As the son of a GM committeeman (union rep), I've always been Union proud & union loud! I'm an
@APNewsGuild
member & I'm pushing for a
#fairAPcontract
because
#WeAreAP
.
Hue Jackson has done a lot of truly awe inspiring things but this might be his greatest masterstroke -- He has taken two different teams to last place in the AFC North in the same season.
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QB Justin Herbert says he's been vaccinated when asked if other players have come to him asking questions about vaccines since he was a biology major at Oregon.
Ohio State QB CJ Stroud on SoCal kids going out of state: "You go to USC & UCLA games, and quite honestly, it's just kind of boring. Without all the people. They kind of just are there on vacation. You go to the other schools out of state & their fans are kind of like fanatics."
Harbaugh said he stayed in the
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draft room and saw JJ McCarthy get picked by the
#Vikings
.
“That's where he wanted to go. I was praying and pulling for it to work out the way he wanted it to work out, and the stars aligned.”
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first team in NFL history to blow four leads of 16 points or more in four straight games. Fifth time in franchise history they have blown a lead of 21 or more. Last time was 2016 vs. Kansas City.
Seven
#NFL
teams are doing either some sort of logo or uniform change (three with logos and uniforms; four uniforms only). The
#Rams
kick things off today with their logo reveal at 12 p.m. PT/3 p.m. ET
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DE Joey Bosa on meeting up with
#Bengals
QB Joe Burrow again: "He was my scout team quarterback (at Ohio State in 2015) so he is used to being chased by me."
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Herbert on facing Mariota: "Pretty crazy experience. I grew up watching Marcus. He was my favorite player. To play against him was really cool. It’s everything I’ve ever wanted."
The XFL has reached a multi-year agreement to have their games on ESPN and Fox. More than half will be either ABC or Fox with the rest on ESPN, ESPN2, FS1 or FS2. Inaugural season next year will kick off on Feb. 8.
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Khalil Mack on facing
#Raiders
and if it is a revenge game anymore: "I mean the people that I didn't like probably aren't there anymore. I'll always have respect for the organization. It has calmed down (from the first two meetings). It's still the same. You'll see."
The
#Chargers
have not won a division title during Tom Telesco's 10 seasons as general manager and have only been to the playoffs three times. Telesco, who said before the start of the season that the true measuring stick of a GM is wins and losses, is 81-86.
Sources: All signs point to the
#Raiders
hiring former
#Chargers
GM Tom Telesco as their new GM. A surprise!
Telesco built one of the NFL’s best rosters over a decade with the rival Chargers. Now, he’s expected to stay in the division.
#GoHalos
.199 average in a month is their worst batting average ever in any month. Previous low was .206 in April 1961, which was the franchise's first month.
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QB Joe Burrow came into the game having taken 72 hits. That was tied with Daniel Jones for the most by a rookie QB in his first nine games since 2000.
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Justin Herbert on Oregon's move to the Big 10: "Growing up a Duck fan, it's always tough to kind of see the change like that. I grew up a Pac-10 fan and then to the PAC 12 It's always weird to see a change change but I'm excited for Oregon. They've obviously got a tough
Per Next Gen Stats.
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Mack and Bosa combined for 4.5 sacks, 16 QB pressures, 10 QB hits and 2 QB hits causing turnovers.
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Jones and Crosby -- 0 sacks, 9 pressures, 5 QB hits
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kick return unit Weeks 1 thru 6 averaged a league low 16.5 yards. 10 of 15 kicks returned didn't reach the 20. Average start: 21 yard line.
Since Week 8 and Roberts signing: 31.0 yard average (leads league). 4 of 22 inside 20. Average start: 28 yard line.
#BoltUp
@AustinEkeler
is the first NFL player to have 3 scrimmage TDs in the fourth quarter since Houston's Ryan Moats on Nov. 1, 2009, against Buffalo. Fifth since 1991.
