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The Bears gave up a lot to get Justin Fields, trading up with the Giants in the 2021 NFL Draft, and after three seasons in the league, Chicago seemingly is still not sold on Fields being their long-term answer under center. While the Seahawks are in the middle of rolling changes after the hiring of new head coach Mike Macdonald, the Seahawks could be in for a change at quarterback too. Geno Smith has one year left on his three-year, $75 million deal, and the team could want to move on earlier if a better, more attractive option…
With it now being the offseason for the Steelers, we’ll be doing the mailbags bi-weekly just to have a full cycle of news to discuss. Q: Jarrett, was the entire Steelers coaching staff at the Senior Bowl practices or just Tomlin and a few others?- Mike Humphreys A: No, just Mike Tomlin and Omar Khan, along with at least one scout that was there through the week. No team sends their entire staff, that would be far too much. Usually just head coach and GM that go down, and then the scouts that are assigned to be there.…
Pittsburgh Steelers star TJ Watt was not too happy about losing Defensive Player of the Year to Cleveland Browns pass-rusher Myles Garrett. Garrett hauled in his first DPOY honor on Thursday night, edging Watt 165-140 in the voting. The powerful Browns star received 23 of 50 first-place votes to Watt’s 19. Watt was not in attendance but delivered a strong message on social media after the award was announced. Nothing I’m not used to,” Watt said. Watt won the award in 2021 and has been a finalist multiple times. He had a case for his second…
The Brooklyn Nets were not ready to blow everything up at the NBA trade deadline, but they did make a couple of key moves that figure to have an impact on the rest of the season and multiple teams. That included parting with Royce O’Neale, whom they sent to the Phoenix Suns on Thursday. Thank you Brooklyn for the opportunity and embracing the kid…forever a special place in the journey,” he posted on Friday. O’Neale was with the Utah Jazz for the first five years of his career before being traded to the Nets in June of 2022.…
Lions center Frank Ragnow said after the NFC Championship Game that he needed some time to figure things out, leading to concerns in Detroit that Ragnow might retire. But at the NFL Honors event on Thursday night, Ragnow said he’s figured it out: He’s playing in 2024. “I’m not retiring,” Ragnow told the Detroit Free Press. Ragnow was playing through several injuries in the playoffs and said at the end of the season that the physical pain was taking a toll on him, but he looked happy at NFL Honors and indicated that none of his injuries are…
Prince Harry just popped up in a pretty unexpected place. The Duke of Sussex was at the NFL Honors gala in Las Vegas on Thursday, just hours after touching down in the U.S. following his flying visit to the U.K. to see King Charles. What you guys do on and off the field is truly remarkable. You’re role models for millions in the way you carry yourselves and the way you give back,” the duke told the audience before presenting the award. There, Harry presented the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award to Cameron “Cam” Heyward…
Browns QB Joe Flacco is baffling pick for Comeback Player of Year By Adam Gretz | Last updated 2/9/24 Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco surprisingly won the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year award on Thursday night, beating out Buffalo Bills defensive back Damar Hamlin, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield and Los Angeles Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford. Flacco joined the Browns late in the season as a free agent and took over the starting quarterback job following the season-ending injury to Deshaun Watson. The Browns went 4-1 in his five regular-season starts to lead the teams playoffs. …
Ravens Rival, Steelers DT Cameron Heyward Wins Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year – NFL Honors Tracker FEB 8 HEYWARD WINS WALTER PAYTON NFL MoY AWARD Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward was named as the 2023 recipient of the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award as the NFL Honors show wrapped up on Thursday night. Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex was on hand to announce the Steelers captain as the winner of the award. It was Heyward’s sixth time being nominated and his first win. The Steelers standout was honored for his Heyward House…
The Detroit Lions will have their talented, gritty center back for the 2024 season. Frank Ragnow, who expressed at the end of a grueling season that battling injuries for the past two years has taken a toll on him, has confirmed that his career will continue in Motown. “I just need a few weeks to get healthy,” Ragnow told the Free Press at NFL Honors. “I guess my typical offseason routine is kind of get right back into it, but I think as I’m getting older I need to understand that sometimes maybe less is more. And I just need…
The best coach for the 2023 NFL season didn’t win Coach of the Year. Instead, the award was given to a highly deserving nominee, Cleveland Browns Head Coach Kevin Stefanski, but it didn’t go to the best one. That coach being Baltimore Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh. Ridiculously, Harbaugh placed fifth in the AP voting. The Ravens went 13-4. earning them the NFL’s best win/loss record. They were the No. 1 team by Total DVOA and finished top five in offensive DVOA (4), defensive DVOA (1) and special teams DVOA (3). Harbaugh hired both coordinators, both of whom earned nominations…