Author: Michael

Jacksonville trailed Los Angeles by 20 points at halftime.
When the Chargers led the Jaguars 27–7 at halftime on Saturday night, not many people believed Jacksonville would be able to come back and win.
However, NFL GameDay’s Maurice Jones-Drew, who played for Jacksonville for the majority of his career, was one of the believers. At halftime, while the Chargers boasted a 20-point lead, he correctly predicted the Jaguars would win with a last-second field goal. Indeed, Riley Patterson booted a 36-yard field goal as time expired to lift Jacksonville to a 31–30 victory.

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One of the most bizarre stories of the young college football offseason is playing out in Georgia this week. It involves a player who entered the transfer portal, but was called out for never playing on the team that he posted a photo of himself in uniform.
Jai’Quan ‘Quan’ Proctor, a Class of 2022 recruit, played his high school football at McIntosh County Academy in Darien, Georgia. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound linebacker had at least six scholarship offers from the likes of Liberty, East Carolina, Marshall, Middle Tennessee State, Toledo and Western Kentucky.

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SANTA CLARA – Brock Purdy is not from this planet.
He simply can’t. He is an alien who has come down and taken over a simple human form so as to hide his extra-terrestrial powers, as if this was a story from a sci-fi movie, not just an out-of-nowhere sports classic.
Purdy, who heretofore should be known as Mr. Revelation rather than Mr. Irrelevant, had just laid waste to the Seattle Seahawks and earned the social media praise of LeBron James, he finished getting dressed in his jeans, tennis shoes and button-down shirt.

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The third-string quarterback will lead the Dolphins into their Wild Card game in Buffalo.
When the Miami Dolphins offense takes the field for its Wild Card playoff matchup against the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, it will be led by an unfamiliar name. Rookie quarterback Skylar Thompson will start the game for the AFC’s seventh seed.
Skylar who? Exactly. Not really a household name, Thompson is Miami’s third-string quarterback who has been pressed into action because of injuries higher up on the depth chart.

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San Francisco’s rookie quarterback couldn’t believe it when he learned of the Lakers star’s tweet.
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy won his first playoff game on Saturday, beating the Seahawks, 41–23, in a wild-card matchup at Levi’s Stadium. 
This major win inspired ample praise for Purdy, including a comment from one sports superstar: LeBron James.
The Lakers star, who often reacts to major sporting events on social media, tweeted “PURDY GOT GAME!!!!!!!!!” on Saturday.

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