Geno Smith: People can write you off, I’ve just been working

The wild ending of Monday night’s game in Seattle threatened to overshadow much of what went on during the first 59 minutes of play, but the crowd at Lumen Field offered a reminder about another storyline after Brandon McManus missed a 64-yard field goal. Chants of “Geno” could be heard as Seahawks quarterback Geno Smith [more]

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Pete Carroll: Nobody gave us a chance to win this game, this was a great night of football

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll sounded after Monday night’s win over the Broncos like he felt vindicated after an offseason of listening to doubters. Carroll knew the Seahawks were heavy underdogs against Russell Wilson and the Broncos, and Carroll said he was proud of his players for stepping up against a tough opponent. “Nobody gave us [more]

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Cooper Rush: Dak Prescott is “heart and soul of the team,” I’ll do my job while he’s out

Cooper Rush is slated to be the Cowboys’ starting quarterback for the next six to eight weeks after Dak Prescott suffered an injury to his throwing hand on Sunday night. Rush believes he’s up to the task. Rush said after the Cowboys’ season-opening loss to the Buccaneers that he believes the job of a backup [more]

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FMIA Week 1: Giants Go ‘Aggressive, Not Reckless’ In Upset, Steelers Survive Weird Day And More Takeaways

Peter King dissects the biggest stories from Week 1 of the 2022 NFL season, including the Giants upset of the Titans, Minkah Fitzpatrick's big day and more. [more]

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Myles Garrett: Facing Baker Mayfield had us a bit off the leash

Panthers quarterback Baker Mayfield‘s past with the Browns was a popular topic of conversation leading into Sunday’s game between the teams and both sides did their best to say that their focus was on the game rather than settling any old scores. There were some bumps in the road and attempts to cash in on [more]

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Brian Daboll: We’re going to be aggressive, that’s what we want to do

When the Giants scored a touchdown to cut the Titans’ lead to 20-19 late in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game, head coach Brian Daboll didn’t have to wait long to make a decision about going for two. Daboll said at his postgame press conference that he resolved to play for the win once the [more]

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Aaron Rodgers: We had a lot of chances, we hurt ourselves a lot of times

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said after Sunday’s 23-7 loss to the Vikings that the Packers’ offense can look directly into the mirror to see what went wrong. “We had a lot of chances. Not taking away anything from their defense, but we hurt ourselves a lot of times. We had a lot of opportunities to [more]

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