"You're a Cardinal fan!" Immediately tosses it to someone else. An all-time move from McGregor, one that was immediately appreciated by the booth broadcasters, who couldn't stop laughing.
In the 15th minute, he did brilliantly to keep the ball in play down the left before clipping a cross onto the edge of the six-yard box, with Albert Rusnak glancing it past Zack Steffen. Three minutes later, Hassani Dotson turned in the rebound of a long-range volley from Cristian Roldon, only for it to be ruled out following a VAR review for a foul by Jesus Ferreira in the build-up.
With the Kansas City Chiefs failing to qualify, this year marks the first postseason without Patrick Mahomes, Tom Brady or Peyton Manning since the 1998 campaign. Manning reached the playoffs in 1999, while Brady joined the ranks two years later. Mahomes had been in the playoffs each season since 2018, but he tore his ACL in a Week 15 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. The defeat eliminated Kansas City from postseason contention, and the Chiefs finished 6-11.
The NFL world is coming out in full force to support former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick after he was somehow snubbed from becoming a first-ballot NFL Hall of Famer for the 2026 class. That's how you know the Hall's decision to keep him out for at least another year is bad when some of the Patriots' biggest rivals are vocally supporting their longtime nemesis.
It was far from a pretty win, and there's a lot they will want back, but the Patriots are officially on their way to the AFC Championship to face the Broncos after beating the Texans at home. It's an unforeseen path they have gone down this season, since many believed they would win a max of eight or nine games and miss the playoffs.
At 39 years old and having dealt with a left foot injury that limited him to nine starts during the regular season, Manning wasn't playing anywhere near his previous Hall of Fame level when the Broncos made it to the Super Bowl. But Manning had done enough in the postseason to take a shot at a second Super Bowl title and potentially ride off into the sunset with a championship, just like another legendary Broncos quarterback: John Elway.
After all, he was about 70 miles away from his hometown of Vallejo with his family and friends. Not to mention the additional 71,088 watching his every move live and the 167 million watching at home. Yep, turns out Anderson's big gift he opened early was also a big gift for the city he grew up in. He became the first Vallejoan to win a Super Bowl.
The Raiders have a solid core of players, and could be considered one of the better worst teams in recent memory. Brock Bowers, Ashton Jeanty, and Kolton Miller are all mainstays on the offense, while Maxx Crosby is under contract next season and could be used as trade bait. Aside from Jeanty, the Raiders also made four picks inside the top 100 last year, giving them a young crop of players to work with.
We might still be in the midst of the playoffs, but that doesn't mean we can't plan ahead for Super Bowl LX. For those of you who just can't with Roman numerals, thats Super Bowl 60, and it's taking place this year at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA, on February 8, starting at 6:30 p.m. ET. Like all other Sunday Night Football games this season, the championship game will be broadcast on Super Bowl Sunday on NBC, and will stream live on Peacock.
