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INSIDE SLANT · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Washington RedskinsQB McCoy's chance has finally come The Washington Redskins' backup quarterback since 2015 and on the roster for five years, Colt McCoy will take over under center when his team plays the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day. McCoy didn't take a snap in 2016 behind Kirk Cousins and was on the field for just four snaps in 2017. He appeared in just two games in 2015 ...
STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Tennessee TitansPLAYER NOTES --RB David Fluellen missed Wednesday's practice with the knee injury he sustained against New England. Fluellen is likely to miss multiple weeks of practice and games with the injury. --QB Marcus Mariota was limited to individual work on Wednesday as he recovers from a stinger in his throwing arm that caused him to leave Sunday's loss to the Colts ...
NOTES, QUOTES · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Tennessee Titans--Running back Dion Lewis was one player who took last week's 38-10 drubbing by the Indianapolis Colts personally. The loss came on the heels of the Titans most impressive win the week before, a 34-10 pasting of the AFC champion New England Patriots. "Every game is a must win. ... We've got to have this game, no matter what it takes, and I think that's the approach ...
INSIDE SLANT · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Tennessee TitansQB Mariota dealing with injury ... again Quarterback Marcus Mariota was limited to individual work in Wednesday's Tennessee Titans practice with the stinger he suffered in Sunday's loss to the Indianapolis Colts. "I'm feeling good. I was able to go through individual. I have to take it one day at a time, but I felt pretty good today," Mariota said. "It was a stinger, ...
STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Oakland RaidersPLAYER NOTES --WR Martavis Bryant (knee) did not take part in the Wednesday practice. --CB Leon Hall (back) did not take part in the Wednesday practice. --C Rodney Hudson (ankle) was limited in the Wednesday practice. --LG Kelechi Osemele (knee) was limited in the Wednesday practice. --LT Kolton Miller (knee)was limited in the Wednesday practice --WR Jordy ...
NOTES, QUOTES · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Oakland Raiders--Wide receiver Michael Crabtree, cut by the Raiders when they signed free agent Jordy Nelson, is in Baltimore awaiting this week's visit by his former team. The former No. 10 overall pick of the San Francisco 49ers spent the last three years with Oakland. In 2016, he caught a career-high 89 passes for 1,003 yards, but last year he and quarterback Derek Carr did not ...
INSIDE SLANT · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Oakland RaidersRaiders try to tackle Ravens' Action Jackson As if stopping the run isn't difficult enough for the Oakland Raiders under normal circumstances, when they visit the Baltimore Ravens Sunday the chore will move up a couple of notches on the challenge chart. Against the Raiders' extremely generous run defense - which is 31st out of 32 NFL teams by allowing 142.3 yards ...
STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Baltimore RavensPLAYER NOTES --QB Joe Flacco (hip) missed his fourth straight practice on Wednesday. However, head coach John Harbaugh said earlier in the week that Flacco could play against the Raiders. "It's just a matter of how fast the healing takes place in there," Harbaugh said. "It's not a surgical thing; it's just a calming-down type of a thing with the hip, and I'm not ...
NOTES, QUOTES · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Baltimore Ravens--In a pass-heavy NFL, the Ravens were able to beat Cincinnati by primarily running the ball. Rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson ran the ball 27 times, the most by any quarterback since 1960, for 117 yards. Fellow first-year player Gus Edwards had 115 yards on 17 carries with a touchdown. It was the first time Baltimore had a pair of 100-yard rushers in a game since ...
INSIDE SLANT · Nov 22, 2018
NFL Team Report - Baltimore RavensIf Jackson plays again, look for less running Rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson received congratulatory text messages from Randall Cunningham and Doug Williams after leading the Baltimore Ravens to a victory in his first start. It was a humbling experience for Jackson, who said those two former quarterbacks "paved the way" for him to get an opportunity in the NFL. ...
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