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1/12/2026 |  NFL Wild Card weekend sees four games decided by a single score (Gist Sports, The) NFL Wild Card weekend lived up to the hype as four out of five games came down to a single score. Here’s who advanced to next week’s Divisional Round with one Wild Card game still to go — scroll to the bottom for a preview of tonight’s Monday Night Football throwdown between the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers. So much football, so little time.

1/12/2026 |  Matt LaFleur expects to meet with Packers president Ed Policy soon regarding his future (Associated Press (AP)) GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur was more interested in talking about his team’s future than his own a day after the biggest playoff collapse in the franchise’s storied history.
How long the two are connected remains uncertain.
LaFleur said Sunday that he spoke briefly with team president and CEO Ed Policy on the flight back to Green Bay after the Packers’ 31-27 loss to the Chicago Bears in an NFC wild-card playoff game Saturday night. LaFleur expected to meet with Policy again either later Sunday night or Monday.











































GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur was more interested in talking about his team’s future than his own a day after the biggest playoff collapse in the franchise’s storied history.
How long the two are connected remains uncertain.
LaFleur said Sunday that he spoke briefly with team president and CEO Ed Policy on the flight back to Green Bay after the Packers’ 31-27 loss to the Chicago Bears in an NFC wild-card playoff game Saturday night. LaFleur expected to meet with Policy again either later Sunday night or Monday.


































 

1/12/2026 |  One fired, one in limbo: John Harbaugh and Matt LaFleur loom over NFL coaching cycle (CBS Sports) Super Bowl-winning head coach John Harbaugh wants to keep coaching. There is little doubt that he will keep coaching in 2026. And this week will provide more clarity for Harbaugh and interested teams about just where that will be next season.
Harbaugh will soon put together his interview schedule for this week, sources tell CBS Sports. Sources from multiple teams say they are proceeding with their own searches but are waiting to hear from Harbaugh so that they can work around his schedule.

1/12/2026 |  Packers expected to seek contract extension Matt LaFleur despite continued playoff failures, per report (Associated Press (AP)) Despite reports involving Matt LaFleur's hot seat and uncertain future following Green Bay's 31-27 wild-card loss to the Chicago Bears in the NFL playoffs, the Packers are expected "to try to work out a deal in the coming days," ESPN reports.
LaFleur is 76-40-1 in Green Bay with six postseason appearances in seven years -- with a 3-6 overall record in the playoffs. 
"Next season is the last on LaFleur's contract, and new Packers CEO Ed Policy has said he doesn't wish for someone to coach in a lame duck year. So the Packers will seemingly either extend LaFleur or part ways with him, via a firing or a trade. In theory, time is ticking on Green Bay's decision," CBS Sports insider Jonathan Jones wrote over Wild Card Weekend.

1/12/2026 |  Ranking all 41 college football bowl games for 2025-26: CFP drama in Fiesta, Sugar provide thrills (Associated Press (AP)) It's unbeaten and top-ranked Indiana against 10th-seeded Miami for the College Football Playoff National Championship later this month in Miami Gardens, Florida — just like we all thought. The 2025 season was anything but predictable and that has continued throughout the bowl slate, which culminates on Jan. 19 when a national champion is crowned.
We saw plenty of opt outs in recent weeks and mass coaching changes impact results, but for every rout, there were competitive matchups across the board. The SEC took one on the chin during the postseason and failed to push a team into the CFP final for the third straight campaign.