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Ashton Jeanty's play at Boise State made him the sixth overall pick of this year's draft and it led to predictions that he'd make an immediate impact on offense for the Raiders, but the transition to the professional ranks has not led to instant success.

Jeanty ran 19 times for 38 yards in Week 1 and he had 11 carries for 43 yards in Monday night's 20-9 loss to the Chargers. After the game was over, Jeanty said that he's still acclimating himself to the different pace of play at the professional level.

"Last week it was on me, I didn't go a good job of reading the plays. I'll put it on myself again this week," Jeanty said, via the team's website. "Could've broke for bigger on some runs and O-line did their thing. I've just got to continue to get better so I can be a gamechanger for us. . . . Just getting used to the speed honestly. Last week kind of felt like I was moving a little slower, this week felt better. Still not there yet, but once it happens it will be good."

The Raiders have a number of other issues to clean up after Monday night's loss and there's nothing unusual about rookies needing some time to find their footing, but a breakout game for Jeanty would still be a welcome development in Las Vegas.

When Buccaneers running back Rachaad White scored the game-winning touchdown with six seconds left on Monday night, it was the second come-from-behind victory for his team this season. And it was an NFL first.

The 2025 Bucs are now the first team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to score game-winning touchdowns in the final minute of their first two games, according to ESPN.

In Week One, it was Buccaneers wide receiver Emeka Egbuka catching a 25-yard touchdown pass from Baker Mayfield with 59 seconds left to complete a comeback win over the Falcons.

The Bucs are now 2-0, with both wins on the road, and both wins on touchdowns in the final minute.

Bears head coach Ben Johnson spent the last four years coaching Lions quarterback Jared Goff, and in preparing to coach against him last week, Johnson emphasized the importance of pressuring him. But Johnson's defense didn't get that done.

Johnson said after reviewing the tape of Sunday's 52-21 loss that the Bears let Goff get far too comfortable in the pocket.

"We did not have any sacks, we didn't get any quarterback hits or pressures, not to the amount we wanted to," Johnson said. "Step No. 1 for us going into this game was tryhing to affect the quarterback. We came up short in that regard. We know with that particular player, when his pocket is clean, he plays at a very high level."

Asked about getting more production from defensive end Montez Sweat, whom the Bears traded a second-round draft pick for and gave a four-year, $98 million contract extension in 2023, Johnson said he wants to see the whole defensive front do more.

"Its not just Montez, our entire unit right now, we didn't affect the quarterback as a whole," Johnson said. "We'll certainly look at where we can help him so he can succeed a little bit more in terms of getting that done. I think Dial on the other side, when he gets the one-on-ones, we need to see more production there, and I'd like to see from our defensive tackles a little more interior push in the pocket."

That push in the pocket was lacking for the Bears on Sunday, and the result was Goff throwing for 334 yards and five touchdowns.