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The feeling really began to circulate in the Browns' boardrooms and offensive locker rooms on Thursday, and it was built Friday, during the short Saturday flight to Cincinnati and until match day. But it's one thing for the guys to talk quietly about their grudges with each other. It's another to make them public.
Leave that to Baker Mayfield.
After beating the Bengals for 258 yards and four touchdowns, 19 of 26 assists to win 35-20, No. 1's choice was visibly cold against former Browns coach, Hue Jackson, who joined the Cincinnati staff less than two weeks later. after being ousted in Cleveland. And when asked about the post-match exchange, he said it was not a mistake: "I do not want to talk."
"I do not know, on the left Cleveland, go to Cincinnati, I do not know," Mayfield said at his press conference, "It's just someone in our locker room who asked us to play for He then joined a different team that we play twice a year and everyone can react, but that's how I feel. "
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Maybe that's not quite normal, as the Mayfield flag had planted in Columbus two September, after his Oklahoma team overthrew Ohio State in the Horseshoe. But the idea was not far away.
In each case, Mayfield felt disrespected, carried an edge shared by his teammates, demanded his revenge and then fed his opponent.
Those who were in the Browns' establishment in the last days could also see him coming. Once this seed has been planted …Hue asked us to play for him, then went to a rival of the division without hesitation, and that is BSThe quarterback had a little extra for this one, and it quickly became contagious.
"We did not lose this game," said a Browns member Sunday night. "No way we'll lose this game."
Mayfield would not let them. It's a new day in Cleveland.
Week 12 has given us a mediocre slate, but a host of juicy intrigues that you will have the opportunity to bite into here. including:
• How Philip Rivers reaches almost perfection the Chargers rebounded by bringing the Cardinals out of their music box in Los Angeles.
• How the Broncos baited Ben Roethlisberger in a grueling error over, and improbably get back into the playoff race.
• The path the Vikings used a half-time adjustment to close Aaron Rodgers and the Packers.
• Why Sean McDermott's bills go bad on the back for teams to deal with in December.
• Why the 2017 class project of the Rams has become the key to the rebirth of the team and promises to contribute to the sustainability of an extremely heavy salary structure.
But we start in Ohio, with a No. 1 pick that becomes quite the culture changer that the general manager John Dorsey hoped would be the day of the repechage.
So it's the question of Mayfield's swagger: she is not empty. Football Junkie, it is reflected in the time he devotes to his game and in a work ethic that is naturally part of the reason why players, young and old, follow him. That, and the fact that he can really to play.
This work and this skill is reflected in the almost daily improvement of Mayfield. His first-half career in Cincinnati (17: 22 of 245 for a total of 245 yards and three touchdowns, while the Browns led 28-0 in advance) was a remarkable demonstration of this improvement, with tangible but effective evidence. manners.
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• The Browns led different groups of field personnel at almost every moment of their opening touchdown, 10 touchdowns, 78 yards, allowing Mayfield and coaches to see how the Bengals would react and adapt. What they found, is that Cincinnati was sold to stop Nick Chubb and the ground game, which led to the upcoming air assault.
• In the second possession of Cleveland, the coaches gave Mayfield the means to get out of the way. In doing so, the onus is on the quarterback to make sure his calls for protection are correct – because there is no last line of defense with a blocking pass – and the staff trusts that Mayfield will do that. The advantage is that with the scattered defense, the quarterback has a clearer view of where the attackers come from, which helped Mayfield distinguish the Bengals. And what's amazing is that Mayfield had virtually no experience with the NFL in this area.
• Offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens and his staff worked on matching test games to all of these staff groups, which helped Mayfield feel at ease and play it fast, a further sign that it becomes more and more a crime of rookie. It was effective Sunday, although running (2.4 yards per race) was not really.
