Excited McCarthy: Dak ‘keystone’ of Cowboys

The Patriots defense is bad … like really bad. So in an effort to send a message, coach Bill Belichick left defensive lineman Alan Branch behind when the team traveled to Tampa for a Thursday game against the Buccaneers. According to the Boston Herald, Branch played 60 percent of the defensive snaps

Remember the officiating crew that prematurely blew the play dead when the Saints should have had a long touchdown return on a Rams fumble? That crew has learned its lesson. Lions running back Kerryon Johnson fumbled at the goal line, but in the pileup, most of the players stopped, thinking Johnson was