The are now 2-0 with under center, as the rookie quarterback out of Alabama secured his first career road victory with a 34-31 win over the Detroit Lions Accessories on Sunday. After pa sing for just 93 yards and a touchdown in last week’s 28-17 victory over the , Tagovailoa was much more impre sive this week. He completed 20 of 28 pa ses for 248 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed seven times for 35 yards.While Tagovailoa looked like a true starting quarterback during the Dolphins’ fifth win of the season, his performance even impre sed defenders on the opposing team. During the most recent episode of the CBS Sports podcast “All Things Covered with Joel Heath Jersey and ,” Peterson broke down his first matchup against Tagovailoa. Peterson said that the Dolphins coaching staff did a good job preparing him and keeping the game plan simple, but it’s clear that the No. 5 overall pick in DeShon Elliott Jersey the 2020 is a star in the making.”Very impre sed on his ball placement,” said Peterson. “The way he was able to sit in the pocket sometimes, where he was able to move around and also convert some very, very important third downs in some of those key drives for his offense. So what he displayed Sunday, it was a — I won’t nece sarily say a thing of beauty because as a defensive player you don’t want that many points put up on you — but the way he played Sunday, the Dolphins look like they got a very, very young quarterback on their team.”Peterson even broke down a play where Tagovailoa threw wide receiver open against him in the third quarter Detroit Lions Sleepwear Underwear . The Cardinals All-Pro cornerback thought he was about to give the rookie quarterback his first interception of his career, but Tagovailoa was able to adjust on the fly. Listening to Patrick Peterson break Night Train Lane Jersey down Tua Tagovailoa on . He specifically brought up this play when Tua threw DeVante Parker open on a third down. Jordan Dajani (@JordanDajani) The Dolphins currently sit at 5-3, which is good enough for second place in the AFC East. Don’t look now, but with Tagovailoa, this could be a team that makes it back to the postseason for the first time since 2016.

quarterback took to Twitter on Thursday evening to release a video aimed at the calling for change and he wasn’t alone. Watson was joined Mason Crosby Jersey by several NFL superstars and they delivered their me sage “Strong Together” — a gripping video that’s just over one minute long.Their me sage was clear: They want changes from the NFL following the death of George Floyd while in the custody of four Minneapolis Police officers who have since been charged by the attorney general for their role in the tragedy, which has set off a series of protests and demonstrations nationwide.Waston was joined by franchise cornerstones Odell Beckham Jr., , , , , , , , , , , , and , among other players.The players called on the Willie Davis Jersey NFL to send a statement defending black players and condemning both the systemic racism and police brutality that has plagued the black community by posing several key questions.”How many times do we need to ask you to listen to your players?” asked Donald Driver Jersey Mathieu. Hopkins posed the question — what will it take for changes to happen?”For one of us to be murdered by police brutality?” asked Landry.In addition to asking the NFL for changes, the group of stars made it clear that their voices would not be silenced. They have the right to peacefully protest and these players put the ball in the NFL’s hands — it’s on them to admit that they were wrong for silencing their players in the past who tried to peacefully protest. They joined together in their me sage:”We will not be silenced. We a sert our right to peacefully protest. It shouldn’ Henry Black Jersey t take this long to admit. “So on behalf of the National Football League, this is what we the players would like to hear you state: We, the National Football League, condemn racism and the Quay Walker Jersey systemic oppre sion of black people. We, the National Football League, admit wrong in silencing our players from peacefully protesting. We, the National Football League, believe black lives matter.” StrongTogether Deshaun Watson (@deshaunwatson)

