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Dak Prescott: If we don't score, I'm not going to be frustrated with the defense

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13 October 2025

The Cowboys offense has been one of the highest-scoring units in the league through the first six weeks of the season, but their defense has given a lot of those points back during a 2-3-1 start.

On Sunday, the Panthers were able to force a Cowboys punt in the fourth quarter with the score tied 27-27 and more than six minutes left on the clock. Their offense ate up that remaining time while driving for a game-winning field goal, so the quick reaction would be to point the finger at the defense for its inability to get off the field.

Quarterback Dak Prescott's view was different, however. He said the offense can't afford a failed possession "at a crucial point like that" and that their inability to put points on the board before punting makes it impossible to blame only the defense for not stopping the Panthers.

"If we don’t score, last thing I'm going is being frustrated at the defense," Prescott said, via the team's website. "That's my problem, somebody on offense, or something that we didn't do better."

Per ESPN, Prescott is the first quarterback in history with 11 passing or rushing touchdowns and no interceptions over a three-game span whose team did not have a winning record over that span. The offense hasn't been perfect in those three games, but those numbers paint a picture that gets them awfully close even before you take into account the players that are missing due to injury.

If the Cowboys can't win while getting performances like that, frustration with the defense would be easy to understand even if Prescott isn't willing to go that route.

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Smith-Schuster left with bloody nose after Lions-Chiefs ends in ‘childish’ brawl

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13 October 2025
Brian Branch fights with JuJu Smith-Schuster at the end of Sunday’s Lions-Chiefs game.Photograph: Ed Zurga/AP

The Detroit Lions’ matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs was expected to be feisty, but few thought it would end in a literal fight on Sunday night.

The Chiefs had started the season poorly, by their high standards, and were coming off a painful loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars last week. But they dominated the Lions, who have suffered a string of injuries to their defense, on both sides of the ball to secure a 30-17 victory and move to 3-3 for the season.

But the evening ended with players from both teams flooding the field after a fight started for the most petty of reasons. Lions safety Brian Branch refused to return a handshake from Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes after the game ended. Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster took exception to the slight and exchanged words with Branch, who sent him to the ground with a shove to the face. Dozens of players then converged in a scrum as the scrap continued with Branch managing to dislodge Smith-Schuster’s helmet.

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“I did a little childish thing,” Branch said, “but I’m tired of people doing stuff in between the play and refs don’t catch it. They be trying to bully me out there and I don’t – I shouldn’t have did it. It was childish.”

Lions coach Dan Campbell said Branch, who was fined for face-masking and unsportsmanlike conduct in a game against the Green Bay Packers last month, was in the wrong.

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“I love Brian Branch,” Campbell said, “but what he did is inexcusable, and it’s not going to be accepted here. It’s not what we do. It’s not what we’re about. I apologized to [Chiefs coach Andy Reid] and the Chiefs, and Smith-Schuster. That’s not OK. That’s not what we do here. It’s not going to be OK. He knows it. Our team knows it. That’s not what we do.”

Reid said Smith-Schuster was left with a bloody nose after the incident. “The guy came up and hit JuJu for what looked like no reason,” Reid said. “That’s tough. But pretty good damage on JuJu’s nose.”

Branch’s frustration may have stemmed from a no-call when Smith-Schuster appeared to illegally block the safety in the back. There was also a notable decision early in the game when the Lions had a touchdown ruled out. Detroit thought they had scored – and gone up 7-0 – when quarterback Jared Goff caught a touchdown pass from running back David Montgomery. But, despite the fact that no flag had been thrown, the officials ruled it out for illegal motion and the Lions had to settle for a field goal.

“It doesn’t matter if I agree or disagree [with the penalty],” Campbell, whose team are 4-2 after the loss, said. “They said he never stopped. He stayed in motion. You can’t stay in motion. But that had no bearing on the game. We lost by 13 points.”

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Mike Tomlin: Jalen Ramsey exactly what we hoped he would be

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13 October 2025

It looked like the Steelers were going to have to play without cornerback Jalen Ramsey for most of last week, but Ramsey's hamstring was feeling well enough for him to practice on Friday and he was in the lineup against the Browns on Sunday.

Ramsey showed that he belonged there by coming up with two sacks of Browns quarterback Dillon Gabriel during the 23-9 Steelers win. Ramsey also had six tackles and quarterback Aaron Rodgers said after the game that the cornerback "showed all of us the kind of guy that he is by going out there and playing today."

Head coach Mike Tomlin was similarly impressed by what Ramsey pulled off after battling an injury.

"We certainly wanted to make sure that he could impact the game," Tomlin said, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com. "I cannot say enough about Jalen Ramsey. This guy plays outside corner, he plays nickel, he plays free safety. He is exactly what we hoped he would be and certainly he was significant today."

It was the first multi-sack game of Ramsey's career and he said he is "going to probably tell my kids about" doing it in a game that also featured Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt. His play helped push the Steelers to 5-1 on the season and that raises the likelihood that he'll get a chance to add some more playoff highlights to his reel before the year is out.

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