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For 30 minutes Sunday, it looked as if the Detroit Lions might reach their first-ever Super Bowl. But then the San Francisco 49ers stormed back to steal the NFC Championship, ensuring a title-game rematch with the vaunted Kansas City Chiefs. It wasn’t necessarily a pretty postseason journey for the NFC’s No. 1 seed, as the […]

It’s win or go home in Santa Clara Jan 28, 2024 at 1:37 pm ET • 3 min read Getty Images When the 2023 NFL season began, the San Francisco 49ers were supposed to be NFC front-runners. And the Detroit Lions were supposed to be challengers — truly competitive for the first time in years. […]

It’s been a banner season for many rookies, many of whom are still alive for Championship Sunday. The Detroit duo of Sam LaPorta and Jahmyr Gibbs have outperformed their NFL DFS price tags all year, while wideouts such as Rashee Rice and Zay Flowers have come on strong in the second half for NFL DFS […]

We’re entering the last NFL Sunday before the Super Bowl. It’s exciting, yet also sad in a way. Both of the No. 1 seeds  — Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers — have made it to Championship Sunday, and will face off against the challengers — Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions, both No. 3 seeds […]

Getty Images The New England Patriots continue to round out their coaching staff. They’ve already hired Jerod Mayo as their new head coach. Now, the team is expected to promote defensive line coach DeMarcus Covington to defensive coordinator early next week, according to Sports Illustrated.  Covington, 34, broke into the NFL coaching ranks with the […]

Jim Harbaugh’s time at Michigan is over. After almost a decade of leading his alma mater, the former Wolverines quarterback is off to the NFL again to take on a new challenge with the Los Angeles Chargers.  He’s leaving Michigan in a much better spot than he found it. After years of steady buildup, Harbaugh […]

The Detroit Lions have not won a road playoff game since 1957 and Dan Campbell’s team will try to change that on Sunday. The Lions will visit Levi’s Stadium to take on the San Francisco 49ers in the 2024 NFC Championship Game. Detroit was 12-5 during the regular season, winning the NFC North, and reached […]

The NFC is down to just two teams as the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers will duke it out from Levi’s Stadium on Championship Sunday with the winner looking to punch their ticket to Las Vegas and Super Bowl LVIII, which will kick off Feb. 11 on CBS, Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Detroit finds itself in […]

Thursday, CBS Sports Lead NFL Insider Jonathan Jones reported that the Atlanta Falcons were closing in on reaching an agreement with Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris to be their new head coach and the Rams later made it official. This development is notable for multiple reasons, because it affects arguably the greatest NFL head coach […]

The NFL playoffs are fast approaching their anticipated finale, with Super Bowl LVIII just around the corner. In the meantime, the 2024 coaching cycle is in full swing, with close to a half-dozen teams already naming new head coaches and several still in search of a top candidate. In the end, more than 20% of […]