For the first time all season, the Chicago Bears’ offense stepped up when their defense needed them to. Chuck Pagano’s unit had surprising trouble with Detroit Lions undrafted rookie quarterback David Blough, but Mitchell Trubisky and company found …
For the first time all season, the Chicago Bears’ offense stepped up when their defense needed them to.
Chuck Pagano’s unit had surprising trouble with Detroit Lions undrafted rookie quarterback David Blough, but Mitchell Trubisky and company found the endzone three times to hold on for the 24-20 victory.
With no Taylor Gabriel or Ben Braunecker, Chicago’s weapons stepped up to help Trubisky break 300 yards for the first time all season against a Lions team in free fall.
Matt Nagy had plenty to be thankful for on his Thursday afternoon. Here are the studs and duds from Week 13.
Maybe if this whole billionaire thing doesn’t work out for Panthers owner David Tepper he’ll try his hand as a punter. Watch Tepper show off his kicking skills in the backyard.
Look out, Michael Palardy.
As for the kickers actually on Carolina’s roster, we may see a change this week. Rookie Joey Slye bombed against the Saints, missing three easy kicks in a close loss, including a chip-shot at the two-minute warning. A few days ago, the team added free agent kicker Greg Joseph to the practice squad. Last season, Joseph made 17 of 20 field goals and 25 of 29 extra point attempts for Cleveland.
If coach Ron Rivera has made a decision about who to play Sunday against Washington, he hasn’t made it public as of yet.
Take a few moments away from your nap to catch up with how the Boston Celtics get fat and sassy on this most caloric of holidays — some of the team’s favorites ought to raise an eyebrow, if not both eyelids.
Happy Thanksgiving!
While there might not be any live-game action for the Boston Celtics — or any NBA team — on Thanksgiving, our cutting-edge (or is that cutting turkey?) coverage doesn’t quit just because of the holiday.
With a 13-4 record and a team with a legitimate claim to be among the league’s best, there’s plenty to be thankful for about this team. Chemistry is good, rookies are making meaningful-if-inconsistent contributions, and most importantly, everyone is for the most part healthy.
Still, we wonder, what will fuel Boston’s fourth-best defenseand offense going forward? Will the tryptophan consumed in the form of roasted turkey slow the roll of this surprisingly good team, or serve as a healthy source of protein to bulk up the team’s admittedly undersized frontcourt?
If you want serious answers to these questions, you’ll have to turn elsewhere, as this was a (probably bad) jest. But what we can tell you is who on Boston’s roster likes what dishes on this most special day, and some of the results might just surprise you.
Rookie Grant Williams, for example, is a big fan of stuffing — also known as “dressing” — as well as mac and cheese. More curiously, the Tennessee product prefers ham to the bird which lends its name as shorthand for the holiday, and isn’t fond of yams.
But, he’ll give turkey it’s due, unlike teammate Marcus Smart, because “you have to show some love” for the staple according to the Charlotte native.
The Texan defensive menace eschews the bird for reasons unexplained, instead substituting chicken or the ham Williams also holds dear for the holiday as a primary course for the day. He also is a fan of stuffing, with mac and cheese making a strong showing as well.
Celtics going over their favorite Thanksgiving dishes on Jumbotron. Somehow, no other mentions of jello pretzel salad.
That latter pair is at the top of fourth-year wing Jaylen Brown’s Thanksgiving list of favorites, while ham and dressing are aces with Deuce’s dad, swingman Jayson Tatum. He’s also a fan of collard greens — an affinity he shares with Brown — and sweet potato pie, a popular southern Thanksgiving duo.
The General (as Williams is sometimes known), Brown and Smart are far from alone in their love for the holiday version of the classic comfort food.
Usually a step up in quality in terms of both ingredients and cooking method, it’s on rookie wing Romeo Langford’s list of Turkey Day favorites along with big men Tacko Fall, Daniel Theis and Robert Williams III and guards Kemba Walker and Carsen Edwards.
The latter has a thing for banana pudding, which the Purdue product puts on near-equal footing with the cheesy dish so esteemed by his peers, while Fall is old fashioned in his affection for the roast bird itself.
He’s also big (no pun intended) on corn, casseroles and sweet potatoes.
The traditional main course with mashed potatoes and gravy is popular with the big man from the country which shares its name with the bird, Enes Kanter (be thankful no “Tacko” puns were made if that just made you wince), whose intense love for pies is shared with Georgia native Brown, who has a thing for peach cobbler.
The most untraditional (at least, in the U.S.) caloric fixation for the day goes to wing Semi Ojeleye, who pines for jollof rice and poundo yam when the day finally arrives — click the embedded links to find out just what the player of Nigerian descent is talking about.
Gordon Hayward addressed the crowd pregame to wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving.
Gordon Hayward might just be the biggest weirdo of them all when it comes to the holiday, harboring a lifelong fixation on — wait for it — rolls.
Of all the rich options listed above, the Butler product can live without most, evidently. But because he used to fill up on the comparatively dull side as a child at his grandmother’s house, on this day he just “can’t live without a buttered roll”.
