Report: Elgton Jenkins suffered torn ACL during loss to Vikings

The Packers have lost one of their critical pieces along the offensive line for the rest of the season. Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, Green Bay’s fears were validated, as tests confirmed Elgton Jenkins suffered a torn ACL during Sunday’s loss to Minnesota. Jenkins was carted off in the second half of the contest. Jenkins [more]

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Pete Carroll abruptly ended press conference, returned roughly 30 minutes later

Things are getting stressful in Seattle, and the strain is starting to show for coach Pete Carroll. After Sunday’s loss to the Colt McCoy-led Cardinals, Carroll made an abrupt exit stage left roughly seven minutes into his post-game press conference. “I’m really done,” he said, leaving the podium. He returned roughly 30 minutes later, after [more]

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Tyus Bowser: The great part about the Ravens is that we’re resilient

Lamar Jackson’s absence drew the most attention on Sunday, but he wasn’t the only player missing from the Ravens lineup. The team’s been dealing with injuries across the entire roster all season, including ones that left them with only three cornerbacks in uniform against the Bears. The defense held up well for much of the [more]

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Trevor Siemian: Saints’ urgency is at an all-time high

Sunday’s loss to the Eagles was the third straight for the Saints and their change in fortunes has their playoff chances looking a lot worse than they did before Trevor Siemian took over as their starting quarterback last month. They are 0-3 with Siemian as their starting quarterback and he threw a pair of interceptions [more]

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Edwards-Helaire taunting call was the right application of a bad rule

The response has become damn near Pavlovian. It goes like this. An NFL player draws a foul for taunting, and then Twitter explodes with shouts of “NO FUN LEAGUE!” Setting aside for now the question of why witnessing taunting makes football more “fun” for anyone, resisting the rule at this point is futile. The league [more]

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Dion Dawkins confident Sunday’s loss won’t “poison” Bills

Sunday’s game was an ugly one for the Bills as the Colts dominated across the board for a 41-15 win that knocked Buffalo out of first place in the NFC East. Left tackle Dion Dawkins wasn’t in the mood to dwell on the loss when he spoke to reporters after the game. He noted the [more]

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Congressional committee contends NFL has “no valid basis” to withhold WFT documents

A baker’s dozen of bright, objects from the eleventh Sunday of the 2021 NFL season isn’t nearly enough to lessen the ongoing Congressional glare created by the WFT investigation. Via the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee disputes the NFL’s contention that one or more legal privileges attach to documents and [more]

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