Saints coach Dennis Allen on blowing lead to Buccaneers: “It stings, it sucks, it hurts”

Saints coach Dennis Allen was unsurprisingly unhappy after his team blew a 16-3 fourth-quarter lead and lost 17-3 to the Buccaneers on Monday night. “It sucks. It stings. It hurts,” Allen said. Allen said the game came down to a few plays the Saints didn’t make. “We didn’t get it done,” Allen said. “We had [more]

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FMIA Week 13: Brock Purdy Gets the Save and the Starting Job; Burrow Still Owns Mahomes and the Chiefs

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Midway through the second quarter, while one of the most intense games of his six-year reign as 49ers coach was playing out on the Levi’s Stadium turf in front of him, coach Kyle Shanahan felt someone at his side, wanting to talk. It was head athletic trainer Dustin Little, waiting for a break [more]

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Patrick Mahomes: The Bengals executed at a higher level in critical situations

The Chiefs suffered another close loss to the Bengals on Sunday, marking the third time in the calendar year 2022 that Kansas City has fallen to Cincinnati. After the game, quarterback Patrick Mahomes said the Bengals “executed at a higher level in critical situations.” “We started off slow,” Mahomes said, via ArrowheadPride.com. “We got back [more]

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Trevor Lawrence: Sunday’s loss was embarrassing

The Jaguars pulled off a last-second win over the Ravens in Week 12, but they didn’t ride that momentum into Sunday’s game against the Lions. Running back Travis Etienne lost a fumble on the first drive of the game, the Lions scored a touchdown a few minutes later, and then went on to score on [more]

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Aaron Jones: Christian Watson can do it all

Packers rookie wide receiver Christian Watson only scored one touchdown through the first nine weeks of the season, but he’s spent the last four weeks making up for lost time. Watson caught a touchdown and ran for another during Sunday’s 28-19 win over the Bears and he now has eight touchdowns over the last four [more]

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Jeff Saturday: Matt Ryan knows he didn’t play well, but I didn’t consider benching him

Colts coach Jeff Saturday said there was no thought to benching quarterback Matt Ryan on Sunday night, no matter how ugly the 54-19 loss to the Cowboys got. Asked if he considered going to backup quarterback Nick Foles, Saturday answered, “No, no.” “From a quarterback perspective, you dig yourself a hole, you’ve got to get [more]

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Lions will use Jameson Williams as a gunner on the punt team

Remember when receiver Jameson Williams looked miserable after being drafted by the Lions? Today, he may have a reason to feel that way. Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reports that Williams, in the first game of his NFL career due to a torn ACL suffered during the 2021 college season, will be a gunner on [more]

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