Only Draymond Green would turn an apology into a recruitment pitch. He’s had a wild week where he’s triggered more than a few people by opening his mouth. He’s only partially walked back one of those statements. Before sitting out the game against the Kings, Green had angered NFL fans by calling Dak Prescott a “bum.” The Dubs losing 121-116 while he rested that rib contusion must’ve given him clarity because he was back on Why is Draymond Green Talking About Football? to make things right. But this is DrayMagic. It wasn’t going to be so straightforward.
To start off, he made it clear that he was and is on good terms with Dak Prescott himself. “I’ve been around Dak, I’ve met Dak, and I think he’s a great football player.” Since he called him names on a public platform, Green chose the same podcast to fix things.
NFL pros-turned-analysts had pointed out Green’s own hypocrisy as a fellow athlete for calling names. Which is probably why he said in his apology, “Just as a fellow athlete, I think I’d be pissed off if I looked up and another athlete was saying ‘Draymond is a bum,’ I’d be pissed. So, I’m man enough to say when I was wrong, I was definitely wrong on that.”
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He was kind of surprised by the public storm his comments caused but maintained, “my feelings don’t change. I still think when it gets to the moment, I don’t think he can deliver. But I do apologise with the way I categorise him as a bum. He’s definitely not a bum… “
He concluded it with a sneaky pitch. “When he’s sick of playing for the Dallas Cowboys we’ll take him as our quarterback in Pittsburgh.” Your agenda is showing Dray. Even Jordan Schultz says that speaks volumes about what he thinks of Dak. And Green was dead serious to double down too.
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“And in Pittsburgh he will win… of course he would win with the Black & Yellow… I apologise. We will welcome you to Steeler Nation, Baby.”
On the apology front, Green confirmed he personally spoke to the quarterback and all is good. So the trolls can rest. But did he tell him to switch teams? Would Prescott even consider?
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Dak Prescott not likely to take Draymond Green’s offer
It might be odd that Draymond Green is recruiting for the Pittsburgh Steelers while he’s supposed to be resting a rib injury. The Michigan native has no connection with Steelers nation. The most he has in common with that team is the Black & Gold color scheme they share with the Golden State Warriors.
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That’s what makes his new podcast, Why is Draymond Green Talking About Football? a fitting title. Last year, Green stepped out in Steelers merch and the NFL community went wild. Not only did they not know he’s into football at all, but the Steelers! They even drew up fantasy lineups – most think the Warriors forward would make a great tightend.
The odds of Dray switching to football is as much as Dak Prescott going to Pittsburgh. Especially with the Cowboys making some trade deadline moves to build around him. Instead of responding to Dray’s ‘bum’ comments, Prescott said, “I’m f—— pumped. You can quote me on that,” about Dallas trading for former New York Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams and former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson.
With Dak under the richest NFL contract in history – $240 million – no way are the Cowboys shipping their quarterback to Pittsburgh or anywhere. Then again, after that stunt Mavericks pulled, no athlete has guaranteed tenure in Dallas.

The Detroit Lions’ wide receiver Jameson Williams has struggled to get the ball this season. He had no catches in the 24-9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This can be frustrating during a tough season. Fortunately for Williams, former NFL wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson sent him some encouraging advice, giving a hope that he would get his turn in the league. On the other hand, the 24-year-old made one request to Johnson.
Although Williams has yet to reply to Johnson’s message on social media, he showed interest when a reporter brought it up.
“For sure, I’m all ears for whatever is needed for me to be heard. I’m looking forward to maybe talking to him one day or chopping it up with him,” he said, requesting Johnson.
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But before having a good conversation with Johnson, the wide receiver might need to spend more time talking to Lions offensive coordinator John Morton. The OC shared that he is aware of the issue with Williams, and admitted that he “failed” to get the player more involved in the offense.
“I looked at everything, as far as that,” Morton told the reporters, as per Eric Woodyard. “I’m going to do a better job with that. But there has been opportunities where it just didn’t happen.”
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The wide receiver has 21 receptions for 355 yards and 3 touchdowns so far this season. This is a sharp contrast to his 1,000-plus yards and seven touchdowns from last year. And Morton understands the situation and revealed that he has spoken with Williams about it.
Later, while speaking about their conversation, Williams told reporters that he isn’t too worried about the lack of targets. He’s confident that he’ll get more opportunities soon.
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“He came to me and expressed to me how he felt, but with me, I really wasn’t taking it too far into thinking about it,” he said. “…I know it’s gonna come. It’s a long season.”
And Johnson offered Williams a similar assurance in his message for the young receiver.
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Jared Goff and Keyshawn Johnson have faith in Jameson Williams
Johnson understands that the lack of targets can be frustrating for Williams. Not to mention the constant questions from the media about his role. So, he decided it would be wise to send a message to motivate the young receiver.
In his message, the former NFL player shared that he has worked with head coach Dan Campbell and Morton, thanks to their USC connection. He assured that they’ll find ways to get Williams more involved in the offense.
“They’ll turn it into more than what it is. And that ain’t the case. We know that you are going to get the football. The coaches know that opportunities was missed.”
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He appreciated him for opening up space for the wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown and tight end LaPorta. Johnson explained that Williams is a crucial piece for the Lions to win a championship.
“You keep doing your thing young man and I promise you Dan Campbell and coach Morton are going to get you the football. They have no other choice but to get you the damn football. That’s just the bottom line.”
Considering Detroit’s current offensive struggles, the team could use the boost. And not just Johnson, but quarterback Jared Goff also believes Williams will see more involvement soon.
“But of course, yeah, we’d love to get him involved more,” he said. “get him to rock in a million different ways. And he’s explosive. I know defenses are worried about him at all times, and we need to find ways to continue to keep him involved.”

The Seattle Seahawks have been one of the biggest surprises in the NFL this season and a lot of that is because of the phenomenal play of third-year wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
The Seahawks wideout has topped 100 receiving yards in all but two of Seattle’s eight games this season and currently leads the league with 948 receiving yards, more than 100 yards ahead of Cincinnati Bengals star Ja’Marr Chase (831).
Although Smith-Njigba is only tied for the 14th-fewest odds to win the NFL MVP (+10000, per DraftKings), former player and current ESPN analyst Andrew Hawkins believes he is the ‘actual MVP,’ and he certainly has a point.
Andrew Hawkins puts Jaxon Smith-Njigba at the top of MVP race

On the same day, Thursday, Nov. 6, that the NFL learned about the apparent suicide of Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman Marshawn Kneeland, New York Giants kicker Graham Gano revealed the mental turmoil he has been facing as a constant target of ill will and death threats, presumably by sports betters.
It happened again, he said, after missing a critical field goal during a Week 9 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Nov. 2.
“I hear everyone else’s frustration — media, fans — Shoot, ever since sports betting started happening, I get people telling me to kill myself every week,” Gano said, via ESPN’s Jordan Raanan.

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An NFL football game technically took place on Thursday night featuring the Denver Broncos and the Las Vegas Raiders.
The Broncos won the game, 10-7, but it was as ugly as it gets. The two teams combined for two touchdowns, three turnovers, 13 three-and-outs, 22 penalties for 161 yards and 14 punts. Offense was absent as Denver produced 220 total yards and Las Vegas had 188 total yards.
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NFL fans took notice and were left mystified by both teams’ performances in the matchup as it was far from the bitter AFC West battle that everyone was expecting.
Still, the Broncos picked up a big divisional win.
Bo Nix was 16-of-28 with 150 passing yards, a touchdown pass and two interceptions. Running back J.K. Dobbins had 18 carries for 77 yards, averaging 4.3 yards per carry. Troy Franklin had five catches for 40 yards and a touchdown.
For the Raiders, quarterback Geno Smith was 16-of-26 with 143 passing yards and an interception. He was sacked six times.
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Running back Ashton Jeanty had 60 rushing yards on 19 carries and a touchdown. Tyler Lockett, who was playing his first game in the silver and black, had five catches for 44 yards.
If there was a true bright spot in the game, it was in the Raiders’ secondary. Kyu Blu Kelly had two interceptions. They were the first interceptions of his career.
A huge blocked punt by the Broncos led to a Will Lutz go-ahead field goal.
The first half was a defense-dominated punt fest. Between the two teams, there were eight punts, two touchdowns and one turnover.
A.J. Cole was the first Raiders punter to have two punts inside 2-yard line since 2011. One of Cole’s punts bounced in front of the goal line and then took a sideways trajectory before it dribbled out of bounds.
Broncos punter Jeremy Crenshaw had a couple of questionable kicks, but Denver’s defense managed to make a few stops.
The Raiders broke the ice in the first quarter after an errant Crenshaw punt. Smith led Las Vegas on an eight-play, 41-yard drive that ended with a Jeanty touchdown.
Nix and company got the offense moving on their third drive of the second quarter. He led Denver on a five-play, 53-yard touchdown drive. Nix found Franklin on a 7-yard touchdown catch.
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Denver moved to 8-2 with the win. Las Vegas fell to 2-7.

BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund and the Pittsburgh Steelers say their partnership goes way beyond jersey swaps.
“We’re both rooted in coal and steel industries, blue-collar history, emphasizing hard work, character is what matters, with a very strong sense of community,” said Marc Lingenhoff, Dortmund’s managing director of the Americas region.
Their agreement is one of several formal partnerships between Bundesliga clubs and NFL teams as both sides look to make inroads in each other’s territories to expand their fan bases and commercial opportunities.
Germany is a vital piece of the NFL’s aggressive international push. The country boasts the world’s third-largest economy and is home to passionate fans with a long history of supporting American football.
On Sunday, Berlin will host its first regular-season NFL game when the Indianapolis Colts face the Atlanta Falcons at Olympiastadion.
Panthers and Lions also active
Other NFL-Bundesliga partnerships include the Carolina Panthers and Eintracht Frankfurt, as well as the Detroit Lions and Cologne.
Charlotte and Frankfurt are major financial hubs. There are more than 250 German firms with operations in North Carolina accounting for more than 35,000 jobs.
Detroit and Cologne have long histories in auto manufacturing. Ford Motor Co.’s plant in Cologne started production in 1931. Ownership of the Lions has been in the Ford family’s hands for more than 60 years.
Another link for the Lions and Cologne is star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. His mother is from Leverkusen, just north of Cologne. The German-speaking St. Brown features heavily in Detroit’s Deutsch social media channels. Leverkusen’s own soccer team, which won the Bundesliga title in 2024, is a Cologne rival.
The Seattle Seahawks took a different approach by partnering with an American football team in Germany — the Rhein Fire, which played last season in the European League of Football.
Yellow Wall makes an impression
The Steelers and Dortmund also share colors — mostly. Pittsburgh is black and gold; Dortmund is black and yellow.
“The similarities in our regions and our fan bases — it all fits well,” Reagan Berube, the Steelers’ senior director of international development, told The Associated Press in a joint interview with Lingenhoff.
Objectives include reaching new fans, conducting in-person activities, and content collaboration. There are watch parties and flag football clinics.
In a March collaboration, the Steelers sent safety Miles Killebrew to a Dortmund game, where he got his first glimpse of the famous Yellow Wall. The clips are the most popular videos on the Steelers’ German Instagram and TikTok accounts.
The Kansas City Chiefs, who collaborate informally with Bayern Munich — Germany’s biggest club — have the most followers (155,000 total) on their German-language Instagram and TikTok accounts compared to the other 10 NFL teams with commercial rights in Germany through the league’s global markets program.
Do these types of partnerships work?
The more the teams’ brands align, the better.
“This matters because when audiences start wondering about the rationale behind a partnership, they often attribute it to purely economic motives, which can have negative effects,” Sebastian Uhrich, professor of Sport Business Administration at German Sport University Cologne, told AP in written comments.
A partnership like the Steelers and Dortmund, he added, “could still prove successful, as both teams have large fan bases in their home cities and attract significant attention.”
There are risks, too.
“A major risk lies in the potential dilution of each team’s brand image,” Uhrich noted. “Sports teams typically have a strong local or regional identity, so an international partner may not always be perceived as a natural fit. Moreover, fans — particularly in Europe — often disapprove of activities that appear to serve commercial interests above all else.”
The Steelers’ collabs with Dortmund also “will likely alienate fans of other clubs, especially Dortmund’s main rivals (Schalke, Bayern Munich, and Leipzig),” Uhrich added.
Let’s talk business
The Steelers and Dortmund both sent representatives to each other’s annual sponsor summit.
“Those deals take time,” Lingenhoff said. “We’re making good progress on a few leads, but nothing to announce quite yet.”
A year ago, the Bundesliga entered into a long-term deal with U.S. promotions agency Relevent — co-founded by Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins — to boost its media rights and regional sponsorships in the United States and the Americas. They’ve set up offices in New York and Guadalajara, Mexico.
The Bundesliga said it has opened a “first-of-its-kind local content studio in Mexico” and has launched Spanish-language social media channels.
Bundesliga eyes growth in US
Among soccer fans in the U.S., the Premier League is the dominant foreign league. So, there’s work to do for the likes of Dortmund, which opened a New York office in 2024, and the Bundesliga.
“We know that the Premier League leads the way. There’s also a cultural advantage that they have, with English being the language,” Lingenhoff said.
The Bundesliga said more Americans have played in its league than in the other elite European leagues. And indeed, Dortmund was home to U.S. internationals Christian Pulisic and Gio Reyna.
There’s room to grow in the U.S. Lionel Messi playing at Inter Miami has raised interest in the sport, and the U.S. is co-hosting next summer’s World Cup.
“In the U.S., we know that there is a favorite team in England, Italy, Spain, Germany. That may change as players transfer,” Lingenhoff said. “We have to work harder for loyalty of each individual fan.”
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BERLIN (AP) — Borussia Dortmund and the Pittsburgh Steelers say their partnership goes way beyond jersey swaps.
“We’re both rooted in coal and steel industries, blue-collar history, emphasizing hard work, character is what matters, with a very strong sense of community,” said Marc Lingenhoff, Dortmund’s managing director of the Americas region.
Their agreement is one of several formal partnerships between Bundesliga clubs and NFL teams as both sides look to make inroads in each other’s territories to expand their fan bases and commercial opportunities.
Germany is a vital piece of the NFL’s aggressive international push. The country boasts the world’s third-largest economy and is home to passionate fans with a long history of supporting American football.
On Sunday, Berlin will host its first regular-season NFL game when the Indianapolis Colts face the Atlanta Falcons at Olympiastadion.
Panthers and Lions also active
Other NFL-Bundesliga partnerships include the Carolina Panthers and Eintracht Frankfurt, as well as the Detroit Lions and Cologne.
Charlotte and Frankfurt are major financial hubs. There are more than 250 German firms with operations in North Carolina accounting for more than 35,000 jobs.
Detroit and Cologne have long histories in auto manufacturing. Ford Motor Co.’s plant in Cologne started production in 1931. Ownership of the Lions has been in the Ford family’s hands for more than 60 years.
Another link for the Lions and Cologne is star wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. His mother is from Leverkusen, just north of Cologne. The German-speaking St. Brown features heavily in Detroit’s Deutsch social media channels. Leverkusen’s own soccer team, which won the Bundesliga title in 2024, is a Cologne rival.
The Seattle Seahawks took a different approach by partnering with an American football team in Germany — the Rhein Fire, which played last season in the European League of Football.
Yellow Wall makes an impression
The Steelers and Dortmund also share colors — mostly. Pittsburgh is black and gold; Dortmund is black and yellow.
“The similarities in our regions and our fan bases — it all fits well,” Reagan Berube, the Steelers’ senior director of international development, told The Associated Press in a joint interview with Lingenhoff.
Objectives include reaching new fans, conducting in-person activities, and content collaboration. There are watch parties and flag football clinics.
In a March collaboration, the Steelers sent safety Miles Killebrew to a Dortmund game, where he got his first glimpse of the famous Yellow Wall. The clips are the most popular videos on the Steelers’ German Instagram and TikTok accounts.
The Kansas City Chiefs, who collaborate informally with Bayern Munich — Germany’s biggest club — have the most followers (155,000 total) on their German-language Instagram and TikTok accounts compared to the other 10 NFL teams with commercial rights in Germany through the league’s global markets program.
Do these types of partnerships work?
The more the teams’ brands align, the better.
“This matters because when audiences start wondering about the rationale behind a partnership, they often attribute it to purely economic motives, which can have negative effects,” Sebastian Uhrich, professor of Sport Business Administration at German Sport University Cologne, told AP in written comments.
A partnership like the Steelers and Dortmund, he added, “could still prove successful, as both teams have large fan bases in their home cities and attract significant attention.”
There are risks, too.
“A major risk lies in the potential dilution of each team’s brand image,” Uhrich noted. “Sports teams typically have a strong local or regional identity, so an international partner may not always be perceived as a natural fit. Moreover, fans — particularly in Europe — often disapprove of activities that appear to serve commercial interests above all else.”
The Steelers’ collabs with Dortmund also “will likely alienate fans of other clubs, especially Dortmund’s main rivals (Schalke, Bayern Munich, and Leipzig),” Uhrich added.
Let’s talk business
The Steelers and Dortmund both sent representatives to each other’s annual sponsor summit.
“Those deals take time,” Lingenhoff said. “We’re making good progress on a few leads, but nothing to announce quite yet.”
A year ago, the Bundesliga entered into a long-term deal with U.S. promotions agency Relevent — co-founded by Stephen Ross, owner of the Miami Dolphins — to boost its media rights and regional sponsorships in the United States and the Americas. They’ve set up offices in New York and Guadalajara, Mexico.
The Bundesliga said it has opened a “first-of-its-kind local content studio in Mexico” and has launched Spanish-language social media channels.
Bundesliga eyes growth in US
Among soccer fans in the U.S., the Premier League is the dominant foreign league. So, there’s work to do for the likes of Dortmund, which opened a New York office in 2024, and the Bundesliga.
“We know that the Premier League leads the way. There’s also a cultural advantage that they have, with English being the language,” Lingenhoff said.
The Bundesliga said more Americans have played in its league than in the other elite European leagues. And indeed, Dortmund was home to U.S. internationals Christian Pulisic and Gio Reyna.
There’s room to grow in the U.S. Lionel Messi playing at Inter Miami has raised interest in the sport, and the U.S. is co-hosting next summer’s World Cup.
“In the U.S., we know that there is a favorite team in England, Italy, Spain, Germany. That may change as players transfer,” Lingenhoff said. “We have to work harder for loyalty of each individual fan.”
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Since taking over for the injured Kyler Murray, Cardinals quarterback Jacoby Brissett has thrown just one interception in his 112 pass attempts this season. And in the process he has lowered his already low career interception percentage to a rate unprecedented in NFL history.
Through Monday night’s win over the Cowboys, Brissett has thrown 25 career interceptions in 1,873 pass attempts. That’s an interception rate of 1.3 percent, the NFL’s all-time record.
The second-lowest interception rate in NFL history belongs to Aaron Rodgers, who has thrown an interception on 1.4 percent of his passes.
Brissett’s ability to avoid interceptions is one of the reasons Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon has talked about how pleased he is with the way the offense has performed with Brissett — while tiptoeing around actually saying he thinks Brissett is playing better than Murray. The Cardinals have put Murray on injured reserve and are continuing to avoid explicitly saying who will start once Murray’s injured foot is fully healed. But if there’s any chance of Murray getting the starting job back, it’s safe to say that has more to do with Murray’s status as a first overall pick in the draft who has a contract guaranteeing him $39.8 million next year than with the Cardinals’ coaches actually thinking their offense runs better with Murray than with Brissett.
Brissett has not been a great quarterback during his 10-year NFL career, and has more often been a backup than a starter. But he’s been the kind of backup who can be relied upon not to throw the game away. And that’s a trait that sometimes earns a starting job for a quarterback who had been a backup.

