Dallas quarterback appears to have badly injured right leg in scrum The Giants are chasing their first win of the season against the Cowboys, tied in the fourth quarter
The Giants fail to convert to fourth and 10, will pitch with less than a minute to play against the Cowboys
In the league, as Bill Pennington writes, “For four weeks of the 2020 season, the average combined score of a game is 513 points, an increase of 16% over the same period ago. one year and an increase of about 20% in the average game score since 2000 «
Bettors expect Sunday’s late game between Minnesota Vikings and Seattle Seahawks to be the spearhead of the day But before that, a handful of teams will see if they can get the number one in the winning column, as the Falcons (0-4) face the Panthers at home, Dak Prescott and the Cowboys (0-4) bring in the Giants Dallas and Texans (0-4) salute Jaguars in Houston
The Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts had a lot to play to get into their game on Sunday The Browns, at their best start in decades, are trying to keep pace with the Pittsburgh Steelers (4-0) and the Baltimore Ravens (4-1) in AFC North Yes, that’s right, the Browns are in the running
The Colts, too, were trying to keep up with the Tennessee Titans, who are 3-0 before their game * against the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday
Colts vs Browns had a bit of everything Pick six, kick off returns for touchdowns, security and lots of tough defense on both sides
After all theaters the Browns came out on top, winning 32-23, to go to 4-1 They’ve now had four straight wins and are having their best start since 1994, when coached by, uh, Bill Belichick
The Colts had the best defense in the league as they entered the game, but it was the Browns’ defense that held the serve, preventing Colts quarterback Philip Rivers from throwing off balance the entire game Under pressure for most of the afternoon, Rivers finished 19 of 31 for 247 yards and two interceptions, including one that was returned for a touchdown In the 4th quarter, under pressure in his own end zone, Rivers was called up for an intentional stranding and the Browns got two points
Oh yeah, Cody Parkey, famous for his failed double goal for Chicago in 2019, froze the game for the Browns with a basket that first hit the left before bouncing back for three points
In the first play after Graham Gano threw a 28-yard Giants field goal to reduce Dallas’ lead to 31-26, Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton slipped a shot from center Dalton, who is entered the game after Dak Prescott injured his right ankle, dived to the fumble, but was recovered by Giants linebacker Blake Martinez at the Dallas 17-yard line
Evan Engram gained six yards on a rush to the end, then wide receiver Darius Slayton caught a 9-yard pass to prepare the Giants with a first down on the Dallas 4-yard line Two plays later, the Giants regained the lead when Devonta Freeman made his way into the end zone despite being initially held up at the line of scrimmage On a 2-point conversion attempt, quarterback Daniel Jones threw to rookie left tackle Andrew Thomas, who was not kept in the end zone Thomas threw the pass early, but held on to give the Giants a 34-31 lead
Miami (2-3) destroyed the 49ers (2-3) in the first practice, winning 43-17 in a game that saw San Francisco coach Kyle Shanahan bench quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo after a first pitiful half time
Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick finished 22nd of 28 for 350 yards and three touchdowns with a 154Rating of 5 passers DeVante Parker, Preston Williams and Adam Shaheen were the recipients of those passes
Garoppolo, who is coming back from an ankle injury, was eliminated after the first half when he was 7 of 17 for 77 yards and two interceptions CJ Beathard replaced him in a drain time prolonged
Things don’t get any easier for the injury-riddled 49ers, who made it to the Super Bowl in February but are now in last place in the NFC West They now face the Los Angeles Rams, the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Green Bay Packers and New Orleans Saints
Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott appeared to suffer a serious injury to his right leg when he was tackled while fighting in the third quarter Prescott was assisted on the pitch as players from both teams knelt on the pitch TV reruns of the play showed Prescott’s right foot or ankle awkwardly spinning to the side as he was pulled to the ground by a Giants defender
Prescott was hauled off the field on a cart and raised his left fist as the home crowd cheered on him. Alternate quarterback Andy Dalton replaced Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott finished the run with a 12 yard touchdown to put the Cowboys in the lead, 31-23
In a game that has already seen multiple twists and turns on both sides of the scrimmage, the Giants, who previously had a touchdown canceled by a penalty on a false basket in the first half, had a second touchdown taken off rim by an official’s flag early in the third quarter Then a Cowboys penalty turned a Giants punt into a Giants basket
In order: Behind Dallas, 24-20, Giants quarterback Daniel Jones threw the straight sideline to Darius Slayton for an apparent 31-yard touchdown The score was overruled by an offensive pass interference call on Giants wide receiver Damion Ratley who collided with a Cowboys defenseman as he started his passing route The penalty also forced the Giants to forgo a field goal attempt, but when they kicked the Cowboys were whistled for having 12 men on the pitch This allowed Giants kicker Graham Gano to successfully convert a 54-yard field goal that reduced Dallas’ lead to one point, 24-23
Browns-Colts game had it all Chips flicker, kickoff returns for touchdowns, interceptions returned for touchdowns Add safety to list
Starting a practice deep in their own zone to start the fourth quarter, Colts quarterback Philip Rivers threw the ball instead of grabbing a sack in the end zone The pass sailed well out limits and Colts were called to intentional grounding Referees awarded Browns 2 points and possession after Colts kicked
To start the second half, usually stable Colts quarterback Philip Rivers threw up a pick of six as Browns cornerback Ronnie Harrison returned the pass for a touchdown that helped the Browns win 27-10
The Colts have relied on running for most of the season, including rookie running back Jonathan Taylor, who replaced injured Marlon Mack But the Browns have held the run well so far today, allowing just 46 rushing yards, forcing Rivers to pitch.
