Tom Brady continues heaping praise on Ravens QB Lamar Jackson Kevin Oestreicher The Baltimore Ravens drafted quarterback Lamar Jackson in the first round of the 2018 NFL draft. Ever since, he has gone on to become one of the best quarterbacks the league has ever seen, evolving his game each year. One of the legendary quarterbacks who has always had Jackson’s back is Tom Brady, who had massive success in the NFL. Brady gave out awards for Week 10’s action, and Jackson earned praise for his performance against the Bengals. https://Twitter.com/koestreicher34/status/1856556529643557154 Jackson is well on his way to winning his third MVP and has had an unforgettable season so far. The respect he’s earned across the league spans far and wide, but Brady has always been in his corner.
Tom Brady continues heaping praise on Ravens QB Lamar Jackson
Indianapolis Colts Injury Report: LT Raimann Ruled OUT While LB Speed Is QUESTIONABLE
Photo by Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Indianapolis Colts released their Friday practice report. The Indianapolis Colts today released their Friday injury report for Week 11 of the NFL season ahead of their Sunday game against the New York Jets The final practice report for #INDvsNYJ. pic.twitter.com/3glNdX6br5 — Indianapolis Colts (@Colts) November 15, 2024 Left tackle Bernhard Raimann has been ruled OUT Sunday’s game against the New York Jets due to a knee. Raimann has not practiced all week due to the injury. With Raimann OUT this week expect to see rookie Matt Goncalves line up at left tackle in place of Raimann at left tackle. Goncalves does have some experience on the left side as he already started one game in place of Raimann in week 9 and also replaced Raimann in week 10 when he exited with the knee injury. Goncalves will have his hands full with the Jets defensive line in just his second game starting. Linebacker EJ Speed is listed as QUESTIONABLE for Sunday’s game against the Jets with a knee injury. Speed was limited twice at practice this week but looks to have progressed steadily, managing to be a full participant today. If Speed cannot play Sunday expect Grant Stuard to get the start in his place who has been playing exceptionally well when asked to start recently. All others listed on the injury report go into the game without an injury designation for Sunday’s road trip to Minnesota. Braden Smith, DeForest Buckner and Grover Stewart had scheduled rest days. Whilst Michael Pittman (back), Julian Blackmon (shoulder) also go into the game injury designation free as deemed healthy enough to play in the road trip to New York.
Community pulse: Dealing with bad memories
Raiders | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Sadly, the ‘worst’ memories have piled up Sometimes, our weekly Tuesday Community Question can serve as some therapy time. Sometimes, it helps top talk it out and discuss the pain. And, sadly, we know there has been long periods of pain for the great, passionate and faithful members of the Raider Nation. The current situation, of course, for the franchise isn’t great, but there have been worse times for this fan base. Our Tuesday Community Question this week was what was your worst moment as a fan of the Raiders? Unfortunately, there have been a lot of moments that are worthy of being a “worst moment” for Raiders fans. Again, sometimes, it helps to express your thoughts. Here are some of your responses and he’s to better times soon: Exiled Raider Lol, my worst moment as a Raider fan? I’m not dead yet, which means I probably haven’t seen it yet. When I started following the Silver and Black Plunkett was slinging the ball. We were a powerhouse then with playoffs almost guaranteed every year and two Superbowl wins close together. But Plunkett retired, Bo got a career-ending injury, and we came down to earth. Finally, Gruden and Gannon came around, and for a moment it looked like we were on our way to proving that greatness lay ahead. But Al couldn’t handle sharing the spotlight, so Gruden got shipped off to Tampa and embarrassed us in the Superbowl. But the worst came soon after. All, realizing his mortality but not his shortcomings in a new era of Football, made mistake after mistake and we became bottom feeders. His son, a smart business-man turned out to be horrible as a football guy, and with two short exceptions, we remain a bottom feeder. But hope springs eternal they say, so here I am still. Indy! 50+ years in the Nation means