Dak Prescott and Mike McCarthy contemplate another heavy loss. Photograph: LM Otero/AP Let’s give this to Dallas: they always find a way to entertain. Sunday’s 47-9 drubbing at the hands of the Lions may have felt more like watching The Substance than Love Is Blind, but seeing the Cowboys being beaten on their own home turf remains must-watch TV. In …
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Jackson shines and Detroit dominate Dallas
Jared Goff, Lamar Jackson and Baker Mayfield enjoyed big wins on Sunday [Getty Images] It was a Sunday of high scoring in week six of the NFL as Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson beat out Washington Commanders’ young pretender Jayden Daniels in the feature game of the day. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers hung 51 points on the New Orleans Saints …
Read More »Caleb Williams is a superstar, Trevor Lawrence is not; disaster in Dallas: Week 6 instant reactions | Inside Coverage
This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to Inside Coverage Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab join forces to give their instant reactions to every game from the Week 6 Sunday slate. The dynamic duo start with the key games to highlight from the weekend, as Jayden Daniels kept up with an unstoppable Baltimore offense, Caleb Williams broke …
Read More »Bengals still struggling, but pull out an ugly win over even sloppier Giants team
The Cincinnati Bengals aren’t asking for style points. None were given on Sunday night. The jokes about the Bengals never showing up in September aren’t all that funny anymore, because it’s mid-October and they still seem stuck in the mud. At least they got an ugly win. The defense made enough plays to support an offense that got surprisingly little …
Read More »Inside Drake Maye’s first Patriots start, from a trust-earning meeting to his alluring, roller-coaster day
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — As the New England Patriots shifted to the two-minute drill, their rookie quarterback settled in. Drake Maye knew this collection of calls. He knew that the Houston Texans were playing man coverage and creeping toward him. And the third overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft knew that the receiver he’d warmed up with until the final substitution …
Read More »Cowboys limp into their bye cloaked in mediocrity. This is the birthday gift Jerry Jones gave himself.
The homefield advantage has been lost. The defensive tenacity has vanished. The offensive potency has been absent. And when Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones turned 82 years old on Sunday, his birthday became just another milestone marking 27 straight seasons of football calendars turned and burned. Both in the near term — an embarrassing 47-9 home defeat to the Detroit …
Read More »2024 NFL odds Week 7: Lines, spreads for all 15 games
Week 7 of the NFL season is nearly here. Let’s check out the lines for each NFL game at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Oct. 14. (All times ET) 2024 NFL Week 7 Odds THURSDAY, OCT. 17 BRONCOS @ SAINTS (8:15 p.m., Amazon Prime) Point spread: Broncos -1 (Broncos favored to win by more than 1 point, otherwise Saints cover)Moneyline: Broncos …
Read More »Inside Drake Maye’s first Patriots start, from a trust-earning meeting to his alluring — if rollercoaster — day
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — As the New England Patriots shifted to the two-minute drill, their rookie quarterback settled in. Drake Maye knew this collection of calls. He knew that the Houston Texans were playing man coverage and creeping toward him. And the third overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft knew that the receiver he’d warmed up with until the final substitution …
Read More »Sunday Night Football: Bengals win defensive battle, defeat Giants 17-7
Sunday night’s matchup between the Bengals and Giants turned into a defensive battle at MetLife Field. But in the end, Cincinnati prevailed with a 10-point victory, defeating New York 17-7. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow started the game with a 47-yard rushing touchdown, pulling the ball down on third-and-18 to find nothing but clear turf in front of him. But after …
Read More »The NFC North makes history, plus 10 more incredible stats from Week 6
The sixth week of the NFL is nearly in the books, with just one game left to play. Several players had incredible performances, along with surprising results from multiple teams. Arguably the most impressive performance of the week came from the entire NFC North division, with three of the four teams earning wins while the Vikings were on a bye. …
Read More »Giants’ offense fails to produce in 17-7 loss to Bengals
In a tight and tense defensive struggle, the 1-4 Cincinnati Bengals knew they couldn’t afford another loss and did just about enough to hold off the battling Giants as Chase Brown’s 30-yard touchdown run clinched a 17-7 win with 1:52 remaining. Big Blue dropped to 2-4 on the year with the loss. The only score of the first half came …
Read More »Week 6 Care/Don’t Care: Bengals fans, fantasy managers should hope Tee Higgins-Joe Burrow marriage stays intact
5 Things I care about Tee Higgins Forgive me for quoting myself, but I will reference the exact sequence I wrote in my Week 6 preview column about this game, because it feels pertinent to tonight’s result for the Bengals offense. We do all these thought exercises in the offseason about how the Bengals can evolve on offense in the …
Read More »Week 6 Wrap: David Montgomery, Jared Goff fuel Lions’ fantasy party against Cowboys
Detroit Lions @ Dallas Cowboys Detroit’s offense looked unstoppable against an injured and overmatched Dallas defense, while Dak Prescott had one of the worst games of his career. Prescott entered 5-0 with his highest career Passer Rating versus the Lions, but he finished as this week’s lowest fantasy-scoring QB and with a completion percentage over expectation (-11.9) in the 10th …
Read More »NFL power rankings: Where 49ers stand after big win vs. Seahawks
NFL power rankings: Where 49ers stand after big win vs. Seahawks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area There are levels to the NFL heirarchy. There are true Super Bowl contenders and then there are pretenders. And then there’s the Dallas Cowboys. It was a litmus test week for some of the league’s top teams, and while some proved themselves …
Read More »Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh has had this heart issue before, but what are next steps?
Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, center, returned to the sideline after being treated in the locker room in Denver because of a heart issue. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press) The setting was different, but for Jim Harbaugh the feeling was hauntingly familiar. It began the night before Sunday’s Chargers game against the Denver Broncos, when an irregular heartbeat — an issue …
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