NFL Week 4 winners, losers: Philadelphia Eagles offense is stagnant Baltimore Ravens: On a day in which the Bengals gutted through a huge victory against the Falcons, Baltimore might have had the biggest impact in the AFC North. Beating the Steelers, 26-14, in Pittsburgh, the Ravens offense outgained the Steelers 451-284 and sustained drives by keeping third-down situations manageable and converting eight of 17 attempts. Most impressive, however, was Baltimore’s defense — and specifically its secondary — that has clamped down on opposing quarterbacks and has become one of the stingiest units in the NFL. The Ravens frustrated Ben Roethlisberger most of the night, and except for a few explosive passing plays, they kept the Steelers in front of the chains. 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He's the prime example of it."His legacy as a Super Bowl MVP quarterback is common knowledge for Carter given his time at Grambling and for Johnson, who grew up in Louisiana not far from Williams' hometown. The name Doug Williams has value at places like Grambling and Southern — "He's in history," Carter said — and his reputation as an executive precedes him even for players 40 years younger."He just goes out and finds talent," said Johnson, who performed in front of Williams and about 15 other scouts at Southern's pro day. 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Despite trailing by double digits for the first time this season, the Rams survived the Packers to improve to 8-0 for the first time 1969.6. Sunday's matchup between Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers and L.A.'s Jared Goff was the first NFL battle of Cal Bear quarterbacks since ... well, if you said Steve Bartkowski vs. Vince Ferragamo in 1983, you win our admiration.7. The Chiefs failed to score on their opening drive for the first time this season, causing panic in the streets of Kansas City ... but only briefly. QB Patrick Mahomes burnished his MVP case with four more TD passes against Denver. He now has a league-high 26 (matching Alex Smith's 2017 total for K.C.), which also happens to be a record for a player's first nine NFL games.8. Speaking of the MVP, the Rams' Todd Gurley and Aaron Donald could cannibalize the other's case for league honors even if both repeat as offensive and defensive player of the year, respectively. Gurley scored his 15th TD on Sunday but showed what a team guy he is by forgoing a 16th in the final minute, going to the ground rather than scoring so his team could kill the clock. Donald, meanwhile, collected two more sacks — he has 10 in his past five games, giving him the NFL lead — and could make a prophet of teammate Aqib Talib, who predicted https://www.mccaffreypanthersfan.com/authentic-torrey-smith-jersey-sale-1_98.html Donald will finish with 22.9. We understand it was a frenetic weekend for Los Angeles sports ... but couldn't the Coliseum grounds crew have avoided the "USC Rams" look? (Or did former Trojans LB Clay Matthews, who exhorted a heavily pro-Packers crowd Sunday, grease a few palms?)10. NBC's pretty spiffy "Sunday Night Football" field goal “tracer” > NBC's still terrible "Green Zone."11. Drew Brees' first INT of the season > Kirk Cousins' first pick-six of the season.12. 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When experience playing in London matters: The Jaguars definitely know were to go clubbing in the UK (even if they're not so good at keeping track of their bar tab).21. When experience playing in London doesn't matter: The Eagles, playing their first regular-season game abroad, beat Jacksonville 24-18. This was the sixth consecutive year the Jags have played a "home" game at Wembley Stadium.22. The Eagles may have finally found a solution to their running back conundrum. Rookie Josh Adams — the 6-2, 225-pounder began the year on the practice squad — piled up 61 yards on just nine carries Sunday after totaling 46 yards in his first five appearances.23. Jaguars K Josh Lambo's career-best 57-yard field goal was also the longest ever at Wembley. Leave it to a former soccer player (Lambo was drafted by MLS' FC Dallas in 2008) to shine on a soccer pitch.24. Houston, we have no problem. 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NFL draft 2018: Lamar Jackson must navigate a system that wants him to change Jackson totaled the fourth-most rushing yards of any major-conference quarterback this century, but he breaks the mold of his peers. This may, in the end, be the most intriguing case study yet: What is the value of being a mobile quarterback in the NFL? And how much will Jackson be able to capitalize on that value?As much as the game has changed, a comprehensive study of statistics and career earnings shows that there is no connection between a quarterback’s rushing success in college and profitability in the NFL.The advent of the spread-option offense has built new powerhouses, won championships and made the legacies of the most successful quarterbacks who have run it. But football has not consistently compensated those quarterbacks for their abilities.There may be no skill in any other major sport valued so disparately from one level to the next. There may still be no other major sport with such a disconnect between the amateur and pro levels.That is Jackson’s challenge: Can he be a star in a league that de-emphasizes his greatest skill?Jackson has largely made a career with his legs. They brought thousands of fans to stadiums, landed him in TV highlight reels and forced two different coaches to transform their offenses to fit him.But the NFL team that drafts Jackson will almost certainly depend more on his arm.