CHICAGO — Chicago Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent has been placed in the NFL concussion protocol, according to a person familiar with the situation, adding another wrinkle to the team’s plans for Monday night’s game against the Eagles.
The person confirmed Bagent’s status to The Associated Press on Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the Bears hadn’t released their first injury report of the week.
Bagent was expected to take most of the first-team reps in practice after Caleb Williams left Sunday’s 9-3 loss to Minnesota with a right hamstring injury. Coach Ben Johnson said Williams is “week to week,” and he left open the possibility that the No. 1 pick in the 2024 draft could play against the Eagles.
If Williams and Bagent are unable to play Monday night, the Bears likely would turn to Case Keenum. The 38-year-old Keenum has 66 career starts, but he hasn’t thrown a pass in a regular-season game since Dec. 24, 2023, for Houston against Cleveland.
Bagent was 5 for 9 for 54 yards against the Vikings. He was sacked by Dallas Turner on the final play of the game.
Bagent, 26, had a record-setting career at Division II Shepherd University before signing with the Bears in May 2023 as an undrafted free agent.
He made four starts while appearing in five games as rookie, passing for 859 yards and three touchdowns with six interceptions. He signed a two-year contract extension in August 2025.
On Tuesday morning, a minute-long video of James, who signed with the 76ers over the summer, missing jumpers at an open run in California started going viral on X.
LeBron James struggling with the jumper in open runs 😬
The original YouTube video the clips were taken from is over an hour long, sparking backlash from James’ loyal fans and other X users.
One account responded to the post saying “The fact that people spend their time making a missed shot lowlight reel just confirms he’s the Greatest Ever.” Others pointed out that in the full video, James goes 11-for-19 and accused fellow users of “nitpicking” as a way to generate clicks and popularity for their posts.
A user posted a second compilation with videos of James’ jumpers, most of which are from beyond the three-point line at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, Calif.
In response to the highlight video, a user pointed out that the prevalence of smartphones with cameras has placed all athletes in a position to be recorded and painted in a certain light at any time.
Others said it seems no athlete is more scrutinized than James, who one user said has workouts that are analyzed more than some players’ playoff performances.
LeBron James missed shots in a pickup game are being analyzed and dissected like game film from Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals
we’ve never seen a basketball player’s every move scrutinized like this lol 🐐 https://t.co/QNGXFKZ7Sq
Most of the users who were defending James and not following for what they referred to as “clickbait,” agreed, that at 41 years old and as the current oldest player in the NBA, James is faring a lot better than many athletes his age, and fans are excited to see what his 24th season will hold.
And one thing they know for certain is that more James scrutiny is soon to come.
LeBron going CRAZY in open runs. I can’t believe this man is 41 years old.
Most of Neil Pierre’s rapid rise this summer has been watched by a mix of Union fans who’ve enjoyed the team’s turnaround since the World Cup, and soccer savants intrigued by a new big-time prospect.
However, that is about to change, potentially forever. Such is the power of being part of the senior U.S. national team for the first time.
“The biggest thing is, just, you’re representing the whole country,” Pierre said in a meeting with the media from U.S. Soccer’s national training center in suburban Atlanta on Tuesday. “It’s definitely another level from representing Philadelphia to everyone in the States. … You’re representing everyone that doesn’t get seen, and trying to represent the good and not the bad.”
Understandably, Cavan Sullivan is getting the most hype of the trio of young Union stars on the latest roster. But that doesn’t mean the other two aren’t getting any. Pierre and Frankie Westfield will get their due over the course of the FIFA window that runs from this week through Oct. 6.
He admitted to being “a little nervous coming in here — these players, I’ve watched growing up a little bit, and in the World Cup.”
But as so often happens when the national team has a new generation, there was a warm welcome for a player who has featured for U.S. youth teams since 2022.
“The expectation they gave me was, enjoy, compete, and obviously it’s an honor to represent the crest,” Pierre said. “So do everything and show everything that was the reason why you’re coming here.”
