Jerry Jones: Tyler Smith played well, Jason Peters will play sooner rather than later

The Cowboys’ offensive line was thrown into disarray before the season when left tackle Tyron Smith got hurt, but Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones believes they’re still in good shape at left tackle. Jones said on 105.3 The Fan that rookie left tackle Tyler Smith stood out in making his first career start. [more]

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Austin Ekeler: There’s still so much left on the bone in the run game

The Chargers held on to beat the Raiders on Sunday to start the season 1-0. But as the club heads to Kansas City this week to play the Chiefs on Thursday night, the offense would like to get more out of the run game. As a team, Los Angeles managed just 76 yards on 31 [more]

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Jonathan Gannon: We’ll be up for challenge of facing Justin Jefferson

The Eagles got a win over the Lions to kick off the 2022 season, but defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon wasn’t thrilled with his unit’s effort. Detroit was down 17 points before closing the gap to 38-35 in the fourth quarter, which left Gannon to say that “we need to improve quick” in both execution and [more]

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Brandon Staley: Khalil Mack gives you a chance to impact the game

Week One marked Khalil Mack‘s debut with the Chargers, but head coach Brandon Staley was no stranger to the linebacker. Staley was Mack’s position coach in Chicago for the 2018 season, so he had a front row seat for 12.5 sacks and six forced fumbles from a player who finished second in the voting for [more]

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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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