GIANTS RIDE ROOKIES JAXSON DART, CAM SKATTEBO TO ROUT OF EAGLES
Rookies Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo accounted for a combined five touchdowns, powering the New York Giants to a 34-17 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday in East Rutherford, N.J.
The Giants (2-4) snapped a 10-game losing streak in Thursday games and ended an eight-game skid in NFC East play.
Skattebo ran for three touchdowns, and Dart had a touchdown pass and a touchdown run in his first division start.
The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles (4-2) have dropped two in a row for their first losing streak since the end of the 2023 season.
Dart, sidelined for two plays in the third quarter after taking a hit to his left shoulder, completed 17 of 25 passes for 195 yards and ran for 58 yards on 13 attempts. Skattebo rushed for 98 yards on 19 carries.
Jalen Hurts threw for 283 yards with a TD pass, an interception and a TD run for the Eagles. Saquon Barkley, who rushed for 176 yards last season in a triumphant return to face his former team in the Meadowlands, was held to 58 yards on 12 carries. Dallas Goedert had nine grabs for 110 yards and a score.
Down 10 early in the fourth quarter, Philadelphia drove to the Giants’ 15-yard line before Hurts threw his first interception of the season. Cordale Flott returned the game-sealing pick 68 yards, and Skattebo capped the ensuing 23-yard drive by punching it in from the 1 for a 34-17 lead with 9:41 left.
Philadelphia has been outgained in all six games, including 366-339 by New York. The Giants converted 11 of 16 third downs.
After the Eagles opened the first quarter with Jake Elliott’s 42-yard field goal, Dart responded with a 20-yard TD run and a 35-yard TD pass to Wan’Dale Robinson for a 13-3 lead after a missed extra point.
Philadelphia cut the deficit to 13-10 on Hurts’ underhand toss to Goedert for a 3-yard score with 1:49 left in the opening quarter. It was Goedert’s fourth straight game with a TD.
The teams traded long TD drives in the second quarter. Hurts scored on a fourth consecutive “tush push” to put the Eagles up 17-13. The Giants answered with a 15-play march capped by Skattebo’s 4-yard run for a 20-17 halftime lead.
Skattebo’s 1-yard run midway through the third quarter extended the margin to 27-17.
FLACCO TO MAKE HIS BENGALS DEBUT AND FACE PACKERS FOR 2ND TIME THIS SEASON
Cincinnati (2-3) at Green Bay (2-1-1)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, CBS.
BetMGM line: Packers by 14.
Against the spread: Bengals 1-3; Packers 2-2.
Series record: Tied 7-7.
Last meeting: Packers won 25-22 in overtime at Cincinnati on Oct. 10, 2021.
Bengals offense: overall (32), rush (32), pass (29), scoring (29)
Bengals defense: overall (30), rush (24t), pass (29), scoring (30)
Packers offense: overall (14), rush (18), pass (11), scoring (9)
Packers defense: overall (4), rush (2), pass (11), scoring (11t)
Turnover differential: Bengals minus-5; Packers even.
Bengals player to watch
WR Ja’Marr Chase. He had a pair of touchdowns last week and is one away from 50 in his career. A TD catch in Green Bay would be in his 68th game, which would tie him for seventh-fastest in NFL history to reach 50. His 49 receiving TDs since since being the fifth overall pick in 2021 are the most in the league in that span.
Packers player to watch
RB Josh Jacobs. He has four touchdown runs, but is averaging just 3.3 yards per carry — down from 4.4 yards per rush last season — as he works behind an offensive line that has been missing multiple starters due to injury. A bye week gave Green Bay’s linemen more time to get healthy, which could enable Jacobs to have a big game against the NFL’s lowest-ranked run defense.
Key matchup
Bengals QB Joe Flacco vs. Packers pass defense. Green Bay’s defense is looking to redeem itself after a 40-40 tie at Dallas in which Dak Prescott picked the Packers’ secondary apart. Green Bay’s defense had been outstanding up until that game. The Packers only have two takeaways so far this year, so they’ll be looking to force Flacco into mistakes. Flacco had thrown two touchdown passes and six interceptions with Cleveland before getting traded this week. He was 21 of 36 for 142 yards with one interception and no touchdown passes in Cleveland’s 13-10 victory over the Packers.