Or, as he put it more bluntly a moment later: “They tell me, like, ‘Yeah, great to meet you, but hey, you better show it on the field.’”
Neil Pierre (left) on the ball during a Union game in July.Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
Pierre has reached this point because of his strong play for the Union in recent months. He has featured in all 11 games of the club’s unbeaten run in regular-season play since the World Cup, with 10 starts, and is the squad’s top centerback in clearances, tackles, and blocked shots per 90 minutes.
Along with that, he has shown the passing skills that had scouts raving when he was in the academy, and chipped in four goals on top of it all.
Going there was a key step in proving Pierre was ready for the physicality of MLS, which is a big step up from the reserve team level where the 6-foot-7 defender had been.
“My loan in Denmark, I would say that was a very, very big part of my success this year, I think,” Pierre said. “Being away from home for the first time, seeing a whole different world, it was a good thing — it was kind of like, I would say, my college experience away from college, growing as a person. I think that also translated to [helping] on the field.”
It’s a measure of Pierre’s maturity that he knew the significance of the “college experience” line, and that he’ll never have the real thing. That’s the way it is in the soccer world, as it has already been for so many Union players.
There’s more symbolism in the fact that this squad also includes Auston Trusty, the first centerback to rise through the Union academy ranks to the pros. It would be quite a sight for Union fans if the Media native and Pierre share the field in one of the Americans’ four upcoming games.
Trusty didn’t arrive in camp until Tuesday afternoon because of some personal commitments, so Pierre hadn’t gotten to meet him yet when he spoke. But Trusty needs no introduction to anyone who comes through the Union ranks. There are photos of him around the campus — no doubt a few more since this year’s World Cup — and he is on the board of the Union’s academy.
Media native Auston Trusty (center) made his first World Cup squad this summer, and scored his first World Cup goal in the U.S.-Turkey group stage game.Mark J. Terrill
“It will definitely be good meeting him,” Pierre said. “On the field, we’ll see how we play together and connect, and then obviously off the field, we’re going to have some banter and jokes about it.”
In the meantime, Pierre was joined on the podium by another centerback from the World Cup team, Miles Robinson. The FC Cincinnati veteran has liked what he has seen.
“Obviously, he’s a great player just to be here in the first place,” Robinson said while seated next to Pierre on the podium. “What I’ve seen so far, he’s obviously strong, a big force, he’s calm on the ball, technical. Just to see him at 18 years old in this game, in this camp, really proving himself day by day, is something to definitely admire and appreciate.”
The Eagles are adding another veteran, this time to their secondary.
On the same day the team made its reunion with tight end Zach Ertz official, NFL Network reported that the Eagles were expected to sign former Indianapolis Colts cornerback Kenny Moore to a one-year, $3 million contract. The network reported Moore would work at both safety and nickel corner.
Moore, 31, spent nine seasons with the Colts (2017-25), with 111 starts in 132 career appearances and earned a Pro Bowl nod in 2021, when he recorded four of his 21 career interceptions.
Moore has worked sparingly at safety during his NFL career, but the transition could prolong his career and give him a chance to get on the field with the Eagles.
Starting safety Marcus Epps struggled in the Eagles’ Week 2 win over Tennessee on Sunday, including getting hurdled by Titans wide receiver Elic Ayomanor on a big fourth-quarter gain.
If he doesn’t play safety, Moore will join a deep Eagles cornerbacks room that features Cooper DeJean, Quinyon Mitchell, and Riq Woolen, among others.
Moore started seven games with the Colts in his final season, when he allowed 521 yards on 44 completions. He was released by Indianapolis in May.
Ajani Sheppard is taking all of Temple’s first-team quarterback reps ahead of Friday’s game against Army, and coach K.C. Keeler isn’t planning on rotating quarterbacks.
The decision comes as the Owls face a short week to prepare for Army’s triple-option offense and correct the missed assignments that contributed to their late collapse at Toledo.
