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While Steelers fans got their Xmas booing out of the way, the rest of the NFL audience gears up for what is certain to be a scintillating push for the postseason.   It starts on Week 14 Sunday.   Front and center are key divisional tussles, highlighted by Philadelphia ...

If boos were a weather system, then the storm front unleashed by Steeler fans Thursday night in their team's 21-18 loss to New England would have brought NFL action at Pittsburgh’s Heinz Field once again to a halt.   The Patriots built a 21-3 first-half lead ...

Some NFL fans may be wondering what Thursday did to deserve a dud of a game so late in an NFL season otherwise stocked with possible playoff matchups.    But as seen in previous weeks, games that look like dung on the schedule — even those featuring backup quarterbacks — ...

Cincinnati quarterback Jake Browning was magnificent in his second career start, and placekicker Evan McPherson kicked a 48-yard field goal in overtime to give the Bengals a win as thrilling as it was unlikely.   Though a tough setback for Jacksonville, the Jaguars ...

If the NFL is not careful, this steady diet of tightly contested games and thrilling finishes is going to spoil its fans.   Five of the seven matchups in the early window of Week 13 were one-possession games heading into the fourth quarter. One went into overtime. ...

Jordan Love, the Packers' suddenly improving quarterback, threw three touchdown passes, and Green Bay's resilient defense turned away a last-minute drive my the Chiefs to get a surprising and impressive victory.   After a late Green Bay field goal made it 27-19, ...

The Thursday night barnburner in Dallas got Week 13 in the NFL off to a hot start, with Dallas upending a game Seattle team, 41-35   Looking at the schedule of games for Sunday and Monday, there appears to plenty of fuel to keep the blaze going.   At the top ...

In one of the best games of the 2023 season — and certainly tops among Thursday Night Football contests — the Cowboys rallied from an eight-point deficit in the fourth quarter to beat Seattle.   Down 35-27 early in the fourth quarter, Dallas cut the deficit ...

Looking at NFL Games This Week Thursday Night: Dallas Cowboys 41, Seattle Seahawks 35 Broncos (6-5) at Texans (6-5) 1 p.m. ET | CBS | Spread: HOU -3.5 (47.5) PLOT LINE: From Week 9-12, the Broncos have held opposing quarterbacks to a QBR of 31.9 (fourth-lowest) ...

Unlike rapturous NFL Sundays so far in 2023, the Thursday Night Football menu this season has been stripped of quality matchups, thrilling finishes, and games flush with playoff meaning.    The Seahawks at Dallas game threatens to end that unfortunate pattern.   Also ...