Jan 18, 2021
After it was over, and the Chiefs had survived rolling out in the AFC divisional playoffs with a skeleton of their normal offense and a win, Andy Reid called his quarterback to the middle of the locker room at Arrowhead and asked him to break the team down. So Chad Henne stepped forward and spoke from his gut.
“Hey, you guys make it easy on somebody like me stepping in,” Henne told his teammates. “You make my job easy and welcoming with the confidence that you show me when I have the chance to come in and play. And I appreciate that.”
Jan 16, 2021
Eight teams remain in the NFL playoffs as we head into arguably the most exciting weekend on the league’s calendar. The playoffs this year are a study in contrasts; a handful of teams clinging desperately to the final years (or maybe games) of their franchise quarterbacks’ careers and a handful of teams excitedly rubbing their hands together at the prospect of many years to come with their under-25 star signal callers. Now that the weak links have been plucked from the field, we’re left with a handful of teams that are (mostly) capable of going on a run to the Super Bowl.