Brock Purdy‘s first game back following offseason elbow surgery went about as well as the San Francisco 49ers could have hoped, handing Mike Tomlin the worst home loss in his career with a 30-7 beatdown of the Pittsburgh Steelers. Purdy has gone from Mr. Irrelevant to rookie sensation to injured quarterback to stabilizing force in…
The New York Giants came up small Sunday night, getting shellacked 40-0 by the Dallas Cowboys in a streaking rain at MetLife Stadium. There was no sugarcoating the loss for Big Blue head coach Brian Daboll. “We just got skunked here, 40 to nothing,” he said after the game, via the official transcript. “When you…
In The First Read, Jeffri Chadiha provides a snapshot of the hottest stories and trends heading into Week 2 of the 2023 NFL season, including: Top three risers/sliders from Week 1. Sunday’s biggest surprise. Most intriguing game in Week 2. Way-too-early MVP rankings. But to kick things off, his first impressions from the start of…
On the 22nd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that forever changed our country, NFL teams paid their respects on social media. Here’s a roundup of their tributes. Today, we remember those impacted in the 9/11 attacks 22 years ago, along with the many rescue and recovery workers who came to the aid…
The NFL community was shocked and saddened Thursday by the death of Hall of Fame linebacker and Chicago Bears legend Dick Butkus at the age of 80. Below is a roundup of tributes to the NFL great from players and figures around the league, and beyond: pic.twitter.com/VBCWs2imyJ — NFL (@NFL) October 5, 2023 Dick Butkus…
Khalil Mack didn’t have a sack this season entering Sunday. The Los Angeles Chargers pass rusher left Sunday’s game just one shy of an NFL record. Mack recorded a mind-spinning six sacks in the Bolts’ 24-17 win against the Las Vegas Raiders, which is just one less than late Hall of Famer Derrick Thomas’ all-time…
PHILADELPHIA — This is how you know when bad things are happening to the Philadelphia Eagles: From underneath the stadium, you can hear fans wailing “Oh, nooooooo” as they did when Washington Commanders quarterback Sam Howell, with one second remaining in regulation, found Jahan Dotson in the end zone for the game-tying touchdown. This is…
Seattle Seahawks 2023 · 2-1-0 AT New York Giants 2023 · 1-2-0 WHERE: MetLife Stadium (East Rutherford, N.J.) WHEN: 8:15 p.m. ET | ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, NFL+ Week 4 of the 2023 season concludes when the Seattle Seahawks and New York Giants square off in prime time on “Monday Night Football.” The Seahawks, coming off a…
A relief and reprieve from all of the Chicago Bears’ trials and turbulence was there for the taking. Then it all vanished as quickly as a seemingly insurmountable 21-point lead can disappear. Despite holding a three-touchdown lead after almost three quarters, the Bears lost to the previously winless Denver Broncos, 31-28, on Sunday to fall…
The Steelers’ two-game win streak skidded to an abrupt halt on Sunday against the Texans. Pittsburgh found it impossible to generate anything of significance against Houston’s bottom-10-ranked scoring defense, getting shut out of the end zone in a runaway 30-6 defeat in which the defense, for once, looked similarly lifeless. “Hell yeah, we got to…
