Archives for December 2021

As the Jaguars prepare to search for a new coach following the 13-game Urban Meyer debacle, a couple of former head coaches with Super Bowl experience have emerged as candidates. Per multiple reports, the Jaguars intend to interview former Eagles coach Doug Pederson and former Colts and Lions coach Jim Caldwell (pictured). Pederson won Super [more] … [Read more...] about Jaguars begin lining up candidates for coaching job

The Ravens defense is ravaged by injuries and COVID and playing like it. They can’t do much to stop the Bengals, who have gone 57, 74 and 71 yards for scores to open the game. Cincinnati leads 17-7. The latest touchdown came on a 68-yard catch-and-run by Tyler Boyd, who entered the day with 60 [more] … [Read more...] about Tyler Boyd’s 68-yard catch-and-run gives Bengals 17-7 lead

The Chargers don’t have running back Austin Ekeler, who was placed on the COVID-19 list earlier this week. But they’ve been able to move the ball efficiently regardless. And now one of Los Angeles’ running backs playing in place of Ekeler has gotten the ball to the end zone. Justin Jackson scored his first touchdown [more] … [Read more...] about Justin Jackson’s 17-yard touchdown gives Chargers 12-7 lead

It’s Revenge of the Nerds day in the NFL today, as several teams have successfully converted fourth downs in exactly the way the analytics nerds have been telling them to for years. The latest to do so was the Falcons, who eschewed a field goal on fourth-and-1 and got a five-yard touchdown run from Cordarrelle [more] … [Read more...] about Cordarrelle Patterson scores touchdown on fourth down run