AP names Saquon Barkley, Christian McCaffrey, Geno Smith as comeback player finalists

The three finalists for the Associated Press comeback player of the year award all saw action in the postseason this year, which helps illustrate how much their fortunes improved over where they were a year ago. Giants running back Saquon Barkley had torn his ACL in 2020 and looked like a pedestrian back for a [more]

Source Rumor Mill – ProFootballTalk https://ift.tt/ySJdOnK

Sauce Gardner, Brock Purdy among finalists for AP rookie of the year awards

When PFT announced our award winners earlier this month, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was our offensive rookie of the year and Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner was named defensive rookie of the year. The Associated Press versions of those awards will be given out at the NFL Honors show on the Thursday before the Super Bowl [more]

Source Rumor Mill – ProFootballTalk https://ift.tt/NTBlmhO

Dolphins interviewing Vic Fangio, Sean Desai for defensive coordinator today

The Dolphins are interviewing two defensive coordinator candidates today. Vic Fangio and Sean Desai will both get their interviews for the Miami vacancy today, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Fangio went just 19-30 in three years as the Broncos’ head coach, but he is widely regarded as one of the best defensive coaches [more]

Source Rumor Mill – ProFootballTalk https://ift.tt/609JQbO

Zac Taylor on facing Chiefs again: Teams continue to evolve, have to beat them one time in a row

The Bengals are headed to Arrowhead Stadium to face the Chiefs for the AFC title and they’re unlikely to be intimidated by being on the road in that situation. Cincinnati won last year’s AFC championship in the same stadium and they have beaten the Chiefs in Cincinnati in each of the last two regular seasons, [more]

Source Rumor Mill – ProFootballTalk https://ift.tt/O6jUxVF

Tom Brady’s response to Jim Gray was a strange overreaction

Last night, a surprisingly belligerent quote emerged from quarterback Tom Brady‘s podcast, during which he was asked about his football future for 2023 and replied with a pair of F bombs. “If I knew what I was going to fucking do, I would’ve already fucking done it,” Brady said. “I’m taking it a day at [more]

Source Rumor Mill – ProFootballTalk https://ift.tt/YXCg2BK

Jaguars-Chiefs racks up huge numbers

The divisional round got started with its biggest opening audience in eight years. NBC has announced that Saturday’s Jaguars-Chiefs game had a total audience of 34.1 million across all platforms. Of that amount, more than two million watched on digital platforms, a non-Super Bowl record. It’s the biggest audience for the first game of the [more]

Source Rumor Mill – ProFootballTalk https://ift.tt/FENxucD

Thomas Brown to interview for Commanders, Chargers OC openings

Rams assistant head coach/tight ends coach Thomas Brown will be talking to a couple of other teams about offensive coordinator openings this week. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Brown will interview with the Commanders on Tuesday and Chargers on Wednesday. Brown spent two seasons as the Rams’ running backs coach before moving to [more]

Source Rumor Mill – ProFootballTalk https://ift.tt/wNqvzRy