Sheppard replaced Jaxon Smolik after Temple’s opening possession in Saturday’s 49-48 overtime loss to Toledo and led three consecutive touchdown drives. Smolik, who left the game with a foot injury, moved around at Monday’s practice, but Keeler said he hopes the quarterback could do more Tuesday.
“Our mindset right now is to get Ajani ready to go,” Keeler said. “He’s getting all the first-team reps. Let’s get Jaxon back as soon as possible, and then we’ll figure it out.”
Sheppard’s next test
Sheppard passed for 164 yards and three touchdowns against Toledo, and added a score on the ground. But his two-point conversion pass in overtime sailed out of bounds, beyond Peter Clarke’s reach, and sealed the Owls’ loss.
Keeler said Sheppard needed to give the 6-foot-6 tight end a chance to make the catch. He also noted both quarterbacks will improve with game experience.
Colin Chase praised Sheppard’s performance. “He had that fire,” the receiver said Monday. “He went hard for the team every single play.”
Temple quarterback Ajani Sheppard threw three touchdowns against Toledo.Isaiah Vazquez / For The Inquirer
Sheppard will have a healthier backfield around him Friday. Sam Brown scored three touchdowns — two rushing and one receiving — in his season debut at Toledo after missing Temple’s first two games. Keeler said Brown grew more patient and explosive as the game went on, and Sheppard’s running ability gives defenses another threat to account for.
“The run game is going to be important for us the rest of the season,” Keeler said. “It gives our defense a chance to get off the field, catch its breath, and regroup.”
Preparing for Army
Temple has little time to process its second loss of the season. Keeler said the Owls began preparing for Army’s triple-option in the spring because they knew the game would come on a short week after a road trip. Army is coming off a bye week.
“We couldn’t be installing how they run their motion or block a scheme then,” Keeler said of Sunday’s walkthrough. “That stuff had to be in before Sunday’s walkthrough.”
Chase said Temple’s offense may have fewer chances with the ball against Army than it had at Toledo, so sustaining drives will be important.
“We just got to make the most of every opportunity when we have the ball,” Chase said.
Getting back to assignments
Temple’s defense faces a different test after allowing Toledo to erase a 14-point deficit late in regulation. Linebacker Eric Stuart said the problems went beyond the final minutes.
“You’ve got 10 guys doing something one way, and then you’ve got somebody doing something a different way — it’s not going to work,” Stuart said. “Everybody’s got to be on the same page.
“Army is a very physical team. We’re very physical up front, so I think we match up there. But mentally, knowing our assignments is probably our biggest thing this week.”
Keeler said Monday’s practice offered an encouraging response.
Temple linebacker Eric Stuart said “assignments is probably our biggest thing this week.” Isaiah Vazquez / For The Inquirer
“[Stuart] and [Curly Ordonez] were coaching the backup linebackers, helping them with their alignments and how to handle the motion,” he said. “They were getting mental reps themselves, reinforcing it for the other players, and bringing energy to practice.
“It was encouraging to see the kids bounce back and understand that every snap and every detail matters.”
Regardless of the offense’s inevitable growing pains under Sean Mannion, and despite throwing two interceptions on Sunday, Jalen Hurts again was the hero the Eagles needed.
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Even after eking out a win for the second week in a row, the Eagles have begun to rise in national media NFL rankings. Here’s where the Eagles stand in several power rankings ahead of Week 3:
ESPN: Sixth
ESPN has the Eagles in the same spot as last week, in sixth, with the opinion that Hurts “is carrying this team.”
While their expectation was that Hurts and the passing offense would need time to adjust to Mannion’s scheme, Tim McManus writes that the opposite has proven to be true. Instead, it’s the running game and offensive line that have struggled, while the defense hasn’t been as dominant as expected. But Hurts remains reliable.
“Hurts led the team to a Week 1 win with three touchdowns and another victory Sunday via a go-ahead touchdown drive in the closing seconds,” McManus wrote. “He is tied for second in touchdown passes (five) and ahead of schedule in this new scheme.”
