Adam Thielen: “At some point . . . you have to be able to hit the deep balls”

Last year’s season-ending loss by the Vikings to the Bears included a sideline squabble between receiver Adam Thielen and quarterback Kirk Cousins. Today’s season-damaging loss to the Bears included Thielen questioning the team’s passing game after the 16-6 loss in Chicago. “At some point, you’re not going to be able to run the ball for [more]

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Travis Kelce: Lateral to LeSean McCoy was inspired by Patrick Mahomes

On the day that the Chargers won in Miami for the first time since the notorious hook-and-lateral playoff game in January 1982, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce made a catch and a quick flip to running back LeSean McCoy. Kelce explained to PFT after the game that he made the decision in the moment, and [more]

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Bears don’t think injury will end Mitch Trubisky’s season

The Bears played almost the entire game without starting quarterback Mitchell Trubisky today after a shoulder injury on the first possession, but they don’t think they’ll have to play the season without him. Bears coach Matt Nagy said today that he does not believe Trubisky’s injury is season ending. Otherwise, Nagy said, there’s not a [more]

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Jameis Winston: We finished this week

The Buccaneers led the Giants by 18 points at halftime in Week Three, but they wound up losing by one point when the roof caved in for them in the second half. They avoided that kind of ending in Los Angeles this Sunday. They went up 21-0 over the Rams in the first half and [more]

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Cowboys take early lead on Saints

The Cowboys defense got the turnover they needed, and put the first points on the board. Dallas settled for a field goal and a 3-0 lead over the Saints, though quarterback Dak Prescott has taken several shots already. Prescott missed on a few shots into the end zone, and hasn’t been particularly sharp early on, [more]

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Larry Fitzgerald on being No. 2 all-time in catches: Hard to be happy after a loss

Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald moved up another rung on one of the NFL’s all-time leaderboards on Sunday. Fitzgerald caught five passes in Arizona’s 27-10 loss to the Seahawks and the fifth catch was the 1,326th of his career. That moved Fitzgerald past Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez on the all-time receptions list. [more]

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Mike D’Antoni on James Harden: ‘His patented move is not a travel’

In the NBA, we may not be able to define a travel but we know it when we see it.

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