The team appears to have avoided any high-risk close contact designations and should have all of its linemen other than Jared Veldheer available against the Rams.

At the precise moment Alex Singleton caught the ball, he knew he’d done something substantial in the context of his fledgling NFL career.

As the Packers learned in their NFC Divisional playoff loss to the New York Giants in the 2011 NFL postseason — or at least Aaron Rodgers, who was the only offensive player on the roster back then who’s still around — a slow start can be fatal for a favored No. 1 seed playing at home and coming off a bye week. In that game, the Giants took leads of 3-0, 10-3, 13-10 and 20-10 during the first half, and the Packers never really recovered.

The New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers are at a logical and reasonable point in the season: Facing each other in Sunday's NFC Divisional playoff game in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.

Springhill native Devin White will play his first NFL playoff game in his home state when his Buccaneers face the Saints in the NFC Divisional Round.

Farniok started 32 games in Lincoln and was the full-time right guard in 2020.