🏈 NFL Blowouts Unlikely To Continue

The real chunk postseason begins now, a time for hope and trepidation all rolled into one. ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     ͏ ‌     [FOX Sports Insider Newsletter] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with Martin Rogers: There have been a lot of blowouts in the NFL playoffs, but that is unlikely to continue … Jerry Jones should let disappointment subside and keep head coach Mike McCarthy … and more! The National Football League is trendy around this time of year, and no, I’m not talking about all those new fans enticed because Taylor Swift keeps popping up at games. More than any other spot on the calendar, the postseason is when all kinds of weird trends, quirks and coincidences emerge for us to ruminate upon, stress about, and wonder whether there is something deeper at play. You want examples? For eight straight years, the winner of the Super Bowl coin toss … went on to lose the game. From the mid-1980s to John Elway’s long-awaited ring in January of 1998, the NFC champion won the biggest game of all an incredible 13 consecutive times, despite often not being the betting favorite, as Buffalo Bills fans will painfully recall. And across the past long weekend, the wild-card round produced a collective outlier of an outcome, game after lopsided game adding up to the biggest combined winning margin that the opening group of playoff games has ever seen. The start of a new trend? We’ll see. A whopping 104 points separated the teams in the six clashes of the Saturday-through-Monday slate, kicked off by the Houston Texans getting things rolling in the opener, where C.J. Stroud’s excellence and a pair of timely pick-sixes set up a 45-14 thumping of the Cleveland Browns. It didn’t slow down from there. For the rest of the story, [click here](~/AAQRxQA~/RgRniWTEP4QFAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZveHNwb3J0cy5jb20vc3Rvcmllcy9uZmwvYmxvd291dHMtaW4td2lsZC1jYXJkLXJvdW5kLXVubGlrZWx5LXRvLWJlLXByZWN1cnNvci1mb3ItcmVzdC1vZi1wbGF5b2Zmcz9saWQ9ZHVrbzg4YmRpeXdjJmNtcGlkPW9yZz1TcG9ydHM6OmFnPW93bmVkOjptYz1lbWFpbDo6c3JjPWVtYWlsOjpjbXA9QTE0X1Nwb3J0c19OZXdzbGV0dGVyX0NhbXBhaWduX0VtYWlsX0luc2lkZXJfQ3VzdG9tX1JlY3VycmluZ18yMDI0MDExNiNubC1lbnRyeVcDc3BjQgplosTfpmUT1gKtUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAA9I~). [Main Story 1]   [In Other Words] - Former NFL scout Bucky Brooks argues that Jerry Jones [should not let his disappointment cloud his judgment](~/AAQRxQA~/RgRniWTEP0T1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm94c3BvcnRzLmNvbS9zdG9yaWVzL25mbC93aHktY293Ym95cy1zaG91bGQtbm90LWZpcmUtbWlrZS1tY2NhcnRoeS1kZXNwaXRlLXBsYXlvZmYtZGlzYXN0ZXI_bGlkPXBub2M1OW81NDR3cSZjbXBpZD1vcmc9U3BvcnRzOjphZz1vd25lZDo6bWM9ZW1haWw6OnNyYz1lbWFpbDo6Y21wPUExNF9TcG9ydHNfTmV3c2xldHRlcl9DYW1wYWlnbl9FbWFpbF9JbnNpZGVyX0N1c3RvbV9SZWN1cnJpbmdfMjAyNDAxMTZXA3NwY0IKZaLE36ZlE9YCrVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAPS) when evaluating Mike McCarthy. - The Utah Jazz have risen above .500 with a string of wins over top teams in FOX Sports' NBA power rankings. 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