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Lamar Miller Jersey White , local sports, and news from around the league for Friday, February 8, 2019."Houston Texans NewsBrian Cushing on becoming a
Texans assistant: ‘It’s unique’ (Houston Chronicle)NFL NewsKyler Murray expected
to attend scouting combine (NFL.com)Chiefs: ‘No more basketball’ for Patrick
Mahomes (NFL.com)Bama’s Quinnen Williams: Why I should be top pick (NFL.com)Full
list of prospects invited to 2019 NFL Combine (NFL.com)Execs identify 3 players
who will wow at combine (NFL.com)Cam describes shoulder injury: ‘I felt so
vulnerable’ (NFL.com)Buccaneers add Danish kicker from German league
(NFL.com)Raiders’ Davis ‘not frustrated’ by stadium situation (NFL.com)QB stock
watch: Rodgers falls; Luck, Mahomes rise (NFL.com)Houston & Collegiate
SportsRockets send James Ennis to Philadelphia (The Dream Shake)Rockets send Nik
Stauskas, Wade Baldwin IV to Pacers (The Dream Shake) They're breathing easier
in New Jersey, Seattle, and the Motor City, and taking in some rarefied air in
western New York.That's what happens when your hapless, helpless and hopeless
football teams suddenly turn nasty, effective and victorious.Most shocking, no
doubt, was what the Bills did to the Vikings . After being the brunt of so many
jokes the last two weeks following inept showings, then exacerbating it by
tweeting an image of their helmet traveling to meet the Vikings' helmet ??in
Wisconsin ??the Bills dominated in Minnesota. To boot, they were 16-point
underdogs, making them the sixth team in the last 81 games with such a spread to
pull off an upset.Where did that come from?Well, cynics will say the Vikings
were coming off that emotional tie with Green Bay and face the NFL's most
powerful squad in a short week when they host the Rams on Thursday night. The
folks in Buffalo will tell you the Bills
J.J. Watt Jersey White , who broke a 17-season drought of playoff appearances last winter, aren't as bad as they've looked."No one thought that we were going
to come in here and play the way that we did, except the people in this locker
room now," offensive tackle Dion Dawkins said, and he was right, particularly
about the oddsmakers. "We came into the game fueled and ready to play."Say what
you will about their forgettable first two outings, the Bills proved a lot
Sunday. A team in turmoil, missing its best offensive player in injured running
back LeSean McCoy, seemingly a sieve on defense, manhandled one of the Super
Bowl favorites. With a raw rookie quarterback, too."We really don't really pay
attention to what people think about us," linebacker Lorenzo Alexander said.
"It's all about internal belief and confidence. If you listen to outside noise,
we'd never win a game because nobody respects Buffalo at all. We have to
continue to go out and earn that respect."Eli Manning has earned plenty of
respect ??and two Super Bowl rings ??in a borderline Hall of Fame career. What
he's earned the last year or so has been doubters that he had anything left.At
Houston, he showed when given any sort of protection by the Giants, he can be
productive and a winner. Manning was besieged in the first two defeats, either
sacked or hit or pressured so much he barely got the snap before he was
inundated. Against the Texans, and with 2015 first-round draft pick Ereck
Flowers wisely benched at right tackle
Alfred Blue Jersey White , Manning had some of the best numbers of his career: 25 for 29 for 297 yards and two touchdowns. He connected with nine
receivers."I thought we kind of condensed the offense a little bit and made sure
guys knew what they were doing," said Manning, pointing out without saying as
much that the Giants were slow to react in losses to Jacksonville and Dallas.
"Plays that they knew, they were playing fast, the offensive line was playing
fast and we have good players, just let them go play. Let's not try to be
perfect and trick or do too much. Let our guys go win, because we got good
athletes."Seattle once had as talented a roster as any team, winning one Super
Bowl that should have been two, and dominating the NFC West. With defections,
injuries and retirements, though, these Seahawks need to succeed with guile,
grit and coaching acumen.In their first home game, the Seahawks showed they
still have a huge advantage at CenturyLink Field, especially when they get going
quickly. The Cowboys, coming off a masterful manhandling of the Giants last
weekend, ran into a buzzsaw.The 24-13 whooping the Seahawks put on the Cowboys
was reminiscent of past Pete Carroll teams. They played with an edge that has
marked his squads since his Southern Cal days."We were trying to get to our
formula
Natrell Jamerson Jersey White , and we just didn't get started well in the first couple games," Carroll said. "But this is how we want to play. "The day of
relief was completed Sunday night when the Lions stunned the Patriots 26-10 as
Matt Patricia got his first victory as a head coach ??besting his boss while he
was leading the New England defense, Bill Belichick.Detroit fans believed their
team's prospects heading into 2018 were solid in a tough division. Then they
fell flat in the opener against the Jets ??yes, the Jets won at Ford Field and
the Patriots lost. Last week, the Lions lost at San Francisco.But now, a sigh of
relief that could be felt along all the Great Lakes, and a further belief that
Detroit can compete in an NFC North where the Vikings and Packers have
struggled, too, and the Bears lead at 2-1.Followers of the Bills, Giants,
Seahawks and Lions also can take comfort in knowing there are three 0-3 teams
out there: the Raiders, Texans and Cardinals. They might even feel some empathy
for fans in Oakland, Houston and Arizona.
