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Richard Magjuka, left, with Kansas City Chiefs legend Lake Dawson, who earned an MBA through Indiana Kelley's partnership with the NFL Players Association.

The Tom Brady era has ended as younger players like Patrick Mahomes make their mark, while injuries, diversity and other issues intensify.

That came several weeks after [Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, said Snyder](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/18/sports/football/dan-snyder-washington-commanders.html) might have to be removed for sullying the league’s reputation. [battling a lawsuit brought by former head coaches of color](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/sports/football/brian-flores-giants-discrimination-lawsuit.html) who have accused the league of discriminatory hiring practices. [pay the N.F.L. roughly $10 billion a year for the next decade. But the league knows that younger fans are more likely to stream games over the internet, so it’s tiptoeing into the streaming space. [Tom Brady really has retired after 23 seasons](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/sports/football/tom-brady-retires.html), Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be the most recognizable player in the league. There are just three Black head coaches among the 32 teams in a league (a fourth, Mike McDaniel of the Miami Dolphins, identifies as biracial) in which nearly 70 percent of the players are Black. With the 2022 season in the books, with a thrilling victory by the Kansas City Chiefs over the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl, here are some of the issues that will be the talk of the N.F.L. Their scary episodes again highlighted the brutality of the sport, and how many N.F.L. “We’ve been around for 104, 105 years, and is concerning that we’re still having these conversations that today we only have a few head coaches rather than many head coaches of color.” From the Super Bowl to the scouting combine in a few weeks to the start of free agency in March and the draft in April and the preparation for the new season a few months after that, the drumbeat of attraction and attention never seems to stop. “Mahomes is probably the best representation of that.”

The NFL is a multibillion-dollar industry. But is it doing enough to protect players after the game is over?

The league has since paid a settlement out to players, but it has also been accused of using race-based tests to deny Black players compensation. The National Football League is the richest professional sports league in the world, but it has been accused of leaving its Black players behind. The NFL is a multibillion-dollar industry.

The National Football League (NFL) encouraged American football fans on Sunday to contribute to ongoing earthquake relief efforts in Türkiye and Syria ahead of ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Learn how you can help," he wrote, including a link to the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID's) Center for International Disaster Information. The message was echoed by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who asked fans to "please take a moment to listen to the appeal to help those in need in Türkiye and Syria.

So long, 2022 NFL season -- we're looking ahead to 2023. Which teams rank in our early top 10? And which teams have fallen?

Stroud](https://insider.espn.com/nfl/draft/player/_/id/106307/cj-stroud) and Kentucky's [Will Levis](https://insider.espn.com/nfl/draft/player/_/id/106325/will-levis) are options. [Andy Dalton](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14012/andy-dalton)? [Jameis Winston](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2969939/jameis-winston)? [Jarrett Stidham](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3892775/jarrett-stidham)? [Deshaun Watson](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3122840/deshaun-watson). [Daron Payne](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3925354/daron-payne)? RB [Saquon Barkley](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3929630/saquon-barkley) is likely to return, and DT [Dexter Lawrence](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4035483/dexter-lawrence) and OT [Andrew Thomas](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4259566/andrew-thomas) are also extension candidates. Gardner-Johnson](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4034953), [James Bradberry](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2572841/james-bradberry), [Isaac Seumalo](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2978247/isaac-seumalo), [Fletcher Cox](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14941/fletcher-cox) and [Brandon Graham](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13239/brandon-graham). [Kirk Cousins](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/14880/kirk-cousins) (35) is the only one who is assured of a return. [Brock Purdy](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4361741/brock-purdy) and [Trey Lance](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4383351/trey-lance) are the [only two quarterbacks](/nfl/story/_/id/35572390/jimmy-garoppolo-offseason-split-likely-49ers-kyle-shanahan-says) the Niners have under contract for next season and both are recovering from injuries. [JuJu Smith-Schuster](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3120348/juju-smith-schuster), [Mecole Hardman](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4035004/mecole-hardman) and [Jerick McKinnon](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16782/jerick-mckinnon) are potential unrestricted free agents. [Jimmy Garoppolo](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16760/jimmy-garoppolo), [Derek Carr](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/16757/derek-carr) and [Aaron Rodgers](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8439/aaron-rodgers) are in flux.

The 2023-24 NFL season starts later this year. U.S. sportsbooks have futures wagers on who will win the Super Bowl.

We've known the Bears will control the No. 1 pick in the 2023 NFL draft for awhile, but now we know where everyone will pick throughout the entire draft.

Chiefs fans will have a long wait after their team won Super Bowl LVII on Sunday. The Chiefs draft last in the first round, which this year is 31st after the ...

