#quarterback-play

#quarterback-play

At 4-11, the Washington Commanders are simply counting down the days, not until Christmas, but until their 2025 season is mercifully over. That said, they do end their regular season with a pair of marquee divisional matchups, the first of which is at home against the Dallas Cowboys. The Commanders already ended their bitter rival's playoff hopes by losing to the Philadelphia Eagles last week, so neither team has anything but bragging rights at stake.

I've seen enough of J.J. McCarthy. On a weekend where draftmates Bo Nix and Drake Maye assumed full command of the AFC, there was the Vikings quarterback playing football as if he had acute lead poisoning. I'm gonna try to describe McCarthy's performance in the space below, but really words don't do it proper injustice. You had to watch. You had to sit there for three miserable hours, beholding a game in which McCarthy gave the home crowd exactly one moment worth cheering for.

It shouldn't come as a shock that the Cleveland Browns are 2-5 through the first seven weeks of the season. The defensive line is very good, yes, and Denzel Ward is still one of the premier cornerbacks in football, but the offense is nothing short of abysmal. Going into the preseason, Kevin Stefanski had four main options at quarterback upon finding out Deshaun Watson would be out for the year: Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel, and Shedeur Sanders.

The Blue Devils were 1-2 after losses to Illinois and Tulane but responded with victories over NC State and Syracuse to open ACC play. Quarterback Darian Mensah, a redshirt sophomore transfer from Tulane, leads the ACC with 1,573 passing yards (329.3 per game) and 13 touchdowns. He has just two interceptions. Mensah's favorite target is wide receiver Cooper Barkate, a graduate student and Harvard transfer who averages 19.5 yards for each of his 21 catches.

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

The last week of the NFL preseason is now in the books, which means the next National Football League game we watch will be the regular-season opener on September 4th between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. From disappointing performances to surprising quarterback play, let's run down the list of the most eye-catching headlines that came from the final week of preseason action.

I think it's the best thing for our team this year, Honestly. I think we're at a good point with our health. We're at a good point with our development and I think that's this year with our team. It's the best thing to do for our guys.