a lot of bad memories. I had trouble deciding since all the games, plays, etc… already mentioned apply – it’s hard to pick one. But I think one of the biggest mistakes we’ve ever made was hiring McD. Just totally unbelievable to me and I suspected on day 1 it would not end well. But nobody could predict he was going to do this much damage to the team. Black Man wearing Silver The Tuck rule was the worst for me because all my Mom’s side of the family is from Boston. Having your grandmother, who never liked football, call you and tease you and you can’t say anything back because it’s your grandma was horrible. Here are some others that rank high on my list: Brett Favre MNF game after his dad passed Marc Bulger first start (2002) beating us Jason Campbell breaking his shoulder Tyson Bagent beating us Baker Mayfield off the couch to beat us Andy Dalton and the Panthers beating us 2009 opening MNF loss to the Chargers after we scored on a 4th and long from #2 to Murphy Almost every 1st round draft pick the last 20 yrs (outside of Mack, Jacobs & Brock) Bloodylimey Tough call. Just a couple of examples: Going back to: 1990/91: AFC Championship game- 51-3 loss in Buffalo, after losing Bo Jackson… forever. 1995: OT loss in KC. when in FG range, decided to go for the extra yards, on a rub route over the middle to Tim Brown, only for the Zebra to ‘rub’ TB out and James Hasty returned it 64 yards for the game winning pick-6. I was watching in a bar with 2 KC fans who I worked with… oh, the horror! then a month later, attending the Broncos game with my Ex (A Bronco fan) getting shut out 27-0… Still the Raiders were 8-2, heading for the PO’s, then Jeff Hostetler gets mashed in the Cowboys game, season over, 6 straight Losses to end up with a 8-8. This season specifically hurt, as that was the season I felt most confident in the Raiders pdxsilverguy Rob Lytle fumbled. Tom Brady did too. The beatdown by Tampa. Bo Jacksons injury. Living in Portland and being force fed Seattle Seahawks games after 1976. I still hate the Sea Chickens to this day for that reason alone. Nunchucks Way too many worst moments as a Raider Fan to list…2003 to 2024…Loss after loss after loss…coach after coach after coach…QB after QB after QB…Consistently the worst Defenses any professional team has ever seen year in and year out!…Even the water boy sucks!!!! Big Dog Al passing and leaving the team to his clueless son. TheGhostOfJanikowski 1. Tuck Rule 2. Trading Khalil Mack 3. 2002-2024 Honorable mention: 2016 Carr’s unnecessary injury Millennial Fan Alert…I haven’t seen this team win s**t IoRaider This past 20+ years of being a fan. After our last super bowl loss, I’ll I’ve mostly known is losing… But to be more specific, I’d say Christmas Eve of 2016 is definitely up there. OLD BHOY Viewing: Tuck rule, going from winning and advancing to the screw job in a couple minutes. I remember being in stunned shock.Bo being injured and finding out later he was finished. In attendance: The Monday night game vs KC when Jeff George was the QB and Grbac hit Rison in the corner of the end zone on the last play of the game. I have never seen such a pissed off parking lot. RaiderCode Tough call between ‘Tuck Rule’ and SB loss to Gruden. But there are so many more as well. Rough being a Raider fan. It’s an abusive relationship. Head to the comments section to share your thoughts and join the conversation. You can sign up for a commenting account below and we have full-time moderators to enforce the Community Guidelines. Cheers and have a great weekend,
Buffalo-Niagara Airport pulls amazing troll ahead of Bills-Chiefs
Buffalo-Niagara Airport pulls amazing troll ahead of Bills-Chiefs Buffalo-Niagara Airport pulls amazing troll ahead of Bills-Chiefs Nick Wojton The Buffalo-Niagara International Airport has already won the weekend ahead of the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs doing battle. The Bills (8-2) and Chiefs (9-0) will play in the most-anticipated game of the NFL’s Week 11 slate on Sunday. While Bills Mafia travels well, Chiefs Kingdom does their part too. But Chiefs fans got an amazing troll-filled welcome to western New York thanks to the local airport. As flights from Kansas City landed in Buffalo, the Bills’ famous “Shout Song” was playing over the speakers in the airport. Perfection. A clip of the show at the airport can be found in the WKBW-TV clip below: Read all the best Bills coverage at the Democrat and Chronicle and Bills Wire.