Key injuries
Bengals: Rookie OG Dylan Fairchild (knee) and TE Drew Sample (ankle) did not practice Wednesday. … OG Lucas Patrick (calf) is on injured reserve, but has been cleared to practice. … DE Shemar Stewart (ankle) has been sidelined the past three games.
Packers: OT Zach Tom (oblique) and OG Aaron Banks (groin) didn’t play at all against Dallas, but practiced on a limited basis this week. … DL Devonte Wyatt (knee) and OT Anthony Belton (ankle) weren’t practicing early this week.
Series notes
The last meeting between these teams in 2021 was notable for all the field-goal attempts that were missed. Former Packers kicker Mason Crosby missed three field goals and an extra point before hitting a game-winning 49-yarder in overtime. Cincinnati’s Evan McPherson missed a 57-yarder in the final minute of regulation as well as a 49-yarder in overtime. … Each of the last two Packers-Bengals matchups went to overtime. The Packers won 27-24 at Lambeau Field in 2017 when a 71-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers to Geronimo Allison set up a 27-yard field goal from Crosby. … The last six Packers-Bengals games have been decided by seven points or fewer.
Stats and stuff
Flacco has a chance to become just the second quarterback to beat the same opponent twice in one season while playing for two different teams. Jack Kemp did it to the AFL’s New York Titans in 1962 while playing for the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers. … Cincinnati is 0-2 against the NFC North this season after going 2-2 against the division in 2021. … Bengals coach Zac Taylor and Packers coach Matt LaFleur were on Sean McVay’s Los Angeles Rams staff in 2017. LaFleur was the offensive coordinator and Taylor the assistant wide receivers coach. … Flacco has a 2-3 career record against Green Bay with four touchdowns and six interceptions. … WR Andrei Iosivas had a career-high 82 receiving yards on five catches last week. … DE Trey Hendrickson has four of the Bengals’ 10 sacks this season. … DE Joseph Ossai has a sack in his last three games against an NFC North team. … LB Logan Wilson has at least five tackles in 29 straight games. … This is the Packers’ only home game over a 51-day stretch. The Packers played at Cleveland and Dallas before having last week off. Their next two games after this are at Arizona and Pittsburgh. … The Packers have allowed 24 points or fewer in each of their last nine home games. … Packers WR Romeo Doubs had a career-high three touchdown catches against Dallas. … Packers QB Jordan Love threw those three touchdown passes to Doubs and had 337 yards passing with no interceptions in the tie with Dallas. … Packers TE Tucker Kraft has nine touchdown catches since the start of the 2024 season. The only tight end with more touchdown receptions during that stretch is Baltimore’s Mark Andrews, with 13. … Packers DE Micah Parsons has at least seven quarterback pressures in each of his last three games. Only three times since 2016 has a player had that many pressures in three straight games. Parsons also did it in 2023 and Danielle Hunter also accomplished the feat for Minnesota that year. … Packers K Brandon McManus made field goals on the final play of regulation and the last play of overtime against Dallas.
Fantasy tip
While it’s probably too ambitious to expect Doubs to score multiple touchdowns for a second straight game, the fact he reached the end zone three times against Dallas shows how vital a role he’s playing for the Packers while Christian Watson and Jayden Reed remain out with injuries. He probably merits starting as long as Watson and Reed remain unavailable.
JAYDEN DANIELS AND CALEB WILLIAMS MATCH UP AGAIN 1 YEAR AFTER HAIL MARY DECIDED BEARS-COMMANDERS
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Chicago (2-2) at Washington (3-2)
Monday, 8:15 p.m. EDT, ABC/ESPN.
BetMGM NFL Odds: Commanders by 4 1/2.
Against the spread: Bears 2-2; Commanders 3-2.
Series record: Commanders lead 28-25-1.
Last week: Bears were on a bye; Commanders beat Chargers 27-10.
Last meeting: Commanders beat Bears 18-15 at Washington on Oct. 27, 2024.
Bears offense: overall (17), rush (24), pass (24), scoring (11).
Bears defense: overall (27), rush (31), pass (17), scoring (28).
Commanders offense: overall (13), rush (1), pass (24), scoring (8).
Commanders defense: overall (24), rush (17), pass (23), scoring (10).
Turnover differential: Bears plus-5; Commanders even.
