Author: Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY

The Dallas Cowboys announced Friday it is moving on from offensive coordinator Scott Linehan. The team ranked Dallas ranked 22nd in total offense and points.

Both the AFC and NFC Championship Games are rematches, but there will be plenty of new wrinkles for the Patriots, Chiefs, Rams and Saints.

Rams-Chiefs? Saints-Patriots? We break down all four possible combinations of matchups for Super Bowl LIII and why they’d be enticing.

The Patriots and Chiefs combined for 83 points in their regular-season meeting, and the rematch could provide plenty of fireworks as well.

The Saints got the best of the Rams in a high-scoring contest earlier this season, but Los Angeles could prove to be a handful in the rematch.

The Kansas City Chiefs had a league-high four players selected to the AP’s 2018 NFL All-Pro first team.

The margin of error is thin in the NFL playoffs, and these shortcomings could prove to be teams’ undoing if not properly addressed.

Antonio Brown hasn’t formally requested a trade, Mike Tomlin said, but the Steelers receiver’s actions last week did not sit well with the coach.

With the NFL playoffs set to kick off this weekend, these are the players and facets that will shape the outcome of the wild-card games.