The Lions are closing in on their next coach, including Jim Schwartz , Leslie Frazier, Todd Bowles and maybe a late run at Steve Spagnuolo.

While football and its fans await official word from Colts coach Tony Dungy future in the NFL, there have been repeated signals today that this is it, the end.

In the unpredictable world that is known as the Raiders, team owner Al Davis has continued talking with and courting his interim head coach Tom Cable.

Now that the Broncos have agreed to hire Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as head coach, he has begun to piece together his staff.

Now that his team has been eliminated from the playoffs, Giants defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo is free to be hired by another team. And the process is heating up.

Add one more candidate to Detroit’s list. The Lions are expected to bring in Chargers defensive coordinator Ron Rivera for an interview for their head-coaching job.

On the day the Broncos made their head-coaching decision, the Lions amped up their own efforts to hire a new coach.

The Denver Broncos have hired New England Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels as their head coach, NFL Network’s Adam Schefter reported.

For the second time in two days, a No. 1 seed was knocked out of the NFL playoffs. On Sunday, it was the defending champion New York Giants.

Finally, there’s a little bit of sanity in this crazy postseason.

The question has been posed to Eli Manning, Tom Coughlin and the rest of the Giants during the second half of the season and into the playoffs — What type of impact has the absence of Plaxico Burress had on the Giants’ offense?

Let’s think about the questions we had coming into the game and how they would be answered.

Kara Henderson and Ty Law weigh in with some first-half observations from Heinz Field.

Earlier in the week, a Pittsburgh writer asked Chargers QB Philip Rivers what he thinks about the fact there are a lot of players and fans who just don’t like him. Rivers said he didn’t understand it because from his experience, he gets along with everyone and that people misunderstand him when they see him and don’t hear what he’s saying. I don’t have to hear what he just said to Steelers LB LaMarr Woodley after being sacked to know it wasn’t nice play.

Here’s a stat you will never use but was announced in the press box. Santonio Holmes‘ punt return for a touchdown was the first against the Chargers in a playoff game since the Bills’ Butch Bird took one 74 yards in the 1965 AFL Championship Game. Just in case you want to pull a Cliff Clavin on your friends.