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Getty Images The postseason is here. Which means that it’s time to throw out the regular-season records. Which is useful, because MDS kicked my ass in the regular season. We finished the year 10-6 and 8-8, respectively, giving me a full-season record of 156-100. MDS won by a whopping 10 games...

Getty Images The Vikings got a key part of their defense on the practice field for the first time this week on Thursday. Linebacker Eric Kendricks has been sidelined by a quadricep injury of late, but multiple reports from the open portion of Thursday’s practice have him on the field for the...

Getty Images The Vikings and the Saints have met four times in the playoffs. Their most recent encounter, two years ago, sparked one of the most memorable moments in league history. The coach whose team won the Minneapolis Miracle game has no desire to talk about it as the Vikings and Saints...

Getty Images After a Week Four loss at Chicago, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins had become a full-blown pincushion for criticism. He heard it, he got angry about it, and it carried him through much of the season (and it got him a call from the President). Then came the Week 16 matchup with...

Getty Images The Ravens are a lot more than Lamar Jackson. And if they get in a close game in the playoffs, they know they can turn to a guy who has been making big plays for years. Veteran kicker Justin Tucker missed a field goal against the Texans in November, hitting the right upright in...

Getty Images Vikings linebacker Eric Kendricks injured his quadriceps in the Dec. 23 game against the Packers. He has not practiced or played since. Kendricks remained out Wednesday, four days before the Vikings play their wild-card playoff game against the Saints. Cornerback Mackensie...

Getty Images Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas opened up last week as a limited participant in practice because of a hand issue, but moved up to full participation on Friday and played in the team’s win over the Panthers on Sunday. Thomas kicked off this practice week the same way. He’s...

Getty Images Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas didn’t just set the single-season record for catches this season. He blew away the field like no other player in decades. Thomas led the NFL with 149 catches this year, 33 ahead of Christian McCaffrey, who was No. 2 with 116. The gap of 33...

Getty Images Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was careful on Monday not to criticize the replay-review process, as applied to calls and non-calls of offensive and defensive pass interference. Carroll nevertheless offered a bit of constructive criticism as to the quirk in the rules that prevented a...

Getty Images Antonio Brown has gotten so good at burning bridges he’s now burning bridges that have yet to be even built. In a video posted to social media shot while getting in some cardio, Brown addressed his recent workout with the Saints, in a not-so-flattering way for the Saints. “I know...

Getty Images The NFL released the playoff schedule minutes after the 49ers finished off the Seahawks to secure the top seed in the NFC. The AFC teams will play the wild-card round Saturday and the NFC teams Sunday. The Texans and Bills will open the postseason on Saturday with a 4:35 p.m. ET...

Getty Images The lines are out for this weekend’s four wild card games, and the Saints are the biggest favorites. New Orleans is an eight-point home favorite over Minnesota, as listed by multiple sports books. That’s no surprise, as the Saints were 13-3 this season, the best record of any team...

Getty Images The Saints did their part. With a shot at a bye week in the playoffs, the Saints hammered the Panthers 42-10 to improve to 13-3 on the season. They needed a Packers loss to the Lions or a 49ers loss to the Seahawks tonight to get the bye. This game was never close, as the Saints...

Getty Images Sean Payton now has his karmic payback. Or something. The Saints coach challenged a no-call, asking for a pass interference penalty on a pass to Michael Thomas. Amazingly, he won. It’s not amazing that it was interference, as Panthers cornerback James Bradberry was draped all...

Getty Images As the 2019 regular season ends, an irregular 2020 offseason could be looming. Free agency currently promises to consist of a laundry list of quarterbacks with recognizable names. And while contracts done (and/or tags applied) between now and the middle of March could remove some...

Getty Images When the Panthers kept losing, and quarterback Kyle Allen kept struggling, some Panthers fans wondered what it could hurt to play rookie quarterback Will Grier. The answer, as it turns out, is Will Grier. The third-rounder was just carted to the locker room after taking a hard...

Getty Images The Panthers haven’t done much today, but they were able to get running back Christian McCaffrey to one of his milestones. He entered the day needing 67 receiving yards to get to 1,000 for the season, and he has that on the nose late in the third quarter. That makes him the third...

Getty Images As the Saints hope to try to elevate their playoff seeding above No. 3, they provided their fans with a scare on Wednesday, when quarterback Drew Brees and receiver Michael Thomas showed up on the initial injury report for Week 17, with knee and hand injuries, respectively...

Getty Images The Saints brought wide receiver Antonio Brown in for a workout on Friday, but they won’t be making a move to sign him to their 53-man roster. Saints head coach Sean Payton said “not now” when asked about the prospect of signing Brown and said that the visit was more about “due...

Getty Images The Saints have visited with receiver Antonio Brown, but the Saints haven’t signed him, yet. They still may sign him at some point in the future. Brown’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, makes it clear that a signing could still occur. “Antonio had a very good visit today and we will...