Ariel Winter Could Barely Stand Because of Weight of Her Breasts
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Have something you want to say about Ariel Winter"s body? Then get ready for the 17-year-old "Modern Family" actress to strike back, hard.
The controversy erupted Friday when Winter posted a photo to Instagram of herself wearing a bikini, grinning along with her two young nieces:
Among the ensuing comments that followed (many of which were the equivalent of a thumbs-up), Winter received a barrage of negative thoughts, including some people who apparently thought that by wearing a bathing suit she was "asking for it."
Winter did not let that stand, and posted a second photo of a woman with her leg marked up, indicating what a skirt length might imply about her to some people (up high is "w***e," down low is "prudish").
And in the caption to that picture, she took those who left judging comments to task:
"Who knew that an innocent photo with my nieces would turn into this? The height of a girl"s skirt or whatever she is wearing for that matter, does not imply what she is asking for. It sickens me to think at 17 years old, a photo of myself with my nieces is suggesting that I"m "asking for it,"" she wrote.
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"I typically never give power to the mean things people bravely say behind their computer screens on the Internet, but this is for the girls who are constantly bullied whether it be online or at school," she continued. "You are not asking for anything because of what you are wearing you are expressing yourself and don"t you ever think you deserve the negativity as the consequence to what you are wearing YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL. Celebrate you and don"t let anyone"s comments allow you to think less of yourself. Us girls have to stick together!!!!!!"
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Fans have responded. On the original post, one wrote, "Currently deployed to Iraq, this is the kind of stuff I hate seeing. I"m just 2 years older than @arielwinter, and I"m over here doing this. I think she has the right to wear what she wants. It looks like you had a good time with your nieces!"
And on the second post, another wrote, "You are beautiful inside and out & such a wonderful role model for girls all over the world!!"
Ronda Rouseylatest fightwas fixed according to a guy involved with professional wrestling. Whats his source? His imagination.Certainly not the part of his brain that uses common sense. Definitely the part of his brain that wants attention. And one of my colleagues, a wide-eyed wrestling fan, gave him that attention.
You know, sometimes I wish the Brock Lesnar era of mixed martial arts history never happened. Do fighters sometime exaggerate confrontations to help sell a fight? Yeah. Does the script end when the real fighting begins? Yes. Sure, some low-level fighter could throw a fight to make a quick buck, but the idea that the sports biggest star would allow herself to be knocked unconscious so that Well, Im not really sure. For those who missed it, heres the dumbest hot take on Rouseys loss yet:
You do not want your champion sitting home or making a movie, Roadhouse 2 or whatever Rouseys going to do, or whatever Rouseys going to do, or just needs a personal break, which shes earned. This girls earned it. But you dont want that person sitting home for five, six, seven months with that championship. ITS BAD FOR BUSINESS! TAKE THE BELT OFF HER!
There is just so much in that tiny portion of a paragraph. Fighters regularly take off that much time between fights because fighting is a very violent, dangerous thing. Bodies and brains need to recover. Training camps must be held. Fighters taking 3 or 4 or more fights a year is the exception and not the rule. Especially at the highest level.
And the idea that the UFC wouldnt want Rousey filming movies in between fights is absurd. All it does is raise her and the UFCs profile. And the final part TAKE THE BELT OFF HER! If you ever needed proof this guy doesnt know what the f**k hes talking about, heres a brief history of some UFC titles.
Dominick Cruz was named UFC bantamweight champion in a WEC event in 2010. He then defended that title twice in 2011 before facing a series of injuries. Cruz held his beltwithout actually defending it until January 2014 when the UFC finally stripped him of his title and turned the interim belt that had been held by Renan Baro since July 2012 into the real belt.
Jose Aldo, the UFCs featherweight champion since the division was first introduced in 2011, was injured before a title fight against company favorite Conor McGregor earlier this year. Aldo had defended his title in October 2014. When he had to pull out of his July 2015 fight against McGregor, the UFC immediately replaced Aldo with Chad Mendes and made it an interim title fight. McGregor won and has now been carrying around a false belt for 4 whole months. Aldo and McGregor will unite the belts next month.
