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Hey everyone, I'm Zach Pereles. Nice to meet y'all! Starting today, I'll be the one delivering all the sports news and stories you need to know: who did what and why, what went down last night and what it means going forward.A little about me: I'm from Virginia and grew up a D.C. sports fans, and I attended Northwestern University. So, it's been a rough fall on the football front ... to say the least. Shout out to the Washington Football Team's bye week this week -- can't lose if you don't play. I've had plenty of experiences as a fan, some good (thanks, 2018 Capitals, 2019 UVA basketball and 2019 Ryan Carpenter Jersey Nationals) and some bad (OK, a lot of bad ones), so I can promise to make you smile through the big wins and to be a virtual shoulder to cry on after the bad lo ses.Now onto the news. Week 9 of the NFL season marks the halfway point, and it was an absolute dandy. Sorry in advance if the cost you in your survivor pool.Good morning to everyone, but especially to...The and .This past week, two 4-4 AFC teams both parted ways with their most recognizable player. As such, Sunday served as a huge barometer of how the rest of the season may go for both teams. After all, losing a franchise icon like the Broncos did with and going though a me sy breakup like the Browns did with Odell Beckham Jr. can't be easy. Would the Broncos and Browns be able to respond? The answer was "yes." An emphatic yes. An all-caps YES. How does double-digit-wins-on-the-road YES sound?Let's start with Patrick Sharp Kids Jersey the Browns, who went to Cincinnati and dominated. churned his way to 137 rushing yards and two touchdowns on just 14 carries. threw two touchdowns, and the defense picked off twice.Here's what :La Canfora: Meanwhile, the Broncos traveled to Dallas with an 0-4 record against teams with a winning record this season. It was their first game without Miller on the roster since 2010. The , meanwhile, had returning and had won six straight. Seems like we all knew how this one would go, right? Wrong.The Broncos led by as much as 30 in a game that ended 30-16. Denver -- down multiple starters on both sides of the ball -- ran over, around and through the Cowboys defense for 190 yards. Meanwhile, the defense held Prescott to a 48.7% completion percentage, which tied his worst ever in a home game. did his best Von Miller impre sion, racking up a pair of sacks, the first of his career.La Canfora didn't mince words:La Canfora: The Browns and Broncos' wins are testaments to the players and coaching staffs of both teams. This week was full of emotion, frustration and distraction, all of which could have carried over to Sunday easily. None of it did. Not even close.Honorable mentionFrom 2018 to 2020, was 1-7 as a starter (including playoffs) when his team trailed by double digits. This year he's 3-1 in those situations, including an entertaining 34-31 overtime triumph over the the on Sunday. Jackson recorded his 10th career regular-season game with 100 or more rushing yards, tying Michael Vick for most ever by a quarterback. A couple of inconvenient reminders for the , Browns and : Jackson is only 24 years old.And not quite such a good morning for... (the Bills quarterback, not the defensive end tackling him in the photo below). The Bills lost to the Jaguars, 9-6. I repeat:This is a real score in a real game that happened between one of the NFL's supposed best teams and one of the NFL's worst teams. The Jaguars closed as 15.5-point home underdogs Chris Kunitz Kids Jersey at Caesars Sportsbook. . That's not a great look for the Bills, who are supposed to be Super Bowl contenders.Last week, the Bills were tied 3-3 with the lowly at halftime before eventually pulling away. That was just a minor blip -- a poor half. But now, we really must wonder what's going on with the Bills, and, more specifically, what is going on with Josh Allen?Bills fans, avert your eyes. On Sunday, Josh Allen...Took four sacks, his most in a lo s since 2019Had three turnovers for the first time since 2019That's bad Kirby Dach Jersey news, because 2020 was Josh Allen's breakout year. And Sunday looked a lot like pre-breakout Josh Allen, . Breech:It could just be another blip. Buffalo fans better hope so. Meanwhile, ended with an unlikely victor. Josh Allen, the Jaguars' outstanding edge rusher, stole the show against the Bills' Josh Allen. He became just the second Jaguar ever to have an interception, a sack and a fumble recovery in a single game. The other was Tony Brackens in 1999. Now go impre s all your friends with that one, and tell them who sent ya.Not-so-honorable mention:Dak Prescott threw a couple of touchdown pa ses late against the Broncos to help his stat line look ok, but make no mistake: this was a complete dud. Through three quarters, he had just 79 pa sing yards. I think it's worth chalking this one up to just a weird game. It's one we'll look back on in a couple of months and wonder "what happened?" -- but it certainly warrants a not-so-honorable mention. Here;s more on the Cowboys ' group effort, ' sloppine s lead to Sunday Night shocker When it was announced a week ago that , the immediate question was "Can the Titans survive this?"The answer is yes. Listen, no Patrick Sharp Jersey one will "replace" . No one can really come close. But the best way to minimize the impact of the injury is to get lots of people to step up, not just whoever a sumes the running back role. On Sunday night, that's just what the . Here's a list of just a few of the many players who stepped up:, the uber-talented first-round pick from 2019, had three sacks. He had 2.5 all season entering the night. The Titans pre sured all night. had a pick-six, his fifth interception of the season. Only has more this season. pounded in the game-sealing touchdown le s than a week after signing with the team. bounced back from an opening-drive interception and had two touchdowns: one through the air and one on the ground.Meanwhile the Rams were all out of sorts. There were blown a signments aplenty by the offensive line, mi sed throws by Matthew Stafford and penalties. SO. MANY. PENALTIES. 12 for 115 yards, to be exact. Those 115 yards were the most ever by a Sean McVay-coached team. Yikes. isn't fully back, but showed up when the needed him When the NFL schedule came out back in May, vs. Chiefs in Week 9 like a potential game of the year. Instead, we got 20 points combined, a rough first career start from
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