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Ronald Darby Jerseys Stitched , McCoy had just 257 yards from 75 carries, averaging just 3.4 yards per carry, and zero touchdowns. And on Sunday against Chicago, Shady had just 10 yards on 10 carries, and left the facility before reporters could get to him after the game.Cardinals release $20 million QBThat’s right. During their bye week, the Arizona Cardinals decided to part ways with quarterback Sam Bradford, their $20 million anchor, and continue on with Josh Rosen at the helm.Here’s BLG’s (correct) take on the situation:Breaking: The Raiders are badThe Oakland Raiders under Jon Gruden have not been good. There’s been numerous reports of issues in the locker room, and their new head coach for the next decade is getting rid of some of the best talent they had to build around. Sure, things are fine.Daryl Worley may have missed the first four games due to suspension, but he came back won the starting role over second-year player Gareon Conley. Worley has had some big games since his return, but that wasn’t the case on Thursday Night Football when the Raiders lost 3-34 against the 49ers, and Worley claimed just three total tackles and two pass breakups.What was dubbed the “Battle of the Bay” quickly became a slaughtering — and this was all while San Francisco played their No. 3 quarterback Nick Mullens, who literally no one had heard of before he was named the starter. Mullens is a first-year player out of Southern Mississippi, and was brought up from the team’s practice squad. In his first taste of NFL action, Mullens went 16-of-22 for 262 yards and three touchdowns, including a 71 yard long pass.Other NotablesICYMI: The NFL finally put an end date on the suspension of linebacker Mychal Kendricks.The Buccaneers lost to the Panthers in an ugly, 28-42 matchup on Sunday afternoon. Former Eagles DT Beau Allen had just one tackle in Week 9, and Vinny Curry — who is back after missing several weeks with an ankle injury — also snagged just one tackle. Receiver DeSean Jackson didn’t have a much better game, even with Ryan Fitzpatrick at the helm, and had just two receptions for 34 yards against Carolina.The Lions have an offense problem now that the Eagles traded for Golden Tate, and one former Eagles rusher isn’t enough for them to succeed. Detroit lost to the Vikings 9-24, and running back LeGarrette Blount went for just eight yards on five carries
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Brandon Graham Jerseys 2019 ," Foles said about seeing the Bears-Vikings score on the scoreboard. "I didn't want to know. I wanted to stay focused on winning this game."Some players noticed the score while others didn't. They watched the final minutes together in the locker room and then celebrated."It was exciting," Eagles coach Doug Pederson said. "A lot of hard work that just paid off. It's what we set out to do. Obviously on this journey we didn't meet a lot of our goals, but one of them is to get into the postseason and we were able to do that, and so we're excited."Foles, the Super Bowl MVP in Philadelphia's win over New England last February, is 6-0 in must-win games filling in for Carson Wentz.Foles stepped in after Wentz was sidelined by a back injury earlier this month and guided Philadelphia to an upset on the road against the Rams as a 13 1/2-point underdog. He set a franchise record for yards passing in a game with 471 in a 32-30 comeback win last week against Houston.The Eagles dominated the Redskins, controlling the ball for 43:19. Philadelphia's defense held Washington to only 89 yards total offense.The Redskins (7-9) lost six of seven after leading the NFC East at 6-3."It just wasn't a good enough year for us," Redskins coach Jay Gruden said. "Hopefully we'll regain that (fan) support sometime soon, very soon. Until then, we have a lot of work to do."Foles finished 28 of 33 for 221 yards, two TDs and one interception.He tossed a 2-yard pass to Alshon Jeffery to cap a 19-play, 87-yard drive that took 11:49 in the second quarter, giving Philadelphia a 10-0 lead. Foles was 10 of 10 on the drive and the Eagles converted three times on third downs and once on fourth-and-1.Foles connected with Nelson Agholor on a 6-yard pass to make it 17-0 late in the third quarter. On the previous play, Foles had a chance to break the completion record but misfired on a pass to Agholor.Sudfeld hit Agholor on a catch-and-run TD to extend the lead to 24-0 in the fourth.Josh Johnson, making his third start for the Redskins after Alex Smith and Colt McCoy sustained season-ending injuries and Mark Sanchez was ineffective, was 12 of 27 for 91 yards and one pick."They did what good teams do and took care of business," Johnson said.Rasul Douglas intercepted Johnson on the first play from scrimmage.SHUTOUTSThe Redskins hadn't been shut out since losing 24-0 to the Rams on Dec. 7, 2014. It was Philadelphia's first shutout since a 27-0 win over the Giants on Oct. 12, 2014.DRIVE TIMEThe nearly 12-minute drive by Philadelphia was the longest in the NFL since the Browns had a field-goal drive that lasted 12:01 against the Chiefs in 2015. The 19 plays were the most in a drive against Washington since 1999.GETTING TRICKYRedskins punter Tress Way threw a 7-yard pass to Jehu Chesson on a fake punt on fourth-and-2, but Johnson followed with three straight incomplete passes and Way had to punt.INJURIESRedskins: RG Tony Bergstrom left with a knee injury.Eagles: Foles will have tests on Monday.UP NEXTRedskins: Finished third in NFC East and missed the playoffs for the third straight season.Eagles: Play at Chicago in a wild-card game next weekend.