Georges St. Pierre, one of the biggest stars in the history of mixed martial arts, walked away from the UFC welterweight title in November 2013 after nearly 6-years at the top. Four months later, the UFC held a welterweight title fight. Before that, GSP was injured late in 2011 so the UFC created an interim title. St. Pierre returned in November 2012 and united the titles.
Jon Jones, the former UFC light heavyweight champion, was the undisputed baddest man on the planet for the better part of four years. On January 3, 2015, he beat Daniel Cormier in his 8th straight title defense. On January 6th, he entered rehab. On April 27th he was involved in a hit-and-run. On April 28th, he was stripped of his title. Less than a month later, Daniel Cormier became the new LHW champion. Jon Jones will fight for the title again sometime next year.
Since 2002, the UFC heavyweight championship has changedwaists 15 times. Three people have been stripped of the belt twicefor positive drugtests, once for inactivity due to injuries. There have beenfiveinterim champions. There was even a situation where Randy Couturedefended his title at UFC 74 (August 2007)and then had a contract dispute with the UFC and declined a title fight.Antnio Rodrigo Nogueira beat Tim Sylvia for an interim title at UFC 81 (February 2008).Couture finally came back to fight Brock Lesnar at UFC 91 (November 2008). Lesnars two title defenses came against interim champions in June 2009 and July 2010.
Before all of that, Royce Gracie won a single-night tournament at UFC 1 in 1993. In 1997, facing pressure from state athletic commissions, they started using weight classes. Those weight classes evolved. The UFC added more weight classes. Then they added female fighters. Eventually, theyll add other divisions for both men and women.
The point is, the UFC machine rolls on no matter what. If they need a championship to promote a fight, they make one up. New weight classes. Interim titles. That belt that Rousey just lost? The UFC gave it to her at a press conference in December 2012 without her ever having fought in the promotion. Watch!
If they like you enough, they will literally give you a belt like its a watch at a retirement party. Ronda Rousey was planning on disappearing until UFC 200 which is scheduled for July 2, 2016. If you think the UFC needed to drum up interest in the womens featherweight title between now and what will be one of the biggest tent pole events in fight sports history, youre a f*****g idiot. Or youre just trolling for attention / pageviews / listeners.
The only person that will make more money in the longterm by throwing a fight to Holly Holm is Holly Holm. The odds that Holm retains the belt for an extended period of time and becomes a huge mulit-faceted star like Rousey is low. Its low for every mixed martial artist because of the uncertainty. Anyone can win at any moment. Thats what makes the sport so great and so frustrating. Sure, the Rousey Holm rematch will be huge, but thats likely the glass ceiling.
Rouseys mystique took a big hit even if she wins the title back in her next fight. FLoyd Mayweatherhas proven that winning is recession-proof. People again and again pay to watch perfection (a flop for Mayweawther is4x what UFC 191 sold) no matter how uninteresting the actual fights are. What happens when you lose? Ask Gina Carano. Thats the template for Rouseys post MMA career now.Win a fight, get cast in a big budget movie? Thats profitable. Gina Carano is just another working actress at this point. Her two projects in 2015? Direct-to-VOD.
If every MMA fan in America shows up to the box office to see Road House: Rousey Edition, that doesnt exactly make for a big weekend at the box office. Unless she gained a big cinematic following after her twolines in Furious 7. Remember the Entourage movie? She was in that. Apparently. I have yet to meet anyone who has seen it.
