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The holiday spirit: DOWN
Andy Dalton tossed four interceptions. So he believes it is better to give.
The Lions:
Boy are they hot! They haven’t lost a game this month.
Misdirection plays:
Antonio Brown’s suspension may keep him from asking Santa for a Whizzinator.
Mike Zimmer:
This guy is a defensive genius? Pee Wee Herman could have designed a better defense to keep the Lions from going 75 yards with no timeouts. Duh!
statement. “I’m very grateful to him for his time and effort in helping us get established over this past year and a half.”
Offensive assistant Jeff Nixon will take Brady’s place for the rest of the season.
Brady was considered a major hire by Rhule before the 2020 season. He was the coordinator of LSU’s prolific offense with quarterback Joe Burrow in 2019 when the Tigers won the national title. Then 30 years old, Brady was the NFL’s youngest coordinator.
Hall of Famer Humphrey dies: Pro Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey, one of the NFL’s most fearsome pass rushers during the 1970s with the Atlanta Falcons but long overlooked on mostly losing teams, has died at the age of 77.
Humphrey, who also reached the Super Bowl with the Philadelphia Eagles, died unexpectedly Friday night in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee, according to the Hall of Fame, which was informed of his death by his daughter. No cause was given.
Humphrey was the No. 3 overall pick by the Falcons out of Tennessee State in 1968 and went on to play 11 years with the team, earning the last of six Pro Bowl appearances as a member of the famed “Grits Blitz” defense in 1977.
He moved to the Eagles in 1979 and served as a designated pass
rusher on the 1980 team that reached the Super Bowl.
Peterson catches Brown: Seattle’s Adrian Peterson moved into a tie with Jim Brown for 10th all-time in total career touchdowns.
Peterson’s 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter against San Francisco gave him 126 for his career, tying him with the Hall of Famer.
Peterson now has 120 rushing touchdowns and six receiving in his 15 seasons. Brown had 106 touchdown runs and 20 touchdown receptions during his nineyear career.
Bucs’ Brown suspended: Antonio
Brown and two other NFL players have been suspended immediately for three games by the league for violating COVID-19 protocols.
The Tampa Bay wide receiver and teammate Mike Edwards were suspended last week Thursday. Free agent John Franklin III, if signed by a team, is also ineligible to play in the next three games.
All three players have accepted the discipline and waived their right of appeal. The suspensions are effective immediately.
The NFL Players Association, which developed the protocols along with the league, represented the three players during a review of the recent allegations that players misrepresented their vaccination status. Brown, Edwards, a cornerback, and Franklin, a defensive back who last played for the Bucs in 2019, were found in violation of the protocols.
“The health and safety of players and personnel is our top priority,” the NFL and NFLPA said in a joint statement. “The protocols were jointly developed working with our respective experts to ensure that we are practicing and playing football as safely as possible during the ongoing pandemic. The NFL-NFLPA jointly reinforce their commitment and further emphasize the importance of strict adherence to the protocols to protect the well-being of everyone associated with the NFL.”