It was a brutal Sunday for NFL quarterbacks.
Accidents, inefficiencies and in-your-face defenses made for tough outings throughout the league.
The Rams beat the Las Vegas Raiders, 20-15, and the quarterbacks mixed for zero touchdowns and 4 interceptions.
In the meantime, Patrick Mahomes and Brock Purdy mixed for zero touchdowns and 5 interceptions in Kansas Metropolis’s 28-18 win at San Francisco.
Houston’s C.J. Stroud, final season’s Offensive Rookie of the Yr, had a horrible day at Inexperienced Bay, and Washington’s Jayden Daniels, on monitor for these honors this season, left Sunday’s recreation with a rib harm after the primary sequence.
Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels walks off the sector after injuring his ribs towards the Panthers.
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That may have spelled doom for the Commanders, however they have been enjoying Carolina, led by Andy Dalton — 93 yards passing, two interceptions.
Washington gained, 40-7.
“We all called each other and told ourselves, `We’re gonna suck it up today,’” joked Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford, when requested concerning the coast-to-coast subpar quarterback play.
At SoFi Stadium, the Rams protection dominated.
Aidan O’Connell, beginning quarterback for the Raiders, left within the first quarter with a thumb harm. His alternative, Gardner Minshew, struggled to generate any form of spark.
Rams security Kamren Curl (3) hits Aidan O’Connell (12) within the hand as he throws. The Raiders quarterback needed to go away the sport with a thumb harm.
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The Rams picked him off thrice, and he left with a passer score barely sufficiently old to drink — 21.0.
“It’s super frustrating,” Minshew mentioned. “I’ve never turned the ball over like this in my life.”
And to assume Tom Brady simply signed on as minority proprietor of the Raiders, he of the seven Tremendous Bowl rings. Mercifully, he wasn’t there to witness that debacle. Much less mercifully, Brady was within the broadcast sales space for Fox calling the Tremendous Bowl rematch between the Chiefs and 49ers.
Miami misplaced Tyler Huntley to a shoulder harm at Indianapolis, leaving the Dolphins with Tim Boyle below middle. The workforce, which misplaced 16-10, has used 4 quarterbacks this season however is because of get Tua Tagovailoa again this week after he missed 4 weeks due to his newest concussion.
The New York Giants benched Daniel Jones within the fourth quarter of a 28-3 loss to Philadelphia, changing him with Drew Lock. After the sport, Giants coach Brian Daboll instructed reporters that Jones would retain his beginning job.
“Yeah, it was frustrating,” Jones instructed reporters. “You want to be out there playing with your teammates and fighting to score points and move the ball. So, I was frustrated, but not my decision.
“Didn’t like it, obviously.”
And in Cleveland, the ill-fated Deshaun Watson experiment took one other downturn. Watson, you’ll recall, was signed by the Browns to a totally assured $230-million contract regardless of greater than 20 lawsuits towards him alleging sexual assault and/or misconduct.
He suffered an obvious season-ending harm to his Achilles tendon and was booed by some within the hometown crowd as he was taken off the sector on a cart.
“We don’t boo guys that are injured on the field, especially when the cart comes out,” teammate Myles Garrett instructed reporters. “We should be ashamed of ourselves as Browns and as fans to boo anyone and their downfall.”
Each recreation is its personal story. It’s a peculiar coincidence that so many quarterbacks throughout the league had such a foul Week 7. However it’s notable that, typically talking, that is the time of the season when offenses are inclined to have a slight edge over defenses.
Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) is sacked by Raiders defensive finish Maxx Crosby (98).
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Usually, defenses have an edge early within the season — they’ve a thinner playbook, in any case — and it takes just a few weeks for offenses to catch up and hit their stride. Sunday, not less than, that wasn’t the case.
“It’s any given week in this league,” mentioned Stafford, who absorbed a number of massive hits and completed with a season-low passer score of 62.6. “Defenses are paid to stop us as well. They’re doing a nice job. … I know I left some plays out there for sure, couple of out routes to my left that I want back.”
The Rams are relishing within the play of their younger protection, as they need to within the wake of a win that felt extra lopsided than the five-point distinction suggests.
They get All-Professional receiver Cooper Kupp again for Thursday evening’s residence recreation towards Minnesota, and that must be a giant enhance to Stafford, offering he will get enough safety up entrance.
Not each quarterback struggled Sunday. For the third time this season, Detroit’s Jared Goff accomplished each move try within the first half. He was half excellent … in a league that’s half loopy.