Following an upset win over the Eagles in Week 6, it’s been a bumpy ride for the New York Giants (2-7), who have lost three consecutive games heading into a Week 10 contest against the Chicago Bears (5-3) on Sunday afternoon.
The Giants defense had struggled mightily since Week 7, allowing 33+ points in all three contests while an offense without No. 1 wide receiver Malik Nabers and rookie running back Cam Skattebo out for the season just couldn’t keep up.
Big Blue is on the road for the third time in the last four weeks. The Giants play only more home game — Sunday, Nov. 16 versus the Green Bay Packers in Week 11 — before their bye in Week 14, meaning their next time at MetLife Stadium won’t be until almost a month later when they host the Washington Commanders in Week 15 on Sunday, Dec. 14.
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It won’t be easy again for the Giants defense, who are getting prepared to face a Bears offense that easily had their best offensive output of the season in a 47-42 victory over the Bengals in Week 9, with a fourth quarter that featured 31 points alone.
Can the G-Men put a stop to this three-game losing streak, or will the Bears emerge victorious for the sixth time in the last seven games and continue to own this head-to-head matchup where they’ve owned the Giants, coming out on top over Big Blue in three of the last four meetings and in four straight matchups in Chicago dating back 18 years to Dec. 2, 2007?
Here’s what you need to know on how to watch and more on the Giants-Bears game in Week 10:
What channel is Giants vs. Bears game on?
TV Channel: FOX
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Giants vs. Bears will broadcast nationally on FOX in Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season. Joe Davis and Greg Olsen will call the game from the booth at Soldier Field, with Pam Oliver reporting from the sidelines. Streaming options for the game include Fubo, which offers a free trial to new subscribers.
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Giants vs. Bears time
Date: Sunday, Nov. 9
Start time: 1 p.m.
The Giants vs. Bears matchup starts at 1 p.m. from Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.
Giants vs. Bears predictions, picks, odds
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Thursday, Nov. 6:
Bears 27, Giants 23: The Giants defense has been gashed the last three weeks, giving up 33+ points and at least 380 total yards since their upset win over the Eagles in primetime back in Week 6. Now they have to head to Chicago and face a Bears offense that just erupted for 47 points and a whopping 576 yards in Cincinnati last weekend?
Big Blue’s defense isn’t as bad as the Bengals, but it’s also not that much better. The Bears offense should have no problem moving the ball consistently here, as Rutgers’ grad Kyle Monangai will be a focal point even if D’Andre Swift returns from injury. The G-Men will be able to keep up against the Bears, but ultimately they’ll fall short in the Windy City.
Spread: Bears by 3.5 points
Over/under: 47.5 points

FOXBORO — Call it like you see it.
That’s the job.
Always has been, always will be.
If the Patriots win big, you toss a few bouquets. When they get out-coached or outfought, you swing your hammer. And when most days fall somewhere in between, you sit with the film or make some calls for a serious analysis or report on what’s happening and what comes next.
And sometimes, you toss out a prediction or two. But since when did accountability become a one-way street?
Introducing my second annual accountability column, where I retrace where I was most wrong about the Patriots this season.
Dating back to the start of the draft, here are my biggest whiffs on the 2025 Pats:
Endorsing a Kayshon Boutte trade
On the eve of the NFL Draft, ESPN reported the Patriots had deemed Kayshon Boutte “expendable,” a soft way of saying they were more than happy to trade him pending what they could fetch in return.
Less than a day later, I endorsed a potential Boutte trade, citing a crowded depth chart after Stefon Diggs’ arrival, Boutte’s lack of an elite skill and zero impact on special teams.
What a dope.
Through nine games, Boutte leads the Patriots in receiving touchdowns, with 23 catches for 431 yards and five scores. He ranks second in the NFL in yards per catch. He’s established himself as one of the league’s best deep-ball trackers and a menace at the catch point.
At 71.4%, Boutte boasts the third-highest catch rate on contested catches among receivers with at least five contested targets, per Pro Football Focus. Boutte, as I’ve written and said and tweeted already, has matured more than any young Patriots player I’ve covered in eight years. He is a legitimate starting-caliber receiver, not a leftover draft pick filling a starting job on a terrible team.
Boutte’s rapid growth also surprised high-ranking members of the organization. But just because I have company doesn’t make me any less wrong.
Good for Boutte.
Will Campbell’s tiny wingspan is too big a risk
Maybe Campbell’s outlier arm length and wingspan will come back to bite him later in his career, but I will take the L on this already.
Grading on a rookie curve, Campbell has thrived. On a normal curve, he’s done much more than survive as the Patriots’ starting left tackle.
Through nine games, the 21-year-old has graded out as an above-average pass-protector and run-blocker among offensive tackles, per Pro Football Focus. Campbell’s run-blocking has improved sharply since the start of the season and he’s allowed pressure on 5.2% of his pass-blocking snaps, per the Herald’s charting. Yes, he recorded the shortest wingspan among offensive tackles at the NFL combine since 2011, but it hasn’t mattered.
The Patriots’ bet on Campbell was always clear, even when I felt they should have drafted Missouri’s Armand Membou instead. They believed Campbell’s other traits — his quickness, power, flexibility and play demeanor — are not just elite, but good enough to compensate for his wingspan in the way short quarterbacks (Drew Brees and Russell Wilson, to name two) offset height concerns with plus accuracy, decision-making and a quick trigger.
Campbell does not need to become a Brees-level left tackle to justify his selection. He must develop from a starting-caliber rookie to a Pro Bowl-caliber veteran. Nine games in, so far, so good.
And go ahead, if you must, with more cracks about his T-Rex arms. I did. But don’t forget: the T-Rex still ruled the animal kingdom.
TreVeyon Henderson will be their best rookie
Whoops.
Henderson may have been the MVP of the Patriots’ summer, with his dazzling play speed, soft hands and preseason highlights, but since the games started counting, he’s been closer to a zero.
Henderson has been middle-of-the-pack among all Patriots rookies. In most games, he’s been an impatient runner and left yards on the field, ranking sixth-worst by rush yards over expected, per Next Gen Stats. Henderson has also struggled in pass protection, a stark change from his college tape and reputation.
The good news is he’s coming around with 130 rushing yards over the past two weeks, almost half of his season total. But it’s a long, long way to catch Campbell and kicker Andy Borregales for best performers in this rookie class, and even with his great speed, Henderson won’t get there.
Circling the Bengals game
Best game of the season? Ha!
Immediately after the Patriots’ schedule was released in May, I broke down the best and worst of this year’s slate, and the Bengals game on Nov. 23 was my best pick. Granted, Joe Burrow’s turf toe injury threw this prediction into the trash bin, but overlooking how bad the Bengals defense is proved to be a huge mistake unto itself.
Cincinnati stinks. They’re 3-6. Their defense ranks dead last by Expected Points Added (EPA) and the opponent-and-situation-adjusted metric DVOA. Anyone and everyone can throw and run on the Bengals.
Here were my other options for best game: at Buffalo, versus Buffalo, at Baltimore and this Sunday’s battle down in Tampa Bay.
After hitting on Drake Maye’s matchup with Burrow, I signed off the Cincinnati pick writing this: “With any luck, playoff implications will be on the line between two teams expected to be in the Wild Card hunt. If the Patriots win in Cincy, expect the league to take notice.”
Which brings us to one last swing and a miss …
The Patriots finish 9-8
Let’s get ahead of this one, too.
Barring an injury to Maye or a similarly catastrophic event, the Pats will win double-digit games.
They’ve got two games with the Jets on tap, plus visits from the Dolphins and Giants and a trip to Cincinnati. Already, they are among the best teams in the league.
Cheers to them, and see you at this same time next year.

