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The Patriots defense suffered a serious blow in last Sunday’s overtime loss to the Seahawks when linebacker Ja’Whaun Bentley tore his pectoral muscle. Bentley will miss the rest of the season as a result of the injury and that will force the team to shuffle players around as they head into Thursday night’s game against the Jets. Linebacker Joshua Uche …

In Roob’s Eagles stats: Historically bad run defense originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The unfortunate thing about doing a weekly Eagles stats column is when you have a game like this one. But the show must go on, and I promise we’ll squeeze some positive numbers and trends in there at the end. At least, we’ll try. 1. The …

The Jets offense finished strong against the Titans in Week Two as Aaron Rodgers led a 74-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter to break a 17-17 tie and lift the Jets to their first victory of the season. It was the third touchdown drive of the day for the Jets, which meant it was back-to-back weeks with three offensive …

It’s only two games, but Bo Nix has gotten off to a rough start in Denver. Nix, the sixth quarterback drafted in April and taken with the 12th overall pick, had 45 touchdowns against three interceptions last year at Oregon. After two NFL games, he already has four interceptions, with no touchdown passes. He’s far from the only problem in …

Eagles snap counts: How Eagles played it without A.J. Brown originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles lost a heartbreaker 22-21 to the Falcons on Monday Night Football. They definitely missed A.J. Brown. The Eagles’ Pro Bowl receiver didn’t play in this game because of a hamstring injury suffered during the week and his status for Week 3 in …

After Chargers running back J.K. Dobbins ran 10 times for 135 yards in the team’s season-opening win, he said he thinks he can be “way better” in future games. Dobbins’s second game for the AFC West team may not have been way better, but it definitely showed that the opener wasn’t a fluke. Dobbins posted 17 carries for 131 yards …

The Patrick Mahomes-Joe Burrow rivalry has been a godsend for fans and advertisers alike, as their fifth head-to-head matchup served up record ratings for CBS. According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, the Eye Network’s coverage of the Chiefs’ 26-25 win over the Bengals in the NFL’s Sunday afternoon national window averaged 27.87 million viewers, which marked the highest September TV turnout …

After Sunday’s loss to the Browns, Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence was blunt in his assessment of his 0-2 team, saying, “We suck right now.” Jacksonville head coach Doug Pederson was asked about that comment in his Monday news conference and said he didn’t really mind it. “That’s what you want from your leader. I don’t want anybody to sugarcoat anything,” …

Much has been said — and much can be said — about Philadelphia’s failure to close the deal on Monday night against the Falcons. The attention has focused on the inexplicable decision to throw the ball (and to risk an incompletion) on third and three from the Atlanta 10 with less than two minutes to play. But the Eagles defense …

A little over a year ago, I was sitting with someone from the New York Jets and we were discussing where it all went wrong with Zach Wilson. It was a lengthy conversation about all manner of things that impact a young quarterback’s growth — from maturity to confidence to patience and team-building ideology. In the grand analysis of everything, …

Former Patriots defensive lineman Lawrence Guy is moving on to Cincinnati. Guy worked out for the Bengals on Tuesday and Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that he will be signing with the AFC North team. Albert Huggins also worked out for the team. Guy spent the last seven seasons in New England and has also played for the Ravens, …

This embedded content is not available in your region. Subscribe to McCoy & Van Noy On this episode of McCoy & Van Noy, 6x All-Pro and 3x Pro Bowl DT Gerald McCoy and current Baltimore Ravens LB Kyle Van Noy recap the Falcons’ big win against the Eagles on Monday Night Football, including a clutch performance by Falcons QB Kirk …

The NFL had a historic draft for quarterbacks this year, with six of them taken in the top 12 picks. Through two weeks of the season, those rookie quarterbacks haven’t done much. None of the NFL’s rookie quarterbacks has thrown a touchdown pass yet. Chicago’s Caleb Williams, Washington’s Jayden Daniels and Denver’s Bo Nix have all started two games but …

The Panthers benched one Week Two starter on Monday when they switched from Bryce Young to Andy Dalton at quarterback and they parted ways with another one on Tuesday. Eku Leota started at outside linebacker in Sunday’s 26-3 loss to the Chargers and he has one of the team’s two sacks this season, but he’s no longer on the roster. …

Shanahan, 49ers eyed increased Aiyuk involvement in loss to Vikings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brandon Aiyuk appeared to have a limited role in the 49ers’ 23-17 loss to the Minnesota Vikings but coach Kyle Shanahan said that was not the plan. The second-team All-Pro caught four of his five targets for 43 receiving yards which was an …