Rousey stood to lose everything by losing that fight. What if in the process of the work Rousey had her jaw broken or blown out a knee? UFC 200 would have immediately been off the table. How quickly could the movie offers dry up?Not to mention the fact that once a fighter gets knocked out, it seems theyre more susceptible to a knockout each time after that. What if Holly Holm gets lucky and knocks her out again? Straight-to-VOD. And heres the trailer
Brock Lesnar, FLoyd Mayweather, Georges St. Pierre, Gina Carano, Holly Holm, Ronda Rousey, UFC, UFC 193, MMA
Here are highlights of what Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll had to say to the media during his regular weekly Monday press conference as he talked about the loss to Arizona, the play of Russell Wilson, what happened on some of the key plays of the game, and more:
(Open) I think it really makes sense for me to convey to you that were really frustrated by that game yesterday. It just didnt happen the way we had planned at all. We didnt find the opportunity to even get in the game plan. We never really did, particularly offensively. I dont ever remember a game when you have your first four drives youre first and twenty. I cant ever remember that ever happening. So when that happens, we wound up in third and whatever. Third and ten, third and twelve, third and fifteen, something like that. Those kind of situations that we couldnt convert on. So we never really ever found it. The Cardinals did a nice job of taking advantage of our play. They got up, and then the game changed. We got back to making sense and how we want to play. Because we were behind, we were in up-tempo mode right before the half and we scored. And in the drives where we didnt have penalties, we scored. When we had major penalties we didnt overcome it. And thats by our own doing. So thats what frustrating about it, because we havent been playing like that, and it just jumped up. It really changed the game and the opportunity of it. Having said all that, we turned the thing back around, get ahead and have a chance to take the game home, and in really excellent fashion. Guys were focused. They stayed with it. Halftime adjustments were made. All the stuff we needed to do put us in position, with some great play by the defense, to take a great matchup here at home and win a fantastic football game. And then they put together a drive, and that drive happened again. Carson [Palmer] converted four of four on the drive that puts them ahead, and we couldnt get off the field there and thats what we had to do. So its real frustrating because we know we can play and were just not there the way we need to be yet. So the battle of this season is to find it. We have plenty of good play in us, and we have to find the consistency that allows us to get the game done. When we have, weve gotten nice wins, and when we dont we have to suffer like that. So thats whats happening. I dont see all the mystery to it, its just were not quite right. So were going to keep working really hard to keep focusing on all the stuff that we can improve, and make the adjustments that we need to make, and move on. This season is this week. Its this week. And were good at doing that and were going to do that really well. Were going to get back in and get to work and crank up a weeks preparation that gets us a win and get this thing moving again and see if we can make some noise here a couple months from now.
(On what the challenges are with having to come back with a team that is used to winning) I just think this is a little bit different. Three years ago we were 6-5 and a couple years ago we were 4-3 or something like that. Now were 4-5. I think its just a little bit different, and the difference is we dont have full control of everything at this point. Well see if we can work our way back in that. That would be great. Its a long ways from that at this point. So all of that still brings us back to right now, and this focus of turning it around this week. I know thats kind of dulling to you, but it is what it is.
(On how the players are embracing the message right now) I think really well. I thought we had a really good meeting today. The truth of it was really clear. Frustration, yeah. The execution, we could see theres so many clear areas of things we can do better. Things that we normally do real well. Giving guys deep b***s is not what we do. Thats not how we play. We know how to do that. We have great emphasis, and we let a couple get away. That was the difference in the game. One difference, there was a lot of stuff. But they get it. These guys are smart. They understand. Theyre relating well with the coaches and I think making sense of it.
(On if he agrees with Earl Thomas that miscommunication and being undisciplined have been a downfall for the defense) Not really. No I dont. I think there was a time way back when in the season when we were struggling a little bit. But we can always be better though, and I appreciate that hes [Earl Thomas] pushing us to be better there.
(On how he assesses Russell Wilsons play in the game and in the season) I think hes playing like he plays. Hes making his plays with his feet. Hes made some great throws. Hes been a consistent battler, hes been battling the whole time. Hes worked with the rush as hes had to. I think that in this game, we talk about the ones that got away, the throws that got away from us, and the opportunities that got away, there was plenty of them in there. Hes just working at being really consistent with his reads, and his footwork, so that he can make the plays that are there when theyre available. And hes going to make a lot of stuff happen otherwise. So its always to try to make sure were maximizing every play that we get. And we have to look at every one of them individually and see what happened. Was there a breakdown, was there a guy that came loose, Im only talking about the passing game. Could the throw have been this or that, and the reads and all that stuff. Hes just trying to get better, like all of us are. But he made some marvelous plays to give us a chance, and we missed a few opportunities that we needed to make a difference too.
(On the second two point conversion play) He [Russell Wilson] reads the whole thing. Its like a triple-option play for him. And Jimmy [Graham] got knocked down over there. I think the ball was a little high and away, but the last choice is he can either run it or throw it to Jimmy. Thats a pretty good choice, we like that. But just as the ball was coming, Jimmy fell down. The guy kind of played through him, whatever happened, I dont know. But he didnt stay on his feet, and I think the ball might have been a little high anyway. But we like that choice. We think in that situation for a couple yards thats a good choice. He can run it in or he can throw it in, and Marshawn [Lynch] has an option there too.
