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"Be patient and be ready," he said. "You got to be ready when it's time. But when it's time, you're going to know. And it's coming up. I got a prediction. I ain't telling nobody. I got a feeling when it's going to go down. But it's going to go down this year. ... He's going to get a shot."

"Donald was a three-time NFL defensive player of the year, nine-time All-Pro and is regarded as one of the greatest defensive tackles of all time. But before Los Angeles there was Pittsburgh, where Donald grew up and where he went to college. And it is the University of Pittsburgh where Donald became an unstoppable force from 2010 to 2013, setting an NCAA record with tackles for loss by an interior lineman before the Rams plucked him as their first-round draft pick."

the Giants and the Jets both are 0-2, a pitiful reflection of their overall ineptitude and yet a steep disappointment based on where we were less than a month ago. Back then everything was rosy, optimism was high and there was legitimate hope that this season would be different from so many of recent vintage. Aaron Glenn was the coach who was going to change the Jets. Russell Wilson was the quarterback who was going to fix the Giants. So far everything feels morbidly similar.

"Look! Over there! That was my first apartment when I moved here to play for the Broncos." My son could not have cared less about the "playing for the Broncos" part. "Were you on the top floor?" he asked. "Almost," I said, which was not really a lie. We drove on, along the same route I had driven every morning in the brand-new Denali I bought my first week on the practice squad, in September of 2003-in hindsight, a foolhardy purchase.

Cleveland Browns starting offensive tackle Dawand Jones suffered a season-ending knee injury in Sunday's win over the Green Bay Packers that will require surgery, coach Kevin Stefanski announced Monday. Jones suffered the injury on the fourth play from scrimmage after a defender dove into his legs. Stefanski said the team would turn in the play to the NFL for review. League rules prohibit defenders from initiating a block below the waist against an offensive player who is outside the tight end box.

Caleb Williams needed this. Ben Johnson needed this. The Chicago Bears, more than anyone, needed this. The Bears dismantled the Cowboys on Sunday, 31-14, with an offense that finally resembled the one fans had imagined when Williams was drafted first overall and Johnson was hired to orchestrate a rebuild. It was fast. It was explosive. It was bruising. It was fun.

"unethical and contrary to the spirit of the rules."

Mayfield specifically pointed to Steve Wilks, the Jets' defensive coordinator who cut the QB when he was coach of the Carolina Panthers, as to why it was so special. "I loved it," Mayfield said. "And also their D-coordinator was the one that cut me in Carolina. "Lot of stuff was personal today. Haason Reddick, former Jet ... lot of people."

There are some odd things here. The first is virtually no Tyler Allgeier, who presumably would have been helpful in wearing down this defense but received just six snaps and one measly carry. The second was David Sills getting quite a bit of run, including subbing in for Mooney a handful of times; we'll see if that's something this team plans to continue, an opponent-based adjustment, or a sign that Casey Washington will get more run when he's healthy.

Quarterback Daniel Jones looked good in the Colts' season-opening win. But their Week 1 opponent was the Dolphins, and consensus seems to be that they're not very good. So we noticed, but we tried not to overreact. The Week 2 victory against the Broncos, who are supposed to have a great defense, seemed a little more worthy of our attention. But Denver still had the game won if not for a dumb penalty that gave the Colts a second chance at the game-winning field goal.

The Cleveland Browns hit a game-winning field goal as time expired to beat the Green Bay Packers 13-10. The field goal came just a few plays after the Browns blocked a Packers field goal attempt that would've given them a 13-10 lead with less than 30 seconds left in the game. It took some time, but the scoring picked up in the second quarter. Green Bay hit a 39-yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead.

Getting drafted here to New England - I didn't really know what to expect, Being from a blue-collar, working-class family from Northern California, I soon realized this was the perfect fit for me to be in this region.

"We sometimes reflect on things, and you wish you would have done things a little differently,"