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Baker Mayfield's Dislocated Thumb Is the Buccaneers Injury News That Reshapes Tampa's Fall
Mayfield dislocated his right thumb in the fourth quarter of a 23-16 loss and is headed for an MRI. The game was already decided, but every Tampa number from here waits on that scan.
Drake Maye Says the Patriots Offense Was 'Unacceptable,' and He Started With Himself
Three giveaways, six points, and a quarterback who took the microphone and pointed at his own tape first. That last part is the only encouraging thing New England produced Sunday.
One number on my sheet has real daylight: a Jets backfield under offered at -116 against my -136. Everything else is a situation waiting on an injury designation or an inactives list.
Two contenders inquired on a starting Steelers corner mid-September, and the live board in Pittsburgh has the home side out to +2.5 with a total that has climbed past 56.
A Grade 2 hamstring with a three-to-four week timeline turned the Bears from a short home favorite into a +3.5 dog and knocked nearly five points off the total. The prediction venues agree with the books, which is its own tell.
Florida Beats Ole Miss 52-28 and the Ground Game Did All of It
Jadan Baugh went for 142 and three scores, the fourth-ranked Rebels never found an answer, and the Gators are 4-0 for the first time since 2019.
The ankle traces back to the Week 2 win over Jacksonville, which means Denver carried the rookie on the 53 for weeks before shutting him down. That wait is the story.
New England's moneyline drifted from +128 to +135 while Jacksonville held at -150, and the total climbed a full point. Two books, two different sides of the key number.
NFL Betting News Today: Caleb Williams Out, Jets Down to Scraps at Receiver
Chicago's quarterback room is down to a backup still working through concussion protocol, and the Jets elevated Sterling Shepard with three receivers already on IR. Nothing on my board yet.
A midweek knee injury in practice had Norman holding its breath. Stone answered the bell in the starting lineup in Athens, and Kip Lewis came back with him.
Pierce to IR knocked the Texans-Colts total from 45.5 to 42.5 while the Houston moneyline drifted the other way. Two markets, two different stories, and one of them is just a correction.
Jayden Daniels and Nico Collins are out, Jaxson Dart is done for the regular season, San Francisco is dodging IR with Nick Bosa, and the league says the Brazil surface finally checks out.
Dart's year ended on an operating table, Winston inherits a Giants offense with Daboll on the opposite sideline, and Jets-Lions quietly slid a half point off the 7 while the total climbed a full point.
The spread sliding from Houston -2.5 to -1.5 is the obvious part. The total falling 45 to 42.5 on one hamstring is the part worth arguing about.
Seattle went from -3 to -7.5 on the Darnold news, crossing both key numbers, while the total quietly dipped to 40 with two starting safeties ruled out. One of those is wrong.
Washington ruled out three starters in a single breath while Kansas City gave a rookie corner a "good chance" with no designation at all. Two kinds of truth, same Friday.
NFL Betting News Today: Five Spots I'm Eyeing Before Sunday
Nick Bosa's calf takes a five-time Pro Bowler out of San Francisco's front, Buffalo listed three starters questionable, and Aaron Jones is cleared. Nothing on my board has cleared yet.
Jones left Week 2 in a knee brace and is cleared to start in Tampa. The moneyline barely blinked while the spread slid three full points through zero. That gap is the story.
Losing the No. 1 tight end stings, but the groin that sidelines an All-Pro safety is the one that touches the total against a Lions offense that scores in bunches.
No operation, no IR, and it's the non-throwing arm. But the elbow he dislocated is the one he braces with when he hits the ground, and that touches the scramble that makes him worth the price.
Jadarian Price is running ahead of the committee, but nobody in that room has found the end zone in two weeks. Until Seattle names a goal line back, the touchdown market is a guess with juice on it.
Atlanta ended Green Bay's run of 13 straight home-opening wins, Michael Penix Jr. threw for 256 yards in his first game since an ACL tear, and the home crowd let the Packers hear it.
Penix threw for 256 yards and a touchdown in his first game since November, and Atlanta walked out of Lambeau having ended Green Bay's run of 13 straight home-opening wins.
Murray shrugged off protocol as "just part of the process," which is both reassuring and exactly the phrase that makes you listen twice when a quarterback talks about his own head.
Haaland Keeps Scoring: Norway 3, Denmark 2
The World Cup form did not cool off in September. Two more goals from the Manchester City striker, a one-goal Nordic margin, and a Norway side nobody treats as a novelty anymore.
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