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Divisional-Round Matchups Set For Saturday And Sunday
With the conclusion of the wild-card games, the playoff field was reduced to eight teams. The Super Bowl is just two wins away!
The Seahawks Just
Ran Themselves Out
Of The Playoffs
Indianapolis Colts
(12-4)
Saturday, Jan. 12 4:35 p.m. ET | NBC
Dallas Cowboys (12-4)
Los Angeles Chargers (12-4)
Philadelp Eagles
(12-4)
NFL teams ran less in 2018 than any other season in NFL history. Rushing at- tempts per team per game dipped below 26 for the first time since at least 1936, when stats started being tracked.
Meanwhile, teams also scored 23.3 points and gained 352.2 yards per team per game, the second-highest mark of all time for each cate- gory. These two stats are re- lated. Passing is more efficient than running, and the entire NFL is running less and scoring more.
You’d never know it from watching the Seahawks, who fell to the Dallas Cowboys 24- 22 on Saturday night because of a stunningly conservative game plan. Head coach Pete Carroll and offensive coordi- nator Brian Schotten- heimer stuck to the run
at at at at
Kansas City Chiefs (10-6)
Los Angelos Rams (10-6)
Saturday, Jan. 12 8:15 p.m. ET | Fox
New England Patriots 10-6)
Sunday, Jan. 13 1:05 p.m. ET | CBS
New Orleans Saints (10-6)
Sunday, Jan. 13 4:40 p.m. ET | Fox
Brent Grimes Says He
Jimmy Smith Calls Out Ravens Fans For Booing Lamar Jackson
JIMMY SMITH AND LAMAR JACKSON
Baltimore Ravens corner- back Jimmy Smith was none too pleased with Ravens fans who booed the team dur- ing their playoff loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday.
With nine minutes re- maining in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game, Baltimore trailed Los Angeles 23-3. It was around that time the Ravens started to hear boos from those at M&T Bank Sta- dium. The final score ended up being 23-17 after Baltimore staged a late rally that came up just short.
At one point, boos were di- rected at rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson and a chant for Joe Flacco broke out. Following the game, Smith called the fans who booed Jackson.
Jackson finished the game with 194 passing yards, two touchdowns, and one in- terception. He completed just 14-of-29 passes while adding 54 yards rushing. Though he struggled for much of the playoff game, Smith thinks the fans need to remember what Jackson did to help get the team to the postseason.
While it was a disappoint- ing game for Ravens fans to digest, the future looks bright with Jackson going 6-1 as a starter during the regular sea- son.
RUSSELL WILSON
despite MVP-caliber quarter- back Russell Wilson idling in the backfield like an un- used getaway Ferrari in a bank robbery.
Seattle followed up its only playoff-less season of Wil- son’s career in 2017 with something worse in 2018: a playoff loss that could have been a win had the Seahawks bothered to let Wilson play quarterback.
Should Be Paid More To
Shadow Top Receivers
Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Brent Grimes said that he feels "disre- spected" that the Bucs' coach- ing staff asked him to shadow top wide receivers Antonio Brown and Julio Jones this year for what he believes was too low of a salary and that he almost didn't play in the final game of the season.
Grimes, 35, said on wife Miko's #IHeartMikoPodcast that, when the Bucs asked him to shadow Brown in Week 3 (Grimes missed the first two games of the season to injury), "I just couldn't agree with it. It's just disre- spectful. People who follow receivers all the time, unless they're on a rookie contract or
Domestic Violence Charge
Terrell Suggs Understands
A domestic abuse charge against Washington Redskins linebacker Reuben Foster has been dropped, court records show.
The charge stemmed from a November arrest at a Tampa hotel, according to court doc- uments filed by the Florida State Attorney's Office in Hillsborough County.
In a notice of termination of prosecution sent to the Hillsborough County Clerk of Court, State Attorney An- drew H. Warren said after reviewing the facts of the case, they decided to dismiss the charge against Foster. It said he did not need to appear for any future court proceedings.
Foster, then with the San Francisco 49ers, was in Tampa a day prior to a No- vember 25 game when he was arrested on a domestic vio- lence charge and released by San Francisco the following morning.
Foster, 24, was arrested November 24 after police re- sponded to the Grand Hyatt hotel in Tampa, Florida, for a domestic violence investiga- tion, according to a city press release.
The former first-round draft pick was charged with
REUBEN FOSTER
one count of first-degree mis- demeanor domestic violence and booked into the Hillsbor- ough County Jail. Police said Foster's 28-year-old female companion reported that he "slapped her phone out of her hand, pushed her in the chest area, and slapped her with an open hand on the right side of her face."
The 49ers released Foster after his arrest, hours before their game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. A few days later, Foster was claimed off waivers by Washington. He was placed on the NFL com- missioner's exempt list, which means he can't practice or at- tend games while the league conducts a review.
On Thursday, an NFL spokesman said the league is "monitoring all developments in the matter which continues to be under review."
He Might Not Return To
Ravens Next Season
Terrell Suggs is fully aware that he may not be able to spend his entire career with the Baltimore Ravens.
The Ravens’ season came to an end on Sunday after a 23-17 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in their AFC Wild Card playoff game. Baltimore will have a few questions to answer during the offseason. One of them is what to do with the veteran Suggs, who will be a free agent. While he would like to remain a mem- ber of the Ravens, he under- stands that is not guaranteed.
Suggs was drafted by the Ravens in 2003. Since then he has put together a stellar ca- reer that includes seven Pro
TERRELL SUGGS
Bowl nods and a Defensive Player of the Year Award. Suggs is also the franchise’s all-time leader in sacks.
Letting Suggs walk would obviously be a tough decision for the Ravens. It’s not one they have to make right now but they will have to address it in the not-so-distant future.
BRENT GRIMES
trying to get paid, are usually making $13-15M a year."
Grimes earned a $7M base salary in 2018, (his con- tract included $3M in incen- tives), with 25 cornerbacks averaging more per year. He preferred playing a zone-style defense and believed the team was asking him to do too much for what he deemed was too little pay.
Dismissed Against NFL
hia
Player Reuben Foster
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