The Jets and Saints have also already fired their head coach, and the Jaguars, Giants, Raiders, and others loom as teams that could join them. Flores figures to at least get some interviews in this cycle. O'Connell and the Vikings will certainly be hoping he sticks around for a third season in Minnesota.

Whenever he’s made a mistake, big or small, he’s always found a way to move on without it affecting him too much.

The Green Bay Packers are at the end of the road. Sunday’s game in all likelihood will be the final game at Lambeau Field this season. Jordan Love and company are coming off a 27-25 loss to the Minnesota Vikings which saw them continue a trend of slow starts leading to disappointing finishes against the best teams in the NFC.

It feels like just a couple of weeks ago when we were talking about the Chicago Bears' place in the loaded NFC North race with Caleb Williams off to a hot start

On Wednesday evening, the Lions announced they had released the Pro Bowl defensive back from the practice squad, ending his brief stint in Detroit. Facing a slew of injuries on defense — particularly to their linebacker corps — the Lions signed the All-Pro defender on Dec. 1 of last year for depth, intending to use him as a box safety.

According to Pro Football Reference, Johnson has been targeted just 52 times this season, tied for 113th most in the NFL. On those passes, he has allowed 34 completions for 461 yards and two touchdowns with an opposing quarterback rating of 90.3.

With the Minnesota Vikings and Detroit Lions playing a historic matchup on “Sunday Night Football” to determine the NFC North winner in Week 18, the battle between the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears in the early timeslot on FOX will be viewable for the entire NFC North television market on Sunday.

Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles will be busy again this offseason. Last year, the organization was fixated on selecting

Mike and Wes review the Packers' injury situation in the secondary (:40) and discuss CB Keisean Nixon's unheralded season (5:47). They also give their keys to victory against the Bears (9:02), look at

The Minnesota Vikings play vs the Detroit Lions on Sunday night, with everything on the line. CB Terrion Arnold isn't worried about Justin Jefferson & Co.

Week 17 was one for the ages. In the middle of the holidays, the NFL gave us five days of football, spanning Wednesday to Monday. Now, we head into Week 18 and fans are certainly curious as to when the NFL will return again.