Those words in the First Amendment about abridging the freedom of speech and the right to peaceably assemble advanced to a new level around the NFL this week.
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Atlanta escaped with a 30-26 win and cover when Matthew Stafford’s apparent winning touchdown pass to Golden Tate was overturned to end the game.
Despite five turnovers by Cleveland, a 7½-point underdog, it was driving for a possible back-door cover before turning it over on downs at the Baltimore 23 with 32 seconds left in a 24-10 loss.
The Raiders used big plays to dominate the Jets Sunday en route to a 45-20 victory that rekindled memories of the old Oakland A’s.
Longtime Las Vegan Dan Currie, who played outside linebacker for Vince Lombardi’s championship teams in Green Bay during the 1960s and was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, died Monday. He was 82.
Sharp bettors were all over the Titans, who closed as a 2½-point favorite over the Raiders after opening as a 1½-point underdog.
Ed Graney hands out mostly A’s and B’s for the Raiders’ 26-16 victory at Tennessee.
Marshawn Lynch came out of retirement to play for his hometown team, and his debut in a 26-16 win against the Titans couldn’t have followed a more ideal script.
The league in March approved relocation of the team from Oakland to Southern Nevada, and a season opener against the Titans on Sunday will mark the first regular-season game for the Raiders since that 31-1 vote.
Finally, the NFL is back on our Sunday calendars. But even as we keep looking ahead, it’s hard not to be distracted by what happened Thursday night.