• Mayfield also began following a directive to incorporate Chubb into the passing game. The second-round rookie was not considered a threat in this zone after leaving school (he had nine catches in 28 games in his last two seasons in Georgia), but coaches have enjoyed what they saw at the practice of him and believed using it as a pass-catcher would help open the racing game. Chubb finished Sunday with 44 yards in three receptions, including a spectacular 14-yard touchdown on which the rookie caught the ball and blocked the ball at the back of the Bengals' safety, Brandon Wilson.
Essentially, the recent success is a combination of the staff discovery concepts that Mayfield feels good and Mayfield's rapid improvement. And in the end, the results looked like this …
Drive 1: 10 plays, 78 yards, touched
Drive 2: Four games, 56 yards, touchdown
Drive 3: 12 games, 96 yards, touched
Drive 4: 11 games, 59 yards, touchdown
The score was 35-7 in the third quarter before the Browns played. And once that finally happened, a Cleveland attack that would probably have racked up the points and yards went into protection mode – Mayfield only threw the rest of the way three times, completing the same. one of those passes for seven yards.
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Here is another nugget to take with you: I was told that last week was not a great week of training for the Browns offense. In the past, it would have been a killing for a team that was trying to trust itself.
Thanks to Mayfield, it seems now that Cleveland is no longer this type of team, and the way they stuck it to their former coach Sunday is only the best evidence.
PHILIPPE PERFECT
How do you respond to your first loss in two months? Philip Rivers managed to hit his 25 (!) First pass for 224 yards as the Chargers turned a 10-0 deficit early against Arizona in a stellar 45-10 win. And as Rivers coach said, it was no coincidence that this was a result of a defeat against the Broncos caused by an expensive interception (Von Miller was the author) who sat on Rivers' back during one week.
"His consistency was impressive," said Anthony Lynn from the victorious locker room. "It's something you only get through preparation. And if you are around him every day and see how he prepares, it does not surprise you, he goes out and spends a day like this. He is a fierce competitor and was eager to return to the field after what happened last week.
"So, I think you've seen a guy play extremely concentrated, play at a high level because he was eager to get back on the pitch, and he's extremely well prepared."
The way the game was played also revealed the importance of the Chargers team.
A big favorite in the Denver defeat, the Chargers immediately gave up a touchdown of nine games and 76 yards. The three goals that followed helped Arizona position themselves on the field and help set the goal for 10-0. Barely a week from the end of the six-game winning streak, with a 12-point lead, the Chargers seemed to have let the 11th week pass in the 12th week.
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But Lynn saw something else – small mistakes causing bigger problems. The Cardinals had difficulty with the Chargers' rush of aggression, which was a problem, and communication problems led to poor crises. Ideal? Not correctable? Yes. And if the team was as resistant as Lynn always thought, the solutions would be fast.
"We registered to play four quarters and this is actually only the first 12 minutes of the match," Lynn said. "And the first 12 minutes were not our way, of course. But it did not surprise me that these guys continued to fight and stay in competition because they were very resistant. That's what they always did. So I really expected it.
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The Chargers did not award more points and scored 45 points. They are now heading to Pittsburgh for a huge confrontation against AFC at 8-3, just one game behind the Division Chiefs and resolutely vying to capture one of the conference games. two by-play-offs.
Many of us have been running this December 2 game for a while. As it is there, the chargers can finally get around it.
"It's a great place for a football match," Lynn said. "It's going to be funny, they've bent, which will make it even louder, and we're looking forward to it, I was clearly focusing on this game today, but as soon as the game was over?" I thought about Pittsburgh, and we'll get there in the morning, if not tonight. "
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The Steelers' assault on heights from 24 to 17 was marked by the first goal and goal of the Denver 3-meter line after the two-minute warning. Believe it or not, it was enough of a defensive call from the Broncos to get the three stops needed to send Ben Roethlisberger and the company after their first loss since September.
The front of the Broncos is a variant of the old defense of Buddy Ryan. We'll let Denver coach Vance Joseph go from there.
