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Earlier this year, during a meeting of the Pro Football Writers of America in Indianapolis, the organization’s president, Calvin Watkins, told members that NFL players wanted to close team locker rooms to the media.
Watkins, the league, and the NFL Players Association had been discussing the matter for some time and, so far, the outcome was that nothing would change.
Well, something is now changing.
On Thursday, some individual players and at least one club — the Cincinnati Bengals — announced they would not be doing interviews in their locker room going forward.

Look, I didn’t want to come out of the box on the first Friday of October ripping the folks of California. I will, because they deserve it and California is the worst, but just know that I didn’t want to. 
Unfortunately, though, they’ve left me no choice. No wiggle room. None. When I stumbled upon this Reddit thread filled with San Francisco 49ers fans complaining about the heat, and then realized that all of San Fran is currently prepping for Sunday’s VERY UNSAFE GAME against the Cardinals, I simply had to address it. 
I’m a Florida guy.

The Dodgers’ move to have Yoshinobu Yamamoto start Game 1 of the NLDS against the Padres shows how vulnerable the team is to another early playoff exit.

Wisconsin star running back Chez Mellusi is done playing for the time being.
Mellusi is Wisconsin’s leading rusher with 232 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. Now, he’s taking a leave of absence from the program as Luke Fickell’s team continues to struggle.
“We want to let people know that Chez is going to be stepping away from the team for now and working to get his body healthy. He’s endured many injuries and has worked extremely hard to be able to play this year, but his body hasn’t responded the way he expected.

Kirk Cousins hit undrafted journeyman KhaDarel Hodge in OT to score one of the season’s most unlikeliest touchdowns on Thursday night.

Cousins set a career-high in passing yards as Atlanta tied Tampa atop the NFC South.

If you tuned in to Thursday Night Football for offense, you certainly got it.
A back-and-forth offensive spree headlined Thursday night’s NFC South showdown between the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which ended in a long walk-off TD by the Dirty Birds to win, 36-30.
First up for his due credit: Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins. 
Cousins has his ‘swag’ back.
The rocket-armed QB finally appeared like his old self on his new team.

Terry Francona is coming out of retirement to manage Cincinnati, agreeing to a deal with the team one year to the day after stepping away from a 23-year managerial career, sources said.

Pete Alonso’s go-ahead, three-run homer off closer Devin Williams in the ninth inning lifted the Mets past the Brewers 4-2 on Thursday night to win their NL Wild Card Series.

Kirk Cousins had a full circle moment with “Swag Surfin’” to cap his career night with the Falcons.
The Atlanta Falcons can never play a normal football game, but somehow that worked to their advantage during an instant classic Thursday Night Football matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to begin Week 5.
Atlanta beat the Bucs, 36-30, in overtime in one of the better Thursday night games in recent memory. Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins was electric, finishing 42-for-58 (!) for 509 yards (!!) and four touchdowns, including the walk-off in OT.