Jimmy Durkin
@jimmydurkin.bsky.social
Deputy managing editor, NFL at The Athletic.
About the only thing I can say about Falcons-Raiders is at least this game lived up to its hype. (Of which there was absolutely none.)
Most consecutive games to fall behind by double digits to start the season: 1986 Colts 16 2024 #Raiders 13 and counting 1972 Patriots 12
Raiders may have used up all they had left on Black Friday.
The Buster Posey era begins this way: simple, direct, no overthinking things. Shortstop was the Giants' top priority. So they signed the best free-agent shortstop on the market. www.nytimes.com/athletic/597...
Giants’ record-setting Willy Adames deal shows Buster Posey means business
In signing Adames, Posey did as a team president what he did as a player: cut through the noise and find the best solution to a problem.
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NEWS: Randy Moss is going to take an extended leave of absence from ESPN’s “NFL Countdown” to deal with a personal health issue, the network said. “I’m battling something. I need all the prayer warriors.”
Randy Moss taking extended leave of absence from ‘NFL Countdown’ due to personal health issue
Moss’ exact diagnosis is unknown. He addressed his issues on Countdown while sporting sunglasses
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Maybe not Dec. 12 though. That might freak out the Bay Area. Then again, could I go snowboarding down Mission Peak if so?
Jimmy Durkin@jimmydurkin.bsky.social · 2y agoAll Thursday night games from here on out this season should be required to be played in this amount of snow.
All Thursday night games from here on out this season should be required to be played in this amount of snow.
49ers minutia minute: Brock Purdy’s sore shoulder; Jauan Jennings was great, other WRs absent, via @mattbarrows.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/593...
49ers minutia minute: Brock Purdy’s sore shoulder; Jauan Jennings was great, other WRs absent
Purdy — who had five carries and took two sacks — emerged with a sore shoulder. Meanwhile, George Kittle should return this week.
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