OBJ on if he has talked to Baker Mayfield since leaving
#Browns
:
“We haven't. Like I said earlier about closing doors and being able to have closure. that conversation I'm sure it will be at some point in life.”
Rodney Harrison on the
#Chargers
during Football Night in America: “Austin Ekeler, I don’t know why they take him out and put Melvin Gordon in. I just don’t get it.”
And in stuff you can't make up -- Michigan is practicing at SoFi Stadium tomorrow. A chance for Harbaugh to inspect the
#Chargers
gameday home and locker room and suggest changes to his liking.
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QB Justin Herbert is your Pepsi Zero Sugar NFL Rookie of the Year, as voted on by fans. He won the weekly award a record 9 times.
Other finalists were Vikings WR Justin Jefferson, Jaguars RB James Robinson, Colts RB Jonathan Taylor and Washington DE Chase Young.
According to the NFLPA Player Report cards for the past season, the
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received an F for Food/Cafeteria. This should change: "Wolfgang Puck Catering to Oversee Food & Beverage Operations at Chargers’ New State-of-the-Art Practice Facility"
"He is who he is, to a genuine fault."
@iamjohnoliver
breaks down Jose Mourinho's return to the Premier League with new beau Tottenham. John joins the MiB Show for his annual appearance at 6:30 pm ET on Boxing Day.
@NBCSportsSoccer
Also, not making this tweet to pile on. Just making the point that Mike Brown, Duke Tobin and the coaching staff have been grossly negligent with the offensive line in order to give him a chance to make it through 16 games in one piece.
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QB Joe Burrow came into the game having taken 72 hits. That was tied with Daniel Jones for the most by a rookie QB in his first nine games since 2000.
Also, the disturbing trend of
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head coach hirings under Tom Telesco looks to be continuing. Good starts to the tenure and then off the cliff in Year 3:
Mike McCoy: 9-7, 9-7, 4-12, 5-11
Anthony Lynn: 9-7, 12-4, 5-11, 7-9
Brandon Staley: 9-8, 10-7, 2-4 so far
The
#AZCardinals
spent today interviewing former
#Browns
coach Hue Jackson for their vacant offensive coordinator job, sources say. Potentially back to his roots as an OC under new coach Kliff Kingsbury, while also lending valuable HC experience.
Fellow Kent State alum
@Edelman11
on the
#Chargers
on Inside the NFL: "The most impressive (of the 2nd-year QBs) to me was Justin Herbert. Balled out. ... The thing that impressed me the most was there was 6:43 left to go and he executed the 4-minute situation to perfection.”
Since the start of training camp, new
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GM Joe Hortiz has signed nine players, traded for two and made a waiver claim as he tries to find the right combination of 53 players.
UNDER TOM TELESCO
2023: Signed three, one trade, one waiver
2022: Signed two
2021: Signed four
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coach Brandon Staley said he was looking to marry the pass and run games with a new OC.
#Cowboys
under Moore last year were 52% pass to 48% run. Even if it was 55-45 pass and not the 65-35 distribution of this past season, I think fans would be happy.
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name Ben Herbert as Executive Director of Player Performance. Three others from Michigan's strength and conditioning staff -- Devin Woodhouse, Ben Rabe and Lincoln DeWolf -- also coming to LA.
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running back Joshua Kelley on the three games under Giff Smith after Brandon Staley was fired: “These last three games we were more together as a team. And that’s so huge. I feel like when you’re together and you’re playing together cohesively, I just feel like that’s
I know
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fans love to bring up Telesco's success rate on first-round picks, but here's a little secret -- You need to also hit consistently on the other six rounds.
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Staley on Johnston to
@danielrpopper
when he asked about drops:
"You were also at training camp, and he made a lot of big plays ... You need to do your reporting justice because he had a really good training camp."
Popper & others brought up Johnston's drops in camp.
Per the weekly NFL Next Gen Stats email --
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Justin Herbert is averaging 8.3 air yards per attempt. He is the 7th most aggressive QB, as he throws into a tight window on 18.1% of his attempts.