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Trevor Lawrence exits Jaguars-Bills game with ankle injury, then returns
Rookie quarterback Trevor Lawrence suffered an ankle injury and was helped to the Jacksonville Jaguars’ locker room following a second-quarter play.
Lawrence, the top overall selection in this year’s NFL draft, later returned to the sideline and reentered the game after being temporarily replaced by C.J. Beathard. The Jaguars initially had called Lawrence questionable to return to the game.
Lawrence was injured when one of his offensive linemen was pushed back into him on a passing attempt.
The Jaguars are tied with the Buffalo Bills, 6-6.
Panthers’ Stephon Gilmore picks off Mac Jones in matchup against former team
Carolina Panthers cornerback and former Patriot Stephon Gilmore, in his second game this season, picked off Mac Jones in Sunday’s matchup against his former team. Gilmore now has two interceptions in his first two games with the Panthers.
The Patriots traded the four-time Pro Bowler and two-time All-Pro to the Panthers on Oct. 6. Gilmore had 11 interceptions in four seasons with the Patriots and was the 2019 Defensive Player of the Year. Gilmore said earlier this week he didn’t like how his quad injury was managed by the Patriots.
“I just didn’t like how they handled my situation, my injury. A lot went on with that I didn’t agree with,” Gilmore said earlier this week. “Now that I’m here, I’m able to do the things I have to do to get me back ready to where I need to be. I learned a lot there. I have a lot of friends there. A lot of great coaches. I just didn’t like how they handled my situation with my injury.”
Mayfield has perfect passer rating, Browns have 24-7 lead without Beckham
Quarterback Baker Mayfield and the Cleveland Browns are doing just fine thus far without wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., thank you.
The Browns lead the Cincinnati Bengals, 24-7, in the second quarter in Cincinnati.
Mayfield has completed seven of eight passes for 121 yards and a touchdown. He has a perfect passer rating of 158.3.
The Browns have scored 17 unanswered points in the second quarter. Tailback Nick Chubb had a one-yard touchdown run and Mayfield threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones.
Mac Jones grabs leg of Panthers’ Brian Burns after sack
Carolina Panthers defensive end Brian Burns received attention from the team’s trainers but returned to the game in Charlotte after having his leg grabbed by New England Patriots rookie quarterback Mac Jones following a sack that caused a fumble.
Burns sacked Jones on the play late in the first quarter and caused a fumble that was recovered by the Panthers. As the play proceeded and Burns got to his feet, Jones grabbed Burns’s right leg.
No penalty was called on the play.
The Panthers got a field goal after the turnover. They trail the Patriots, 7-3, in the second quarter.
Vikings take 14-3 lead over Ravens with big plays
The Minnesota Vikings have jumped out to 14-3 lead over the Baltimore Ravens thanks to some explosive plays from their stars.
On the team’s opening drive, quarterback Kirk Cousins found wideout Justin Jefferson streaking down the middle of the field behind Ravens defenders for a 50-yard touchdown.
After the Ravens punted on the ensuing drive, Dalvin Cook had a long play himself, rushing for 66 yards on third-and-1. Eventually, Cousins capped off the drive with a touchdown after a pass interference penalty on the goal line gave the Vikings a fresh set of down.
The Ravens haven’t given up 100 yards to a rusher this season, but Cook already has 91 on seven carries.
Dak Prescott, Cowboys off to slow start against Broncos
The rust is evident on quarterback Dak Prescott’s game as he plays for the first time in three weeks.
Prescott complete only three of eight passes for 37 yards in the opening quarter in Arlington, Tex. The Dallas Cowboys trail the Denver Broncos, 6-0.
Prescott missed one game because of a strained calf muscle suffered during the Cowboys’ triumph at New England just before their bye week.
The Broncos missed the extra point following a three-yard touchdown run by Melvin Gordon.
Browns’ Denzel Ward gets 99-yard pick six on Bengals’ opening drive
In a battle of Ohio AFC North rivals, Denzel Ward picked off Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and returned the interception for a 99-yard touchdown. The play came after the Browns lined up offsides on a third-down sack, giving the Bengals an extra play. The Browns made the most of the extra opportunity, despite having two offsides penalties on the drive.
The Bengals were in the midst of a 11-play, 75 yard drive before the interception. Burrow has now thrown 10 interceptions this season, tied with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes for most in the league. The interception was Ward’s first this season.
Terry Bradshaw, Michael Strahan call out Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers was the target of pointed condemnation by Fox Sports’ “NFL Sunday” crew, with Terry Bradshaw calling the Green Bay Packers quarterback a liar and Michael Strahan criticizing him for applying a quote by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to his situation.
“It would’ve been nice if he’d just come to the Naval Academy [where Sunday’s broadcast was based] and learn to be honest, learn not to lie,” Bradshaw said. “Because that’s what you did, Aaron. You lied.”
Rodgers, who is unable to play Sunday because he tested positive for the coronavirus, was criticized for being disingenuous about his vaccination status. In an interview Friday, he called out the “woke mob,” “cancel culture” and what he described as a “witch hunt” against him in an appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.” He said the NFL’s coronavirus protocols “were not based on science but on a more shame-based environment.”
