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GREEN BAY – Two years ago, in the first start of his young career, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love was the target of relentless blitzing from the Kansas City Chiefs and there wasn’t much he could do about it.The coaches hadn’t prepared for that kind of onslaught and Love was a sitting duck. The Chiefs either sacked, hit or pressured him on 14 of the 39 times he dropped back to pass in a 13-7 ...

Matt Eberflus is 3-18 in two seasons as the Bears’ head coach, including 0-4 this season.As Matt Eberflus is finding out, there are some things Frank Reich can’t teach you in NFL head-coaching school.Eberflus’ old-school sensibilities are failing him four weeks into his second season as the Bears’ head coach. Revealing as little information as possible and grinding your way out of on-field football ...

ATLANTA — The Falcons have scored six and seven points in their last two games. The Braves have scored more than seven runs in 41 games this season. I’m not sure if this suggests Desmond Ridder’s relative football “WAR” merely is something to be desired or that the Falcons should consider luring Ronald Acuña Jr. to play quarterback, but one thing seems certain: Something has to change with Atlanta’s ...

RB James ConnerHeight: 6-1. Weight: 232.Hometown: Erie, PennsylvaniaPro/college experience: Seventh NFL season (third-round pick of the Steelers in 2017). Four-year college career at Pittsburgh, where he finished with 3,733 career rushing yards and 52 rushing touchdowns.2023 and career: Had his second 100-yard rushing game with the Cardinals in Week 2 during a 31-28 loss to the visiting Giants. Entering ...

Shedeur Sanders led a 98-yard touchdown drive to send ESPN’s fifth-most watched college football game of all-time into overtime on Saturday night.Then, he threw the game-winning touchdown pass in double overtime, leading Colorado past rival Colorado State for a 43-35 win.Sanders called the performance “Brady mode.” As in, Tom Brady mode.Brady has mentored Sanders for years. He also signed Sanders to ...

The XFL and USFL are in advanced talks to merge operations, according to Axios.According to the report, the leagues look to combine before the 2024 season.NFL alternative leagues have a history of failure, and a merger could be the best bet for both leagues to find success in spring football ratings.The XFL was purchased in 2020 by an ownership group that includes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. USFL is ...

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on Sunday that he would walk across Texas to help Blacks and minority become owners to benefit the NFL.Media mogul Byron Allen made a plea to take Jones up on his offer on Monday with a letter to several journalists media outlets, including The Star-Telegram.Allen wrote:“Jerry, I am very happy to hear about your commitment to achieving a majority Black owner of ...

Frank Reich feels it coming.You may not feel it, and I sure don’t feel it, but Reich said late Monday night after Carolina’s 20-17 home loss to New Orleans that rookie quarterback Bryce Young and the Panthers’ offense are very close to succeeding.“I’ve seen this before,” Reich insisted. “It’s not that far away. It looks bad. But I don’t think it’s that far away. We make a couple of plays here and there ...

The Tennessee Titans will head to Cleveland this week to face a team reeling from an injury to its best and most dangerous offensive player.Browns running back Nick Chubb suffered a devastating knee injury that's expected to end his season during Monday night's loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. A four-time Pro Bowler who rushed for 1,525 yards and 12 touchdowns last season, Chubb has rushed for more ...

Do you like scary movies? According to Hall of Fame tight end Shannon Sharpe, the Jets’ quarterback situation is the best horror flick on TV.After Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles four plays into the Jets’ 22-16 win over the Buffalo Bills in Week 1, the team has rallied around Zach Wilson. Everyone else, it seems, is begging the team to look elsewhere for a quarterback, including Sharpe, who joined ...