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#playoffs

Boutte declined to say whether the catch was the greatest of his football career or not, telling reporters on Thursday he'll ponder that sometime down the road. "I don't know, I never really thought about it," Boutte said when asked if that's the best catch he's ever made. "I'll think back on it when the job complete."

"He embodies what we're all about," McDermott said. "... For him to then come back into the game, and then for it to turn out to be what it was is remarkable. Remarkable toughness, remarkable commitment to the team."

Among the best performers was, unsurprisingly, cornerback Christian Gonzalez, who shut down every receiver he was covering all night. Considering one of those players was Ladd McConkey, it was another impressive showing from the Pro Bowler. But after a great pass breakup late in the game, Gonzalez appeared shaken up after the play and headed to the blue medical tent, and eventually, was ruled questionable to return.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- As Matthew Stafford walked out onto the field late in the fourth quarter with the chance to give the Los Angeles Rams the lead in their playoff game over the Carolina Panthers, he turned to Davante Adams. "Let's go snatch these guys' hearts," Stafford told the wide receiver, with the Rams trailing 31-27 in Charlotte. Stafford led the Rams to a 34-21 victory with a seven-play, 71-yard drive that ended with a touchdown pass to tight end Colby Parkinson.

As part of the Micah Parsons trade, Green Bay's first pick in April belongs to Dallas. But while the 18 non-playoff teams already know the order for their picks, the next 14 depend partially on playoff results. The losers of the six games this weekend will get picks 19-24, with the order being determined by regular-season records and any relevant tiebreakers.

It's pretty emotional, honestly. It's been a great year. So I'm thankful for these guys and excited to be going to the playoffs for the first time in a long while.

DISCLAIMER: The 'top stories' are simply ranked based on how much traffic they garnered for our site over the past calendar year. This is not an opinionated Top 10. The topic that made up the majority of our content between the end of the 2024-25 playoffs and the start of free agency was the Mitch Marner saga and everything that went into it. Whether Marner should stay, whether he wanted to, whether the Leafs wanted to bring him back, and where it all went wrong.

Roster decisions in the fantasy football playoffs are tough. And sometimes we get a little too emotional about -- or attached to -- a player because of his name, where we drafted him, the team he plays for, etc. So, we keep him in the lineup and ignore the numbers that demonstrate the player is trending down, right? And then we wonder why we get knocked out in the first round. Season over. See you next summer. The end. We've all been there, yeah? I have. Bad decision-making, it gets you beat in the tournament.

For longtime followers of the league, it's not surprising to see many of Liga MX's heavy hitters involved in the postseason. Current titleholders Toluca are in the mix at the top of the table, while fan favorite powerhouses such as Club América and Chivas de Guadalajara have secured invitations. Meanwhile, perennial playoff contenders such as Tigres, Monterrey and Cruz Azul have also put themselves in the running.