Check out the lines and spreads for the AFC and NFC title games — along with expert insight — as the final four teams vie for the two spots in Super Bowl LIX.

Ben Johnson mentioned Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp and head coach Dan Campbell in his first spoken sentences as head coach of the Chicago Bears.

The NFC North produced three playoff teams, two teams with 14 or more wins and the conference’s No. 1 seed — creating a historic, never-before-seen regular season inside the division. Then the playoffs began, and it all fell apart in stunning fashion. Not a single team from the NFC North won a playoff game.

Chicago has hired Detroit Lions OC Ben Johnson to be their next head coach. The toughest division in the NFL could get even more competitive.

The Bears acquired a top-notch coach to nurture Caleb Williams and boost the offense. And the Lions have lost not only Johnson, but defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, who was hired as the Jets' head coach.

The NFC North was called the best division in football, but they've been swept from the playoffs. Are the Bears closer to the top than they look?

According to NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, the Bears have requested permission to interview Minnesota Vikings passing game coordinator/defensive backs coach Daronte Jones for their vacant defensive coordinator position in 2025.

Bob McGinn, the Pro Football Hall of Fame reporter who covered the Packers for four decades and now works for golongtd.com, talked with several NFL executives and assembled an All-NFC North team. Not surprisingly, the Packers had just one first-team selection on offense — left guard Elgton Jenkins.

The New England Patriots have acted quickly since firing head coach Jerod Mayo just hours after their 2024 regular-season finale. In just over two weeks, they've hired Mike Vrabel to be their head coach and Josh McDaniels as offensive coordinator and kept on Jeremy Springer to run the special teams units.

According to the MMQB's Albert Breer, the Patriots interviewed Minnesota Vikings assistant offensive coordinator and assistant quarterbacks coach Grant Udinksi for the job on Mond

This initially was meant to be a eulogy for the NFC North, the most underachieving division in football. The past few days have changed that. The division might be the best soap opera in the National Football League.