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The NFL playoffs are now set after a wild NFL Sunday that was highlighted by the Buffalo Bills return to the postseason. The Bills have not been playoff bound since 1999 when Doug Flutie and Rob Johnson were battling for the starting job in Buffalo. Heck, Bill Clinton was still president, and Bill Belichick was with the Jets when the Bills last made into serious January football. The Bills got into the postseason thanks to a 22-16 win over the Miami Dolphins and a stunning 31-27 victory by the Cincinnati Bengals over the Baltimore Ravens. The Tennessee Titans also made the playoffs with a 15-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Bills, Titans and Jaguars are all in the AFC playoff picture for the first time since that aforementioned 1999 season. Of course we all know what happened the last time the Bills were in the playoffs ... Here is how the playoff picture sets up. NFC 1) Eagles (13-3) clinched number 1 seed and home field. 2) Vikings (13-3) Number 2 seed, w...

PATRIOTS 26 - JETS 6  Guess Todd Bowles really earned that contract extension as the Jets stunk it up with a listless effort against the defending Super Bowl champions to end the regular season. Bowles, who was given a two-year extension on Friday, watched as Bryce Petty failed to move a bad offense and never once thought about putting Christian Hackenberg into the game. As it stands, the Jets learned nothing about the quarterback they drafted in the second round two years ago. Bowels decision to not play Hackenberg is a huge indictment of what the coaching staff thinks of the signal-caller. As for Petty he was bad. Inaccurate, inconsistent and inaccurate (I just said that). You get the point. Outside of a nice 46-yard pass to ArDarious Stewart, Petty was Captain Checkdown for the Jets, as New York managed only 14 first downs and failed to convert a single third down, going 0-for-12. The Jets haven't been shutout on third down in a game since 1996, A.K.A. The Rich Kotite Era....

GIANTS 18 - REDSKINS 10 In what could be the final time Eli Manning suits up for the New York Giants, Big Blue dominated the Redskins 18-10 at the Meadowlands among cheers of "ELI MANNING" from those who braved the bitterly cold conditions. The numbers didn't jump off the page for Eli. He was 10-of-28 for 132 yards, and was hurt by seven drops by his receivers, but Sunday's win was an affirmation that Manning is still the straw that stirs the drink for the Giants. He kept the team afloat, and managed the game to the best of his ability, considering the lack of talent around him. The biggest difference in the Giants 18-10 win Sunday was Orleans Darkwa and the ground game. For an entire season, the Giants have struggled to run the football. Sunday was different. On the second play of the game, Darkwa gashed the Redskins with a 75-yard touchdown run that gave the Giants a 6-0 lead and set the tone for the afternoon. Darkwa would carry the ball 20 times for 154 yard...

With Dave Gettleman now set as the Giants new General Manager, the search for Big Blue's next head coach begins in earnest. There are a number of potential candidates, and the Giants look poised to fill the position as soon as they can. Jim Schwartz - Defensive Coordinator, Philadelphia Eagles. Schwartz is the favorite for the job ... at least right now. He has done a great job rebuilding his resume in recent years as the D-Coordinator for both the Bills and Eagles. This season, the Eagles are ranked second in yards and points allowed. Schwartz has the head coaching experience that the Giants are looking for having coached the Lions for five seasons. While he is 29-51 all time as a head coach, the Lions were a better watch then they had been in the past, the team even made the playoffs in Schwartz's third season. Steve Wilks - Defensive Coordinator, Carolina Panthers. Wilks has been with the Panthers since 2012 and is very familiar with Gettleman. In fact, the Giants GM ...

Todd Bowles received a surprising extension from the New York Jets, while Dave Gettleman was introduced as Giants GM. Plus, NFL Playoffs are right around the corner. Listen to the podcast below!

Dave Gettleman was introduced to the Big Blue Nation for the first time as General Manager on Friday. He was candid, personable and honest in his answers. He came across as a someone who fits the Giants mold, which is exactly what John Mara was looking for in a leader of the franchise. Here is the press conference! 

The Giants will name David Gettleman as their new General Manager, a move that is not really surprising since he had 15 years of experience in the Giants front office prior to taking the Carolina GM job in 2013. It was presumed that once the Giants let go of Jerry Reese that Gettleman would be the favorite for the job. Under Gettleman the Panthers went 40-23-1, including an appearance in Super Bowl 50. Gettleman was fired in July of 2017 after an contentious relationship with a number of aging players over contracts. Prior to running the Panthers, Gettleman was the head of the Giants Pro Personnel department from 1998 to 2012, and was a part of three different Super Bowl runs with Big Blue. The questions that face Gettleman are manifold. 1) He needs to find a new head coach for the team. Many speculate that Mike Smith, the former Atlanta Falcons head coach would be a favorite for the job, but we shall see. Does Gettleman prefer to go the safe route, like Smith, or is he willin...