How our Locals were Looking this Sunday in the NFL:
Detroit Lions:DJ Reader(Grimsley HS/Clemson) DJ Reader with 2 Tackles and 1 Solo Tackle…Lions win 26-23 over the Houston Texans…Detroit kicker David Bates, hit a 52-yard FG to win the game, as time ran out…It wasn’t Jesse Bates, the former Wake Forest DB, or Bill Bates, the Dallas Cowboys LB from Tennessse, but Jake Bates, a brick salesman from just outside Houston, who won The Game of the Day for the Lions….Five interceptions from the Lions’ QB Jared Goff…Two picks of Houston QB C.J. Stroud, this game had it all, and the Lions improve to (8-1) with the WIN….Again, this was some kind of comeback victory, by the Detroit Lions…
Detroit Lions:Emmanuel Moseley(Dudley HS/Tennessee) Lions placed Moseley (pectoral) on injured reserve early in the season, and he remains sidelined indefinitely…
Detroit Lions:Hendon Hooker(Dudley HS/Virginia Tech/Tennessee) Hooker did not see action on Sunday night, in the Lions 26-23 win over the Texans…
Cincinnati Bengals LB Germaine Pratt, from High Point Central HS/N.C. State had 8 Total Tackles/6 Solo Tackles, in the Bengals’ 35-34 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday Night Football…Pratt is having an All-Pro season for the Bengals….
Akeem Davis-Gaither, from Thomasville HS/Appalachian State, with 2 Tackles/1 Solo Tackle/1 Pass Deflection for the Bengals in their loss to the Baltimore Ravens…
Chicago Bears:WR Keenan Allen(Northern Guilford HS/California) had five receptions for 44 yards in the Bear’s 19-3 loss to the New England Patriots…
Pittsburgh Steelers:DL Larry Ogunjobi(Ragsdale HS/Charlotte) had 3 Total Tackles/2 Solo Tackles/1 Tackle for a Loss, for the Steelers in their 28-27 win over the Washington Commanders…
LA Rams:Joshua Karty(Western Alamance HS/Stanford) Karty and the Rams(4-4) ready to take on the Miami Dolphins(2-6) on Monday Night Football at 8:15pm on ESPN….
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Carolina Panthers(3-7) took a 10-0 halftime lead over the New Giants in Germany, on Sunday morning….Then the Panthers let the Giants back in the game in the second half, but the Panthers end up winning in Overtime, on a 36-yard Field Goal from Eddy Pineiro….
MUNICH — — Eddy Pineiro kicked a 36-yard field goal in overtime and the Carolina Panthers made it back-to-back wins for the first time this season, beating the New York Giants 20-17 in Germany on Sunday.
The Giants (2-8) won the coin toss to start overtime, but rookie running back Tyrone Tracy fumbled on the first play from scrimmage and Josey Jewell recovered at the 23 for the Panthers (3-7).