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He should be every bit as good as recent first-round backs (Todd Gurley, Ezekiel Elliott, Leonard Fournette), and placing Barkley in a backfield that's about to lose leading rusher Isaiah Crowell to free agency alongside a rookie quarterback — remember what Elliott did for Dak Prescott in 2016 — could be the optimum way to ease a young passer's transition. Take this to the bank: Cleveland will only get one crack at Barkley, and this is it.2. Giants — Sam Darnold, QB, Southern California: He didn't throw at the combine, which could make him a perfect candidate for the Giants, who probably wouldn't need him to throw a regular-season pass in 2018, either. New GM Dave Gettleman would probably love to get a shot at Barkley and will probably be tempted to add Notre Dame G Quenton Nelson, one of his beloved "hog mollies," to what may be the league's worst offensive line. 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It also adds further credence to running back Le’Veon Bell’s decision to not to sign his franchise tender with the Pittsburgh Steelers.With teams holding virtually all of the power, players continue to find themselves at the center of both inner and outward conflict and scrutiny.Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner described the dilemma that players like Thomas face while trying to take care of themselves as well as their team and teammates.“If he doesn't come, then he's not a team player. If he does come and gets hurt, then it's 'He shouldn't have came.' ... If I was him, I'd be pissed off," Wagner said on Sunday.That analysis caught the eye of Bell. He commented on an Instagram post of the quote, “smh exactly…get right bro bro @earl ! I’ll continue to be the ‘bad guy’ for ALL of us.” And this whole ordeal didn't have to happen. Not like this.The Seahawks did put themselves into a restrictive financial situation. 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And when Wayne County Executive Warren Evans responded to a moderator's question by affirming that yes, race is part of our region's difficulties with mass transit, critics charged that Evans was attempting to inject race into the subject — nimbly avoiding the question itself.A plea for civility can camouflage a distaste for uncomfortable truths, a hallmark of that bygone era when people were nicer, and some were forced to sit down and shut up because of who they were, not what they had to say.And really, if your objective is to to strip health care from the state's most vulnerable, systemically neglect the state's largest school district, maintain a dysfunctional status quo that keeps people who need jobs from the places where jobs are, and pollute our air and water, does it really matter if you're nice about it?"Ideally, you want people who can reach across the aisle because they can have actual conversations," said Dana Nessel, the attorney general candidate who is the first openly gay candidate to seek statewide office in Michigan. 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And sometimes, she said, "Me being civil is me being quiet when I'm being talked over.”When I told folks here about why I'm not always keen on civility, I got one of two responses: Immediate recognition and agreement, or bafflement that came just as quickly.The plea for a return to civility, for a lot of people, is tied to President Trump, for whom incivility is a personal calling card and who swept into office on a wave of white anger.But anger isn't inherently destructive. A person who is angry is telling you something important about her life. And some things — the poisoning of a city's water, for instance, or decades of disinvestment in the state's largest school district — are still worth getting angry about.Nancy Kaffer is a columnist for the Detroit Free Press, where this piece first appeared. 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NFL Week 1 kicks off after Khalil Mack trade sends shockwaves Trading a potential future Hall of Fame player in the prime of his career?Seems like an ill-advised move to make, but the Oakland Raiders did just that when they traded Khalil Mack — the 2016 NFL defensive player of the year — to the Chicago Bears, who send two first-round draft picks to the Raiders in exchange for the pass rusher.This is a massive gamble by new Ryan Shazier Jersey Raiders coach Jon Gruden, writes USA TODAY Sports' Mike Alejandro Villanueva Jersey Jones (@ByMikeJones). Elite pass rushers are hard to come by, and time will tell if the Raiders made the right decision.- Don't be fooled by Pederson's childish outburst: The Eagles are preparing Nick Foles — the MVP in Super Bowl LII — to be the starting quarterback in the season opener against the Falcons. On Sunday, Eagles coach Doug Pederson — tired of questions about his quarterback situation — unleashed venom on the local media. It came across as childish, but USA TODAY Sports' Jarrett Bell (@JarrettBell) writes that Pederson knows exactly what he's doing.