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AROUND THE NFL
September 24, 2024
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers All-Pro running back Christian McCaffrey went to Germany to consult with a specialist about his Achilles tendinitis. Coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed that M...
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By By RENATTA SIGNORINI Trib Total Media 
September 24, 2024
In a battle of the unbeaten teams, one left Acrisure Stadium on Sunday with its quarterback in a walking boot. “Not every game’s gonna be a fairy tale ending,” Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harb...
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MADDEN MONDAY
By By TIM BENZ Trib Total Media 
September 24, 2024
The Steelers have now won all three of their games so far this year, the most recent of which was a 20-10 win over the Los Angeles Chargers (21). All three wins have come with Justin Fields at quarter...
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 23, 2024
He appears set as the starting quarterback after another strong outing. This past week marked six months since the day Justin Fields was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Only human, Fields surely co...
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By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
September 23, 2024
They shut out the Chargers in the second half to claim a 20-10 win. Challenge accepted by the Pittsburgh Steelers defense. Coach Mike Tomlin reminded his players that the Los Angeles Chargers were ent...
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NFL ROUNDUP
September 23, 2024
Minnesota’s defense was also dominant in a lopsided 34-7 victory over the Texans. MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sam Darnold matched his career high with four touchdown passes, and the undefeated Minnesota Viking...
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September 23, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saquon Barkley and the Eagles emerged from a flood of Philadelphia-style scrutiny and delivered a masterclass on grinding out — and closing out — a physical, defensive struggle in w...
NFL, Sports
September 23, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With the Minnesota Vikings savoring the unfamiliar vibe of being in full control in the fourth quarter, Justin Jefferson climbed on the bench to repeatedly wave his arms in encourag...
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September 23, 2024
CLEVELAND (AP) — There’s one play that works better than all the others for the New York Giants: throw the ball anywhere in the vicinity of Malik Nabers. The rookie wide receiver caught two touchdown ...
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September 23, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams produced promising numbers in his third career NFL start. They came with a disappointingly familiar result Sunday for Chicago. While the No....
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September 23, 2024
LAS VEGAS (AP) —Andy Dalton gave the Panthers the quarterback play they’ve been sorely lacking, throwing for 319 yards and three touchdowns to lead Carolina past the Las Vegas Raiders 36-22 on Sunday....
NFL, Sports
September 23, 2024
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Eugene “Mercury” Morris, who starred for the unbeaten 1972 Miami Dolphins as part of a star-studded backfield and helped the team win two Super Bowl titles, has died, the te...
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
September 21, 2024
Four days after suffering the humiliation of getting pulled from a game — mid-series — by an angry coach to cap a week in which he was demoted from first-team status, Broderick Jones was taking the si...
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By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
September 19, 2024
Casey Hampton, Gary Anderson among other former Steelers up for the 2025 Hall class. Four two-time Super Bowl winners from the mid-2000’s are among seven former Pittsburgh Steelers players on the init...
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By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
September 19, 2024
Justin Fields is on track to make a third consecutive start at quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, coach Mike Tomlin announced Tuesday. Russell Wilson, who missed the first two games because of a...
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By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
September 19, 2024
The clock has been turned back on Broderick Jones’ NFL career. Three games into his second season, Jones is in the same spot he occupied when he broke training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers as a r...
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By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
September 19, 2024
AP The worst start to a season for passing offenses in years hasn’t hit the New Orleans Saints. While quarterbacks and offenses around the league have struggled to get going, Derek Carr and the Saints...
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
September 18, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Justin Fields doesn’t want to get involved in any sort of quarterback controversy. One might be coming anyway. The Pittsburgh Steelers are 2-0 after a 13-6 win over Denver on Sunday....
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September 18, 2024
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Panthers had hoped that Bryce Young would put an end to their ever-churning quarterback carousel when they selected him No. 1 overall last year. But two games into ...
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MONDAY’S LATE GAME
September 18, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Oh, so this was what Atlanta expected out of $180 million lavished on Kirk Cousins. Certainly not a shaky effort like the 36-year-old veteran had in the opener, raising concerns in...