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Eagles rookie Andrew Mukuba shines with pick-six, fumble recovery in loss to Browns. Shedeur Sanders sidelined
The Cleveland Browns had to turn to other quarterbacks with rookie Shedeur Sanders injured. The decisive touchdown came on defense instead of from relief QBs. K.J. Henry returned an interception 45 yards for a score in the third quarter to send the Browns to a 22-13 preseason win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Saturday. In a game missing almost all regular-season starters on both sides — Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley sat out for the defending Super Bowl champions while Myles Garrett and Jerry Jeudy rested for the Browns — the Eagles got a better look at their draft picks fighting for playing time. Andrew Mukuba returned an interception 75 yards for a score and recovered a fumble, and Jihaad Campbell had a sack, an impressive showing for the Eagles' top two 2025 draft picks. Maybe somewhere actor Matthew McConaughey was impressed. McConaughey, a Longhorns superfan, had a social media post in support of Mukuba when the safety was drafted out of Texas in the second round. Mukuba missed time early in training camp with a shoulder injury and returned only in the last few days to take first-team reps. He was in the right spot to pick off a pass from Dillon Gabriel. Mukuba took it all the way for the 75-yard score and a 7-6 lead. He added a fumble recovery later and broke up a pass in the second half, the kind of plays needed to close the gap in his competition with Sydney Brown for the starting spot. Campbell, a linebacker out of Alabama selected 31st overall, sacked Gabriel on the second play of the game. The Eagles just may have found two more defensive gems to make meaningful contributions in their pursuit of another title. The Eagles and Browns both played it safe with their starters after the two teams held a pair of joint practices earlier in the week. Sanders hurt his oblique in the first practice and did not play Saturday. The Browns started Gabriel, a third-round pick who worked his way back into the lineup after he had been sidelined with an injured hamstring. Gabriel was 13 of 18 passing for 143 yards and the pick-6. Tyler "Snoop" Huntley played in the second half and was 10 of 13 for 71 yards. Dorian Thompson-Robinson threw a pick-6 to Henry that gave Cleveland a 19-13 lead in the third. Thompson-Robinson was replaced by Kyle McCord, another 2025 draft pick, on the next series. McCord, who is from nearby Mount Laurel, New Jersey, and was raised as an Eagles fan, threw a touchdown pass and threw for 47 yards overall. The Eagles had just 88 total yards. Sanders, who covered his head with a towel as he watched from the sideline, didn't play after he sustained an oblique injury during drills ahead of practice Wednesday. The Browns said he is day to day. Sanders completed 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards with two first-half touchdown passes to Kaden Davis in his NFL preseason debut in a win in the opener over Carolina. The 40-year-old Joe Flacco, in the mix to start the season opener, also sat out. And Kenny Pickett didn't play as he recovers from a hamstring injury. Yes, Thompson-Robinson threw the pick-6, but he wasn't helped by a high snap from Brett Toth. Toth played at center and Drew Kendall was at left guard as the Eagles tried to get by without the injured Landon Dickerson. Dickerson has been sidelined since he suffered a right knee injury at an open practice. The Eagles have not given a timeline for his absence or ruled him out for the season opener. The Browns host the Rams on Saturday. The Eagles play Friday at the Jets.