- The deepest cuts: NFL teams had a 4 p.m. ET deadline on Saturday to trim their rosters to 53 players. Among the surprise cuts were New York Giants backup QB Davis Webb, former Denver Broncos first-round pick Paxton Lynch and (spoiler alert!) some stars from the HBO show Hard Knocks.If you love talking football, we have the perfect spot for you. Join our new Facebook Group, The Ruling Off the Field, to engage in friendly debate and conversation with fellow football fans and our NFL insiders. 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Bills end playoff drought, Browns finish 0-16 The Bills' anxiety was compounded by the loss of 1,000-yard rusher LeSean McCoy with a right ankle injury. He was carted off the field in the third quarter.The frustration of a disappointing season got the best of the Dolphins (6-10) with 6:21 left, when receiver Jarvis Landry, running back Kenyan Drake and offensive lineman Jake Brendel were ejected following a fight. Landry was cited for disrespecting an official, and Drake for throwing his helmet 20 yards in anger. Unsportsmanlike conduct penalties were called against both teams.The undisciplined Dolphins, who came into the game with the second-most penalties in the NFL, had 14 for 145 yards.BENGALS 31, RAVENS 27BALTIMORE (AP) — The Ravens were ousted from the playoff hunt in stunning fashion when Andy Dalton threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Boyd with 44 seconds, giving the Bengals the win.Needing a win to advance to the postseason, Baltimore (9-7) rallied from a 14-point deficit to take its first lead with 8:48 left. But Dalton put together a magnificent 90-yard drive in the closing minutes before hitting Boyd over the middle on a fourth-and-12 play.Boyd avoided a tackle by Maurice Canady and raced to the end zone to give Cincinnati (7-9) the victory in what might have been its final game under coach Marvin Lewis.Baltimore entered knowing it could have also gotten into the postseason if either Tennessee or Buffalo tied or lost. Both those teams won, leaving the Ravens with no margin for error on a frigid and windy day.STEELERS 28, BROWNS 24PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Browns joined the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only teams in NFL history to go 0-16 when they failed to find a way to beat the backup-laden Steelers.Cleveland had a chance late in the fourth quarter, but DeShone Kizer's fourth-down pass to Corey Coleman bounced off Coleman's hands and fell incomplete.And for the 16th time in 2017, the Browns walked off the field searching for answers that are as elusive now as they've been at any point since the franchise's return to the NFL nearly two decades ago. Head coach Hue Jackson is expected to return despite a 1-31 record and the Browns have two of the top four picks in the 2018 draft.Kizer finished with 314 yards passing and two touchdowns to Rashard Higgins, but also threw a fourth-quarter pick, his NFL-leading 22nd of the season.The AFC North champion Steelers (13-3) sat stars Ben Roethlisberger and Le'Veon Bell among others, but it hardly mattered. Landry Jones completed 23 of 27 passes for 239 yards with a touchdown and an interception, and rookie wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster caught nine passes for 143 yards and a score. He also returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown.Pittsburgh, which has a wild-card round bye, sacked Kizer six times, boosting its season total to 56, a franchise record.TITANS 15, JAGUARS 10NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Marcus Mariota threw a touchdown and used his legs to help the Titans end an eight-season playoff drought by beating the Jaguars to clinch an AFC wild-card berth.The Titans (9-7) snapped a three-game skid in a game they needed to win or get some help with losses elsewhere to advance. They also posted their first back-to-back winning seasons since 2007 and 2008.Mariota ran a season-high 10 times for 60 yards, the biggest a 13-yard scramble on third-and-5 at the 2:00 mark. Mariota also threw for 134 yards.Derrick Henry took a screen pass from Mariota 66 yards for a TD in the second quarter, and Ryan Succop kicked three field goals.The Titans also sacked Blake Bortles twice and forced four turnovers, two interceptions by Kevin Byard.The Jaguars (10-6) clinched their first AFC South title a week ago when Tennessee lost to San Francisco.BUCCANEERS 31, SAINTS 24TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jameis Winston threw for 363 yards, including a 39-yard scoring pass to Chris Godwin with nine seconds remaining, to help the Buccaneers snap a Peyton Manning White Elite Jersey five-game losing streak with a victory over the Saints.The playoff-bound Saints (11-5) entered the day hoping to clinch their first NFC South championship in six years. They wound up winning the title anyway, with Carolina (11-5) losing its regular season finale at Atlanta.Trailing 24-23 with 1:58 remaining, Winston moved the Bucs (5-11) 95 yards in 11 plays for the winning TD.He converted a fourth-and-10 from his own 5 yard line with a 12-yard completion to Cameron Brate and threw 9 yards to Mike Evans on third-and-1 to keep the drive going