The New York Giants (2-7) travel to the Windy City to take on the Chicago Bears (5-3) in Week 10 of the NFL season.
In Week 9, the Giants jumped out to an early 7-0 lead over the San Francisco 49ers after tight end Theo Johnson scored the first on their opening drive at MetLife Stadium.
Then the 49ers took over. San Francisco went on to score 20 unanswered points and cruised to a 34-24 victory over the Giants with 49ers fans making their presence known throughout the afternoon.
Now the Giants face a Bears team that just scored a season-high in points on Sunday. It was a rollercoaster, late-game back-and-forth 47-42 Bears win over the Bengals that saw three touchdowns scored in nearly a 90-second span following the two-minute warning.
Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland, the No. 10 overall pick from April’s draft, scored the game-winning touchdown with 17 seconds left as he bounced off multiple Bengals defenders and raced to the end zone to cap off a career day.
Can the Giants avoid a season-high four-game losing streak and win their first game in Chicago for the first time in nearly 18 years when they last did on Dec. 2, 2007?
Our prognosticators throughout the 2025 season are: Art Stapleton (Giants/NFL writer, NorthJersey.com), Bert Bainbridge (sports trending reporter/columnist, NorthJersey.com), Brian Marron (digital producer, NorthJersey.com), Chris Iseman (Rutgers writer, NorthJersey.com), Bob Jordan (sports editor, Asbury Park Press/APP.com) and Dave Rivera (sports editor, USA TODAY Northeast/NorthJersey.com).
Giants vs Bears NFL Week 10 predictions, staff standings
Bert Bainbridge: 6-2
Chris Iseman: 6-3
Art Stapleton: 5-4
Dave Rivera: 5-4
Brian Marron: 5-4
Bob Jordan: 4-5
Here are our staff predictions for the Giants vs. Bears from Soldier Field in Week 10:
Bert Bainbridge
The pick: Bears 27, Giants 23
Here’s why: The Giants defense has been gashed the last three weeks, giving up 33+ points and at least 380 total yards since their upset win over the Eagles in primetime back in Week 6. Now they have to head to Chicago and face a Bears offense that just erupted for 47 points and a whopping 576 yards in Cincinnati last weekend?
Big Blue’s defense isn’t as bad as the Bengals, but it’s also not that much better. The Bears offense should have no problem moving the ball consistently here, as Rutgers grad Kyle Monangai will be a focal point even if D’Andre Swift returns from injury. The G-Men will be able to keep up against the Bears, but ultimately they’ll fall short in the Windy City.
Bob Jordan
The pick: Bears 30, Giants 13
Here’s why: Suffice to say very few people outside the Rutgers and Don Bosco Prep communities had heard of Kyle Monangai before the Bears’ rookie (a seventh-round draft pick) carried the ball 26 times for 176 yards and caught three passes a 47-42 win over the Bengals last week. D’Andre Swift, out with a groin injury, will likely be the primary back when he returns but, man, the Cubbies did look energized.
Brian Marron
The pick: Bears 23, Giants 17
Here’s why: The Bears’ offense is not as good as it looked last week against the Bengals, but it should still have an advantage against a struggling Giants defense that gives up the second-most rushing yards per game in the league. Add in that the Giants are tied for 30th in takeaways and the Bears are tied for third-best in giveaways this season, Chicago should be able to grind out a win.
Dave Rivera
The pick: Bears 26, Giants 23

Two pumps were too many for Carolina Panthers running back Rico Dowdle. After celebrating his second touchdown against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday with exactly two hip thrusts, Dowdle has been fined, he announced on social media.
Upon plunging into the end zone, Dowdle re-enacted the famous

The Denver Broncos will look to win their seventh consecutive game when they take on the AFC West-rival Las Vegas Raiders on ‘Thursday Night Football.’ Denver is coming off an 18-15 win at Houston on Sunday, while Las Vegas dropped a 30-29 overtime decision to the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Raiders (2-6), who have lost two in a row, are 1-3 on the road this season. The Broncos (7-2), who lead the AFC West by one game over the Los Angeles Chargers, are 4-0 on their home field.
Kickoff from Empower Field at Mile High in Denver is set for 8:15 p.m. ET. Las Vegas leads the all-time series 73-56-2, but Denver has won the last two meetings. The Broncos are 9.5-point favorites in the latest Raiders vs. Broncos odds, while the over/under for total points scored is 42.5 via SportsLine consensus. Before making any Broncos vs. Raiders picks, be sure to check out what SportsLine expert Zack Cimini has to say.
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A Las Vegas handicapper who’s never afraid to buck conventional wisdom, Cimini was profitable in the NFL (35-25-4, +$727) last season, and he’s on an 8-2 roll (+585) on his picks involving the Raiders. Anyone following him at sportsbooks and on betting apps has seen impressive returns.
Now, Cimini has zoned in on Raiders vs. Broncos. You can head to SportsLine now to see his picks. Here are several NFL betting lines and NFL odds for Broncos vs. Raiders:
Why the Broncos can cover
Quarterback Bo Nix powers the Denver offense. In nine games this season, he has completed 197 of 322 passes (61.2%) for 1,976 yards and 17 touchdowns with six interceptions. He has also rushed 42 times for 207 yards (4.9 average) and three touchdowns. In a 28-3 win over Cincinnati on Sept. 29, he completed 29 of 42 passes for 326 yards and two touchdowns with one interception. He also rushed for one touchdown.
His top target in the passing game is veteran wide receiver Courtland Sutton. In nine games, he has 38 receptions for 566 yards (14.9 average) and four touchdowns. He has 10 explosive plays of 20 or more yards, including a long of 52, with 154 yards after the catch and 27 first-down conversions. In a 23-20 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sept. 21, he caught six passes for 118 yards and one touchdown. See which team to back at SportsLine.
Why the Raiders can cover
Las Vegas may be a little shorthanded after trading wide receiver Jakobi Meyers to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Tuesday. Quarterback Geno Smith leads the offense, completing 164 of 243 passes (67.5%) for 1,664 yards and 11 touchdowns with 11 interceptions. He is also the Raiders’ second-leading rusher, carrying 27 times for 81 yards, including one explosive play of 20 yards. In Sunday’s loss to Jacksonville, he completed 29 of 39 passes for 284 yards and four touchdowns with one interception.
Without Meyers, wide receiver Tre Tucker will look to step up even further in the passing game. In eight games, he has 32 receptions for a team-high 427 yards and four touchdowns. He has six explosive plays, including a long of 61, with 189 yards after the catch and 19 first-down conversions. In a 41-24 loss at Washington on Sept. 21, he caught eight passes for 145 yards and three touchdowns. See which team to back at SportsLine.
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For Thursday Night Football’s matchup, Cimini is leaning under the total, but he also says a critical X-factor makes one side of the spread a must-back. See what it is at SportsLine.

The trade deadline quietly came and went for the Kansas City Chiefs, and they didn’t make any big moves. Consider that the team just fell to their arch rivals the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, November 2, not doing anything by the NFL’s trade deadline hit some as a poor decision. The team has a championship-winning quarterback in Patrick Mahomes, but he can’t do it alone, and he could use some help.
During the Chiefs and Bills game, Mahomes completed 15-of-34 passes for 250 yards, according to NFL research. But, even with those strong numbers, the Chiefs couldn’t get over the Bills hump. So, the Chiefs have an uncharacteristic 5-4 record as they head into their bye week, and they’ll have to regroup for their Week 11 game against the Denver Broncos on the road on Sunday, November 16.
After the NFL trade deadline wrapped up, those on the Chiefs’ side expressed their frustrations about why Kansas City didn’t make a move. General manager Brett Veach and the front office seem happy with their current roster, and while there’s nothing wrong with that, there is something wrong with this team being 5-4.
Kansas City Chiefs Need to Help Patrick Mahomes
On one hand, it would have been difficult for the Kansas City Chiefs to have made a significant move during this trade cycle. As Charles Goldman of A to Z Sports notes in a Tuesday, November 4 feature, “salary cap, draft capital, and player availability had to sync up, and they clearly didn’t for Kansas City.” He adds that “acquiring a player was always going to be difficult because the Chiefs had about $3 million in salary cap space for the remainder of the 2025 NFL season.”
But, that didn’t stop the critics. “No pass rusher. No running back. Just Mahomes going to have to carry again,” one commenter noted on X.
“They need to change the franchise name from Kansas City Chiefs to Kansas City Mahomes and Some Dudes,” one commenter replied. “Bills and Chiefs fans watching their teams not do anything at the deadline to try and help their generational QBs out,” another said. “How long they gonna put it all on his shoulders,” one more said.
Kansas City Chiefs Had a ‘Big Miss’
Another NFL analyst who thinks that, based on research, the Chiefs should have made a move during the NFL trade window is Garrett Podell of CBS Sports. In a piece out on Tuesday, November 4, he says Kansas City is a team that should have made moves.
“The Kansas City Chiefs needed help at the running back position,” he states in the article. “Their running backs have combined to rank 28th in the league in scrimmage yards per game and 27th in the league in scrimmage yards per touch.”
He adds, “The New York Jets ran a fire sale on most of their core, and running back Breece Hall, who is in the last year of his rookie deal, would have made so much sense for the Chiefs. Hall is one of three active players averaging over 60 yards rushing per game and 30 yards receiving per game for their career along with Bijan Robinson and Christian McCaffrey.”
He even calls it a “big miss” by the Kansas City Chiefs. We’ll see how much of a miss it was when the team is back from their week off.

