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Some rough Week 11 Total QBRs:

Sam Darnold 32.1
Jacoby Brissett 23.5
J.J. McCarthy 22.0
Justin Herbert 17.4
Jared Goff 9.5
Shedeur Sanders 2.4
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Sam Darnold with play-action in this game: 9-of-10 for 74 yards, 1 INT

Sam Darnold without play-action in this game: 8-of-19 for 94 yards, 3 INT
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Seahawks defense has held the Rams to seven points on their last six drives despite starting three times in Seattle territory. They still have a shot! But, you know, have to stop throwing interceptions and can't kick on fourth-and-short.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Davante Adams, super short-yardage WR, has TDs from this far out over the last five games:

2
1
1
3
4
2
1
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You're telling me Jameis did just enough to be fun before throwing a back-breaking interception with a chance to take the lead?
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The Bengals picked up a first down with the 15-yard penalty on Jalen Ramsey's ejection. They somehow ran six plays, used two timeouts, ran 3+ minutes off the clock, and lost a yard before kicking a field goal?
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
And then the Bucs run Mesh against the Bills for Sean Tucker's third TD of the game. Used their own finishing move on them!
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Crew wondering whether Winston's 10-yard QB sneak is an NFL record when Josh Allen had a 15-yard sneak ... last week
November 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Bills run Mesh on every fourth down and did it again there, Bucs jumped the over route for a pick
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reposted by Bill Barnwell
we should be able to vote on whether a game gets to go into overtime
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Officially getting back into getting back into Gio Reyna.
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Marcus Mariota and Lamar Jackson and Kyler Murray all winning Heismans over the next five years while running QB run read concepts at the college and pro levels suggests otherwise
Tbf, he wasn't completely wrong
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Phil insisting that people need to watch the games reminds me of when he insisted in 2013 that college teams had figured out the read option and it was going to disappear from the college and pro games www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Look at how much push right guard Tate Ratledge gets on this block (and how enormous of a hole that is for Jahmyr Gibbs)
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Mike Vrabel of international football
On a related note, I would love to see Diego Simeone as a defensive coordinator in the NFL
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Young Griezmann might have immediately become the Dolphins CB1
Atletico Madrid legend Antoine Griezmann was at Dolphins practice Friday

The French national is La Liga’s 11th all-time leading goal scorer and Atleti’s all-time leading scorer. He also scored the first goal at the Metropolitano when it re-opened in 2017
November 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Was the Patriots mascot checking his phone on one of the replays of that long shot to Hollins?
November 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
It's 40 degrees in Boston right now, these are preseason reps for Drake Maye's jacket guy
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Think QBs are taught to keep if they're confident they can beat the defender they're reading to the edge. So don't think that was a wrong read by Justin Fields.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
New column: Previewing the 2026 quarterback carousel and how feasible it would be for players like Kyler Murray and Tua Tagovailoa to change teams www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Barnwell's early preview of the 2026 quarterback carousel: Which teams might need a new QB1?
Will Arizona move on from Kyler Murray? Is the Tua Tagovailoa era over in Miami? And has time already run out on Bryce Young in Carolina?
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November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New podcast: @danpizzuta.bsky.social is back to break down the desirability of potential jobs for head coaches next year. Is that Giants job really as appealing as it seems?

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November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@edsbs.bsky.social you'll never guess why he was left speechless www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Reposted by Bill Barnwell
Based on offensive success rate, that was the Eagles' worst regular-season performance of the Sirianni/Hurts era. A 6th percentile offensive performance.

The only game that was worse was the playoff loss to the Bucs after the 2023 season.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Jalen Hurts throws deep for a touchdown. Interesting coverage there.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Bo Melton looked a little like a guy getting his first target of the year there.
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM