11:25 PM ET Brooke Pryor Close Brooke Pryor ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Seth Walder We’re officially through the wild-card round for the 2022 season, and all eight NFL playoff divisional-round teams are locked in. And after the Cowboys defeated

7:58 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel offered an explanation for a critical delay of game penalty his team incurred on its final offensive possession in a 34-31 playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Facing fourth-and-1 from their own 48-yard line with 2:28 remaining in the

11:00 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — In his first career playoff game, Daniel Jones made history. It prompted his running back to label him “elite.” Jones became the first quarterback in NFL history to have 300 passing yards, two passing touchdowns and at least 70 rushing yards in a playoff game. He was undeniably dominant in

2:50 AM ET CINCINNATI — An extremely frustrated J.K. Dobbins said he believes it would have been a different result had the Ravens given him the ball — and not quarterback Tyler Huntley — on a crucial fourth-quarter play near the goal line in Baltimore’s 24-17 wild-card loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night.

9:41 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — As Josh Allen lay on the turf at Highmark Stadium, there was nothing he could do but watch as the Miami Dolphins took advantage of the ball falling out of hands. After safety Eric Rowe blitzed Allen untouched, with running back Devin Singletary running right by

11:04 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — This season seemed different for Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. His team won 13 regular-season games, by far the most in his career. In Kevin O’Connell, he linked up with a coach who trusted him to throw more passes than he had ever thrown, with fewer schematic guardrails than he

1:51 AM ET CINCINNATI — The scene inside Paycor Stadium felt familiar following the Cincinnati Bengals‘ 24-17 playoff win over the Baltimore Ravens. It was also historic. With their win in the wild-card round, the Bengals have won a playoff game in back-to-back seasons for the first time in franchise history. Cincinnati, which reached the

12:33 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Safety Damar Hamlin watched his first Buffalo Bills game from his home in Buffalo since being discharged from the hospital, tweeting along and supporting the team from afar Sunday as it began the postseason with a 34-31 victory over the Miami Dolphins. Hamlin tweeted on Sunday,

4:52 AM ET Tua Tagovailoa is expected to return as the Miami Dolphins‘ starting quarterback for the 2023 season, league sources told ESPN. It was thought, had the Dolphins defeated the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, that Tagovailoa could have potentially been cleared from the concussion protocol and work his way back to the field this

11:13 PM ET Ben Baby Close Ben Baby ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Jamison Hensley Close Jamison Hensley ESPN Staff Writer University of Maryland graduate Lives in the Baltimore area with his wife and son CINCINNATI — Without Lamar