With the No. 94 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft Terry Beckner Jersey , Tampa Bay continued to fix up the secondary. Here, we have three things you should know about new Buccaneer corner Jamel Dean."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections 2016 NFL DraftInjuriesFree AgencyGame FilmThree things you need to know about new Buccaneers CB Jamel DeanNew,4commentsWith the No. 94 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Tampa Bay continued to fix up the secondary. Here, we have three things you should know about new Buccaneer corner Jamel Dean.EDTShareTweetShareShareThree things you need to know about new Buccaneers CB Jamel DeanBrian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsThe run on defense for the Buccaneers in the 2019 NFL Draft continued in the third round, as the team spent the No. 94 overall pick on a second straight cornerback: Auburn product Jamel Dean.With the selection of Dean, Tampa Bay added to its young cornerback group that already includes Vernon Hargreaves III, 2018 second-rounder Carlton Davis and 2019 second-rounder Sean Bunting. Like Davis and Bunting, Dean, who stands at 6-foot-1 and weighs in at 206 pounds, fits what defensive coordinator Todd Bowles wants in a cornerback.The Bucs had a lot of holes heading into this year’s draft, but it looks like they think the biggest issue is the secondary. The team’s pass defense has been atrocious in the last few years, so adding Bunting and Dean is obviously the front office’s way of addressing that.Here, we have three things you should know about new Bucs corner Jamel Dean.Dean had a crazy strong athletic career at Cocoa High SchoolMost draft picks are able to say that they were studs on their high school teams, but that doesn’t make it any less impressive that Dean played both ways at Cocoa High School AND ran track. According to his Auburn player profile, he had 975 offensive yards, with 22 receptions and 15 touchdowns as a senior at Cocoa. On top of that, he was a productive corner, totaling seven pass breakups. Dean was a two-time first-team all-state pick for Class 4A, earned the 2014 Brevard County player of the year award and was named the District 12 MVP by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association. 247Sports ranked him as the No. 32 cornerback prospect in the country, and he was also rated as a top-10 corner in the state of Florida. That’s not a bad high school football career. But in addition to earning attention on the football field, he also showcased his blazing speed on the track team. That speed was further showcased at the NFL Scouting Combine, where he ran a 4.3-second 40-yard dash. That was the second-fastest time of any player at the 2019 combine. There was a time when Dean thought his football career was overAccording to the Montgomery Advertiser, Dean almost didn’t get a chance to have the successful college football career that he ended up having at Auburn. He tore his ACL and meniscus as a senior in high school. He went ahead and went to Ohio State, where he had already accepted a scholarship, but team doctors said he was medically ineligible. Dr. James Andrews then said Dean was having issues strengthening the quad muscles in his leg. From there, he ended up transferring to Auburn. Another injury in 2016 set him back even further, but he kept pushing.Dean eventually put the injury issues behind him. He went to play 26 games in two years (2017 and 2018) with the Tigers, totaling 73 tackles (44 solo), one sack Terry Beckner Tampa Bay Buccaneers Jersey , two interceptions and 19 passes defended. He allowed just 16 receptions on 42 targets in coverage, which helped him earn a solid 80.8 grade from Pro Football Focus.His size, speed and physicality make him a nice piece for Todd Bowles’ defense, and it’s clear that the team didn’t have much of a problem with his multiple knee surgeries. Even with his injury history, Tampa Bay liked him enough to make him their first of two 2019 third-round picks — allowing him to become the third Auburn product on the roster (Peyton Barber and Carlton Davis are the other two). Dean is a smart, high-character guyDean’s Auburn player profile notes that he graduated from Cocoa High School with a 3.8 GPA. He only continued to impress in the classroom throughout college, as he earned a spot on the SEC Academic Honor Roll in both 2017 and 2018. In 2017, he was an “Academic Top Tiger.”Dean has earned rave reviews from those who have been around him — not only as a football player and scholar, but also as a man. In an article from the Montgomery Advertiser, former Auburn defensive backs coach Greg Brown, who is now with Purdue, had this to say about Dean:Dean’s head coach, Gus Malzahn, was just as complimentary of him:The Bucs appear to be stocking up on tall, physical, high-character corners with the additions of Sean Bunting and Jamel Dean. With the state of their pass coverage and overall defense in the last few years, that can’t be a bad thing. You can find Jamel Dean on Twitter @jmd0074. Take some time to congratulate him and welcome him to Tampa Bay. The NFL has admitted that the official who threw a flag on a hit to the head taken by Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield made the right call, and should not have been overruled by the other officials.In his weekly video, NFL head of officiating Al Riveron showed the hit from Buccaneers safety Jordan Whitehead. Riveron said the hit actually should have been flagged for two reasons.“We had a flag on this play and we incorrectly picked it up after we had a conference by the officials,” Riveron said. “He lowers his head to initiate contact, and he does make contact, so that right there is a foul in itself. No. 2, as we can see, the quarterback starts to slide, and even though he slides late, he is still afforded protection from forcible contact to the neck and head area. And there is your contact, so that is a foul for two reasons. No. 1, lowering your head to initiate contact. And No. 2, forcible contact to a quarterback who has given himself up in the head or neck area.”It’s unclear what was said in the conference by the officials that resulted in a hit that should have been two penalties being ruled no penalty at all. But the officials botched this one.

The Seattle Seahawks entered the offseason with their biggest need appearing opposite Frank Clark; free agency is firmly in the rear view mirror Shaquem Griffin Jersey , and the need for a second EDGE remains. Fortunately..."The Seattle Seahawks entered the offseason with their biggest need appearing opposite Frank Clark; free agency is firmly in the rear view mirror, and the need for a second EDGE remains. Fortunately for Seattle, the 2019 NFL Draft is rich in pass rushers, both with elite talent at the top and Seahawk-y prospects on the draft’s second and third days.Over the next week, we’ll be going through Seattle’s positions of need and finding an ideal (and realistic) fit for the Seahawks on all three days of the draft, beginning with the glaring hole at EDGE. Day 1 - Rashan Gary, MichiganWhen the pre-draft process began in January, either Florida State’s Brian Burns or Mississippi State’s Montez Sweat would have appeared here. Since then, both players have risen up boards as a result of their outstanding athletic testing. Perhaps one remains at 1.21; it’s unlikely Seattle remains there, though. Gary is a similar athlete (95th percentile) to Burns (95th) and Sweat (97th), but that part of his process was expected. Gary was an incredibly highly touted five-star recruit and lived off that reputation throughout his career at Michigan. The technical side of his game failed to develop, as he would go on to post just 9.5 sacks and 23 tackles for loss over three seasons for the Wolverines. Even worse, Gary’s junior season in 2018 saw him regress with 3.