A look at seven statistical highlights from games played at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, December 23, the 16th week of the 2018 season. * The NEW ORLEANS SAINTS defeated Pittsburgh, 31-28, and clinched home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. With the Steelers’ loss, the HOUSTON TEXANS clinched a playoff berth. * […]
The National Football League announced that G Brandon Brooks, DT Fletcher Cox and TE Zach Ertz have been named to the 2019 Pro Bowl. Brooks and Ertz were named Pro Bowlers for the first time following the 2017 season (2018 Pro Bowl), while this year marks Cox’s fourth-consecutive and fourth-overall Pro Bowl selection. Brooks originally […]
Something happened on the way to the Eagles elimination from the 2018/19 playoffs. The Birds won a game they had no business winning. After their loss to the Dallas Cowboys, all the talk was about next year and how the Eagles would rebound after losing to the LA Rams effectively ending the season with no […]
EAST RUTHERFORD: The Giants had been trending up over the last five weeks, winning four of five games, and holding a slight glimmer of hope to run the table and sneak into the playoffs. That glimmer was dashed on Sunday when the playoff hopeful Tennessee Titans came to MetLife Stadium and shut down Big Blue […]
Temple University has hired Manny Diaz as head football coach. He comes from the University of Miami, where he had served as defensive coordinator for the last three seasons. In total, he has 13 years of experience as a defensive coordinator at the FBS level. “We are thrilled to have Manny lead our football program,” […]
LANDOVER, Md. – One of Pat Shurmur’s core beliefs is that individual players, even great ones, do not win football games. “Teams beat teams,” Shurmur said. “We came down here as a 4-8 team. I feel like we’re getting better.” That is indisputable after the beating they administered to the Washington Redskins Sunday afternoon in […]
ARLINGTON: The way the Eagles lost to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday at Jerry’s World in overtime is typical of how this entire season has gone. The Birds did nothing in the first half, then had the game in their hands at the end and let it slip away…again. The Eagles (6-7) trailed at halftime […]
Temple head coach Geoff Collins has emerged as a top contender for the head job at Georgia Tech after Los Angeles Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt took himself out of the running to replace Paul Johnson, who is retiring after 11 seasons mentoring the Yellow Jackets, according to ESPN. Collins, who is 15-10 in two […]
NEW YORK – The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame presented its prestigious Gold Medal to former football players Aaron Feis (posthumously) and Jason Seaman in recognition of their exceptional heroism in the face of extreme adversity. Both Feis, who was represented by his wife Melissa, and Seaman placed their lives in […]
Zach Ertz established a new single-season franchise record for receptions (currently 93), surpassing the previous mark of 90 set by Brian Westbrook in 2007.
Ertz’s 93 receptions are tied for the 13th-most by a TE in NFL history. He is only 7 receptions shy of becoming just the fourth TE in NFL history to reach 100 in a season, joining Jason Witten in 2012 (110), Tony Gonzalez in 2004 (102) and Dallas Clark in 2009 (100).
