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![By DAVID BRANDT The Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys are riding high after big Week 18 wins capped their regular seasons. The Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles are reeling after stumbling down the stretch. With or without momentum, the NFL playoffs begin for 12 of the 14 postseason qualifiers during wild-card weekend. Games begin Jan. 13, when the Texans host the Browns and the Chiefs host the Dolphins. The No. 1 seeds — including the AFC’s Baltimore Ravens and NFC’s San Francisco 49ers — get a bye until next week’s division round. Of this weekend’s six wild-card games, a pair have particularly […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-JetsBrowns-1229-16-2.jpg?w=107 "By DAVID BRANDT The Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys are riding high after big Week 18 wins capped their regular seasons. The Miami Dolphins and Philadelphia Eagles are reeling after stumbling down the stretch. With or without momentum, the NFL playoffs begin for 12 of the 14 postseason qualifiers during wild-card weekend. Games begin Jan. 13, when the Texans host the Browns and the Chiefs host the Dolphins. The No. 1 seeds — including the AFC’s Baltimore Ravens and NFC’s San Francisco 49ers — get a bye until next week’s division round. Of this weekend’s six wild-card games, a pair have particularly […]")
NFL Playoff Guide: How to watch the games, bracket format and betting favorites
By DAVID BRANDT The Buffalo Bills and Dallas Cowboys are riding high after big Week 18...
![The Browns starters worked hard in their first 16 games to earn a day off and watch their understudies get drilled by the Bengals, 31-14, in Cincinnati on Jan. 7. Now it’s back to work for the second season that begins Jan. 13 when the Browns play the Texans in Houston in a wild-card playoff game. Kickoff is 4:30 p.m. on Channel 3. Tuesdays are normally a day off for the Browns. But because the game is on a Saturday, they will practice Jan. 9, 10 and 11 in Berea to prepare for the Texans. “I think we were sharp […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-FBN-Browns-Jets3-1228-31-1.jpg?w=65 "The Browns starters worked hard in their first 16 games to earn a day off and watch their understudies get drilled by the Bengals, 31-14, in Cincinnati on Jan. 7. Now it’s back to work for the second season that begins Jan. 13 when the Browns play the Texans in Houston in a wild-card playoff game. Kickoff is 4:30 p.m. on Channel 3. Tuesdays are normally a day off for the Browns. But because the game is on a Saturday, they will practice Jan. 9, 10 and 11 in Berea to prepare for the Texans. “I think we were sharp […]")
Browns starters get back to work in full playoff mode
The Browns starters worked hard in their first 16 games to earn a day off...
![By KRISTIE RIEKEN HOUSTON — The Texans went from worst to first in just one season. The Texans, who finished last in the AFC South last season, clinched the division title Jan. 7 when Tennessee beat Jacksonville, 28-20, to eliminate the Jaguars from playoff contention. Houston (10-7) secured its first playoff trip since 2019 with a 23-19 victory at Indianapolis on Jan. 6 before becoming the division champion on Sunday. It’s the first time the Texans have won the division since 2019 and their seventh AFC South title. The Texans are the fourth seed in the AFC and will host […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24007169252242.jpg?w=132 "By KRISTIE RIEKEN HOUSTON — The Texans went from worst to first in just one season. The Texans, who finished last in the AFC South last season, clinched the division title Jan. 7 when Tennessee beat Jacksonville, 28-20, to eliminate the Jaguars from playoff contention. Houston (10-7) secured its first playoff trip since 2019 with a 23-19 victory at Indianapolis on Jan. 6 before becoming the division champion on Sunday. It’s the first time the Texans have won the division since 2019 and their seventh AFC South title. The Texans are the fourth seed in the AFC and will host […]")
Texans win AFC South for first time since 2019 with Jacksonville’s loss to Tennessee
By KRISTIE RIEKEN HOUSTON — The Texans went from worst to first in just one...
![The Browns will open NFL wild-card weekend. Cleveland will face the Texans at 4:30 p.m., Jan. 13 in Houston in an AFC wild-card game, the NFL announced Jan. 7 during “Sunday Night Football.” It’s the first game of a five-game wild card slate Jan. 13-15. The game will be televised locally on WKYC-TV 3. It is a rematch of a Christmas Eve game won by the Browns, 36-22. The Browns enter at 11-6 following a Week 18 loss to the Bengals in which they rested most of their key players. The Texas are 10-7 and won the AFC South by beating […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/TNH-L-BrownsJets-1229-05-5.jpg?w=119 "The Browns will open NFL wild-card weekend. Cleveland will face the Texans at 4:30 p.m., Jan. 13 in Houston in an AFC wild-card game, the NFL announced Jan. 7 during “Sunday Night Football.” It’s the first game of a five-game wild card slate Jan. 13-15. The game will be televised locally on WKYC-TV 3. It is a rematch of a Christmas Eve game won by the Browns, 36-22. The Browns enter at 11-6 following a Week 18 loss to the Bengals in which they rested most of their key players. The Texas are 10-7 and won the AFC South by beating […]")
Browns-Texans AFC wild card game set for 4:30 p.m., Jan. 13
The Browns will open NFL wild-card weekend. Cleveland will face the Texans at 4:30 p.m.,...
![Kevin Stefanski summed up perfectly what lies ahead for the Browns about 15 minutes after the backups were dominated by the Bengals, 31-14, on Jan. 7 in the regular season finale. “Our focus goes onto that second season,” Stefanski told reporters outside the visitor’s locker room at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati. “We’ll bring the players in tomorrow. We have to really get back to work.” The day began with the Browns locked into the fifth playoff seed, but their opponent in the wild-card round was not determined until the Tennessee Titans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars, 28-20, as the Bengals were […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24007764092795-4.jpg?w=132 "Kevin Stefanski summed up perfectly what lies ahead for the Browns about 15 minutes after the backups were dominated by the Bengals, 31-14, on Jan. 7 in the regular season finale. “Our focus goes onto that second season,” Stefanski told reporters outside the visitor’s locker room at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati. “We’ll bring the players in tomorrow. We have to really get back to work.” The day began with the Browns locked into the fifth playoff seed, but their opponent in the wild-card round was not determined until the Tennessee Titans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars, 28-20, as the Bengals were […]")
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![By MICHAEL MAROT INDIANAPOLIS — Rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud made all the right calls in the biggest game of his NFL career to help the Texans secure a playoff spot. Stroud threw for 264 yards and two scores, Devin Singletary scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard TD run with 6:20 to play and the Texans came up with a late stop for a 23-19 victory over Indianapolis on Jan. 7. “Everybody’s fighting till that last play, that’s what it’s about,” coach DeMeco Ryans said as the Texans shouted and danced after earning their first playoff berth since 2019.. “We punched our […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24007145979200-1.jpg?w=132 "By MICHAEL MAROT INDIANAPOLIS — Rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud made all the right calls in the biggest game of his NFL career to help the Texans secure a playoff spot. Stroud threw for 264 yards and two scores, Devin Singletary scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 3-yard TD run with 6:20 to play and the Texans came up with a late stop for a 23-19 victory over Indianapolis on Jan. 7. “Everybody’s fighting till that last play, that’s what it’s about,” coach DeMeco Ryans said as the Texans shouted and danced after earning their first playoff berth since 2019.. “We punched our […]")
Texans surge to AFC South title with win over Colts, Jaguars loss
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Tough luck season continues for Browns captain Anthony Walker | Jeff Schudel’s The Cleveland Beat
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