“It’s a passing league, so you’ve got to be able to make plays from within the pocket,” said Chris Landry, a former pro scout and coach in the NFL and in college. “To be able to work the entire field, you’ve got to make plays, drop back in the pocket, survey the entire field and be able to get the ball out quickly.”There is, as one might expect, a diminishing financial payoff to being a high-volume rusher.The top 33 percent of rushing college quarterbacks drafted this century have combined to make about $1.08 billion in the NFL, according to the salary-tracking website spotrac.com. The bottom 33 percent have made about $747 million in the NFL. The difference between the elite running quarterbacks and the bottom third, $305 million, is hardly significant when you consider Peyton Manning and Tom Brady made almost $446 million and would have fit into the bottom third.Mobile quarterbacks can be No. 1 draft picks and succeed in the NFL, as Michael Vick and Cam Newton have proven. At the NFL scouting combine last month, Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome predicted that trend would continue, citing Jameis Winston and Marcus Mariota, the top two picks in the 2015 NFL draft.Three years earlier, in 2012, the Seattle Seahawks drafted Wisconsin's Russell Wilson in the third round. Five other quarterbacks went ahead of Wilson, who earned a rookie signing bonus of $619,400, according to spotrac.com, after running for 1,421 yards in four college seasons. In the same year, first-round selection Brandon Weeden received a bonus of roughly $4.3 million after a prolific college passing career at Oklahoma State. Weeden has since bounced around teams and hasn't played in a regular-season NFL game since 2015.Meanwhile, Wilson has rushed for 3,275 yards in six NFL seasons with Seattle.“I think it has to do with the coach’s background and how much appreciation they have for that style of play,” Seahawks coach Pete Carroll told reporters at this year's NFL scouting combine when asked about the league's use of mobile quarterbacks. “Do they have any experience with it? Guys that haven’t had those guys, they would be more reluctant, maybe more hesitant. … You just have to embrace the dynamic of that player and what he can do and what he’s capable of doing and figure it out.”In the history of the NFL, only one quarterback has reached the 1,000-yard rushing mark in a season. Vick, to whom Jackson is often compared, rushed for 1,039 yards in 2006. Jackson won a Heisman Trophy in large part by scrambling from the pocket and making plays on the run, totaling 1,571 rushing yards. His new team is unlikely to be as interested in that skill. College teams build their offenses around a quarterback’s running ability. The NFL almost neutralizes it.“So then the question becomes, if there’s at least a baseline of ability to win from the pocket, how much do you value that extra running ability?” said Steve Palazzolo, a senior analyst at Pro Football Focus. “And I think teams are mixed on it.”But why?One day in practice, Rick Swain, Jackson’s coach at Boynton Beach (Florida) High School, put his quarterbacks through option drills. He saw Jackson cut upfield and run 60 yards for a touchdown and went back to his office to remodel his entire offense.Louisville coach Bobby Petrino made a similar but less drastic transformation after Jackson enrolled.“The college game is about recruiting and putting guys in space,” said Landry, who worked as a scout for the Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans. “The pro game is about having talent, developing talent, but being able to use that talent and make defenses defend the entire field.”Swain illustrated that division when he said, “You got the best athlete on the field, he needs to have the ball in his hands.”The NFL tends to disagree. In that league, the athletes are better at every position. When a quarterback rolls from the pocket, a college coach sees a player who can cause problems for the defense in space. A pro coach sees one who limits the area of the field the team can use to attack the defense.Palazzolo and other analysts have used metrics to compare passing and rushing, placing more value on an 8-yard pass than an 8-yard run. If a quarterback throws 8 yards through the air, the receiver could still turn it into a bigger gain. If he rushes eight yards, it’s an 8-yard gain.Passing is "just more valuable,” Palazzolo said. “It’s more valuable on a play-for-play basis than running the football, both from a design standpoint or from a scramble standpoint. It has to be a complementary piece in the https://www.jamaladamsjerseysale.com/authentic-robby-anderson-jersey-sale-1_114.html NFL just because of the speed of the game and the fact that you have a franchise quarterback that you have to protect.”An analysis of 17 years’ worth of data showed no statistically significant correlation between a rushing yardage or rushing average in college and <h2>Darrelle Revis Authentic Jersey</h2> likelihood of being drafted as a quarterback.Of the major-conference quarterbacks this century, a player who was among the top third in career rushing yards was drafted 25 percent of the time. The middle third was drafted 19 percent of the time and the bottom third was drafted 21 percent of the time.The draft outcomes are significant because they set the value of players' rookie contracts, and many players never make more money afterward. Not all money is guaranteed.In each of the past five seasons, the player who entered the draft ranked last in rushing yards among major-conference quarterbacks was selected. That trend illustrates a quirk in the way the NCAA measures rushing yards — placing negative yardage on sacks — but also shows the NFL’s interest in pocket passers.