Kirk Cousins on lining up behind the guard: “Just got under the wrong guy”

Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins committed one of the bonehead plays of this NFL season in Sunday’s loss to the 49ers, lining up behind the guard instead of the center and realizing it so late that he had to waste a timeout to avoid a delay of game penalty. Afterward, he didn’t have much of an [more]

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Justin Simmons: Sunday’s defensive performance what we need rest of the year

The Broncos made cornerback Patrick Surtain II a first-round pick this spring with the hope that he’d make game-changing plays in their secondary and he came up with a pair of them in Sunday’s win over the Chargers. Surtain intercepted Justin Herbert in the end zone early in the fourth quarter to keep the Broncos [more]

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Rob Gronkowski: Leonard Fournette fired us up at halftime

Running back Leonard Fournette played a big role in Sunday’s Buccaneers win and his impact went beyond the four touchdowns he scored over the course of the afternoon. The Colts had a 24-14 lead at halftime and the Bucs needed to rally to avoid their fourth road loss of the 2021 season. According to Bucs [more]

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Matt Ryan: We’re right in the mix, I believe best football’s in front of us

The Falcons haven’t played any meaningful games in December over the last three seasons, but that will change this season. Sunday’s 21-14 win over the Jaguars bumped the Falcons up to 5-6 and it leaves them as part of a big group of teams bidding for Wild Card spots in the NFC as we enter [more]

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Jaylen Waddle showing he can “run routes and do things” people don’t expect of him

The Dolphins extended their winning streak to four games on Sunday and rookie wide receiver Jaylen Waddle extended his run of strong play. Waddle caught nine passes for a season-high 137 yards and a touchdown in the 33-10 win over the Panthers. He has 29 catches for 346 yards during the winning streak and is [more]

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Bill Belichick: Patriots emphasized punching out the ball in practice, got results Sunday

The Titans fumbled five times in Sunday’s loss to the Patriots, and New England coach Bill Belichick said that was in part the result of a tactic his team has been emphasizing in practice recently: Punching out the football. Belichick said after the game that forcing fumbles has been a major part of the Patriots’ [more]

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T.J. Watt: Absolutely embarrassing to play like this

The Steelers finished strong in a Week 11 loss to the Chargers and that created some hope that they would be able to put together a strong performance against the Bengals on Sunday. Cincinnati didn’t take long to dash those hopes. They went up 10-0 in the first quarter and had a 24-3 lead when [more]

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