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NFL injury tracker Week 2: Malik Nabers ‘good’ to play for Giants, Chiefs’ Hollywood Brown to IR, Tee Higgins doubtful

Week 2 of the 2024 NFL season got underway Thursday night with the Buffalo Bills taking care of the Miami Dolphins 31-10. But there was plenty of concern afterward for Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa who suffered a concussion following a collision with Bills safety Damar Hamlin. “Right now … it is more about getting a proper procedural evaluation tomorrow and …

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Fantasy Football: Takeaways from Bills-Dolphins on Thursday Night Football

Dolphins RB De’Von Achane had a career-high 29 touches coming off an ankle injury in Week 2 for 165 yards and a touchdown. (Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images) The following is an excerpt from the latest edition of Yahoo’s fantasy football newsletter, Get to the Points! If you like what you see, you can subscribe for free here. Despite 281 …

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Five 49ers to watch in illuminating Week 2 matchup vs. Vikings

Five 49ers to watch in illuminating Week 2 matchup vs. Vikings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Minnesota Vikings have a new quarterback, running back and edge rusher. The 49ers are quite familiar with some of the Vikings’ key offseason acquisitions, especially quarterback Sam Darnold and running back Aaron Jones. San Francisco is coming off an impressive Week …

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Man charged in death of Gaudreau brothers had .087% BAC

Sep 13, 2024, 11:29 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087%, above the .08% legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday. Gaudreau, 31, and brother Matthew, 29, were killed in Carneys Point, New Jersey, …

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Fantasy Football Week 2 Start ‘Em, Sit ‘Em

Fantasy football sit-and-start advice should always be relative and league-dependent. Many starts and sits are obvious too, so we will instead focus on fringe options in this column, the ones that take real thought. Good luck with your Week 2 lineups! Start: Isaiah Likely Expect a nice bounce back game from Mark Andrews, but he and Likely can both remain …

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Jalen Milroe, Drew Allar among rising QBs already generating NFL Draft buzz

Rob Rang NFL Draft Analyst The 2024 NFL Draft featured a record six quarterbacks among the first 12 picks, yet the never-ending search for talent at the position remains.  Entering this year’s college football season, several signal-callers — like Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, Texas’ Quinn Ewers and Georgia’s Carson Beck — had already gained significant traction with NFL scouts. Through the …

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Report: 49ers eyed Meyers trade with Raiders before Aiyuk deal

Report: 49ers eyed Meyers trade with Raiders before Aiyuk deal originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers worked through contingency plans in the event they were unable to come to an agreement with star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk. San Francisco reportedly inquired with the Denver Broncos about a trade for receiver Courtland Sutton but were rebuffed before Aiyuk …

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Best fantasy hockey team names for 2024-25 NHL season

Every year that I do this list for ESPN fantasy hockey, I dig for inspiration. Some names lend themselves naturally to puns or pop culture references, which creates a solid, standard Fantasy name such as “A Jack Hughes Brothers Film” or “Auston Matthews McConaughey”). The secret sauce, though, is to play with more challenging names; that’s where you find your …

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Fantasy Football: Week 2 predictions to count on

The Yahoo Fantasy crew has full confidence in these players delivering a memorable performance in your fantasy football lineups for Week 2. The Eagles wideout didn’t have the same level of explosive box-score performance as his teammate A.J. Brown did in Week 1. However, the Week 1 usage indicated that the pendulum could swing back his way at any moment. …

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How close is Cooper DeJean to being ready for full-time slot duty?

How close is Cooper DeJean to being ready for full-time slot duty? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Cooper DeJean is going to be the Eagles’ full-time slot at some point. It seems inevitable. It’s just a matter of when. There were a lot of moving pieces in the secondary Friday night in the Eagles’ opener in São Paulo. With …

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