“It’s not the fact that they get sacked that you like,” Landry said. “It’s the fact that they’re making plays within the pocket, or at least playing from within the pocket. … That’s the end game — you’ve got to be able to throw the football in this league. If you can’t, you have very little shot.”At Louisville’s pro day, Jackson waited in shorts and flip-flops as his former teammates did the vertical jump and ran the 40-yard dash. At pro day and the NFL scouting combine before it, Jackson threw passes, but he otherwise avoided performing any drill that might prompt NFL teams to label him as a potential wide receiver.Jackson’s concern was valid. This century, of the 15 players with the most career rushing yards among major-conference quarterbacks, three have been drafted as quarterbacks and seven have been drafted at other positions: running back, wide receiver or defensive back. Four of the top six entered the league as wide receivers.Former Louisville offensive coordinator Garrick McGee said on the NFL Network’s "Move The Sticks" podcast that Louisville’s coaches considered moving Jackson to wide receiver during his freshman season.“At the time, and I think a lot of the teams in the league are going to have this issue: We had a quarterback, a guy that we were leaning on, and he was the same type of talent, he had won the previous year,” McGee said. “So we were saying, ‘If Lamar can’t be the starting quarterback, we have to find something else for him to do.’”Petrino denied that, saying he never thought about moving Jackson to wide receiver, and that he didn’t believe speculation that NFL teams had, either.“We liked him playing right where he did, right where he led us,” Petrino said. “He’s just such a great player. And he can make all the throws. He understands the game schematically. I’m looking forward to seeing whoever takes him and him having a great, long career.”When he spoke at the NFL scouting combine — his most recent interview session with reporters — amid rumors he would be asked to play wide receiver in the NFL, Jackson maintained that he was a quarterback. He repeated it like it was part of him since he was a child, because it was.“Whoever likes me at quarterback, that’s where I’m going,” Jackson said. “That’s strictly my position.”NFL teams over the years have moved mobile quarterbacks to running back, wide receiver and even defensive back to get them on the field. The players face a risk-reward decision. They will make more money at quarterback than anywhere else if they succeed. But the best opportunity to succeed for some is elsewhere.One school whose quarterbacks routinely — and surprisingly — show up among draft selections is Oregon State. The Beavers have had Derek Anderson, Sean Canfield and Sean Mannion drafted in the past 15 years. All three were pocket passers with minus-300 rushing yards or worse in their careers. Anderson and Mannion were last in their classes in career rushing yards.Mike Riley, who coached Anderson, Canfield and Mannion at Oregon State, was also the offensive coordinator at Southern California when he recruited a California high school quarterback named Tom Brady. He was the head coach of the San Diego Chargers four years later when he advocated for the team to draft Brady.Riley said he thinks Oregon State’s scheme was conducive to grooming pro quarterbacks and that he was fortunate to stumble upon athletes with the necessary “intangibles.”“It’s not a perfect science,” Riley said.He said what the NFL’s trends suggest: “What we need first, and what we look for, he has to be a passer. If we can find that guy that is athletic and we can run and we can do some stuff, that is really, really the bonus.”Riley told a story about a player he recruited to USC in the 1990s. Daylon McCutcheon played offense in high school and “could have played offense at USC,” Riley recalled, but McCutcheon projected that he wouldn’t be as successful as a pro. He asked his coaches early <h2>Bilal Powell Authentic Jersey</h2> in college to move him to cornerback, where he ended up playing five seasons in the NFL.“Now that is foresight,” Riley said. “… He was right on it.”In Jackson’s high school years, meanwhile, Swain recalled a drive toward becoming a quarterback, whatever it took. Jackson would work on Sundays with a private trainer he had known since he was little. They would focus on the finer elements of being a passer that Jackson may not have needed in college but will in the NFL.“All the kudos goes to Lamar with the amount of effort,” Swain said. “I tried to get him to take a little bit of a break and play high school basketball, 'cause he was — ooh, you ought to see him play basketball. Oh my gosh.”“Coach, I can’t do it,” Swain recalled Jackson saying. 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No need for President Trump to worry: NFL TV ratings doing just fine NFL ratings are not tanking in response to the player protests. In fact, they’ve had little, if any, effect, according to a new USA TODAY analysis of Sunday Night Football viewership last season. Less than a percentage point decline in markets where Trump won Nike Brian Dawkins Jersey On Sale big in 2016 – the same as markets Jason Kelce Authentic Jersey where neither he nor Hillary Clinton had a significant advantage.Even more telling is that in markets where the local team was good – say, Pittsburgh or New Orleans – ratings were higher. In markets where the local team was bad – pointing at you, Phoenix and Indianapolis – ratings were lower.