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Ben Baby, ESPN editorSeptember 30, 2024, 8:06 p.m. ETCloseBen Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at the Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while also making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL broadcasts and ESPN radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is an assistant professor of journalism at Southern Methodist University and a member…
Collectively, the New Orleans Saints have outscored their opponents 127-70 in four games and are among the NFL leaders in a number of offensive and defensive categories. Failure to close out back-to-back close Sunday games made the Saints a case study in how misleading statistics can be. “I still feel good about this team,” fourth-year Saints linebacker Pete Werner said Monday. The Saints took the lead on the scoreboard in the final two minutes of their four games.
Jayden Daniels wasn’t yet 11 years old the last time Washington opened an NFL season 3-1. It was 2011, things went sour to a 5-11 finish and the result was the drafting of the organization’s previous top prospect at quarterback, Robert Griffin III. Daniels brings the 2012 Griffin magic to the Commanders, completing 82.1 percent of his passes for the best four-game start to a season by any QB in league history and creating seven touchdowns in the process. “There’s no magic to this,” coach Dan Quinn said on a video call with reporters Monday, less than 24 hours after…
BALTIMORE – Les Ravens ont finalement joué un match complet, écrasant les Bills de Buffalo, auparavant invaincus, 35-10, dans « Sunday Night Football ».Voici cinq choses que nous avons apprises du jeu :UNÀ leur meilleur, les Ravens pourraient être les meilleurs de la NFLVoici enfin l’équipe qui a écrasé les 49ers de San Francisco le soir de Noël et qui a embarrassé les Dolphins de Miami une semaine plus tard. Les détails n’étaient bien sûr pas identiques. Ce flou de muscle et de mouvement portant le numéro 22 n’était pas sur la photo de l’équipe la saison dernière. Mais dimanche soir…
Six practices and 12 days.That’s how much time Tyler “Snoop” Huntley had to work with to learn the Miami Dolphins offense.While the South Florida native may be familiar with his surroundings in Miami Gardens, the crash course this 5th-year quarterback had to take to be ready for Monday night’s 31-12 home loss to the Titans of Tennessee was unprecedented.But one of the NFL’s most complicated offenses was handed over to former Lamar Jackson backup this week because the Dolphins didn’t have a better option.On a two-game losing streak, whose offense was moving at a snail’s pace, the Dolphins had reached…
Ted Johnson: Opponents ‘broke the code’ of Pats defense originally appeared on NBC Sports BostonDefense was expected to be the New England Patriots’ strength heading into the 2024 season, but the group hasn’t held up its end of the bargain over the past two weeks.The New York Jets had 400 yards in their 24-3 loss to the Patriots in Week 3, and the San Francisco 49ers had 431 yards. during their 30-13 victory on Sunday. In both games, New England’s passers failed to put pressure on the quarterback.If you ask former Pats linebacker Ted Johnson, the defense was exposed in…
Ben Baby, ESPN editorOctober 1, 2024, 12:06 a.m.CloseBen Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at the Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals for ESPN.com, while also making appearances on SportsCenter, ESPN’s NFL broadcasts and ESPN radio programs. A native of Grapevine, Texas, he graduated from the University of North Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He is an assistant professor of journalism at Southern Methodist University and a member of…
Here’s a glass-half-full way of looking at the situation the 1-3 Browns find themselves in after back-to-back losses to the Giants and Raiders:As bad as things look – and they certainly look pretty bad right now – no team is running away with the AFC North.The Steelers are 3-1, the Ravens are 2-2 and the Bengals, like the Browns, are 1-3.Reinforcements are on the way. Coach Kevin Stefanski, during a Zoom call Sept. 30, said Nick Chubb would be activated from the physically unable to perform list and practice Oct. 2 for the first time this season. From that point…
The Buffalo Bills were manhandled by the Baltimore Ravens as the previously undefeated team lost 35-10 in Week 4. Josh Allen was beaten by a relentless Ravens defense. And while his coach insists he didn’t suffer an injury during the game, Allen and the Bills’ pride is certainly hurt.The previously unflappable offensive group, which has hung at least 31 points on each of its first three opponents this season, couldn’t do much against the Ravens on Sunday. So where exactly is the Bills’ fault now 3-1? Well, if you ask offensive coordinator Joe Brady, the loss is on him.“I don’t…
Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons has never missed a game due to injury. The only game he missed was his 2021 rookie season when he missed the final game of the regular season with COVID.Parsons is dealing with a sprained ankle, and while the Cowboys have yet to rule him out for Sunday’s game against the Steelers, the All-Pro acknowledged he might not play.”Never” Parsons said, via Patrik Walker on the team’s website. “Never in my entire life. I have never missed a match. I’ve played injured and through pain, so for me, playing through pain isn’t really the problem. »Parsons…