Wow! The Ravens fire Super Bowl winning coach, Brian Billick!

NFL
-Ravens: Brian Billick Fired! (Baltimore Sun)
-Bills: Marv Levy Steps Down as GM of Bills (AP)
-Panthers: Fox Thinks He’ll Be Back; Owner Remains Silent (AP)
-NFL: Falcons, Chiefs, Raiders in Complicated Coin Flip Scenario (AP)

Parcells begins shaping the Dolphins…

AFC
Dolphins: Parcells Fires Dolphins GM Mueller (Miami Herald)
Patriots: Still Some Work to Do (Boston Globe)
Colts: Great Marvin Mystery of ‘07 Continues into Playoffs (Indianapolis Star)

NFC
Giants: Strahan: Good Effort Not Enough (New York Post)
Giants: Time for Eli to Step Up in Playoffs (Daily News)

NFL Columns
Peter King Monday Morning Quarterback: A Perfect Evening (SI)
Michael Silver’s Morning Rush: Brute Force (Yahoo! Sports)

Titans and Redskins are in; Browns, Vikings, Saints are out…

Sunday Night Football: Titans 16 Colts 1o - FINAL
Titans beat Jim Sorgi and lock up the final AFC playoff spot…
AP Recap | NFL GameCenter
-Titans: Titans Score Playoff Berth (Tennessean)
-Titans: Titans Handle Peyton’s Backup (Tennessean)
-Titans: Bironas Helps to Kick Down Playoff Door (Tennessean)
-Colts: Colts Fall in Dome’s Regular Season Finale (Indianapolis Star)
-Colts: Backups Make Titans Earn Playoff Berth (Indianapolis Star)
-Colts: Sanders Already Repaying Colts (Indianapolis Star)

Redskins 27 Cowboys 6
Redskins win four in a row to get into the playoffs…
AP Recap | NFL GameCenter
-Redskins: Part of the ‘In’ Crowd (Washington Post)
-Redskins: Magical Run Continues (Washington Post)
-Redskins: Hall of Fame Coach Demonstrates Why (Washington Post)
-Cowboys: ‘Uninspired’ Cowboys Have Two Weeks (Star-Telegram)
-Cowboys: WR Terry Glenn Glad to Get Some Action (Dallas Morning News)
-Cowboys: Romo Just Isn’t Right (Star-Telegram)

Broncos 22 Vikings 19 - FINAL OT
Vikings season ends with back-to-back losses and lot of regrets…
AP Recap | NFL GameCenter
-Broncos: Broncos Win Season Finale (Denver Post)
-Broncos: After Crash, Time for Repair Work (Rocky Mountain News)
-Broncos: Time for Farewells (Denver Post)
-Vikings: Overtime Fumble Spoils Comeback (Star Tribune)
-Vikings: AD Offers No Excuse for Feeble Finish (Star Tribune)
-Vikings: Good or Bad Season? You Decide (St. Paul Pioneer Press)

Chargers 30 Raiders 17 - FINAL
Chargers clinch the #3 seed in the AFC playoffs…
AP Recap | NFL GameCenter
-Chargers: Chargers Claim #3 Seed Easily (San Diego Times-Union)
-Chargers: Tomlinson Wins Another Rushing Title (San Diego Times-Union)
-Chargers: Too Early to Measure Success (San Diego Times-Union)
-Raiders: Russell Gets His Chance (Contra Costa Times)
-Raiders: Kiffen: ‘We’ll Get It Fixed’ (Oakland Tribune)
-Raiders: Sapp Decision Will Come Quickly (San Francisco Chronicle)

Ravens 27 Steelers 21 - FINAL
Roethlisberger sits. Jacksonville Jaguars up next…
AP Recap | NFL Gamecenter
-Ravens: Painful Season Ends with a Smile (Baltimore Sun)
-Ravens: A Glimpse of What Troy Smith Could Be (Baltimore Sun)
-Ravens: Too Little, Too Late for Ravens Fans (Baltimore Sun)
-Steelers: Ravens Rough Up Steelers 27-21 (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
-Steelers: Bring on Jacksonville (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
-Steelers: Run Defense Shows Weakness (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