Bleacher Report has the Eagles fifth — their highest ranking among national outlets — after slotting in at seventh ahead of Week 2. The Eagles’ ability to find a way to win and the emergence of DeVonta Smith as their top receiver played a role in why Brent Sobleski placed the Birds in B/R’s top five.
“When Jalen Hurts needed a play, the quarterback looked toward Smith,” Sobleski said. “The wide receiver delivered with four receptions during Philadelphia’s final offensive possession. Smith’s performance became even more important after Saquon Barkley was limited during the contest due a shoulder stinger.”
Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith got plenty of praise alongside Jalen Hurts after Sunday’s win over the Titans.David Maialetti / Staff Photographer
The Athletic: Ninth
The Eagles also saw slight movement with their ranking from Josh Kendall and Chad Graff at The Athletic, moving up from 11th to ninth with a “spotlight” on rookie wide receiver Makai Lemon for his play across the first two weeks.
“The first-round wide receiver has played 83 snaps through two games and has five touches for a total of 4 yards,” Kendall and Graff wrote. “If this team wasn’t eking out wins, Philly fans would be all over Lemon.”
After ranking 12th last week, the Birds moved up to ninth in Conor Orr’s Week 3 ranking.
Orr gave Hurts credit for proving many pundits, including Orr, wrong with the way he led the Eagles with a nine-play, 65-yard, game-winning touchdown drive.
“Hurts showed incredible resilience and a command of the field in the waning seconds of Sunday’s gritty win over the Titans,” Orr wrote. “It was nowhere near pretty, but after losing Saquon Barkley to a stinger in the opening moments of the game, it was important to avoid a perilous loss against an inferior opponent.”
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni (left) and assistant to the head coach Cole Peterson (right) dance off the field after beating the Tennessee Titans 24-20 in Nashville, Tenn. on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2026.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerEagles head coach Nick Sirianni celebrates after the Eagles beat the Tennessee Titans.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerEagles quarterback Jalen Hurts celebrates with running back Saquon Barkley after throwing the game-winning touchdown against the Tennessee Titans.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerEagles wide receiver Darius Cooper catches the game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver Darius Cooper catches a touchdown with 9 seconds left in the fourth quarter.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni celebrates after they beat the Tennessee Titans.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerHappy Philadelphia Eagles fans after the Eagles scored a touchdown with seconds left in the fourth quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles center Cam Jurgens lifts up Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Darius Cooper after Cooper makes the winning touchdown with seconds left in the fourth quarter. David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles fan holds up a Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith jersey with seconds left in the fourth quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts throws the football late in the fourth quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter gets help coming off the field in the fourth quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles fan is sweating it out with the Eagles trailing 20-17 in the fourth quarter.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver Makai Lemon gets stopped by Tennessee Titans cornerback Marcus Harris.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith catches first down pass against Tennessee Titans cornerback Alontae Taylor.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles cornerback Riq Woolen defends Tennessee Titans wide receiver Carnell Tate with 12:50 left in the fourth quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts scrambles out of trouble and throws an incomplete pass with 8 seconds left in the third quarter.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles tight end Johnny Mundt is brought down by Tennessee Titans linebacker Cody Barton in the third quarter.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni while the Tennessee Titans are driving in the third quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles linebacker Jihaad Campbell and Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Zack Baun stop Tennessee Titans running back Nicholas Singleton in the third quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley pushed out of bounds by Tennessee Titans linebacker Cedric Gray in the third quarter.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith hauls in a pass, but it was incomplete during the third quarter against the Tennessee Titans.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles kicker Jake Elliott watches his long field goal in the third quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley running with the ball in the third quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles defensive tackle Ty Robinson (left) and Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter (right) try to block a field goal as time runs out in the first half against the Tennessee Titans in Nashville, Tenn.