But on the ensuing kickoff, the Colts’ Isaiah Rodgers returned the ball 101 yards for a score to cut the deficit to 27-17 Rogers tiptoed past several Browns defensemen, nearly coming out of the limits before hitting to the left and running diagonally to the end zone without being hit
On the Browns’ next possession, Baker Mayfield threw his first interception of the day on a second pass and 14 from his own 38-yard line
In the last minute of an upside down first half in the Giants-Cowboys game, a trick play gave Dallas a 24-20 lead as quarterback Dak Prescott gave in to Ezekiel Elliot passing the ball to wide receiver Cedrick Wilson, who threw to Prescott for an 11-yard touchdown in the right corner of the end zone
Seconds earlier it looked like the Giants had edged the Cowboys on a false basket, with Giants punter / starting Riley Dixon tossing a 27-yard touchdown to tight end Evan Engram But the score was called off by an illegal shift penalty and the Giants settled for a 50-yard basket that put them ahead, 20-17 Earlier in the second quarter, the Cowboys rattled the Giants, scoring two touchdowns in 86 seconds
As if 2020 weren’t strange enough, the Cleveland Browns 3-1 – yes, the Browns – went at halftime, 20-10, against the best-selling Indianapolis Colts league defense
The Browns, who have scored the fourth-most NFL points in four weeks, lost their leading running back Nick Chubb last week But quarterback Baker Mayfield has handled the Browns’ possessions admirably , scoring 19 of 28 for 228 yards and two touchdowns while finding Odell Beckham Jr and Jarvis Landry for the big plays
Better yet, Mayfield’s clock workouts kept Colts quarterback Philip Rivers on the sidelines for long stretches The Colts only played 20 games in the first half
Browns receivers also keep throwing passes Just before half-time Mayfield threw to Kareem Hunt who threw to Odell Beckham, Jr, who threw an 18-yard pass to tight end Austin Hooper
Not bad for a team that historically have gone through quarters faster than they can get jerseys
Trailing 17-3, the Dallas Cowboys finally came to life midway through the second quarter and tied the game with back-to-back touchdowns The first score was a 1-yard touchdown by Ezekiel Elliott The score resulted in a 14-game practice with nine runs from Elliott
In the Giants’ possession that followed, Giants quarterback Daniel Jones was sacked by DeMarcus Lawrence who forced a fumble recovered by Anthony Brown of Dallas Brown returned the turnover of 29 yards for a touchdown
The Giants had taken a 14-point lead earlier in the quarter thanks to a 55-yard field goal by Graham Gano The score was set by a 12-game practice in which running back Devonta Freeman continued to make an impressive contribution to the offensive Freeman rushed for 12 rushing yards on possession and caught a 9-yard pass
Ryan Fitzpatrick, Miami Dolphins to one win limits what happens for the healthy 49ers in Santa Clara, 27-7, at the end of the first half
Fitzpatrick, now playing for his eighth NFL team, shredded the 49ers’ defensive backs, completing 14 of 18 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns, hitting DeVante Parker and Adam Shaheen Running back Myles Gaskin ran for another score
Fitzpatrick, 37, takes aim at 49ers cornerback Brian Allen Niners play without cornerbacks Dontae Johnson, Emmanuel Moseley and K’Waun Williams
After the 49ers were forced to clear when quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo escaped second and sixth in Miami’s 40-yard line, the Dolphins made another trip to the red zone with a 70 pass. meters from Fitzpatrick to the Dolphins tight end Mike Gesicki
The record stalled, but the Dolphins added a basket to gain 17 points They threw another basket just before the end of the first half
What happens when one of the best offenses in the league meets one of the best defenses? Points