at the Tampa Bay 35.The fourth-year pro, who was intercepted three times, found Godwin racing up the right sideline just ahead of Saints cornerback Ken Crawley to put the Bucs ahead for good.FALCONS 22, PANTHERS 10ATLANTA (AP) — Matt Bryant kicked five field goals, including a 56-yarder, for all of Atlanta's second-half points and the Falcons clinched a playoff spot by beating the Panthers.After the teams played to a 7-7 halftime tie, the 42-year-old Bryant kicked field goals of 30, 42, 30, 56 and 33 yards without a miss.Atlanta (10-6) clinched the No. 6 seed in the NFC and will play at the Los Angeles Rams next week in the first round of the playoffs.On a day when Cam Newton and the Panthers' offense struggled, Bryant's 15 points provided a margin too great for Carolina to overcome.The Panthers (11-5) had a playoff spot secured entering the weekend, but they couldn't improve their position.Minnesota's 23-10 win over Chicago earlier Sunday ended the Panthers' hopes of a first-round bye. The loss to the Falcons ended Carolina's goal of winning the NFC South, and the Panthers will open the playoffs at New Orleans.VIKINGS 23, BEARS 10MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota's defense turned in another dominant performance and Latavius Murray rushed for Peyton Manning White Elite Jersey yards and two touchdowns, helping the Vikings secure a first-round bye for the playoffs.Stefon Diggs caught six passes for 65 yards and a touchdown for the Vikings (13-3), who reached 13 wins for only the second time in the history of the 57-year-old franchise after holding a second straight opponent without an offensive touchdown.Mitchell Trubisky finished his rookie season with a turnover-free game, completing 20 of 36 passes for 178 yards. He failed, however, to guide the Bears (5-11) across the goal line despite 11 plays from the 10-yard line or closer in the fourth quarter.Trubisky also took a safety in the second quarter on an intentional grounding call.In what could have been the final game for coach John Fox, who's 14-34 in three seasons, the Bears didn't cross midfield until the fourth quarter and totaled only 30 yards rushing. They were penalized 10 times for 116 yards and went 1 for 14 on third- and fourth-down conversions.PATRIOTS 26, JETS 6FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Dion Lewis ran for a touchdown and caught a scoring pass, helping the Patriots clinch home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs.The win clinched the seventh 13-win season for the Patriots (13-3), second in NFL history to San Francisco's nine seasons. It was also Bill Belichick's 250th career regular-season win, moving him into a tie with Tom Landry for third all-time among head coaches.New England has defeated New York in four straight meetings, and the Patriots haven't lost to the Jets (5-11) at home during the regular season with Tom Brady starting since 2006. Brady's 13th win as a starter this season tied him with Brett Favre for most by a starting quarterback at age 40 or older.Lewis finished with a season-high 26 carries for 93 yards . Brandin Cooks had 11 catches for 79 yards and touchdown for New England, which will have a first-round bye in the playoffs. 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He threw for 284 yards on 24-of-35 passing with no touchdowns and an interception.Broncos QB Paxton Lynch was 21 of 31 for 254 yards with two TDs, two interceptions and was sacked five times.COWBOYS 6, EAGLES 0PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dak Prescott tossed a 20-yard touchdown pass to Brice Butler early in the fourth quarter and the Cowboys beat playoff-bound Philadelphia, preventing the Eagles from earning a franchise-record 14th win.The Eagles (13-3) rested several starters on a frigid day and played others briefly after securing the NFC's No. 1 seed last week. They'll host a playoff game on Jan. 13 or 14.The Cowboys (9-7) earned their second straight winning season for the first time since five in a row from 2005-09. That's little consolation for Dallas, which was eliminated from playoff contention in Week 16.Philadelphia has two weeks to work on its slumping offense.Nick Foles struggled in one quarter, going 4 of 11 for 39 yards with one interception. Foles was excellent in his first start after Carson Wentz went down for the season, tossing four TD passes in a 34-29 win at the Giants on Dec. 17. But he has followed up with two poor performances.The Cowboys drove 99 yards for the only score. A holding penalty on Rasul Douglas on an incomplete pass on third down extended the drive and Prescott connected with Butler on a slant on third-and-7. Dan Bailey hooked the extra point wide left, only his second career miss in 278 tries.Ezekiel Elliott ran for 103 yards, falling 17 short of 1,000 in only 10 games because of a six-game suspension.LIONS 35, PACKERS 11DETROIT (AP) — Matthew Stafford threw three touchdown passes and the Lions beat the turnover-prone and short-handed Packers in a matchup of teams out of the playoff race.The Lions (9-7) finished with a winning record in consecutive seasons for the first