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles linebacker Zack Baun brings down Tennessee Titans wide receiver Elic Ayomanor after Titans’ drive to the end zone late in the second quarter.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith celebrates a touchdown against the Tennessee Titans.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles running back Will Shipley runs along the sideline with Tennessee Titans cornerback Alontae Taylor defending.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles fans cheer as the Eagles drive towards the end zone.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles head of security Big Dom DiSandro stops Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts as he is running out of bounds so he doesn’t hurt himself in the second quarter.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles running back Tank Bigsby runs with the football during the second quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and Philadelphia Eagles running back Tank Bigsby celebrate Bigsby’s touchdown in the second quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver Dontayvion Wicks gets a first-down catch passed Tennessee Titans linebacker Cody Barton and Tennessee Titans linebacker Anthony Hill Jr. in the first quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerTennessee Titans safety Amani Hooker intercepts the ball from Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts in the first quarter and runs it just short of the end zone.David Maialetti / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith gets a first down pass with Tennessee Titans cornerback Alontae Taylor defending in the first quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver Britain Covey returns the first punt of the game, defended by Tennessee Titans safety Erick Hallett, in the first quarter.Yong Kim / Staff PhotographerPhiladelphia Eagles fans get ready for the game against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium.Yong Kim / Staff Photographer
NFL.com: 10th
The Eagles cracked the top 10 at NFL.com after moving up one spot from last week. Nick Shook wrote that even when the Titans gave the Eagles “everything they could handle,” Philly’s “championship culture” helped them survive the scare.
“Outside of a couple of interceptions (one ugly, the other unfortunate), Jalen Hurts was excellent as a playmaker, propelling an offense that needed him and DeVonta Smith to carry the squad to a road win,” Shook said.
It’s simultaneously hard to believe that Zach Ertz has been gone for five years and easy to forget that his Eagles tenure overlapped with Jalen Hurts’. Time is funny like that, I guess. The question is whether Ertz can still play football. It’s a crucial one for the Eagles.
It’s a decent bet that Ertz can still run and catch. He sure could before he tore his ACL last December. Even at 35 years old, in a subpar Commanders offense, Ertz was on pace for 70 catches and 700 yards before injuring his knee against the Vikings in Week 14. In his year-plus with the Commanders, he was averaging nearly four catches and 40 yards per game. Travis Kelce and Tony Gonzalez are the only tight ends in NFL history to average those numbers at age 36+. But, then, Ertz was one of only six to do it at age 35+.
The bigger unknown is whether Ertz can help replace all of the other things Dallas Goedert did before spraining his MCL in the Eagles’ 24-20 win over the Titans on Sunday. Goedert has played a central role in offensive coordinator Sean Mannion’s scheme through two weeks, with Mannion moving his 31-year-old tight end all over the field to take advantage of his abilities as both a receiver and as a blocker in the run and short-passing game.
Goedert’s absence is a particular concern given the blocking struggles that have plagued them as a team. The Eagles rank among the NFL leaders in zero and negative yardage plays. Through two weeks, they’ve seen 18 runs and passes go for zero or negative yards. That’s 14.6% of their touches from scrimmage, more than all but three teams (Raiders, Patriots, Colts).
Ertz was never regarded as a great blocker, even in his prime. The Eagles don’t need him to be great. But it would sure help if Ertz could be good enough to expand Mannion’s options for replacing Goedert while also fixing the overall run/short-passing game. It’d also be a great story.
If Zach Ertz can reclaim his old Eagles magic, he’ll have a chance to ascend to the top of the franchise’s receptions list. DAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer
When the Eagles traded Ertz in 2021, midway through Hurts’ first full season as a starter, he was 11 catches shy of becoming the franchise’s all-time leader in receptions. His 579 catches are 10 behind Hall of Fame receiver Harold Carmichael and 127 more than Hall of Fame tight end Pete Retzlaff. Ertz might only keep the record for a year, given DeVonta Smith’s rapidly rising career total (398 at the moment). Still, it would tie a nice bow on a career that began in Chip Kelly’s first season as coach.