Bears player to watch
CB Tyrique Stevenson. The third-year pro delivered strong performances in wins over Dallas and Las Vegas after struggling in the first two games. Now he returns to the site of last year’s “Fail Mary.” Stevenson had his back turned to the line of scrimmage and was motioning toward the crowd with 2 seconds left when the Commanders snapped the ball on the final play, a 52-yard TD pass that gave them an 18-15 win. Stevenson was late to the play and made matters worse by dashing into the crowd and leaping to deflect the pass rather than box out receiver Noah Brown, which was his assignment. The ball got tipped to Brown for a touchdown, sending the Bears into a 10-game losing streak that cost former coach Matt Eberflus his job. Stevenson comes into the rematch on a bit of a roll, with two pass breakups in each of the past two games and an interception against Dallas.
Commanders player to watch
DE Dorance Armstrong. He is tied for third in the NFL with five sacks after picking up two in last week’s win at the Los Angeles Chargers and has at least one in every game this season except in Week 4. “He’s got versatility that he’s able to (use to) work more this year — inside, outside, different spots, knowing when to take a shot,” coach Dan Quinn said. “And so that’s a big piece for us.”
Key matchup
Commanders RB Jacory “Bill” Croskey-Merritt vs. the Bears’ run defense. Croskey-Meritt, a rookie seventh-round draft pick, turned in a breakout performance in Week 5, piling up 111 yards on 14 carries against the Chargers, his first 100-yard game in the pros. He also scored on two runs. He paces the league’s highest-gaining ground game; Washington averages 156.4 yards rushing per game. Chicago, meanwhile, ranks 31st of 32 clubs at stopping the run, allowing opponents 164.5 yards rushing.
Key injuries
Bears: CB Kyler Gordon expects to play after missing the first four games with a hamstring injury. … TE Colston Loveland indicated he’s ready to play this week after missing the Las Vegas game because of a hip injury, saying “it feels good now.” … DT Grady Jarrett (knee) and RT Darnell Wright (elbow) missed the Raiders game. … K Cairo Santos was dealing with a quadriceps problem. … LB T.J. Edwards (hamstring) has played in just one game — a Week 2 loss at Detroit. … The Bears opened 21-day practice windows this week on DE Austin Booker (knee) and RB Travis Homer (calf) to return from injured reserve.
Commanders: Brown, who caught the Hail Mary from Daniels in the win over Chicago last season, has missed the past three games with groin and knee issues but he returned to practice Wednesday. … WR Terry McLaurin, the team’s top wideout, sat out the last two games with a quadriceps injury. … RG Sam Cosmi’s 21-day practice window opened last week; he has been sidelined since tearing a knee ligament during the playoffs last season.
Series notes
The Commanders have won two of the three most recent meetings, including last year’s victory on a 52-yard, final-play touchdown pass.
Stats and stuff
Chicago QB Caleb Williams, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 draft, is 7-14 as an NFL starter; Washington QB Jayden Daniels, the No. 2 overall pick in that draft, is 14-6 so far and led the Commanders to the NFC title game last season. … Chicago beat the Raiders when Williams orchestrated a late touchdown drive and Josh Blackwell blocked a last-minute field goal to preserve the victory. … The Bears are coming off their bye. Before that, they collected back-to-back wins, beating Dallas and Las Vegas after blowing an 11-point lead in the opener against Minnesota and losing big at Detroit. … Chicago joined Green Bay as the only franchises with 800 regular-season wins when it beat the Raiders. … WR Rome Odunze can become the first player since Mike Evans in 2020 to record a touchdown reception in each of his team’s first five games. He’s tied for second in the NFL with five TD catches, one behind Detroit’s Amon-Ra St. Brown. … S Kevin Byard had two interceptions against the Raiders. It was the two-time All-Pro’s fifth career game with multiple INTs — the most among active players. … Williams has been sacked seven times through four games after being taken down a league-leading and franchise-record 68 times as a rookie last season. … Washington is 2-0 at home so far and is coming off its first road win of the season, 27-10 at the Los Angeles Chargers. … In that victory, Washington held Chargers QB Justin Herbert to 166 yards passing, the eighth-lowest total in his 84 NFL starts. … Washington is 3-2 after starting 4-1 a year ago en route to going 12-5. This is the first time since 2017 and 2018 that the team got off to a 3-2 or better start in consecutive seasons. … Daniels has 4,232 yards passing and 1,015 yards rushing as a pro, making him the first player in NFL history with at least 4,000 passing and 1,000 rushing in his first 20 games. … Daniels missed two games with a knee injury; in the three games he’s played this season, he has four TD passes and zero interceptions. … Armstrong had a pair of sacks against the Chargers, his first two-sack game since Week 1 of the 2023 season. … Croskey-Merritt’s two TDs on the ground against the Chargers made him Washington’s first rookie with multiple running scores in a game since Daniels did it in Week 1 last season. … The Commanders lead the NFL with 156.4 rushing yards per game.