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss and 24 pressures.With the physical tools that will make Pete Carroll drool, Gary is a legitimate option for the Seahawks towards the end of round one. He checks all of Seattle’s athletic thresholds at EDGE, and just needs his game to be refined; if a team can unlock his potential, they could have a perennial Pro-Bowler on their hands. Day 2 - Ben Banogu, TCUIf you asked me right now who I believe will be the Seahawks’ first pick in the 2019 NFL Draft, Banogu would be my pick. Like Gary, he checks all of Seattle’s athletic boxes, and is actually an ever better athlete (97th percentile) than Gary. Not only is Banogu incredibly explosive, his short shuttle—of great importance to the Seahawks—was fourth among EDGEs at the Scouting Combine. Banogu combines explosiveness, agility and production, with 17 sacks, 34.5 tackles for loss and 109 pressures in two seasons at TCU.Putting on our draft conspiracy hat, we have reason to believe Seattle is indeed interested in Banogu. They’ve shown interest in Banogu’s teammate and fellow edge rusher L.J. Collier numerous times—at his pro day, at the combine and a top-30 visit—despite Collier being remarkably outside their mold. The Seahawks apparent interest in Collier is not them ignoring the guidelines they’ve followed for nearly a decade; it’s just standard draft season operating. On draft weekend it will be Banogu, not Collier, who they circle back to. Day 3 - Maxx Crosby, Eastern MichiganAs far as day three projects go, Crosby is as intriguing as they come. He’s an 88th percentile athlete who tested as well in explosiveness (broad jump 92nd percentile Tre Flowers Jersey , vertical jump 90th percentile) as he did in agility (three cone 95th percentile, short shuttle 96th percentile). His 4.13 second short shuttle was second among EDGEs at the combine and like Banogu, Crosby was a productive two year starter with 18.5 sacks and 35.5 tackles for loss. (Crosby also posted 5.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks as a bit-player as a redshirt freshman.)Hurting Crosby’s stock is his level of competition and more importantly, his play strength. It looks as though Crosby is yet to fill out his frame at nearly 6-foot-5 and 255 pounds. A best case scenario for Crosby may be something similar to Jacob Martin; a rotational rusher who can devastate tackles with his flexibility and get off, but mostly limited to passing downs. (Though it’s worth noting that Crosby’s run defense did grade out well per Pro Football Focus.) The NFL demands a deep rotation along the defensive line, and playing at a home stadium like CenturyLink could mean the Seahawks and Crosby are an ideal fit. Regardless of how Seattle moves around the 2019 NFL Draft, trading back (and maybe even up!) as they see fit, they should have several chances to acquire impact EDGEs on all three days of the draft. Double the fun on Seaside Chats with Kenneth Arthur this week as I’m joined by two guests instead of one: John Gilbert and Mookie Alexander join me by the seaside to discuss a number of Seahawks..."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections VideosCoffee and CigarettesGame AnalysisThe Numbers GameCigar ThoughtsField Gulls podcastsSeaside Chats: Russell Wilson, Frank Clark, NFL Draft needs, and more!PDTShareTweetShareShareSeaside Chats: Russell Wilson, Frank Clark, NFL Draft needs, and more!Shane Roper-USA TODAY SportsDouble the fun on Seaside Chats with Kenneth Arthur this week as I’m joined by two guests instead of one: John Gilbert and Mookie Alexander join me by the seaside to discuss a number of Seahawks related topics including the new Russell Wilson contract, what we can look forward to with regards to the salary cap, how to prioritize the deals of Frank Clark, Jarran Reed, and Bobby Wagner, the most and least important positions of need in the upcoming draft, and a whole lot more. John is Field Gulls’ resident salary cap and contract expert, while Mookie is deputy editor and responsible for those super fun Enemy Reaction pieces, the next of which will take place after next week’s draft.This episode is brought to you by Joshua Thompson, who is advertising a desire for Seahawks fans to travel to the Dominican Republic and if you’ve got the time, have a beer with him! April is Joshua Thompson month as we change from the Seaside to the Freeside, so listen to the free preview of Seaside Chats all month long!EPISODE LINKIf you’d like to support the show and get each podcast episode and participate in giveaways like bobbleheads, posters, shirts, and more, you can do so beginning at just $2 per month at Patreon.Also sign up for the Seaside Joe daily Seahawks newsletter. Go Hawks!

PHILADELPHIA (AP) Flyers fans spent the final minutes of another empty season doing what boorish fans do with elimination on deck. They chucked beer cans and threw trash and hats and whatever objects were within reach onto the ice. Flyers public address announcer Lou Nolan admonished fans – just as he had two years earlier when giveaway bracelets were hurled on the ice – but there was little anyone could do to stop them.This is how the season ends in Philly Tampa Bay Lightning T-Shirts Authentic , not with a Stanley Cup hoisted in a championship celebration, but with a call for the cleaning crew to pick up the mess.The Eagles, Phillies and 76ers have all won championships – along with Villanova, the Arena Football League’s Soul, and Philly horse Smarty Jones – since the Flyers last won back-to-back Cups in 1974 and 1975.The only banners raised to the rafters are for retired numbers or a Hall of Fame entry.So it goes for the orange-and-black, trudging along without a Process or parade.The Flyers’ season ended with an 8-5 loss in Game 6 to the Pittsburgh Penguins on Sunday in the opening round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Flyers haven’t reached the second round since 2012 and haven’t played in the Cup finals since 2010. Under third-year coach Dave Hakstol, this season’s berth was considered a mild surprise, especially when the team lost 10 straight games in November/December and all seemed lost.”We came into this playoff series and into (Game 6) very confident that we could not only take this series to a seven-game series, but also win the series,” Hakstol said. ”We didn’t do that so we came up short. There’s one season that ultimately is successful Tampa Bay Lightning Hoodies Authentic , and obviously we didn’t accomplish that this year. There are a lot of real positives that we’re going to be able to go back and evaluate.”The Flyers clearly aren’t in the class of the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Penguins. The Flyers and Penguins are often touted as one of the NHL’s fiercest rivalries. The truth is, the Flyers are nothing to the Penguins but a pesky gnat easily swatted away and quickly forgotten.There’s talent in Philly. But enough to win a championship? That’s for general manager Ron Hextall to assemble in the offseason and the years ahead.Here are more things to know as the Flyers head into a long offseason:HAKSTOL’S FUTUREHakstol, a shocking pick to coach the Flyers out of the college ranks, has led the Flyers to two playoff berths in three seasons but not much else. Angry Flyers fans chanted ”Fire Hakstol! Fire Hakstol!” in the playoffs and he’s aware the fans at least want him on the hot seat. But Hakstol and Hextall are tight – Hextall’s son, Brett, played for Hakstol at North Dakota. And there’s little reason to think the GM is going to acknowledge his biggest gamble was also his biggest bust of a move. Hakstol had a reputation from developing young players and there are enough on the roster to merit at least one more season.”It took a lot of young guys growing throughout the year to be able to put together the stretch run that we did have,” he said. ”At the end of the day, we didn’t come into this playoff series to make steps though. We came in to win the series.”SUMMER SHAKEUPThe Flyers may have gone as far as they can with the core of Claude Giroux, who was a Hart Trophy candidate, Wayne Simmonds and Jake Voracek. Simmonds Tampa Bay Lightning Hats Authentic , a former All-Star, could be on the market if the Flyers are committed to a true youth movement.Giroux is the last player left from the `10 finals team and had just one goal and two assists in the playoffs.”We’re gonna keep building here and we’re going to come off strong next year,” Giroux said.The Flyers could look to Nolan Patrick, the No. 2 overall pick of the 2017 draft, to play a more pivotal role next season.WHO’S NO. 1Look no further than Philadelphia’s usual unsettled goaltending to understand why the franchise has gone 42 years without a championship. The Flyers signed former Calgary goalie Brian Elliott to a $5.5 million, two-year deal and he was a bust in the playoffs. Michal Neuvirth and mid-season pickup Petr Mrazek weren’t true No. 1s, either.The 28 goals scored by the Penguins set a new Flyers franchise record for goals against in a six-game series. It tied the franchise record for goals against in any length of series, joining the 1979 New York Rangers team that scored 28 in a five-game series win.Who’s next in net?—– WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Kyle Connor wasn’t too disappointed about falling short of his first career hat trick.The third-year forward scored twice as the Winnipeg Jets beat Chicago 6-3 on Tuesday night to give the Blackhawks their eighth straight loss.Connor nearly had another goal late in the second period when Chicago goalie Cam Ward made an arcing glove grab. He had other opportunities, too.“Yeah Custom Tampa Bay Lightning Jerseys , that was tough,” Connor said of missing out on the hat trick. “But played a good game, full team effort from top to bottom.”Mark Scheifele and Tyler Myers each had a goal and assist, Mathieu Perreault scored and Brandon Tanev added an empty-net goal for Winnipeg. Dustin Byfuglien had three assists.Laurent Brossoit played his eighth game (seventh start) for the Jets and made 32 saves.Dylan Strome, Dominik Kahun and Alex DeBrincat scored for Chicago. Patrick Kane added a pair of assists and Ward stopped 28 shots,“He was amazing for us,” Kane said of Ward. “He had so many big saves, kept us in the hockey game, gave us a chance to win even when you’re down 4-0. So, yeah www.officialmapleleafsproshop.com , we feel like we left him out to dry obviously, which isn’t fair.”The Blackhawks also lost eight straight earlier this season, although two were in overtime. The current slump is all in regulation time.“If I had it (a reason) I would have fixed it already,” said Chicago head coach Jeremy Colliton, who replaced the fired Joel Quenneville on Nov. 6.“Compete harder early on. I thought we were late to almost every situation in the first period and they have a really good team. They pressure hard and they make a lot of plays. They play like men out there and we just couldn’t match it in the beginning and we paid a price for it.”Winnipeg led 3-0 after the first period, but Chicago came back to make it 4-3 early in the third.Chicago didn’t get its first shot on goal until 17:36 into the game, drawing sarcastic cheers from some fans.“Pretty embarrassing start,” Kane said, adding the slow starts are a bad trend.It was an unusual start for Brossoit, too.“I can’t say that I’ve ever been through that much time without a shot Toronto Maple Leafs T-Shirts Authentic ,” he said. “It was a bit of a challenge, but they came with a bit of a surge and gave me four or five shots all in a row, so I got into the game off that surge.”Scheifele opened the scoring with a power-play goal when he redirected Byfuglien’s point shot at 7:49 for his 17th goal. Myers scored 72 seconds later.Connor’s 12th of the season came after he took the puck most of the way down the ice, lost control of it in the slot, got his stick on it and put a backhand shot past Ward’s glove at 13:38.Connor scored his second goal of the game off a rebound on the power play at 1:44 of the second, but Strome got the visitors on the board 20 seconds later.Duncan Keith had an assist. He and defenseman Brent Seabrook marked their 1,000th regular-season game together, the most by current NHL teammates and seventh all-time.Kahun squeezed Winnipeg’s lead to 4-2 after he banged in a rebound at 7:09. DeBrincat sent a sharp-angled shot between the post and Brossoit to make it 4-3 at 6:08 of the third, but Perreault scored on the power play to regain the two-goal lead at 11:36.NOTES: Kane extended his points streak to four games with two goals and four assists. … Winnipeg was 3 for 5 on the power play and Chicago 0 for 2.UP NEXTBlackhawks. Host Pittsburgh on Wednesday night to start a four-game homestand.Jets: End a four-game homestand against Edmonton on Thursday night.

The Titans have gotten two huge wins in the last two weeks over AFC South opponents. Today they return home to face the defending Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles. They are playing with a little bit of house money here after a 2-1 start. A loss isn’t the end of the world Luke Stocker Jersey , but a win to move to 3-1 with the schedule easing up a bit would be huge.The best news here is that the Titans are as close to fully healthy as they have been since week 1. Marcus Mariota is another week past the nerve injury. Jack Conklin is making his first start. Adoree Jackson cleared the concussion protocol and will play. They picked a really good week to get healthy.Here is everything you need to know about watching the game:Nuts and boltsLocation: Nissan Stadium, Nashville, TNGame time: Sunday, September 30, 2018 | 12:00 p.m. CentralTV channel: FOXAnnouncers: Chris Myers and Daryl JohnstonOnline Stream/Replay: NFL GamepassLine: Eagles -4.5We are going to use this as the open thread today, so use this to discuss the game. If you are new around here Will Compton Jersey , welcome! Also, Terry will have inactives about 45 minutes before kickoff and the quick recap right after. Mike will have winners and loser later tonight and a couple of great film breakdowns throughout the week.GO TITANS!! What a win yesterday. My kids are on fall break this weekend so I had the pleasure of listening to the game on radio. While sitting on the beach listening to Mike Keith and Dave McGinnis on Titans Radio is awesome, it is really tough to not be able to actually see what is going on.Last night before Terry and me recorded Locked on Titans (listen here) I sat down and watch the condensed version of the game on NFL Game Pass. There were so many great plays by the Titans in the game, but I can’t get enough of these 2 plays from 2 of the Titans young studs:The first is obviously the game winning touchdown. Corey Davis did such a masterful job selling the route to the outside before going to the post:The second is the Harold Landry strip sack on Carson Wentz:The Titans have that speed and bend coming off the edge and Jurrell Casey wrecking plays in the middle. That has to give quarterbacks nightmares!

So Kyle Shanahan said in his press conference today he needed closers. Since I was having a slow day at work Colin Kaepernick Jersey , my next thought was the epic scene from Glengarry Glen Ross. I can see Shanahan walking into the coaches meeting and Saleh walking over to get a cup of coffee and Shanahan saying the epic line: “Put that coffee DOWN. Coffee is for closers only.” If anyone else had that scene playing after hearing Shanahan’s presser, let me know so I’m not crazy. I have some links for you: If price is right, trading Pierre Gar莽on makes sense for 49ers (KNBR)Coach Kyle Shanahan explains late-game miscues that cost 49ers in Arizona desert (Biderman)NFL trade deadline: Which players 49ers might target and could deal (Maiocco)49ers injury report indicates CJ Beathard would not have practiced (Madson)The 49ers are lacking closers, and Kyle Shanahan knows it (KNBR)Good and bad from 49ers Week 8 loss to Cardinals (Madson)49ers Kyle Shanahan on meltdown in Arizona: ‘We need closers’ (Brown)Kyle Shanahan admits he must prepare 49ers better for late-game situations (Maiocco)What a horrible night to have a curse... The 2018 NFL season is over. The 4-12 San Francisco 49ers watched the NFC West champion Los Angeles Rams fall to the New England Patriots 13-3 in Super Bowl 53. The victory gave New England their sixth Super Bowl ring, surpassing the 49ers’ five and joining the Pittsburgh Steelers as the only two franchises with six Lombardi Trophies.49ers general manager John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan, in Year 3 of their rebuild, now set their sights on the start of free agency on March 13th, and the NFL Draft, beginning April 25th. But in 2019, a new offseason dynamic enters the fray — the Alliance of American Football, and there’s a few reasons 49ers fans should tune in.First, and perhaps most important, football no longer ends in February. The AAF has given those that continue to crave the gridiron two more months of potentially quality football leading right up until the NFL Draft.The AAF is a brand new, eight-team professional football league with the intent of becoming both a complement and developmental system for the NFL. The inaugural season begins this Saturday, February 9th Womens Tevin Coleman Jersey , at 5 pm PST on CBS. You can view the complete schedule here. The regular season lasts two months, concluding on Sunday, April, 