Most of the heavy lifting will need to be done by Mannion and general manager Howie Roseman. The Eagles have leaned heavily on veteran blocking tight end Johnny Mundt thus far. His current 52.7% snap share is dramatically higher than the rate he logged in any of his first nine NFL seasons. One option is to make heavier use of Mundt in “11″ personnel paired with Darius Cooper, the Eagles’ best blocker at wide receiver. But, again, Mundt has never been a full-time player. His career-high single-season receiving totals are 19 catches and 172 yards.
However Mannion decides to handle his personnel groupings, there will be tradeoffs. There is a reason why a legitimate two-way tight end has become one of the NFL’s more valuable commodities. There might not be another position in sports where the paradigm has shifted as dramatically as it has since Ertz entered the league. When the Eagles selected him at No. 35 overall in 2013, the previous four drafts had seen just seven tight ends go in the first or second rounds. That’s less than half the number of tight ends that went in the first and second rounds in the most recent four-year window (18, including Eagles rookie Eli Stowers).
The renewed emphasis on the position has been evident through the first two weeks of the NFL season. Of the 14 players with 12+ receptions, five are tight ends. Buffalo’s Dalton Kincaid, Houston’s Dalton Schultz and Kelce all rank among the top 12 in receiving yards. Last season, the Rams had four tight ends rank among their top seven target-earners for a team that led the league in scoring.
With teams increasingly relying on nickel and three-safety defensive packages, and with defensive coordinators prioritizing versatility, tight end is a position that can decide which team has the matchup advantage on any given play. The question isn’t how close Ertz is to the player he was. It’s how close can he be to the players the Eagles suddenly need.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — If there were a list of most important New York Giants, seemingly all those key players got hurt at some point during a 28-6 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night, starting with quarterback Jaxson Dart injuring his left knee during his team’s first series.
Coach John Harbaugh would not confirm reports that Dart sprained his MCL, choosing to wait for further testing.
“That’s in the neighborhood of it, I would say,” Harbaugh said. “We’ll get an MRI (on Tuesday) and have a real good feel for it, and give you more information from there.”
The Giants also saw top pass rusher Brian Burns sprain his left ankle and left tackle Andrew Thomas sustain an apparent lower-body injury in the fourth quarter. Wide receiver Malik Nabers had to pop his right shoulder back into place after dislocating it on the second-to-last play of the first quarter.
“But that’s just part of football,” Burns said. “Guys go down every day, and it’s always next guy up. That’s why you try to develop a culture where you don’t slack off in production with the guys that’s behind.”
Even with that mentality, the Giants were never able to get back on track after Dart was hurt less than four minutes into the game while being pressured on third and 8. Rams linebacker Byron Young hit Dart from the quarterback’s right side, sending him into linebacker Josaiah Stewart, who undercut Dart’s legs, resulting in a hard fall. Dart was eventually able to walk gingerly to the sideline under his own power, and he went into the medical tent for further evaluation before walking to the locker room.
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Jameis Winston replaced Dart on the ensuing Giants drive.
Dart, who was 3-of-5 passing for 20 yards, spent the second half on the sideline in street clothes.
“Any time your quarterback goes down, obviously that’s a gut punch to the team, right?” said Winston, who was 11 of 27 for 111 yards with one interception.
The body blows kept on coming.
Nabers was injured jockeying with Rams cornerback Trent McDuffie when he was targeted on a first-down pass. Nabers immediately grabbed his right shoulder and ran to the sideline, where he was clearly in pain. He was able to return on the next series, finishing with one reception for 1 yard on four targets, while clearly laboring at times.
“Nah, I ain’t gonna make no excuse for anything that happened in the game,” said Nabers, who indicated he would undergo X-rays on Tuesday. “Yeah, I’m battling through injuries, but it doesn’t make a difference on how the performance was.”