<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: In NFL ratings, good football trumps politics<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: NFL power rankings: Chargers replace Jaguars in top fiveIn other words, it’s football that drives NFL ratings, not faux outrage.And you can be sure there will be more of that outrage coming the NFL’s way now that Judge Brett Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court and Trump needs something else to excite the base for the midterm elections.White fear and resentment have been at the core of Trump’s presidency. This notion that white people – white men in particular – are losing their rightful place of privilege in society, and they will have to treat women and people of color if not with decency and respect, then at least equally.The NFL player protests have been his perfect foil.In Trump’s view, the protests aren't an effort to call attention to the racism that continues to undercut our judicial, educational and economic systems. No, these are black men who didn’t know their place – “sons of (expletives),” he’s called them – and were disrespecting the flag, the military, mom and apple pie in the process.Knowing it riles up Trump's base. He even sent Vice President Mike Pence to Indianapolis last season so he could walk out in a huff – a stunt that cost taxpayers at least $325,000.Trump has crowed about declining ratings, and predicted the protests would be the NFL’s demise.Only that hasn’t been the case. Yes, NFL ratings have seen a decline – as has pretty much everything else on TV. Cord cutting has changed the way a good portion of Americans, particularly those under Kamu Grugier-Hill Authentic Jersey 30, watch television, and that’s reflected in the ratings.But the NFL is still king. NFL games accounted for the three most-watched telecasts in 2017, and six of the top 10. Sunday Night Football was the most-watched series of 2017.Even at the height of Trump’s bluster, when he was urging NFL owners to fire players who protested and #boycottNFL was trending, the USA TODAY analysis found little https://www.carsonwentzfanjersey.com correlation in the ratings.NFL ratings dipped slightly from mid-September through late-October last year. But that mirrored the drop during the same period in 2016, regardless of Nike Reggie White Jersey On Sale whether a market was in Trump country, Clinton country or lukewarm to both.“It underlines the fact that fans either are coming back or they aren't going away," Richard Lapchick, director of The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, told USA TODAY. "Maybe it didn't have as big of an impact as (Trump) said he did."Of course it didn’t.The protests were never about the anthem or the military or the flag. That was a smokescreen to detract from the real message. As that's become clear, opinions on the protests have shifted. The number of players who protest also has dropped significantly, and the focus now seems to be more on what players are doing off the field and why Colin Kaepernick still doesn’t have a job. There are people who turned off the NFL when Kaepernick began the protest movement in 2016, and some of them haven’t returned. But those numbers were never as substantial as Trump and others tried to claim.The NFL has its flaws, no question. But it remains one of the strongest threads in this country’s fabric, providing us with a small but solid patch of common ground. We might not be able to have a civil discussion about politics, but we can all agree that Patrick Mahomes is amazing and Jon Gruden was an idiot for trading Khalil Mack.The NFL isn't dying and its TV ratings aren't plummeting. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Even the president.Follow USA TODAY Sports columnist Nancy Armour on Twitter @nrarmour. Ron Jaworski Jersey Nike Lane Johnson Jersey On Sale Nike Marcus Johnson Jersey On Sale Nike Tay Glover-Wright Jersey On Sale CJ Smith Jersey Nike Shelton Gibson Jersey On Sale Nike Aaron Neary Jersey On Sale Nike Bryce Treggs Jersey On Sale Victor Salako Jersey Tyler Orlosky Jersey Nike Eric Rowe Jersey On Sale Marcus Johnson White Elite Jersey Elijah Qualls White Elite Jersey Nike Donnel Pumphrey Jersey On Sale LeGarrette Blount White Elite Jersey
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Watson has 12 passing touchdowns in the past three games, the most by a rookie in any three-game span. Watson has 15 passing touchdowns, the most by a rookie in his team's first six games of a season.— Carson Palmer, Cardinals, was 18 for 22 for 283 yards with three touchdown passes and an interception in Arizona's 38-33 win over Tampa Bay.— Kirk Cousins, Redskins, was 25 for 37 for 330 yards and two touchdowns and an interception in Washington's 26-24 win over San Francisco.___Rushing— Le'Veon Bell, Steelers, had 32 carries for 179 yards and a touchdown in Pittsburgh's 19-13 victory over Kansas City.— Jordan Howard, Bears, had 36 carries for 167 yards in Chicago's 27-24 overtime win at Baltimore.— Adrian Peterson, Cardinals, had 26 carries for 134 yards and two touchdowns in Arizona's 38-33 win over Tampa Bay. It was Peterson's first game with the team after being obtained from https://www.andrewlucknewjersey.com/auth...-sale-1_65.html New Orleans on Tuesday.— Leonard Fournette, Jaguars, had 21 carries for 130 yards, including a 75-yard touchdown in Jacksonville's 27-17 loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Fournette, who had a 90-yard touchdown run in the Jaguars' Week 5 win at Pittsburgh, is the first rookie in NFL history with a touchdown run of at least 75 yards in consecutive games.— Jay Ajayi, Dolphins, had 26 carries for 130 yards in Miami's 20-17 win over Atlanta.— Todd Gurley, Rams, had 23 carries for 116 yards in Los Angeles' 27-17 win over Jacksonville.— Mark Ingram, Saints, had 25 carries for 114 yards and two touchdowns in New Orleans' 52-38 win over Detroit.___Receiving— Antonio Brown, Steelers, had eight catches for 155 yards, including a 51-yard touchdown in Pittsburgh's 19-13 win over Kansas City. Brown, who has 9,077 receiving yards in 107 games, tied Randy Moss (107) for the fourth-fewest games played to reach 9,000 receiving yards in NFL history.— Larry Fitzgerald, Cardinals, had 10 catches for 138 yards and a touchdown in Arizona's 38-33 win over Tampa Bay.— Chris Thompson, Redskins, had four receptions for 105 yards in Washington's 26-24 win over San Francisco.— Adam Thielen, Vikings, had nine carries for 97 yards in Minnesota's 23-10 win over Green Bay.