14th. There are four games every weekend — two on Saturday and two on Sunday (except for one Friday game on April 12). The AAF will feature a four-team playoff similar to college football, concluding with the championship on Saturday, April 27th in Las Vegas.The NFL and NFL Network have already committed to broadcasting 19 AAF games in 2019, airing two games per week on Saturday and Sunday night. The first game of the season will air on CBS, CBS Sports Network will air one game per week, TNT will air one regular season game and one playoff game, and Bleacher Report Live will stream a game each week.A shorter play clock, the absence of TV timeouts, required two-point conversions, no kickoffs, and a college-type overtime are just some of the reasons the AAF should give fans a new and worthwhile viewing experience. Games are expected to take 150 minutes, rather than 180 in the NFL.In addition to the on-field adjustments http://www.49erslockerroom.com/authentic-jimmie-ward-jersey , the AAF is releasing a mobile app this weekend that is expected to bring with it a suite of innovative and intriguing features. Free livestreaming, an animated and interactive recreation of the game in real-time, fantasy football and all-things betting are expected to be integrated into the AAF app over time.The eight inaugural AAF teams are as follows: Arizona Hotshots, Orlando Apollos, Atlanta Legends, Birmingham Iron, Memphis Express, Salt Lake Stallions, San Antonio Commanders, and San Diego Fleet. Roughly 70 percent of the rosters consist of players that have spent time on an NFL team. Among them are dozens of players that, at one point, spent time on the 49ers’ roster, giving fans a chance to check in on some familiar faces.Receiver Quinton Patton (Iron), quarterback B.J. Daniels (Stallions), cornerback Keith Reaser (Apollos) Womens Brock Coyle Jersey , quarterback Scott Tolzien (Iron), defensive tackle Mike Purcell (Stallions), receiver Dres Anderson (Stallions), safety Chanceller James (Stallions), and guard Andrew Tiller (Apollos) are among the over 20 names of former 49ers that are spread across the AAF. Kirk Larrabee of 247Sports did a fantastic job breaking down the former 49ers on each team’s roster, as well as their time spent in San Francisco.Former 49ers head coaches Mike Singletary (Express) and Dennis Erickson (Stallions) were also given chances to once again lead a professional football team. Other notable coaches include Mike Martz (Fleet) and Steve Spurrier (Apollos). Rick Neuheisel is coaching the Hotshots, and you might recall he interviewed for the 49ers head coach job in 2003 while lying to his then employer (University of Washington) about it. Fun times!In addition to former 49ers players and coaches, there’s a good chance you’ll also be watching future NFL players in the AAF. Quality players that slip through the cracks of NFL roster cuts will be given another chance to display their talent in the hopes of another shot in the league.The 49ers’ front office over the past two years has shown an ability to identify players that may have been overlooked through the draft process. Running back Matt Breida and receiver Kendrick Bourne both went undrafted and have now developed into starters on the 49ers’ offense. It won’t take long before AAF players are given tryouts to join an NFL roster. Every player in the AAF is given an out in their contract in case of promotion.The AAF begins its inaugural season on Saturday with the Fleet facing off against the Stallions in San Antonio, and the Legends versus the Apollos in Orlando. On Sunday, the Express face the Iron in Birmingham, and the Hotshots host the Stallions in Phoenix. 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DETROIT (AP) — Jonathan Huberdeau and the Florida Panthers refused to let a terrible first period ruin their entire night.After trailing by three goals Authentic Oliver Bjorkstrand Jersey , the Panthers roared back and beat the struggling Detroit Red Wings 4-3 when Huberdeau scored the only goal in a shootout Monday.Florida, which has won six of eight, was down 3-0 after the opening period.“We showed some resiliency and we stuck to our plan,” coach Bob Boughner said. “We told the guys after the first period that we weren’t that bad, but they got some breaks and they ended up in our net.”Jared McCann, Henrik Borgstrom and Jayce Hawryluk scored in the second for Florida to tie it.Roberto Luongo allowed three goals on eight shots before being replaced by James Reimer to start the middle period. Reimer stopped 12 shots and all three attempts in the tiebreaker.“Obviously, it was a pretty bad first period and Lou got hung out to dry. We really pushed in the second period, though, and got ourselves back into the game Ryan Murray Jersey ,” Reimer said. “They have some great guys for the shootout — I’ve faced them enough to know. So you just try to keep your eyes on the puck and not fall for their tricks.”Reimer denied Gustav Nyquist, Frans Nielsen — the NHL’s career leader in shootout goals — and Dylan Larkin.Andreas Athanasiou, Nyquist and Thomas Vanek scored for Detroit, which has lost its last five games (0-3-2). Jimmy Howard made 24 saves.“In the second I thought we stopped talking, we stopped moving our feet, we stopped shoulder-checking,” Red Wings coach Jeff Blashill said. “So we bogged ourselves down and all of a sudden we were in our end too much.”An apparent power-play goal by Athanasiou 3:55 into the third period was reversed because the play was ruled offside after a challenge by the Panthers.Hawryluk’s third goal of the season with 4:45 left in the second tied the game. Borgstrom brought Florida within one when he scored his third goal with 7:49 remaining in the middle period. McCann made it 3-1 with a short-handed goal at 6:19.The Panthers outshot the Red Wings 14-2 in the second.Athanasiou opened the scoring 5:15 into the game with his 13th goal. Nyquist and Vanek scored 59 seconds apart late in the period.Nyquist made it 2-0 with 2:32 left in the first with his 10th goal. Larkin got an assist to extend his point streak to 14 games (seven goals, 11 assists), the longest current streak in the NHL and the longest for the Red Wings since Henrik Zetterberg’s 17-game run to begin the 2007-08 season.Vanek scored his sixth goal with 1:33 remaining in the opening period.NOTES: Florida acquired D Chris Wideman from Edmonton in a trade on Sunday for D Alexander Petrovic. Wideman was a healthy scratch. … Red Wings D Trevor Daly was a late scratch and Blashill announced after the game that the veteran will be out three to five weeks with a foot injury.Daly was honored Sergei Bobrovsky Jersey , along with his family, before the game for playing in his 1,000th career game on Dec. 23 in his native Toronto. … It was the third game of the day at Little Caesars Arena. Two games in the Great Lakes Invitational college hockey tournament were played earlier.UP NEXTPanthers: At the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.Red Wings: Host the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. Tampa Bay Lightning (60-15-4, first in the Atlantic Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (42-29-8, fourth in the Atlantic Division)Montreal; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EDTBOTTOM LINE: The Eastern Conference-leading Tampa Bay Lightning travel to take on the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre.The Canadiens are 23-12-4 on their home ice. Montreal has given up 46 power-play goals, killing 80.8 percent of opponent chances.The Lightning are 21-4-0 in division games. Tampa Bay leads the Eastern Conference shooting 12.1 percent and averaging 3.9 goals on 32.2 shots per game. In their last meeting on Feb. 16, Tampa Bay won 3-0.TOP PERFORMERS: Tomas Tatar leads the Canadiens with a plus-22 in 77 games played this season. Andrew Shaw has collected eight assists over the last 10 games for Montreal.LAST 10 GAMES: Lightning: 8-2-0, averaging 4.8 goals Womens Seth Jones Jersey , 7.8 assists, 4.3 penalties and 11.4 penalty minutes while giving up 3.3 goals per game with a .892 save percentage.Canadiens: 6-3-1, averaging three goals, 5.4 assists, 2.6 penalties and 6.1 penalty minutes while giving up 1.9 goals per game with a .936 save percentage.Canadiens Injuries: Paul Byron: day to day (upper body).Lightning Injuries: Victor Hedman: day to day (upper body), Dan Girardi: out (lower body), Louis Domingue: day to day (lower body).