The Jets say they’re not tearing things down. And that their only focus is on winning games this year, starting with Sunday’s showdown with the Browns.
But actions speak far louder than words, and after trading away their two best defensive players on Tuesday before the deadline and netting three first-round picks in the next two drafts – with the shocking deal that sent cornerback Sauce Gardner to the Colts, and the not-so-shocking move of defensive tackle Quinnen Williams to the Cowboys – and the Jets’ record at 1-7, it’s clear they’re prioritizing their future over the present.
And the most important event on the Jets schedule is now April’s NFL Draft. The only thing that has changed? They can chase wins in the final eight games of the season without worrying about losing the chance to draft the top quarterback, because they have enough trade ammo to move up and get their guy.
But who should that guy be? We’ve been following this quarterback class closely and ranking the quarterbacks that would be the best fit for the Jets. And as the college football regular season winds down, here’s where things stand.
1. Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
Class: Junior
Last game: 14-of-21, 201 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT in 55-1 win at Maryland (Saturday)
Season: 162-of-224 (72.3%), 2,124 yards, 25 TD, 4 INT
Mendoza just keeps on finding ways to score and help his team win in the most efficient way possible. Saturday’s win marked the second straight game he ran for a touchdown while throwing at least a touchdown pass. He has thrown one interception in four of his last five games, but even over that stretch he has accounted for 13 touchdowns with his arm and legs – more than making up for those mistakes. That kind of efficiency would only help a wildy inconsistent Jets offense.
2. Ty Simpson, Alabama
Class: Junior
Last game: 24-of-43, 253 yards, 2 TD, 0 INT in 29-22 win at South Carolina (Oct. 25)
Season: 177-of-261 (67.8), 2,184 yards, 20 TD, 1 INT
A couple sub-60% passing days against mediocre opponents are all that’s keeping Simpson from the top spot on this list, because otherwise he’s been remarkable. The arm is pro-ready and he was at his best in the toughest stretch, helping Alabama four straight wins over top-20 opponents, including two games decided by three points or in which Simpson didn’t throw a pick. That’s exactly what the Jets need from a quarterback, and they’ve done well with Alabama quarterbacks in the past.
3. Dante Moore, Oregon
Class: Sophomore
Last game: 9-of-15, 86 yards, O TD, 0 INT in 21-7 win over Wisconsin (Oct. 25)
Season: 145-of-203 (71.4%) for 1,772 yards, 19 TD, 4 INT
Moore didn’t do much before leaving in the third quarter against Wisconsin after a blow to the face, and had the Ducks not been winning comfortably would have returned. But his first no-touchdown game of the season barely put a dent in his remarkable passing numbers for the season. His bounce back from a rough freshman year at UCLA, and his calm under would make him a good fit for the Jets.
4. Garrett Nussmeier, LSU
Class: Senior
Last game: 22-of-35, 168 yards, 1 TD in 49-25 loss vs. No. 3 Texas A&M (Oct. 25)
Season: 176-of-267 (65.9%), 1,806 yards, 12 TD, 5 INT
It has been a disappointing season for Nussmeier and LSU. But even though he clearly has been less than 100% healthy and playing in a what appears to be a nightmarish leadership situation, as we’ve learned in the week since Brian Kelly was fired, Nussmeier has found a way to be productive and efficient. Finding a way to be productive in high-profile, sub-optimal situation seems like ideal training for a future Jets quarterback.
5. John Mateer, Oklahoma
Class: Junior
Last game: 19-of-29, 149 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT in 33-27 win at No. 14 Tennessee (Saturday)
Season: 169-of-265 (63.8%), 1,949 yards, 8 TD, 7 INT
Mateer didn’t have his best passing game against the Vols. But he still found a way to get the job done for the Sooners in a must-win spot, on the road, against Tennessee. He ran 16 times for a season-high 80 yards and a touchdown, continuing to prove he’s a legit dual threat – it was the third time this season he has run for at least 60 yards and he now has six rushing touchdowns on the year. The hand injury surely has hindered his passing game this season, but the door is now open for him to play himself into the first round of this year’s draft – especially with Alabama looming after a bye week.
6. LaNorris Sellers, South Carolina
Class: Sophomore
Last game: 16-of-30, 180 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT in 30-14 loss at No. 7 Ole Miss (Saturday)
Season: 124-of-201 (61.7%), 1,536 yards, 7 TD, 5 INT
Sellers had the chance to surge to the top of every NFL draft board with a strong season – he has all the tools any NFL talent evaluator has been looking for. But it just hasn’t materialized. South Carolina fired its offensive coordinator after Sellers struggled in the loss to Ole Miss. And coach Shane Beamer had to say publicly he’s still committed to Sellers. With two years of eligibility remaining it’s looking more and more like Sellers will return for another college season before becoming a factor in a future draft.
7. Carson Beck, Miami
Class: Senior
Last game: 26-of-38, 274 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT in 26-20 OT loss at SMU (Saturday)
Season: 174-of-240 (72.5%), 1,947 yards, 14 TD, 9 INT
It’s starting to look as if Beck will be a Day 2 option at best, which is quite a tumble from where he stood a year ago – a potential top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft before an arm injury derailed his final month of the season with Georgia. Beck’s interception at the goal line in overtime sealed Miami’s fate in the upset loss at SMU, and damaged the Hurricanes’ playoff chances. Exactly the kind of mistake you don’t want to see a veteran college quarterback making.
8. Jayden Maiava, USC
Class: Junior
Last game: 9-of-23, 135 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT, in 21-17 win at Nebraska (Saturday)
Season: 154-of-236 (65.3%), 2,315 yards, 15 TD, 5 INT
USC came into the Nebraska game as the nation’s top passing offense but Maiava presided over the team’s worst performance through the air in seen years. It would be easier to give him credit for leading the Trojans to a comeback win, if it wasn’t sparked by the season-ending injury to Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola and if his lone interception on the first throw of the second half hadn’t set the wrong tone after a rough first half. But he did have a key rushing touchdown to pull USC even in the third quarter and finished with 11 carries for 62 yards.

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After losses in four of their last five games, the trajectory of the Cleveland Browns are trending downward heading into a Week 10 game against the New York Jets. As a result, former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason is starting to doubt whether head coach Kevin Stefanski has a future in Cleveland past 2025.
Stefanski has been questioned at every turn this season when it comes to the Browns’ starting quarterback situation in 2025. Whether it be benching Joe Flacco, later trading him to a division rival, or deciding to start Dillon Gabriel over Shedeur Sanders, a portion of the Browns fanbase has been critical of how Stefanski has handled his quarterback room.
The team’s poor results both this season and in 2024 haven’t helped matters. Now, Stefanski is tasked with finding a way to turn things around in a hurry with arguably the weakest quarterback room in all of football.
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Discussing Stefanski’s future on 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland, Esiason expressed his doubts that the former Coach of the Year will make it past the 2025 season.

The Carolina Panthers notched their fifth victory of the 2025 NFL season on Sunday, taking down the Green Bay Packers with a 16-13 final score at Lambeau Field.
The Panthers’ offense was led by yet another stellar performance from running back Rico Dowdle, who recorded 130 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries.
After his second touchdown score of the game late in the third quarter, Dowdle mimicked a popular skit from Comedy Central’s

Panthers running back Rico Dowdle thought the Hingle McCringleberry “three-pumps” rule applied in the NFL. He found out during Sunday’s win over the Packers that it doesn’t.
He apparently has had that message reiterated by the league office. Dowdle disclosed on social media that he has been fined.
“Starting a go fund me,” Dowdle said on Twitter, “they got me.”
And he did indeed launched a GoFundMe page, but the proceeds won’t pay his fine. They’ll go to the Children’s Home Society of North Carolina, Inc. In just a few hours, it has raised more than $2,000.
He didn’t disclose the penalty. The likely amount, based on past fines imposed this season, is $14,491.
In Week 9, a group “one-pump” celebration by various Patriots players drew neither a fine nor a flag. And so it seems that, for the NFL, two pumps is one too many.

Commanders linebacker Frankie Luvu had his one-game suspension overturned on appeal Tuesday. He called it “relief, a weight off my shoulders.”
It was Luvu’s third hip-drop tackle, and he will still pay $100,000 for the illegal tackle of Seahawks receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba.
Luvu, though, said he won’t change the way he plays despite feeling the NFL has a “target on my back.”
“I play one way, and that’s the only way I know how to play — that’s fast, physical and downhill,” Luvu said, via John Keim of ESPN.
Luvu also had fines for hip-drop tackles in Week 4 against the Falcons and Week 8 against the Chiefs. He had another in the playoff win over the Lions in January.
He said he doesn’t understand what constitutes a hip-drop tackle.
“That’s the question I’m trying to ask myself and ask them,” Luvu said. “What is it? It’s frustrating for me sometimes to look at it, all the plays they’ve seen it and to see what they’re looking at and to see what is a hip-drop. They’re still trying to figure out what is a hip-drop. That’s out of my control. I worry about making my tackles and helping the team out.”
He insists he’s not a dirty player and has no intent to injure anyone.
“My teammates know who I am,” Luvu said. “I try to play the game the right way.”

Teams that will be shopping for a new franchise quarterback this offseason shouldn’t count on finding one in the 2026 NFL Draft.
On his updated QB board, ESPN’s Jordan Reid lists just two QBs (Oregon’s Dante Moore and Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza) as true first-rounders. With that in mind, teams should consider trading for a QB, like Arizona Cardinals star Kyler Murray.
On Wednesday, the 3-5 Cardinals placed Murray — who hasn’t played since Week 5 because of a foot injury — on injured reserve. Jacoby Brissett is set to remain the team’s starter. That move could signal they’re heading for a divorce this offseason. If Arizona places him on the trading block when the window reopens in March 2026, here are three teams that should target the 2019 No. 1 overall pick.
New York Jets
The Jets (1-7) could be positioning themselves to take a QB in the 2026 draft after holding a fire sale before the trade deadline passed on Tuesday. But should a franchise that hasn’t made the playoffs since the 2010 season roll the dice on Moore or Mendoza, prospects with questions?
Moore has attempted just 424 passes in three seasons at Oregon and UCLA. Mendoza, meanwhile, may lack the mobility needed to succeed in the modern NFL. He has rushed for 220 yards on 50 carries in nine games this season.
Murray is similar to Jets QB Justin Fields, but he doesn’t suffer from the same accuracy problems. The two-time Pro Bowler has completed 1,974-of-2,941 passes (67.1%) in seven seasons with Arizona. Fields has completed 791-of-1,286 passes (61.5%) in five seasons with the Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers and Chicago Bears.
New Orleans Saints
Recently benched QB Spencer Rattler isn’t the answer for the Saints (1-8). Despite a limited sample size, the same could be said for rookie QB Tyler Shough. The former Louisville star has logged a subpar 34.6 QBR in three games and has a 0-1 starting record.
A mobile QB in Murray — who has 3,193 career rushing yards — would suit Saints rookie head coach Kellen Moore’s system. He was the Eagles OC in 2024. That season, Eagles sixth-year QB Jalen Hurts had the third-most rushing yards (630 in 15 games) in his career.
If the Saints acquired Murray, they could use their first-round pick to improve their defense, which is tied for 24th in the league in points allowed (27 PPG). They could select an edge-rusher, perhaps Miami’s Rueben Bain Jr. Pro Football Focus credits him with the fourth-most pressures (44 in eight games) in the FBS.
Las Vegas Raiders
Despite signing him to a two-year, $85.5M contract extension in April, the Raiders may already want to ditch QB Geno Smith. Through the first nine weeks of the season, he and Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa led the league in interceptions thrown (11).
Backup QB Kenny Pickett doesn’t give the Raiders a viable replacement. The former Steelers/Eagles dud has thrown 15 TD passes and 14 interceptions in four seasons.
Having a franchise QB is critical in the AFC West, where Patrick Mahomes (Kansas City Chiefs), Justin Herbert (Los Angeles Chargers) and Bo Nix (Denver Broncos) await twice a year. Murray flashed star potential in his first three seasons, earning two Pro Bowl selections. Perhaps Vegas HC Pete Carroll, a Super Bowl champion, could help the 2019 Offensive Rookie of the Year get back on track.

