1. Did Bill Belichick and Bailey Zappe inadvertently crush the Patriots on the way out the door when New England beat Denver on Christmas Eve 2023?

Kliff Kingsbury was a fired head coach who could not finish in the NFL. Two years after the Arizona Cardinals axed Kingsbury, he’s on the verge of guiding Jayden Daniels to the biggest annual

Can the Patriots make the same kind of leap as the fortune-flipping Commanders, who are one win away from a Super Bowl berth?

In this episode of Inside Coverage, Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab give their instant reactions and takeaways from every game of the Saturday and Sunday Wild Card slate as NFL playoff action is officially underway.

Let’s take a look at how Pro Football Focus graded every Patriots rookie after the 2024 season. PFF grade: 70.7 PFF grade: 43.5 PFF grade: 43.6 PFF grade: 73.9 PFF grade: 52.5

Where does the Commanders' Jayden Daniels rank among the best rookie QBs in NFL history? The answer might surprise after his two playoff victories.

2) Daniels is one of those magical players who lifts the play of all around him, and this is a team of destiny.

With BYU predicted to finish 13th in the Big 12 in the media’s preseason poll, BYU fans have had plenty of fun rooting for a Cinderella team all year—especially since that Cinderella team surprised everyone by staying undefeated until its loss against Kansas late in the season.

Daniels has delivered Washington’s best season-to-season win improvement from 4-13 to 12-5, and he has been the centerpiece of an offense that has 10 games with zero turnovers — the most for the franchise since at least 1940, according to Sportradar.

He arrives to this day, to this biggest and brightest stage of his life, as Boy Wonder, stalking an impossible dream that he always imagined possible.

Commanders vs. Eagles Expert Picks, Player Props, & Best Bets look at this NFC clash with a Super Bowl appearance on the line. Only four teams remain in the pursuit of football’s ultimate prize, and on Sunday,