"It's our defense among the 5 – we call it Cub Free," Joseph said on the phone after the victory. "It's really a defense at 46 with an extra defender to fill. And it is designed to stop the game in progress, then to play the lever. It is obvious that our D-linemen play the racing game first, then they appear [into coverage] for the pass. So we knew that passing precipitation was not going to be our bonus for this call, but if it was thrown, the distance would be short and central.
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"So we have a low ball player and we have a guy jumping into the hole. It was a great call from [coordinator] Joe Woods, something we practice all the time. In the first defeat, it was the same defense, Chris Harris removed the game on the reverse. The second descent, we stop the race. And the third was Shelby's play. "
Shelby is Shelby Harris, who spent the first three years of his career in the training teams (and became a father for the first time three days ago), before finding a home in Denver in 2017. On the theater, he was working The Steelers' center, Maurkice Pouncey, falls subtly in a place where Roethlisberger could lose him.
And lose it, Roethlisberger did it. Big Ben floated the ball just over Harris's head, and Harris extended the ball to intercept and win a 24-17 win in bed. This victory has given more life to this year's Broncos, which have been left for dead by many (I'm going to join here) a few weeks ago.
This is the second week in a row that a big defensive game (after Miller's choice against the Chargers) pushed Denver through – last week caused a comeback, this week blunted one – and Joseph does not see that as an error.
"Our team did a lot of work and we played good football in the last two months, and we were very competitive against very good opponents, "said Joseph. "I told the guys:" It's a reward for your work and your trust in what we do. It was impossible that the work we have done and the good football we have played in the last two months are not going to be rewarded.
"Some of the calls and some of the bullets bounced back against us, but now we get some of those calls, we get the ball bouncing our way."
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And we are preparing an interesting month of December in Denver. The Broncos are now sitting at a game from the AFC's wild card position, the rest of the slate looking pretty manageable – in Cincinnati, San Francisco, versus Cleveland, Oakland , against Chargers.
It is also interesting that the Broncos are here now, as this season in Denver has been devoted to discussing the future of the franchise, with Joseph's place in doubt. He has also heard of this and seems aware that there is a way to deal with it effectively.
"I'm fine, I'm now focusing on the Bengals," said the sophomore coach, "It's never for my work, but for the players and coaches. When you work well and play well, you will be rewarded, so I do not focus on anything other than the Bengals and our football team – I win every day and win every game. It happens after the season arrives.
"It's about the Broncos now."
And the Broncos are, again, relevant in the AFC.
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BILLS-JAGS: TWO TEAMS TOWARD OPPOSED DIRECTIONS
So, Buffalo is a team that does not go to the AFC playoffs. But any team that played them will tell you that Sean McDermott has this group to fight. And this week, they had a cause: to defend their starting quarterback.
You will see in the tweet of the week the precise shot that Jalen Ramsey took during the Buffalo rookie in April after being drafted. Rest assured, Allen's teammates saw it and it resonated in them, which partly explains why Sunday's rendezvous with the Jaguars became so insignificant that the Jaguars RB Leonard Fournette and DE Shaq Lawson's Bills clashed as boxers at the end of the match. and took their fight all along the tunnel.
"I do not want, I think nobody wants, some of our extracurricular extras, especially when it triggers a skirmish like this," McDermott said Sunday on the phone. "But when you try to form a team and some things are said about your young quarterback even before the young man comes on the field, it says a lot about this team and the people who will come to his team. . defense."
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The good news is that Buffalo has found a way to channel this energy properly during the game, controlling the action almost all the way, creating a 14-0 lead, then taking the advantage 24-14 in the second half before hanging on to the game. 24-21 win.
This places Buffalo at 4-7, which is modest until you consider the circumstances of 2018. This is what we have already explained in this space, this is the year when the bills are passed. impose for the errors of the previous regimes. There are only five draft picks left in Buffalo prior to McDermott's arrival. The Bills contain more than $ 50 million in dead money, which means that almost a third of the ceiling is used by men who are not part of the team.