Fantasy tip
WR Deebo Samuel. The Commanders’ do-everything Samuel catches passes, carries on running attempts and even sometimes returns kicks. He already has four touchdowns this season — three through the air and one on the ground — plus has more than twice as many catches and more than twice as many yards receiving as anyone else on Washington’s roster in 2025.
49ERS VISIT BUCCANEERS IN A MATCHUP OF 4-1 TEAMS AND NFC DIVISION LEADERS
San Francisco (4-1) at Tampa Bay (4-1)
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, CBS.
BetMGM NFL Odds: Buccaneers by 3.
Against the spread: 49ers 4-1; Buccaneers 3-2.
Series record: 49ers lead 21-7.
Last meeting: 49ers beat Buccaneers 23-20 on Nov. 10, 2024, in Tampa Bay.
Last week: 49ers beat Rams 26-23; Buccaneers beat Seahawks 38-35.
49ers offense: overall (5), rush (28t), pass (1), scoring (22)
49ers defense: overall (15), rush (15), pass (14), scoring (6t)
Buccaneers offense: overall (11), rush (22), pass (6), scoring (7)
Buccaneers defense: overall (11), rush (8t), pass (20), scoring (22)
Turnover differential: 49ers minus-3; Buccaneers plus-2.
49ers Player to watch
WR Kendrick Bourne. The Niners signed Bourne after the opener and he has been making a big impact in his second stint in San Francisco. Bourne had 10 catches last week for a career-high 142 yards. It was his second career 100-yard game with the other coming in 2022 with New England.
Buccaneers player to watch
WR Emeka Egbuka. With Mike Evans sidelined by injury, the rookie has stepped into a dynamic playmaking role. Egbuka has 25 receptions for 445 yards and five TDs.
Key matchup
49ers RT Colton McKivitz vs. Buccaneers OLB Haason Reddick. The Buccaneers didn’t sack Sam Darnold last week, but a blitz pressured him into an errant throw that resulted in a game-turning interception. Reddick has only one sack in five games, but he has 19 pressures.
Key injuries
49ers: QB Brock Purdy could miss his fourth game with a toe injury with Mac Jones slated to start if Purdy can’t go. … WR Ricky Pearsall (knee) is expected to miss his second straight game. … WR Jauan Jennings (ankle, ribs) could also miss a second straight game. … DT Alfred Collins’ status is also in doubt with a knee injury. … S Malik Mustapaha (knee) and DT Kevin Givens (pectoral) had their practice windows opened this week and could play Sunday.
Buccaneers: TE Ko Kieft (leg) was lost for the season. RT Luke Goedeke (foot) is out and G Cody Mauch (knee) is also done for the season. … Evans (hamstring) and RB Bucky Irving (foot, shoulder) are likely out. … WR Chris Godwin (fibula), CB Benjamin Morrison (hamstring) and CB Zyon McCollum (thumb) didn’t practice Wednesday.
Series notes
The 49ers have dominated the series recently, winning the last four meetings. Niners coach Kyle Shanahan is 4-1 against Tampa Bay. Bucs coach Todd Bowles is 1-3 vs. San Francisco.
