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Clearly, he would be unwise not to rely on the best wide receiver throughout the 2025 season as much as he has been. But that's also a recipe for disaster come Super Bowl time, as the Patriots' defense will surely be ready to do all they can to shut JSN down. That's something that Simms believes is Seattle's biggest weakness going into this game, and it's interesting that more people aren't talking about it.

Stapleton, who has been caring for animals for two decades, says Chich prefers red leaf lettuce, green leaf, and dandelion greens. Stapleton said that while giraffes sometimes feed on yams and carrots, they're higher in sugar for them. Giraffes will eat leafy greens, such as alfalfa and acacia. "Higher sugar is not all that healthy, just like with humans," she added. "We will use them on occasion, but it's high value. We use it sparingly."

Matthew Stafford has been named NFL Most Valuable Player and confirmed he will return for another season with the Los Angeles Rams. The 37-year-old edged New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye in one of the closest MVP races in league history before using his acceptance speech to announce he is not retiring. Stafford received 24 of 50 first-place votes in balloting by a nationwide panel of media members and finished with 366 points.

Christian McCaffrey went from a question mark to an exclamation point Thursday night when the 49ers' running back was named the NFL's Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year at honors night at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco. The NFL's Offensive Player of the Year in 2023, McCaffery played just four games last season because of bilateral Achilles tendinitis and a PCL strain.

Johnson did not win NFL Coach of the Year honors for his efforts in 2025. Instead, it was New England Patriots Head Coach Mike Vrabel taking home the honors. Vrabel was certainly a worthy candidate whose arrival in New England sparked a return to glory for the Patriots. However, what should irk Ben Johnson (it's certainly bugging me) is that he got just one vote. That's it. One. Lousy. Vote.

The New England Patriots got good news on that front when it comes to Drake Maye's banged-up throwing shoulder. Lindsay Jones reported that Maye not only practiced in full on Wednesday, but took every first-team rep. That's a good sign that Maye, after taking most of last week off, will be about as close to 100 percent as possible entering his 21st game of the season.

The big play has always mattered, but in the past few years, NFL games have become battlefields between teams trying to create and prevent explosive plays. Defenses, tormented by quarterbacks like Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, have leaned into Vic Fangio-style philosophies and continued to raise their rates of two-high safety looks, funneling teams toward the run and short passes. Teams played two-deep shells more than 45% of the time on early downs in 2025, up from 38% in 2020 and 35% in 2017.

Reich was hired Wednesday by Glenn as the Jets' offensive coordinator 30 years after they played together on New York's 1-15 team. The former NFL and Stanford head coach replaces Tanner Engstrand, who agreed to part ways with the team last week after one year running the Jets' offense during a 3-14 season. Amid a major coaching staff shakeup this offseason, the 64-year-old Reich gives Glenn an experienced play caller and veteran presence on the offensive side of the ball.

Sam Darnold can look forward to being in his comfort zone Sunday at Levi's Stadium. It's a safe haven where Darnold watched and learned in giving his career a needed jump-start after difficult stretches with the New York Jets and Carolina Panthers. Odds of him getting his old locker space in the far corner near the trainer's room are slim. I haven't put in that request, Darnold said Wednesday.