PFT’s Week 16 2022 NFL awards

The sixteenth week of the 2022 season was a weird one, with the bulk of the games on Christmas Eve and a first-ever trio of contests on Christmas. The games for the most part were’t extremely compelling (thanks in part to eight Saturday games played in really cold to freakin’ cold conditions), but there were [more]

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Broncos owner Greg Penner: New head coach will report to me, not George Paton

Broncos owner Greg Penner is making clear that he’s calling the shots on the team’s next head coach. Although Penner expressed confidence in General Manager George Paton and said Paton will be heavily involved, Penner said that overseeing the next head coach will fall to the owner in Denver going forward. “The new coach will [more]

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Kyle Shanahan not yet thinking about Brock Purdy’s long-term future

Though the 49ers are playing their third-string quarterback, they’re still winning with Brock Purdy. San Francisco is on a seven-game winning streak, with the last three games started by Purdy. He also played the majority of snaps in the club’s 33-17 victory over Miami, when Jimmy Garoppolo went down with a fractured foot. Despite Purdy’s [more]

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J.J. Watt announces retirement, says Sunday was “My last ever NFL home game”

J.J. Watt is calling it a career. Watt wrote on Twitter this morning that Sunday’s game in Arizona was the first game his son ever attended and will be the last home game of his career. “Koa’s first ever NFL game. My last ever NFL home game,” Watt wrote. “My heart is filled with nothing [more]

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Brian Daboll: We’re not in playoffs yet, I’m not going to look down that road

When the 2022 season started, there were not a lot of predictions that included the Giants among the teams that would be taking part in the postseason but head coach Brian Daboll’s gotten a lot more out of the team in his first season than most people expected. A win on Sunday will assure the [more]

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PFT’s Week 17 2022 NFL power rankings

1. 49ers (11-4; No. 4): They would beat anyone in the NFL right now. If that doesn’t make them No. 1, what does? 2. Bills (12-3; No. 2): They haven’t lost since that rollercoaster ride against the Vikings. Maybe they won’t lose again. 3. Chiefs (12-3; No. 3): I still can’t shake the feeling that [more]

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Brandon Staley: Chargers expected to make the playoffs, this is just the beginning

The Chargers clinched a playoff berth with Monday night’s win over the Colts, but coach Brandon Staley says that’s nothing to celebrate. Staley said after the game that the Chargers have only accomplished the first of their goals by making the postseason and have more to come. “It’s just the beginning,” Staley said. “This is [more]

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