[Schefter] Bears are hiring former UCLA assistant HC and OC Eric Bieneimy as their running backs coach, per source. Bieniemy now returns to the NFL.

[Schefter] The Buccaneers now have had four offensive coordinators in four years: 🏈2022: Byron Leftwich, 🏈2023: Dave Canales, 🏈2024: Liam Coen, 🏈2025: Josh Grizzard

[Schefter] In nine composite matchups between the Chiefs and Bills, Patrick Mahomes’ team now has outscored Josh Allen’s 245-240.

[Schefter] With tonight’s win in the AFC Championship Game, Patrick Mahomes now has 17 postseason wins, breaking a tie with Joe Montana for the second-most wins by a QB in playoff history and trailing only Tom Brady and his 35 wins.

[Schefter] FWIW, Saquon Barkley’s 28th birthday is Super Bowl Sunday. Barkley will turn 28 on the date of Super Bowl LIX.

[Schefter] Eagles are NFC champions and on their way to Super Bowl LIX.

[Schefter] Saquon Barkley now has rushed for 414 yards and seven touchdowns this season vs. the Commanders.

[Schefter] The Bills are trying to prevent the Chiefs from reaching the Super Bowl, where they’d be one win away from a 3-peat. The situation was reversed in the 1966 AFL Championship Game, when the Bills were going for a 3-peat, trying to win their third straight AFL title.

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[Yates] Next Sunday will mark the fourth time in five seasons that the Chiefs and Bills have met in the playoffs. Kansas City has won each of the prior three matchups.

[Meirov] Saquon Barkley wouldn’t even rank among the top 30 highest-paid wide receivers in the NFL with his Eagles contract. That’s how ridiculous the entire RB market conversation about overpaying and underpaying became this past offseason.

[UnderdogNFL] Saquon Barkley has six TDs of 60+ yards this season, including playoffs. Four of them came against the Rams.

[Schultz] 584 days ago, the Commanders were finally free from Dan Snyder. Tonight, they are going to the NFC Championship Game -- with new ownership, a GM in Adam Peters, HC Dan Quinn, OC Kliff Kingsbury, a franchise QB in Jayden Daniels and a roster full of players who have the same goal.

[Schefter] With the Commanders upset win over the Lions, the NFL’s coaching cycle has been dramatically sped up. Detroit defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn and offensive coordinator Ben Johnson now can interview and take head coaching jobs as soon as this week.

[Rapoport] For the first time since 1992, the Commanders franchise is going to the NFC Championship game. One of the biggest playoff upsets in recent memory, down goes the No. 1 Lions… and Washington moves on to face the Eagles or Rams.

[Yates] With 4:01 left in the second quarter, Commanders vs. Lions already has the most points scored in any playoff game this year: 45 and counting.

[Schefter] (Next Sunday’s AFC championship) will mark Kansas City’s seventh straight AFC championship game appearance.

[Meirov] Steelers HC Mike Tomlin, when asked if WR George Pickens was late to their Christmas game vs. the Chiefs: “I really don’t know if I have an answer to that. I have a lot going on pregame. I can’t answer that definitively.”

[Schultz] Sources: #Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has spoken with Colorado HC Deion Sanders about the team’s head coaching vacancy, and discussions are expected to continue regarding the possibility of him becoming the next head coach in Dallas.

[Thamel] Matthew Golden, Texas’ leading wide receiver in 2024, tells ESPN he’s leaving school early and declaring for the NFL Draft. He had team-highs with 987 yards and 9 receiving touchdowns. He finished with 54 catches and averaged 17 yards per catch.

[NFLFootballOps] Referee assignments for the NFLPlayoffs Divisional Round are here!

[NextGenStats] Jayden Daniels was contacted by Calijah Kancey 7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on his first-down run, gaining 10.3 yards after contact to set up a Commanders' game-winning field goal as time expired.

[UnderdogNFL] Jayden Daniels becomes the 4th rookie QB in NFL history to win 13+ games a starter in his first season, playoffs included.

[Meirov] Chargers Khalil Mack said today he’s uncertain about his football future and plans to discuss with his family whether he should retire from the NFL. Mack, one of the premier pass-rushers of this era, is set to become a free agent this offseason.

[Meirov] The Chargers finish the season 2-6 against teams with 10+ win, both against the Broncos.