The TEN: 1/5/2026

mvs on January 5, 2026 — 1 Comment

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)

  1. The Rams beat the Arizona Cardinals 37-20 Sunday to finish the regular season at 12-5 and secure the number five seed in the NFC.
  2. The Chargers lost to the Denver Broncos 19-3 Sunday to finish the regular season at 11-6. With the win the Broncos, at 14-3, secured the number one seed in the AFC. The Chargers are the number 7 seed.
  3. The Seattle Seahawks beat the San Francisco 49ers 13-3 Saturday night to finish the regular season at 14-3 and secure the number one seed in the NFC.
  4. Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett set the single season sack record when he reached 23 with his sack of Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow Sunday in a 20-18 win over the Bengals.
  5. The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens 26-24 on Sunday Night Football to win the AFC North.
  6. The Las Vegas Raiders clinched the first overall pick in the 2026 NFL draft when the New York Giants beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-17 Sunday. The Raiders beat Kansas City 14-12 Sunday to finish the season at 3-14.
  7. The Atlanta Falcons fired head coach Raheem Morris Sunday after two seasons. The Falcons finished 8-9 after a win over New Orleans Sunday. General Manager Terry Fontenot was also fired.
  8. The Rams will face Carolina in the NFC wild-card game in the first round of the playoffs. The Panthers reached the playoffs for the first time since 2017.
  9. In the NFC South Carolina, Tampa Bay and Atlanta all finished the regular season at 8-9 but the Panthers won the division because of a 3-1 record against the ither two.
  10. NFL Playoffs: NFC- Rams at Carolina, San Francisco at Philadelphia, Green Bay at Chicago, Seattle – Bye. AFC- Houston at Pittsburgh, Buffalo at Jacksonville, Chargers at New England, Denver-Bye.
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  1. Gone's Gravatar Gone
    January 5, 2026 - 10:45 am | Permalink

    The Las Vegas Raiders made it official today, firing Pete Carroll for his inability to work miracles with no support from ownership. I can’t see why he wanted to sour his reputation by going to this team in the first place; he obviously knew change would be impossible, as proven by his insistence on having managerial control when he did the Seattle gig.

    What’s next for Carroll? I suppose if he waits five years or so, he’d be old enough to run for President. But that move would be even worse than the Raiders thing, because in government you’ve got a whole bunch of guys like Mark Davis pushing and pulling on you. All said, I thank this man for what he did at USC. I don’t even want to hear about the Bush episode, because we all know that everybody was shoveling money under the table back then, same as they’re shoveling it above the table now.

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