The Cleveland Browns, fourth in the standings this weekend, netted a basket in their first practice against the Indianapolis Colts, the league’s best defense The key gain was a 32-yard pass from quarterback Baker Mayfield to receiver Jarvis Landry to cross the midfield This completion came after Colts coach Frank Reich used a challenge in the first minute of the game, questioning the location of the ball on a 6-yard run by Browns running back Kareem Hunt at the Cleveland 43 Reich lost
The Colts came back right away, converting a 4th and 2m, to keep their practice alive Quarterback Philip Rivers completed five passes for 67 yards and a touchdown to rookie running back Jonathan Taylor, giving the Colts a 7-3 lead In Cleveland’s next practice, Baker Mayfield found Hunt in the back end of the end zone for 2 yards The extra point went 10-7, the Browns advantage
The Browns are 3-1 for the first time in nearly 20 years The Colts (3-1) are half a game behind the Tennessee Titans (3-0) in the South AFC
The visiting and winless Giants, who hadn’t scored a touchdown in their previous two games, scored two touchdowns in 65 seconds as they took a 14-3 lead over the Dallas Cowboys The Giants’ second scoring came on the Cowboys second possession when Giants linebacker Kyler Fackrell intercepted Dak Prescott and returned the pick for 46 yards for a touchdown.
On an aggressive first possession, the Giants scored their first touchdown in 21 discs when tight winger Evan Engram took an end and rushed three yards into the left corner of the end zone as the Giants took a 7-3 lead in Dallas It was the Giants’ first lead since their opener of the season
The Giants seemed eager to try anything to finally get a touchdown, performing a chip flicker and deceptive screen pass Devonta Freeman significantly factored in possession with efficient bursts of power and a crucial 18-yard pass reception one play before Engram’s touchdown
In the long and venerable history of the Pittsburgh Steelers, an organization founded in 1933 that won six Super Bowls, only two players before Sunday had scored four touchdowns in a game, according to Pro Football Reference: Ray Mathews in 1954 and Roy Jefferson in 1968
Chase Claypool joined them on Sunday A play after an Eagles interception was called off by an instant replay – the ball clearly hit the turf – Ben Roethlisberger zipped a 35-yard touchdown into the seam at Claypool, who could -to be laughed or not when he saw a linebacker, Nate Gerry, try to cover it
On Sunday Claypool, who had six catches for 151 yards in his first three games, nearly matched that outing on Sunday with seven receptions for 110 yards This isn’t, however, even the first time that Claypool has scored four touchdowns in the past calendar year: in Notre Dame’s 52-20 win over the Navy last season, he also had four.
After a successful first half, the Kansas City Chiefs and Las Vegas Raiders fell silent in a drowsy, scoreless third quarter But in the fourth quarter, the visiting Raiders erupted with 16 unanswered points The Chiefs, meanwhile, woke up late as Patrick Mahomes threw a touchdown pass to Travis Kelce and the Chiefs converted the conversion to two points to reduce the Raiders’ lead to eight points with about two minutes left in the fourth quarter But the Raiders ran out of time for a 40-32 victory
Derek Carr threw for 347 yards with three touchdowns while completing 22 of 31 passes with one interception Mahomes completed 22 of 43 passes for 340 yards with two touchdowns and one interception
The Arizona Cardinals found their rhythm early and kept it going, showing versatility while recording touchdowns from Murray, Chase Edmonds, Kenyon Drake and DeAndre Hopkins
Murray finished the day with a career-high 380 passing yards after a 37-yard touchdown with Hopkins, putting him over 300 yards in a game for the sixth time in his career. No other quarterback in Cardinals history has played more than four games with more than 300 passing yards in their first two NFL seasons, according to the franchise spokesperson
Meanwhile, Jets quarterback Joe Flacco found someone to connect with in second-half wide receiver Jamison Crowder He threw a 52-yard catch-and-run to Crowder and an 11-yard pass to Crowder again midway through the third quarter for their first – and last – touchdown of the game.
