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Three NFL games moved due to COVID-19 outbreaks
Read full article: Three NFL games moved due to COVID-19 outbreaksThe NFL has moved three games because of COVID-19 outbreaks: Las Vegas at Cleveland from Saturday to Monday; and Seattle at the Los Angeles Rams and Washington at Philadelphia from Sunday to Tuesday.
Lock returns to practice, apologizes again for COVID-19 slip
Read full article: Lock returns to practice, apologizes again for COVID-19 slipENGLEWOOD, Colo. โ Many viewers cringed at Denverโs ugly loss to the Saints behind a rookie receiver pressed into duty because every Broncos quarterback was barred by the NFL over coronavirus concerns. A three-year starter at Vanderbilt, Shurmur spent last season on the Chiefsโ practice squad. After Driskelโs positive test, a league investigation deemed Lock, Rypien and Bortles as high-risk close contacts and ordered them into quarantine Saturday. Hinton returned to catching passes, not throwing them, when he went back to the practice squad Wednesday. Miller has made it his goal to play this season after a freak ankle injury six days before the opener.
Big Apple rotten with Jets, Giants off to 0-4 starts
Read full article: Big Apple rotten with Jets, Giants off to 0-4 startsThe New York Jets and Giants are both 0-4 for the first time since 1976, and victories might be tough to come by this season. The Big Apple is pretty rotten when it comes to its professional football teams, and it's tough to imagine things getting better any time soon. Both the Jets and Giants are 0-4 for the first time since 1976 โ the only other time they've gotten off to similar dismal starts. Just four games into the NFL season, the Jets and Giants have firmly established themselves as the league's worst teams. I could be a Jets fan,'" said Bob Gray, a 60-year-old resident of West Caldwell, New Jersey, and a longtime Giants fan.
New pass interference reviews have led to a lot of confusion
Read full article: New pass interference reviews have led to a lot of confusionThere were 63 pass interference replay reviews overall, including 26 for offense and 37 for defense and 22 for calls and 41 for non-calls. Exaggeration aside, Gruden has twice been denied attempts to have non-calls turned into defensive pass interference and twice trying to erase an offensive pass interference penalty. Giants coach Pat Shurmur, who has been undeterred in his challenge attempts, threw the red flag for defensive pass interference. Defensive pass interference called on the field: 10 coaches challenges with no reversals, and one official-initiated review with no reversals. Defensive pass interference not called on the field: 23 coaches challenges with four reversals, and three official-initiated reviews with no reversals.
Daniel Jones named New York Giants starting QB
Read full article: Daniel Jones named New York Giants starting QBDaniel Jones #8 of the New York Giants throws the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on Aug. 22, 2019, in Cincinnati. (CNN) - The Daniel Jones era has begun. The New York Giants have named Jones, a rookie out of Duke, as the team's starting quarterback for Sunday's game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. The Giants have started the season 0-2, losing at Dallas the opening week and at home to Buffalo on Sunday. 'More about Daniel' than Eli, coach saysManning started 210 consecutive regular-season games from Nov. 21, 2004, to November 23, 2017.