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Week 9 brings the 10th round of the football version of a heavyweight bout between Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. Mahomes’ 5-4 head-to-head record looks modest at first glance, but it paints an incomplete picture of how lopsided this matchup of the league’s best quarterbacks has been. Allen is 4-1

NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills and Giants Head Coach John Harbaugh on Player Health & Safety

Published: Aug 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM

NFL Chief Medical Officer Dr. Allen Sills sat down with Giants Head Coach John Harbaugh ahead of the 2026 NFL season for a conversation about player health and safety, including how the approach to caring for and protecting players has evolved over the course of Coach Harbaugh's career.

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