The Associated Press will hand out its individual NFL awards on the night before the Super Bowl in Tampa. Until then, here are some off-the-beaten track honors to consider.
BEST GAME: In Week 9, the first professional matchup of Tua Tagovailoa and Kyler Murray lived up to the hype. The two young quarterbacks traded pinpoint passes, timely scrambles and other big plays in a dazzling show of the league’s future. Miami won 34-31. Tagovailoa led a 93-yard drive to tie it before Jason Sanders made a 50-yard field goal. Arizona’s Zane Gonzalez missed a 49-yarder that would have tied it.
The Associated Press will hand out its individual NFL awards on the night before the Super Bowl in Tampa. Until then, here are some off-the-beaten track honors to consider.
BEST GAME: In Week 9, the first professional matchup of Tua Tagovailoa and Kyler Murray lived up to the hype. The two young quarterbacks traded pinpoint passes, timely scrambles and other big plays in a dazzling show of the league’s future. Miami won 34-31. Tagovailoa led a 93-yard drive to tie it before Jason Sanders made a 50-yard field goal. Arizona’s Zane Gonzalez missed a 49-yarder that would have tied it.
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12/18/2020
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Saints looking to get back on track
After a week of chill in the air and spirits of Saints fans, news broke this morning that quarterback Drew Brees will play Sunday after missing the last four games with 11 fractured ribs and a punctured lung. Brees’ return comes ahead of one of the most anticipated games of the 2020 NFL regular season. In what could be a preview of Super Bowl LV, New Orleans hosts the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, as they look to get back on track after playing their worst game of the year and snapping a nine-game win streak.