They expected to fight. But the effort was steady, partly because of the cultural base created by the bills last year to play the playoffs of McDermott's first season, and partly because of the kind of guy they got are focused on bringing in.
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"It's human capital, it's people," says McDermott. "People who are ready to work through these kinds of times can strengthen their strengths. You think back to my beginnings in Philadelphia, Carolina: we have learned difficulties as we grow up and these things make you stronger in the years to come. You will have to use it in the years to come. Some teams would go south, and that's what I'm most proud of now.
"It's a strong group, and it will only get stronger, and the cool thing is these guys are going to teach next year's harvest."
The victories were not easy to find, of course. But consider that the bills eventually get through, and just exceeded a team of Jaguars who released them from the playoffs last January in the standings. The same Jaguars, by the way, were all for 2018.
And therefore, it seems pretty clear who is in a healthier place in the future.
THE SECRET OF RAMS SUCCESS: THE 2017 PROJECT
How can the Rams afford all these types?
That's a question you heard in the spring when the Rams signed or traded against a number of renowned and very expensive veterans, and that seemed relevant again last Monday, when LA came in front of the Chiefs in successive waves 54 – 51 thriller of a victory. This game having resonated a lot, I told myself that a week later, it was worth explaining how an NFL team can run such a heavy salary structure.
The answer is pretty simple, too. You have to be efficient with the cap space that you have left, and the best (only?) Way to do it is to write well. It is here that the history of the 2017 rookie class in Los Angeles comes in. The Rams had no first-round picks (traded under an agreement for qualify and get Jared Goff in 2016), and coaches Sean McVay and GM Snead were getting to know each other.
The Rams first choice was 44th overall. Their second choice was the 69th selection. And they knew how they could mitigate the disadvantage – McVay and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips being very specific to what they wanted in each position. In this way, the Rams would not end up in the same places as the other teams and could eventually find players who are more useful to them than others later.
"Our job is to recruit players who have the potential to play a specific role," Snead explained by SMS on Sunday. "When our players have the opportunity to play this role, it's up to them to apply what our coaches teach, and [equals] production."
He has up to now …
TE Gerald Everett, South Alabama (44th choice): The Rams wanted his athleticism to produce imbalances, his ball skills and his ability to run after the shots, considering him as a type of Jordan Reed in the McVay offensive. He had only 18 catches this year but scored the decisive 40-yard touchdown against K.C. and is considered to have a very promising future.
WR Cooper Kupp (69th): The Rams regarded Kupp as a legitimate niche for playing outside, which is important given McVay's number of trips. Kupp has more than delivered – he has caught 40 catches for 566 yards and six touchdowns in the last eight games of the season before blowing up his ACL two weeks ago.
S John Johnson (91st): Security was not an urgent need, but Johnson's note was excellent and it was projected right into the back of the Wade Philips defense. From a cultural perspective, the Rams considered Johnson a perfect partner because of his tough and muscular playing style. He has since started 22 games, including 11 this year, and has three selections, 74 tackles and eight breakouts.
WR Josh Reynolds (117th): At the end of the second day of the 2017 draft, the Rams saw a qualified starter receiver, and their determination to correct the situation pushed them to double behind Kupp. Like Johnson, the rating was too good for the team to succeed. Reynolds has 13 catches for 178 yards and three touchdowns this year, and plays a bigger role with Kupp's injury.
OLB Samson Ebukam (125th): If Reynolds were not there, it was going to be the choice at 117, so L.A. traded for a guy they saw with the potential to be an explosive and urgent rebounder. As he was not invited to the combine, the Rams invited him to the top 30. Ebukam validated all the work the Rams did on him by becoming a starter and scoring twice in defense at the KC showdown.
All right, so it's five preliminary choices, all outside the top 40. You want to guess the price to pay for these guys?
This amount corresponds to $ 4,482 million, or 2.5% of the 2018 limit for teams. And if you achieve such success – and it's not easy to choose such a low number – that's how you can make 10 guys earn more than $ 7 million on your ceiling, without the bottom of your list is a problem.
