Rivers McCown's Archive

The divisional round reintroduces the Ravens and Chiefs to the AFC playoff picture. And while their regular-season success and Vegas spreads make them the overwhelming favorites to face each other in the AFC Championship Game, the Titans have a running back and the Texans have a quarterback who could easily play spoiler.

Saturday of Wild-Card Weekend should be compelling with a pair of matchups between AFC teams with competing strengths and weaknesses.

The New England Patriots had a historically good defense, but is that historically good defense now history? And why is DeVante Parker good?

The Seahawks had been overcoming their conservative coaching, but a banged-up defense couldn't do it on Sunday. Arizona's offense is loaded for bear in 2020.

The 49ers fall short against Atlanta. What does it mean going forward? The Falcons ... are a football team! We write about them a lot! What's the plan for next year?

Is Houston actually good? Is Drew Lock good?

Tom Brady and the Patriots are finally dying -- for the 883rd time -- and there's no way they'll ever win the Super Bowl. The Texans also beat them in a football game, what's up with that?

When the Raiders can run the ball and protect Derek Carr, they're a fine offense. When they can't do either of those things, they're dead in the water.

We look at the 10 defenses that have improved the most from 2018 to 2019. What are they doing differently, and how can they keep it up for the remainder of the season?

Kyle Allen was terrible on Sunday and has not been very good this year, but he is very cheap -- should the Panthers consider sticking with their bargain-bin quarterback and upgrade elsewhere? And can Atlanta's cornerbacks maintain the improvement they have shown in recent weeks -- and does it matter if they do?