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Patriots Daily: Super Wild Card Weekend; Head Coach Openings
While the New England Patriots are already planning for the 2024 season, others continue to fight it out in the NFL Playoffs this weekend. The first two games of Super Wildcard Weekend were played yesterday. Both home teams advanced to the next round.
In the early game, the Houston Texans dominated the Cleveland Browns. Houston won 45-14. Cleveland led 14-10 in the second quarter, but it all went downhill from there. Browns QB Joe Flacco threw a pair of pick-sixes in the third quarter, sealing Cleveland’s fate. Texans rookie QB C.J. Stroud finished 16-of-21 for 274 yards, three touchdowns, and no interceptions in the win.
Saturday Night Football saw the defending Super Bowl champions emerge victorious. The Kansas City Chiefs eliminated the Miami Dolphins, winning 26-7. Rookie WR Rashee Rice had 130 yards receiving a a touchdown for the Chiefs. The Dolphins offense was never able to get going. Kansas City held Miami to 264 yards of total offense, and Miami converted only 1-of-12 third down attempts.
Today’s NFL schedule (EST):
4:30 PM – Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys
8:15 PM – Los Angeles Rams at Detroit Lions
Also in today’s Patriots Daily…
New England Patriots
Patriots Football Now – Former New England Patriots Players in the AFC Playoffs
Patriots Football Now – Eight Candidates to Replace Belichick in the Patriots Front Office
NFL News – Head Coach Openings
CBS Sports – Chargers coaching rumors: L.A. set to interview Jim Harbaugh next week
Commanders Wire – Lions OC Ben Johnson ‘firmly in play’ for Commanders job
Boston.com – Bill Belichick linked with vacant Falcons head coaching job
ESPN – Pete Carroll: Wasn’t football people who decided his fate with the Seahawks
Last Word on Sports – Surprising favorite emerges for Panthers head coaching position
Reuters – Raiders leaning toward keeping interim head coach Antonio Pierce
AP News – Titans interview Raiders interim HC and Ravens DC for head coach opening
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Fun Fact of the Day
The NFL All-Pro Team was announced this past week, with no New England Patriots named. The franchise record for most first-team All-Pro honors belongs to Hall of Fame offensive guard John Hannah with seven. No other Patriots player has been honored as such more than four times..
Tweet of the Day
Tweet of the Day is from Baku about the decision to postpone the Bills-Steelers playoff game in Buffalo…
Buffalo governor: “we decided to make the decision for the safety of our fans”
Buffalo fans: pic.twitter.com/Jyo8GMxkHg
— Baku 🐧 (@Mazursky8895) January 13, 2024
