made sure that everyone in the facility knows that the...

Getty Images Compelling arguments can be made this year in favor of many NFL head coaches for the official coach of the year award, for two reasons. First, there were many very good NFL head coaches this year. Second, the standard for this award continues to be very loose and vague. What does...

Getty Images Buffalo Bills running back Taiwan Jones has invited Valentino Dixon — a Bills fan who spent 27 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit — to attend Saturday’s playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts, per Marcel Louis-Jaques of ESPN.com. Dixon was convicted of murder in...

Getty Images Sean McDermott has some concern over his team’s wide receiving corps for Saturday’s wild-card matchup with Indianapolis. The head coach said Thursday he didn’t have an update on the potential availability of Stefon Diggs and Cole Beasley. Diggs was listed with an oblique injury...

Getty Images Colts defensive tackle DeForest Buckner was able to get on the practice field Thursday, but the team isn’t sure he’ll be able to go on Sunday. Buckner has been listed as questionable due to the ankle injury he’s been dealing with for several weeks. Buckner has not missed any game...

Getty Images I know it’s officially now the “Super Wild Card” playoffs. Other than to make that point, I won’t call it that. (I prefer “Super Duper.”) But what I will do, along with MDS, is make picks for the six games to be played this weekend. Before that, we need to wrap up some loose ends...

Getty Images Bills head coach Sean McDermott didn’t have an update on the availability of wide receivers Stefon Diggs and Cole Beasley when he spoke to reporters before Thursday’s practice, which left it to the injury report to provide an idea about whether they will play against the Colts on...

Getty Images The Bills will have fans in the stands for the first time all season when they take on the Colts in the Wild Card round of the playoffs on Saturday afternoon. It won’t be close to a full house. There were 6,200 tickets sold to the game and another 500 will be distributed to guests...

Getty Images The Bills went 5-0 in December and January games, and Josh Allen was a big reason why. The signal-caller completed 70 percent of his passes for 1,516 yards with 15 touchdowns and two interceptions — good for a 117.5 passer rating. He also had 110 yards rushing and a pair of...

Getty Images Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs‘ practice participation took a step in the wrong direction on Wednesday, but he didn’t sound worried about being available on Saturday against the Colts. Diggs was listed as a non-participant in practice due to an oblique injury. Diggs was...

Getty Images The Colts listed quarterback Philip Rivers as a non-participant in practice on Tuesday’s estimated injury report with the toe injury that’s led to him taking extra rest days over the last few days. Wednesday brought another walkthrough and another estimation of participation...

Getty Images The Colts issued their first practice report of Wild Card week, but they didn’t actually have a practice on Tuesday. Indianapolis held a walkthrough and their report is an estimation of what players would have done under regular circumstances. Or, in the case of defensive tackle...

Getty Images The Panthers starting interviewing General Manager candidates on Monday and they’ve gotten a bunch of them under their belts in two days. The team announced that Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio, Bills assistant G.M. Joe Schoen, Titans director of player...

USA TODAY Sports The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced the 15 modern-era finalists for the Class of 2021. Six of the 15 are finalists for the first time. Jared Allen, Calvin Johnson, Peyton Manning and Charles Woodson are a vote away from Canton in their first year of eligibility. In...

Getty Images Brian Daboll has spent the last three years helping to develop Bills quarterback Josh Allen and that work has gone well enough that Buffalo ranked second in points scored this season. It’s also gone well enough for the Bills offensive coordinator to draw interest for head coaching...