Crowder has landed a wrestling in each of the last 87 games he’s played, which is the NFL’s eighth-longest active streak, and today, blocking 116 yards, he became the Jet’s third wide receiver in the Last 52 seasons with 100 receiving yards in three or more consecutive games, following his performance in Game 1 of the season and against the Denver Broncos He was forced out of the second and third Jets games of the season due to a hamstring injury
“I just want to go out and play and do what I can to win,” he said before Game 1 “I’m just going out there and trying to do what I can”
The Cardinals play the Cowboys on October 19; the Jets’ next game is against Miami next Sunday after a league-wide reshuffle
Led by nine points, the Chiefs made a fourth and seven on their own 28-yard line with just under six minutes left in the fourth quarter of their game with the Raiders. Mahomes, under pressure and struggling throughout the second half, threw casually down the middle and was intercepted by Raiders Jeff Heath who sent the turnover back to the Kansas City two-yard line. A game later, Josh Jacobs crossed the line for the touchdown that put the Raiders in front, 40-24
Kudos to the Philadelphia Eagles, one of the NFL’s most analysis-prone organizations, for a gambit that improved their chances of a comeback by going for 2 points (then, of course, converting) to trailing by 17, they created the possibility of going forward with a basket later, if they could only stop the Steelers Pittsburgh still leads – but only by 31-29 – after a wonderful 80-yard drive highlighted by contributions from the noted NFL stars Jalen Hurts and Travis Fulgham, an undrafted second-year receiver from Old Dominion, who the crowned with a 4 yard touchdown
Hurts, the rookie quarterback took four spots after Pittsburgh chose Chase Claypool, came to complete an 18-yard pass to Richard Rodgers early in the fourth quarter Fulgham, meanwhile, who caught the Eagles touchdown last Sunday in San Francisco, torched Steelers secondary for 152 yards on 10 receptions
The Eagles, after recovering a fumble from Pittsburgh, got exactly what they wanted: a field goal attempt But Jake Elliott’s 57-yard attempt sailed right next to it with 3 minutes 18 seconds remaining
After leading the Chiefs in four landmark first-half practices against the Raiders, the highlight of Patrick Mahomes’ second half so far has been the bright sunshine that kept him warm on the Arrowhead Stadium bench The teams combined for 38 points in the second quarter, which ended in a tie 24-24, but Mahomes has been widely sidelined since then He only completed two of four assists in the third quarter – he’s 16 of 31 in the game for 259 passing yards (237 in first half) and a touchdown The Raiders’ defense in the second half choked back the running backs offensives from Kansas City and allowed Mahomes to stay on the move when he fell back to pass
To start the fourth quarter, Las Vegas running back Josh Jacobs climbed seven yards for a touchdown but the extra point was missed as the Raiders took a 30-24 lead
After leading the Chiefs in four landmark first-half practices against the Raiders, the highlight of Patrick Mahomes’ second half so far has been the bright sunshine that kept him warm on the Arrowhead Stadium bench The teams combined for 38 points in the second quarter, which ended in a tie, 24-24, but Mahomes has been widely sidelined since then. He only completed two of four assists in the third quarter – he’s 16 of 31 in the game for 259 passing yards (237 in first half) and a touchdown The Raiders’ defense in the second half choked back the running backs offensives from Kansas City and allowed Mahomes to stay on the move when he fell back to pass
To start the fourth quarter, Las Vegas running back Josh Jacobs climbed seven yards for a touchdown but the extra point was missed as the Raiders took a 30-24 Las Vegas lead
The Raiders and Chiefs combined more than 600 yards of attack in a first half that ended in a tie, 24-24 With about five minutes left in the third quarter, each team threw two shots. Maybe the teams are catching their breath again in the first half Patrick Mahomes only completed 2 of 4 assists in the third quarter Derek Carr completed 5 of 9 assists
The Steelers excel at scouting for talent, and Claypool, a rookie from Notre Dame, seems to be the latest example After Santonio Holmes and Antonio Brown, Emmanuel Sanders and JuJu Smith-Schuster, Claypool represented the top three touchdowns on Sunday Steelers