— Marvin Jones and Golden Tate, Lions. Jones had six catches for 96 yards and a touchdown and Tate had seven catches for 96 yards and a touchdown in Detroit's 52-38 loss to New Orleans.— Rob Gronkowski, Patriots, had six catches for 83 yards and two touchdowns in New England's 24-17 win over the New York Jets.___Special Teams— Pharoh Cooper and Malcolm Brown, Rams. Cooper returned the opening kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown and Brown returned a blocked punt 8 yards to the end zone for a touchdown in Los Angeles' 27-17 over Jacksonville.— Bobby Rainey and Michael Campanaro, Ravens. Rainey returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and Campanaro returned a punt 77 yards for a touchdown in Baltimore's 27-24 overtime loss to Chicago.— Jamal Agnew, Lions, returned a punt 74 yards for a touchdown in Detroit's 52-38 loss to New Orleans.___Defense— Kenny Vaccaro, Marshon Lattimore, Cameron Jordan, Saints. Vaccaro recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown and Lattimore returned an interception 27 yards for a TD. Jordan intercepted a pass in the end zone for a score in New Orleans' 52-38 win over Detroit. The Saints set a franchise record with three defensive touchdowns in a game.— Johnathan Joseph, Texans, had two interceptions, returning one of them 82 yards for a touchdown in Houston's 33-17 win over Cleveland.— Adrian Amos, Bears, returned an interception 90 yards for a touchdown in Chicago's 27-24 overtime win over Baltimore.— Jason McCourty, Browns, returned an interception 56 yards for a touchdown in Cleveland's 33-17 loss to Houston.— Lavonte David, Buccaneers, returned a fumble 21 yards for a touchdown in Tampa Bay's 38-33 loss to Arizona.— Harrison Smith, Vikings, had 1½ Nike Andrew Luck Jersey On Sale sacks, an interception and two pass breakups in Minnesota's 23-10 win over Green Bay.— A'Shawn Robinson, Lions, returned an interception 2 yards for a touchdown in Detroit's 52-38 loss to New Orleans.___STREAKS & STATSCarson Palmer three touchdown passes, running back Adrian Peterson rushed for two touchdowns in his Arizona debut, and wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald had a touchdown catch in the Cardinals' 38-33 win against Tampa Bay. Palmer has accounted for 302 touchdowns (294 passing, eight rushing), Peterson has 104 touchdowns (99 rushing, five receiving) and Fitzgerald has 107 touchdown catches. They are the only QB-RB-WR trio of teammates in NFL history to account for at least 300, 100 and 100 total touchdowns, respectively. Fitzgerald, who has 14,854 receiving yards, surpassed Steve Smith, Sr. (14,731) for the seventh-most receiving yards in NFL history. Fitzgerald's 14,854 receiving yards trail only Hall of Famer Jerry Rice (19,247 with San Francisco) for the most receiving yards by a player with a single team. Peterson, who has 50 games with at least 100 rushing yards, is the ninth player in NFL history with at least 100 rushing yards in 50 games. ... The 49ers dropped to 0-6 with a 26-24 loss to Washington. San Francisco is the first team in NFL history to fall by three points or fewer in five consecutive games. The Browns fell to 0-6 with a 33-17 loss to Houston and they lost their 16th in a row on the road. ... The Patriots have won six of the past seven meetings with the Jets and 11 of the past 13 after a 24-17 win on Sunday. They have also won 11 straight road games, the second-best streak in team history since they won 12 in a row from 2006-08.___MILESTONESNew England quarterback Tom Brady passed for 257 yards with two touchdowns in the Patriots' 24-17 win at the New York Jets. Brady, who has 187 regular-season victories, surpassed Hall of Famer Brett Favre (186) and Peyton Manning (186) for the most regular-season victories by a starting quarterback in NFL history. Brady has 212 wins (including the postseason), the most by a starting quarterback. Brady threw two touchdown passes to tight end Rob Gronkowski in the win. Brady and Gronkowski have connected on 71 touchdown passes, the second most from a quarterback to a tight end in NFL history. Only Philip Rivers and Antonio Gates (85) of the Los Angeles Chargers have more. ... New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees passed for 186 yards with two touchdowns in the Saints' 52-38 win over Detroit. Brees has 55,084 passing yards with the Saints and is only the fourth quarterback in NFL history to have at least 55,000 passing yards with a team. He joins Favre (61,655 with Green Bay) and Dan Marino (61,361 with Miami) and Brady (63,541 with New England) as the only quarterbacks to accomplish the feat. ... Los Angeles Rams kick returner Pharoh Cooper returned the game's opening kickoff 103 yards for a touchdown and Jacksonville rookie running back Leonard Fournette had a 75-yard touchdown run on the Jaguars' first play from scrimmage in the Rams' 27-17 win, marking the first game in the Super Bowl era with two touchdowns of at least 75 yards in the first 30 seconds of a game.___SIDELINEDQuarterback Aaron Rodgers broke his collarbone in Green Bay's 23-10 loss to Minnesota and could miss the rest of the season. Backup cornerback Quinten Rollins (ankle) was also lost during the game. Right tackle Bryan Bulaga (concussion) was knocked out of action, and left tackle David Bakhtiari's hamstring injury flared up. Vikings wide receiver Michael Floyd left the game with a calf injury. ... Jameis Winston left Tampa Bay's game at Arizona in the second quarter because of a right shoulder injury. 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Sometimes men are willing to open about those things with women.”This pitch helped Stabler, the daughter of Hall of Fame quarterback Ken Stabler, sign six players eligible for the upcoming draft as she’s become part of a growing number of female contract agents in the highly competitive and male-dominated industry.