Stats and stuff
The 49ers and Bucs are both 4-1 with all eight wins coming by five points or fewer. … San Francisco is 4-1 in games decided by eight points or fewer this season after going 2-6 in 2024. … The Niners are the only team since at least 1940 to have no INTs and no TD runs in the first five games of a season. … The Niners set an NFL record last week with their 12th straight game without intercepting a pass. … Jones could make his fourth start for San Francisco this week. Jones joined Matthew Stafford (2021 Rams) as the only QBs to win their first three starts with a team while throwing for at least 900 yards and six TDs. … RB Christian McCaffrey is the only player with at least 100 yards from scrimmage in every game and is looking to become the first player in the NFL since Saquon Barkley and Adam Thielen in 2018 to do it in the first six games. … The only Niners player to do it in each of the first six games was Roger Craig in 1988. … San Francisco leads the NFL with 80 first downs passing. … The Buccaneers are the first team in NFL history with four wins by three or fewer points in their first five games of season. … QB Baker Mayfield has 10 TDs, one interception and a 104.4 passer rating. … Egbuka is the first player in NFL history with 25-plus receptions, 400-plus receiving yards and five or more TD catches in his first five career games. … RB Rachaad White had 71 scrimmage yards and two rushing TDs last week. … TE Cade Otton has at least four catches in each of his three career games against the Niners. … K Chase McLaughlin has made 11 of his last 12 field goals, including two game-winners and a 65-yarder that was the longest in NFL history outdoors.
Fantasy tip
McCaffrey has 282 yards rushing and 387 receiving. He’s on pace to catch 133 passes this season.
SURPRISING COLTS HOPE TO KEEP ROLLING AS REELING CARDINALS TRY TO SNAP 3-GAME LOSING STREAK
Arizona (2-3) at Indianapolis (4-1)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, FOX
BetMGM NFL Odds: Colts by 6 1/2.
Against the spread: Cardinals 2-3, Colts 4-1.
Series record: Colts lead 9-8.
Last meeting: Colts beat Cardinals 22-16 on Dec. 25, 2021, in Glendale, Arizona.
Last week: Cardinals lost to Titans 22-21; Colts beat Raiders 40-6.
Cardinals offense: overall (26), rush (12), pass (30), scoring (23).
Cardinals defense: overall (21), rush (8t), pass (28), scoring (4).
Colts offense: overall (4), rush (9), pass (4), scoring (2).
Colts defense: overall (14), rush (12), pass (19), scoring (3).
Turnover differential: Cardinals even; Colts plus-5.
Cardinals player to watch
RB Emari Demercado. It will be interesting to see how he responds after one of the more embarrassing and costly mistakes in recent NFL history, dropping the ball just before the end zone on a potential 72-yard touchdown run in last weekend’s loss to the Titans. Demercado has been forced into a bigger role recently because of injuries to the team’s top two running backs, James Conner and Trey Benson.
Colts player to watch
TE Tyler Warren. Three weeks ago, the rookie threw the key block to spring Jonathan Taylor’s game sealing TD run at Tennessee. Two weeks ago, he scored his first career TD on a 2-yard run. Last week, he had his first TD catch and threw his first NFL pass. Coach Shane Steichen acknowledged Monday his staff enjoys figuring out new ways to deploy Warren. It’s fun for the fans — not for defenses.
Key matchup
Colts’ red zone offense vs. Cardinals’ red zone defense. Indy appeared to solve this problem last week by scoring six TDs on six red-zone trips. Now, though, they face one of the league’s top goal-line units. If Arizona’s goal-line defense stiffens, it could keep them in the game — regardless of who plays quarterback for the Cardinals.
Key injuries
Cardinals QB Kyler Murray (foot) was hurt during the second half of last week’s game but finished the game. He didn’t practice Wednesday. … DL Darius Robinson (chest) also missed Wednesday’s practice. … TE Tip Reiman (ankle) is out for the season after being put on injured reserve. … The Colts will have a new kicker in Michael Badgley after losing Spencer Schrader to a knee injury and could have a new linebacker, Germaine Pratt, after Joe Bachie went on injured reserve with an undisclosed injury. … DT Grover Stewart (biceps) and WR Alec Pierce (concussion protocol) both practiced Wednesday and could return this week. … It seems more likely CB Kenny Moore II (Achilles tendon) might miss another game.
Series notes
Indy won the last game in 2021 when the Colts were featured on “Hard Knocks: In Season.” Arizona won the previous two matchups. … Lucas Oil Stadium opened in 2008, but the Cardinals have won the only other contest between these franchises in the retractable roof dome, 16-13 in 2017. … Steichen and Arizona coach Jonathan Gannon were the offensive and defensive coordinators on the Philadelphia team that reached the Super Bowl following the 2022 season. Both took their current jobs after that loss. … Cardinals WR Marvin Harrison Jr. is the son of former Colts receiver Marvin Harrison, a Hall of Famer.