Somehow they then managed to score without his help, on a one-yard run from James Conner that extended their lead to 31-14 The Eagles responded by reducing the deficit to 31-22, on the 8-yard touchdown pass from Carson Wentz to Greg Ward and the subsequent 2-point conversion
The last Steeler to score three touchdowns was Brown, in 2017, according to Pro Football Reference Brown, at this point in his career, ranked among the top receivers in the Claypool league, meanwhile, is playing his fourth NFL Game
For the uninitiated, Claypool grew up in British Columbia He was drafted 49th overall in April He is also, according to ESPN Stats & Information, Pittsburgh’s first rookie with rushing touchdowns and touchdowns in the same match since Franco Harris in 1972
In a savage game that would have been at home in the Raiders-Chiefs rivalry in the American Football League half a century ago, the two teams each had over 300 offensive yards in the first half. , which ended with a 24-24 tie
A 72-yard bomb from Las Vegas quarterback Derek Carr to rookie wide receiver Henry Ruggs gave the Raiders a 24-21 lead late in the second quarter after Kansas City led twice by 11 points In the first quarter, Patrick Mahomes rushed for a touchdown and threw another as Kansas City took a 14-3 lead Carr led the Raiders with a 59-yard touchdown pass to Nelson Agholor, but Mahomes did responded with a handgun throw on the run to Sammy Watkins in the end zone to put the Chiefs in front, 21-10
Las Vegas only needed four games to cut that lead with Carr finding tight end Darren Waller in the middle of the end zone for a 5-yard touchdown After a Kansas City punt, Ruggs, the Raiders ‘first-round pick this year, split defensemen in the Chiefs’ secondary, caught Carr’s pass down the middle and ran intact into the end zone
The Jets entered the second half against the Arizona Cardinals, 17-3, after Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray landed a rushed touchdown Murray leads NFL quarterbacks in rushed touchdowns this season with five
But Le’Veon Bell, coming back from a hamstring injury suffered in his first game of the season, took off where the rest of the Jets didn’t. He gained 44 rushing yards, that’s more than half of the Jets’ 82-yard total
Bell’s throw-in wasn’t an issue for coach Adam Gase this week as the Jets battle for their first win of the season Or at least to come within nine points of a win
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« He did a good job of, first, being healthy and then staying in shape, » Gase said of Bell on Thursday « I think he feels even better now than he was when we kind of hit that first game »
Tension between Bell and Gase increased as he took the running back out of training in August as his hamstrings were strained Since then, the two seemed to have put their differences aside, but the Extended hiatus and rocky relationship are just the latest of Bell’s problems with the Jets Bell, who won a league-high 321 carries for 1,291 yards and 85 catches for 655 yards in 2017 as Steeler, had his worst season for many of his stats in his first year as a Jet. in 2019, including just four affected
Despite losing to the Buffalo Bills in Week 1, Bell threw the ball six times for 14 yards and caught two passes for 32 yards before injury
Alex Smith hasn’t had to play a single game this season to be considered a favorite to win the League’s Returning Player of the Year award Just coming back from a horrific knee injury that has endangered not only his career, but his life, Smith displayed remarkable resilience and strength
Our Bill Pennington was at FedEx Field on November 18, 2018, and he described the scene thus: « Smith was sacked by two Houston Texans in charge, and in a gruesome streak reminiscent of Theismann’s injury, the Smith’s right leg collapsed and twisted, fracturing both the tibia and fibula bones TV replays showed Smith’s leg curl and give way. Lying on the ground, lower leg tilted, Smith first tried to pull his jersey over his head to hide his angst. «
Smith has had 17 surgeries in total and four hospital stays over nine months On Sunday, against the Los Angeles Rams, Smith was active for the first time since injuring his knee, and when the starter Kyle Allen came out after absorbing a hit from helmet to helmet, Smith took the lead in Washington’s offensive
Smith made three games – Aaron Donald greeted him with a third sack – before Washington was forced to pitch