<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: USA TODAY Sports NFL agent poll: Redskins, Bruce Allen get low marks on preparedness, trust<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: What USA TODAY Sports' poll of NFL agents revealed about Bill Belichick, Bruce Allen and more<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: USA TODAY poll reveals union chief DeMaurice Smith has made 'lot of enemies' among agentsAnd a woman, Kim Miale, currently represents both the biggest veteran free agent on the market, former Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant, and a potential top-five draft pick in Penn State running back Saquon Barkley.Stabler was one of 33 women (out of 224 total people) to take the agent certification exam administered by the NFL Players Association last October, the highest number of women since the exam began in 2001. Oklahoma City-based agent Kelli Masters took the exam in 2005, and she did not recall seeing another woman. “Just because the NFL is so testosterone-driven and everyone has an ego, it doesn’t mean women can’t be successful. It was about shifting that mindset,” Masters said.<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: Aurora shooting survivor Zack Golditch hopes perseverance leads to NFL draft opportunity<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: NFL draft 2018 sleepers: Richmond QB Kyle Lauletta among prospects who could provide value<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: NFL mock draft 2018: Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield could be biggest QB dominoesCurrently only 5% of the 830 certified agents are female, according to the NFLPA, but the 41 women with active certification represents a roughly 50% increase since 2010. 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Also a big decision for Pack coach Mike McCarthy given the long view would be to protect a vulnerable star from his own bravado and what's arguably the league's top defense.2. Is playing Josh Allen the right call? Bills coach Sean McDermott said Wednesday that starting the first-round pick is "the right move for our football team."But is it? Really?The only rookie quarterback from a vaunted draft class who started in Week 1 was the Jets' Sam Darnold, and he looked pretty spiffy. But the Jets were also firing on all cylinders in all phases of their dominant win at Ben Roethlisberger White Elite Jersey Detroit. Conversely, the Bills were thoroughly brutalized in every aspect of their 44-point loss at Baltimore. Hoping a rookie — one who lacked big-game experience at Wyoming and hardly sparked the offense in relief of Nathan Peterman against the Ravens — with a severely limited supporting cast can remedy matters doesn't seem like a silver bullet solution and is probably more likely to put a bullet in Allen's confidence.3. Is a first-year head coach going to get a win? The new guys went 0-7 collectively in their debuts, defeated by https://www.antoniobrownfanjersey.com an average of 13.3 points.No guarantee for a breakthrough this week as none of these sideline bosses square off. No particularly inviting matchups, either, and the — can we call it drama? — may extend to the later prime time windows when Pat Shurmur and the Giants visit the Cowboys on Sunday night before Matt Nagy's Bears host the Seahawks on Monday.More: NFL QB Hot Sheet: Patrick Mahomes could be on verge of something big with ChiefsMore: Did Giants make mistake in passing up Sam Darnold? Only Eli Manning can end narrative4. 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The weekend's marquee battle pits the Patriots against the Jaguars eight months after Jacksonville blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead in Foxborough, Mass., with a Super Bowl LII berth at stake.The rematch is scheduled to occur in northern Florida, which means it's possible Hurricane Florence could affect the outcome — and it would seem New England could be more vulnerable given the offense's reliance on Tom Brady's arm and the air game.Weather or not, this should be fun — and keep an especially close eye on chatty Jags corner Jalen Ramsey, who barked loudly at Brady prior to the AFC title game before he pilloried Rob Gronkowski in an ESPN piece earlier this summer.6. Is the NFC West race over? OK, admittedly a bit premature ... and, no, there won't be a definitive answer by next Tuesday. Probably.Still, it was noteworthy that the Rams were alone in first place before they beat up the Raiders on Monday. The Cardinals, 49ers and Seahawks displayed serious flaws in their opening defeats, and none seem ready to go toe-to-toe with a Los Angeles squad harboring legit Super Bowl hopes. Arizona gets the first intra-divisional shot at the Rams on Sunday afternoon in the L.A. Coliseum.7. How many times will Andrew Luck throw this week? Guess which quarterback had the most passing attempts in Week 1? If you said the guy coming off reconstructive shoulder surgery and playing his first NFL game that counts in 616 days, then you win a horseshoe!While it was heartening to see Andrew Luck's semi-triumphant return Sunday — Indianapolis did implode after all — watching him hoist the ball 53 times to keep his club afloat was nevertheless ... concerning. Now he'll march on Washington (see what I did there, @CaptAndrewLuck?) to face a Redskins defense that easily flanked Sam Bradford in the opening skirmish (see what I did there, @CaptAndrewLuck?). Good luck, Luck.(Memo to General Reich: Prepare to deploy Jacoby Brissett as a reserve force to potentially rescue @CaptAndrewLuck from further peril.)8. Will the Lions try to run? In the past four seasons, Detroit has finished dead last in rushing twice (and 28th and 30th — of 32 teams — the Ben Roethlisberger Jersey Cheap other two years). Guess who's already at the back of the bus with 39 yards and 2.6 per attempt? And before you assume the Lions had to throw in their blowout loss to the Jets, remember that game was tied 17-17 midway into the third quarter.It'd probably be a good idea to give LeGarrette Blount, Theo Riddick and rookie Kerryon Johnson more than 15 collective carries in Santa Clara against the 49ers. Balance is almost always better, and it's usually easier to run than throw when facing unfriendly road crowds. 