(On Russell Wilsons interception throw) He really had Doug [Baldwin]. He had Doug and Tyler [Lockett] were open. The throw went outside and away. He missed the throw on that one. But the read took him to the deep ball and he had one of two choices, he saw the first one and went for it. Doug had run a great route. He was inside [Tyrann] Mathieu and he [Wilson] had a chance to hit him.
(On Doug Baldwins game yesterday overall) He had a great game. Yeah, he did a great job. Did a good job of the basic stuff. Did a really good job creating when we were moving too. Hes our best guy at getting open on scrambles and always is the one thats most available. Thats a huge game.
(On if the design of that play was to throw the ball to the inside) Yeah, it should have taken him inside. Yeah, hes [Baldwin] running the post route, post angle. It just went over and away.
(On how the defense played overall yesterday)I thought they did a terrific job, in a bunch of areas. To turn the ball over like that, it might have been four or five, maybe six chances to get turnovers in that game. The ball was on the ground, all of that. It wasnt perfect because the third down thing didnt work out right. I think, Im not sure if this is right, but I think the numbers were like four for thirteen going into the last drive. And they go four for four. Four for thirteens right at our average. Were playing it pretty good. Got to give something to those guys. Carsons [Palmer] a fantastic football player. Thats a great offense they have going. They couldnt run the ball. They ran the ball for two-something until we let that run get away from us. So theres a lot of really good things. The pressure was on. The two areas, the third downs fell apart numbers-wise on that drive, and then the penalties got in the way. We got in our own way. I think they had five first downs by penalty in the game, and thats too many. Weve recognized that when we have major penalties on drives were a lot easier to score on. Its been a good factor for us all year. This is the first time its really jumped up like this unfortunately. We played really hard. We were aggressive. We attacked the line of scrimmage. The run-game plan was right on it. We missed some opportunities on the deep b***s to separate the game, really otherwise it would have been fine.
(On how much the penalties played into Marshawn Lynch getting eight carries) It totally does. And they kept getting the ball at midfield too. The penalties really dictated what was going on the way they got their first 19 points. Of course they executed to get their points, but we made it really easy on them. To play defense on first and twenty, and second and sixteen, and then third and twelve and fifteen, thats what you hope for. Its not hard there. Thats the best you get on defense. So we really made it easy for them and they took advantage of it and held us, and got the field position and got their points. So it played into a great opportunity for them really.
(On what the reasons were for the penalties on the offensive line) I dont even know how to answer that question right now, honestly. I dont even know how to talk about penalties at this point. I really dont. So what I would say is that weve got to keep our hands in. Those are all up to interpretation, those guys are calling them the best they can. There was a variety of things that happened. They called one on Garry Gilliam, and it wasnt on him, it was on Luke [Willson]. So thats about as much as I can say.
(On if they talk about officiating during the week) Absolutely. We have a full game plan. We do. We have a full day on Friday that we dedicate to the crew thats coming in, the tendencies of their calls. We show film of calls that theyve made to make them aware, we go into great depth in that way because the crews have their own way, somewhat. We take a lot of care there. We think its such a big factor in the game that we want to know what were dealing with, so we do that.
(On what he thought of Cary Williams coverage on Michael Floyds second touchdown) It was a fantastic throw and catch. He knew the deep ball was coming and just was on it and he just was inches from making his play on the ball. I thought that was a fantastic throw. Michael Floyds playing great ball. Hes really coming through for them and he made a big play out of that. Cary was right there, but he was inches short from being able to affect the finish of the catch. I thought he played a pretty good football game. They put him in a lot of run support situations in the game, which he was prepared for, and we knew that could likely happen. I thought he came through for the most part, there were a couple plays where he could get a little tighter but he did a pretty good job on that. Tackled very well.
(On how Patrick Lewis played) He did fine. We were happy with the way he played.
(On if the Cardinals blitzed less than they anticipated) Yeah. They did. They still came after us, they did their stuff. The down and distance situations were such in their favor for such a big part of that game that they didnt have to. They just kind of were playing defense. As we started to move it, things started to happen, they changed up more.
