However, in Week 17 on national television, the Chargers plowed the Patriots at Gillette Stadium, winning 40–7 to clinch their first postseason berth with Jim Harbaugh at the helm. After years ...

If the Vikings and O’Connell had reached an impasse, ownership would have had a decision to make — let O’Connell finish his contract and become a free agent who could leave without compensation or ...