The Detroit Lions added three offensive linemen to their practice squad on Wednesday, including former UAB standout Chris Hubbard.
Hubbard had been out of the NFL since the New York Giants’ 2024 season ended. He became an unrestricted free agent on March 12 and had gone unsigned until Wednesday.
Lions left guard Christian Mahogany broke a bone in his left leg in Detroit’s 27-24 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, and offensive tackles Taylor Decker and Penei Sewell missed practice on Wednesday because of injuries.
The Lions added Hubbard, Jack Conley and Netane Muti to the practice squad for offensive-line depth on Wednesday.
Each NFL team can have a practice squad of 16 players. Members of the practice squad do everything the players on the active roster do except play in games. But two practice-squad members can be elevated to active status for each game, although no player can be elevated from the practice squad more than three times in a season.
After spending five weeks on the San Francisco 49ers’ practice squad last season, Hubbard joined the New York Giants’ active roster on Oct. 18 and played in eight games, with three starts, in the remaining 11 weeks of the 2024 campaign.
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Since entering the NFL from UAB as an undrafted rookie in 2013, Hubbard has played in 102 regular-season and six playoff games. Hubbard has started 61 NFL games – 51 at right tackle, four at right guard, three at left tackle and three as an extra lineman in lieu of a tight end.
After making his first four career starts for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2016, Hubbard started 10 games in 2017 before leaving for the Cleveland Browns via free agency.
Hubbard played all 1,091 of Cleveland’s offensive snaps at right tackle in 2018 as he started 39 NFL games from 2017 through 2019 before enduring four injury-affected seasons.
Hubbard finished 2020 on injured reserve after hurting his knee in his fifth start of the campaign, played in only one game in 2021 because of a torn triceps muscle and played in four games in 2022 while dealing with an elbow injury.
Hubbard started nine of the Tennessee Titans’ first 10 games at right tackle in 2023 before a biceps injury ended his season prematurely.
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The Chargers placed left tackle Joe Alt on injured reserve Wednesday, according to the NFL’s personnel wire.
Alt has a high right ankle injury that will require surgery.
He was injured in Sunday’s win over the Titans when defensive tackle Sebastian Joseph-Day fell on Alt’s ankle.
The Chargers traded with the Saints for offensive lineman Trevor Penning this week, because of all the injuries in their offensive line. Alt was playing for Rashawn Slater, who ruptured the patellar tendon in his left knee in training camp; right guard Mekhi Becton missed Sunday’s game with a knee injury; and right tackle Bobby Hart left Sunday’s game with knee and ankle injuries.
Hart did not practice on Wednesday.
Cornerback Tarheeb Still (knee) was the only other player who missed practice.
Defensive lineman Da’Shawn Hand (groin) returned to practice after the Chargers opened his 21-day practice window. He was limited.

The Los Angeles Rams were quiet at the deadline, only making one trade a week earlier to help out the defense. But it is not too early to predict where free agents will land in 2026.
An NFL analyst names the best free agents after the end of the season and they would fit best following the end of the season, with the Rams being named a landing spot for a former Pro Bowler.
Rams Named Suitor For Seattle Defender
The Rams attempted to acquire a top cornerback before the start of the 2025 season and that need will roll over into the 2026 season.
Kristopher Knox of Bleacher Report names the Rams as a potential suitor for Seattle Seahawks cornerback Riq Woolen.
“For whatever reason, Seattle Seahawks head coach Mike Macdonald has soured on cornerback Riq Woolen over the past couple of years, leading to plenty of trade buzz centered on the 26-year-old,” Knox wrote.
“Woolen will fit what plenty of teams are looking for on defense. He’s a 6’4″, 210-pound defensive back with 11 interceptions on his resume. As a rookie in 2022, the Texas-San Antonio product allowed an opposing passer rating of only 48.7 in coverage.”
The cornerback finds himself the odd man out in Seattle since the team hired Mike McDonald as head coach, with his snap count and production lowering.
The player for the Seahawks has logged 11 interceptions (tied for the most in his rookie season with 6) and 45 pass deflections in his career so far.
Woolen is just 26 years old and could benefit from a change of scenery and could become the number 1 cornerback the Rams have been wanting.
Riq Woolen As Long-Term Plan
The Los Angeles Rams made a trade to acquire Tennessee Titans cornerback Roger McCreary as reinforcements to the secondary. The new Rams’ cornerback has 3 interceptions, 17 pass deflections and 253 tackles in his career so far. McCreary is a promising young cornerback and could develop in LA and be the CB1 the team is looking for.
The only issue? He is in the final year of his rookie contract.
The Rams used a conditional 2026 fifth-round pick to acquire the player and showing that they are a bit wary of his long-term future in the City of Angels. If
While Woolen is also in the final year of his deal, he has shown to play at an elite level, becoming a Pro Bowler in his rookie season and finishing third in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting.
Knox believes that the Rams will need to offer Woolen a four-year, $72 million deal to get the cornerback to sign on the dotted line and play for the organization.

The Cleveland Browns won’t transition away from Dillon Gabriel in favor of Shedeur Sanders during their bye week or before the team heads to New York on Nov. 9 to play the Jets. Head coach Kevin Stefanski has already made that clear.
A more interesting question to ponder is whether Sanders, currently the QB2 who was inactive for the team’s last contest against the New England Patriots due to back tightness, faces any other obstacles to his first NFL start beyond Gabriel’s tenure at the helm — currently at four starts and counting.

The Green Bay Packers are rolling, leading the NFC due to a quality defense and quarterback Jordan Love, who is currently playing like a superstar.
Love owns the 8th-best odds for the NFL’s MVP award heading into Week 9 at plus-1600. Only three players have odds better than plus-1100: those being Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs (plus-150), Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills (plus-350), and second-year signal-caller Drake Maye of the New England Patriots (plus-550).
Love put up his best game of the season in Green Bay’s 35-25 road win over the Pittsburgh Steelers on “Sunday Night Football,” during his first ever contest against former Packers starting quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Love finished the outing with 360 yards and three TDs after connecting on 78.4 percent of his 37 pass attempts.
The victory moved Green Bay to a record of 5-1-1, which is good enough for the top winning percentage in the NFC at the season’s midway point. Love also earned a prestigious honor for his performance, which the league announced via social media on Wednesday, October 29.
“NFC Players of the Week (Week 8),” the NFL captioned a graphic naming Love the winner of the award on the offensive side of the football after he posted a 134.2 pass rating.
Packers’ Wide Receivers Getting Healthy, Which Should Help Jordan Love Continue Elite Play
Love is having a career year from an efficiency standpoint, completing just shy of 71 percent of his 213 pass attempts for the season.
He has amassed 1,798 passing yards and 13 TDs to just 2 INTs. At his current pace and assuming no missed time due to injuries, Love will tie his career high for TD passes with 32 and surpass his career high with 4,366 yards through the air. He will also remain well below the 11 interceptions he threw in both 2023 and 2024, his first two years as an NFL starter.
The Packers offense hasn’t been as explosive as some might have guessed this season, in part due to injuries in the wide receiver room, as well as health issues and some poor play across the offensive line. However, wideout Christian Watson made his season debut against Pittsburgh Sunday, while pass-catcher Jayden Reed is likely to return at some point in November.
Packers Offensive Line Leaps Back Inside Top 10 After Strong Week Against Steelers
The offensive line has had its issues, particularly compared to previous years when it was among the best in the league.
However, the unit jumped back into the top 1o of Pro Football Focus’s rankings, per Zoltán Buday — slotting in at No. 9 overall heading into Week 9.
Green Bay’s offensive line delivered steady play in Week 8 in the team’s win over the Steelers. The unit surrendered eight pressures — including no sacks — on 37 passing snaps on its way to an 89.2 PFF pass-blocking efficiency rating, which ranked ninth in the NFL.
The Packers once again rotated at right guard between Sean Rhyan and Jordan Morgan, with both playing at least 29 snaps of a possible 64. Morgan could win the positional battle with the type of play he showed this week. He earned a career-high 83.5 PFF overall grade, powered by an 84.0 PFF pass-blocking grade, as he did not allow a single pressure. Both marks led all Green Bay offensive linemen against Pittsburgh.

The best argument against expanding the NFL from 32 teams is that there simply aren’t enough quarterbacks.
Especially as the season unfolds, and quarterbacks inevitably are injured.
On Wednesday, five quarterbacks received tryouts with new teams. The Jets worked out Desmond Ridder and Dorian Thompson-Robinson. The Cardinals worked out Jeff Driskel, Kyle Trask, Logan Woodside.
Of the group, Ridder has the most experience. The third-round pick in the 2022 draft has started 18 games — 17 with the Falcons and one last year with the Raiders.
All five were drafted. Trask, a second-round pick in 2021, went the earliest. He was released by the Buccaneers in late August, and has not signed with any other roster or practice squad.
The Jets, who are off this weekend, have two quarterbacks on the roster: Justin Fields and Tyrod Taylor. Brady Cook is on the practice squad. Taylor, who seemed to be in line to supplant Fields as the starter for Week 8, missed the win over the Bengals with a knee injury.
The Cardinals have three quarterbacks on the roster: Kyler Murray, Jacoby Brissett, and Kedon Slovis. Murray has missed the last two games with a foot injury. The Cardinals had a Week 8 bye.
The Cardinals will issue their first injury report in advance of Monday night’s game at Dallas on Thursday. Whether the Cardinals are thinking about adding an extra quarterback given the possibility that Murray will miss more time or whether they’re thinking about swapping out Slovis for another third-string option remains to be seen.

