Tracking former Lions

[Futureshock]

He must have been salty over being cut by the Lions. If he wanted to be here, he would be....


QUINTON DUNBARDB, UNSIGNED FREE AGENT
Bills worked out CB Quinton Dunbar on Tuesday.


The Bills are looking for help in the secondary, as they also worked out DB Damarious Randall on Tuesday. Dunbar spent the offseason with the Lions after signing in April, but he was released once Detroit signed Nickell Robey-Coleman in mid-August. It's worth monitoring whether the Bills add a defensive back – Dunbar, Randall, or someone else – in the near future.

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SOURCE: Tom Pelissero on Twitter
Sep 21, 2021, 6:44 PM

[edindetroit]

Jaguars' Jamal Agnew ties NFL record with 109-yard return TD vs. Cardinals

Jacksonville Jaguars return specialist Jamal Agnew equaled the record for the longest return touchdown in NFL history against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, taking back a missed field-goal attempt 109 yards as the first half expired.
Matt Prater, who holds the NFL record for longest made field goal at 64 yards, attempted a 68-yarder with two seconds remaining in the half. The kick was on line but short, and Agnew caught it standing just inside the back of the end zone.

Agnew then weaved left, broke a few tackles and followed his blockers up the left sideline for the touchdown, giving the Jaguars a 13-7 lead at the break. An All-Pro as a returner in 2017 with the Lions, Agnew also scored on a 102-yard kick return against the Broncos last week.

Antonio Cromartie set the record with a 109-yard return of a missed field goal for the Chargers in 2007. Cordarrelle Patterson also had a 109-yard kickoff-return TD for the Vikings in 2013.

https://theathletic.com/news/jaguars-jamal-agnew-ties-nfl-record-with-109-yard-return-td-vs-cardinals/p3C3yhPfqZLo

[Mainevent]

7 return TDs in just over 3 years, not too shabby.

[Futureshock]

Yeah. I think they should have kept him. He wasn't a problem. A weapon!

[Futureshock]

QUINTON DUNBARDB, ARIZONA CARDINALS
Cardinals signed CB Quinton Dunbar to the practice squad.


Dunbar had been toiling away as a free agent since he was released from the Lions mid-camp. He missed 10 games last year — his own fault — due to armed robbery charges and knee surgery and will look to prove himself amid Arizona's depth chart. He's a viable starter when healthy.

SOURCE: Ian Rapoport on Twitter
Sep 28, 2021, 4:30 PM

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Do Cowboys have their next head coach on staff?

Posted by Charean Williams on September 29, 2021, 9:22 PM EDT

USA TODAY Sports

Dallas-Fort Worth became all aflutter after Tony Romo said he expects one of his former backups to become a head coach next season.

“Kellen Moore is going to be a head coach next year,” Romo said during the Cowboys-Chargers broadcast on CBS. “Someone is going to pick him up. I think it’s about his time.”

It’s more likely the Cowboys pay their offensive coordinator handsomely to stay as the head coach in waiting.

In 2007, the Cowboys hired Jason Garrett as offensive coordinator before they hired Wade Phillips as head coach. A year later, Garrett received offers to become the head coach of the Ravens and Falcons and turned down both. He became the Cowboys’ head coach in the middle of the 2010 season.

The Cowboys kept Moore as offensive coordinator in 2020 after hiring Mike McCarthy, who gave up play-calling duties for the first time in his head coaching career last season. (It’s anybody’s guess whether that was by choice as McCarthy was adamant in Green Bay that he would never give up play-calling duties.)

The Cowboys finished with the most yards in the NFL in 2019 in Moore’s first season calling plays, and Dak Prescott was leading the league in passing yards last season when an ankle injury ended the quarterback’s season in Week 5. So Moore has established a track record that already has drawn attention.

Moore was a candidate for head coaching jobs with the Eagles and Boise State in the offseason. The Eagles hired Nick Sirianni, and after the Cowboys’ 41-21 blowout of the Eagles on Monday, Moore was asked if wanted to show Philadelphia what it was missing.

“No, I’m good,” Moore responded, via Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. “I love it here.”

Moore, 33, fits the trend of NFL teams seeking young offensive minds to take the reins. Sean McVay (35), Kevin Stefanski (39), Matt LaFleur (41) and Kyle Shanahan (41) have opened the door for Moore.

The Cowboys rank fifth in total offense and sixth in scoring this season.

“Once we get into the season, I don’t care about it,” Moore said. “In the offseason, when those opportunities present themselves, if they do, awesome. I’d love that opportunity one day, but we’ll see where that takes us.”

McCarthy, who has some questionable clock management decisions and an 8-11 record in his time in Dallas, should take note: Phillips kept his job by winning in the regular season, with the Cowboys going 13-3, 9-7 and 11-5 in his first three seasons. (They were 1-2 in the postseason.) A 1-7 start in 2010 made it easy for Jerry Jones to move on to Garrett.

[Masspartan]

Did anyone watch the Bucs Pats game? I believe that was Tavai who allowed Fournette to take a crappy looking screen pass and turn it into a big gain. Dude is so slow.

[dpatnod]

Yeah, the announcer totally didn't know how to pronounce his name, too.

[edindetroit]

Yeah, the announcer totally didn't know how to pronounce his name, too.

I still don't.

[dpatnod]

I think he said 'Joe-vaunie Tay-vee' or some shit.

[Futureshock]

They're both drunk by that time anyway. Game is a lot better silenced.

[edindetroit]

I think he said 'Joe-vaunie Tay-vee' or some shit.

[Masspartan]

Quandre picked Matthew

[Cody_Russell]

Matthew Wright was the projected Lions kicker from like January to March.
This game of teams with crappy records also featured big plays from Jamal Agnew, Nevin Lawson, and Justin Coleman.
Nevin Lawson FINALLY with his first career INT (against Tua).

[edindetroit]

Yay the Lions are going to get the number one pick.