Author: Michael

(Editor’s Note: This is the second piece of a two-part series on this year’s college football coaching carousel and what will go into the decisions being made over the next two months.)
In the days before Auburn hired Hugh Freeze as head football coach, its athletic department worked with an outside consulting firm to gather data about how it would be received on social media and prepare a brief of all the negative stories that could pop up in traditional media. The results were unambiguous.

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The Las Vegas Raiders have a divisional contest on Thursday Night Football, as they’ll play the 7-2 AFC West-leading Denver Broncos in primetime. The Week 10 showdown offers the offense an opportunity to build on their 29-point performance from last week. Meanwhile the Broncos’ stingy defense is allowing a fourth-best 18.4 points per game.
We’ve identified three potential X-factors for the Raiders on offense.
Brock Bowers, TE
Superstar tight end Brock Bowers returned from injury with a vengeance last weekend, registering 12 receptions for 127 yards and three touchdowns.

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The Denver Broncos have released an updated depth chart ahead of a Thursday Night Football showdown with the Las Vegas Raiders.
There are no notable changes to the depth chart this week.
Fans should also note that while this depth chart comes straight from the team, the Broncos still call it an “unofficial” depth chart, and it should be taken with a grain of salt. It’s roughly a reflection of how coach Sean Payton stacks up each position, but there are clearly a few exceptions.

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Halloween has come and gone and the latest week of NFL action provided us with plenty of treats – or tricks – depending on which team(s) you were gunning for over the weekend.
The Bills and Chiefs provided us with another classic between two AFC powers as Josh Allen came out on top over Patrick Mahomes. Sam Darnold was nearly flawless for Seattle against the Commanders in the same game Washington lost Jayden Daniels to a severe arm injury. The Chargers came back to survive a pesky Titans team but watched star left tackle Joe Alt go down with yet another ankle injury.

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Captain hails “amazing player” but says he has a “lot of development still to come”
Reece James was pretty disappointed by Chelsea’s draw with Qarabag last night, as you’d expect. The defender was part of a strong team which started the game but couldn’t get a vital 3 points in the league phase.
Chelsea “didn’t do enough” but “amazing player” impressed anyway

Reece James speaks in the Champions League mixed zone.
To make matters worse, the Blues were actually ahead in the game until a couple of mistakes at the back undid them.

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Ok, we are in the home stretch towards the playoffs now. Still another four teams on a bye, and more players out with injury, meaning every week is hyper critical. This is the time to really figure out what your team is. Are you middle of the pack and need to start winning out to make the playoffs? Or are you in great shape and assured of the postseason? If you’re middle of the pack, you need to focus on winning now.

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