time since doing it three years in a row from 1993-95. That relative feat, along with a 36-28 record and two postseason appearances over four seasons in Detroit, may not be enough for coach Jim Caldwell to keep his job.The Packers (7-9) have a losing record for the first time since 2008, which is also the last time they didn't earn a spot in the playoffs. Their chances this season were crushed by Aaron Rodgers missing nine games with a collarbone injury.Stafford was 20 of 29 for 323 yards without a turnover. He caught a 2-point conversion pass after Ameer Abdullah, who had just run for a TD, took a direct snap and pitched it to Tate, who easily connected with Stafford in the end zone to put Detroit up 35-11 midway through the fourth quarter.COLTS 22, TEXANS 13INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jacoby Brissett threw for one touchdown and Marlon Mack ran for another as the Colts beat Houston in the season finale for both teams.The win ended the longest losing streak of Colts coach Chuck Pagano's six seasons. It did nothing to quell speculation whether he'll be back next season, which has been the hottest topic in town since the Colts (4-12) were eliminated from the playoffs for the third consecutive season.Pagano has two years left on his contract.Houston's plight has been just as bad.The Texans (4-12) lost their last six, nine of their last 10, finished last in the AFC South, and can't even take solace in draft picks because they don't own one in either the first or second round in 2018.GIANTS 18, REDSKINS 10EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. 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It's about us playing better in all three phases."Through the first seven games of his NFL career, Darnold's overall statistics are Nike Reuben Foster Jersey On Sale hardly eye-popping. And, really, they're barely mediocre.He has thrown for 1,552 yards with 10 touchdowns and an NFL-high 10 interceptions. Darnold's 56.1 completion percentage is near the bottom of the league, with fellow rookies Josh Rosen of Arizona (55.0) and Josh Allen of Buffalo (54.0) the only QBs with at least 100 attempts lower than his. His 74.3 quarterback rating is also among the worst.But there's no panic in Darnold or the Jets , particularly because the No. 3 overall pick in the draft is getting a crash course in life as an NFL quarterback."On the positive side, I thought I was on time with a lot of the routes I was throwing," Darnold said of his performance against the Vikings. "On the two touchdown drives, I thought we played really well. I thought I was able to hit the open guy."The negative, I think just continuing to really lock in on my progressions and really stick on one side of the field and understand what the safeties are doing and what the defense is doing a little bit better. So, just really continuing to grow that way."Darnold insisted the conditions at MetLife Stadium — 46 degrees at kickoff, swirling 16 mph winds and a wind chill of 39 — weren't a factor in his performance. The California kid from USC will have to get used to days like this in the Northeast, though, especially Jerry Rice White Elite Jersey because the only other game in which he played below 50 degrees was at Utah in 2016 Deion Sanders White Elite Jersey when it was 45.And, by the way, Darnold's numbers Sunday were much better when he had the wind at his back."I think that might Jimmy Garoppolo Authentic Jersey have been just a coincidence," he said. 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That left Jermaine Kearse, Robby Anderson and Andre Roberts — primarily a returner — as the only experienced players at the position, with Peake and just-promoted Deontay Burnett the others.Kearse, who led the team in receptions last season, finished with none on Sunday and had only two balls thrown his way."Credit to them, they did a great job scheming and their players did an outstanding job executing their scheme," Darnold said of the Vikings. "I think from that aspect, they got us. They did a great job of playing Jermaine and having a plan for him."We will be better. We will learn from it and grow from it."NOTES: The Jets fear S Doug Middleton has a torn pectoral muscle and could miss the rest of the season, as first reported by the New York Daily News. He was starting in place of Marcus Maye, who's out with a broken right thumb. ... 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Philadelphia Eagles: Who's to blame for collapse, 3-4 start to season? Sure, the Eagles fell apart in the fourth quarter, coughing up a 17-point lead in their 21-17 loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.But it would be too easy to blame it solely on the offense, or the defense, or in this case, both. You might as well add the coaching staff, too. Start with Pederson, then go to defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz. And heck, throw in offensive coordinator Mike Groh because so Matthias Farley Jersey Cheap far, he hasn't proven as adept as his predecessor, Frank Reich.