Burns got stepped on by Rams center Coleman Shelton but shook off a cart ride back to the locker room when the game ended. He would not speculate on his chances of playing against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday.
“I’ve dealt with this,” Burns said. “It just depends on how fast you can get the swelling and inflammation out. So I’m just going to do everything possible to get it as tamed as I can.”
The Giants had to navigate the absences of many of these same players last season. Dart sustained a concussion in Week 10 against the Bears during his rookie campaign, and Nabers missed most of the year with a torn ACL in his right knee.
But the enthusiasm of Harbaugh’s victorious debut against the Cowboys now gives way to the likelihood Winston will be running New York’s offense for the near future. An 11-year veteran who was drafted first overall in 2015, Winston started two games and appeared in three for the Giants in 2025, throwing for 567 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Harbaugh said the Giants can’t get discouraged by their change in fortune.
“All around the league, everybody deals with it,” he said. “This is football. This is the NFL. This is what you do. So our task is not to lament it.”
The Eagles survived – again. This time, instead of holding on for dear life as they did in their opener against Washington, the Eagles came from behind in the final minutes to pull out a gutsy win at Tennessee, with their quarterback leading the way. With the Eagles 2-0, The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Jeff McLane and Mike Sielski examine Jalen Hurts’ promising performance through two games, and dig into the uneven play of the defense.
00:00 A version of Jalen Hurts “we’ve never seen”
16:05 Giving offensive coordinator Sean Mannion the benefit of the doubt
21:50 The Eagles’ defense hasn’t delivered as advertised
30:35 Revisionist history: Nakobe Dean
unCovering the Birds is a production of The Philadelphia Inquirer and KYW Newsradio Original Podcasts. Look for new episodes throughout the season.
CHICAGO — Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson called Caleb Williams’ right hamstring injury a “week-to-week” situation while offering a largely positive update a day after the quarterback was helped off the field and carted to the locker room.
Williams left Sunday’s 9-3 loss to Minnesota after he got hurt on a scramble deep in Vikings territory with about 7½ minutes left. The No. 1 pick in the 2024 draft was replaced by Tyson Bagent.
Johnson said he doesn’t think Williams will practice this week, but he isn’t ruling him out for Chicago’s matchup with the Eagles on Monday night.
“He’s right now working through every avenue that he’s got available to get back on track here,” Johnson said. “We’ll see what that looks like. Here’s what I know: This guy’s a little bit different than the average human being. … He gets back, he has in the past, a lot faster than what people can anticipate. I’m not putting a timeline on this. We’re going to say week to week.”
After the home game against the Eagles, the Bears (1-1) take on the New York Jets on Oct. 4 before visiting the Green Bay Packers on Oct. 11.
Playing in a steady rain at Soldier Field, Williams was 15 for 26 for 138 yards with an interception. He also had five carries for 42 yards against Minnesota.
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The 24-year-old Williams had a towel over his head after he first got on the cart for the trip to the locker room. He took the towel off as the cart moved along the sideline and pumped his right arm to rev up the sullen crowd of 58,914.
“We’ll see where he’s at as the week progresses and how long that means, but it was somewhat encouraging the report that we got,” Johnson said Monday.
If Williams is unable to go, Bagent would step in vs. the Eagles. The Bears also have Case Keenum on their roster.
Bagent was 5 for 9 for 54 yards against the Vikings. He had a record-setting career at Division II Shepherd University before signing with the Bears in May 2023 as an undrafted free agent.
“He’s got full confidence in himself. We have full confidence in him,” offensive lineman Jonah Jackson said, “and we know he can dink and dump the ball around and sling it and also get active with his feet.”
Bagent, 26, made four starts while appearing in five games as rookie, passing for 859 yards and three touchdowns with six interceptions. He signed a two-year contract extension in August 2025.
“If it goes that route, I feel strongly about what he’s capable of and our team does, too,” Johnson said. “They know he’s a darn good football player.”
