The Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers have issued their first injury reports in advance of their Sunday game in Dublin, Ireland. Here they are: Judging by Kevin O’Connell’s press conference comments on injuries, the only starters who will be inactive for Sunday’s game on the injury list are Donovan Jackson and JJ McCarthy. Jackson is likely out through the bye-week …
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I lost track of how many times I got full-body chills while at Croke Park in Dublin in late July. The first time was when a taxi dropped me off at the stadium the day before the All-Ireland senior hurling final, and I saw the enormous stands towering above me. It happened again when I first set foot in the …
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1. Not much from the WRs Not even three weeks into the NFL season, there were five individual wide receivers who had more receptions than the entirety of the Steelers wide receiver corps through three games. Two of those five — Puka Nacua and Jaxon Smith-Njigba — each have more receiving yards alone than the aggregate total for every wide …
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However, the run defense was again leaky on Pittsburgh’s game-winning drive. As mentioned, the Pats aggressively shot the inside gaps against the Steelers zone schemes to penetrate the backfield. But, on the final drive, the aggressive approach backfired. Above, edge rusher Harold Landry crosses inside the right tackle on a third-and-2 zone run. The issue was that nobody replaced Landry …
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The New England Patriots aided the Pittsburgh Steelers in getting a 21-14 win at Gillette Stadium on Sunday by committing five turnovers and seven penalties. For those reasons, in this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden of TribLive and 105.9 The X isn’t putting much stock in the Steelers’ win to improve to 2-1. “I hate to paint this as …
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The New England Patriots hadn’t won back-to-back games since the 2022 season. That streak continued Sunday at Gillette Stadium, where mistakes as well as the Pittsburgh Steelers delivered a 21-14 defeat. Here’s a glance back on the 1 p.m. ET kickoff as head coach Mike Vrabel’s side moves into autumn at 1-2. Maye leans on Henry, but two turnovers take …
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On Sunday the New England Patriots out-gained the Pittsburgh Steelers by 166 total yards, ran 22 more plays, went 6-of-13 on third downs and 4-of-5 on fourth downs, and punted just once. The main culprit? Turnovers. The Patriots gave the ball away five times, their most in a game since Week 13 of the 2008 season (also a home loss …
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Another positive play for the young quarterback came on one of the Patriots five fourth-down plays. This time, the play resulted in a touchdown to TE Hunter Henry. New England appeared to correctly anticipate a cover two scheme, with Henry splitting the deep safeties to clear out space for Diggs’s route. However, Ramsey and LB Payton Wilson converged on Diggs, …
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