7:35 PM ET ESPN staff The NFL playoffs’ wild-card round schedule for the 2022 season is stacked with great matchups, and we’ve got you covered with what you need to know heading into Sunday’s games. The 49ers and Jaguars won on Saturday, but there are still four more games to go. Our NFL Nation reporters

10:22 PM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — A local man who became known as “Merry Christmas, Jay” after he rescued 24 people during the deadly snowstorm in Buffalo last month was surprised with Super Bowl tickets by a Bills legend on Friday. Thurman Thomas and his wife, Patti, presented Jay Withey with two tickets

2:56 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Entering his first career playoff game, New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones wanted some friendly advice on what to expect. Naturally, he turned to two-time Super Bowl winner, former teammate and Giants legend Eli Manning. Jones called Manning late this week and asked for his advice as part

3:15 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — With Lamar Jackson out for Sunday night’s playoff game at the Cincinnati Bengals, who is exactly is in at quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens? Ravens coach John Harbaugh would not say after Friday’s practice. Baltimore will either go with banged-up backup Tyler Huntley (right shoulder) or undrafted rookie

1:25 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Rookie Skylar Thompson will officially make his third career start for the Miami Dolphins during Sunday’s wild-card playoff game against the Buffalo Bills. Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel confirmed the news during his news conference Friday, adding that veteran Teddy Bridgewater had worked tirelessly to make himself available in

3:34 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Sean McVay has told the Rams that he will remain the head coach in Los Angeles, the team announced Friday. The decision comes days after McVay said in his end-of-season news conference that he would be taking the “appropriate time” to make a decision on his future to figure

12:18 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Mike Williams has a small, nonsurgical fracture in his back that is expected to sideline him two to three weeks, sources told ESPN’s Lindsey Thiry on Friday. Barring a Super Bowl run, Williams’ season is likely over. Williams had been downgraded to out for

9:15 PM ET Associated Press NFL regular-season ratings saw a 3% decrease from last season, which was not unexpected with “Thursday Night Football” moving from Fox and NFL Network to exclusively airing on Amazon Prime Video. The 272 regular-season games averaged 16.7 million viewers across television and digital platforms. The league also said that 185

3:10 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis isn’t going to hold former coach Sean Payton back from reentering the league this year, but he said that return would come with a price. Loomis has maintained his appreciation for Payton, who coached the team from 2006-2021 and led them to

7:00 AM ET ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The sun has been up for more than an hour, but you wouldn’t know it standing outside. The air is cold, a kind of cold that gets to your bones, and with gray clouds covering the sky, there is no sun to offer any relief. Despite it all,