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By Monday night, six playoff teams will be eliminated. Meanwhile, six more will move on to the NFL’s divisional round and set up some good-looking battles en route to the Super Bowl. The only two playoff teams that won’t be in action are the Chiefs and Eagles. They are the No. 1 seeds in the AFC and NFC brackets respectively and earned a bye week as they await the lowest-seeded surviving teams in their respective conferences....

Wild-card weekend kicks off the postseason with six matchups on deck. Starting out in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday and ending down in Tampa, Fla., on Monday night, fans have three days of playoff football ahead. Whether your team finished in a position to play a home game or you’re a fan looking to travel and support your club on the road, The Sporting News can help with the search for the best way to purchase tickets....

The 49ers arrived into the playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the NFC and their first playoff appearance in six years could have hardly gone better, as they defeated the Minnesota Vikings 27-10 on home soil on Saturday afternoon in the divisional round. As San Francisco prepares to host the Green Bay Packers in its first NFC Championship since 2014, the 49ers have the second-highest chance of winning the Super Bowl of any of the four teams left in the playoffs....

The NFL has requested more information from the Cowboys running back regarding the assault accusations made by his ex-girlfriend in July, ESPN reported Sunday. MORE: Packers vs. Cowboys: Picks, predictions, odds for Sunday’s game According to the report, the league submitted a series of follow-up questions to the rookie in the last month and he is still in the process of responding to them. The woman who accused Elliott of abusing her in July in Columbus, Ohio, also alleged the two were involved in a previous physical altercation....

The Tampa Bay Times reported Thursday that Brown’s former live-in chef, Steven Ruiz, told the newspaper that Brown obtained a fake COVID-19 vaccination card. Ruiz provided a screenshot of a July 2 text message exchange with Brown’s girlfriend, Cydney Moreau, that Brown was willing to pay $500 if Ruiz could get a Johnson & Johnson vaccination card for him. NFL Vice President of Communications Brian McCarthy said the league was made aware of the report and had been in contact with the Bucs....

You came to see Patrick Mahomes? Sorry, folks, he’s on holiday, probably watching Sporting KC. Khalil Mack? Perhaps he had lunch reservations at Gibson’s. Tom Brady? He has played in 309 career games, including playoffs. You won’t miss him if he’s holding a clipboard. This is what NFL football would confront each week were the league to adopt the proposal to extend its regular-season schedule to 18 games with each player capped at playing in 16 of them....

That solution? Stop treating it like it was a problem that needed a solution. Roughly three months from now will mark two full years since Colin Kaepernick first sat during the national anthem in protest of police brutality and continued systematic oppression toward black people and others of color. From that moment in that exhibition game in August 2016 until now, the NFL had the choice to, literally, do nothing....

Then comes a QB matchup years in the making. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers vs. Tom Brady and the Patriots has been one of the season’s most anticipated games since the 2018 schedule was released in the spring. It finally arrives in the form of “Sunday Night Football” in Week 9. MORE: Watch the NFL live and on-demand with fuboTV (7-day free trial) Below is the full schedule for Week 9 of the 2018 NFL season....

While 2017 home and away opponents for each team, plus intraconference and interconference matchups, were released in January, NFL fans who want to buy tickets and plan trips for specific weekends won’t be able to do so until Thursday, when each team’s 16-game schedule is released. NFL SCHEDULE: 2017 matchups That said, strength of schedule already can be loosely determined. The AFC East, for example, is matched up against the tough AFC West and the always-tricky NFC South, which includes the defending NFC champion Falcons....

The NFL officially expanded the regular-season schedule to 17 games on Tuesday, marking the first time the schedule has been changed since 1978, when the league made the jump from 14 to 16 games. “This is a monumental moment in NFL history,” NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “The CBA with the players and the recently completed media agreements provide the foundation for us to enhance the quality of the NFL experience for our fans....

But this week figures to deliver on plenty more excitement than just the primetime clash. The dynamic Kyler Murray and explosive Cardinals offense will face off against perhaps the best team in the league in the Rams in a matchup of NFC West foes. Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger will meet for only the third time in their careers and the first time since Rodgers and the Packers won Super Bowl XLV....

MORE: NFL Week 7 scores (live) | Must-see photos | TV schedule NFL SCORES — WEEK 7 Indianapolis Colts 39, Denver Broncos 33 Recap | Stats | Video Andrew Luck threw for three touchdowns and ran for another Sunday night, outplaying predecessor Peyton Manning in a 39-33 victory over the previously unbeaten Denver Broncos. The victory ended the Broncos' 17-game regular-season winning streak in the first game Manning played against his former team since being released in March 2012....

The league kept its expanded playoff field, with 14 of its 32 teams (43.8 percent) set to qualify for the latest postseason. That includes 7 each from the AFC and NFC, with only the No. 1 seeds getting byes on top of home-field advantage. Who would be in, who’s still in contention, and who should be thinking about next season? Here’s a comprehensive look: NFL POWER RANKINGS: Chiefs, Steelers, Dolphins climb; 49ers, Ravens, Vikings fade for Week 14...

Although the playoff picture for the AFC and NFC won’t be finalized until Week 18, it’s time to keep looking at the updated standings and what teams would be in the playoffs if the season ended after Week 14. Here’s a breakdown of the NFL’s latest playoff field and seedings, also looking at the contenders on the brink of joining the potential postseason party: POWER RANKINGS: Cowboys, Vikings, Giants get exposed; 49ers, Chargers, Lions make playoff noise for Week 15...

UPDATE: The NFL Referee Association announced Friday afternoon that it plans to file a grievance on behalf of Ellison. Williams this week denied saying the n-word. Williams told reporters after the Nov. 17 game that Ellison had called him “fat (expletive) garbage” and repeatedly cursed at him. Williams said he has since heard from other NFL players who have had “the same experience” with Ellison, who has been an NFL official since 2003....

Goodell was able to accomplish that mission. He took office in September of 2006 and quickly got to work revising some key policies across the NFL. Notably, he introduced a beefed-up personal conduct policy to the league in April of 2007, and that policy allowed the NFL to take more control over player discipline than ever. The policy has been far from perfect. It contains within it plenty of vagaries and gray areas that haven’t been addressed even in the 15 years since Goodell rolled it out....

LIVE: Follow every trade deadline update with SN’s tracker In 2020 before Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 4 p.m. ET, several more players will be dealt. So far, on the marquee, the Ravens acquired Yannick Ngakoue from the Vikings, fresh off him being traded by the Jaguars in the preseason. The Seahawks got some needed pass-rush help, too, trading for the Bengals’ Carlos Dunlap. Also from the defensive edge, Everson Griffen (Cowboys to Lions), Jordan Wills (Jets to 49ers) and Markus Golden (Giants and Cardinals) all have new teams....

While it’s not clear what compensation Washington is looking for in a deal, “there’s a feeling around the league” that the Patriots would be interested, considering they don’t have much depth at the position. The report comes after the Redskins signed Donald Penn to a one-year deal amid Williams’ holdout. He reportedly told his teammates that he doesn’t want to play for the Redskins and has requested to either be traded or released unless he gets a new contract....