(On whats been working so well with the no huddle offense) Its always been a good part for us and Russells been really functioning well in that, and weve practiced the dog out of that. We were really good right before the half, thats a great drive and when we needed in the second half, we came through again. I dont know if you noticed, we did up-tempo and some of the modified tempo that we were pushing. I dont know exactly why, but we executed pretty well. If it was like that throughout, we would do it all the time, but it really isnt. Youve got to do it in spurts.
(On how the rest of the offensive line played) Everybody held up okay. We had some runners that got through us on pass pro, but in general the protection was pretty solid. Russell [Wilson] took off a few times when he had to, and a couple times when he could have waited, so they did better. We averaged well in the running game. We never got to our run game. We never got to it, and we were down 19-0 before we knew it. I think the fifth drive was the 2 minute drive. We just never really got to where we wanted to, and its really a shame because we had a really good plan. I really liked it.
(On Andre Ellingtons draw play) We had a blitz on him that should have hit him in the backfield. We should have hit him in the backfield. Their left guard reached us and the ball popped where its not supposed to go, then everybodys blitzing and were chasing guys on the other side of the field and had a screen going on the other side, so theres very few guys left. Kam [Chancellor] had the first chance to make the play and didnt get to it, and then we got blocked outside. It was a beautiful job of executing the draw play against us, but we really counted on hitting that in the backfield. We had both linebackers running through. It was a good choice to try it and maybe they recognized that we were coming pressure, and the guard did a nice job on his block. It really came out on one guy blocking and popped the thing and then a great run by [Andre] Ellington.
(On if Kam Chancellor was supposed to carry the touchdown to the tight end to the end zone) It really comes to both safeties. Its thrown over him, and Earl [Thomas] has a chance to get there too, they both have a chance to affect that.
(On the breakdown on the first touchdown to Michael Floyd) Sherm [Richard Sherman] saw that the big corner route thats coming underneath him, and Im sure its when Carson [Palmer] goes to throw the football, he thought he was going there because he was deep at the time, so he just hung and he just misread the throw and where it was going to. Sherms really active in zone and he sees all that stuff and every once in a while it gets him, and it got him. It was a great read by Carson to realize that he had a shot because Sherm was back there. He knows to stay away from Sherm for the most part, but it was a great read and a great finish to the catch.
(On if he thought about going for the PAT instead of for two after 4th quarter touchdowns) We were into the fourth quarter, and I just liked the thought of going for it at the time. 4th quarter kind of gets you in the mode where you can go for it. I was talking about it if we scored before that even. I was in the mentality, lets go for it, lets see if we can do it. That was it.
Time to Schein: Jason La Canfora talks Detroit Lions
ALLEN PARK -- The Detroit Lions only had 10 men on the field during the Green Bay field goal attempt that could have won the game for the Packers on Sunday. It turns out it wasn"t an isolated incident.
The Lions also only had 10 men on the field for the Packers" earlier field goal attempt, a 44-yard make in the opening quarter. It was actually Lions coach Jim Caldwell who noted the team was short staffed on the first attempt when asked what had happened on the game-ending play.
"Actually twice it happened and both of those are my fault," Caldwell said in his Monday press conference, the day after the Lion"s win at Lambeau Field. "We just have to make sure we get it done. But we had it on the rush side, I didn"t want to call a timeout because the side we were rushing on, we had the number of people that we could have on that particular side. The backside didn"t hurt us as much."
Caldwell wasreferring to the team"s alignment along the line of scrimmage. On both kicks, Detroithad a maximum six defenders on the line.
This isn"t the first time Detroit has had issues with field-goal personnel this season.
Earlier in the year, against Denver, the team sent cornerback Darius Slay from the sideline late after noticing they had just 10 on the field. Caught up in the chaos, Slay lined up incorrectly and the Lions were flagged for an illegal formation. That gavethe Broncos a second chance to kick the field goal, which they converted.
Caldwell said the team is always making adjustments, but the two situations were not related.
"Anything where it"s an issue, we talk about it, we get it ratified, we get it adjusted and hopefully that sticks," he said. "Sometimes it doesn"t, but in this particular case, we haven"t had that issue with seven men on that side of the line of scrimmage."
Asked to clarify how the team ended up short on not one, but two field goals, Caldwell declined additional comment.
