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Bills Consider Switch Back To Tyrod Taylor At Quarterback
TYROD TAYLOR
The Nathan Peterman experiment was brief and un- successful. And now Buffalo is considering a switch back to Tyrod Taylor at quarterback.
Peterman threw five in- terceptions — more than Tay- lor had thrown all season — in one half of football while mak- ing his first career start. The Bills were smashed by the Chargers 54-24.
Bills head coach Sean Mc- Dermott went back to Taylor for the second half, but the team was already down 40-7 by that point. As for the team’s next game at Kansas City? Mc- Dermott hasn’t made a deci- sion yet, but he’s considering a switch back to Taylor.
Willie Taggart Addresses Rumors Of Unhappiness At Oregon
WILLIE TAGGART
If former USF head coach Willie Taggart wants out of Oregon, he isn’t saying it pub- licly.
After an ESPN report inti- mated that Taggart was look- ing for an exit from the school after just a year in charge, the coach himself shot those re- ports down following a 48-28 win over the Arizona Wildcats.
Taggart has been linked to the vacant Florida job, but he has downplayed those links as well. Despite the reports and rumors that have been fly- ing, the former South Florida coach appears intent on stick- ing with the Ducks and build- ing for the future there, at least for now.
Marshawn Lynch Stands For Mexican National Anthem, Sits For US
MARSHAWN LYNCH
Buccaneers Beat
The Dolphins 30-20;
Face High Flying
Falcons Sunday
Tampa Bay beat the Miami Dolphins 30-20 in the rescheduled date from the hurricane-postponed regular season opener, and both teams looked like they needed a week off. Buccaneers have been fortunate to have faced two sub par quarterbacks with the New York Jets Josh Mc- Cown and Dolphins Jay Cutler. The Buccaneers de- fense will play the high flying Atlanta Falcons (6-4) Sunday in Atlanta.
The Buccaneers (4-6) took advantage of four first-half turnovers, and were able to hang on for the win despite a fairly sloppy second half of their own. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw for 275 yards and two touchdowns.
Dolphins $10 million dol- lar quarterback Cutler left the game with a concussion (after throwing three inter- ceptions in the first half) and did not return. The Dolphins elected to bring Cutler out of retirement and pass on Colin Kapernick.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers cor- nerback Ryan Smith (29), tackles Miami Dolphins wide receiver DeVante Parker.
against the Falcons after doc- tors re-examined his right (throwing) shoulder Monday, coach Dirk Koetter an- nounced.
Sunday's game will be the third straight Winston has missed in order to rest the sprained AC joint he sustained in Week 6. Backup Fitz- patrick has led the Bucs to consecutive victories in his two starts.
Now the veteran quarter- back will face top quarterbacks in Falcons Matt Ryan, Lions Matthew Stafford, Panthers Cam Newton and Saints Drew Brees in the next four out of five games. This Sun- day, Fitzpatrick faces a nasty defense in Atlanta that beat up on Seattle Seahawks Russell Wilson and had him running for his life. Falcons won 34-31.
Bucs Winston
Out For Sunday
Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston has been ruled out for Sunday's game
Marshawn Lynch has taken the national anthem controversy to another level after a reporter shared photos on Twitter showing him sitting for the US national anthem and standing for Mexico’s on Sunday.
Lynch’s Oakland Raiders were in Mexico City for Sun- day’s game against the New England Patriots. The an- thems for both countries were played before the game. Patri- ots reporter Ben Volin of the Boston Globe shared photos
that show Lynch sitting for the US anthem and then standing for Mexico’s.
Some on Twitter disputed Volin’s account and said that Lynch rose for Mexico’s be- cause he was getting his chest pads worked on by a trainer. While that may be true, it still does not change that Lynch stood up for the Mexican na- tional anthem but not the US one.
Volin also wasn’t the only reporter to note that Lynch stood for Mexico’s anthem.
Michael Vick Makes Final Payment, Clears $17.6M In Debt
Retired NFL quarterback Michael Vick is a free man. Again.
On Thursday, Vick made a final $1.5 million payment to creditors, meaning he paid back $17.4 million of his $17.6 million debt, clearing what he owed after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July 2008.
“Paying 99 cents on the dollar, which he did, is re- markable,” senior vice presi- dent of Development Specialists Inc. Joseph Luzinski told ESPN. “It hap- pens in, maybe, one out of 100 cases.”
After serving 548 days in jail for his part in an illegal dog-fighting ring, Vick faced down the additional conse- quences and vowed not to “stiff” anyone on the debt.
“I didn’t want to stiff peo- ple who never stiffed me,” Vick stated.
From 2010-2014, Vick
JOSE ALTUVE AND AARON JUDGE
MICHAEL VICK
went on a restrictive budget in order to pay back his cred- itors. Over that span and into 2015, Vick earned more than $50 million during stints with the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Jets and Pittsburgh Steelers before retiring. He now works for Fox Sports as an NFL studio analyst.
The Atlanta Falcons ulti- mately lost out on $6.5 mil- lion for salary owed from 2009. Rather than gambling that Vick would pay it back, they sold the debt to Fortress Capital for an undisclosed amount of money.
The runner-up in this year’s American League MVP Award voting gave the deserv- ing winner a shoutout on so- cial media not long after the announcement was made.
To cap off a great season, Jose Altuve added AL MVP honors to winning a World Se- ries on Thursday.
During the regular season, the Astros second baseman led the league in batting aver- age and hits in addition to hit- ting 24 home runs and stealing 32 bases.
Altuve picked up 27 of a possible 30 first place votes to capture the award for the first
time in his career. Aaron Judge, who finished in sec- ond place, was gracious in of- fering congratulations to the winner.
In another year, Judge may have taken home the award with his .284/.422/.627 batting line to go along with 52 home runs and 114 runs batted in, both of which led the American League.
At just 25 years old, this will likely not be the last time Judge is in the MVP discus- sion. Although, Altuve does- n’t show any signs of slowing down himself.
Aaron Judge Congratulates Jose Altuve On Winning MVP
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