NFL playoff schedule 2026: Updated bracket & TV channels for AFC, NFC championship games originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Just four teams remain alive in the fight for the Lombardi Trophy.

With Bo Nix now out, and surgery scheduled for Tuesday, Stidham will take his place on Sunday and, should the Broncos win that game, in the Super Bowl on Feb. 8 too.

Longest standing members of the Patriots experience their first taste of winning - and insist they're not done.

No postseason has had more chaotic finishes than the 2025 playoffs going on right now. There have been 15 fourth-quarter lead changes and five comeback wins in the final three minutes this postseason, the most in a single playoffs all-time, according to CBS Sports Research.

Live text and score updates from Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears after New England Patriots beat Houston Texans in divisional round of NFL play-offs.

Before Williams was hurt in Week 11, the Patriots ranked eighth in defensive rushing success rate. In the six games he missed, they ranked 31st. The Patriots need Williams to be a stalwart for their run defense against a Texans offense that wants to run the ball on early downs and reduce risk.

New England is headed to its first AFC Championship game appearance since the 2018 season and will face the Broncos

Stroud threw four interceptions and Houston turned the ball over five times, with Drake Maye and New England taking just enough advantage on a day that wasn't their best either.