"It"s my fault," he said. "I have to do a better job. Next question."
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Peyton Manning is the NFL All-Time Passing Yards Leader! | Chiefs vs. Broncos | NFL
Take your time, Matt Forte, we"re good here.
Chicago Bears running back Jeremy Langford managed a week-leading 29 fantasy points (and 36 in PPR scoring) on Sunday, in what was his first NFL start. That ranked among the 10 best performances since 2001 among players who were making their first career starts.
Most FPTS in 1st career start, since 2001PlayerTeamPosYearFPTSPPR PTSDevonta FreemanATLRB20153742Miles AustinDALWR20093747Torrey SmithBALWR20113439Trung CanidateSTLRB20013437Keiland WilliamsWASRB20103135Anquan BoldinARIWR20033141Pierre ThomasNORB20073042Shaun AlexanderSEARB20013032Jeremy LangfordCHIRB20152936Carlos HydeSFRB20152931Cam NewtonCARQB20112929Maurice Jones-DrewJACRB20062935Todd BoumanMINQB20012929
Langford also now has consecutive games of 20-plus fantasy points and 51 total in two games filling in for the injured Forte. Forte hasn"t had consecutive games with at least 20 fantasy points since Weeks 7-8 of 2014.
This sets up an interesting debate between the two players entering Week 11, as Forte was listed as questionable for Sunday"s game before being scratched because of a sprained MCL. If Forte needs to miss a third consecutive week, Langford has certainly proved his worth already in fantasy.
Pittsburgh powerhouse
The Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday managed their second consecutive victory, defeating the Cleveland Browns 30-9 thanks in part to the week"s most passing yards by any team (399). Yes, members of the Steelers passing game put up some lofty fantasy point totals in Week 10.
Almost all of that can be attributed to Ben Roethlisberger, who, despite beginning the game as the No. 2 quarterback, was pressed into action after starter Landry Jones suffered an ankle injury during the first quarter. Roethlisberger threw for 379 of the team"s 399 yards, managing 27 fantasy points in a relief effort to finish third overall (and second among quarterbacks) for the week (entering Monday). His 1.9 percent start rate likely matches the percentage of owners who simply failed/forgot to take him out of their lineup.
It was a particularly rare occurrence being a game played in relief; only six quarterbacks since 1960 have scored as many as 27 fantasy points in a game that they did not start.
Most FPTS by QB as a non-starter, since 1960PlayerYearTeamFPTSStarting QBFran Tarkenton*1961MIN33George ShawChad Henne2012JAC30Blaine GabbertBilly Wade1961CHI28Ed BrownBen Roethlisberger2015PIT27Landry JonesEarl Morrall1970BAL27Johnny UnitasLarry Rakestraw1967CHI27Jack Concannon* NFL debut
Roethlisberger also now has seven games of 20-plus fantasy points since Week 8 of the 2014 season; only Aaron Rodgers (11), Tom Brady (9) and Philip Rivers (8) have more during that time span. That should help alleviate any lingering concerns his fantasy owners have about Roethlisberger"s foot injury, which was responsible for him beginning Week 10 on the sideline.
Turning to the Steelers" wide receivers, Antonio Brown managed double-digit receptions for the second consecutive week, giving him a whopping 82 fantasy points in PPR scoring in those two games combined. That was not only by far the top two-game score thus far in 2015; it tied Brown for the ninth-best two-game total by any wide receiver since 1960 (counting only consecutive team games played within the same season):
Most PPR FPTS by WR in consec. team games, since 1960PlayerSeasonTeamFPTSJerry Rice1995SF97Drew Bennett2004TEN94Chad Johnson2006CIN92Josh Gordon2013CLE91Calvin Johnson2013DET86Drew Bennett2004TEN86Wes Chandler1982SD85Jerry Rice1990SF84Antonio Brown2015PIT82Miles Austin2009DAL82Raymond Berry1960BAL82
Brown is now on pace for 229 standard and 355 PPR fantasy points, which would fall only 22 and 25 points shy of his 2014 final totals (251 and 380). That"s extremely impressive if you consider that Brown, entering Week 10, had played 241 snaps without Roethlisberger this season; Brown played only two snaps without Roethlisberger on the field in all of 2014.