<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: 32 things we learned from Week 7 of the 2018 NFL season<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: NFL Week 7 winners, losers: Carolina Panthers keep pace in NFC South after comeback win<strong style="margin-right:3px;">More: Eagles collapse late as Panthers erase 17-point deficitYes, the players messed up. But so did the coaches. In the fourth quarter, the Eagles called 13 passes and one run on offense. They allowed the Panthers to convert on a 4th-and-10 on LeRaven Clark Jersey Cheap defense to keep alive their game-winning drive."Flat out, this is a players' game," Pederson said after the game. "Players have to make plays. We try to, as coaches, we put them in position to https://www.andrewlucknewjersey.com/authentic-andrew-luck-jersey-sale-1_6.html be successful, so we've got to evaluate that and just coach better and play better."Remember, it was Pederson who called the plays on those abysmal fourth-quarter drives that went absolutely nowhere. None of those plays were runs – until the final minute when Wendell Smallwood ran the ball eight yards to the Panthers' 14. That was nine straight pass plays called on two possessions after the Panthers cut the Eagles' lead from 17-6 to 17-14, then went ahead 21-17.Sure, Wentz completed 7 of 8 (he was sacked once), which kept the clock moving, but only one of the pass plays went for more than 10 yards.Pederson said many of those were run-pass options, which means that the play could have been a run based on how Wentz read the defense. But if Pederson really wants the Eagles to run the ball, then don't give Wentz the option and call a running play."When we are up 17 points in the fourth quarter, we have to win the game," tight end Zach Ertz said. "That is the bottom line and there is no other way to put it. There is no feel-good that we were up 17 points. It's really irrelevant when you find a way to lose like that.”For example, when the Panthers cut the Eagles' lead to 17-14 with 4:08 left in the fourth quarter, these were the Eagles' plays from their 25-yard line: a two-yard pass to Alshon Jeffery, a pass to Smallwood that lost two yards, and an Luke Rhodes Jersey Cheap incompletion to Jeffery.That's three passes, a punt, and just 1 minute, 51 seconds off the clock. So the Panthers got the ball back at their 31 with 2:17 left, plenty of time to move into position for at least a game-tying field goal.The Panthers, of course, got a touchdown.This is where the defense did its part to blow the game. Through three quarters, Panthers quarterback Cam Newton had 68 yards passing. In the fourth, he threw for 201 yards and three touchdowns.That included converting https://www.andrewlucknewjersey.com/authentic-margus-hunt-jersey-sale-1_66.html a 4th-and-10 with a 35-yard pass to Torrey Smith down to the Eagles' 34 yard line on the game-winning drive. Jalen Mills had coverage on Smith. But he slipped as Newton extended the play by fending off Michael Bennett's hit."Cam extended the play just a little bit for Torrey waiting to get open and it’s tough to cover an NFL receiver for that long," safety Malcolm Jenkins said. "You know it was just a good play made by them.”When it happens once, like it did against Tennessee on Sept. 30, when the Titans converted a 4th-and-15 on their game-winning drive in overtime, you can call it a fluke.When it happens twice, that's poor coaching. And since Schwartz runs the defense, that's on him. Schwartz doesn't talk to the media after games, so his explanation will have to wait until Tuesday.Schwartz can also explain why cornerback Dexter McDougle, signed off the street last Tuesday, started at nickel corner and played 48 snaps while Rasul Douglas played zero.And still, despite all of this, it's not too late for the Eagles.They'll face a team equally as disappointing in the Jacksonville Jaguars next Sunday in London. These two teams were in the NFL's version of the Final Four last season, with the Jaguars losing to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game.Yet Jacksonville is also reeling at 3-4. The Jaguars have been outscored 60-14 in the last two games and they benched quarterback Blake Bortles.When the schedule was announced last spring, it seemed like an enticing matchup for the British fans. It still is, but more for the fact that both teams need a win to stay in contention for the playoffs.Perhaps this upcoming game will determine whether the Eagles make a trade by the Oct. 30 deadline.But that's not a cure-all, either. Whomever the Eagles trade for – and really, take your pick for players at positions of need like running back, defensive back, defensive tackle – will need time to adjust to their new team.In other words, the Eagles need both the coaching and the playing to improve.“We’re going to find out what we’re made of now going forward," Wentz said. "I feel like we said that two weeks ago, saying it again. We’re at make-or-break time, almost. "Again, we know what we can do, we do it here and there some weeks, but we just have to put it all together.”Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareonline.com. 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