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Dolphins' Tagovailoa Edges Out Jones In Victory Over Patriots; Next Buffalo Bills
TUA TAGOVAILOA
Tua Tagovailoa grabs the first victory in “Bama on Bama” crime against Mac Jones in the National Foot- ball League.
The second-year quarter- back guided Miami to a 17-16 win over New England at Gillette Stadium. Despite an impressive performance from Jones, Tagovailoa led three scoring drives for the Dol- phins – including two touch- down drives of 80 and 75 yards. He was accurate with the football and targeted seven different receivers. De- Vante Parker totaled 81 yards on four catches, while Jaylen Waddle posted four receptions for 61 yards. He collected his first career score, which was a 3-yard touch- down from Tagovailoa.
As the No. 5 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, Tagov- ailoa completed 16 of 27 passes for 202 yards with two touchdowns to one intercep- tion. He was responsible for a rushing score to conclude Miami’s first touchdown drive.
Tagovailoa’s accuracy was on target in throws to Parker and Waddle. Miami did not have Will Fuller and Preston Williams, so its of- fense should be dynamic when they return.
The Dolphins (1-0) play the desperate Buffalo Bills (0- 1) Sunday at 1 p.m.
Jalen Hurts Gets Off To Unique Start In 2021 NFL Season; Next Up - 49ers
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MONICA
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In the offseason, the Philadelphia Eagles traded their big-money quarterback Carson Wentz to go with Jalen Hurts after he’d started four games as a rookie.
On the first Sunday of the NFL’s 2021 season, it looked like a winning decision.
The Eagles began the campaign with a 32-6 road win against the Atlanta Fal- cons with Hurts putting up a stat line that hadn’t been accomplished in an NFL sea- son-opening game in records dating to the 1950 season.
The former Alabama standout completed 27-of-35 passes for 264 yards with three touchdowns and no in- terceptions and ran for 62 yards on seven carries.
JALEN HURTS
Hurts
became the first player to reach those fig- ures in passing yards, touchdown passes and rushing
After a contract negotia- tion that lasted throughout training camp and into the first week of the regular sea- son, the Pittsburgh Steelers and outside linebacker T. J. Watt broke from their tradi- tions to come to terms on a megadeal on last Thursday.
Watt, 26, has signed a new five-year deal with the Steelers, it was announced Friday. The new four-year ex- tension is worth $112M and includes a $35M signing bonus and $80M guaranteed over the next three years.
The average annual value of $28M per season makes Watt the NFL's highest-paid defensive player. Watt's deal
T. J. WATT
also outpaces that of Chicago Bears outside line- backer Khalil Mack, who was previ- ously the highest-paid player at the
yards in a season-opening game.
Heisman trophy winner DeVonta Smith's NFL debut was as good as adver- tised and Nick Sirianni earned his first career victory as a head coach for the Philadelphia Eagles on Sun- day in Atlanta.
The Eagles (1-0) run into the tough San Francisco 49ers (1-0) Sunday at 1 p.m.
Pittsburgh Steelers' T. J. Watt Signs 4-Year, $112 Million Extension
position with a six-year, $141M contract signed in 2018. Mack's deal averages $23.5M average annually and has $90M guaranteed.
The Steelers shocked the Buffalo Bills Sunday with a 23-16 win. Watts had 3 tack- les and 2 sacks. Next - Las Vegas Raiders Sunday at 1 p.m.
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