Super Bowl LX won’t be played until Feb. 8. The Seahawks and Patriots, though, are required to release an estimated injury report with designations for this week, as if the game was played Sunday.
So, the fact that quarterback Drake Maye is listed as questionable with a right shoulder injury and an illness is not a big deal. It is next Friday’s injury report that will reveal more about his status.
The Patriots listed eight other players as questionable.
Running back Terrell Jennings (hamstring/cleared concussion protocol), linebacker Harold Landry (knee), offensive tackle Thayer Munford Jr. (knee/illness) did not practice Friday. Landry, Munford and Spillane did not practice all week.
The other four players who are questionable are defensive lineman Joshua Farmer (hamstring), tight end Hunter Henry (rest), wide receiver Mack Hollins (abdomen) and offensive tackle Morgan Moses (rest).
The fact that Henry and Moses are questionable tells you how seriously the Patriots took the report.
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The Browns are hiring Danny Breyer as their pass game coordinator, Matt Zenitz of CBS Sports reports.
Breyer spent last season as an offensive assistant for the Ravens, so he is following head coach Todd Monken and offensive coordinator Travis Switzer from Baltimore. Breyer was with the Ravens for three seasons, beginning in 2023 as an offensive quality control coach.
He worked closely with the Ravens’ tight ends room the past two seasons.
Breyer previously worked for the Buccaneers as an analytics assistant (2016) before being promoted to defensive assistant coach (2017-18). He was with the Dolphins’ coaching staff during OTAs in 2015.
Before entering the NFL ranks, he was the assistant to the head coach/assistant director of player personnel at Indiana (2013).
In response to the report that the Seahawks will go up for sale after Super Bowl LX, ownership has released a statement that doesn’t say much.
A statement attributed to a spokesman for the Paul G Allen Estate was released, noting that the plan has always been for the team to be sold but providing no clarity about when that will happen.
“We don’t comment on rumors or speculation, and the team is not for sale,” the statement said. “We’ve already said that will change at some point per Paul’s wishes, but I have no news to share. Our focus right now is winning the Super Bowl and completing the sale of the Portland Trail Blazers in the coming months.”
That statement may look like a denial of the report, but it isn’t. The report doesn’t say the team “is” for sale, the report says the team “will be” for sale after the Super Bowl.
When Allen died, he left the team under the control of his sister, Jody Allen, with instructions that she was eventually to sell the team and donate the proceeds to charity. It remains unclear when that will happen, but nothing in the statement suggests that it won’t happen this year.
The Steelers made Patrick Graham’s hiring official, announcing him as their defensive coordinator on Friday.
He spent the last four seasons as the Raiders’ defensive coordinator, his 17th year coaching in the NFL.
Graham joins Mike McCarthy’s staff after interviewing for the Dolphins’ head coaching job and the Commanders’ defensive coordinator job.
He joined the Raiders as a member of Josh McDaniels’ staff in 2022, and he remained with the team through the changes to Antonio Pierce and Pete Carroll. The Raiders fired Carroll after one season.
Graham served as the defensive coordinator for the Dolphins in 2019 and for the Giants in 2020-21. He spent seven seasons in various roles with the Patriots and has also worked as an assistant with the Packers.
Super Bowl LX may be the Seahawks’ last game under the ownership of the Allen family.
Jody Allen, who has controlled the team since the 2018 death of her brother, Paul Allen, plans to put the team up for sale, according to ESPN.
Paul Allen bought the team in 1997, and his will said his sister was to take control of the franchise and eventually sell it and donate the proceeds to charity.
Those proceeds will be several billion dollars. The last NFL team to sell was the Washington Commanders, who went for $6.05 billion in 2023, and as sports franchise values continue to rise, there’s no reason the Seahawks shouldn’t fetch even more.
Allen is also in the process of selling the Portland Trail Blazers for $4.25 billion.
Lions head coach Dan Campbell took over play-calling duties from offensive coordinator John Morton for the final nine games of last season. Morton and the Lions parted ways after the season.
The Lions hired former Cardinals offensive coordinator Drew Petzing to replace Morton, and the expectation is that Campbell will relinquish the play-calling duties to Petzing.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that Campbell indicated to offensive coordinator candidates in interviews that he would turn over the play calling to the next OC.
Morton lasted only one season after replacing Ben Johnson, leaving Campbell to hire his fourth different offensive coordinator in his time in Detroit.
“It’s his offense,” General Manager Brad Holmes said of Petzing, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “It’s not something where he’s got to do something else or be like — this is his show, man. So we just felt like it was the best fit for us.”
Fernando Mendoza has won yet another award.
The Indiana quarterback won the Manning Award on Friday. It comes as no surprise, considering he also took home the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, the Walter Camp Award, the Davey O’Brien Award and the AP College Football Player of the Year Award and was named the CFP Offensive MVP.
“We had a great group of quarterbacks in college football this year. I’d like to tell you this was close, but it wasn’t,” Archie Manning said in announcing Mendoza as the winner, via Jeff Rabjohns of 247Sports.
Mendoza, who has declared for the 2026 NFL draft, announced during the call that he will attend the Scouting Combine. He declined to reveal whether he will participate.
His season only ended on Jan. 19.
Mendoza will also have an opportunity to throw at Indiana’s Pro Day.
Ravens head coach Jesse Minter has found his offensive coordinator.
According to multiple reports, the Ravens will hire Declan Doyle to fill that crucial spot on Minter’s staff. Doyle was the offensive coordinator for the Bears in 2025, but Ben Johnson called the offensive plays in Chicago and Doyle will now get the chance to do that for the Ravens.
Doyle was the tight ends coach for the Broncos for two seasons before moving to Chicago and he was also on Sean Payton’s staff with the Saints.
Taking the job in Baltimore means that Doyle will get a chance to work with a two-time NFL MVP in Lamar Jackson and the Ravens are hoping that his time working with Johnson and Payton results in an offensive plan that moves the team back into the playoff picture in 2026.
Patriots rookie offensive tackle Will Campbell has faced plenty of criticism for his play, but head coach Mike Vrabel thinks the AFC Championship Game was a good sign of Campbell’s growth.
Vrabel said Campbell had a better game against a tough opponent in Broncos edge rusher Nik Bonitto, and he hopes to see more improvement against the Seahawks in Super Bowl LX.
“I thought he played better against a really good rusher. We’ll need to keep improving, and we’re excited he has another week to do it,” Vrabel said.
The Patriots took Campbell with the fourth overall pick in the draft and immediately made him their starter at left tackle, protecting Drake Maye’s blind side. He’ll be one of the most important players on the field in the Super Bowl, and his ability to keep Maye upright will go a long way toward determining whether the Patriots can beat the Seahawks.
There was plenty of grumbling about the Eagles offense over the course of the 2025 season, but it will wind up with quarterback Jalen Hurts as a Pro Bowler.
Hurts was added to the NFC roster on Friday. He replaces Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford. Dak Prescott of the Cowboys and Sam Darnold of the Seahawks were the other original quarterback selections, but Jared Goff of the Lions replaced Darnold after Seattle advanced to the Super Bowl.
Hurts was 294-of-454 for 3,224 yards, 25 touchdowns and six interceptions in 16 regular season starts. He also ran for 421 yards and eight touchdowns.
Once Hurts is done with the Pro Bowl festivities, he will turn his attention back toward preparing for his first season with new offensive coordinator Sean Mannion. Mannion will be the Eagles’ fifth offensive coordinator in five seasons.