TORONTO (AP) — Matt Murray made 38 saves for his first shutout of the season and the Pittsburgh Penguins snapped the Toronto Maple Leafs‘ winning streak at five games with a stifling 3-0 victory Thursday night.Evgeni Malkin had two goals and an assist Authentic Mitchell Marner Jersey , scoring early and adding an empty-net goal. Kris Letang also had an empty-netter, and Sidney Crosby picked up an assist to tie Darryl Sittler for 60th on the NHL’s career points list with 1,221.Toronto’s Auston Matthews, the NHL in scoring with 16 points on 10 goals and six assists, was looking to become the third player in NHL to start a season with eight consecutive multi-point games. The Maple Leafs came in averaging an NHL-high 4.71 goals.Murray returned from a concussion that sidelined him for three games. He has seven career shutouts.Frederik Andersen stopped 36 shots for Toronto.LIGHTNING 3, RED WINGS 1TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Stamkos scored his first goal of the season, Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves and Tampa Bay beat Detroit.Stamkos ended a 16-game regular-season goal drought dating to last season from the slot with 4:41 left in the second. The goal gave the Lightning a 2-1 lead.Brayden Point and Alex Killorn also scored for the Lightning. They went 4-1-0 on a season-opening homestand, and have won 12 in a row against the Red Wings.Detroit is 0-5-2, its worst season-opening stretch since opening the 1985-86 season with eight losses and a tie. Luke Glendening scored for the Red Wings.AVALANCHE 5, DEVILS 3NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Gabriel Landeskog broke a tie with 3:22 left with his third goal of the game, helping Colorado beat New Jersey.Landeskog one-timed Mikko Rantanen’s pass from behind the net to complete his third career hat trick. He scored earlier in the third period on a deflection of a shot by Ian Cole.Philipp Grubauer stopped 27 shots for his first victory of the season.Rantanen scored on an empty-netter with 12 seconds left and added three assists, giving him an NHL-leading 11 this season. Sven Andrighetto also scored for Colorado.The Devils lost for the first time after opening the season with four straight victories. Taylor Hall had a goal and two assists, and Nico Hischier and Brian Boyle also scored.BLUE JACKETS 6, FLYERS 3COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Cam Atkinson scored twice in the second period and Sergei Bobrovsky had 32 saves in Columbus’ victory over Philadelphia.Atkinson’s goals http://www.officialmapleleafsproshop.com/authentic-adidas-morgan-rielly-jersey , both set up with on-target passes from Artemi Panarin, were part of a three-goal flurry in a seven-minute span that gave Columbus the lead.Anthony Duclair, Nick Foligno, Josh Anderson and Sonny Milano also scored for the Blue Jackets. Travis Konecny had a goal and an assist for the Flyers, and Oskar Lindblom and Sean Courturier also scored.COYOTES 4, BLACKHAWKS 1CHICAGO (AP) — Vinnie Hinostroza scored twice against his former team, Antti Raanta made 33 saves and Arizona spoiled Chicago goalie Corey Crawford’s season debut.Clayton Keller had a goal and an assist to help Arizona improve to 1-1 on a four-game trip. The Coyotes entered with just four goals on the season. Lawson Crouse also scored.Erik Gustafsson scored for Chicago.OILERS 3, BRUINS 2, OTEDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Leon Draisaitl scored in overtime to give the Edmonton Oilers a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Thursday night in their home opener.Connor McDavid set up the winner at 37 seconds of the extra period, and Kailer Yamamoto and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored to help the Oilers win their third straight.David Krejci and David Pastrnak scored for Boston. The Bruins have dropped two in a row.JETS 4, CANUCKS 1WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Patrik Laine and Bryan Little scored power-play goals to help Winnipeg beat Vancouver.Dustin Byfuglien had a goal and two assists, Andrew Copp added a goal, and Connor Hellebuyck made 26 saves. Bo Horvat scored for the Canucks, and Anders Nilsson stopped 28 shots.SHARKS 5, SABRES 1SAN JOSE Nikita Zaitsev Jersey Kids , Calif. (AP) — Logan Couture had his third career hat trick and San Jose scored three times on the power play to beat Buffalo in the Sharks’ first game back from a five-game road trip.Couture and Joonas Donskoi scored power-play goals 27 seconds apart in the first period following a double-minor against Kyle Okposo for high sticking. Couture added an even-strength goal in the third period off a feed from Evander Kane and capped the night with an empty-net goal.Joe Pavelski also scored on the power-play in the third, giving the Sharks three goals with the man advantage after having just two in the first six games.Martin Jones made 24 saves for the Sharks.Jake McCabe scored the lone goal for the Sabres, who fell to 1-2 on their five-game Western swing. Carter Hutton made 34 saves.ISLANDERS 7, KINGS 2LOS ANGELES (AP) — Valtteri Filppula scored twice and the Islanders snapped a two-game road losing streak.Filppula, Matt Martin, Leo Komarov and Andrew Ladd each had a goal in the third period as the Islanders had a season high in scoring.Casey Cizikas had a goal for the second straight game, and Josh Bailey scored on the power play. Robin Lehner made 28 saves for the Islanders.Jonathan Quick made his first start for the Kings after missing five games because of a lower-body injury, but was pulled with 10:40 remaining after allowing six goals on 29 shots. Tyler Toffoli and Jeff Carter each scored on the power play, and Los Angeles lost its third straight game. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Washington Capitals seemed a step faster than the discombobulated Columbus Blue Jackets all night long and took full advantage of some early opportunities.The result was a 4-0 win by the Capitals over the Blue Jackets on Saturday that seemed so easy it was difficult to tell at times that these were two teams fighting for the lead in the rugged Metropolitan Division. For most of the evening, the Blue Jackets didn’t look like they belonged on the same ice with the reigning Stanley Cup champions.Alex Ovechkin scored his NHL-leading 22nd goal and Braden Holtby got his 34th career shutout as the Capitals stayed atop the division, moving three points ahead of Columbus.“It probably helped that we saw what didn’t and what worked against them in the playoffs last year,” said Holtby, who picked up his second shutout of the season. “And so our team knows you can’t play a soft game against them because they’ll turn it the other way quick. Tonight we played the right way and got rewarded for it.”Travis Boyd had a goal and an assist, and Brett Connolly and Dmitrij Jaskin also scored for Washington. Holtby finished with 28 saves.Ovechkin extended his points streak to 11 straight games, with 10 goals and six assists during the stretch. He also picked up an assist on Boyd’s third-period goal.Washington coach Todd Reirden said his captain is contributing in every possible way.“A lot was made of his leadership with us winning the Stanley Cup and the role that he had in it, but his leadership during the regular season this year is the best I’ve seen Womens Patrick Marleau Jersey ,” Reirden said.“That says a lot about him and how he’s really leading the way. He’s been more vocal, obviously his play has been exceptional, and he’s been night-in and night-out a guy who has played at both ends of the ice and gave us a chance to have success.”The Capitals, whose three-goal first period overpowered the Blue Jackets, have won two in a row and eight of their last 11.Connolly started it 1:42 into the game when he skated in on a rush and poked the puck around the back of lunging goalie Sergei Bobrovsky.Jaskin got credit for a lucky tally halfway through the period when a shot from Boyd hit Jaskin’s left skate and popped over Bobrovsky’s shoulder. It was the first goal of the year for the Washington fourth-liner.Ovechkin’s goal in the closing seconds of the first period was anything but lucky. He was left wide open in front of the net to tap in a pass from Michal Kempny.After that, Columbus coach John Tortorella had seen enough and replaced Bobrovsky with Joonas Korpisalo to start the second period, which seemed to help.After a scoreless second, Boyd got his first goal of the season late in the third to cap the scoring.Bobrovsky had 10 saves in the first period for Columbus, and Korpisalo recorded 14 the rest of the way.“I don’t see us doing the things necessary to win hockey games at crucial times, and they did,” Columbus captain Nick Foligno said. “They played the right way. We were flat in the first and kind of got caught watching, and it was unacceptable.”NOTES: Columbus F Cam Atkinson had his points streak stopped at 12 games. … Columbus F Anthony Duclair was back in the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past four games. He replaced Lukas Sedlak. … Washington F Tom Wilson missed a second straight game due to an upper-body injury from a crushing hit by Vegas’ Ryan Reaves on Tuesday. … The Capitals called up Riley Barber from the AHL Hershey Bears on Friday to replace T.J. Oshie, who was put on injured reserve with a concussion.UP NEXT:Capitals: Host Detroit on Tuesday night.Blue Jackets: Host Vancouver on Tuesday night.

up short against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday afternoon Womens Lavonte David Jersey , 37-34. After trailing 29-7 at halftime and 34-16 in the fourth quarter, Ryan Fitzpatrick led the Bucs all the way back.Fitzpatrick, in relief of Jameis Winston, was able to put together three scoring drives in the final frame to give Tampa Bay a shot. Unfortunately, after tying the game with 1:05 to play, the Buccaneers defense fell apart on the final drive. Andy Dalton nickle and dimed his way downfield before finding A.J. Green twice to put the Bengals into field goal range. The rest is history. Winners1. Mike EvansMike Evans recorded his most receiving yards since the season-opener in the game against Cincinnati. The former Texas A&M star hauled in six catches for 179 yards and one touchdown. His 72-yard score in the fourth quarter helped Tampa Bay get back in the game. Evans is currently on pace to have his best season ever. 2. Jason Pierre-PaulThrough seven games a year ago, the Buccaneers defense had recorded a total of seven sacks. Jason Pierre-Paul already has eight sacks of his own in seven games this season and as a whole, Tampa Bay has notched 16 sacks. After failing to get a sack in the season-opener, Pierre-Paul has gotten to the quarterback at least once in the last six weeks. The former New York Giant is looking to be the first Buc to record double-digits sacks in a season since Simeon Rice (14) in 2005. 3. Ryan FitzpatrickThough he played just over a quarter, Fitzpatrick was arguably the MVP of the Tampa Bay offense. He finished 11/15 for 194 yards and two touchdowns to try and lead the Buccaneers to a come from behind win.After coming in following Winston’s four interceptions, Tampa Bay’s offense found a rhythm under Fitzpatrick. The Bucs scored 17 points in the fourth quarter to give themselves a shot before the defense collapsed on the final drive. Going forward, it’s viable that Fitzpatrick could take over at quarterback, especially with Winston’s turnover issues. This coaching staff has a heck of a decision to make. Losers1. Dirk KoetterJust like the coaching staff has a decision to make on its quarterback, the organization has a decision to make on its head coach. Is the Dirk Koetter era in Tampa Bay on its final few wheels?After going 9-7 and barely missing the playoffs in 2016, the Buccaneers slid back to 5-11 a year ago. With Winston suspended for the first two games to start 2018, many figured this team would struggle without him.Instead, they had one of the top offenses in the NFL and got out to a 2-0 start. However, the defense has struggled all season and Koetter was forced to part ways with defensive coordinator Mike Smith just two weeks ago. When Winston returned, the offense found itself with a turnover problem and that has ultimately led us here, to a crossroads. Koetter’s vertical passing scheme doesn’t fit Winston’s strength’s well. He’s more suited for a west coast offense that is less complex and makes things easier on the quarterback.This organization is going to have to choose, Koetter or Winston? 2. Jameis WinstonWinston has thrown 10 interceptions, culminating with four against Cincinnati, in his three and a half games back. He’s made plenty of plays but the mistakes have overshadowed the success.All four of his interceptions on Sunday were easily throws the fourth-year quarterback shouldn’t have made. Winston just seems unable to throw passes away, opting instead to look for big plays every down.It’d be exciting if it was working, but it isn’t.Tampa Bay picked up Winston’s fifth-year contract back in April, which will pay him $20.9 million in 2016. Like I said above, a decision has to be made about which way will the organization will move going forward. 3. DefenseThough Winston didn’t give them much help, Tampa Bay’s defense didn’t do itself any favors against the Bengals. The Buccaneers failed to force a turnover for the third time in four games. Ironically Womens Carlton Davis Jersey , the only turnover they’ve gotten in that time is a fumble recovery on a kickoff. Whether it was through the air or on the ground, Cincinnati moved the ball however it wanted to in the first half. In the second half, Tampa Bay did tighten up and force four three and outs and five punts overall.But when it counted most, the Buccaneers reverted back to form, allowing Dalton to drive down the field and set up the game-winning kick for the Bengals. Cincinnati's top play makers picked Tampa Bay apart. Joe Mixon rushed 21 times for a career-high 123 yards and two touchdowns. A.J. Green and Tyler Boyd combined for 214 yards and two touchdowns on 14 catches.Key plays from Bucs Week 1 victory The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are undefeated! It’s a corny joke, but it’s a fun one.In all seriousness, the Bucs did some damage by putting 48 points on the New Orleans Saints to get their first win of the season.It was also their first road win, win against a 2017 playoff team and win against a division rival. Not bad for one week’s work. All of the scoring plays are important, but we’re here for the ones that helped establish the success which led to the scoring, and more importantly, the winning. Here are your key plays from the Buccaneers’ Week 1 win against the New Orleans Saints!The Play: Big Aggression in the Big EasyTampa Bay and offensive coordinator Todd Monken came into Week 1 with one word in mind: Attack.And attack they did. Our first play is more stylistic than the rest, and so I’ve brought you three examples.The first one, a big strike to DeSean Jackson deep as he ran past Saints safety Marcus Williams to tie the game early in the first quarter.Then, the Bucs’ ground game got going with a couple of big runs by Peyton Barber. In this one, Williams is victim to Barber’s momentum and strength as he plows through the safety for a first down.Finally, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick got into the action with his legs and shoulder as well as his arm. This score helped get his team to a ten point lead before the end of the first quarter. Again, it was Williams who felt the pain of the Tampa Bay aggression.Williams and the Saints certainly took the game plan established by the Buccaneers early and often. These three plays are just a few examples of the attack the offense brought into hostile territory.The Play: Curry Wants a PuntWith just around ten minutes left to play in the first half, there hadn’t been a single punt in the 17-17 game. Vinny Curry had enough of it, and on third-and-four the Super Bowl Champion stepped up to get his first sack of the season and as a Buccaneer.The Tampa Bay offense not only made good on Curry’s efforts, but rewarded the team with a touchdown pass from Fitzpatrick to Chris Godwin and bled five minutes of the clock in the process.The Play: Fitzmagic Gets RollingRolling may not be the right word. Moving, or more specifically, running would fit better.Fitzpatrick had 36-yards on twelve carries, and two stuck out to me a little more than the others. Well, two more on top of the touchdown run we talked about earlier.First, on a second and eight in the red zone with five and a half minutes remaining in the half, and his Bucs tied with the Saints at 17 a piece.The previous play was a short pass to Jacquizz Rodgers, and there was a sense that how this drive ended was going to have a big part to play in deciding who won this game.Following a timeout, the veteran quarterback came back to the line Womens Ronald Jones II Jersey , made an adjustment and promptly took what can only be referred to as an un-designed quarterback draw.Fox’s coverage team explained just why it looks like an uncalled for quarterback draw, and the lack of blocking behavior from the receivers is the biggest indicator.This run set the Buccaneers up with a third and six, which isn’t much better than eight, but it’s enough to force the defense to play honest.New Orleans’ honestly allowed Fitzpatrick and Godwin enough room to connect for the go ahead touchdown as the Bucs took a 24-17 lead.The second run came at the end of the game. This time on a third down play, Fitzpatrick didn’t scramble for a better next play, he scrambled to take a knee.The long run not only showed just how smart Fitzpatrick can be, it showed just how much the Saints learned to respect the team’s receiver threats. If they aren’t all running downfield with the receivers, then Fitzpatrick doesn’t have the room to run. He did. He took it. And three knees later, the Buccaneers walked out of New Orleans with the win because of it.The Play: Scoop and ScoreUp until this point it was mostly back and forth. The Saints fired the first shots and from there it was on. First, the sack leading to the first punt of the game allowed the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to take serve.This play, gave them a lap up on the home team. That’s a lot of sports analogies, but I think you get the jist.Vernon Hargreaves poked it loose and Justin Evans took it back for the score. The two score lead was big, and obviously turned out to be just what they needed.The Final Play: New Year, New Wrinkles3rd-and-3, clock is under 7:30 to go in the game and the Bucs are up two scores. Let’s be honest here folks. We all expected a run, draw or screen.Instead, we got a 35-yard pass to DeSean Jackson over cornerback Ken Crawley. The 2017 Buccaneers would’ve never done that, or they wouldn’t have done it well. Last year, this would have been Charles Sims territory nine times out of ten. Of course, it’s likely they also wouldn’t have secured the win here. There was frustration late as many feel like the Bucs let off the gas too early. But this is evidence that with fewer than eight minutes remaining, Monken hadn’t gotten too one dimensional with his offense just yet.Unfortunately, Jackson was injured on the play, but will hopefully be healthy enough to play against the Eagles this coming weekend. It stands as just one more example of how this year’s offense is just so different than last year’s.This year, it wasn’t a screen to Sims or anyone else, at least this week it was nine-route to Jackson. And it was fantastic.

