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Niners fans want some Trey Lance and want him now

Jimmy Garoppolo is playing for more than just wins this year. He’s in the battle of his career, attempting to hold off his inevitable benching in San Francisco. Bay area fans are ready for Trey Lance to be named the 49ers’ starting quarterback right now, and it doesn’t matter to them how prepared Lance is […]

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Chiefs get too cute, find themselves at 1-2

The Kansas City Chiefs are looking less mighty and more vulnerable just three games into the season. On Sunday, the Chiefs suffered only their third division loss (vs Chargers 30-24) against the AFC West since Patrick Mahomes became the starter in 2018. Last week, the Chiefs fell to Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore… Read more…

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Why wasn’t anyone punished for this?

It’s always strange, as a forever-doomed Bears fan, to comment on Packers fans bitching about the one call in 3, 000 they didn’t get. Which didn’t matter anyway, because the Packers ended up winning, 30-28 , when the particular 49ers decided that 59 minutes of man-coverage was enough and to let Davante Adams run free […]

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Tua will be a bust, and not the kind that goes on display in Canton

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is entering some dangerous territory early in his second NFL season. As time rolls on and Tagovailoa continues with average-at-best play, the term “bust” will be attached to the former Alabama QB’s name like velcro on a pair of sneakers. Once a player’s name is associated with… Read more…

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Adam Gase always leaves winning in his wake

Adam Gase is known for two things: having crazy eyes and losing football games. The man fooled dozens of NFL teams into thinking he was capable of coaching an NFL team. He rode the success of Peyton Manning in Denver into not one, but two head coaching gigs. Read more…

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Read ’em and weep: Here are the worst droughts in modern sports, non-title edition

The White Sox have won their first division title since 2008, which doesn’t really feel right, because they’ve only had two truly awful seasons in the last decade and a half, and power in the Central is rarely concentrated anywhere for too long, but it’s true. It would be a weird thing to lie about. […]

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Davis Mills is destined to be the Texans’ franchise quarterback

Josh Allen, Baker Mayfield, Justin Herbert. What do all these guys have in common? Well, they’re all young. They’re all talented. They’re all franchise quarterbacks, and they all became franchise quarterbacks after having the reins handed over to them by Tyrod Taylor. Read more…

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The best under-the-radar wide receiver gets his shot at the champs

LA Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp has quietly become one of the more unstoppable pass-catchers in the NFL over the past couple of years. He’s already third in receiving yards this season with 271, and he’s tied for first in receptions with 16 through two games. Now Kupp is catching passes from a bona fide […]