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Getty Images Taylor Heinicke did not lead the Washington Football Team to a victory in last night’s playoff game, but he played far better than most people expected. Heinicke has only been with Washington for a month and had been out of the league for more than a year before that, and yet he...

Getty Images The Buccaneers won their first playoff game since Super Bowl XXXVII on Saturday night, but the postgame reaction wasn’t totally celebratory. Head coach Bruce Arians said the defense was “terrible” until the final minutes and quarterback Tom Brady found things were lacking on his...

Getty Images It wasn’t nearly as easy as everyone expected it to be. It wasn’t nearly as easy as it probably should have been. But the Buccaneers have won their first playoff game since their Super Bowl season of 2002. They beat Washington 31-23 after journeyman quarterback Taylor Heinicke...

Getty Images Taylor Heinicke is outplaying Tom Brady in the second half. Washington has scored nine unanswered points in the third quarter to pull within 18-16 of the Buccaneers. The home team took the second half kickoff and went 52 yards in seven plays, stalling at the Tampa Bay 18. Dustin...

USA TODAY Sports Washington quarterback Taylor Heinicke has performed admirably in his first career postseason start, which is the second start of his career. But Heinicke now is out of the game. He got hit on back-to-back plays in the fourth quarter, rising after each holding his left arm...

Getty Images The Buccaneers had a chance to go up two scores on Washington. They chose to go for two, and Leonard Fournette was stopped short of the goal line. So the Bucs hold a 15-7 lead with 10:03 remaining until halftime. Ryan Succop made a 29-yard field goal to open the scoring but...

Getty Images The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are playing the 16th postseason game in franchise history. Tom Brady is playing his 42nd. The Bucs have hitched their wagon to Brady, who has them on their way to the seventh postseason win in franchise history. Brady threw two touchdowns in the first...

Getty Images Free agent quarterback Dwayne Haskins is drawing interest from the Panthers. Haskins will visit Carolina on Monday, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports. Washington took Haskins in the first round of the 2019 NFL draft but cut him during the 2020 season. He has struggled mightily...

Getty Images For the first time since eight games were played in the quarterfinal round of the 1982 playoff tournament, which expanded to 16 teams after a strike shortened the season to nine games, the NFL has more than four games in a postseason weekend. The six games to be played over the...

Getty Images The NFL previously has had six TV windows in two days. It also has had at least six playoff games in the same weekend, in 1982. It’s never had six games in six windows, all of which were televised nationally. That’s what so-called Super Wild Card weekend will give us — and it will...

Getty Images It sounds less and less likely by the day that Alex Smith will play Saturday against the Buccaneers. The Washington Football Team listed him as questionable Thursday, and he remains questionable Friday night. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports Smith’s injured right calf still is...

Getty Images More points and touchdowns were scored in 2020 than in any season in NFL history. Over the league’s 256 regular-season games, teams scored 12,692 total points and 1,473 touchdowns, both new NFL records. The previous record for points was 11,985, set in 2013, and the previous...

Getty Images The Associated Press revealed the 2020 NFL All-Pro team on Friday and it included a pair of unanimous selections. Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald were both named by all 50 voters. The full voting totals have now been released and the choices at...

Getty Images The Washington Football Team has added a wide receiver to the roster ahead of Saturday’s home playoff game against the Buccaneers. Dontrelle Inman has been summoned from the practice squad. The Football Team listed wide receiver Terry McLaurin as questionable to play with an ankle...

Getty Images Buccaneers running back LeSean McCoy was listed as questionable to face the Washington Football Team on Thursday’s injury report, but he’s been downgraded to out. The Bucs announced that McCoy will miss the game because of an illness. McCoy did not play in Week 17 and has only...

Getty Images It didn’t look good for Mike Evans on Saturday when the ground gave way under his foot as he reached back for a pass behind him and his knee buckled. But an MRI delivered good news to the Buccaneers and their Pro Bowl receiver, and he will give it a go Saturday. Although the team...

Getty Images I know it’s officially now the “Super Wild Card” playoffs. Other than to make that point, I won’t call it that. (I prefer “Super Duper.”) But what I will do, along with MDS, is make picks for the six games to be played this weekend. Before that, we need to wrap up some loose ends...

USA Today Sports Washington’s Alex Smith is expected to play in Saturday’s wild-card matchup with Tampa Bay, but how much the quarterback will be on the field is still in question. Backup Taylor Heinicke took the majority of Thursday’s first-team snaps, as head coach Ron Rivera mentioned...

Getty Images Earlier on Thursday, Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said wide receiver Mike Evans has “a chance” to play in Saturday night’s wild-card matchup with Washington. Now Evans has officially been listed as questionable for the game. He was a limited participant in Thursday’s...

Getty Images After Mike Evans was able to practice on Thursday, Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians wasn’t definitive either way on the wide receiver’s availability for Saturday’s playoff game. “I think he’s got a chance,” Arians said, via Jenna Laine of ESPN. “He’ll be a game-time decision.”...