Seattle Seahawks (9-8) Tennessee Titans (7-10) Carolina Panthers (7-10) Atlanta Falcons (7-10) 1 overall choice with the Texans second. The Chiefs draft last in the first round, which this year is 31st after the Dolphins forfeited their first-round choice for penalties announced by the NFL on Aug.

The Chiefs and Eagles put a bow on the 2022 NFL season with a thrilling performance in Super Bowl LVII, where Kansas City Chiefs emerged victorious, 38-35.

Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports 1 pick in the 2023 NFL draft, thanks to some help from the Texans, who defeated the Colts and lost out on the top selection. The Chiefs and Eagles put a bow on the 2022 NFL season with a thrilling performance in Super Bowl LVII, where Kansas City Chiefs emerged victorious, 38-35.

Yes, the Super Bowl just ended. But it's not too early to project how good every NFL team looks headed into the 2023 offseason. The Chiefs lead the way; ...

Moore](https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/dj-moore-3-player) to [Brian Burns](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/brian-burns-player). [New Orleans Saints](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/new-orleans-saints-team): Will Derek Carr be a member of the Saints by this time next week? [Las Vegas Raiders](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders-team): It's going to be a fun week for Vegas. The bottom line is that this was an over-achieving team that doesn't have [Daniel Jones](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/daniel-jones-player) or [Saquon Barkley](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/saquon-barkley-player) under contract. They clearly have talent, and [Deshaun Watson](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/deshaun-watson-player) is slated to be fully available in 2023. [Cleveland Browns](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/cleveland-browns-team): The Browns probably deserve to be higher on this list. [Chicago Bears](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/chicago-bears-team): How's this for a hell of a projection? [Seattle Seahawks](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/seattle-seahawks-team): In addition to the emergence of [Geno Smith](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/geno-smith-player) as a Pro Bowler, the Seahawks found four or five solid starters thanks to a fantastic draft class. [Justin Fields](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/justin-fields-player) is clearly special. [Cincinnati Bengals](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals-team): It starts to get harder to keep this team together if the Bengals pay [Joe Burrow](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/joe-burrow-player) this offseason, but that won't really be a problem until 2025. Brown](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/aj-brown-player) was a [Tennessee Titan](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/tennessee-titans-team), and Tom Brady had only retired once. [Jalen Hurts](https://www.foxsports.com/nfl/jalen-hurts-player) was sensational in the defeat to the Chiefs, as was the rest of the Philadelphia offense.

Capping a season plagued by shocking injuries and turnover among football's most recognizable names, Mahomes, the Kansas City quarterback, dazzled in a ...

But on Kansas City’s final drive, Mahomes controlled the clock with short passes before breaking through with a 26-yard run to position Kansas City inside the red zone with a little over two minutes remaining. Reid coached the Eagles from 1999 to 2012, and led the team to a Super Bowl berth in the 2004 season. Mahomes knelt on the next two downs before Harrison Butker kicked a 27-yard field goal to provide the final score. But since trading up to select Mahomes in the first round of the 2017 N.F.L. Facing third-and-8, Mahomes again targeted Smith-Schuster with a short throw but cornerback James Bradberry was called for defensive holding on the play, a penalty which gave Kansas City a new set of downs. Three plays later, Mahomes threw a 4-yard touchdown to the rookie Skyy Moore to give Kansas City a 35-27 lead with just over nine minutes remaining. Hurts carried in a 2-yard run, his third touchdown carry, before punching in a 2-point conversion that tied the game at 35-35 with just over five minutes remaining. With the additions of Marquez Valdes-Scantling and JuJu Smith-Schuster in free agency, Mahomes adapted his style to look for shorter throws, which proved effective throughout the season and helped fuel Kansas City in the second half Sunday. The scamper seemed to embolden Mahomes against the Eagles’ stout defense before Pacheco ran in a 1-yard score to narrow Philadelphia’s lead to 3 points. “You look back and you reflect on the things maybe you could have done something more, maybe you could have tried to done something that could change the outcome of the game and that’s the way it was.” With just over one minute left in the first half and Kansas City trailing by 21-14, Mahomes scrambled outside the pocket but Eagles linebacker T.J. Three days later, he added the second Super Bowl victory of his career, throwing for 182 yards and three touchdowns to beat the Philadelphia Eagles, 38-35.

The Kansas City Chiefs came back from a double-digit deficit in the first half to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles and win.

13, 2023 Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said Mahomes was able to "push through the pain" and carry the team to victory. Under the NFL and the NFL Players Association’s performance-enhancing substances policy, five players from each team are randomly selected to be drug tested. The Twitter account’s profile picture was taken from a But some social media users are claiming the Chiefs’ win could be ruled illegitimate. Mahomes was not one of the Chiefs players chosen to be tested.