51-45 overtime defeat to the Cardinals in the first round of the NFC playoffs – one of the most thrilling postseason games in NFL history. AP photos from Cardinals – Packers game Sunday. Arizona Cardinals win 51-45. The victory puts the Cardinals into next Saturday’s divisional-round matchup against the top-seeded New Orleans Saints at the Louisiana Superdome.

The last of the snow is cleaned up at Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Stadium at about 1:40 p.m. ET. Sunday.

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Baltimore Raven’s M&T Bank Stadium.

The Chicago Bears thought they planned ahead to beat a storm bearing down on their destination for the Bears-Ravens game Sunday. Normally the Chicago Bears would leave Saturday afternoon — the day before a Sunday football game. However, with a winter storm warning and blizzard warning alerting the east coast to a possible record snowfall, the Bears decided to push their departure flight ahead to 10:30 p.m. Friday. Players and personnel sat on their plane from 10:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. Saturday because the snowstorm also was ahead of schedule — and caused a flight delay for the Bears Friday night. Bears Tweets from Chicago Bears writer Larry Mayer, read on …

The Bears took from O’Hare International Airport about 8:00 p.m. CT and had a good flight to Baltimore, landing at about just before 11 p.m. ET. The charter flight for the Chicago Bears was the only flight permitted into Baltimore-Washington Internataional Airport (BWI) Saturday night, until a United Airlines redeye flight from Los Angeles arrived Sunday morning. BWI has four runways, but only one runway was open when the Chicago Bears landed Saturday night. . On Sunday morning BWI had two runways open.

Bears Official Twitter (Tweets from Larry Mayer) …

MORE INFO …
FAA FLIGHT DELAY INFORMATION MAP …
Baltimore Weather Forecast and Conditions …
Philadelphia Weather Forecast and Conditions …
Weather Underground Interactive Radar for Baltimore …
Update from Chicago Bears (official blog) …

The last of the snow is cleaned up at Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Stadium at about 1:40 p.m. ET. Sunday. Looks ready for the 4:15 p.m. ET kickoff/game start time.

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Baltimore Raven’s M&T Bank Stadium.

The Chicago Bears thought they planned ahead to beat a storm bearing down on their destination for the Bears-Ravens game Sunday. Normally the Chicago Bears would leave Saturday afternoon — the day before a Sunday football game. However, with a winter storm warning and blizzard warning alerting the east coast to a possible record snowfall, the Bears decided to push their departure flight ahead to 10:30 p.m. Friday. Players and personnel sat on their plane from 10:30 p.m. until 12:30 a.m. Saturday because the snowstorm also was ahead of schedule — and caused a flight delay for the Bears Friday night.

The Bears expedition hauled back to Halas Hall, arriving at about 1:15 a.m. Saturday. So players slept in Chicagoland and will try another attempt today. Now the Bears have to consult with the airline charter and the charter’s weather experts to safely get to their destination — if not Baltimore-Washington International Airport, another airport nearby. That would be an airport outside the major storm perimeter. The Chicago Bears also consult with Accu-Weather and Weather Channel experts to find the best routing and time frames.

The City of Baltimore had already urged a delay of the start time of Sunday’s Bears-Ravens game from 12:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. The delay is necessary so that public works can clear the streets and so that fans, who would need the extra time, could still make it to the game.

Could the Bears-Ravens game start time be pushed back again, or postponed? Could the Bears get a snow plow escort from an airport a few hundred miles away from Baltimore Raven’s M&T Bank Stadium? Stay tuned with Bears Twitter updates below!

Bears Official Twitter …

MORE INFO …
FAA FLIGHT DELAY INFORMATION MAP …
Baltimore Weather Forecast and Conditions …
Philadelphia Weather Forecast and Conditions …
Weather Underground Interactive Radar for Baltimore …
Update from Chicago Bears (official blog) …

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Check the interview by Chicago Tribune’s Teddy Greenstein and the ironic story of a football coach and his football player son …

Chicago Tribune: Northwestern’s Zeke Markshausen had proper guidance.

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