He went on to add, “The great MLK said, ‘You have a moral obligation to object to unjust rules and rules that make no sense,’ ” paraphrasing King.
Strahan noted, “There are times to quote MLK and this was not one of them.”
Howie Long and Jimmy Johnson called Rodgers selfish for emphasizing his interests over the team and Strahan took issue with the “workaround,” Rodgers’s answer that he’d been “immunized” when he was asked about being vaccinated over the summer.
Strahan spoke of how the New York Giants had curfew at midnight at a hotel on the night before a game and said, “we had one particularly great player who at 12:05 would be walking out of the building. They [coaches] would go, ‘Where are you going? It’s 12:05.’ He’d go, ‘It’s 12:05. Curfew is over.’ It’s the workaround. In the grand scheme of things it’s deceptive. It’s wrong.”
Trevor Siemian starts, Taysom Hill could play for Saints
It’s Trevor Siemian’s turn as the starter at quarterback for the New Orleans Saints when they host the Atlanta Falcons at the Superdome at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
Siemian, the former starter for the Denver Broncos, takes over for Jameis Winston, who suffered a season-ending knee injury during last Sunday’s win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Siemian took over and played reasonably well in relief of Winston in that game, completing 16 of 29 passes for 159 yards and a touchdown.
Now he gets the starting nod from Coach Sean Payton over Taysom Hill, the all-purpose standout who could play Sunday after missing three games because of a concussion.
‘There’s no blueprint’ for Raiders getting ready to play a game
Ruggs faces a felony charge of driving under the influence resulting in death and other charges in connection to Tuesday morning’s crash. He was released by the Raiders.
“We’re deeply saddened for everyone affected, especially the victim’s family,” Raiders Coach Rich Bisaccia said at a midweek news conference. “That being said, we love Henry Ruggs. We want him to know that. His terrible lapse in judgment of the most horrific kind is something that he’ll have to live with the rest of his life. The gravity of the situation is not lost on anyone here. And we understand and respect the loss of life.”
Bisaccia said there was no formula for getting his team ready to play a game following such a tragic event.
“There’s no blueprint for this,” he said. “There’s no handbook that they give you for the obstacles that you [face] whether you’re a parent, whether you’re a teacher, whether you’re — you know, my dad drove a truck. So there’s no blueprint for these things. I just think we all lean on each other.”
The Raiders have won their two games since Bisaccia was named the team’s interim head coach after the resignation of Jon Gruden following revelations that he used racist, homophobic and misogynistic language in emails to Bruce Allen, the former president of the Washington Football Team, and others while working for ESPN.
“They’re two totally separate entities,” Bisaccia said. “I felt like we moved on from what happened before. We’ve had a chance to play two games. And now we’ve been confronted with this situation. Again, as grown men, we all have to respond in a certain way. We’re all forging our identity in life. And certainly in the locker room throughout, we face adversity and how we deal with adversity. That’s kind of how life goes. So I think they understand that. We’ve had conversations about that. For us as coaches and players, it’s always good to get on the grass and grind through a … practice in full pads.”
Dak Prescott set to return for Cowboys
Quarterback Dak Prescott is expected to make his return to the Dallas Cowboys’ lineup when they host the Denver Broncos in an early-afternoon game in Arlington, Tex.
Prescott is set to play for the first time in three weeks. He suffered a strained calf muscle in an Oct. 17 victory at New England. The Cowboys, after their bye week, took a cautious approach with Prescott and put him on their inactive list for a Halloween night triumph at Minnesota.
Cooper Rush started that game as the Cowboys prevailed, 20-16. They have won six straight games since a narrow loss at Tampa in the NFL’s season-opening game.
Vikings players wear ‘Free Odell’ shirts during warmups
Several Minnesota Vikings players wore “Free Odell” shirts during pregame warmups before their game in Baltimore as a show of support for Odell Beckham Jr.
The shirts reportedly were worn by cornerback Cameron Dantzler, who grew up in Louisiana, and wide receiver Justin Jefferson, a former LSU player.
Beckham is on the Cleveland Browns’ inactive list for their game at Cincinnati.
The Browns said Friday that they would release Beckham. The two sides completed a revised contract Saturday and Beckham will be subject to the waiver process. If he clears waivers, the wide receiver would become a free agent.
Jacoby Brissett expected to start for Dolphins
Jacoby Brissett is expected to start at quarterback for the Miami Dolphins in their game Sunday at home against the Houston Texans, a person familiar with the situation confirmed.
Brissett’s starting assignment was previously reported by ESPN and the NFL Network.
Tagovailoa had been limited in practices all week and was listed as questionable on the injury report because of finger and rib injuries.
Tagovailoa is active for the game so presumably will serve as Brissett’s backup.
Christian McCaffrey, Sam Darnold active for Panthers
Tailback Christian McCaffrey and quarterback Sam Darnold are active for the Carolina Panthers for their early-afternoon game against the New England Patriots in Charlotte.
Neither was placed on the game-day inactive list.
The Panthers activated McCaffrey from the injured reserve list Saturday. He missed the team’s past five games because of a hamstring injury suffered in a Week 3 victory at Houston.
The team also said Saturday that Darnold cleared under the NFL concussion protocol. But Darnold still had been listed as questionable on the injury report with a shoulder injury. His playing status was called a game-time decision.
