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Brooke PryorFeb 4, 2026, 06:00 AM ET

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SAN FRANCISCO — Cooper DeJean shook his head, grinned and exhaled as he considered the question.

“What would it take for a defensive player to win Super Bowl MVP?”

“It’d take a lot,” the second-year Philadelphia Eagles safety said after Sunday’s Pro Bowl practice. “A lot — probably take a touchdown and a

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Brooke PryorFeb 3, 2026, 11:28 PM ET

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SAN FRANCISCO — Not only does defense win championships, it also wins Pro Bowls.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. jumped a route to intercept Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow with four minutes to go Tuesday night to seal the NFC’s 66-52 comeback win against the AFC

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Brooke PryorFeb 3, 2026, 04:56 PM ET

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SAN FRANCISCO — Despite a renewed push from NFL ownership to move toward 18 regular-season games, NFL Players Association leadership made it clear Tuesday that the players aren’t in support of an expanded regular-season schedule.

“Our members have no appetite for a regular-season 18th game,” NFLPA interim executive director David White said at the union’s annual

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Brooke PryorFeb 3, 2026, 12:00 PM ET

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SAN FRANCISCO — Over the course of an 18-year NFL career, quarterback Joe Flacco has done just about everything.

He has won a Super Bowl, won Super Bowl MVP, earned the 2023 AP Comeback Player of the Year, started for three-quarters of the AFC North teams and played in 209 career games.

Until last week,

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Brooke PryorJan 30, 2026, 05:46 PM ET

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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers hired former Las Vegas Raiders defensive coordinator Patrick Graham for the same role in Mike McCarthy’s staff, the team announced Friday afternoon.

Graham, who arrived in Pittsburgh late in the week for an in-person interview, spent the past four seasons as the Raiders’ defensive coordinator, but he

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