Rams coach Sean McVay and quarterback Matthew Stafford need to produce more points to support a young, growing defense. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) During his first 15 NFL seasons, Matthew Stafford’s teams experienced scheduled off weeks at various junctures. Three times they arrived as early as Week 5; once as late as Week 10. With the Rams 1-4 …
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Mike Tomlin on huge crowd of Steelers fans in Las Vegas: “It was special to be part of”
Steelers fans took over the Raiders’ home stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, with so many of them in attendance that it often sounded like a Steelers home game. Mike Tomlin appreciated that. In his comments immediately after the Steelers beat the Raiders, Tomlin opened by talking about how much it meant to the team to hear and see the …
Read More »Jim Harbaugh had “atrial flutter” during Sunday’s game, heart went back into normal rhythm
Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh shared some more information about the health issue that sent him to the locker room during the first half of Sunday’s win over the Broncos. Harbaugh told the CBS broadcast team that he experienced a heart arrhythmia, but felt well enough to return to the sideline. “It’s called atrial flutter,” Harbaugh said after the game, …
Read More »Sunday Night Football: Bengals lead Giants 7-0 at halftime in defensive battle
There hasn’t been much to write home about in Sunday’s matchup between the Bengals and Giants, but aside from one play, New York’s defense has contained Cincinnati’s high-powered offense. The Bengals have a 7-0 lead at halftime. Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow ran for a 47-yard touchdown on the team’s opening drive, converting a third-and-18 on the play. But after that, …
Read More »Giants get on the board with Tyrone Tracy touchdown, tie game at 7-7
It took until midway through the third quarter, but the Giants have put points on the board and tied Sunday night’s matchup with the Bengals. Rookie running back Tyrone Tracy powered his way into the end zone for a 1-yard touchdown, making the score 7-7. It was the first touchdown of Tracy’s career. The Giants needed 16 plays to go …
Read More »Romeo Doubs happy to be back to his “regular self”
Romeo Doubs missed last week’s game while serving a one-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the team. On Sunday, the Packers receiver caught three passes for 49 yards and two touchdowns. “I was able to get back to my regular self, you know?” Doubs said after the Packers’ 34-13 win, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN. “Despite what was going on, …
Read More »Daniel Jones misses yet another opportunity to show he could be the Giants’ guy
EAST RUTHERFORD – Daniel Jones wasn’t horrible. That’s not the point. Nor are any of the built-in excuses you’ll hear for the Giants quarterback off Sunday’s 17-7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. No Malik Nabers. No Devin Singletary. No semblance of a run game. That’s not the point. Jones is not a franchise quarterback. Competent? Sure, at times, but this …
Read More »Are Caleb Williams & Jayden Daniels the best 1-2 QB draft in NFL history? | Inside Coverage
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab discuss if Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels are already the best 1-2 QB draft in NFL history. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Let’s talk about Caleb because I wanna post, post something to you that …
Read More »Jerry Jones’s Cowboys house of horrors arrives just in time for Halloween
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 …
Read More »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 …
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