The Washington Commanders hit the road for a Week 1 matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Bucs are 3.5-point favorites to open the season on the NFL odds board.
It’s a new era of football in Washington, with Jayden Daniels taking over at quarterback. This year’s second-overall pick is eager to get started with the Commanders, and one of his veteran targets headlines our Commanders vs. Buccaneers predictions.
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Commanders vs Buccaneers prediction
My best betAustin Ekeler Over 48.5 rushing + receiving yards (-115 at BetMGM)
My analysis
Brentford have offered Christian Eriksen the chance of a return to the Premier League as the playmaker assesses his options for a competitive comeback.
Eriksen, 29, has not played since suffering a cardiac arrest during Denmark’s Euro 2020 game with Finland on 12 June, and became a free agent when Internazionale terminated his contract last month. He is keen for a return to top-level action ahead of the World Cup and Brentford have moved to offer him a six-month deal, which would have the potential to be extended. Should Eriksen accept, he would return to the English top flight two years after leaving Tottenham for the Serie A club.
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“Germany beat Morocco 6-0 at the Women’s World Cup, but it was Morocco who went through to the last 16. What’s the biggest score a team has won/lost by and then not qualified/qualified from their group?” asks Chris Butterworth.
Germany’s ultimately futile trouncing of Morocco meant they went out with a goal difference of +5, while Morocco qualified for the last 16 with a goal difference of -4. It’s by far the biggest such victory at a Women’s World Cup. In fact, in eight previous tournaments, we can find only two cases of Team A beating Team B, only for Team B to qualify at the expense of Team A.
Both were single-goal victories. In 1995, Brazil beat the hosts Sweden 1-0 in their opening group match, bu…
Charles Barkley can be lazy and out of touch, and occasionally insightful, but he nailed it with the Bucks last night. That’s after he forgot who Jeff Teague plays for, which would seem to be the minimum requirement for his job. Anyway, at halftime, when the Bucks were down 20 to a Trae Young-less Hawks team, he said the Bucks are just good at basketball, but have no killer instinct. It’s hard to argue. They were toast well before Giannis got hurt (more on this in a sec) to a team without its best player. These things can get tricky, and the Bucks just went through this in the last round. You can find a team inspired for a game to all pick up the slack, or figure out how they’re going to play without their centerpiece. But you can’t get blown out in a conference final. The Bucks …