The Detroit Lions just signed defensive end Aidan Hutchinson to a 4-year, $180 million contract, which is a record for a non-quarterback deal in the NFL. Considering how good the 25-year-old DE has been for the Lions, Hutchinson’s extension was already on the cards. Yet, something behind the scenes had kept the front office from pulling the trigger until now.
According to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network, the Lions wanted to ensure that this is the same Hutchinson who posted 50+ tackles with almost double-digit sacks in his first two seasons before his tibia and fibula injury.
“A lot of people, including me, thought this deal might get done right before the season started,” Rapoport said in the October 29 episode of the NFL Network. “There was some thought of like, he’s good, he’s the best, but we just want to see him go out and do it and play. Hutchinson has certainly done that.”
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In 7 games (all starts) this season, Aidan Hutchinson is leading the league in forced fumbles (4) and defensive snaps played (~93%). He is 2nd in QB pressure (29), sacks created (8), and interceptions created (2). Moreover, he is 7th in sacks (6) along with 16 tackles (11 solo), 1 fumble recovered, and 1 pass defended. So, the Lions signed a 4-year $180 million contract extension until 2030. The deal includes $15 million signing bonus, $141 million guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $45 million.
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Among the non-QBs, GB Packers LB Micah Parsons ($46.5M a year) has a higher average salary than the Lions DE. The guaranteed money is highest among the non-QBs. ESPN’s Adam Schefter also approved the deal and praised the NFC North franchise for taking care of its players.
“So he ends up with the mega deal that many were expecting… Just another example of the Lions taking care of their excellent, excellent homegrown players. We’ve seen it year after year,” Schefter said.
Reacting to the massive extension of his DE, head coach Dan Campbell also could not hide his joy.
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Dan Campbell elated with Aidan Hutchinson’s contract extension
HC Campbell praised Hutchinson’s importance and highlighted his complete skill set.
“There isn’t a big enough number to put a value on how important the DE is to Detroit’s defense,” Campbell said. “The number of things that he’s able to do for us in the run and the pass game, man, it takes up, he pulls a lot of slack, man. He’s in that rare world of, man, you don’t get the easy way out.”
General manager Brad Holmes continued his trend of rewarding cornerstone players with major long-term contracts. Holmes locked in three more players to deals worth over $100 million. Quarterback Jared Goff signed a four-year, $212 million extension in 2024, wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown agreed to a four-year, $120 million deal, and offensive tackle Penei Sewell committed to a four-year, $112 million contract.
Despite Aidan Hutchinson’s record-setting deal, the Lions maintain a healthy salary cap position. According to Over the Cap, Detroit projects $284.2 million in total liabilities and retains $26.8 million in cap space for 2027, based on a $311 million league cap. In 2028, the team expects $265.6 million in liabilities and keeps $61.4 million in cap space with a $328 million league cap. For 2029 and 2030, the Lions are projected to carry liabilities of $129.7 million and $124.1 million, respectively.
Now, with Hutchinson playing his best game, expect the Lions’ DE to have another good game when he faces the Vikings this weekend.

The Kansas City Chiefs don’t have to make a ton of moves ahead of the NFL deadline, but they have played their way back into the Super Bowl conversation, which makes them candidates for spending big in the week to come.
Kansas City has issues on the defensive line, both at tackle and on the edge. It’s also possible that injuries and protracted absences along the offensive line could motivate the Chiefs to look at adding a lineman there before November 4.
“The Chiefs have a need on the edge, but a bigger need might be an upgrade on Derrick Nnadi, who is last among qualifying defensive tackles with a 13.2% run stop win rate,” Brain Schatz of ESPN wrote Wednesday, October 29. “He also has a 0% pass rush win rate, though he plays only a handful of clear pass-play snaps per game.”
However, it is the running back position that Brad Gagnon of Bleacher Report believes Kansas City will upgrade, specifically by making a deal with the New York Jets for Breece Hall.
Jets Have Minimal Incentive to Keep Breece Hall Beyond NFL Trade Deadline
Hall, a second-round pick in 2022 who is still just 24 years old, is playing in the final year of his $9 million rookie deal. However, his market value projection heading into free agency is nearly $10.5 million annually over a new four-year contract ($42 million total).
New York has two running backs in Braelon Allen and Isaiah Davis, both of whom they drafted in 2024 and who will play on rookie contracts through 2027. As such, Hall is unlikely to return to the 1-7 squad that became the last NFL team to earn a win in 2025 — which didn’t happen until last weekend — and has serious questions across the roster as it tries to rebuild toward its first winning campaign since 2015.
Jets owner Woody Johnson threw quarterback Justin Fields under the bus last week, so while Fields ended up starting and playing adequately against the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 8, the team is almost certain to look to the 2026 draft class for its next stab at a franchise QB.
It doesn’t make sense to pay a running back eight figures annually as one of the worst teams in the league restarting with a rookie quarterback next offseason, which renders Hall all the more likely to end up on the trade block in the coming week.
Breece Hall on Pace for Career Year in 2025, Despite Jets’ Struggles on Offense
Hall was getting Offensive Rookie of the Year buzz halfway through his rookie campaign in 2022 before he tore his ACL in Week 7.
But he has played in 41 of a possible 42 games since, starting 40 of those contests. Hall has yet to eclipse 1,000 yards rushing in his career, though he came within six yards of that mark in 2023 on 223 carries and finished 124 yards shy of four figures last year on 209 attempts. He scored five TDs on the ground in both campaigns.

The Kansas City Chiefs had their third straight win well in hand on Monday night, when backup linebacker Jack Cochrane intercepted a pass from Washington Commanders backup quarterback Marcus Mariota to effectively end the game with 0:22 left on the clock.
But that’s when things started to get out of hand, largely thanks to Kansas City’s seven-year veteran defensive end Charles Omenihu, who for some reason felt compelled to slam Mariota to the ground on the Commanders’ sideline.
Now, Omenihu can only wait until Saturday when the NFL announces its weekly disciplinary actions. Unsportsmanlike conduct penalties are often, though not always, followed up with a further punishment from the league office.
Unsportsmanlike Penalty Invites Fine
The penalty Omenihu — playing on a one-year, $4 million contract and looking at free agency after the season — drew for unsportsmanlike conduct was as justified as it was pointless on Omenihu’s part.
Commanders player development coach Pete Ohnegian took offense to Omenihu’s obviously late hit and confronted the Chiefs defensive end, actually making contact with Omenihu briefly.
The penalty was Omenihu’s fourth of the season, including a face mask call in Week 2, also in the fourth quarter, against the Philadelphia Eagles. Omenihu was not fined for that offense, however.
Not Worst Punishment Ever For Omenihu
Will the Chiefs’ defender be slapped with a further punishment for the incident on Monday? Given the blatant and gratuitous nature of the hit on Mariota some further discipline should be expected, especially with the NFL’s emphasis on protecting quarterbacks from unnecessary hits.
Interestingly, no flag was thrown for the incident between Omenihu and Ohnegian. But that does not mean that it could not draw a fine, for the player or the coach. NFL officials say they review every play from each game to make independent determinations as whether fines or other disciplinary measures are merited.
Assuming that Omenihu does receive a fine for the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, as his first call of the year for that specific penalty, he can expect to write a check to the league for $14,491. If he is also fined over the physical confrontation with the Commanders’ assistant coach, the amount of his disciplinary assessment could be significant.
But that would not be the worst punishment Omenihu has ever absorbed from the league. In 2023, the 2019 Houston Texans fifth-round draft pick was hit with a six-game suspension for violations of the NFL’s personal conduct policy.
Previous Domestic Violence Suspension
The suspension derived from an incident in January of 2023 when police were called to Omenihu’s home in San Jose, California, where they placed him under arrest in connection with a domestic violence allegation.
According to an Associated Press report on the incident, “a woman who said she was Omenihu’s girlfriend told officers at the time that he had ‘pushed her to the ground during an argument,’ though there were no visible injuries and she declined medical treatment.”
Omenihu was charged with misdemeanor domestic violence. But he played in the AFC championship game six days after the arrest — a game in which the Chiefs lost to the Cincinnati Bengals in overtime.

