Brady's Ravens meeting will take place then, while NFL.com's Ian Rapoport adds the Falcons will also meet with Brady about their HC post. Brady has now been connected to the Dolphins, Falcons and Ravens' HC positions. A Falcons connection would have formed previously, with ex-Atlanta GM Terry Fontenot in New Orleans when Brady worked on Sean Payton 's staff. But the Falcons fired Fontenot earlier this month.
"If you're going to get down to the 1, you might as well get in," said tight end Dallas Goedert, his smile widening. "Because otherwise, you know how we're going to get in." That would be by way of Jalen Hurts, churning in on a wave of momentum generated by his road-grading offensive line, a healthy dose of lower-body strength and, of course, a push of the tush.
Top linebackers like tackling machine, Robert Spillane, who'd averaged more than 150 tackles the previous two seasons, and the emerging linebacker, Christian Elliss, missed tackles all over the yard in the first few games. They looked like they had goose grease on their hands as they missed tackle after tackle, helping to lose to the Raiders and Pittsburgh in two eminently winnable games.
Josh Allen recorded a season-high three rushing touchdowns -- and three passing TDs, for good measure -- in the Buffalo Bills' 44-32 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 11, giving him 75 for his career. Only three times in NFL history, including the postseason, has a quarterback had three passing and three rushing touchdowns. Allen has done it twice (last year in a Week 14 loss to the Los Angeles Rams), and Otto Graham did it in 1954.
The Bears now have five wins this season after trailing in the final two minutes of the fourth quarter, tied for the most in a season since the 1970 merger, according to ESPN Research. Chicago quarterback Caleb Williams has five game-winning drives in the fourth quarter this season, the most in a season by a Bears quarterback since the merger.
The Falcons renew a matchup which has been very sparse throughout their history against the Buffalo Bills who, because they play in a separate conference, have not played many football games against the birds over the past few decades. These teams have met just 13 times, with the first coming in 1973, and the Falcons owning a slight 7-6 lead. A Falcons/Bills game is a rare occurrence, happening every four to five years on average.
"You watch this play right here, and this is the second-to-last play of Buffalo's game, and he's just got the receiver plastered right here," Baldinger said, as the clip of Gonzalez running step-for-step with Coleman down the sideline played. The play broke down, and Allen scrambled out of the pocket to buy some time for a downfield shot. Gonzalez stayed in front of Coleman. Coleman caught the ball, but his feet were not in position to stay in-bounds, so the pass was ruled incomplete.