Martavis Bryant, meanwhile, scored 21 fantasy points, good for fourth best among wide receivers. That gave him 170 fantasy points through his first 15 career games, which is the eighth-best total by any wide receiver through that many games since 1960.
Most FPTS by WR in 1st 15 career games, since 1960PlayerYear (s)TeamFPTSOdell Beckham Jr.2014-15NYG234Bob Hayes1965-66DAL218Randy Moss1998MIN217Charlie Brown1982-83WAS186Louis Lipps1984-85PIT185John Jefferson1978-79SD174Anquan Boldin2003ARI171Martavis Bryant2014-15PIT170Mike Evans2014TB168Julio Jones2011-12ATL162Joey Galloway1995SEA155Denver doldrums
Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning might have set the all-time record for career passing yards, but there weren"t many other highlights to be found in his game. He was intercepted four times, resulting in a minus-7 fantasy point total, and was benched in the third quarter. Many fantasy owners felt the pain, as Manning was started in 52.3 percent of leagues.
There have been only 13 worse games, fantasy-wise, by individual players since 1960, with the most recent by John Skelton, who had a minus-8 score in Week 14 of 2012. The worst individual performance during that time span was Ryan Leaf"s minus-10, in Week 3 of the 1998 season; you might remember him as the player selected one spot after Manning in the 1998 NFL draft.
Manning, who is destined for the Hall of Fame, will join some exclusive company once he gets there. Three current members of the Hall of Fame had games during their NFL careers that were at least as bad as Manning"s: Sonny Jurgensen (minus-8 in 1965), Joe Namath (minus-9, in 1975, minus-8 in 1976) and Johnny Unitas (minus-7 in 1966). Another Hall of Famer, George Blanda, had such a game in the AFL (minus-8 in 1962).
Interestingly enough, Manning"s minus-7 wasn"t the worst overall score of the week: The New Orleans Saints" defense had minus-8. That"s tied for the worst score by any individual defense this season, joining the Jacksonville Jaguars (Week 3) and San Francisco 49ers (Week 2).
Miscellany
St. Louis Rams rookie Todd Gurley"s 14 fantasy points Sunday represented his worst individual performance since his NFL debut in Week 3, but that"s only because of the high bar he had set in his previous five games. Those 14 points still give him 107 through his first seven NFL contests, which places him among the 15 best running backs since 1960 through that many career games:
Most FPTS by RB in 1st 7 career games, since 1960PlayerSeasonTeamFPTSEric Dickerson1983RAMS171Billy Sims1980DET143Marcus Allen1982RAID137Curt Warner1983SEA123Ricky Watters1992SF122Gale Sayers1965CHI121Adrian Peterson2007MIN120Joe Cribbs1980BUF117Don Woods1974SD116Marshall Faulk1994IND112Herschel Walker1986DAL111Earl Campbell1978HOU108Todd Gurley2015STL107Fred Taylor1998JAC107Kevin Mack1985CLE106
The Kansas City Chiefs" Charcandrick West scored 27 fantasy points, tied for the second-best score by any running back, and giving him at least 17 points in each of his past three games; they were his second, third and fourth games filling in for the injured Jamaal Charles. For some perspective, the last time that Charles managed at least 62 fantasy points during any three-game span was Weeks 14-16 of the 2013 season, when he totaled 97 (fueled by his 51-point Week 15).
Sunday"s tight end surprise story was that of the Chicago Bears" Zach Miller, who scored 22 fantasy points to lead his position for the week (entering Monday Night Football). That set a new personal best for him, topping his 18 scored in Week 17 of 2009, and it also gave Miller 30 fantasy points in his past two games, with all of those 30 fantasy points spanning three quarters (the fourth quarter of Week 9 and first two quarters of Week 10). To put that into perspective, Miller scored 30 fantasy points in his previous 19 games combined entering Week 9 of 2015.
History of the Philadelphia Eagles- Volume I: In the Beginning (Photo: Bill Streicher, USA TODAY Sports)
The Philadelphia Eagles could place backup safety Jerome Couplin on the season-ending injured reserve list on Sunday, according to a report from Jimmy Kempski of Philly Voice.
Couplin suffered a shoulder injury in the Eagles overtime victory over Dallas last Sunday and did not return. He was held from the teams practice all week as a result of the injury and was ruled out of todays contest against the Miami Dolphins.
