Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith enters Year 2 with heightened expectations. The 2023 first-round pick played in all 17 games as a rookie but didn’t start a contest and mainly participated on special teams. Playing behind Haason Reddick and Josh Sweat, he took 182 snaps on defense (40 of which came in a meaningless Week …
Let’s travel back to Week 5. Kevin O’Connell’s Minnesota Vikings fell short to the defending Super Bowl champions, losing at home to Kansas City to fall to 1-4 on the season. Star receiver Justin Jefferson would leave the game with a hamstring injury and land on injured reserve. The sky felt like it was falling in …
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Monday night’s contest pits a usual juggernaut treading water against a team looking to build on its first winning streak of the season. The Bills are still dangerous at 5-4, but they’re fading among the ranks of contenders thanks to alternating wins and losses for six straight games dating back to Oct. 1. Although the …
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Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb continued his torrid stretch on Sunday, destroying the New York Giants for 151 yards and a touchdown on 11 catches and adding a 14-yard rushing score in Dallas’ 49-17 victory. Lamb won at every level, over the middle, on the outside, running away from defensive backs and making ridiculous one-handed …
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NFL Research offers the best nuggets from each week of games in the NFL. Here are the most eye-popping statistical accomplishments from Week 10 of the 2023 NFL season. 1) C.J. Stroud joins elite rookie company with second straight big performance For the second week in a row Stroud has made rookie history — and …
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Los Angeles Chargers fell to the Detroit Lions, 41-38, on Sunday, in a game that saw the Bolts defense allow 533 net yards — the most yards given up by the team since Week 1 against the Miami Dolphins, and a far cry from the apparent improvement shown from the unit …
INGLEWOOD, Calif — You didn’t need to know ahead of time the attitude Detroit Lions Coach Dan Campbell wanted his team to have against the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. The Lions showed you, early and often, on one fourth down after another, on runs short and long, on passes and pitches, on the goal …
Three hundred and 35 days after he was carted off the field in Glendale, Arizona, with a torn ACL, Kyler Murray captained his Cardinals to a comeback triumph. One point down with 2 minutes and 33 seconds to go, Murray used his arm, his surgically repaired knee and ample amounts of clutch play to drive …
The Atlanta Falcons are dealing with another question at the quarterback position after Taylor Heinicke suffered a hamstring injury in Sunday’s 25-23 loss to the Arizona Cardinals. Backup Desmond Ridder took over with the Falcons trailing, 22-17. Atlanta held a lead in the final moments of the game, but Kyler Murray led Arizona’s offense down …
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Deshaun Watson was in a walking boot following Sunday’s comeback win over the Baltimore Ravens, but the Cleveland Browns quarterback doesn’t see the ankle injury forcing him to miss time. “I’ll be fine,” Watson said after the game. “Right now I’m not feeling well, but I’ll be fine, I’ll be ready to go.” Watson said …
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