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NFL announces Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award nominees

Who are the nominees for the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award?

The NFL on Thursday announced the 32 nominees for the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award.

The award was created in 2014 and honors the late founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Pro Football Hall of Famer Art Rooney, Sr.

The award is presented each year to an NFL player who best demonstrates the qualities of on-field sportsmanship, including fair play, respect for the game and opponents, and integrity in competition.

The entire list of nominees:

2020 Art Rooney Sportsmanship Nominees

Table inside Article
Team Player
Arizona Cardinals S Budda Baker
Atlanta Falcons C Alex Mack
Baltimore Ravens DE Calais Campbell
Buffalo Bills CB Tre’Davious White
Carolina Panthers QB Teddy Bridgewater
Chicago Bears LB Khalil Mack
Cincinnati Bengals LB Josh Bynes
Cleveland Browns RB Nick Chubb
Dallas Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott
Denver Broncos CB Bryce Callahan
Detroit Lions C Frank Ragnow
Green Bay Packers QB Aaron Rodgers
Houston Texans DT Brandon Dunn
Indianapolis Colts DE Justin Houston
Jacksonville Jaguars DE Josh Allen
Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes
Las Vegas Raiders QB Derek Carr
Los Angeles Chargers DE Joey Bosa
Los Angeles Rams S John Johnson
Miami Dolphins LB Kyle Van Noy
Minnesota Vikings TE Kyle Rudolph
New England Patriots WR Matthew Slater
New Orleans Saints T Ryan Ramczyk
New York Giants DB Logan Ryan
New York Jets DL Folorunso Fatukasi
Philadelphia Eagles C Jason Kelce
Pittsburgh Steelers DT Cameron Heyward
San Francisco 49ers FB Kyle Juszczyk
Seattle Seahawks LB K.J. Wright
Tampa Bay Buccaneers LB Lavonte David
Tennessee Titans QB Ryan Tannehill
Washington Football Team WR Terry McLaurin

The winner is determined by a vote of current NFL players. From the eight finalists, each team’s players will submit a consensus vote of their choice for the winner. The winner will be announced as part of NFL Honors. He will receive a $25,000 donation from the NFL Foundation to a charity of his choice.

 

Chicago Bears’ ‘Super Bowl Shuffle’ turns 35

The iconic Super Bowl Shuffle was released 35 years ago on Dec. 3

One of the iconic teams in NFL history, the 1985 Chicago Bears, produced one of the most iconic sports tunes. The “Super Bowl Shuffle” was released 35 years ago on Dec. 3, 1985, and it continues to live on.

To see the lyrics and sing along, click here.

The link also lets you know what players sang the different parts.

Watch: Aaron Rodgers passes 50,000-yard mark for his career

Aaron Rodgers went over the 50,000-yard mark with a TD pass to Robert Tonyan

The great Aaron Rodgers was schooling the Chicago Bears on Sunday and theΒ  Green Bay Packers’ quarterback climbed over another plateau in the process.

With his 39-yard touchdown pass to Robert Tonyan in the third quarter, Rodgers went over the 50,000-yard mark for his fabulous career.

Rodgers came into the game with 49,835 yards. His fourth touchdown pass of the game — and 397th of his career — went to Tonyan and gave Rodgers 172 yards.

That left him at 50,007 and counting.

Remember, this is a guy who threw 59 passes in three seasons while backing up Brett Favre before taking over as a starter.

Watch: Packers defense strips Mitchell Trubisky, scores touchdown

Za’Darius Smith stripped the ball from Mitchell Trubisky and Preston Smith took it into the end zone

Not sure it would matter who the Chicago Bears played at quarterback on Sunday the way the Green Bay Packers are going.

The NFC North leaders were en route to a crushing first half when they stripped the ball from Chicago quarterback Mitchell Trubisky. It was picked up by Preston Smith, who returned it 14 yards for the touchdown that made it 27-3 in the second quarter after the PAT.

The defensive touchdown came after Aaron Rodgers had already thrown 3 TD passes.

Watch: Allen Lazard flips first, Davante Adams gets Packers’ touchdown

Aaron Rodgers got Allen Lazard and Davante Adams involved early against the Bears

The action started fast on “Sunday Night Football” as Aaron Rodgers found Allen Lazard, who did some acrobatics on his way to a first down before being tackled.