Stats and stuff
The Cardinals have lost three straight, all on last-second field goals. It’s the first time that has happened in league history. … Backup QB Jacoby Brissett played four seasons with the Colts from 2017 to 2020 and could be forced into action because of Murray’s injury. … Thirteen of Harrison Jr.’s 20 catches have come in the last three games. He’ll make his first regular-season appearance on his father’s former home field. … LB Josh Sweat has five sacks in his first five games with Arizona. His four straight games with at least one sack is tied for the league’s longest active streak. … Blake Gillikin had punts of 60, 62 and 63 yards last weekend against the Titans. He became the first Cardinals player since at least 1970 with three punts of 60 or more yards in one game. … Arizona ran for a season-high 168 yards against Tennessee with a group that included Demercado, Michael Carter and Bam Knight … Arizona is allowing just 19.2 points per game, which ranks fourth in the NFL. … Indy is 3-0 at home this season and has won five straight home games dating to last season. … The Colts have the largest point differential (plus-74) and the most red-zone drives (26) in the NFL this season. … QB Daniel Jones has won four games this year — surpassing his total from his final two seasons and 16 starts with the New York Giants. … RB Jonathan Taylor leads the NFL in carries (94), yards rushing (480) and TD runs (six) entering Week 6. His 613 yards from scrimmage rank third. … Warren is the first tight end in NFL history to average 10.0 yards or more per catch in each of his first five games. … LB Zaire Franklin needs four tackles to surpass three-time All-Pro Shaquille Leonard (614) to become the Colts’ tackling leader over the past 31 years. … Indy is tied for fifth in the league with 14 sacks. … Shrader was leading the league in scoring with 53 points before his injury. … Rigoberto Sanchez has punted seven times this season, the fewest among the league’s regular punters.
Fantasy tip
In a game featuring two of the league’s best young tight ends — the other being Trey McBride — Warren appears to be in a better position. Jones has looked his way often as the Colts continue to manufacture ways to give him touches. The Cardinals’ defense, meanwhile, has struggled to pressure quarterbacks and slow opposing tight ends, perhaps leading to another big day for Warren.
JAGUARS HOST CROSS-COUNTRY SEAHAWKS WHILE TRYING TO GET TO 5-1 FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1999
Seattle (3-2) at Jacksonville (4-1)
Sunday, 1 p.m. EDT, FOX
BetMGM NFL odds: Jaguars by 1.
Against the spread: Seahawks 3-2; Jaguars 4-1.
Series record: Seahawks lead 6-3.
Last meeting: Seahawks beat Jaguars 31-7 on Oct. 31, 2021, in Seattle.
Last week: Seahawks beat the Cardinals 23-20; Jaguars beat the Chiefs 31-28.
Seahawks offense: overall (9), rush (19), pass (5), scoring (5).
Seahawks defense: overall (16), rush (3), pass (25), scoring (13t).
Jaguars offense: overall (15), rush (5), pass (17), scoring (10).
Jaguars defense: overall (23), rush (11), pass (27), scoring (8).
Turnover differential: Seahawks minus-1; Jaguars plus-8.
Seahawks player to watch
WR Cooper Kupp. The veteran wideout was targeted a season-high nine times Sunday and caught his second-most passes of the season in a losing effort. While Jaxon Smith-Njigba remains the team’s No. 1 receiver, Kupp looks like more than a serviceable option in Seattle’s offense.
Jaguars player to watch
CB Greg Newsome. The Jaguars traded fellow cornerback Tyson Campbell to Cleveland on Wednesday in exchange for Newsome and expect him to play despite getting in only one practice and a walkthrough. Newsome is in the final year of his rookie contract and could be a long-term solution in Jacksonville.
Key matchup
Seattle’s run defense ranks among the best in the league and could be challenged by Jacksonville’s ground game that has been efficient. Travis Etienne has rushed for 443 yards this season, good for fourth in the NFL. Seattle, meanwhile, has yet to allow an opposing running back to top 100 yards this season.
Key injuries
Seahawks: G Josh Jones (ankle) and LB Derick Hall (oblique) are not expected to play. DE Demarcus Lawrence (quadricep), S Julian Love (hamstring), CB Riq Woolen (concussion) and CB Devon Witherspoon (knee) will try to go.
