With the wild-card round in the rearview mirror, only eight teams remain in contention for Super Bowl LVIII. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers capped off the opening round action Monday night by eliminating the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles with a decisive 32-9 victory that included keeping the Eagles from scoring in the second half.
Tampa Bay's signal-caller offered his thoughts on his health and leads this week's top quotes from around the NFL. Despite dealing with both rib and ankle injuries, Mayfield completed 22 of 36 passes for 337 yards and three touchdowns.
According to Mayfield, the victory helped alleviate his ailments. «A win cures a lot.» With their 48-32 wild-card loss to the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the Cowboys became the first top-two seed to fail to reach the divisional round since seeding began in 1975.
Prescott went 41-of-60 for 403 yards with three touchdowns, but also threw two interceptions that Green Bay turned into 14 points.