playoffs

From the first day of training camp in August until deep into the NFL schedule, you hear it. Doesn't matter what city a team represents or who is coaching and playing for it, the bromide is the same.

Late in his 13th NFL season, Andrew Whitworth finally got to savor his first playoff victory, albeit only for a minute or two.

This is the Los Angeles Rams' first playoff victory in 14 years.

Asked whether he understood the magnitude of the next installment in the one-sided series, Chiefs cornerback Kendall Fuller replied quite simply: "Oh yeah."

Seven trips to the postseason and no wins can wear on a person. Los Angeles Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth has still managed to keep his sense of humor.

Chicago is in the playoffs for the first time since the 2010 team won the division, making a huge jump in Nagy's first season after four straight last-place finishes.

The young Dallas defense stuffed the NFL's No. 1 rushing offense in a wild-card win over the Seattle Seahawks.

Mike Tomlin was unwilling to publicly comment on if his team underachieved in a season in which Pittsburgh went from 7-2-1, with a two-game AFC North lead, to missing the postseason entirely. “I don’t get into that,” Tomlin said after the Steelers beat Cincinnati, 16-13, at Heinz Field. “We are...

Before Sunday’s 16-13 Steelers win over Cincinnati, before the Browns fell in Baltimore, ending Pittsburgh’s season, former Steelers coach Bill Cowher took a shot at analyzing why Mike Tomlin and his franchise will be watching the postseason this year. “They got too comfortable,” Cowher said on CBS...

Following a dramatic, come-from-behind win in Jacksonville on November 18, the Steelers were 7-2-1. Pittsburgh’s lead in the AFC North sat at two full games. Despite a difficult back half of the season, it seemed the AFC North crown, once again, would reside in Pittsburgh. Then, a meltdown. The...