The quarterback battle in New England has officially ended. The have released veteran quarterback , CBS Sports Insiders Jason La Canfora and Jonathan Jones have confirmed. This comes as all are required to trim down their preseason rosters to 53 by today at 4 p.m. ET. With Newton gone, this now points to first-round rookie — who competed with Newton this summer — being named the starter to begin the 2021 regular Charles Woodson Jersey season.Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is expected to go forward with Jones for the team’s Week 1 matchup against the — and for the long term. Jones is the first quarterback taken in the first round by the franchise since Drew Bledsoe in 1993 and will be the first rookie quarterback to start in Week 1 for the Patriots since Bledsoe.Jones had outplayed Newton in the preseason, so the move to make him the starting quarterback shouldn’t come as a surprise. With Newton being released, the Patriots will go with as the backup quarterback to Jones. , who had Chandon Sullivan Jersey surgery for a back injury, is also on the roster and projected to be the No. 3 quarterback. Newton started 15 games in New England last season, the Patriots’ first with a losing record since 2000. He completed 65.8% of his pa ses for 2,657 yards with eight touchdowns and 10 interceptions (82.9 rating). Newton rushed for 592 yards and 12 touchdowns, adding value with his legs instead of his arm. Newton scored multiple rushing touchdowns in four games in 2020, the most by any quarterback in the league. He also set the Patriots’ record for most rushing attempts (137) and rushing yards (592) in a season. Newton is also the only quarterback to reach double-digit touchdowns in three separate seasons.While Newton was a threat with his legs, shoulder i sues and contracting COVID last season certainly Eric Stokes Jersey hindered his performance. Newton ranked 34th out of 35 qualified quarterbacks in touchdown percentage (2.2) and 21st in yards per attempt (7.2) last season, numbers that don’t nece sarily mesh with a Josh Randy Ramsey Jersey McDaniels pa sing game.Per SportsLine data scientist Stephen Oh, Belichick made the right decision starting Jones over Newton. The Patriots are projected to win 9.3 games with Jones starting 17 games compared to 9.1 with Newton. New EnglandWinWin%DivisionPlayoffConf.w/ Cam Newton9.153.5%18.5%46.8%3.1%1.4%w/ Mac Jones9.354.7%21.2%50.7%3.5%1.7%Difference0.21.2%2.7%3.9%0.4%0.3%The Newton era didn’t last long in New England, as the Patriots didn’t even give him an opportunity to earn his in-game roster bonus of $1.5 million — a standard of Patriots contracts. Davante Adams Jersey New England will save just over $1.9 million in salary cap space with the release.If you’re a Patriots fan, you need a Mac Jones jersey before the new era starts! . The Mac Jones era begins in New England after the stunning Cam Newton release. How will the rookie perform this season? . If you already have the app, make sure to favorite the Patriots to get the latest news quickly.

Tampa coach Bruce Arians offered more pointed public critiques of future Hall of Fame quarterback performance throughout last week, something many close to Brady have come to expect, but something they bristle against as well.Brady himself is not inclined to say anything in the media about the persistent negative a se sments of his work by Arians, sources said, but it is clearly not going unnoticed and, in the estimation of several people close to the quarterback, is being done at least in part as a diversionary tactic to take attention away from the significant scheme and adjustment i sues the offensive coaching staff have yet to correct. Several execs and scouts who have scouted the have also concluded that the offense is fairly predictable and failing to play to the 43-year old quarterback Steve Smith Jersey ‘s strengths, setting up an interesting final month of the regular season for the 7-4 team.”Tom’s a big boy, he can take it,” said one source close to the quarterback. “It’s a great way to deflect blame from Arians. Keep everybody asking about the quarterback so they don’t focus on the limitations of the scheme or the lack of adjustments being made. Are they really grinding to find every way to make this work better or just blaming the quarterback? Are they grinding all night trying to find the answers?”Brady has come under fire from Arians since the start of the season for his inaccuracy at times, failure to read the coverage properly and other mistakes. The veteran is accustomed to such scrutiny behind the scenes in team meetings from his time with Bill Belichick, but many around the league in the coaching and GM world are confused by the repeated public lashings of arguably the greatest player in NFL history who is nearing the end of his career. If nothing else, Brady is a full-time student of the game and was accustomed to completely Derrick Brown Jersey different game plans, points of emphasis and sweeping halftime adjustments when nece sary in New England. But that has not been the case in Tampa, with any wholesale changes or critical rethinks of the offense very unlikely.”This is BA’s offense and it will always be BA’s offense,” said one longtime NFL a sistant who knows Arians well. “He is who he is, and they do what they do. No risk it, no biscuit. Drop it back and let it go. At this stage of his career, I don’t see that changing for anyone — not even Tom Brady.”Conversations with those who have scouted the Bucs revealed a similar sentiment, with the reliance on multiple vertical routes and the deep ball — despite that not being Brady’s forte at this point in his career — some predictable trends in play calling, a propensity to be stuck in second-and-long, the lack of a true pa s-catching threat out of the backfield (a staple for Brady Jaycee Horn Jersey going back to his days with Kevin Faulk). Offensive coordinator Byron Leftwich is not an experienced and accomplished play caller, which is also a factor. “That’s not really a game-plan team,” said one NFL exec. “They want to get their best players on the field as much as they can and try to throw it deep and beat you that way. There’s kind of one way of doing things and if it works, it works. And if it doesn’t, then you’re (screwed). They aren’t willing to try to reinvent themselves to win that particular game.”The Bucs lead the NFL with 27 dropbacks on attempts that travel Joseph Charlton Jersey 30 yards or more in the air, according to PFF (the NFL average is 16), wth Brady posting a brutal 46.4 rating on those pa ses. They also lead the NFL with 60 attempts that have traveled 20 yards or more (the NFL average is 40), despite Brady’s QB rating being just 57.6 on such pa ses. Brady has attempted 13 pa ses to running backs — slightly over the NFL average of 10 — but the lack of a true “air back” has been obvious to opponents; The Bucs average just 2.62 yards per attempt to running backs, far and away worst in the NFL (the league average is 6.51 Y/A).”Brady doesn’t have that go-to guy in the screen game,” said another exec who has scouted the Bucs. “That’s a huge lo s for him. You can rush four and play coverage and zone them up, and they make a play here and a play there but nothing consistent.” Indeed, Brady has attempted 284 pa ses into zone coverage, most in the NFL per PFF, with five touchdowns, five interceptions and a weak 85.7 rating, 20th in the NFL. The Bucs do not employ an emphasis on pre-snap motion and movement – many of the NFL’s top offenses rely on it heavily – and while Brady excels in play action, with a Greg Olsen Jersey 115 rating, the Bucs have just 89 dropbacks in play action this season, 25th most in the NFL.Clearly, there are things the Bucs could do to alter the scope of the offense and alter the short and intermediate pa sing game, but it remains to be seen if they will. More fundamental roster and/or schematic changes may have to wait until 2021, and in the meantime, the Arians and Brady relationship monitoring with the fit between player and scheme le s than stellar thus far.

