Mayfield, NFC takes early Pro Bowl Games lead

Associated Press

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ORLANDO, Fla. — Tampa Bay‘s Baker Mayfield beat Houston‘s C.J. Stroud in the Precision Passing skills challenge, helping the NFC build a 12-6 lead over the AFC on the opening night of the 2024 Pro Bowl Games.

The made-for-TV Pro Bowl Skills Show, aired Thursday night from a fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Central Florida, kicked off two days of competition that culminates Sunday with a seven-on-seven flag football game at Camping World Stadium.

It’s the second year for a revamped format that replaced the traditional Pro Bowl tackle football game

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Sources: Kingsbury expected to be Raiders OC

Paul Gutierrez, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 1, 2024, 08:46 PM ET

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Source: Bill Callahan joining son Brian with Titans

Turron Davenport, ESPNFeb 1, 2024, 08:19 PM ET

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Titans are closing on a deal to make Bill Callahan their offensive line coach, a source told ESPN.

The news was first reported by Cleveland.com.

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Harbaugh’s goal: ‘Multiple’ titles for Chargers

Kris Rhim, ESPNFeb 1, 2024, 08:18 PM ET

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INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Jim Harbaugh was non-committal Thursday about retaining the Los Angeles Chargers‘ coaches while setting championship expectations for an organization that has never won a Super Bowl.

“It needs to be multiple, multiple championships,” Harbaugh said in his first news conference as Chargers head coach. “We’re going to be humble. Humble and hungry. But that’s our goal. Our goal is to treat people in a first-class manner and to win multiple championships.”

Harbaugh said that, in one of his first meetings with the Chargers owner, Dean Spanos said he

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Seahawks GM on Macdonald: ‘This is the future’

Brady Henderson, ESPNFeb 1, 2024, 08:05 PM ET

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RENTON, Wash. — During his search to find Pete Carroll’s replacement as Seattle Seahawks head coach, general manager John Schneider was struck by something he heard in a podcast on the topic of hiring.

The message, according to Schneider, was that regardless of the industry, “it’s all about who’s changing the marketplace.”

“And it just hit me,” he

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Thursday’s Pro Bowl Games live updates: Skills competitions

Feb 1, 2024, 06:32 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

ESPN reporters Stephen Holder and Michael DiRocco will be providing news, analysis and observations from the 2023-24 NFL Pro Bowl Games.

Keep checking backing here through Sunday’s final flag football game.

The Skills Showdown is Thursday at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+. This event will feature five skills competitions, including precision passing and dodgeball.

Sunday’s coverage begins at 2:40 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN+, with the final flag football game starting at 3 p.m. ET. Additional skills competitions (including move the chains, gridiron gauntlet and tug of war) will air between quarters of

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Sources: Rams tab Shula to replace Morris as DC

Sarah Barshop, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 1, 2024, 06:51 PM ET

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LOS ANGELES — The Rams have promoted pass-rush coordinator and linebackers coach Chris Shula to defensive coordinator, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday.

Shula replaces Raheem Morris, who served as the Rams’ defensive coordinator

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Patriots hire ex-Browns OC Van Pelt for same role

Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 1, 2024, 06:06 PM ET

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots hired Alex Van Pelt as their offensive coordinator Thursday, the team announced.

Van Pelt, who spent the past four seasons as the Cleveland Browns’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, fills a critical

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Ravens’ Andrews helps with in-flight emergency

Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 1, 2024, 04:48 PM ET

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Even 30,000 feet in the air, Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews showed he can come through

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Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs thrive as underdogs

Kevin Pulsifer

Feb 1, 2024, 03:30 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

This quote, commonly credited to Albert Einstein (although there’s lots of evidence that he never said this) serves as a reminder that change is necessary to achieve any progress or success.

Yet somehow, Patrick Mahomes is an underdog again in the playoffs. Should we expect a different result? Or are the Chiefs going to repeat as champs and pull off a third straight betting upset?

The Chiefs closed as +190 moneyline underdogs and 4.5-point underdogs against

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