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I can appreciate a good grudge – and it turns out the Bills have a good grudge, as do their 22-year-old quarterback, Josh Allen. makes fun of Jalen Ramsey's "flexion" celebration After crossing the Jaguars linebacker, Myles Jack, for the decisive touchdown of yesterday's victory. Buffalo's official account has not finished with Ramsey either, having unearthed his post-draft shot of his …
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In general, I enter the football weekend with the hope that anything can happen. And this wait came true Sunday when I tweeted with the fiancee of a footballer who had his … uh, virility on national television Sunday. Sarine Rorie for making all this even more … crazy … than it was already.
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Not a good afternoon at Hue's office. A better result, however, for the Seahawks, who punctuated a gigantic victory in Charlotte with the best touchdown celebration in the first three months of the season …
In a way to …
Bryson Thompson, the brave seven-year-old Saints fan, who helped found Helmets4Helmets with his brother Brock. The story of Bryson, very well told on Thanksgiving morning by my girlfriend Jane Slater of the NFL Network, is pretty amazing. Bryson suffers up to 100 epileptic seizures a day due to his condition and must wear a helmet for this reason. When he was diagnosed, his grandfather, former Saints striker, Stan Brock, called the team to inform them of the situation and they responded by making a bespoke helmet for the boy . Since then, he and his brother have had the idea of collecting sports memorabilia, including many football helmets, to auction them so that other children with the same problem can wear a helmet like his own. This is the remarkable story of a remarkable child, who deserves the full seven minutes of your free time.
SIX OF SATURDAY
NFL takeaway from college football weekend.
1. I will not gloat, I will not gloat, I will not gloat …
2. One of the highlights of the Saturday clash between Ohio State and Michigan was how Buckeyes Dwayne Haskins"Protection given" was perfectly controlled. While questions arose about his mobility and pocket motion, his arm talent put him in the discussion to be the first quarterback to leave in April, he said. And he has help. A seasoned appraiser told me Sunday: "The trio of senior receivers from the Ohio State –(Parris) Campbell, (Terry) McLaurin and (Johnnie) Dixon… all have talent in the NFL. It is difficult for scouts to properly evaluate a group of school recipients in the fall if they have more than two. These three people could therefore stand up during the pre-project process when [scouts] have more time to review all the goals. "
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3. And while we're here, it's worth mentioning that Buckeyes OC Ryan Day was the man Mike Vrabel wanted to execute his Titans attack. Day, who was on her fourth job in four years, stayed in Columbus, partly for family reasons. But he has experience in the NFL, having coached in Philadelphia and San Francisco under Chip Kelly, and I expect him to spark interest in the NFL in January.
4. Some other names that could potentially modernize the attack of some NFL players, namely: Texas Tech fired coach Kliff Kingsbury and offensive coordinator of West Virginia Jake Spavital. Both have deep roots in air raids and have considerable experience as callers.
5. Alabama had a total of 130 rushing yards, 130 yards on the ground, and three sacks and five runs on Jarrett Stidham, reinforcing the reputation of the indoor duo. Quinnen Williams and Raekwon Davis. A member of management quickly reported these two people when I asked what had happened during the entire university football weekend.
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6. In line with this question, one of the directors of the AFC University School stated: "[Oklahoma WR] Marquise Brown solidified as a top-40 pick – reinforced when his team needed him. "I asked if the 5'10" burner, weighing 168 pounds, was comparable to DeSean Jackson (the name that came to my mind). "For some, he would," said the evaluator. "DeSean had the postman back, DeSean was a little more scary with the ball in his hands. But Brown has better hands and is a little better runner at the same point. Brown, who scored 243 yards and two goals on 11 assists, can play.
