The NFL gleefully went about its business on Sunday.
And by the time about 14 hours of football was over we understood the Bills have issues, Bill Belichick might be losing his fastball, the Eagles are still undefeated, the Panthers are still winless, Joe Burrow’s calf is getting better, and Travis Kelce’s ankle is apparently made of rubber.
There were a lot of interesting storylines that America’s most popular league that plays America’s most popular sport served us up like a buffet of distractions for the entire country to consume.
Meanwhile, the world is burning.
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Week 6 in college football featured one crown jewel game that lived up to every ounce of the billing and the two-time defending champs reasserting themselves as the big Dawgs. But digging into Week 6’s notable results, we here at SI are determined to find the answer to the question: Which team does the final score say more about?
Georgia 51, Kentucky 13 says more about: Kentucky
There’s a weight class the Cats are certainly in: good enough to beat up on most of the SEC East, but not enough to get one team in particular.
It appears the Gardner Minshew show is back on the menu after Anthony Richardson suffered an injury Sunday.
Minshew was pressed into service when Richardson got hurt on a designed QB run against the Titans. The former Washington State star led the Colts to a 23-16 win coming off the bench.
Now, it sounds like fans better get used to seeing Minshew slinging in blue and white.
#AnthonyRichardson @Colts Throwing shoulder injury.See why the only potential path for return is injection.https://t.co/gYdl6bvd8p pic.twitter.com/utJlOFyujc
— David J.
The Dallas Cowboys had an absolutely brutal night in San Francisco on Sunday, losing to Brock Purdy and the 49ers, 42-10, in a game that was never even as close as that lopsided final score.
Cowboys QB Dak Prescott had a nightmare performance, throwing three interceptions and completing just 14 passes in a loss that drops Dallas to 3-2 on the season. He also got trolled pretty hard by former Eagles running back LeSean McCoy, who loved seeing Prescott struggle.
One sad Cowboys fan became a sad meme during the loss when NBC cameras showed him on his phone during the fourth quarter.
That’s one way to break up a pass.
T.J. Watt might be the most dominant defensive player in football right now. The Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end continued his sensational 2023 campaign on Sunday by notching two sacks and a recovered fumble against the Baltimore Ravens.
The Steelers beat the Ravens, 17-10, to move into first place in the AFC North through the first five weeks of the season. The story of the game was Baltimore wide receivers letting down Lamar Jackson, but Pittsburgh’s defensive play was a big reason for that.
Some saw Sunday night’s matchup between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers as a preview of the NFC Championship game. After the 49ers coasted to a 32-point win, nobody would sign up for that, especially not Dallas fans.
Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott wouldn’t exactly be thrilled to see San Francisco again either based on his postgame comments.
Prescott was bad on Sunday night. Not only did he throw for just 153 yards, he threw three interceptions for the first time since October 6, 2019, in a loss to the Green Bay Packers.
The Cowboys were completely outmatched on Sunday night against the 49ers, failing to compete on both sides of the ball.
Dak Prescott had one of the worst games of his career in the 42-10 defeat. He completed just 14 passes and recorded his third-ever game with three interceptions.
Speaking to reporters after the game, Prescott shared an honest take on Dallas’s second loss of the season, indicating that he was humbled by the Niners’ defense.
“I didn’t see it coming,” said Prescott, via Jon Machota of The Athletic.
Sunday night was an evening to forget for Dak Prescott, who threw three interceptions during the Cowboys’ blowout loss to the 49ers.
While Dallas fans likely were watching the game frozen in a “surrender cobra” pose, haters of “America’s Team” were thoroughly enjoying the meltdown on the field.
Among those was former Eagles running back and longtime Cowboys rival, LeSean McCoy.
McCoy, who last played in the NFL in 2020, didn’t even try to hide the joy he was feeling after watching Prescott throw his third interception of the game.
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How many times do the Ravens need to keep failing their quarterback?
Stop me if you’ve heard this story before: The Ravens still don’t have a receiving corps worth a damn, and Lamar Jackson is suffering again. Baltimore fell to 3-2 on the season with an embarassing loss to the Steelers in a game they should have dominated on paper.
In the pantheon of teams that should have stepped up this year it’s the Ravens who might be the most disappointing.
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Recapping the winners and losers from the Qatar Grand Prix
Lawrence Stroll has a Lance Stroll dilemma.
At the start of the 2023 Formula 1 season, Aston Martin was the surprise package. The AMR23 — jokingly referred to as the “third Red Bull” by Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner — was the car every team other than Red Bull was chasing. Fernando Alonso began the season with three-straight podium finishes, and teammate Lance Stroll gutted out a sixth-place finish in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix despite returning from injury.