Peyton, Eli Manning in disbelief over Saquon Barkley’s drop
NY Post
Peyton and Eli Manning could not believe Saquon Barkley dropped that ball.
The Eagles led the Falcons 18-15 with 1:45 remaining in the fourth quarter of their “Monday Night Football” matchup, and with Atlanta out of timeouts a first down from third-and-3 would have iced the game.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts threw a ball to Barkley that was perfectly placed to gain a first down, but Barkley took his eye off it for a split second and dropped the pass as Philadelphia had to settle for a field goal.
When the ball dropped to the field, the Manning brothers were beside themselves on ESPN2’s “ManningCast” simulcast.
Eli just put his hands over his head in stunned silence.
Peyton had to get up and pace around the room before explaining that Hurts placed the throw perfectly for Barkley.
With the Yankees on an impressive run of mostly correct decisions, there’s some reason to leave them alone and just let the best team in the American League continue to roll. But they did raise serious doubt and leave room for suggestions (and even ridicule) following maybe the most inexplicable decision of this season, or any season.
The Giants have never been 0-2 under Brian Daboll, until now. They were 2-0 and flying high in 2022 and 1-1 after a rousing comeback in Arizona in 2023. So, this represents a low point as far as early-season difficulties for Daboll and the Giants. They had no business beating the Vikings in the opener and no business losing to the Commanders in Week 2. But here they are.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Harrison Butker kept making a lonely walk to midfield after each quarter Sunday to check on the direction of the wind, which tends to swirl inside Arrowhead Stadium. He did it one last time during the 2-minute warning, when his Chiefs were trailing the Bengals by two and trying to give him a winning field-goal attempt.