TEN TRAVEL
1. Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers scored just 9 out of 15 for 104 yards in the second half on Sunday, and Green Bay did not enter the end zone in the final 30 minutes. Part of that was due to a little emphasis on which the Viking coaches insisted at the break. The visitors and their QB were trying to get Minnesota's defense with motions, erroneous directions and a playful action. Eye discipline became a priority – because the Packers had played a little in the Vikings during the first half. "They made fun of our eyes" Vikings DE Danielle Hunter said after the match. "Si ce n’est pas le cas, nous sommes fondamentalement convenables de faire les autres choses et de les empêcher de se lancer sur le terrain." Le reste, en réalité, était académique pour le Minnesota. Pendant tout ce temps, les Vikings ont suivi le plan de Mike Zimmer d’utiliser ses extrémités pour coincer Rodgers dans la poche et ses tacles pour créer de la pression. Cette troisième pièce, pour éliminer les jeux flash, a obligé Rodgers à effectuer des lancers à faible pourcentage, ce qui n’est pas un excellent moyen de gagner. "Vous affectez le quarterback", a déclaré Hunter, "vous avez une chance." Et maintenant, les Vikings, à 6-4-1 avec un voyage à Foxboro sur le diable, en ont une aussi.
2. Difficile de dire la même chose pour les Packers qui ont perdu six matchs en quatre saisons consécutives et qui risquent fort de rater les séries éliminatoires pour la deuxième année consécutive, après huit participations consécutives (2009-16). Il existe certainement une série de réflexions selon lesquelles Mike McCarthy et l’organisation pourraient bénéficier d’un changement. Rappelez-vous que c’est là que se trouvaient Andy Reid les 13e et 14e années à Philadelphie et que McCarthy est maintenant en 13e année à Green Bay. Peut-être que de nouveaux paysages seraient bénéfiques pour McCarthy, comme pour Reid.
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3. Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett et ses coéquipiers ont remarqué sur une cassette cette semaine qu’ils pensaient qu’il serait assez simple à exploiter: comment les Panthers allaient-ils réellement jouer un jeu de choix comme au basketball? Cela a conduit à une petite improvisation dimanche qui a fini par gagner le match à Seattle. Face aux troisième et cinquième dans les deux dernières minutes, avec un match nul à égalité à 27, Lockett s'est aligné sur le Carolina CB Corn Elder. Au moment de la prise de vue, il a eu un accroc, et Doug Baldwin, à l'intérieur de lui, a couru une couture. Lockett a vu le changement se faire entendre – Elder est allé au fond des choses avec Baldwin et le capitaine Munnerlyn s'est précipité hors de la fente pour le prendre. "C’est quelque chose dont nous avons parlé, et je me suis souvenu de ça au vol, alors quand j’ai suivi ma route, j’ai vu le gars de nickel courir pour me bousculer, et le coin m’a quitté et est allé à Doug", Lockett. «Quand j’ai vu qu’il était temps de se précipiter, je n’ai vu personne en profondeur et j’ai donc tiré un coup. [Wilson] Nous avons réussi à me trouver et nous nous sommes connectés. »Comme l'explique Lockett, rien ne garantissait que Wilson regarderait de son côté. Mais avec la bonne protection, et sans autre bonne option, le QB a découvert où se trouvait Lockett. Quarante-trois mètres plus tard, Seattle alignait l'objectif de la partie décisive.
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4. En parlant de Caroline, on commence à se sentir comme les Panthers risquent de perdre une belle saison de Cam Newton à cause de cette défense inégale. Newton a été excellent contre dimanche (25 sur 30, 256 verges, deux touchés, un INT), les Panthers ont amassé 256 verges en 25 courses, et Christian McCaffrey a réalisé sa journée la plus productive en tant que pro (17 courses, 125 verges et TD; 11 prises, 112 yards et un autre TD). Et ce n’était pas assez.