After showing his breakaway speed on his previous touchdown, Sanders flaunted his power on his second, pushing back the Steelers line enough to cross the goal line one yard, tying the score at 14-14 A 41-yard basket from Chris Boswell made it 17-14 before halftime
Pittsburgh, who came in on Sunday allowing a minimum of 54 rushing yards per game, gave up 85 at the end of the second quarter
On Sunday, the Steelers extended the league’s longest active streak in the league in their 22-game opener, by Fox Big Trouble as they have scored in their next two
Pittsburgh responded to the Eagles touchdown with another score from rookie Chase Claypool, a wide receiver in Seattle D’s K Metcalf mold: big, strong, tall and fast Crossing the center, Claypool caught a pass in stride of Ben Roethlisberger, lost a tackle and ran intact to give Pittsburgh a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter
Hey listen, if this is a day that ends in Y the Falcons have yet to lose They, again, methodically gave up a lead Carolina, which was once trailed by 7-0, stacked a touchdown – a 57-yard catch-and-run by DJ Moore – with two field goals from Joey Slye to take a 13-7 lead in Atlanta
Bengals rookie quarterback Joe Burrow, who ran for his life all afternoon, threw an interception into his own 43-yard line An unnecessary roughness penalty against Carlos Dunlap of Cincinnati – he pushed Lamar Jackson with one hand near the sideline – and a 14-yard pass reception by Mark Andrews quickly helped move the Ravens to the 2-line. Bengal yards Jackson rolled to his right and on the run whistled a touchdown pass to Marquise Brown who put the Ravens in front, 17-0
Miles Sanders played in his first NFL at Heinz Field on Sunday, but it was far from his first game there A native of Pittsburgh, Sanders was a running back for the Swissvale Golden Flashes, according to The Athletic, and scored a half-time touchdown in a Steelers game He played Heinz twice at Woodland Hills High School, and twice as a running back at Penn State
Sanders added his fond memories of Heinz on Sunday running for the longest touchdown by a Philadelphia Eagle since 2000 On his 74-yard scooter, Sanders escaped a tackle on the line of scrimmage, then another 50 meters downstream, to tie the score at 7-7 It was the Eagles longest touchdown since Brian Mitchell went for 85 on October 1, 2000, according to Pro Football Reference
In his career, Lamar Jackson has yet to throw an interception inside an opponent’s 20-yard line Jackson extended that streak with a 5-yard touchdown to tight end Mark Andrews at the end of the first quarter, which gave the Ravens a 10-0 lead over the Bengals
The score came after the Cincinnati defense gave the Ravens a few problems, especially when it came to disrupting running play and putting pressure on Jackson’s passes But a fine third 9-yard attempt by Jackson at Andrews won a first down on the Bengals 9-yard line Two rushes from Mark Ingram moved the ball to the 5-yard line Andrews did a good job sealing his defenseman in the end zone and after waiting patiently in the pocket for a few seconds, Jackson fired a bullet at Andrews
The Steelers, helped by a questionable pass interference call on Philadelphia cornerback Darius Slay, progressed 7-0 after a possession that consumed nearly half of the first quarter A streak of 2 yards run by rookie wide receiver Chase Claypool capped a 14-game streak featuring dink after dunk after dink by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who completed 5 of 7 passes for 36 yards on the way In his only long attempt, from second and 16th on the Philadelphia 28-yard line, Roethlisberger knocked down James Washington, whom Slay covered on the court. But the official threw a late flag, and instead of facing a third and a 16, Pittsburgh was first inside the 10 and scored four games later.
With starting quarterback Sam Darnold injured in his shoulder, substitute Joe Flacco made his first start in an NFL game in almost a year; The Oct 1 loss to the Broncos, the former Flacco team, was his first appearance as Jet Flacco himself had only minimal practice due to a neck injury in the off-season, which already doesn’t bode well for the Jets who haven’t won with a replacement since December 2016, when Bryce Petty won against the San Francisco 49ers
The Jets, however, were hopeful that a change on the pitch would reinvigorate their chances against the Arizona Cardinals, who have just suffered two losses and are at 2-2 for the season.
