Author: Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY

T.J. Watt earned recognition as the NFL’s top defensive player after a year in which the Steelers star tied the single-season sack record.

Lovie Smith emerged late in the Houston Texans’ coaching search to replace David Culley, who was fired after only one season.

The 49ers and Rams renew their NFC West rivalry with a trip to the Super Bowl at stake. Keep track of all the action in the conference title game.

The Chicago Bears have found their new head coach in Matt Eberflus, who led the Indianapolis Colts defense for the last four years.

The Steelers will have a new defensive coordinator in 2022 after Keith Butler, a longtime assistant coach, announced his retirement from the NFL.

Steelers star T.J. Watt etched his place in NFL history on Sunday when he tied Michael Strahan’s single-season sack record.

Vic Fangio finishes his Denver Broncos tenure with a 19-30 record and having never compiled a winning season.

The NFL has put a win-and-in game in its coveted Sunday prime-time slot while two other games with playoff implications are set for Saturday.

The NFL’s playoff field is running out of vacancies, as five more teams joined the fray on Sunday, the penultimate week of the regular season.