Новости за 09.09.2021

Andy Dalton is set to take the first offensive snaps of the season for the Bears, but few people are looking at them as the start of a long run at quarterback in Chicago. For most, the question is how many snaps will Dalton take before he hands the starting job over to first-round pick [more]

Giants wide receiver Kadarius Toney‘s first months as an NFL player didn’t got as planned. Toney was a first-round pick in April, but called his transition to the NFL “frustrating” on Wednesday. It has been complicated by foot issues in the spring, a positive COVID-19 test, and a hamstring injury that hampered him this summer. [more]

The Titans traded for wide receiver Julio Jones this offseason with the hope that he would form a connection with quarterback Ryan Tannehill that lifted the team’s offense to a higher level. Work on building that connection will continue into the regular season. Jones didn’t practice much this summer after getting hurt early in camp [more]

Back-to-back wins to the end the regular season provided Ryan Blaney a points cushion and possible launching pad for a deep playoff run.

For much of the offseason, there was some thought that the Patriots could trade cornerback Stephon Gilmore as he was looking for a contract adjustment that the team hasn’t been willing to give him. Gilmore was never dealt, but he won’t be in the lineup against the Dolphins in Week One. He also won’t be [more]

This will be one heck of a clash this Saturday at the King Power Stadium as the Foxes love to cause a shock against Pep Guardiola's boys.

The Steelers looked sharp offensively in Ben Roethlisberger‘s only work of the preseason, but the quarterback doesn’t believe that is a clear preview of what will happen once they hit the field against the Bills this Sunday. Offensive coordinator Matt Canada installed a new system this offseason and the team overhauled its offensive line this [more]

Plenty of Steelers fans were horrified last week by the video of receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster doing the milk-crate challenge, an activity so dangerous that TikTok banned videos of people attempting it. On Tuesday, Smith-Schuster told PFT that he didn’t really do the full milk-crate challenge. “If you’re actually watching the video, I wasn’t all the [more]

This is all about one man on Saturday at Old Trafford, as Cristiano Ronaldo prepares to make his second Red Devils debut.

Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs is heading into his second year in Buffalo after five years in Minnesota, and in talking about his journey this week, he admitted that things turned bad at the end of his tenure with the Vikings. Diggs acknowledged that it was fair to call him a bad teammate late in [more]

USMNT coach Gregg Berhalter ran the emotional gamut as Wednesday's World Cup qualifier in Honduras turned to Thursday's World Cup qualifier in Honduras.

Mack Hollins may not be a starter for the Miami Dolphins, but he was one of five players named as a captain by his teammates this week. Via Hal Habib of the Palm Beach Post, Hollins was of a group of players that put themselves up for consideration for the role. “Everybody gets the chance [more]

The NFL season kicks off tonight as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers begin their defense of the Lombardi Trophy at home against the Dallas Cowboys. Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is used to that position as he’s had six previous title defense seasons under his belt. As his seventh title defense and the Buccaneers’ second gets set [more]

Gregg Berhalter started four players in their 1st World Cup qualifier; Two struggled mightily, one was okay, and one might've saved some USMNT jobs.

The USMNT finds itself on five points through three CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers, 45 minutes after appearing destined for a very dark debate until October.

Chelsea star Christian Pulisic took a knee-to-knee hit in the United States men's national team's World Cup qualifying match in Honduras on Wednesday.

Not long after Vikings coach Mike Zimmer publicly bemoaned the extent to which financial concerns impact the depth of the roster, the Vikings announced a transaction that definitely won’t make it easier to have money around for a second-tier of players who can step if if/when starters get injured. The Vikings signed tackle Brian O’Neill [more]

Seattle Seahawks left tackle Duane Brown did not go through a practice with the team during the entirety of training camp as he hoped to get the team to give a contract extension beyond this season. An extension never came, but the Seahawks did make an adjustment to his contract that satisfied him enough to [more]

Jalen Suggs fell to the Magic in the draft, deepening a stockpile of young guards that already included Cole Anthony, Markelle Fultz and R.J. Hampton.

Only six weeks ago, even Aaron Rodgers wasn’t sure whether he would play in a 14th consecutive season-opening game for the Packers. Now, the star quarterback is unsure whether this will be his last season-opening game for the Packers. Rodgers is focused only on the present, but concedes “it definitely does” feel different heading into [more]

Trevor Lawrence hasn’t thrown his first touchdown pass or, for that matter, even taken his first regular-season snap. But the No. 1 overall choice did enough for his Jaguars teammates to vote him a team captain. Lawrence and Jets quarterback Zach Wilson join Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow as the only rookie quarterbacks the past two [more]

The USMNT needs a three-goal win over Honduras to reach the end of the international window in a top-three spot after three rounds of World Cup qualifying.

It took just two matches of 2022 CONCACAF World Cup qualifying for United States men's national team fans to stop assuming class would win out.

Jameis Winston‘s last NFL start came Dec. 29, 2019, when he played for the Buccaneers against the Falcons. On Sunday, Winston officially will become Drew Brees’ successor. Saints coach Sean Payton named Winston the team’s starter last week, picking the former No. 1 overall choice over Taysom Hill. “It’s just fun,” Winston said Wednesday, via [more]

Broncos linebacker Bradley Chubb recently landed in hot water for failing to appear in court on traffic violations. The matter was resolved on Tuesday. On Wednesday, coach Vic Fangio downplayed the situation. “I have a good friend of mine over in Greenwood Village who’s a high-standing citizen here in the Denver area, and he had [more]