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😫 5 issues to know Thursday
- Brock Purdy is unlikely to play for the 49ers on Sunday. Begin warming up your arm, Mac Jones. Coach Kyle Shanahan mentioned Purdy is a “lengthy shot” to play within the 49ers’ Week 2 matchup towards the Saints. Popping out of Week 1, Purdy is coping with accidents to his shoulder and toe, and he reportedly might miss as much as 5 weeks. With Georgie Kittle now on IR, San Francisco is already banged up on offense.
- Anthony Rizzo introduced he’s retiring as a Cub. One of many key members of the 2016 World Sequence workforce, Rizzo will stay a Cub perpetually as he introduced his retirement on Wednesday. In his 10 seasons with Chicago, Rizzo hit .272/372/.489 with 242 residence runs and 784 RBI. Given what Rizzo did for the Cubs, ought to the workforce retire his No. 44?
- Cowboys CB DaRon Bland might miss a number of weeks with a foot damage. Dallas can be shorthanded within the secondary for the foreseeable future, however there may be some excellent news. Bland’s damage is believed to be much less extreme than the stress fracture that pressured him to overlook the primary 10 video games of final season. It must also assist that the depleted Cowboys secondary will get to face Russell Wilson in Week 2.
- Adam Silver addressed the NBA’s investigation into Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers. The NBA commissioner mentioned he’ll let the investigation run its course. If the Clippers are discovered to have circumvented the wage cap, Silver mentioned his “powers are broad” so far as the punishment is worried. Sounds sort of ominous!
- The NCAA has completely banned three gamers for playing. Three school basketball gamers from Fresno State and San Jose State — Mykell Robinson, Steven Vasquez and Jalen Weave — had their eligibility completely revoked for violating NCAA playing coverage. The trio devised a scheme to position bets on one another’s particular person participant props.
📈 Don’t miss this: NFL QB Energy Rankings
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Followers (myself included) love quarterback debate, and there are many these available after Week 1 within the NFL. Fortunately for all of us, Cody Benjamin is letting us know whose inventory is up and whose is down in his newest version of the QB Energy Rankings.
It may be straightforward to overreact after only one sport … however then again … did Justin Fields mild it up or what?! All Fields did was carve up the Steelers‘ protection along with his arm and his legs, and that makes him the most important riser on this week’s rankings, leaping 9 spots to No. 16.
- Benjamin: “The largest shock of the Steelers-Jets opener may’ve been Fields matching Rodgers in steadiness. Not solely was he explosive on the transfer as regular, however he additionally confirmed up as a situational deep thrower.”
Sadly, it could’t be all good. If Fields goes climb that top, somebody has to fall. Enter Tua Tagovailoa. The Dolphins had an outright depressing season-opener towards the Colts, and Tagovailoa was on the middle of it with simply 114 yards passing and three complete turnovers. He’s this week’s greatest faller — all the best way all the way down to No. 28.
- Benjamin: “Yikes. Tagovailoa boasts Professional Bowl-caliber accuracy. Sadly, he appeared as panicked as he is ever been towards any semblance of stress in Week 1. He additionally seems oblivious to his personal tendencies.”
Take a look at the whole rankings (which have a brand new No. 1), and be sure you take a look at the plethora of different NFL content material our workforce is cooking up:
🏈 Vols happy with Joey Aguilar-Nico Iamaleava ‘swap’
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Six months in the past, if somebody advised you No. 15 Tennessee can be internet hosting No. 6 Georgia in Week 3, that will not have been a shock. When that individual advised you Joey Aguilar can be the Volunteers’ beginning quarterback, you may need cocked an eyebrow.
Following spring follow, Tennessee was thrown for a loop when an NIL dispute led to star quarterback Nico Iamaleava splitting for UCLA. In what amounted to a commerce, Aguilar left the Bruins for the Vols. On the time, that appeared like a lopsided deal.
Sources inside the Tennessee program spoke to our school soccer insiders, and so they suppose the commerce may nonetheless be lopsided. Simply not in the best way anybody anticipated.
“In hindsight, we’re good. (If somebody mentioned), ‘Would you do that throughout?’ I feel all people can be like, ‘We bought Joey? He’s who he’s right here? We’re wonderful.'”
By two video games, albeit towards a pair of tomato cans, it is robust to argue with the outcomes. Chris Hummer has the important thing numbers.
- Hummer: “Tennessee ranks thirty second nationally in explosive passing performs to date in 2025 — regardless of rating one hundred and twenty fifth nationally in drop proportion — and Aguilar is proving to be way more correct within the medium (71.3%) and deep (57.1%) areas of the sphere.”
Though it does put on purple, Georgia isn’t any tomato can. During the last eight years, and particularly below coach Josh Heupel, Tennessee has had a Kirby Good downside (shameless self-promotion). Is Aguilar they man to assist them resolve it? We’ll discover out in simply over 48 hours.
⚾ Can the Yankees win the AL East?
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As issues stand, the Yankees are three video games behind the Blue Jays with 17 video games remaining. Can they shut that hole and seize the AL East crown? Mike Axisa dove into that query because the MLB playoff race reaches a crescendo.
One factor working towards New York is the truth that Toronto owns the tiebreaker. So, the Yanks basically must make up 4 video games on their divisional foes. Whereas tough, it isn’t inconceivable, though it might as nicely be inconceivable if the Bronx Bombers cannot get their bullpen sorted out.
- Axisa: “New York’s bullpen ranks twenty first in ERA (4.51) and twenty first in win likelihood added (minus-0.83) for the reason that commerce deadline. David Bednar has stepped in as nearer and been nice, however Camilo Doval has been demoted out of excessive leverage work and Jake Chicken was relegated to Triple-A after simply three appearances. The Yankees went 1 for 3 with deadline bullpen provides and that is not good.”
It did not assist issues that the Yankees bought blasted by the Tigers for a second straight sport final evening, however the Blue Jays and Purple Sox misplaced, too. The one factor really misplaced was time.
The Yankees have a vital three-game sequence with the Purple Sox arising this weekend, however after that, the runway is obvious. New York closes out the common season with the Twins, Orioles (twice) and White Sox. Now it is as much as the Yanks to reap the benefits of it.
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📺 What we’re watching Thursday
⚾ Astros at Blue Jays, 3:07 p.m. on MLB Community
⚾ Royals at Guardians or Mets at Phillies, 7:15 p.m. on Fox
🏈 NC State at Wake Forest, 7:30 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 Valkyries at Lynx, 8 p.m. on NBA TV
🏈 Commanders at Packers, 8:15 p.m. on Prime Video
⚾ Angels at Mariners, 9:40 p.m. on MLB Community
🏀 Aces at Sparks, 10 p.m. on NBA TV