Новости за 04.10.2018

A pair of kickers were named the NFL’s top special teams players for the opening month of the season. Ravens kicker Justin Tucker took the honors in the AFC as he spent the first four works reconfirming his spot as one of the best at his position at present and in the history of the [more]

As evidenced by Sunday’s goofy Johnny Manziel letter to Baker Mayfield, ESPN loves to jam irrelevant subjects together in order to craft a desired narrative. Early Thursday, ESPN posted a narrative-driven story that readers may think came from The Onion instead. The relevant information: Patriots receiver Julian Edelman will (as widely expected) make his 2018 [more]

The first four weeks of the season haven’t gone the way the Falcons would have hoped in terms of wins and losses, but they have made their decision to take wide receiver Calvin Ridley in the first round of this year’s draft look like a wise move. Ridley has found himself right at home in [more]

The Rams have scored more points than any other team in the NFC this season so it’s no surprise that the guy piloting the unit has been named the conference’s top offensive player for the opening month. Quarterback Jared Goff got the nod from the league on Thursday and it’s had to argue with the [more]

The Colts need plenty of great players, if they hope to return to contention. They found at least one this year in the draft. Linebacker Darius Leonard has been named the NFL’s defensive rookie of the month. He’s the first Colt to secure that honor since 2002, when Dwight Freeney did it twice. The second-round [more]

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The Bears paid a big price to bring Khalil Mack to Chicago and it feels like a bargain after his first four games with the team. Mack has dominated opposing offenses since joining the Bears and the team has gotten off to a 3-1 start thanks to his efforts on defense. Those efforts also resulted [more]

Deliberations about who should be the first AFC offensive player of the month for the 2018 season probably didn’t take long. There have been many fine performances so far this season, but Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes‘ work proved too much to beat. The league announced on Thursday that Mahomes took the monthly honor. The Chiefs [more]

It will be straight into the fire for a young England squad in UEFA Nations League away matches versus Spain and Croatia.

One of the questions being asked heading into the regular season was whether Texans defensive end J.J. Watt would be back in form after missing most of the last two seasons with injuries. The first four games offered a positive answer to that question. Watt opened the year with eight tackles and a forced fumble [more]

The Bengals are 3-1 and cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick believes they’ve solved one problem that contributed to their 31-21 loss to the Panthers in Week Three. Kirkpatrick said Wednesday that he thinks the Bengals would have won that game had linebacker Vontaze Burfict in the lineup. Burfict was suspended for the first four games of the [more]

Cup and Xfinity teams make their second visit of the year to the Monster Mile.

The Saints are adding some help to their beleaguered secondary. New Orleans, which has the worst pass defense in the league through four weeks of the season, has signed free agent cornerback Josh Robinson, a league source tells PFT. Robinson worked out for the Saints last week when the team started looking for help at [more]

Portugal won the EURO final despite Ronaldo going down with an injury and has plenty of depth in attack.

Wide receiver Tyreek Hill isn’t the only player looking forward to this weekend’s matchup between the Chiefs and the Jaguars. While Hill has his eye on dueling with cornerback Jalen Ramsey, Jaguars safety Tashaun Gipson has set his sights on adding a ball to his memorabilia collection. Gipson has held onto balls he’s intercepted from [more]

Joey Logano: 'Dover’s probably the one that concerns me the most' of the tracks in the second round.

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Butler reportedly still experiencing soreness in wrist

According to Transfermarkt, Martinez's transfer value is abut $5 million more than Almiron.

Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is listed as questionable for Thursday night’s game against the Colts, but word is that he’ll be in the lineup for New England. Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Gronkowski is expected to play despite an ankle injury. Gronkowski returned for a limited practice on Wednesday after leaving last Sunday’s [more]

One of the startling aspects of Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell‘s absence was the way his offensive linemen violated the code of the locker room, criticizing him openly after he didn’t show up for the opener. And while they’re glad he’s about to come back, there still seems to be some degree of tension there. [more]

Broncos linebacker Von Miller will be charged with stopping Jets quarterback Sam Darnold this Sunday and he doesn’t think it will be a particularly easy task. Miller said this week that he feels Darnold was “the best offensive player in the draft” this year and that he’s impressed by Darnold’s ability to “create space and [more]

The Bills know they need to run more effectively. Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill says the pressure is on him to bounce back after last week. Patriots rookie RB Sony Michel is trying to build on his breakout game. The Jets secondary remains confident after a slow start. Ravens TE Hayden Hurst is ready to make [more]

Falcons head coach Dan Quinn said on Wednesday morning that he expects to have running back Devonta Freeman in the lineup against the Steelers this Sunday. It would be Freeman’s first game since he injured his knee in the season-opening loss to the Eagles and he kicked off the practice week with a limited session [more]

The Eagles have some issues at the moment. According to quarterback Carson Wentz, the status of his surgically repaired knee isn’t one of them. Via Paul Domowitch of the Philadelphia Daily News, Wentz downplayed any physical reasons for the team’s sluggish start. “Personally, I feel good where I’m at as far as processing and in-game [more]