Cardinal 48 Rams 19 - FINAL
Cardinals get to 8-8…
AP Recap | NFL Gamecenter
-Cardinals: Cards Rip Rams, Finish .500 (Arizona Republic)
-Cardinals: Busy Important Off-Season Looms (East Valley Tribune)
-Cardinals: Quarterback Speculation Begins (Arizona Republic)
-Rams: Defeat in Desert Sums Up Season (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
-Rams: Rams Appear Ready to Anoint Scapegoat (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
-Rams: Jackson Again Reaches 1,000 Yards (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Jets 13 Chiefs 10 - FINAL OT
Jets manage their fourth win of the season…
AP Recap | NFL Gamecenter
-Jets: Nugent Gives Jets Win in OT (Daily News)
-Jets: Clemens Isn’t the QB Answer (New York Post)
-Jets: Jets Must Wait ‘Til Next Year (New York Post)
-Chiefs: Fitting Finale for Dismal Year (Kansas City Star)
-Chiefs: Peterson, Edwards to Return in 2008 (Kansas City Star)
-Chiefs: Chiefs See Growth in Croyle Despite Losses (Kansas City Star)

With the Saints losing, the results of the early games are fairly meaningless…

Bears 33 Saints 25 - FINAL
Saints eliminated from playoffs…
AP Recap | NFL GameCenter
-Bears: Bears Leave Fans Wondering (Chicago Tribune)
-Bears: Orton Will Make Run in 2008 (Chicago Tribune)
-Bears: Hester Catching on a Receiver (Chicago Sun-Times)
-Saints: Bears Maul Pass-Happy Saints (Times-Picayune)
-Saints: Bitter End (Times-Picayune)
-Saints: Hand Injury Sidelines Colston (Times-Picayune)

Falcons 44 Seahawks 41 - FINAL
Chris Redman throws for 4 touchdowns…
AP Recap | NFL GameCenter
-Falcons: Falcons Win Finale Behind Redman’s 4 TDs (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
-Falcons: ‘Redman Played Great’ (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
-Falcons: Singletary Not Shy About Atlanta (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
-Seahawks: Two Minutes Doom Seahawks (Seattle Times)
-Seahawks: Alexander Scores 100th Rushing TD (HeraldNet)
-Seahawks: ‘A Whole New Season Now’ (Tacoma News-Tribune)

Bengals 38 Dolphins 25 - FINAL
Dolphins end season 1-15…
AP Recap | NFL GameCenter
-Dolphins: Games Over, Decisions Await (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
-Dolphins: Cameron Kicked Traylor Off Team (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
-Dolphins: Mueller Is Going; What of Cameron? (Miami Herald)
-Bengals: Bengals End Lost Season with a Win (Cincinnati Post)
-Bengals: Lewis Hushes Talk of Changes (Cincinnati Enquirer)
-Bengals: Thurman Applies Again for Reinstatement (Cincinnati Enquirer)

Packers 34 Lions 13 - FINAL
Lions lose 7 of last 8 games…
AP Recap | NFL Gamecenter
-Packers: McCarthy Plays His Cards the Right Way (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
-Packers: Don’t Downplay Importance of This Win (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
-Packers: Now Bring on the Playoffs (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
-Lions: Lions Dominated by Packers (Detroit Free Press)
-Lions: Kitna, Martz Should Both Hit Road (Detroit News)
-Lions: Blow’em Up: Lions Need to Start Over (Detroit Free Press)

Texans 42 Jaguars 28 - FINAL
Texans finish with first non-losing season…
AP Recap | NFL Gamecenter
-Texans: Texans Get to .500 for First Time (Houston Chronicle)
-Texans: Andre Davis Brings Many Happy Returns (Houston Chronicle)
-Texans: Wild Card Contender Next Year (Houston Chronicle)
-Jaguars: Playoff-Bound Jags Take It Easy (Orlando Sentinel)
-Jaguars: Matt Jones Doesn’t Drop Opportunity (Florida Times-Union)
-Jaguars: Del Rio Rests His Regulars (Orlando Sentinel)

Panthers 31 Buccaneers 23 - FINAL
Has Fox coached his last game for the Panthers?
AP Recap | NFL Gamecenter
-Panthers: Youth Prevails as Panthers Top Bucs (Charlotte Observer)
-Panthers: Panthers Send Out Testaverde with Class (Gaston Gazette)
-Panthers: Moore Keeps Progressing (Charlotte Observer)
-Buccaneers: Three Weeks Since a Meaningful Game (St. Petersburg Times)
-Buccaneers: Once Again, Gruden Can Feel the Heat (St. Petersburg Times)
-Buccaneers: How Real Are Bucs? Time to Find Out (Tampa Tribune)

Eagles 17 Bills 9 - FINAL
Eagles finish season at 8-8…
AP Recap | NFL Gamecenter
-Eagles: Eagles Finish 8-8 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
-Eagles: Perplexing Season Mercifully Ends (Philadelphia Inquirer)
-Eagles: If McNabb Returns, Future Will Be Now (Daily News)
-Bills: Bills Lose Finale to Eagles 17-9 (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle)
-Bills: Banged-Up Bills Went Down Fighting (Buffalo News)
-Bills: Reports: Levy Out As Bills GM (Rochester Democrat & Chronicle)

