Kyle Shanahan: We saw Jalen Hurts’ ability early on last season

The last time the 49ers played the Eagles was in Week Two of the 2021 season. A lot has changed for both teams since San Francisco beat Philadelphia 17-11 that day. It was Nick Siirianni’s second game as head coach and only the sixth start of quarterback Jalen Hurts’ career. Now Hurts is an MVP [more]

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Keion Crossen had shoulder surgery

The start to Dolphins cornerback Keion Crossen‘s offseason included a trip to the operating room. Crossen posted a picture of himself in surgical garb from a hospital bed on Wednesday. Crossen had surgery on his shoulder. In the post, Crossen said that he “played nearly an entire season with subluxation of my shoulder” and he’ll [more]

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Jalen Hurts: It’s a cool honor to be an MVP finalist

The NFL and the Associated Press announced finalists for the league’s year-end awards on Wednesday and Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is up for two of them. Hurts is in the running for offensive player of the year and MVP, which will be awarded at the NFL Honors show on February 9 ahead of the Super [more]

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Cowboys whack five assistant coaches, so far

The best argument for the Cowboys keeping coach Mike McCarthy is that he presided over consecutive 12-win seasons. That argument presumably would also apply to the various members of the coaching staff who now find themselves out of work. In addition to senior defensive assistant George Edwards and running backs coach Skip Peete, the Cowboys [more]

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Seahawks players not happy that Pete Carroll is not a coach of the year finalist

Heading into the 2022 season, the Seahawks were expected to be one of the worst teams in the NFL. Trading Russell Wilson away suggested that they were beginning a rebuild, and the betting odds put their over/under win total at just 5.5 games, third-worst in the NFL. So when the Seahawks went 9-8 and made [more]

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Chiefs are playoff underdogs for first time since drafting Patrick Mahomes

A Patrick Mahomes injury is what it took for the Chiefs to be playoff underdogs for the first time since Mahomes arrived in Kansas City. The Bengals are currently favored by 1.5 points over the Chiefs at most sports books, reflecting the feeling among most bettors that Mahomes, playing on an injured ankle, will be [more]

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Zac Taylor: These players want the toughest road

The Bengals have been playing with an oversized chip on their collective shoulders for a while now. The team clearly took the league publicizing the ticket sales for the theoretical neutral-site game between the Bills and Chiefs as a slight and used that for motivation to dominate Buffalo in the divisional round. So as the [more]

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