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Bryce Young nominated for FedEx Air Player of the Week

For the first time in his career, Panthers QB Bryce Young has been nominated for FedEx Air Player of the Week.

After 15 weeks of a rough rookie season, Carolina Panthers quarterback Bryce Young finally delivered a box-score beauty. And now, you can deliver for him.

As announced on Tuesday morning, Young has been nominated for the Christmas weekend’s edition FedEx Air Player of the Week. The nomination is the first of the 22-year-old’s NFL career.

Young earned consideration following his most productive performance of the campaign. The No. 1 overall pick completed 23 of his 36 passing attempts for a career-high 312 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. His 8.7 yards per attempt and 110.0 passer rating from Week 16 also stand as new bests.

The youngster shares the chance at this week’s honor with a pair of veterans in 38-year-old Joe Flacco and 35-year-old Matthew Stafford. Flacco connected 27 of his 42 throws for 368 yards and three touchdowns while Stafford hit on 24 of his 34 tries for 328 yards and a pair of scores.

In a related note, on the flip side of the ballot sits Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones—who has been nominated for the FedEx Ground Player of the Week. Jones paced the Packers to their 33-30 win over the Panthers with a season-high 127 yards on 21 carries.

You can vote for Young (and Jones, if you want) here.

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Packers QB Jordan Love nominated for FedEx Air Player of the Week in Week 11

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is one of three nominees for the FedEx Air Player of the Week after completing 27 passes for a career-high 322 yards and two touchdowns on Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers. 

Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love is one of three nominees for the FedEx Air Player of the Week after completing 27 passes for a career-high 322 yards and two touchdowns on Sunday against the Los Angeles Chargers.

Love is up against Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy for the weekly award.

Love’s 27 completions and 322 yards are currently the fourth-most by a quarterback in Week 11. He and Purdy were the only two quarterbacks to throw for at least 300 yards, multiple touchdowns and zero interceptions.

While Love had a career-best day, it might be hard to beat Purdy, who finished with 333 passing yards, three touchdown passes, zero interceptions and a perfect 158.3 passer rating during the 49ers’ win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Fans can vote on the winners for the Air Player of the Week and Ground Player of the Week here.

No Packers quarterback has won FedEx Air Player of the Week since Aaron Rodgers in 2018, although Rodgers was the Air Player of the Year in 2020.

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes wins the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week award

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes wins the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week award

The Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterback Patrick Mahomes adds another honor to his career trophy case as he was named the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week.

Mahomes won for his impressive performance, completing 32 of 42 attempts (76.2 percent) for 424 yards and four touchdowns for a 129.5 passer rating in the Week 7 win over the Los Angeles Chargers. After winning the FedEx Air NFL Player of the Week Award, FedEx will make a $2,000 donation in the reigning league MVP’s name to a Historically Black College or University, which will apply towards needs-based scholarships to deserving HBCU students.

The donations to support HBCU students align with Mahomes’ consistent work to shine a light on the programs. He has supported the annual HBCU Legacy Bowl through his ’15 and the Mahomies Foundation’.

“Yeah, it was a no-brainer for me whenever I got the opportunity through my foundation to help sponsor this game,” Mahomes said in 2022. “I know a lot of players that have been at HBCUs and haven’t got the opportunity that I got coming out of college. So, I wanted to make sure we shine a light on these guys. There are a bunch of these guys that can play in the league.”

Running back D’Onta Foreman of the Chicago Bears was awarded his first FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Week for his contribution to Chicago’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders, where he rushed for 89 yards on 16 carries (5.6 avg.) and two touchdowns in Week 7.

Mahomes will look to build on his fantastic Week 7 performance with his upcoming road matchup against the Denver Broncos this Sunday.

6 highlights from latest Daniel Snyder bombshell story

There’s no way Dan Snyder isn’t selling the team now, right?

The heat is on for Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder.

Over the last several days, multiple conflicting reports emerged regarding the sale of the Washington Commanders, who was involved, who wasn’t involved and Snyder’s pushback.

On Tuesday morning, the day after The Washington Post’s story revealing Snyder wanted indemnification from fellow NFL owners and the league from future liabilities and costs if he sells the team, came an ESPN bombshell from Don Van Natta Jr. that covered Snyder’s falling out with his three former minority partners.

A lot was included in Van Natta’s report, which featured excellent reporting and a lot of documents, many of which revolve around a $55 million loan Snyder received from Bank of America that his former minority partners knew nothing about at the time.

We’ve reviewed Van Natta’s report, and here are five highlights/takeaways from the latest Snyder news.

 

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes up for FedEx Air Player of the Year

#Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is up for the FedEx Air Player of the Year Award and voting for him can help earn an HBCU a $20,000 donation to their need-based scholarship fund.

Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is one of the three players up for FedEx Air Player of the Year. He’ll square off with Bills QB Josh Allen and Bengals QB Joe Burrow for the honor.

Via the NFL:

“Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes led the NFL in passing yards (a career-high 5,250) and touchdown passes (41) while ranking second in rating with 105.2. He had 10 games with at least 300 yards, the most by a player in a single season since 2020. This marks his second-career season with at least 5,000 passing yards and 40 touchdown passes (2018), joining Drew Brees (2011-12) as the only players ever with two seasons of 5,000 passing yards and 40 touchdown passes.”

During the 2022 NFL regular season, the weekly FedEx Air & Ground players each had $2,000 donations made on their behalf to HBCU need-based scholarship funds via the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. FedEx will now donate $20,000 to the HBCU of the FedEx Air Player of the Year’s choosing, also supporting need-based scholarship funds.

Fans can cast their vote for Mahomes through February 9 at 12:00 a.m. ET at nfl.com/fedex, the Twitter poll linked at the top of the page, or via the NFL Mobile App.

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Rashaad Penny wins FedEx Ground Player of the Week again

Rashaad Penny wins FedEx Ground Player of the Week again

Seattle Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny has won the FedEx Ground Player of the Week for the second consecutive game. As a result, FedEx will once again donate $2,000 in Penny’s name to HBCUs, which will be used to finance scholarships for students.

Penny rushed for a new career-high of 190 yards and a touchdown against the Arizona Cardinals in Week 18. The fourth-year running back caught fire in the final month of the 2021 season and ended the year with another monster performance that he or his agent could use as leverage for a new contract in free agency, be it in the Emerald City or elsewhere.

Penny has openly stated that he hopes to return to Seattle, but we will see what they and other teams offer him in March.

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You can vote for Antonio Gibson as FedEx Ground Player of the Week

Vote for Antonio Gibson as FedEx NFL Ground Player of the Week.

Washington running back Antonio Gibson had the biggest game of his career in the WFT’s 22-7 win over the New York Giants in Week 18. Gibson rushed for a career-high 146 yards on 21 attempts and also scored a touchdown.

Now, Gibson is one of three nominees for the FedEx Ground Player of the Week. Going against Gibson is Seahawks running back Rashaad Penny, who rushed for 190 yards and a score, and Latavius Murray of the Ravens, who ran for 150 yards and a touchdown.

You can vote for Gibson here.

Gibson finished his second NFL season with 1,037 yards rushing and seven touchdowns. He played in 16 games in 2021, missing Week 17 with COVID-19. In 2020, Gibson rushed for 795 yards and 11 touchdowns as a rookie.

 

VOTE: Alvin Kamara up for FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Year

New Orleans Saints RB Alvin Kamara has been nominated for the 2020 FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Year award after his record-setting season

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New Orleans Saints fans have an opportunity to vote for Alvin Kamara to win the 2020 FedEx Ground NFL Player of the Year award. He’s a candidate alongside Minnesota Vikings rusher Dalvin Cook and Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry.

Kamara, who led the league in scrimmage touchdowns (21) and ranked third with 1,688 scrimmage yards (932 rushing, 756 receiving), won recognition as the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his six-touchdown performance against the Vikings on Christmas Day.

Voting will be conducted at NFL.com/FedEx until Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 2 p.m. CT, as well as the NFL Mobile App and official polls from the NFL on Twitter. The winner will be announced at this year’s NFL Honors event on Saturday, Feb. 6.

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Dolphins’ Ryan Fitzpatrick nominated for FedEx Air Player of the Week

Dolphins’ Ryan Fitzpatrick nominated for FedEx Air Player of the Week

Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick has had some great performances during his time with the Miami Dolphins. But of all those games, perhaps none stand out more than Fitzpatrick’s performance in Week 5 against the San Francisco 49ers. Fitzpatrick was inspired throughout the entire game, throwing bombs down the field with anticipation and shredding San Francisco’s worn down secondary as Miami trounced San Francisco to a big blowout win.

For Fitzpatrick’s efforts, he’s been nominated as one of the three candidates for the FedEx Air Player of the Week. Fitzpatrick squares off against Houston’ Deshaun Watson and Las Vegas’ Derek Carr for the weekly honor this week — and Dolphins fans will have the chance to push him through to claim the award with a fan vote.

The poll will close at 3PM on Wednesday afternoon and as things currently stand, Fitzpatrick does indeed hold the lead for his 350 yard performance against San Francisco after 46,000+ votes. This isn’t the first time Fitzpatrick has been up for the honor as a member of the Dolphins and he last won the award in Week 17 of 2019 when he helped prompt the Dolphins’ stunning upset over the New England Patriots in Foxborough.

Can he log another honor with the Dolphins? We’ll know by tomorrow afternoon.