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NFL 2018: Questions abound, from anthems to rule changes Not to mention the new kickoff rules and, at last, a catch rule that seems to make sense.Those are enough issues to grab attention away from Philly's quarterback situation, as well as the progress of the five first-round QB draft choices expected to make their debuts sooner or later.Or from the return from injuries of Aaron Rodgers, J.J. Watt, Richard Sherman, Deshaun Watson, David Johnson and Odell Beckham Jr., to name a few.Or Jon Gruden's return to an NFL sideline in Oakland.Plus, Adam Vinatieri's pursuit of the career points and field goals marks.What's ahead through the penultimate day of the 2018 calendar?RULE CHANGESThe preseason has been dominated, even overridden, by discussion of and doubts about the "helmet rule." Basically, any player on offense or defense lowering his head and making contact with any part of the helmet is subject to a 15-yard penalty, a fine, and even an ejection. It's a player safety adjustment for which "the goal long term is to make the game safer and take out some of these hits that should not be part of the game," says Giants owner John Mara, a member of the competition committee that recommends rules changes to the owners.The concerns on many levels focus on players adjusting to the tackling requirements and officials mastering such calls at full speed.Gene Steratore, who recently retired as an NFL (and college basketball) referee, expects the critical tempest to die Brian Dawkins Authentic Jersey down quickly."Players will adjust because they are that good," says Steratore, now an analyst for CBS after 15 seasons in the league. "Officials will, too, because they are that good. There will be a learning curve for all of them, but I think in a fast period of time, a trigger moment will come that will show right before that contact if it is worthy of a flag."The fix to the phrasing of the catch rule should eliminate the kind of calls — on Jesse James, Dez Bryant et al — many found bogus."Control. If it looks like a catch and smells like a catch, it's a catch," says Troy Vincent, the NFL's chief of football operations. "(The rule) had become convoluted: what you should do, what you shouldn't do. It should be clear as day. So our job was to simplify and we put it in practical terms."The other major rule alteration is on kickoffs, where coverage team players no longer can take a running start, and there are regulations on where kick team players can be overall and how they can block."This is certainly a way of trying to keep the kickoff in the game and attempting to cut down on high-speed collisions," Mara says. 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"But we've seen in other leagues when they've decided to amplify the voices of their players to also emphasize the importance of the issues that we're raising, and change the narrative away from the anthem, that not only is it more acceptable, the fan base gets educated on what we're talking about, and we can actually make some https://www.carsonwentzfanjersey.com/aut...-sale-1_35.html movement."ROOKIE QBSBefore we reach 2019, it's a near-certainty that Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, Josh Allen, Josh Rosen and Lamar Jackson will get onto the field. Some likely will be starters, maybe even stamp themselves as stars.Only in Baltimore, where Joe Flacco is the incumbent, is the rookie (Jackson) a long shot to become the No. 1 quarterback this season. The others — Cleveland's Mayfield, Buffalo's Allen, the Jets' Darnold and Arizona's Rosen — are with teams considered outsiders in the playoff chase and Nike Brian Dawkins Jersey On Sale it makes sense as early as prudent to see if they are the franchise QBs they were drafted to be.COACHESNew coaches in charge of the Cardinals, Titans, Lions, Giants, Bears and Raiders include four newbies to being in charge: Detroit's Matt Patricia, Chicago's Matt Nagy, Tennessee's Mike Vrabel and Arizona's Steve Wilks. All of them made their marks as proficient coordinators and bring freshness and toughness to their franchises.Vrabel, of course, has three Super Bowl rings as a player with New England, which surely earns him some respect in the locker room. If he's considered a product of the Belichick coaching tree, though, Vrabel could struggle; few of the Patriots coach's protégés have had much success as a head man in the NFL.So the same goes for Patricia, although he has far more experience in coaching.New York's Pat Shurmur had a short stint in charge in Cleveland and probably didn't get a fair shake. The Giants desperately needed a culture change after the 2017 debacle."I have seen just about all I could see from the top of the mountain to having the second pick in the draft," Mara says. "Last year still is somewhat of a shock to me, going from a preseason Super Bowl contender to being the second-worst team in the league. It was a perfect storm, just an avalanche of injuries, locker room issues, a relatively inexperienced head coach (Ben McAdoo) who hadn't had to deal with any of that in the past, and some draft classes not all that productive. And it adds up to a bad season."Oakland also comes off a bad season following a playoff appearance, and the Raiders made the biggest splash by bringing back (and out of the broadcast booth) Jon Gruden. There's lots of excitement in the Black Hole and throughout the Bay Area about Gruden, who clearly has stamped his personality on the roster by trading his best player, holdout pass rusher Khalil Mack."I love the Raider fans, I love Oakland, and that's the primary reason why I'm standing here," he says.PURSUING HISTORYVinatieri is a marvel. The NFL's oldest player at 45, he begins his 23rd pro season in range to pass Hall of Famer Morten Andersen as the leading scorer. He was dependable for a decade in New England and then a dozen years in Indianapolis.He needs seven field goals to pass Andersen (565) for the most field goals. Andersen scored 2,544 points in a league-record 382 games and Vinatieri needs 58 points to break the record."It's one of those things that I haven't really though too much about it," he says. "I'm still just trying to help my team win games and keep on putting chapters in this book, and if that happens, fantastic."