While there’s plenty wrong with the world, league and probably most of our lives, let’s take the day to connect with friends and family, share a meal (or, in Hayward’s case, break bread) with friends and maybe even strangers, trying to see through short-term issues to see the bigger picture.
Panthers fans who are feeling down about their team and are looking for things to be thankful about today should reflect on D.J. Moore.
Panthers fans who are feeling down about their team and are looking for things to be thankful about today should reflect on D.J. Moore.
About a month ago, Moore was having a mediocre second NFL season. Despite consistently moving the chains, he wasn’t making the kind of impact one usually expects from a top-notch prospect. Some people were openly wondering if Moore was really worth a first-round pick to begin with.
Over the last four games, Moore has utterly destroyed that idea with a string of fantastic performances.
Offensive coordinator Norv Turner told reporters today that he’s becoming a complete receiver, per Alaina Getzenberg at the Charlotte Observer.
What is DJ Moore doing well? According to Norv Turner: He gets out of breaks, goes hard through every route and has strong hands.
On film, Moore’s improved route running is what jumps out most. The separation he’s getting is far better than it had been in his first season and a half in the NFL.
Here’s a look at what Moore has done over the last month.
There probably isn’t a more embattled QB in the NFL than Chicago’s Mitch Trubisky. He’s our new Blake Bortles, but he plays in a market where people actually care. So that’s been rough on him.
The No. 2 pick in the 2017 NFL draft has struggled this season, while quarterbacks taken later in that draft — notably Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson and Houston’s Deshaun Watson — have thrived.
That’s not completely fair to Trubisky. Watson and Jackson were no doubt underestimated due to lingering — and completely racist — doubts from some scouts about black QBs, but drafting QBs is difficult and always has been.
Still, Trubisky has not helped himself in recent weeks with lackadaisical looking plays, like this one late in the second quarter of the Thanksgiving game against the Detroit Lions.
That’s 3rd and 4 in the red zone with half a minute left in a close game. A first down there would have been significant, given how poorly the Bears had played in general to that point. Instead, head coach Matt Nagy, his soul decimated, opted to kick.
Troy Aikman, a QB who took too many shots to the head when he played, had a charitable interpretation of what had happened.
“I think he just lost track of where exactly he was.” Troy Aikman describing the Mitchell Trubisky experience
As a Bears fan, I am DONE with Trubisky. All he had to do was lean forward and take a hit to get the 1st down and give his team a chance at a TD, and the worthless chicken runs away from the contact.
NFL fans roasted Ford Field after a power issue interrupted a halftime concert.
After a surprisingly electric first half between the David Blough-led Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears, a power outage at the worst possible time delayed a halftime performance by Brothers Osborne.
Just a few seconds into the performance, the music cut out, and the broadcast flickered to a blank screen. The Fox broadcast didn’t cut away, and the duo of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman tried to fill the dead air with small talk.
With the next game Monday night, the Seattle Seahawks have Thanksgiving off and Pete Carroll is hoping it doesn’t become an “eating circus.”
The Seattle Seahawks are fortunate to be slated to play Monday night in Week 13, allowing players the day off to celebrate Thanksgiving with family and friends.
“The schedule is excellent,” coach Pete Carroll said Wednesday afternoon. “We’re very, very fortunate to be playing on Monday night this week so that we can take the day off tomorrow and everyone can get home and all that. The extra day of rest will be obvious. To be able to celebrate like everybody would like to, we’re very fortunate.”
While the players won’t be at the facility, Carroll and the coaching staff will likely address the importance of a meal plan over the short break.
Nothing like the classics. 😋
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“We’ll talk about it before the day’s over, but tomorrow is not an eating circus,” Carroll explained. “We’ve got to make sure the guys are well aware of that.”
With a number of players on the heavier side of the scale, Carroll has cause for concern about overeating during the holiday.
“There’s a couple,” Carroll admitted. “We got a whole bunch of big guys. There are a few guys, I’m not going to mention any names.
Detroit Lions Highlights: Marvin Jones TD gives Lions 14-7 lead on Thanksgiving
The Detroit Lions have scored two unanswered touchdowns in their Thanksgiving Day matchup with the Bears. After Chicago took the lead, Detroit answered with a 75-yard touchdown to Kenny Golladay.
Minutes later, the Lions took the lead when QB David Blough found Marvin Jones for his second touchdown pass of the game. Check out Jones’ ninth touchdown catch of the season below:
Thanksgiving is a holiday to reflect on things to be thankful for. Here are four items Houston Texans fans should add to the list for 2019.
As Houston Texans fans prepare themselves to indulge into their Thanksgiving traditions, eating their favorite dishes, and enjoying family time, they have plenty to be thankful for on the gridiron. Their hometown club is first place in the AFC South with a 7-4 record. Here are four items Texans fans need to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
4. rb carlos hyde
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Hyde has reestablished his career after being traded to Houston for Martinas Rankin. Through the first 11 games, Hyde has rushed for 76.0 yards per game, his most since the 2016 season, and the Texans have benefited from his resurgence as they are tied with the Seattle Seahawks for the sixth-best rushing team in the league at 136.9 yards per game.
