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NFL news, injury updates: Brock Purdy leaves 49ers practice, Jets fire GM Joe Douglas
The New York Jets are cleaning house, with GM Joe Douglas getting the boot exactly six weeks after the team fired head coach Robert Saleh. Since then, the Jets have won just one of their last six games since Jeff Ulbrich took over head coaching duties. Douglas’ contract was set to expire after this season; he compiled a 30-64 record as general manager.
Elsewhere in the NFL, while the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Chargers inched closer to solidifying their spots in the AFC playoff picture, the Jacksonville Jaguars moved closer to the top pick in the 2025 NFL Draft after a 52-6 beatdown at the hands of the Detroit Lions on Sunday. Doug Pederson led the Jaguars to middling 9-8 records in each of the past two seasons, even making the playoffs and winning a game in 2022, but an awful start to the year could mean his job is in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Nick Bosa left the 49ers’ heartbreaking loss to the Seahawks, and it wasn’t a re-aggravation of a hip injury that had him on the injury report heading into Week 11.
But first, let’s talk some Dallas Cowboys, who not only got pasted by the Houston Texans on Monday night, but haven’t won at home in a shockingly long time.
Cowboys still haven’t won at home in 2024
The Cowboys got demolished by the Houston Texas on Monday Night Football, losing 34-10 at home at AT&T Stadium. Dallas is now 3-7, with all three of their wins coming on the road. They and the struggling New York Giants are the only teams without a home win this season. But if you pull the camera back a bit, things look even worse for the Cowboys. The Giants’ last home win was on Jan. 7, 2024, but the Cowboys haven’t won a home game since Dec. 30, 2023.
That means the Cowboys are the only team in all four major North American pro sports leagues without a home win in the year 2024. Even the Philadelphia 76ers and Washington Wizards, who are tied for the NBA’s worst record at 2-11, each have a home win.
With four of their seven remaining games at home, the Cowboys have a decent chance at securing a home stadium win before the season is over. But we’ve seen the 2024 Cowboys play. It’s possible they go the entire 2024 season without a victory at home.
Doug Pederson on the hot seat in Jacksonville
Things aren’t great when you lose a game by 46 points and you’ve got the worst record in the NFL. Doug Pederson’s tenure on Florida’s First Coast has turned sour after a first season that included an AFC South title and designs on shepherding Trevor Lawrence into becoming one of the top quarterbacks in the NFL. Well, at 2-9 and with the Jags having a Week 12 bye, now could be the time to make a change, according to Yahoo Sports’ senior NFL writer Frank Schwab.
“On Saturday, someone leaked to NFL Media that with the Jaguars’ bye week coming up, big changes could be made including firing Pederson. That’s an underhanded way of finding out that keeping your job might depend on winning at Detroit, but at least Pederson knew the stakes. And like just about everything else since that Super Bowl win with the Eagles, Pederson fell short.”
Pederson, who led the Eagles to a Super Bowl championship is just 42-50-1 as a head coach since with that lone 2022 playoff appearance. While the Jaguars didn’t fire Pederson on Monday, stay tuned in Jacksonville.
Nick Bosa dealing with oblique injury
Just as Christian McCaffrey has returned to the lineup, the snake-bitten 2024 49ers are dealing with another injury to another major star. After Sunday’s loss to the Seahawks, head coach Kyle Shanahan confirmed the oblique injury was a new one, but didn’t offer more on what that would mean for the star pass rusher. Bosa has seven sacks this season, and has posted double-digit sack totals each of the past three years. The 5-5 49ers are tied with the Rams and Seahawks, a game back of the 6-4 Cardinals in the NFC West.
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Jaire Alexander reveals torn PCL
Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander hasn’t officially been listed as out for Week 12’s matchup with the 49ers, but he’s not going to play as he recovers from a torn PCL.
Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander injured his knee in Week 8 versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) Alexander played only 10 snaps last week versus the Bears before having to come out of the game.
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Giants DL Dexter Lawrence backs ‘best friend’ Daniel Jones
Giants defensive lineman said on Tuesday that Daniel Jones is “the best quarterback on the team” during a Campbell’s Soup “Chunky Sacks Hunger” charity event.
Defending his “best friend,” Lawrence, who the Giants selected 11 picks after Jones in the 2019 draft, said that while head coach Brian Daboll’s decision to go to Tommy DeVito under center for this week’s game against the Buccaneers was “hard,” he didn’t agree with it.
“It’s tough for that to happen. I can’t control it,” Lawrence said. “They made the decision based off their evaluations and their thoughts and feelings. … That’s my boy. As a player, you got to keep playing. As a human and as a brother, I feel for him. .. I’m sure it’s hard. He’s the QB1. To me, the best quarterback on the team. But they see things differently. I guess that’s all that matters.”
Munich, Germany – November 10: Daniel Jones of New York Giants controls the ball during the NFL Munich Game 2024 between New York Giants and Carolina Panthers at Allianz Arena on November 10, 2024 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Mario Hommes/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) -
Bengals HC Zac Taylor doesn’t take issue with Ja’Marr Chase’s postgame comments
When asked after their 34-27 loss to the Chargers about the team’s struggled finishing games, Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase passed on answering and said to ask coach Zac Taylor.
“Ask Zac,” Chase said on Sunday. “Ask the coaches. That’s not my job. I play football on the field. I don’t call plays for us.”
On Tuesday, Taylor was asked about Chase’s comments and said he didn’t have a problem with his star receiver.
“He’s emotional, and when you got a guy that works as hard as he does, leaves it all on the field, I do think things — I don’t want to say ‘misconstrued’ — but can look differently than what they really are,” Taylor said. “… He’s a guy that is one of the most genuine players I’ve ever been around and honest, insightful, puts it all out there for us. I don’t have problems with guys that work as hard as they do, speaking with emotion after the game, speaking with passion.”
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase (1) walks off the field after warmups before an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer) -
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Peyton and Eli Manning are back to coach the 2025 Pro Bowl
For the third straight year, the Manning brothers will be head coaches for the 2025 Pro Bowl Games.Peyton will coach the AFC, while Eli will coach the NFC.
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Power Rankings after Week 11
The Texans wrapped up Week 11 with a huge win over the Cowboys, who have now lost five straight and still haven’t won at home this season.
Click the photo to check out Frank Schwab’s latest Power Rankings:
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