streak against the San Francisco 49ers came to a disappointing end D.K. Metcalf Seattle Seahawks Jersey , as the now 4-10 Niners beat their rivals 26-23 in overtime to deny the Seahawks a playoff berth for at least one week. Yes, there was bad officiating, but also sloppy play, sloppy weather, and other factors that contributed to Seattle’s demise.But when you look at what has happened around the league this week... maybe it was inevitable?Week 15 started off with the Kansas City Chiefs losing to the Los Angeles Chargers on the game’s final offensive play, blowing a 28-14 lead and thus the AFC West. As it turns out, a Chiefs win would’ve clinched the #1 seed in addition to the division (more on that later). It was the Chargers’ first win against the Chiefs since Week 17 of the 2013 season, when a first-team Chargers side had to beat a second-string, Chase Daniel-led Kansas City squad in overtime just to make the playoffs. A great time for the Chargers to snap a nine-game losing streak vs. KC, and they could end up as the #1 seed in the AFC if all breaks right for them.Saturday night, the Cleveland Browns’ feint playoff hopes were kept alive courtesy of a 17-16 win over the Denver Broncos, whose head coach Vance Joseph ought to be fired for this mindlessness. It was Cleveland’s first win over the Broncos since 1990. Two iterations of the Browns have had 11 cracks at Denver over a near-three decade span, but couldn’t beat them. Denver’s fading playoff hopes, which took a hit when they had their own loss to the 49ers last week, are done now. At the same time as the Seahawks-49ers, the Pittsburgh Steelers held off the New England Patriots for a pivotal 17-10 win, when a loss would’ve momentarily knocked them out of the playoffs. It snapped a five-game losing skid against the Patriots for Mike Tomlin’s bunch, marking his first win over New England since 2011. It’s also the first time since 2002 that the Patriots have lost consecutive December games. New England might very well fail to get a first-round bye, and as alluded to earlier, a Steelers win was what the Chiefs needed to clinch the #1 seed in the AFC... except they didn’t beat the Chargers, so their playoff seeding is still up in the air.Sometimes “shit happens,” and I think that’s an apt description for Week 15. A lot of long droughts all just ended within a 72-hour span, and you just have to move on and look at the next opponent. Patrick Mahomes is athletic, agile 鈥?and ambidextrous, apparently.Thanks in part to a nifty left-handed throw as he was about to get sacked by Von Miller at midfield on the game-winning drive, the right-handed Mahomes rallied the unbeaten Kansas City Chiefs past the Denver Broncos 27-23 on Monday night.By overcoming a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit, the Chiefs (4-0) took a two-game lead over the Broncos (2-2), their AFC West rivals whom they've now beaten six straight times.The only other remaining unbeaten team is the Los Angeles Rams.Down 23-13, Mahomes directed a 12-play, 75-yard drive that ate up more than six minutes and culminated with a 2-yard TD toss to tight end Travis Kelce.After a three-and-out by Denver Youth D.K. Metcalf Jersey , Mahomes added a 60-yard touchdown drive, handing off to Kareem Hunt for the 4-yard score with 1:39 remaining.On that last drive, Mahomes was getting dragged down by Miller on third-and-5 at midfield when he shifted the ball to his left hand and threw it to Tyreek Hill a yard past the first-down marker at the Broncos 49."He's actually more athletic than people" realize, Denver linebacker Brandon Marshall said. "People talk about his arm, but he can move out of the pocket and make the necessary throws."Even with his left hand."I didn't know he threw it with his left hand," marveled Miller. "He's a great quarterback.""Patrick worked real hard on that left-handed throw," Chiefs coach Andy Reid quipped. "Some amazing plays there. We've seen it in practice but not under those conditions."Mahomes proved slippery all night."We played well and we got to him but he would scramble out to his right as he likes to do," Marshall said. "It's almost like we'd have him in our fingertips and he'd scramble away and throw for a first down."The kid can play. He's going to be really good. He's really good right now, but we should have won the game."It was the first time since 2004 that the Broncos blew a 10-point fourth-quarter lead at home.RUN, ROOKIES, RUNIn between Kansas City's scoring drives, the Broncos, who had run roughshod over the Chiefs all night 鈥?a 7.2-yard average per run 鈥?suddenly abandoned their ground game in favor of three-wide receiver sets that resulted in a quick three-and-out that sent Denver's exhausted defenders right back out."We ran the ball to control the game," Broncos coach Vance Joseph said, "but you throw the ball to score."After the three-and-out, struggling Broncos punter Marquette King shanked a 35-yarder out of bounds, giving the Chiefs the ball at their 40 with 4:35 left."He's got to perform better," Joseph said. "We're at home and it's his job to flip the field. It ain't happening."If anything, the Broncos' 1-2 punch of rookie running backs needed more work.Phillip Lindsay ran 16 times for 69 yards and a TD and Royce Freeman ran eight times for 67 yards and a TD.Freeman took a toss from Case Keenum and slipped seven tackles on his way to a 14-yard touchdown in which he dragged linebacker Anthony Hitchens across the goal line in the first half.BIG BLUNDERSMahomes overcame a couple of flags that put Kansas City in a second-and-30 hole from their 31 and completed consecutive passes covering 23 and 35 yard to reach the Broncos' 11 at the 2-minute warning.That last play never should have counted because the play clock expired well before the snap. But referee Craig Wrolstad's crew missed it. Joseph said he raised the issue with an official who insisted the Chiefs had gotten the play off in time."I disagree. I disagree," Joseph said.Cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said there should be some recourse when the officials blow a call."If a ref messes up on a call, yeah, you should be able to fix it. Go back and fix. Like, 'Dude, look how long the clock was on zero?' I mean, c'mon," Harris said. "That wasn't the reason we lost the game. We still had plenty of chances but that was a huge, huge no-call."The officials had another blunder when Mahomes was about 1陆 yards past the line of scrimmage when he scrambled and hit Kelce for a 29-yard catch to the 3 early in the second half. Joseph appeared to be reaching for his red challenge flag but never threw it.Denver's defense bailed out its coach by forcing the Chiefs to settle for a field goal.NATIONAL ANTHEMThomas and Broncos teammate Brandon Marshall both stood with their teammates during the national anthem. Since the preseason, both players had been retreating to the tunnel nearest their bench during the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner."INJURIESChiefs: Wide receiver Sammy Watkins pulled a hamstring in the second quarter and didn't return. Linebacker Dee Ford (groin) left in the fourth quarter.Broncos: Right tackle Jared Veldheer left in the first quarter with a knee injury and was replaced by Billy Turner.UP NEXTChiefs: Host Jacksonville on Sunday to begin a stretch of three home games in four weeks.Broncos: Visit the Jets on Sunday, the first of three road games in four weeks.

