Kansas City Chiefs star defensive end Chris Jones cried during the national anthem ahead of the team's game against the Houston Texans Saturday.

Chris Jones, Kansas City, 93 (26); Zach Allen, Denver, 64 (16); Jalen Carter, Philadelphia, 48 (12); Leonard Williams, Seattle, 41 (8); Dexter Lawrence, New York Giants, 24 (5); Vita Vea, Tampa Bay, 13 (3);

However, with the rematches this week in the NFL playoffs, I find myself breaking that rule, especially with Chiefs-Texans. Despite Houston’s defense looking like the second coming of the 2000 Ravens in their wildcard victory over the Los Angeles Chargers, I can’t pick against QB Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs.

So what could a Mack contract look like? Former sports agent Joel Corry offered this take on social media: Assuming Khalil Mack doesn't retire, his pay cut from $23.25M to $19M to remain with the Chargers this season seems appropriate for average yearly salary on a 2 or 3 year deal given he turns 34 in February. https://t.co/Ef4CEHAyPI

However, both Seth Walder and Ben Solak have the Los Angeles Chargers going into Houston and walking out with a win over the Texans. With the Chargers being the lowest seed of the three AFC teams ...

One area the Los Angeles Chargers will look to address this offseason will be the weapons around Justin Herbert. They certainly hit on rookie Ladd McConkey, who had over 1,000 yards in 16 games along with seven touchdowns.

If the Texans are going to produce a historical performance, two things are essential: Stroud has to play great and the defense has to contain Patrick Mahomes.

While the opening round of the 2024 NFL playoffs didn’t provide many nail-biting finishes, it did set up some must-see divisional round clashes.

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Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud was still attending Rancho Cucamonga High School when Patrick Mahomes led the Chiefs to the Super Bowl LIV championship. That was the first of three Super Bowl championships Mahomes has won with the Chiefs.

Chris Jones, Patrick Mahomes and several Kansas City Chiefs players sent messages to the fanbase on social media after beating the Texans.

As he proved against the Vikings, Matthew Stafford is a blitz beater but the Eagles don’t blitz. Vic Fangio brings pressure with his fearsome front and in Week 12, that led to five sacks and just 4.8 yards per pass attempt.