The 2025 NFL trade deadline is less than a week away and many teams are starting to make moves to prepare for the latter half of the season.
The Los Angeles Rams have made their first big trade by acquiring cornerback Roger McCreary from the Tennessee Titans to bolster their cornerback position.
Strengthening the CB spot was one of the biggest priorities for the Rams in the offseason. It couldn’t get finished before the start of the season, but it is done now by adding the young defender.
Now, the Rams focus on other parts of the roster that need improvement, with one NFL analyst believing the team should add some reinforcement on the offense.
Trading For Pro Bowl Tight End
The Los Angeles Rams currently have four tight ends on the roster, but only one of them has proven to be a legitimate target for quarterback Mathew Stafford.
ESPN’s Seth Walder believes the Rams should pick up the phone and try to trade for Cleveland Browns tight end David Njoku to give the team a boost on offense.
“Njoku could take the offense over the top. The Rams drafted rookie Terrance Ferguson in the second round [of the 2025 NFL Draft] and surely hope he’s their tight end of the future. But he has only two receptions this season with Tyler Higbee as their No. 1 option,” Walder wrote.
“Njoku would be a major upgrade even as a temporary fix, considering he is on the last year of his deal. That’s why the move fits, while not shutting the door on the team developing Ferguson.”
Tyler Higbee is the longest-tenured tight end on the Rams, having the most experience in head coach Sean McVay’s offense and chemistry with Stafford, which explains why he receives the most snaps.
Higbee was out the majority of the 2024 season with an ACL and MCL tear, with tight end Colby Parkinson being the next TE up. Even though he got the majority of playing time, he couldn’t take advantage of the opportunity. Parkinson hauled in 294 receiving yards and a single touchdown.
The third option in the tight end room is third-year player Davis Allen, who hasn’t formed a connection with Stafford. In his three-year career, Allen has 193 receiving yards and 3 touchdowns.
Trading for Njoku gives the Rams a proven offensive weapon who will most likely be on a Super Bowl contender.
What Will Rams Give Up For David Njoku?
In David Njoku’s nine-year career, he has registered more than 4,000 receiving yards and 32 touchdowns. For a player of his caliber, it would require a bit of a haul before the Browns consider trading him.
The Rams have four tight ends on the team, so it would make sense to trade at least one of them in exchange for Njoku.
“There aren’t many players to choose from on this team, as the Rams are more likely to be adding at the deadline… Los Angeles could part with one of the four they have on its roster,” Sarah Barshop wrote for ESPN. “Parkinson probably would make the most sense, as he is in the second season of the three-year deal he signed in 2024.”
Parkinson has dealt with a couple of injuries this season, forcing him out of two games, which could explain the hindrance to his production.
He is a younger option who could see an increase in receiving if he were the primary or second tight end on the roster, something he can do in Cleveland.

Tiger Woods’ journey from a teenager with a dream to a global icon just got a stylish tribute. More than three decades after a 16-year-old Woods first teed off at Riviera at the Nissan LA Open ’92, his legacy has inspired a collection of re-engineered versions of the Polo he wore back then.
“February 27th, 1992. A debut at Riviera Country Club that laid the foundation of a legacy to come. A moment that was years in the making—forged in a bedroom in Cypress, California. Before red on Sundays, before the world knew his name—just a kid, his dreams, and relentless preparation. Inspired by Tiger’s constant pursuit of better, we’ve re-engineered a new version of the ‘92 Polo in our most modern technology and fabrication. Shop the polo and the full ‘92 Collection—remade to remember an iconic moment—at the link in bio. #SunDayRed,” read the caption, in a heartfelt caption, describing the collection inspired by Woods’ 1992 fashion.
There are 4 items in this collection, as of now.
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A jacket for $350.
A polo for $150.
A polo ball marker for $60
A driver headcover for $150
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The 15x major champion launched the golf apparel brand in 2024, after his split with Nike. “It’s the right time in my life,” Tiger Woods said at the launch event. “It’s transitional. I’m no longer a kid. Life changes; I have kids now, and this is an important part of transitioning into this phase of my life, to have a product and a brand that I’m proud of.”
Everything about the brand, from its name to its logo, revolves around Woods and the legacy he has built over the years. For instance, its name refers to the iconic red clothing Woods wears on Sundays during his golf tournaments. All because of his mother’s superstition. Similarly, its logo is of a tiger with 15 stripes. These stripes represent the 15 major championships he won.
When SDR was launched, people did not warm up to it easily. They had issues with quality and pricing. For instance, Sun Day Red launched $250 leather shoes in December 2024, of which some fans were not happy with the price tag. Some of them wrote comments like “outrageous price” and “Trust me, if you would not make them so damn expensive, your sales would increase for sure.”
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This time, however, it’s mostly positive for Tiger Woods’ brand.
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Fans love Tiger Woods’s new SDR collections
Within hours of the post going live, fans and apparel lovers started liking and commenting on Sun Day Red’s Instagram post. One of the first notable interactions came from Vanessa Trump, Tiger Woods’s girlfriend. She didn’t comment on anything but quietly liked the post. While her reaction was quiet, it didn’t go unnoticed by fans. Her subtle show of support added a personal touch to the brand’s latest milestone.
The comments section reflects an unmistakable shift in mood. Although there was a lot of criticism previously around pricing, this time, fans seemed focused on the quality, nostalgia, and design. One user wrote, “This looks amazing. Great quality.” Fans usually had complaints about pricing, but there were no negative reviews on quality. Echoing similar feelings, another user said, “🔥🔥🔥luv it.”
Some users seemed to already be fans of Sun Day Red clothing. The eagerness in their comments showed that they had been waiting for the new launch for a while. “Finally!!! The collection we’ve been waiting for! 🔥😍” wrote a user. It captured the energy of a fan base that has moved from skepticism to excitement.
The jacket from the collection was the most discussed and loved item. A user called it “the coolest starter jacket I’ve ever seen. Headed to the shop rn.”
Sun Day Red has also expanded to retail stores of some prestigious golf courses. “I’m incredibly excited for golfers to experience Sun Day Red in person at some of the most prestigious courses,” said Woods about the expansion into retail stores.
Former NFL wide receiver Victor Cruz was also amazed by the jacket. He shared a small comment that spoke volumes. It was just a simple two-word message: “The jacket!” The short remark carried weight because of Cruz’s reputation for appreciating standout sportswear.
Together, these reactions paint a clear picture that what once sparked debate over cost is now being recognized for its design and authenticity. Fans aren’t just reacting to another launch. They’re responding to how effectively Sun Day Red has tied Tiger’s personal history to a wearable story.

The Cowboys have the second-best offense in the NFL. Head coach Brian Schottenheimer does not care.
In his mind, all that matters is the team’s record.
“None of us have done good enough,” Schottenheimer told reporters on Wednesday, via Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News. “That’s real. Our scorecard is what it is. And that’s not just defensively. That’s offensively. We’re a football team that’s 3-4-1. You can take stats on offense and shove them up your ass as far as I’m concerned. It is what it is. We want to win.”
The problem is that the defense has had the ball regularly shoved down its throat. The Cowboys’ have allowed the second-most yards per game, at 404.6. Only the Bengals, at 407.9 yards per game, are worse.
And all that matters is points scored versus points allowed, as measured one game at a time. The Cowboys have lost four, won three, tied one.
They’ve got plenty of work to do to become a playoff contender. The offensive performance doesn’t matter when the defense is every bit as bad as the offense is good.

The Baltimore Ravens are in a rough spot, sitting at 2-5 after Week 7. Every loss now feels heavier than the last. So, can Lamar Jackson and company still fight their way into the playoff picture? NFL analyst Rich Eisen thinks so. He just dropped a clear message for the Ravens’ camp, one that might decide how this season unfolds.
Talking on his podcast, Eisen broke down what the Ravens need to do from here. According to him, the road ahead isn’t easy, but it’s not too difficult either. He feels the Ravens should get the job done against the Miami Dolphins next week. However, he made one thing clear: Baltimore’s biggest game of the season isn’t against Miami. It’s against the Pittsburgh Steelers. That’s the one that can flip their season.
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“At Pittsburgh, you win the division games, it’s over. Same thing like I said about, well, I said, win your division games, it’s over for the Steelers, because they’re four and three. Win your division games and the other ones that you’re supposed to win for the Ravens, and then it’s over,” Eisen said.
Basically, Eisen’s saying that if the Ravens take down the Steelers, who currently sit at 4-3, the playoff door swings open again. The division is still within reach, with the Bengals, Browns, and Ravens all struggling for rhythm. So, if Lamar and the Ravens can pull off wins in those matchups, they’ll have a real shot. Eisen even hinted, “They’re focused.” And honestly, Lamar’s recent locker room move proves that more than any quote ever could.
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After the Ravens dropped their fourth straight game, word spread that the coaches wanted to clear the locker room of distractions. But not just the coaches, Lamar himself wants it. The quarterback called up the equipment manager and told him to strip away everything that didn’t scream winning. Games, gadgets, even the TVs. Gone.
“I told Kenico, our head equipment guy, I told him to take all the games, ping-pong, turn the TVs off, if we could have taken out the TVs they’d have been out too.”
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Lamar later explained that team owner Steve Bisciotti had added those things to make the locker room a relaxing space. Everyone appreciated it, sure. But after a 2-5 start? Lamar wasn’t feeling like playing ping-pong. He wanted focus, not fun. And guess what? He is very close to helping the team firsthand.
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Positive update on Lamar Jackson’s injury
Finally, some good news for Ravens fans. Lamar Jackson looks ready to roll again. The Baltimore quarterback is set to make his return from a hamstring injury on Thursday night. Even better, Jackson was a full participant in practice all week, showing he’s back to moving freely.
Last week, the quarterback eased back into limited work but stayed on the sidelines for Sunday’s game, his third straight absence due to the soft-tissue issue. This week, though, things look completely different.
“I feel very confident about it,” Head Coach John Harbaugh said when asked about Jackson’s health. He also added that Jackson “looked great” during the Monday walk-through.
Before the injury, Lamar was in MVP-like form. He led the entire league with a 130.5 passer rating, tossing 10 touchdowns with just one pick. The Ravens averaged 32.7 points per game when he was under center. Clearly, this offense runs best when No. 8 is running the show. Still, there’s more good news coming out of the castle.
Every single Raven practiced fully on Wednesday, including offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley, who’s been dealing with an ankle issue. He was limited earlier in the week but looked solid by Wednesday. Linebacker Teddye Buchanan, cornerback T.J. Tampa Jr., and cornerback Nate Wiggins are also cleared for action.
It’s up to Baltimore now to turn that health boost into wins in the weeks ahead.