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What would Jared Verse need to do to win Defensive Player of the Year as a rookie?
Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images Can Jared Verse enter the Defensive Player of the Year Conversation? Coming into the season, the Los Angeles Rams defense was not expected to be very good following the departure of Aaron Donald. There was no denying how much Donald elevated the play of those around him and to not have his presence was certainly going to be detrimental. With that said, since the bye week and even going further back to Week 3, the Rams defense has performed like a top-10 unit. A lot of that has been because of the performance of rookie edge rusher Jared Verse. It would be unfair and unrealistic to say that Verse has replaced Donald. However, he has replaced Donald in the sense that he is the clear star on the defense and gives opposing offenses somebody that they have to game plan around. At the halfway point of the season, Verse is the clear favorite at -200 odds. Adam Beasley of the Pro Football Network who awarded Verse his midseason Defensive Rookie of the Year said, “Verse has been even better in his first nine games than could have been reasonably. He had a strip sack, two total tackles for loss, and a fumble recovery in a game in which the Rams’ offense let down its defense…He’s first in his rookie class in sacks (4.5), pressures (44), quarterback hits (15), hurries (28), and pressure rate (20.2%)…Verse and Fiske are really the only reason the Rams defense has been as competitive as it has been in 2024…Verse is by far the best defensive rookie not just on his own team, but the entire league. He has at least one tackle for loss in seven of his first nine games and 3.5 sacks in his last three. His 11 tackles for loss are tied for second most by any player through their first 11 games since TFLs became an official stat in 1999. The defenders he’s tied with? Von Miller and Micah Parsons.” Verse and Rams would certainly be pleased with a Defensive Rookie of the Year performance. However, with how well he is playing and how he is impacting the Rams defense as a whole, it is worth wondering what Verse would need to do to become just the second rookie in NFL history to win Defensive Player of the Year as well. The only other player to do that also was an edge rusher. That player was Lawrence Taylor of the New York Giants. Taylor finished with 9.5 sacks in 1981 and had one fumble recovery. Like Verse, his impact on the Giants defense was immediately felt. Marcus Mosher of The 33rd Team looked back on Taylor’s rookie season. Said Mosher, “Taylor recorded 9.5 sacks and one interception as a rookie, but the stats don’t tell the story. Before Taylor arrived, the New York Giants had gone 18 seasons without making the postseason. However, in Taylor’s first year, the Giants had the No. 3 ranked scoring defense and not only made the playoffs but also defeated the Eagles in Round 1, advancing to the Divisional Round for the first time since 1963. Taylor changed the game and changed how teams account for star pass rushers.” A similar case could be made for Verse and his impact on the Rams. As it stands, TJ Watt is the favorite to win Defensive Player of the Year with -200 odds. Verse isn’t even in the top-10. With that said, after Aidan Hutchinson got hurt, there hasn’t been a defensive player that has necessarily been standing out. Watt may be the favorite, but only has 6.5 sacks. Players like Myles Garrett and Nick Bosa only have 5.5 and seven sacks respectively. Trey Hendrickson currently leads that category with 11. As it stands, Verse currently has 4.5 sacks, but that could be 6.5 or 7.5 had he not missed a handful earlier in the season. He’s currently sixth in the NFL in pressures and which leads Watt. He also has a higher pressure rate than Watt and Bosa as well. Since Week 7, Verse has been the 10th highest graded defender via Pro Football Focus and is second in the NFL in pressures behind only Hendrickson. The special thing here is that Verse is only a rookie. He is this good during his rookie season and similar to Donald, it’s almost going to get to a point where it becomes boring talking about how good he is. Teams are doubling Verse at a rate of 25 percent. That’s the second-highest rate among edge rushers behind only Myles Garrett. Like Taylor during his rookie season, stats don’t tell the whole story. Coming into the season, the Rams defense was consistently getting ranked inside the bottom-10 around the 25th or 26th spot. However, that was before they traded Ernest Jones to the Tennessee Titans. On the defensive side of the ball, the Rams have $30-million less than the next lowest team. This is a group that was very clearly re-building. However, since Week 4, the Rams rank 5th in overall defense EPA and they rank second