5. Puisqu'il semble que nous avons vu la valeur de payer un quart de sauvegarde en comment la chasse aux ours Daniel a joué à Thanksgiving Pour Mitchell Trubisky, blessé (Daniel gagne un peu plus de 4 millions de dollars cette année), j’imaginais que je demanderais à son entraîneur, Matt Nagy, ce qui lui a sauté au sujet de la performance de Daniel. «La plus grande impression est simplement son commandement complet lors de nos réunions, lors de l'entraînement, et avec nous, les entraîneurs qui révisent le plan de match chaque jour», a écrit Nagy dimanche. «Nous savions qu’il jouerait bien et qu’il serait juste lui-même. Il est resté composé tout au long du match et a pris de bonnes décisions et des jets tout au long de ce match. Il est un leader né et nous sommes très chanceux de l’avoir. »J’ai demandé à Nagy s’il devait changer quoi que ce soit pour répondre aux besoins de Daniel, et il a répondu:« Ce n’est pas une chose. "
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6 L'affaire Rueben Foster Voici un autre exemple de la façon dont le talent offre aux footballeurs des deuxième, troisième et quatrième places et quelles que soient leurs chances. En avril 2017, les 49ers ont rapidement pris des mesures pour contrer Tramaine Brock après son arrestation pour suspicion de violence domestique. Ces mêmes Niners ont été beaucoup plus judicieux avec Foster, un choix de premier tour, en raison de son talent prodigieux. Et en étant judicieux avec lui, je peux voir où ils se sont rapprochés, avant de finalement couper le cordon après son arrestation à l'hôtel de l’équipe à Tampa, soupçonné de violence conjugale ce week-end. "Je peux vous dire que c’est extrêmement décevant pour moi, pour Kyle [Shanahan], pour la propriété, pour tout le monde ici, parce que nous nous soucions beaucoup de Reuben », a déclaré Lynch aux journalistes. «Je peux vous dire que c’est une situation dans laquelle nous définissons des règles de base très spécifiques pour Reuben, comme nous le faisons pour tous nos joueurs. We have a set of standards in place that the players were involved with developing. In this case, it was communicated and made exceptionally clear, to the point, what we expected out of him. And unfortunately what transpired yesterday, this isn’t a comment on that, because that would be mere speculation on our part. It’s more a comment on him not living up to what we had communicated, and to the energy and the time we’ve invested in him. That doesn’t mean that we don’t love him, we all do. But we feel like it’s in the best interest of our organization to move on at this point.”
7. The Bucs being unafraid of Jameis Winston getting hurt tells me the door is still ajar for him to be in Tampa in 2019. He threw the ball 38 times on Sunday against the Niners, and ran it another seven times, all of which put him in a harm’s way at a time when even a moderate injury could trigger his $20.9 million option for 2019 vesting, which would make it fully guaranteed.
8 John Harbaugh’s call on Lamar Jackson is going to be complicated—the rookie completed 14 of 25 throws on Sunday for 178 yards, a score and two picks, and he ran for 71 yards on 11 carries in a 34-17 win over a bad Oakland team. Organizationally, it probably behooves the Ravens to get Jackson playing time, but Harbaugh might not be around for the fruits of that experience, making this situation a tad more complex.
9 Credit to the Eagles for showing some fight. Their injury issues in the secondary are bad, and offensive line could use some improved health too. But to be able to come back from a 19-3 deficit against the Giants with their season more or less on the line isn’t nothing. The problem is, the road gets much tougher for Philly from here—Redskins twice, Cowboys, Rams, Texans.
10. I wrote on Friday night on Bob McNair, and you can check it out here. He leaves behind a legacy that was complicated significantly over the last year, for obvious reasons.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
What’s fascinating about tonight’s Texans-Titans matchup on ESPN? I’m more than a little interested to see Mike Vrabel, the defensive coach who faced Deshaun Watson every day in practice during Watson’s rookie year (when Vrabel was Houston’s DC) reach into his bag of tricks to try to slow the super soph and his red hot Texans.
I do like the Texans at home, in a close, low-scoring one—let’s say 23-20.
And as a PSA, Thursday Night Football isn’t half bad this week, with the Cowboys hosting the Saints. Just so you don’t inadvertently skip it.
See you guys in a few hours for the Monday Afternoon QB!
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