By BRETT MARTEL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The good news for the New Orleans Saints is that an unusually poor performance by their defensive front came against a quarterback who is an uncommonly good scrambler. “It was a completely different type of attack offensively,” Sean Payton said of the Philadelphia Eagles’ offensive scheme with rookie…… read more »
By JOHN WAWROW ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Brandon Beane could have easily stayed in Carolina, where he spent 19 years working his way up the Panthers’ front-office ranks, if only because it felt comfortable and safe. Instead, he took the riskier option by gambling on himself in May 2017, and placing faith in the…… read more »
By TOM WITHERS CLEVELAND (AP) — Lamar Jackson’s only thought was to rescue his teammates. Like any other superhero. Jackson emerged from the locker room, saved the game and maybe Baltimore’s season with a 47-42 win over the Cleveland Browns in a wild, back-and-forth Monday night game in which the teams combined to tie a…… read more »
By TERESA M. WALKER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt is negotiating a deal with Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea to make the former Commodores player its new head coach. Two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press details of a contract were still being worked out but Lea was the school’s…… read more »
By ROB MAADDI PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts provided the Philadelphia Eagles a spark with his legs and his teammates came up with their best all-around effort of the season. They needed everyone to deliver to beat the New Orleans Saints. Hurts ran for 106 yards and threw for 167 and one touchdown, Miles Sanders…… read more »
By JOHN ZENOR Auburn fired football coach Gus Malzahn, ending an eight-year run that began with a trip to the national championship game. Athletic director Allen Greene announced the firing Sunday, a day after the Tigers finished the regular season with a 24-10 victory over Mississippi State. Auburn is 6-4 in a pandemic-shortened season of…… read more »
By JOE REEDY INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers finally found a way to close out a win this season. The Bolts came into Sunday’s game against Atlanta with four losses coming either in overtime or as time expired in regulation. But things finally lined up in their favor when Michael Badgley hit…… read more »
By JOHN WAWROW ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Don’t think safety Jordan Poyer and other members of Buffalo’s secondary didn’t notice Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster dancing on the Bills logo at midfield during pregame warmups on Sunday night. Come the fourth quarter, after Levi Wallace intercepted Ben Roethlisberger to essentially seal Buffalo’s 26-15 victory, it…… read more »
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Mike White declined to do any postgame media interviews. He wanted to get to the hospital to be near Keyontae Johnson’s side as quickly as possible. No one could blame him. Johnson, the Southeastern Conference’s preseason player of the year, collapsed coming out of a timeout against rival Florida…… read more »
By JOE WALLJASPER COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Georgia quarterback JT Daniels is confident that wherever he tosses it, George Pickens will make the catch. Daniels threw three touchdown passes, two of them to Pickens as No. 12 Bulldogs broke away from Missouri 49-14 Saturday. “I’ll never overthrow George,” Daniels said. “I’ll always throw it up…… read more »
