- Record day for tight ends — 20 TE touchdown catches on Sunday (most ever); Raiders-Saints alone featured four tight ends combining for six TDs.
- Tight-end renaissance — TE passing TDs jumped from 178 in 2024 to 231 in 2025 and are on pace for ~289 in 2026, with heavy use of 12-personnel and nine TEs taken in the first three draft rounds.
- Quirky QB trend — the first two rookie QBs to take snaps this season were undrafted (first time since 2000), and teams starting non–Week 1 quarterbacks are 6-0 so far.
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- Iconic rivalry resumes — Red Sox at Yankees in the Bronx for the AL Wild Card Series (Game 1 Tuesday), their second straight postseason meeting.
- Rookie pitching matchup: Yankees' Cam Schlittler (1.95 ERA, 239 strikeouts) vs. Red Sox lefty Payton Tolle.
- Yankees finished 93-68 with the AL's best 3.24 team ERA and home-field edge; Red Sox were 87-75 and a strong road club.
- USC’s hit on Oregon QB Dante Moore left him stretchered and taken to a hospital, with Moore later saying he’s “made progress.”
- The Ducks rallied emotionally — huddling in prayer and playing for Moore — as backup Dylan Raiola threw for 289 yards in a 41-27 Oregon win.
- The hit sparked controversy: Desman Stephens was ejected for targeting, seen celebrating afterward, and was suspended one game amid apologies from him and USC.
- Deion Sanders is mulling a QB switch — Julian Lewis may be benched for backup Isaac Wilson as Colorado looks for a spark against No. 12 Texas Tech; Sanders says the decision will come after practice.
- Sanders’ ideal QB — confident, command of the offense, respected in the huddle — sounded a lot like a description of his son Shedeur.
- The Buffaloes are sputtering offensively under the new "Go-Go" system (league-low 21.5 points) and face a brutal stretch of Texas Tech, Utah and Oklahoma State.
- The Red Sox head to Yankee Stadium to open an AL Wild Card clash — New York won 7 of 13 meetings this season.
- Pitching storyline: Yankees hand the ball to Cam Schlittler (1.95 ERA, 239 K) while Boston counters with rookie Payton Tolle (3.03 ERA, 171 K).
- Both clubs are 5-5 in their last 10, but the Yankees (93-68) feature the AL's top pitching staff (3.24 team ERA).
- Austin Riley hit a three-run homer off All-Star closer Jhoan Duran in the 8th to give the Braves a 5-3 win and a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three Wild Card series.
- Atlanta can clinch the series Wednesday — a win would eliminate the Phillies in a heated NL East postseason rivalry.
- The blast was a comeback moment for Riley after a tough regular season and underscored Philly’s late-inning bullpen struggles.
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