Who America is rooting for in the Conference Championship games

Raiders HC Pete Carroll on the possibility of overseeing a rebuild: “It’s looking like that’s what’s necessary.” “I came in here thinking we were going to turn it right away. I really did. That’s not what’s taken place, unfortunately.” (via @nickwalt)

JJ McCarthy is only 4,135 passing yards shy from Peyton Manning’s single season passing yards record. Something to watch 👀

Rookie WR Emeka Egbuka on the state of the Buccaneers: "We are going to get in the building and hash out what needs to be hashed out & fix all of the problems that there are. Because there are problems." 😳 (via @thechrismathis)

The Panthers are 2nd in the NFC South with the same record as the first-place Bucs (7-7). Their next three opponents: 🔹 vs. Buccaneers 🔹 vs. Seahawks 🔹 @ Buccaneers Ironically, these two stand between them and their first playoff berth since 2017:

We lost to the Rams, who lost to the Panthers, who lost to the Saints, so OBVIOUSLY the Saints are the front runners.

Wild but true: "Backup" RB Kenneth Gainwell leads all Steelers pass-catchers in receptions this season (57). RB1 SZN 📈

A potential firing of Bengals HC Zac Taylor, DC Al Golden, and GM Duke Tobin "sounds very unlikely right now," per @pauldehnerjr Worth noting: Joe Burrow expressed “a lot of confidence” in the coaching staff and front office earlier this week. Cincinnati is 4-10 on the season.

Congrats on advancing to the next round of the fantasy playoffs if you had these players 🤯