New York Times
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- New York Times
Colts' QB Anthony Richardson promising, if not spectacular, in loss to Packers
INDIANAPOLIS – Aaron Mosby briefly buried his head in his hands. He couldn't bear to watch, at least not yet. The Green Bay Packers linebacker had just sprinted into the backfield and had a free shot at Anthony Richardson, but the Indianapolis Colts quarterback was too strong. Richardson simply shrugged off Mosby, kept his eyes downfield and fired a deep ball to Anthony Gould. Advertisement It didn't matter that the wide receiver was being blanketed by Packers cornerback Kalen King. Gould had a step and that's all Ricardson needed as he dropped the ball right into Gould's arms for a 38-yard gain. However, the joy Richardson felt after his best throw of the day was short-lived. His teammate, second-year wide receiver AD Mitchell, was flagged for being offside, which negated the play. On his way back to the huddle, Richardson screamed in frustration. Anthony Richardson placed this deep ball perfectly Stream on @NFLPlus — NFL (@NFL) August 16, 2025 Despite that highlight-worthy throw not counting in Saturday's 23-19 preseason loss to the Packers, it was the other, more routine passes that helped Richardson turn in a promising performance amid his ongoing QB battle with Daniel Jones. Colts coach Shane Steichen still hasn't named a starter, but Richardson may have made his best case on Saturday. The third-year pro, whom the Colts drafted fourth in 2023, finished 6-of-11 passing for 73 yards, plus one carry for 9 yards. Richardson played three series, with two of them leading to points. He was 5-of-6 passing for 64 yards on his first drive of the game. The lengths of those five completions? Nine yards, 9 yards, 21 yards, 18 yards and 7 yards. None of those throws were spectacular, but for a QB who's struggled with short and intermediate throws throughout his career, it was a step in the right direction. Richardson was less accurate on his next drive, throwing three straight incompletions, including a check-down to running back D.J. Giddens that was too far behind the rookie. But Richardson bounced back with a 9-yard pass to Giddens that set up a 29-yard field goal for kicker Spencer Shrader. Jones held his own Saturday, though he had his share of ups and downs, too. The 28-year-old, who started this week after Richardson started last week, missed rookie tight end Tyler Warren on a wide-open deep ball early in the first quarter. However, Jones rebounded with a 25-yard connection with Warren on his next drive that put Shrader in a position for an eventual 25-yard field goal. Jones, the 2019 No. 6 pick, finished 7-of-11 passing for 101 yards on two drives. Tyler Warren down the sideline from Daniel Jones! Stream on @NFLPlus — NFL (@NFL) August 16, 2025 Colts principal owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon joined the local TV broadcast on Saturday, continuing a yearly tradition her late father and former team owner Jim Irsay started. Irsay-Gordon, the eldest of Irsay's three daughters, spoke for roughly 10 minutes. The most notable topic, of course, was the team's QB competition. She reiterated that it will be Steichen's decision, but the choice will be 'tough.' Advertisement 'It's the very expensive question I think that everyone's wondering about,' Irsay-Gordon said. ' … One of the things that we talked about in June is that there's nothing that makes good things rise to the surface better than competition. I think having Daniel in here with Anthony, he's obviously had more experience than Anthony, but I think that room as a whole, they're competing. 'They've each done things well. They've also made mistakes. … I feel confident (Steichen) is going to make the right decision.' Colts backup tackle Blake Freeland went down early in the second quarter with what appeared to be a severe lower right leg injury. His lower right leg was placed in an air cast, and the cart was brought out for the 2023 fourth-round pick. The entire Colts team came off the sideline to give Freeland some words of encouragement before he was taken off. Freeland was one of several Colts players who got injured Saturday. Starting right tackle Braden Smith suffered a hamstring injury, which is why Freeland entered the game sooner than most backups. Rookie safety Hunter Wohler (foot), running back Tyler Goodson (elbow), cornerback Johnathan Edwards (concussion) and linebacker Jacob Phillips (bicep) also got hurt and were ruled out for the rest of the game. Additionally, starting linebacker Zaire Franklin (left ankle rehab), starting left tackle Bernhard Raimann (undisclosed), starting receiver Alec Pierce (groin), starting strong safety Nick Cross (hip), starting cornerback Kenny Moore II (knee), cornerback Jaylon Jones (hamstring) and cornerback JuJu Brents (hamstring) did not play Saturday. Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle
Washington Post
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Patriots beat Vikings 20-12 as rookies Henderson and Chism each record another preseason TD
MINNEAPOLIS — New England rookies TreVeyon Henderson and Efton Chism III each had another preseason touchdown, and the Patriots beat the Minnesota Vikings 20-12 on Saturday. Henderson, the second-round draft pick from national champion Ohio State who's been turning heads in training camp and tracking toward a prominent role in the backfield, rushed for 20 yards with an 8-yard score on four carries during a two-drive stint for the first-team offense. Henderson had a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown last week .
