Editor’s note: This article is part of The Athletic NFL Power Rankings. Every week, Chad Graff and Josh Kendall rank and analyze all 32 teams from first to worst. No one can argue that Week 1 of the NFL season didn’t deliver. Micah Parsons and the Green Bay Packers lived up to the hype, the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens delivered …
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Facebook Tweet Email Link After almost seven months away, the NFL is back in emphatic fashion. All 32 teams made their 2025 season debuts in Week 1, with dramatic endings, statement wins and potentially damaging defeats among the outcomes on display. Here are three big takeaways from the opening week of action. Another year has gone by and Derrick Henry …
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Thanks to a new last-minute leak from an anonymous X account, it now seems all but certain that Apple’s next generation Apple Watch SE will be launching in a number of days. Rumors for this new model have been faint, leading to some skepticism around whether or not it’s truly launching this year – but now things seem solid. This …
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Week 1s are weird, and Week 1 of the 2025 NFL regular season was an exception. Offenses were mostly down, with skill players struggling to put up numbers and more than half of the league’s QBs throw for less than 200 yards. The Indianapolis Colts looked like a juggernaut, Aaron Rodgers turned back the clock to lead the Pittsburgh Steelers …
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The San Francisco 49ers opened the 2025 regular season with a 17-13 victory over the Seattle Seahawks at Lumen Field. Behind a 95-yard scoring drive to start the game and a fourth-quarter touchdown from Brock Purdy to Jake Tonges, the 49ers battled through to secure the win. Rookie safety Marques Sigle made his first NFL start, while Nick Bosa sealed …
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Well that one isn’t going down easy anytime soon… It seemed like everything was there for the taking for the Seattle Seahawks against a team that has been a hindrance for years. Seattle’s former signal caller, Geno Smith, slayed the dragon last year. His 13-yard walk off scoring scramble broke a six-game losing streak against the San Francisco 49ers and …
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Matthew Stafford lights up Week 1: Stafford was surgical in the Rams’ win over the Texans, completing 21 of 29 passes for 245 yards and a touchdown. The box score doesn’t tell the whole story, as three of his six incompletions were drops, and he posted a league-high 17.2% big-time throw rate in Week 1. Foyesade Oluokun stands out on …
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Football September 08, 2025 Story Links 2025 ACC Football Schedule 2025 ACC FCG Tickets Information CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – The Atlantic Coast Conference and its television partners have announced the following football game …
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Welcome to Quick Reads! For readers who are new to my work and my stats, this is a weekly column where I will talk you about the best and worst performances of the week according to my DYAR stats. That’s Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement, the “total” stat compared to DVOA as a “rate” stat. If this all sounds new …
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By Jonathon Macri Posted Sep 8, 2025 2:07 pm EDT Estimated Reading Time: 16 minutes Week 1 Takeaways Waiver wire LB Kenneth Murray, Dallas Cowboys: Murray earning the lone green-dot linebacker spot was the likely outcome back in May, but offseason reports began to point toward Jack Sanborn in that role, given his experience in Matt Eberflus’ defense. However, Week …
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