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For the first time in NFL history wild-card weekend will have six games instead of four, and for the third time will have a team with a losing record play host in a postseason game.
Curiously, since 2013, division-winning home teams this round have gone only 12-16 straight up vs. the wild cards, including a 4-0 mark in 2016. Even more startling is that over the past three seasons, those home squads are 1-11 against the spread.
Three of the teams playing this weekend – Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cleveland – represent the AFC North. It’s the third time the past decade this division produced two wild cards. The other five divisions have done so a total of twice.
DeForest Buckner, who was questionable coming into today’s Wild Card Round matchup against the Buffalo Bills due to an ankle injury, is officially active for the game, as is safety Khari Willis, who missed the 2020 regular season finale with a concussion.
The Indianapolis Colts today released their Thursday injury report for wildcard playoff week of the NFL season ahead of their Saturday game.
The final injury report for #INDvsBUF. p.
Four Colts named to AP All Pro team
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When the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection committee gathers to choose whose likeness will be cast in bronze, many factors are considered but possibly no single factor weighs more heavily than first team All Pro selections.
Quenton Nelson is considered by many to be the best guard in the NFL and his third first team All Pro selection in just his third professional season will do nothing to change anyone’s mind.
Darius Leonard has come a long way from being called the worst pick of the 2018 NFL Draft, with his second first team All Pro selection. 2019 saw Leonard earn second team honors, hardly a bad season for the athletic linebacker.
49ers LB Fred Warner has been named to the first-team AP All-Pro team
DeForest Buckner also made the first-team All-Pro team
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The Associated Press named San Francisco 49ers linebacker Fred Warner to their first-team All-Pro team. This is the first time Warner has been elected to the team, though I’d argue he should have made it last season. This will not be the last time Warner makes it.
Warner finished the season as PFF’s highest-graded linebacker. He led all linebackers in QB hits, only gave up 329 yards on 61 targets, and finished in the top-5 for interceptions and pass breakups among linebackers. Warner was also among the league leaders in passer rating against. You name it; Warner was near the top of the league.