Ron Rivera on Carson Wentz comments: “I had a mea culpa moment”

Commanders coach Ron Rivera made waves on Monday when he blamed the team’s 1-4 mark in a division with three teams at 4-1 or better on one player. On Tuesday, Rivera put the bus in reverse and rolled it back from his quarterback. Appearing on the Don Geronimo Show on WBIG radio, Rivera acknowledged that [more]

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Should the Chiefs have been given possession, before the controversial Chris Jones roughing penalty?

Monday night’s controversial roughing-the-passer foul called against Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones included an interesting, and potentially unprecedented, wrinkle. Jones actually wrested the ball from Raiders quarterback Derek Carr before Jones landed on him. And so the question becomes whether Jones had the ball before he committed the penalty. It seems similar to a situation in [more]

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PFT’s Week 6 2022 NFL power rankings

1. Eagles (5-0; No. 1): The best teams avoid trap games. The Eagles barely did. 2. Bills (4-1; No. 2): The best way to avoid losing a close game is to never be in one. 3. Chiefs (4-1; No. 3): At Kansas City in prime time, you need to build a bigger lead than 17-0 [more]

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Nick Sirianni: Message same as it’s always been, we have to go 1-0 this week

The Eagles moved to 5-0 after Sunday’s 20-17 win over the Cardinals, but that didn’t thrill quarterback Jalen Hurts. Hurts said after the game that he hates hearing the team is 5-0 because “the process” is the only thing that matters and the team can’t take its eyes off of doing what’s necessary to win [more]

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Matt LaFleur: We all have to do more defensively

The Packers had a 10-point lead over the Giants at halftime of Sunday’s game in London, but they wouldn’t wind up flying back to Green Bay with a win. The Giants scored the first three times they had the ball in the second half and wound up with a 27-22 win that moved them to [more]

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Andy Reid on Chris Jones penalty: You’re trying to get me fined, I’m not going there

Chiefs coach Andy Reid spoke volumes by refusing to give his opinion on the roughing the passer call that went against Chris Jones on Monday night. “You guys are trying to get me fined and I’m not gonna bite. I’m just not going there,” Reid said when reporters asked him about it. “He made the [more]

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Carl Cheffers defends roughing call: Chris Jones landed on Derek Carr with full body weight

Referee Carl Cheffers attempted to defend his controversial decision to flag Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones for roughing Raiders quarterback Derek Carr after Monday night’s game. “The quarterback is in the pocket and he’s in a passing posture,” Cheffers said. “He gets full protection of all the aspects of what we give the quarterback in [more]

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