Follow ProFootballTalk, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/profootballtalk Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:02:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKoofjc6hd5eWF The Detroit Lions lost cornerback Ifeatu Melifonwu early in the third quarter of Monday night’s loss to the Green Bay Packers. Melifonwu was trailing Davante Adams on a 50-yard completion from Aaron Rodgers when he fell to the turf at the end of the play. He was listed as questionable to return with a thigh [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:42:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKoofjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKokFW8UNEQjUn After a blowout loss to open the season last week against the New Orleans Saints, Green Bay Packers quarterback said there was no reason to freak out about the performance and it was only one game. That opinion was certainly not universally shared as the Packers are expected to be a Super Bowl contender and [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 07:11:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKokFW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKoiVCAQLB0bf5 It’s been a bit of a rough start to the 2021 season for Seattle Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf. While Metcalf did have a touchdown in Seattle’s Week One victory over the Indianapolis Colts, Metcalf has also been called for five penalties through two games. He was called for a taunting penalty for getting the [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 06:14:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKoiVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKoqrkJyTkC_2b Aaron Jones caught three touchdown passes from Aaron Rodgers and added a fourth score on the ground as the Green Bay Packers avoided an 0-2 start to the season with a 35-17 victory over the Detroit Lions. Jones caught six passes for 48 yards and his three scores along with 67 rushing yards for the [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 05:11:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKoqrkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKou4DA87rvhPr Aaron Jones had a big game against the Lions in Week 2 last season, with 22 touches for 236 yards and three touchdowns. That was his last three-touchdown game. The Packers running back has done one score better tonight. He has 17 carries for 67 yards and a touchdown and six catches for 48 yards [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 04:36:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKou4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKooeLGixeGJZp Receiver Amari Cooper left the game on the Cowboys’ final drive, missing two plays. Coach Mike McCarthy said Monday that Cooper is dealing with a rib injury. “We’ll see Wednesday how he feels,” McCarthy said, via Rob Phillips of the team website. “I would probably put it in the classification of bruised (ribs).” The Cowboys [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 04:23:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsOt3P_qoCKooeLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsx-N5Hj8j0AK8qfTAM-Smm Davante Adams caught a 50-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers on the first possession of the second half. It gave Rodgers enough yards to pass John Elway for 10th on the NFL’s all-time passing yards list. Rodgers opened the night with 51,378 yards, with Elway at 51,475. Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan is ninth on the list [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 04:06:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsx-N5Hj8j0AK8qfTAM-Smm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQtMnjrntMTSPdaXKMm36c-X Aaron Rodgers is 9-2 in his 11 starts at home against the Lions. It’s going to take a second half comeback for him to pull out this one. Austin Seibert kicked a 43-yard field goal with three seconds remaining in the second quarter — after Green Bay called a timeout before a missed field goal [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 03:37:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQtMnjrntMTSPdaXKMm36c-X https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQvlo4II81TDOmsGk81fO-bN Trey Lance played four snaps in the 49ers’ season opener against the Lions. He had three rushes for 2 yards and one pass attempt for a 5-yard touchdown. The expectation from outside the building was an even bigger role in Week 2. But the backup quarterback didn’t get off the sideline Sunday against the Eagles [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 03:18:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQvlo4II81TDOmsGk81fO-bN https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQvlo4II81TDOh-xWH3zZqEA The Packers defense is not good. After giving up 38 points and 322 yards to the Saints in the season opener, the Packers have allowed 14 points and 162 yards in three drives against the Lions tonight. Detroit leads 14-7. Tight end T.J. Hockenson, matched up on linebacker De'Vondre Campbell, caught an 8-yard touchdown pass [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 03:11:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQvlo4II81TDOh-xWH3zZqEA https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQt_yTcUXFOXgKgHTd9OkkKt