The Eagles have placed six players on their injured reserve list this season.
Seattle Seahawks Read Superlatives About Jimmy Fallon
Ricardo Lockette hopes someday to make an even more triumphant return to a football field.
But the Seattle receiver seemed happy enough with his entrance Sunday before the Seahawks game against Arizona.
About an hour before kickoff Lockette walked through the tunnel and onto the field accompanied by family, with the early arrivers in the crowd giving him a rapidly growing ovation as they noticed.
Euphoric, Lockette called the reception he received. To have that many people cheer for you thats been praying for you is something further than my dreams could reach and I am forever in debt for that. It was one of the best days of my life.
Lockette, wearing a brace to protect his neck, spent a few minutes being warmly greeted by club officials and others and also spent a while talking to NBCs Michele Tafoya.
Then he headed upstairs where he joined in the celebration to raise the 12th Man Flag (which was raised by Cpl. Clayton Pitre, a Congressional Gold Medal recipient. Pitre, 91, was one of the first African-Americans allowed to join the Marines in World War II).
Lockette had surgery to repair ligaments in his neck after taking a vicious hit while covering a punt in the Cowboys game on Nov. 1. Lockette laid motionless on the ground, and teammates instantly fell to the ground after turning to see him at midfield.
It was one of the craziest things Ive been a part of, Lockette said. Im laying on the ground. You cant feel your legs. You cant feel your arms. And you cant really respond. You dont really know whats going to happen in the next couple of seconds. You dont know if youre going to black out. You dont know if youre ever going to get feeling in your body. You dont know if this is it.
He paused and gathered his thoughts.
You just have a real blank mind and then all the important things start to matter, he continued. You start to think about your family. Am I going to play with my kids again? Just the important stuff. The crazy thing is, once I got my voice back and once I was able to talk again, all I cared about was winning the game.
Many Seattle teammates and coaches, including Pete Carroll, responded with the same L gesture Lockette gave as he was taken off the field in Dallas after suffering a neck injury.
Lockette had surgery to repair ligaments in the neck on Nov. 2 and spent a week at the Baylor Medical Center in Dallas before returning to Seattle last Monday. He has been at the teams facility since.
Lockette said he has to wear a neck brace for six weeks before he can begin rehab. But he said he expected to play again.
For sure, he said. Im a rock star.
Lockette, who was placed on season-ending injured reserve on Saturday, will be an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. He was on a one-year deal for the veteran minimum of $660,000 this year.
Cardinals Iupati suffers neck injury
The game was delayed for about 10 minutes in the second quarter when Arizona guard Mike Iupati suffered a neck injury.
Iupati was injured with 9:19 remaining in the quarter when he lowered his head into the shoulder of Seattle safety Kam Chancellor while trying to lead the way for a run by Chris Johnson.
Iupati fell back and lay motionless and was quickly surrounded by teammates and trainers in a scene eerily reminiscent of Lockettes injury in Dallas.
The team later reported that Iupati had a neck injury but had movement in all of his extremities. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Among the Seattle players looking over Iupati were Will Tukuafu and Demarcus Dobbs, both teammates of Iupati with the San Francisco 49ers.
Iupati, who played at the University of Idaho, is in his first year with the Cardinals after signing as a free agent
He was replaced by third-year veteran Earl Watford.
Richardson, Irvin injured
The Seahawks suffered two potentially costly injuries as linebacker Bruce Irvin went out with a knee injury in the fourth quarter and receiver Paul Richardson with a pulled hamstring in the second quarter.
Coach Pete Carroll called Irvins injury a knee sprain of the MCL.
As for Richardson, he was apparently injured when making a 40-yard reception in the second quarter for what was his only catch of what was his first game back since tearing his ACL in a playoff game against Carolina last January.
Richardson was activated off the Physically Unable to Perform list on Saturday and saw some regular time before being injured.
Tyler Lockett also walked off gingerly late in the game but Carroll said he simply has a sore ankle and that he would be fine.
Note
Defensive end Cliff Avril led the Seahawks onto the field before the game with a flag of France, a show of support after the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday. Arizona also did the same, with defensive backs Patrick Peterson and Tyrann Mathieu leading the team onto the field each holding one side of a French flag.