Jaguars: C Robert Hainsey (hamstring) is expected to miss the game, forcing rookie Jonah Monheim into the starting lineup. Monheim played well in 17 snaps last week. DE Travon Walker (wrist) is wearing a cast, but will try to play.
Series notes
The Seahawks have won three of the last four against the Jaguars, but all of those came in Seattle. Jacksonville has won back-to-back games at home and is 3-2 in the series at EverBank Stadium. Seattle has outscored Jacksonville by 87 points in the last four meetings.
Stats and stuff
The Seahawks are trying to start 4-2 for the second time in three years. They went 6-3 in games following a win last season under coach Mike Macdonald. … Seattle is 21-6 when traveling to the East Coast for 1 p.m. starts over the last 10 years. … The Seahawks went 4-1 against AFC foes in 2024. … Seahawks QB Sam Darnold is completing 73.1% of his passes, which ranks third in the league. … Smith-Njigba is second in the NFL with 534 yards receiving this season. … TE AJ Barner has four TD catches, tying his career high. … S Coby Bryant had a career-high seven solo tackles last week. … The Seahawks have seven interceptions this season, tied for second in the NFL. The Jaguars lead the league with 10. … Seahawks K Jason Myers is 9 of 12 on the season. Last year, he missed four kicks total. … The Jaguars are 4-1 for the fifth time in franchise history and the first time since 2007. They haven’t started 5-1 since 1999. … QB Trevor Lawrence is looking for his third consecutive game with a rating of 90 or higher. He tied a career high by running 10 times against the Chiefs and scored twice. … Etienne has at least 55 yards from scrimmage in his last seven games. … Rookie WR/DB Travis Hunter had a career-high 64 yards receiving last week to go along with two tackles and a pass defensed. He became the first player in the NFL since DeAndre Hopkins in 2018 to record at least 60 yards receiving and a pass breakup. … DE Josh Hines-Allen had two sacks in his last game against Seattle. He needs two more to break the franchise record (55) for career sacks. … LB Devin Lloyd leads the NFL with five takeaways, including a 99-yard INT return against Kansas City.
Fantasy tip
Seahawks TE AJ Barner is becoming a featured part of the offense, especially in the red zone. He set career highs with seven catches for 53 yards and two touchdowns last week.
JAGUARS AND BROWNS TRADE CORNERBACKS, WITH CAMPBELL GOING TO CLEVELAND AND NEWSOME TO JACKSONVILLE
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Tyson Campbell was far from a perfect fit in Jacksonville’s new defensive scheme, and he was getting paid like a shutdown cornerback.
It was hardly an ideal setup for the rebuilding Jaguars. So they traded him for another player from the 2021 NFL draft.
Jacksonville and Cleveland swapped starting cornerbacks Wednesday night, with Tyson Campbell going to the Browns (1-4) and Greg Newsome heading to the Jaguars (4-1).
“We are trying to win football games now and part of this trade is that we think Greg Newsome helps us do that,” Jaguars general manager James Gladstone said. “We will be aggressive to make us the best possible team this year.”
The teams also exchanged late-round draft picks in 2026, with Jacksonville getting a sixth-rounder from Cleveland and the Browns getting a seventh-rounder from the Jaguars.
“We felt like Greg’s skillset with how we’ve shifted the defensive scheme to play with more vision on the quarterback to be a strong fit for how we operate and his capacity to find the football was a trait he possessed,” Gladstone said.
Jacksonville’s previous regime — general manager Trent Baalke and coach Doug Pederson — signed Campbell to a four-year, $76.5 million extension last year that included $54.4 million guaranteed. But the second-round pick from Georgia struggled to find the ball in the team’s zone-heavy scheme.
Campbell has 296 tackles and six interceptions in 60 career games. He had 34 tackles, six pass defenses and a forced fumble this season. The Browns play at Pittsburgh on Sunday, and Campbell is expected to at least be active for the game.
Newsome, the 26th overall pick in 2021 from Northwestern, is in the final year of a contract that pays him $13.4 million. He has 178 tackles and three interceptions in 59 games with the Browns. He has 23 tackles and three pass defenses this season.
Newsome is expected to slide into Campbell starting spot and play in the team’s home game against Seattle on Sunday. His arrival does little to affect two-way rookie Travis Hunter, who will continue to serve as an outside cornerback and play primarily in passing situations.