Peyton Manning and Eli Manning are making a stir in their ESPN2 simulcast of Monday Night Football. On Monday night’s broadcast, Peyton made a reference to longstanding concerns that the Patriots used enhanced measures to gather information, specifically by bugging the visiting team’s locker room. “Every time I played against New England, I used to [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 03:03:19 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQt_yTcUXFOXgKgHTd9OkkKt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQt_yTcUXFOXgGW0GqTRQSgk Aaron Rodgers has had great success in his 11 home starts against the Lions. That continued on the first drive Monday night. Rodgers went 3-for-3 for 41 yards and a touchdown. Running back Aaron Jones took a shovel pass 4 yards for the score. Jones had six carries for 30 yards and the one reception [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 02:48:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQt_yTcUXFOXgGW0GqTRQSgk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQtgPl6EqNiBhN6jHbRcHw3s Quintez Cephus played football at Wisconsin and had one of the best games of his career last season in Green Bay. He caught three passes for 54 yards in Week 2 last season. He has two catches for 51 yards and a touchdown after one series in Green Bay on Monday night. Cephus caught a [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 02:27:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQtgPl6EqNiBhN6jHbRcHw3s https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQuiu6LPi_rI6ofjc6hd5eWF Rams running back Darrell Henderson played 40 of 59 offensive snaps Sunday, exiting with a rib injury in the fourth quarter. Rams coach Sean McVay said Monday that Henderson is dealing with a rib cartilage injury. The team is hopeful Henderson can play Sunday, but his status might remain uncertain until Friday, McVay said. Henderson [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 01:42:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQuiu6LPi_rI6ofjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQts3h46NovM_arkJyTkC_2b The Rams’ passing game has performed well this season, but wide receiver DeSean Jackson has not been a part of it. Rams coach Sean McVay says that needs to change. Jackson has just two catches for 21 yards this season, and yesterday he played only three snaps in Indianapolis. McVay said today that Jackson isn’t [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 01:19:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQts3h46NovM_arkJyTkC_2b https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQts3h46NovM_YeLGixeGJZp The Packers will have safety Darnell Savage (shoulder) and left guard Lucas Patrick (concussion) in Monday Night Football. Both were questionable to play. Savage was limited in practice all week and Patrick took part in Saturday’s workout after missing the first two sessions of the week. The Packers’ inactives are tight end Josiah Deguara (concussion), [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 01:15:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQts3h46NovM_YeLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsm0ZmttF3RXUoy9CZgXDJO Baker Mayfield downplayed his left shoulder injury, saying it was “nothing too serious.” But the Browns didn’t just take the quarterback’s word for it. Mayfield underwent an MRI on Monday, Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports, and the results showed no structural damage. He gave his team a scare while trying to tackle Texans safety [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:34:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsm0ZmttF3RXUoy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsm0ZmttF3RXXOFESPuQWsX In the event that Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers needs any additional motivation for tonight, he got it on Sunday, courtesy of the main cast of The NFL Today. Via Jimmy Traina of SI.com, Boomer Esiason, Nate Burleson, Phil Simms, and Bill Cowher went in on Rodgers, as he prepares to try to avoid what would [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:29:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQsm0ZmttF3RXXOFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQtki-6kC3Ap5Mqq6eZJzUh9 Good news, the Giants don’t have an issue between receiver and quarterback. Bad news, the Giants have an issue between receiver and offensive coordinator. Kenny Golladay said Monday, via Zack Rosenblatt of NJ.com, that late in Thursday’s eventual loss to Washington he was screaming not at quarterback Daniel Jones but at offensive coordinator Jason Garrett. [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:16:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQtki-6kC3Ap5Mqq6eZJzUh9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQtki-6kC3Ap5LDXWBZfdr71 The Buccaneers have placed a couple of players on the COVID-19 reserve list on Monday. Linebacker Kevin Minter and practice squad wide receiver Travis Jonsen have been placed on the list. The timeline for their return will be determined by their vaccination status if they tested positive. Vaccinated players are eligible to return before missing [more]]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:13:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/2faL-EdTaQtki-6kC3Ap5LDXWBZfdr71