Halfway through the first quarter it was clear it wouldn’t be The Jets started with the ball to lose it And the Cardinals put their time to good use: a 29-yard touchdown by running back Chase Edmonds allowed Arizona to take the lead quickly, placing them 7-0
Among the league’s worst offenders when it comes to advances – looking at you, Detroit – the Atlanta Falcons took a 7-0 lead over Carolina on a 35-yard run by Todd Gurley
The Falcons have missed double-digit advantages in back-to-back games, but they must have realized Monday night at Green Bay that they couldn’t give up a lead if they never took one at all
The Ravens looked dominant in their first practice, which featured an evil wide, evil-directed 42-yard receiver backhand by Devin Duvernay Mais Lamar Jackson, who has spent the entire week on the questionable list for injury knee and disease, looks a bit rusty so far He rounded an open receiver that would have picked up a first down and thrown behind another receiver These errors led to a 46-yard field goal attempt which Justin Tucker, of course, converted with a kick in the middle for a lead of 3-0 in Baltimore Tucker hasn’t missed a basket or extra points this season
The NFL has indefinitely postponed Monday’s game between the Denver Broncos and the New England Patriots, the latest reshuffle of the league’s schedule to account for the rash of positive tests for the coronavirus
The league had already postponed the game from Sunday to Monday after Stephon Gilmore, the team’s star defensive back, tested positive The team returned to training on Saturday, but another suspected positive test on Sunday forced the league to act before the Broncos left Denver for Foxborough, Mass
The league has not said when or if the game will be played Because this week will now serve as a week off for both teams, there are no other openings on their schedule unless other games are moved, or the league adds an extra week to the season for makeup games The Patriots were originally slated for a bye in Week 6, and the Broncos got a bye in Week 8 Read the full story here
Proving that a 0-1 start isn’t so bad, the Colts and Browns both followed their disappointment of opening week with three straight wins, each convincingly propelled Indianapolis through defensive and running play – and quarterback Philip Rivers fits neatly into the career touchdown list – while Cleveland has finally found their offensive mojo, with Baker Mayfield, Odell Beckham Jr and the rest of the team clicks like everyone thought they would last season
So what happens when the Colts defense tries to slow down the Browns offense? The answer could give a solid indication of which of these teams is a real contender and which only beats out less competition.
To complicate matters for Indianapolis, linebacker Darius Leonard is questionable due to a groin injury He couldn’t train on Wednesday or Thursday, and if he missed the game it would open the midfield for the Browns
The Ravens and Chiefs are both expected to win their games (against Cincinnati and Las Vegas, respectively) by 13 points or more The Cowboys are expected to beat the Giants by at least 95 So are these games going to be snoozers? You shouldn’t count on it
For Baltimore, scoring on the Cincinnati defense should be easy – really easy – thanks to the Bengals being the weakest against the run But Cincinnati appeared to be reborn on offense thanks to No 1 on all Joe Burrow draft picks , and last week running back Joe Mixon made his way with a game of monsters Expecting them to win on the road would be ridiculous, especially since they’re likely to allow 200 yards or more on the ground, but Burrow’s adjustment to the NFL has been so smooth that he should make the game exciting even if he loses convincingly
The Chiefs are huge favorites which could be a bad thing considering how little they seem to focus on against less competition Add in Las Vegas an attack that can score in a hurry and this game could easily go aside, forcing Patrick Mahomes to pull off one of his epic comebacks
As for the Giants … being 9 The 5-point underdogs are probably accurate and expecting the game to be near the end would be too optimistic But hey, Dak Prescott threw for 450, 472 and 502 yards on his last three games, so maybe he goes for 530 in this one
The Seahawks are averaging 35 5 points per game and the Vikings are averaging 265 Both teams’ defenses allow over 400 yards and over 27 points per game Las Vegas predicts this will be the strongest game of the week, with an over / under 57, and that honestly seems low due to the strengths and limitations of both teams
Seattle is propelled by Russell Wilson, who tied Peyton Manning’s record 16 touchdown passes in his team’s first four games He has a pair of elite receivers in DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett, and Chris Carson has proven solid as a running back Minnesota can do it all on offense, with Kirk Cousins getting to choose between running back Dalvin Cook. and receivers Adam Thielen and Justin Jefferson in every game
Did we mention that Seattle has several major injuries in defense, including safety star Jamal Adams, who is expected to be out for this game?
The most points scored in a prime-time game on Sunday were the 98 scored by the San Diego Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers in December 8, 1985 – Chargers won, 54-44 – but the highest scoring game in today’s Sunday Night Football format came in New England’s 43-40 win over Kansas City in October 14, 2018
Over-publicized matches tend to disappoint, but the potential is certainly there for this game to challenge those totals
In addition to the indefinite delay in Denver’s Week 5 game against New England, Tennessee, their game against Buffalo was delayed until Tuesday, after several other Titans tested positive over the course of the week,
In recognition that the Titans are not yet in the clear, the NFL postponed the Week 6 game in Buffalo, which was originally scheduled for Thursday of next week, but said it would return to Thursday if their Tuesday’s game against the Titans could not be played
So far, a fairly small number of teams have been affected by the problems in Tennessee But with the Titans ‘bye already burnt out and the Patriots, Broncos and Steelers’ weeks off also burned early, all flexibility in the schedule dries up quickly
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