Lions are favored for first time since November 2020

Lions head coach Dan Campbell finds himself in some uncharted waters this week. Campbell is heading into his 19th game in that job and he is leading a team favored to win its game for the first time. They are hosting the Commanders at Ford Field and sportsbooks currently have the Lions favored by somewhere [more]

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PFT’s Week 1 2022 NFL awards

Years ago, former Steelers cornerback Ike Taylor told us that the winners of the various NFL player of the week awards receive a “sheet of paper” from the league. For the new PFT weekly awards, there isn’t even the paper. Satisfaction is the sole, tree-saving reward. Here’s the first group of awards for 2022. Offensive [more]

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Mike Tomlin “encouraged” by opening offensive performance

A glance at the stat sheet from last Sunday’s Steelers overtime win over the Bengals is unlikely to leave one with the feeling that the Pittsburgh offense was doing much right over the course of the afternoon. They posted 267 total yards, went 4-of-15 on third downs and possessed the ball for just over 26 [more]

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Browns favored to start 2-0 for first time since 1993

If the Browns beat the Jets on Sunday, they’ll do something Cleveland hasn’t done since Bill Belichick was the head coach: Start the season 2-0. The Browns are 1-0 for the first time since 2004, and if they beat the Jets they’ll be 2-0 for the first time since 1993, the season when Belichick made [more]

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Najee Harris: I’m playing against Patriots

Word on Monday was that Steelers running back Najee Harris avoided a serious foot injury when he was hurt in Sunday’s win over the Bengals and Harris confirmed as much on Tuesday. Harris told Adam Schein of SiriusXM’s Mad Dog Sports Radio that the injury is “nothing too crazy” and that he’ll use Tuesday’s off [more]

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End-zone angle shows Matt Rhule was right about missed intentional grounding call

A controversy emerged on Sunday regarding whether Browns quarterback Jacoby Brissett properly executed a clock-killing spike with 13 seconds to play, setting up the eventual game-winning 58-yard field goal. Panthers coach Matt Rhule argued that Brissett committed intentional grounding by not immediately spiking the ball. “I started screaming, ‘Intentional grounding, 10-second runoff, game’s about to [more]

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Kevin Stefanski: I think Jacoby Brissett will continue to get better

The Browns started the season 1-0 for the first time since 2004 when they defeated the Panthers with Cade York‘s 58-yard field goal. But they got in position to do it after quarterback Jacoby Brissett completed passes to receivers Donovan Peoples-Jones and Amari Cooper to put Cleveland at the 40-yard line. On Monday, head coach [more]

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