All athletes have haters. It’s just the name of the game. Former quarterback Eli Manning has new haters that filed Austin Corbett Jersey complaints against him to the FCC.Three complaints against Eli come , which he does during “Monday Night Football” with brother and Pro Football Hall of Famer Peyton Manning. , here is what was said in one of the complaints:”On ESPN ‘Monday Night Football’ Eli Manning used profane gestures that were despicable and unacceptable and fines should be levied. Young Americans should never be Clay Johnston Jersey exposed to something like that, it was disgusting,”Another person wrote in: “Mr. Manning’s actions are offensive to me as a viewer. It was also offensive as a Philadelphia native and sports fan. There was young children watching that broadcast last evening.”The all began when the two Manning brothers were discu sing fans with former Eagle Chris Long on their Carolina Panthers Rompers broadcast. Eli told the story of a young Birds fan flipping him the double bird at a game and Peyton encouraged him to give a visual of what happened.Eli Carolina Panthers Home Office said, “You’re getting the double bird right away from a 9-year-old kid,” to which Peyton responded, “Do it, do it.””I would give the bird — I don’t know, can we do that? I’m sure Carolina Panthers Sleepwear Underwear you can blur that out, right?” Eli asked. Well, ESPN did not in fact blur it out, hence the backlash from some football fans. The Manning brothers apologized shortly after for the gesture, but no other punishments have been put in place.

The added another dynamic, speedy weapon last offseason when they drafted receiver and return man in the second round of the 2019 draft. The 5-foot-10, 185 pounder proved to be a valuable a set in both the pa sing game and on special teams. Specifically, as a returner, Hardman was able to average 26.1 yards per return, which helped him Cam Newton Jersey land a Pro Bowl nod in his rookie season.While that was a bright spot for Hardman as he first entered the league last year, Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub seemed a bit unsure if he’ll be as acce sible to him in 2020 as the team tries to develop him more as a receiver.”I’m not sure about Hardman,” Toub said on Tuesday. “I don’ Rodney Harrison Jersey t want to lose him. I think he’s just scratched the surface as a returner. He hasn’t reached his potential yet. He could be even better. I think he knows that and hopefully, we can keep him in those roles. It’s important. It’s important to get the ball in guys hands that can make plays and he’s one of them.” Through 16 games (five starts) last season, Hardman hauled in 26 receptions for 538 yards (20.7 yards per Dalton Keene Jersey reception) and six touchdowns. Despite Kansas City bringing back all of their main weapons from that LIV winning season a year ago, it wouldn’t be all too surprising to see Hardman take a leap in this area in Year 2. If he continues to prove to be a valuable weapon there, the team could limit his special teams availability to avoid injury.This isn’t uncommon for the Chiefs as they also diminished exposure on punt returns significantly following his rookie season in 2016. Similar to Hardman, Hill was named to the Pro Bowl as a return specialist in his first year in the league and was even named First-Team Julian Edelman Hoodies Sweatshirts All-Pro after piling up 592 punt return yards and two touchdowns. His 15.2 punt return yard average led the that year. After that first season in the league where he returned 39 punts, Hill’s return opportunities dropped to 25 returns in 2017, 20 in 2018 and just one return last season. After returning 14 kickoffs his rookie season, Hill has Mike Vrabel Jersey seen zero action in that area since. If Hardman follows a similar trajectory in his NFL career, his days with Toub on special teams may be over in short order.