Jerome Baker named AFC defensive player of the month

After starting 1-7, the Dolphins have been one of the league’s hottest teams to win seven in a row. After defeating New Orleans on Monday, Miami is 8-7 and enters Week 17 as the AFC’s No. 7 seed. Linebacker Jerome Baker has been a big part of the team’s last couple of wins and now [more]

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Aaron Donald named the NFC defensive player of the month

The Rams went 4-0 during the month of December and took over first place in the NFC West from the Cardinals in the process. Defensive tackle Aaron Donald played a leading role in making that happen. Donald posted 21 tackles, six sacks, eight tackles for loss, eight quarterback hits, and two forced fumbles in the [more]

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Patrick Mahomes named AFC offensive player of the month

The Chiefs went 4-0 in December to win their sixth consecutive AFC West title and they got some strong performances by quarterback Patrick Mahomes along the way. Now the 2018 MVP has been named offensive player of the month. Mahomes completed 68.5 percent of his passes in December for 1,110 yards with eight touchdowns and [more]

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Aaron Rodgers is the NFC offensive player of the month

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers mused about retirement on Wednesday and he has set himself up to go out on top if he does hang up the cleats. Rodgers was the NFL MVP last season and his work in December has made him a leading candidate to take home the prize again this year. Rodgers went [more]

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Harold Goodwin: There are a lot of good coaches that aren’t coordinators

Buccaneers defensive coordinator Todd Bowles and offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich have generated a lot of buzz as head coaching candidates, but neither of them has been tasked with stepping in for Bruce Arians after Arians tested positive for COVID-19 this week. Assistant head coach Harold Goodwin got that nod and he will oversee operations until [more]

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Darrell Bevell interested in permanent run as Jaguars head coach

The last time the Jaguars fired their head coach during the regular season, they wound up hiring interim head coach Doug Marrone on a permanent basis. Jacksonville made another in-season change this year when they pulled the plug on Urban Meyer’s disastrous tenure after 13 games and installed offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell as his replacement. [more]

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Sam Ehlinger feels comfortable in Colts offense, understands what QB has to be

The Colts hope to have Carson Wentz back from the COVID-19 reserve list in time to start against the Raiders on Sunday, but they are preparing rookie Sam Ehlinger to make his first NFL start in the event that Wentz can’t get clearance. Head coach Frank Reich may have given old friend Philip Rivers a [more]

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