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Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Katherine Fitzgerald, Daniel Oyefusi win Terez Paylor Award from PFWA
Katherine Fitzgerald and Daniel Oyefusi were named the 2025 Terez A. Paylor Emerging Writer Award winners by the Pro Football Writers of America. Fitzgerald covers the Bills for the Buffalo News, and Oyefusi is the Browns beat writer for Advertisement Fitzgerald and Oyefusi, the fifth and sixth Paylor Award winners, are the first co-recipients of the award since it was introduced in 2021. Fitzgerald is the first person affiliated with the Buffalo News to receive the award, while Oyefusi is the first affiliated with to be honored. The Paylor Award recognizes a young NFL writer who carries on the legacy of Paylor through his or her work ethic, professionalism, dedication to the craft and commitment to improving diversity in NFL media. Paylor, the former Yahoo! Sports and Kansas City Star football writer, died in February 2021 at the age of 37. Fitzgerald joined the Buffalo News as a Bills beat writer in 2021. She previously was a sports reporter for the Arizona Republic (2018-21) and USA Today (2017). While with the Republic, she covered the Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns and other teams and events in the greater Phoenix area. Oyefusi became the Browns beat reporter for ESPN's NFL Nation in April 2024. He previously was the Dolphins beat reporter for the Miami Herald. The other 2025 finalists for the Paylor Award were Ben Arthur (Fox Sports) and Kris Rhim (
NBC Sports
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
Katherine Fitzgerald, Daniel Oyefusi win Terez Paylor Award from PFWA
Katherine Fitzgerald and Daniel Oyefusi were named the 2025 Terez A. Paylor Emerging Writer Award winners by the Pro Football Writers of America. Fitzgerald covers the Bills for the Buffalo News, and Oyefusi is the Browns beat writer for Fitzgerald and Oyefusi, the fifth and sixth Paylor Award winners, are the first co-recipients of the award since it was introduced in 2021. Fitzgerald is the first person affiliated with the Buffalo News to receive the award, while Oyefusi is the first affiliated with to be honored. The Paylor Award recognizes a young NFL writer who carries on the legacy of Paylor through his or her work ethic, professionalism, dedication to the craft and commitment to improving diversity in NFL media. Paylor, the former Yahoo! Sports and Kansas City Star football writer, died in February 2021 at the age of 37. Fitzgerald joined the Buffalo News as a Bills beat writer in 2021. She previously was a sports reporter for the Arizona Republic (2018-21) and USA Today (2017). While with the Republic, she covered the Arizona Cardinals, Phoenix Suns and other teams and events in the greater Phoenix area. Oyefusi became the Browns beat reporter for ESPN's NFL Nation in April 2024. He previously was the Dolphins beat reporter for the Miami Herald. The other 2025 finalists for the Paylor Award were Ben Arthur (Fox Sports) and Kris Rhim (
NBC Sports
08-04-2025
- Business
- NBC Sports
Will Deshaun Watson ever play again?
Last week, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam admitted what everyone knew — the Deshaun Watson contract was and is a disaster. The comments came at a time when Watson remains under contract with the Browns, for two more years. It leads to a question posed, and partially answered, in a new article from Daniel Oyefusi of Will Watson ever play again? He likely won't play for the Browns. The 2025 season likely will be devoted to getting healthy after suffering an Achilles tendon tear, twice. If he's healthy in 2026, he becomes an option (in theory). They're paying him $46 million, fully guaranteed. They've structured the deal to delay $135 million in unallocated cap charges to future years. Once he's done in Cleveland, will he be done for good? Opinions, as harvested by Oyefusi, are mixed. 'If released, I don't see anyone picking him up,' an unnamed NFC executive said. 'And then, down the road, the question will be, will he take low-QB money? Would he even be motivated to play at that point?' An unnamed agent had a different take. 'The league is forgiving with quarterbacks that have exhibited high-level talent,' the unnamed agent told Oyefusi. 'There is a shortage of good QB play. That's why I think a team could take a chance on him if he proves healthy. Some owners could have a problem with that because of the past, but not all.' It's a complicated formula that will be driven by plenty of factors. Is he healthy? Can he turn back the clock toward 2020, his most recent great season? Will a team want the baggage he brings? How much money will he demand? Will he gladly accept a backup role, or will he expect to play? Unless he gives the Browns a reason to wipe out the $46 million he's due to make in 2026, Watson will have made his full $230 million. He won't need to play again. If he wants to keep playing — and if he's willing to assume a lower spot on a depth chart — maybe there will be an opportunity. It's a stunning fall for a top-12 pick who wasn't just an offensive rookie of the year favorite but an MVP candidate when he suffered a torn ACL during the 2017 season. He made three straight Pro Bowls from 2018 through 2020. He was spectacular in 2020, with 4,823 passing yards, a completion percentage in excess of 70, and a passer rating of 112.4 for a team that won only four games. There's still time for Watson. He's not even 30. He'll hit the milestone on September 14, three days before Patrick Mahomes. A redemption story is possible. In Cleveland, however, it seems impossible.
