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The Ottawa Senators are officially halfway through their season.

While the Vancouver Canucks are embroiled in drama and anticipated changes roster-wise and behind the bench, their prospects continue to impress …

All eyes are on Jalen Hurts, and he should put a hurt on the Giants.
The first week of the postseason delivered many exciting games, highlighted by the unexpected comeback by the Jaguars. The eight remaining teams have minimal injuries to their offensive players. Here’s a look at each team and some player notes for the second round of the playoffs.
Buffalo BillsThe only offensive Buffalo player with injury news heading into the second round of the postseason is WR Isaiah McKenzie. Buffalo gave their WR3 snaps last week to Khalil Shakir (41%) and Cole Beasley (42%).

A best bet for Sunday’s AFC divisional round matchup between the second-seeded Bills and third-seeded Bengals. The Bill are small home favorites.
The third-seeded Bengals (12-4) face the second-seeded Bills (13-3) in a rematch of the game we didn’t get to see in Week 17.
This time, the Bills have home-field advantage at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park for Sunday’s AFC divisional round matchup.
Two of the hottest young quarterbacks in the game promise to make this a fun one with the game total set at 48.5 and the Bills favored by five at SI Sportsbook.

BATON ROUGE – As far as LSU fans are concerned, former quarterback Walker Howard is going to Hell.
That is how LSU fans refer to where Ole Miss should go in chants about the border rival Rebels. And Howard is viewed in some circles as the worst kind of traitor, because he is one of LSU’s own. His father, Jamie Howard, was the Tigers’ starting quarterback from nearby Lafayette for four seasons from 1992-95.
But this is the NCAA Transfer Portal era in college football. And Howard – a five-star signee out of St.

Christian McCaffrey looks to carry the 49ers against Cowboys.
The first week of the postseason delivered many exciting games, highlighted by the unexpected comeback by the Jaguars. The eight remaining teams have minimal injuries to their offensive players. Here’s a look at each team and some player notes for the second round of the playoffs.
Buffalo BillsThe only offensive Buffalo player with injury news heading into the second round of the postseason is WR Isaiah McKenzie. Buffalo gave their WR3 snaps last week to Khalil Shakir (41%) and Cole Beasley (42%).

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Dak Prescott just keeps getting better.
If you’ve been on football Twitter this year, you know the warring factions of Dak Prescott fandom. It’s the most divisive area of Twitter outside of anime Twitter and Beyonce stans. However, what Monday night proved is that Dak Prescott is one of the best QBs in the entire league, and when he plays like he did in the Cowboys’ Wild Card win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Dallas will be hard to stop.

Jalen Hurts is no longer on the injury list, and he’s expected to play in the Philadelphia Eagles matchup against the New York Giants. When asked about concerns over his shoulder injury, Hurts appeared not to be worried, stated ‘there’s always a target’ on his back. Mark Schlereth tells Craig Carton whether he believes Jalen is healthy enough to face the Giants in this playoff matchup.

What would you pay to attend the Divisional Round matchups this weekend? Craig Carton takes a look at both the ‘Get in the Door’ prices, and the ‘average ticket’ prices at both the NFC and AFC Divisional round games, and decides whether those prices are worth it. At the most expensive average price is the New York Giants matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles, and Craig decides whether it’s worth forking up $1k for a chance to see Daniel Jones possibly upset Jalen Hurts and the Eagles.

Let’s take stock of all the player movement as the transfer portal closes on Wednesday.
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. Shame on Ivan Provorov for refusing to wear a Pride Night jersey.
In today’s SI:AM:
🔄 Where college football’s biggest names are headed
🏀 The evolution of the NBA’s big men
🗽 The Knicks finally have a point guard
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