in quarterback pressure rate and a lot of that has to do with Verse. Again, this is a group that many expected to be in the bottom-5 and ever since they’ve found their footing, it has been a top-5 group. It’s no coincidence that the Rams rise on defense has coincided to when Verse started to player much more disciplined. Because of players like Donald and Stafford, the Rams haven’t necessarily had the drought that the Giants had before Taylor. With that said, Verse’s impact has been felt in a similar fashion. He may not be in the Defensive Player of the Year conversation now, but given that nobody is running away with the award, it isn’t completely out of reach either. For Verse to enter the conversation, he would likely need to finish with at least 12 sacks and continue to have a positive impact on
Ravens WR Rashod Bateman on Diontae Johnson settling in: ‘It’s been amazing’
Ravens WR Rashod Bateman on Diontae Johnson settling in: ‘It’s been amazing’ Kevin Oestreicher The Baltimore Ravens’ wide receiver corps has stepped up to the plate in a big way during the 2024 season. Players such as Zay Flowers and Rashod Bateman have performed well, while others have also had their moments. Bateman was asked about the acquisition of a new wide receiver, Diontae Johnson, who hasn’t had much of an impact since coming over from the Carolina Panthers. However, Bateman sang Johnson’s praises, saying it’s been “amazing” having the veteran settle in and calling him a phenomenal football player. “It’s been amazing. Diontae [Johnson] is a phenomenal football player; we’re glad to have him. He definitely gives us more weapons, [and we can] be more creative with our offense. [I’m] definitely excited to see what we do with him and do with this offense.” Johnson will suit up for his third game in purple and black on Sunday against his other former team, the Pittsburgh Steelers. A revenge game could be incoming, as he certainly has all the tools to put his talents on full display in Baltimore if given the opportunity.
Former Miami Dolphins center Connor Williams retires after nine games with the Seattle Seahawks
Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Connor Williams spent time with the Cowboys, Dolphins, and Seahawks before unexpectedly retiring at 27 years old. Former Miami Dolphins center Connor Williams has retired from the NFL. Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald shared the news with reporters Friday, stating that Williams is retiring for ‘personal reasons’ after starting nine games this season. Williams, 27, allowed two sacks while playing all 618 of Seattle’s offensive snaps through ten weeks. This marked an impressive recovery from the torn ACL he suffered last December after starting nine games for the Dolphins. Macdonald noted that Williams’ retirement was not due to lingering issues from the knee injury. Williams was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He started 51 games at left guard before transitioning to center with the Dolphins in 2022 after signing a two-year contract. He allowed just three sacks in 1,056 snaps in his first season at center and his speed allowed him to excel as a run blocker, effectively sealing linebackers and safeties at the second level. Williams signed a one-year, $6 million deal with the Seahawks in August, shortly before the season began. He was responsible for 11 pressures and eight penalties through nine games, according to PFF. With Williams stepping away, Olu Oluwatimi is projected to start at center for Seattle on Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers.
Phinsider Victory Of The Week Open Thread Vol. 610
Photo by Rich Storry/Getty Images It’s Friday, so it’s time for us to welcome you to another VOTW post. Today’s open conversation prompt is just that – what is your victory for this week? Did something extraordinary happen this week? Is it the small thing worth celebrating? Was it Miami Dolphins related? Was it in your professional life? Your personal life? We all had something, big or small, that was a victory, and we want to know what yours was. This post is yours, the site member, aka one of our family here at the Phinsider. This post is your chance to share your victory from the last week. Your victory can be huge, like the birth of a new child/grandchild or finally getting that job or promotion you worked your rear off for. It can be a small thing like you won $100 on your lottery scratch-off ticket, or maybe it was a great overall week for you for another reason you wish to share. It’s your post and victory, so please feel free to share it with the rest of the site in the comment section below.
College Football: Highest-graded players at every position ahead of Week 12
Breaking down the highest-graded Power Four and Group of Five players at every position ahead of Week 12 of the 2024 college football season.