___Anthony Denham White Elite Jersey David Watford Jersey Nike Tay Glover-Wright Jersey On Sale Cameron Johnston Jersey Herman Edwards Jersey David Watford White Elite Jersey Wilbert Montgomery Jersey Justin Hamilton Jersey Victor Salako White Elite Jersey Nike Tyler Orlosky Jersey On Sale Nike Jordan Hicks Jersey On Sale Darren Sproles Jersey Eric Rowe Jersey Customize Jersey Leodis McKelvin Jersey
Losses have Bears in more familiar spot with Jets up next The Bears look to get back to winning after back-to-back losses when they host the banged-up New York Jets on Sunday."No one past game dictates our season, no game coming up is going to dictate our season," quarterback Mitchell Trubisky said. "We have the https://www.andrewlucknewjersey.com/auth...-sale-1_65.html same attitude going every week, and Frank Gore Authentic Jersey I guess the last couple of weeks because we have been 0-2, I think we're even hungrier. I know I am just (excited) to get back to work and get back into that win column."Falling below .500 would be a major letdown considering where the Bears (3-3) were just a few weeks ago.They won three straight and took sole possession of the division lead for the first time since 2013 after four consecutive last-place finishes. But they've dropped two in a row since their bye, falling in overtime at Miami and by seven at home to New England last week. The losses left Chicago looking up at Minnesota and Green Bay and tied with Detroit in the NFC North.Trubisky, who passed for six touchdowns against Tampa Bay before the bye, was 26 of 50 for https://www.andrewlucknewjersey.com/auth...-sale-1_65.html yards against New England. He threw two TDs and two interceptions.The Jets (3-4) are trying to avoid a repeat of last season, when they finished 5-11 for the second year in a row. They were 3-4 a year ago, and they see this game as a measuring stick.It would help if they got more from quarterback Sam Darnold. The No. 3 overall draft pick leads league with 10 interceptions to go with one of NFL's worst completion percentages (56.1) and passer ratings (74.3). The former USC star got picked off three times last week against Minnesota in his worst game as a pro."Confidence is fine," Darnold said. "I'm never really shaken at all, but it's just an experience that I've got to learn from."Here are some things to know as the Bears and Jets try to get back to winning:FITTING INWith injuries to Quincy Enunwa (sprained ankle) and Terrelle Pryor (groin, released with injury settlement), the Jets were in dire need of depth at wide receiver. They signed former Titans star Rishard Matthews on Tuesday.Matthews had asked to be traded or released by Tennessee because he didn't like his role in the Titans' offense. He was released last month, and now could find himself a valuable part of the Jets' offense Sunday.Matthews has 228 catches for 3,147 yards and 21 touchdowns in six-plus seasons with Tennessee and Miami.DOMINANT 'D' TO STRUGGLING 'D'With 69 points allowed and just one sack over the past two games, the Bears' defense is taking a beating after dominating the first four weeks.It doesn't help that outside linebacker Khalil Mack playing through an ankle injury. The two-time All-Pro hasn't produced a sack since he was hurt against Miami on Oct. 14 after delivering five in the first four games. Chicago has gone from leading the league with 18 to being tied for eighth with 19 in that span, and a defense that ranked among the league's best is now 12th overall.RED-ZONE WOESThe Jets have been in trouble all season when they've reached the opponent's 20-yard line.New York ranks dead last in the NFL https://www.andrewlucknewjersey.com/auth...-sale-1_62.html Adam Vinatieri Authentic Jersey in those situations with touchdowns in just eight of 23 chances, for 34.8 percent. The Jets have 10 field goals from Jason Myers in the red zone, which raises their overall scoring percentage to 78.3 — still 29th in the league.NO RUNNINGThe Bears have issues in the running game even though they rank sixth in the league in rushing. Trubisky has accounted for 245 of their 784 yards, much of that on scrambles rather than designed runs.With 311 yards on 90 attempts, Jordan Howard is averaging just 3.5 yards per carry.CARRYING THE LOADNew York's Bilal Powell was placed on injured reserve this week with a bulging disk in his neck.That means Isaiah Crowell could see a lot more carries moving forward after splitting time in the backfield with Powell. Crowell Luke Rhodes Authentic Jersey has 459 yards and five touchdowns on 81 carries, while Powell ran for 343 yards on 80 attempts.Crowell has been dealing with an ankle injury since running for a franchise-record 219 yards against Denver three weeks ago, so rookie Trenton Cannon might help.___Lavar Edwards Jersey Chester Rogers Jersey TY McGill Jersey Jeremy Vujnovich Jersey Edwin Jackson Jersey Tevaun Smith Jersey Troymaine Pope Jersey Garrett Sickels Jersey Bug Howard Jersey Christine Michael Jersey Fahn Cooper Jersey Joe Haeg Jersey Darryl Morris Jersey JoJo Natson Jersey Adam Redmond Jersey
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