NFL.com’s midseason Super Bowl LXI vote puts the Bears in front
NFL.com’s analysts reopened their Super Bowl LXI picks at the season’s midpoint and gave Chicago the top spot, with the Bears edging the Bills 5 votes to 4 in the latest breakdown.
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Bucky Brooks puts Joe Burrow at the top of NFL.com’s midseason MVP board
NFL.com’s midseason awards roundup names Joe Burrow as Bucky Brooks’ MVP pick at the halfway point, with the Bengals quarterback backed by league-leading passing numbers and an offense that has become one of the league’s most efficient attacks.
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Charles Follis and the First Documented Black Paycheck in Pro Football
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