ST. PAUL Tomas Tatar Jersey Womens , Minn. (AP) — losing streak, the Anaheim Ducks got a spark after a roster makeover. The Minnesota Wild were left reeling after the trade of a popular teammate.John Gibson made 37 saves for his second shutout of the season, Adam Henrique and Rickard Rakell scored 11 seconds apart in the first period and the re-tooled Ducks snapped a franchise-record 12-game losing streak by beating the Wild 3-0 on Thursday night.Brian Gibbons added his second goal of the season for Anaheim, which made four trades in the previous three days.“I think you lose 12 in a row, you need to change something,” Gibson said. “I’m not saying anything about the guys that moved or anything like that, but I think you get new players, you get some new faces, you get some new energy in here and it helped us and we fed off that. We needed a change, and tonight it worked out and we have to keep going with it.”The Ducks added forwards Devin Shore and Derek Grant, and defenseman Michael Del Zotto in a series of deals, along with receiving minor league forward Justin Kloos in an exchange with Minnesota.“Hopefully, we hit a few buttons that can give ourselves some life here and some momentum that we can carry this forward,” Anaheim coach Randy Carlyle said of the win.Alex Stalock allowed three goals on eight shots for the Wild before being pulled in favor of Devan Dubnyk, who stopped 15 shots after he was expected to get another night of rest.Minnesota has also been busy making deals. Earlier Thursday, Minnesota traded forward Nino Niederreiter to the Carolina Hurricanes for center Victor Rask. Pontus Aberg played his first game for the Wild after being acquired from Anaheim for Kloos.“Yeah, a guy was traded mid-afternoon and they find out at 4 o’clock or what have you,” Minnesota coach Bruce Boudreau said. “But our job is our job. I mean, we’re professionals. Trades happen. They had six transactions and I didn’t see them worrying about it.”The Ducks started quickly in this one as Henrique scored his eighth goal of the season just 3:57 into the game. Just 11 seconds later, Shore drove the net and had the puck poked away by Stalock. But the loose puck when right to Rakell in front and he had an open net for his ninth goal of the season.Shore was playing his second game with Anaheim since being acquired from Dallas.Gibbons scored less than four minutes later Tom Kuhnhackl Jersey Womens , tipping a shot from the point from defenseman Andy Welinkski and ending Stalock’s night.“Sometimes that’s all it takes,” Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said. “You get young guys in the lineup and they play with energy and they did their job great tonight.”Dubnyk, the Wild’s All-Star representative, had started 16 of 17 games before Stalock led Minnesota to a win against Los Angeles on Tuesday with 31 saves. Boudreau said Dubnyk was feeling tired and tried to give his top netminder another night off Thursday.“We’ve got to start winning or it’s more stuff like that is going to happen,” Minnesota forward Zach Parise said of the trades. “You never want to be in that position where you’re putting yourself in a spot where they have to make that decision and all of a sudden you have to start getting rid of players. It’s a tough spot to be in and I just hope that we can rebound and climb ourselves back in.”NOTES: Del Zotto and Kloos were scratched for Anaheim. Del Zotto, acquired from Vancouver, isn’t expected to join the team until the current road trip ends on Sunday. … Anaheim F Max Jones made his NHL debut after being recalled a day earlier when Jakob Silfverberg and Ryan Kesler were placed on injured reserve with lower-body injuries. … Both teams were 0 for 4 on the power play and Minnesota has now killed off two of the past 21 opponent power plays. … Thursday represented the first time Stalock has started two straight games since a career-best seven in a row from Dec. 14-27, 2017. … Parise had a career-high 11 shots on goal.UP NEXTDucks: Play at New Jersey on Saturday.Wild: Host Columbus on Saturday. NEW YORK (AP) — Barclays Center is newer, sleeker and has the better food options. Nassau Coliseum has the history.With the New York Islanders splitting their home games between the two arenas this season, their fans have always been clear about their preference. They don’t care much for Barclays Center, located in Brooklyn. They still love the renovated Coliseum, which is far more intimate and much more convenient for the Islanders’ fan base that remains concentrated on Long Island.“It’s a hockey arena here,” said Peter Rotolo, who was at the Coliseum for a game in January. “Barclays is like, the sightlines are terrible, the seats are terrible. It’s a beautiful arena, but it’s a basketball arena and a concert arena. It never was made for hockey.”Fans like Rotolo never fully accepted the Islanders’ move to Brooklyn in 2015 after the franchise spent its first 43 years at the Coliseum, winning four straight Stanley Cup championships from 1980-84. They complained about the bad views and many obstructed seats at the arena, which was built for the Brooklyn Nets, and clamored for the team’s return to the Coliseum in Uniondale Anthony Beauvillier Jersey Womens , 30 miles and seemingly a world away.They got their wish with a unique arrangement as the NHL decided to split up the home games between the two very different venues. The arrangement is expected to remain in place until the Islanders’ new arena at Belmont Park, adjacent to the horse racing track, is ready for the 2021-22 season. Construction isn’t slated to begin until May.All of which means there are two homes for the first-place Islanders for at least the next two seasons and what’s left of this one.“They should have never left,” said David Levy, a fan from Melville who attended a game at the Coliseum with his son and two nephews. “We used to come here all the time. I go to Brooklyn, it’s beautiful but it’s a very, very long commute. … This is much more convenient. They blew it when they didn’t just rebuild the arena here.”The Islanders played their first 11 home games this season in Brooklyn, then began an 18-game stretch on Dec. 1 in which they are splitting games between the venues, before closing their home schedule with the final 12 on Long Island. The last game at Barclays Center will be Feb. 16 against the Edmonton Oilers, though it has not been announced how any playoff games will be handled.Josh Rosenberg, who lives about 10 minutes away from the Coliseum, said he will go wherever the team plays but prefers the Coliseum for its proximity and the atmosphere.“I’ve been coming to Brooklyn since they first started,” the Freeport resident said at Barclays Center. “I mean, it sucks to pay the extra fee to ride the train but I’m a die-hard fan. I’ll take the Coliseum any day, but I don’t mind taking the trip out here. (The Coliseum has) a way better vibe. It’s packed all the time, everybody’s cheering and the real fans are there.”The team’s move to Brooklyn was announced in 2012 after a failed attempt to secure public financing for a new arena on Long Island and zoning approval was rejected for a privately funded development plan that would have included renovations to the Coliseum. It was announced as a 25-year deal and appeared to secure the Islanders’ future in New York amid talk the team could move to another city.Whatever the cozy charm many saw in the old Coliseum, the renovations were welcomed and the noise level has remained deafening.Attendance figures reflect the fans’ preference.In seven games at the Coliseum this season, the Islanders have averaged 13,568 fans with four sellouts of 13,917. They have drawn an average of 10 Dustin Tokarski Jersey Womens ,788 with no sellouts at Barclays Center, which has a capacity of 15,795. Overall, the Islanders are last among the 31 NHL teams with an average attendance of 11,599.Veteran coach Barry Trotz, in his first year with the Islanders after winning a championship in Washington last season, has raved about the Coliseum as one of the old-style arenas that put fans closer to the ice and helps energize the home team. He contends the arena is worth 10-12 extra points over a season compared to elsewhere.So far, the Islanders are 5-1-1 on Long Island, and 9-6-2 in Brooklyn.The arrangement calls for the two arenas to evenly split the games for three years. This season, the Coliseum is getting 21, while Barclays is getting 20. It is uncertain what the breakdown will be in ensuing years.BSE Global, which operates both arenas, shares the fans’ desires to have the team play all its games at the Coliseum. The NHL opposed the Islanders’ full return to the Coliseum, due mainly to it having a smaller capacity than every other arena in the league, but acquiesced to the split arrangement.The players like the Coliseum, too. The arena and the team’s practice facility at Eisenhower Park a mile away are less than 30 minutes from their homes. In comparison, afternoon traffic in New York can make the trip to Barclays Center more than 75 minutes. Some players commute to Brooklyn on the Long Island Rail Road and then take car services home.“At the end of the day it doesn’t matter where you play,” veteran forward Matt Martin said. “You got to go out there and do your job, take care of business and win hockey games. The approach overall doesn’t change.”