Not to be outdone, Davante Adams completed the drive by catching a TD pass in his sixth straight game. The catch was the 500th of his NFL career and 55th touchdown.

Chicago Bears to start Mitchell Trubisky against Green Bay Packers

Mitchell Trubisky will start at QB for the Chicago Bears against the Green Bay Packers

The Chicago Bears are returning where they started the season at quarterback for their Week 12 game against the Green Bay Packers. Mitchell Trubisky will replace Nick Foles for the NFC North clash.

Trubisky won the starting job coming into the season. He was ineffective and replaced by Foles. He lost the job despite going 3-0 as the starter. However, his stats were meek as he threw for 560 yards before being replaced with six TD passes.

The Bears are slumping. Their record is 5-5 after a 5-1 start,

 

NFL reveals announcer schedule for Week 12

A week off for Al Michaels turned into one with another game to call

The deck has already been shuffled for the Week 12 announcing slate because the Baltimore Ravens-Pittsburgh Steelers game was moved to Sunday due to COVID-19 issues with the Ravens. Al Michaels was going to have the week off … was being the keyword.

Thursday

Houston at Detroit, CBS 12:30 p.m.
Jim Nantz, Tony Romo & Tracy Wolfson

Washington at Dallas, FOX 4:30 p.m.
Joe Buck, Troy Aikman & Erin Andrews

Sunday

Las Vegas at Atlanta, CBS 1 p.m.
Kevin Harlan, Trent Green & Melanie Collins

LA Chargers at Buffalo, CBS 1 p.m.
Greg Gumbel, Rich Gannon & Jay Feely

NY Giants at Cincinnati, FOX 1 p.m.
Kevin Kugler, Chris Spielman & Laura Okmin

Tennessee at Indianapolis, CBS 1 p.m.
Ian Eagle, Charles Davis & Evan Washburn

Cleveland at Jacksonville, CBS 1 p.m.
Spero Dedes, Adam Archuleta

Carolina at Minnesota, FOX 1 p.m.
Kenny Albert, Jonathan Vilma & Shannon Spake

Arizona at New England, FOX 1 p.m.
Kevin Burkhardt, Daryl Johnston & Pam Oliver

Miami at NY Jets, CBS 1 p.m.
Andrew Catalon, James Lofton & AJ Ross

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, NBC 1:15 p.m.
Al Michaels, Cris Collinsworth & Michele Tafoya

New Orleans at Denver, FOX 4:05 p.m.
Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth & Lindsay Czarniak

San Francisco at LA Rams, FOX 4:05 p.m.
Chris Myers, Greg Jennings, Brock Huard & Jen Hale

Kansas City at Tampa Bay, CBS 4:25 p.m.
Jim Nantz, Tony Romo & Tracy Wolfson
Compass Media: Bill Rosinski, Chad Brown

Chicago at Green Bay, NBC 8:20 p.m.
Mike Tirico, Tony Dungy & Kathryn Tappen

Monday

Seattle at Philadelphia, ESPN 8:15 p.m.
Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick & Lisa Salters

Kirk Cousins earns first Monday Night Football victory in 10 tries

How did Kirk Cousins earn his first Monday Night Football victory?

Finally, Kirk Cousins has managed to emerge from a Monday Night Football game with a victory.

The quarterback and Minnesota Vikings defeated the Chicago Bears, 19-13, in an NFC North scrap on Monday.

The victory was Cousins’ first after suffering nine losses in his first starts on Monday. And he was pumped.

Cousins threw for 292 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the victory. Both TDs went to Adam Thielen.

 

To learn about his futility, click here.

Watch: Cordarrelle Patterson returns kickoff 104 yards for record-equaling TD

Cordarrelle Patterson returned a kickoff 104 yards for his eighth career touchdown to tie for the most in NFL history.

The Chicago Bears had been outscored 56-7 in the third quarter of their first eight games. It took 14 seconds and a record-equaling performance to match their season output Monday night against the Minnesota Vikings.

Cordarrelle Patterson took the second-half kickoff back 104 yards for the eighth kickoff return touchdown of his NFL career. After the PAT, the Bears had a 13-7 lead.

The kickoff return for a TD puts Patterson in a tie with Josh Cribbs and Leon Washington for the most in NFL history.

Five others, including the late Bears great Gale Sayers, are tied with six kickoff returns for a touchdown.