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Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is expected to be named the AFC offensive rookie of the year in Las Vegas next week and he’ll be spending some time in Orlando before that award is handed out. The team announced that Stroud has been added to the AFC roster for this week’s Pro Bowl activities. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was one of …

The Saints announced Tuesday that linebacker Demario Davis was named a Pro Bowl Games replacement. Davis will fill in for 49ers linebacker Fred Warner. It marks Davis’ second consecutive Pro Bowl, the team’s first linebacker to be named in two consecutive campaigns since Jonathan Vilma (2009-10). In 2023, Davis started all 17 games and totaled a team-leading 121 tackles with …

When the Patriots drafted Jerod Mayo in 2008, Tom Brady was the team’s starting quarterback. When Mayo joined New England’s coaching staff in 2019, Brady was still the team’s quarterback. Brady left in free agency after that season, but he said in an interview with ESPN on Tuesday that he still has a particularly positive impression of Mayo, who was …

Where Bears coaching staff stands after Chris Beatty hiring originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Less than one month after firing offensive coordinator Luke Getsy, quarterbacks coach Andrew Janocko, wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert and running backs coach Omar Young, the Bears offensive coaching staff is nearly filled out again. A source has confirmed to NBC Sports Chicago on Tuesday …

Brandon Staley isn’t coaching the Chargers anymore, but he may be sticking around Los Angeles. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Staley will interview with the Rams for their defensive coordinator position on Wednesday. The Rams are looking for a replacement for new Falcons head coach Raheem Morris, who took over the job when Staley left for the Chargers …

49ers’ NFC title game record vs. blue, non-blue teams good SBLVIII omen originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area When a team has had as much NFL playoff success as the 49ers, plenty of fascinating statistics start to emerge, with the latest providing a good omen for an upcoming San Francisco victory in Super Bowl LVIII. Per Jay Cuda, every …

The NFL is heading into Super Bowl LVIII having had its most-watched playoffs ever. The league announced today that this year’s 12 playoff games averaged 38.5 million viewers, making this the most-watched playoffs the NFL has ever had. That happened despite some changes to this year’s playoffs, including the first-ever playoff game to air exclusively on a streaming platform when …

Yahoo Sports NFL writer Charles McDonald is joined by Sports Info Solutions’ Bryce Rossler to discuss what it would take for the Chiefs to lose this postseason, including how Kansas City’s defense has improved immensely under Steve Spagnuolo. Hear the full conversation on “The Exempt List with Charles McDonald” – part of the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on …

If Cowboys owner Jerry Jones believes people work better when they’re under pressure, he has applied a little more of it to his lame-duck head coach. Less than two weeks after Jones issued a statement indicating that Mike McCarthy will return for a fifth season after an embarrassing first-round exit from the playoffs, Jones spoke openly about the prospect of …

Gardner Minshew is really going to the Pro Bowl. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) For the second straight year, the NFL had to dig deep into the AFC stable of quarterbacks to help replace Patrick Mahomes in the Pro Bowl. The NFL named Indianapolis Colts quarterback Gardner Minshew II to the Pro Bowl on Tuesday, as well as Houston Texans …

New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte turned himself in to authorities last week after being charged with crimes related to alleged sports betting. (AP Photo/Greg M. Cooper, File) With the first Super Bowl in the history of Las Vegas taking center stage over the next two weeks, the NFL revealed Tuesday that it will be investigating New England Patriots …

Former Panthers offensive coordinator Thomas Brown has found a new job. The Bears hired Brown as their pass game coordinator, Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reports. Brown, 37, was voted the NFL’s No. 2 offensive coordinator in a recent NFLPA player poll. He reunites with Shane Waldron, the new offensive coordinator in Chicago, after the two were on Sean …

MOBILE, Ala. — Jerry Jones deflected the first couple of questions. Has he talked to Bill Belichick this month? “I don’t want to get into, for reasons of talking about anybody that I may have talked to that’s been bantered around about coaching,” the Dallas Cowboys team owner and general manager said Tuesday. “But I didn’t talk to anybody. I …

For 30 minutes Sunday, it looked as if the Detroit Lions might reach their first-ever Super Bowl. But then the San Francisco 49ers stormed back to steal the NFC Championship, ensuring a title-game rematch with the vaunted Kansas City Chiefs. It wasn’t necessarily a pretty postseason journey for the NFC’s No. 1 seed, as the 49ers barely survived the upstart …

Perry: Why Belichick to Commanders ‘doesn’t make sense’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston With Bill Belichick’s head coaching opportunities dwindling as each day passes since the Atlanta Falcons hired Raheem Morris, could an underwhelming team such as the Washington Commanders find their way into contention to land one of the winningest coaches of all time? The Commanders originally liked …