Browns 20 49ers 7 - FINAL
Browns fate still rests in the hands of the Titans and Colts…
AP Recap | NFL Gamecenter
-Browns: Browns Season Over (Akron Beacon Journal)
-Browns: Bittersweet Ending for Browns (Akron Beacon Journal)
-Browns: Crennel Stands By Anderson (Akron Beacon Journal)
-49ers: Season Ends with a Thud (San Francisco Chronicle)
-49ers: Ending Painful for Bryant Young (Sacramento Bee)
-49ers: With That, So Long Nolan (San Jose Mercury News)

Washington Redskins (9-7) at Seattle Seahawks (10-6)
Saturday 4:30 PM on NBC

Jacksonville Jaguars (11-5) at Pittsburgh Steelers (10-6)
Saturday 8:00 PM on NBC

New York Giants (10-6) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-7)
Sunday 1:00 PM on FOX

Tennessee Titans (9-6)/Cleveland Browns (10-6) at San Diego Chargers (11-5)
Sunday 4:15 PM on CBS

Levy out in Buffalo? Martz finished in Detroit? Mueller done in Miami?

AFC
-Patriots: Historic Win Draws Highest Regular Season Ratings Since 1995 (AP)
-Bills: Levy to Step Down as GM of Bills? (AP)
-Dolphins: Mueller Likely to Be Fired as Dolphins GM? (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
-Colts: Marvin Harrison Out Again for Colts (AP)

NFC
-Lions: No Comment on Martz’s Future in Detroit (AP)

Testaverde to retire… Holmgren may retire… and Martz may be forced to retire.

NFC East
-Redskins: Been There, Done That (Washington Post)
-Eagles: Reid: Team Got Good Too Late (Philadelphia Inquirer)

NFC South
-Saints: Hanging by a Thread (Times Picayune)
-Panthers: Testaverde to Retire After Finale (Charlotte Observer)
-Panthers: An Offseason of Tough Decisions (Gaston Gazette)

NFC North
-Packers: McCarthy Rises to Top of NFL Coaching (Green Bay Press-Gazette)
-Vikings: Bud Grant: Give Tavaris Time (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
-Lions: Reports: Lions to Fire Martz (Detroit Free Press)
-Bears: Painful Year Coming to an End (Chicago Tribune)

NFC West
-Seahawks: Holmgren’s Last Stand? (News Tribune)
-Cardinals: Cards Look for .500 in Finale (Arizona Republic)
-Rams: ‘It Hurts If You Just Quit’ (St. Louis Times-Dispatch)

Parcells, Sorgi and Neuheisel… when was the last time you got to use the three of those guys in the same sentence?

AFC East
Dolphins: Give Parcells Picks, He Will Find Gold (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

AFC South
Colts: Sorgi Eager to Make Rare Appearance (Indianapolis Star)
Titans: Titans Like Do or Die Scenario (Tennessean)
Texans: No More Nice Guy, Texans (Houston Chronicle)

AFC North
Browns: Season’s Highs and Lows (Akron Beacon Journal)
Ravens: Neuheisel Gets UCLA Job (Baltimore Sun)
Ravens: Ravens Vow to ‘Go Out Fighting’ (Baltimore Sun)

AFC West
Chargers: Chargers Eye Third Seed in Playoffs (North County Times)
Chiefs: Best and Worst of 2007 (Kansas City Star)
Raiders: Russell Set to Make His First Start (Sacramento Bee)

Patriots go undefeated in a thriller against the Giants…

New England Patriots 38 New York Giants 35 - FINAL
AP Recap | NFL GameCenter
-Patriots: Brady, Moss Unbeatable in Comeback (Boston Globe)
-Patriots: Patriots Make History (Boston Globe)
-Patriots: They’d Better Be Better in Playoffs (Boston Herald)
-Giants: Giants Fight Hard but Pats Are Still 16-0 (Daily News)
-Giants: Magical Giant Night Ends with a Loss (Daily News)
-Giants: Give Tom Credit - They Went for It (NY Post)
-Patriots: Now the Real Work Begins… (ESPN)
-Patriots: Sixteen and Whoa! (SI)
-Patriots: ‘72 Dolphins Salute Patriots’ Success… So Far (AP)

Morning news briefs are now on the daily menu…

NFC East
-Cowboys: Teams Figure to Call on Garrett, Sparano (Dallas Morning News)
-Giants: Giants Feel Capable of Stopping Pats (Daily News)
-Redskins: Collins Savoring the Moment (Washington Times)

NFC South
-Saints: Can’t Bear It Again (Times Picayune)
-Panthers: Best and Worst of 2007 (Gaston Gazette)
-Falcons: Former Giants GM Accorsi Advising Blank (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)