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Getty Images Joe Flacco has won the Comeback Player of the Year award, the first player in Cleveland Browns franchise history to win the award. Flacco, who wasn’t on an NFL roster until late November, completed 60.3% of his passes for 1,616 yards with 13 touchdowns to eight interceptions in five games (90.2 passer rating) — averaging 323.8 passing yards …

Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward is the 2023 Walter Payton Man of the Year award winner. The award, which is considered to be the league’s highest honor, recognizes a player’s off-the-field community service. Each team nominated a player to represent the franchise for the award, and Heyward was Pittsburgh’s selection this season, which marks the sixth time in his …

USATSI C.J. Stroud has been named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year, the first Houston Texans player to win the award in franchise history. Stroud was responsible for leading the Texans to an 11-6 record and an AFC South division title in his rookie season. The team matched the number of victories it had in the three prior seasons combined …

Why Texans’ Schultz believes Warner is NFL’s best linebacker originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Throughout the past few seasons, the 49ers have become known for their hard-nosed defense, particularly at the middle linebacker position. In speaking to NBC Sports Bay Area’s Laura Britt on Thursday at Super Bowl LVIII Radio Row in Las Vegas, Houston Texans tight end …

Getty Images Will Anderson Jr. won the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award, the first Houston Texans player to win the award since 2009 and the third in franchise history. Anderson’s head coach, DeMeco Ryans, won the award for the Texans in 2006 and Brian Cushing captured the award in 2009. Anderson claimed the award Thursday at the 13th …

Getty Images Myles Garrett was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first player in Cleveland Browns history to capture the award. A First Team All-Pro in 2023, Garrett finished with 14.0 sacks this season — the third consecutive season with 14+ sacks and the sixth consecutive season with 10+ sacks.  Garrett finished with 42 tackles, 30 quarterback …

USATSI Kevin Stefanski has won the NFL Coach of the Year award for the second time, as the Cleveland Browns head coach became just the 12th to capture the honor multiple times. Stefanski, 41, is the second-youngest head coach to win the award twice (Don Shula was 37 when he won the award for the second time with the Baltimore Colts …

Why Kuechly believes Warner, Greenlaw are ‘perfect’ 49ers duo originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Who better to praise your abilities as a linebacker duo than retired All-Pro Luke Kuechly? Speaking to Brad Graham of TheSFNiners at Super Bowl Radio Row in Las Vegas, the seven-time Pro Bowl linebacker had nothing but good things to say about the 49ers’ …

Brock Purdy is looking to cap off what has been a superb first full season under center for the San Francisco 49ers with a win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII — and he’s gained some prominent fans in the process. One of those fans is 13-time Pro Bowler Drew Brees. “The thing that I love about …

Buckle up, Hall of Fame voters. Next year’s Hall of Fame induction class may be the most difficult to select given the immense level of worthy candidates who will be eligible for enshrinement.  Along with this year’s modern-era finalists who weren’t part of the 2024 induction class, there are a host of talented players who will be eligible for the …

USATSI Lamar Jackson used his MVP acceptance speech to discuss an old storyline that dominated the headlines for several years.  Now a two-time league MVP, Jackson thanked the Ravens for financially investing in him with a hefty new contract before the start of the 2023 season. The two had been locked in a tough negotiation prior to getting a deal …

The 2023 NFL season was a disaster for the New York Jets, and everybody involved is now on alert. “They all got the message. This is the time to go. We have to produce this year. We have to produce this year. … It’s not a playoff mandate, but we have to do a lot better than seven [wins],” Jets …

Jalen Carter edged out by Will Anderson for Defensive Rookie of the Year honors originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Six sacks, nine quarterback hits, two forced fumbles and eight tackles for loss weren’t enough to earn Jalen Carter AP NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Texans rookie Will Anderson edged Carter for the honor with 151 points to 122 …

Lamar Jackson has won the 2023 NFL MVP award, the second time he’s captured the league’s top honor in his six seasons. Jackson, at 27 years and 0 days old (at the end of the regular season on Jan. 7), is the youngest quarterback to win the NFL MVP award twice — passing Brett Favre by 73 days for the honor. …

USATSI TJ Watt likely had his social media post already written prior to Myles Garrett being announced as this year’s NFL Defensive Player of the Year.  Watt fired off the following post on the platform formally known as Twitter as Garrett was making his acceptance speech.  “Nothing I’m not used to,” Watt wrote.  It’s safe to say that Watt is …