Three Buckeyes were instrumental in the Washington Football Team's 34-30 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday.
Terry McLaurin, Curtis Samuel and Chase Young – especially McLaurin – played key roles in the Washington Football Team's 34-30 win over the Atlanta Falcons.
McLaurin finished the game with a team-high six catches for 123 yards and two touchdowns. None of Washington's other receivers had more than 25 yards.
Trailing 30-22, McLaurin and Taylor Heinicke brought a little backyard football to the NFL.
Samuel joined McLaurin on the field for the first time this season. Following his departure from the Panthers, Samuel made his WFT debut on Sunday. The slick receiver picked up a key first down for Washington in the third quarter.
Samuel caught all four of the passes thrown his way and finished with 19 yards.
First win as a starter for Fields
What a difference a week makes. Coming off of a rough outing in Cleveland, Justin Fields put in a solid performance against the Detroit Lions. The Soldier Field partisan fans had to be pleased with Fields completing 11 of his 17 passes for 209 yards (with one interception) to lead the Bears to a 24-14 win.
Darnell Mooney was Fields' favorite receiver on the day as the two connected five times for 125 yards, including this spectacular 64-yard strike.
Later in the game, Fields lasered a pass to Allen Robinson into a tight window for a 28-yard gain.
Following the 24-14 victory, the Bears improve to 2–2 and are in second place in the NFC North. Despite Fields’ success on Sunday, however, Bears head coach Matt Nagy continued to insist on Monday that Andy Dalton will return to the starting lineup once he's healthy.
Feeding Zeke
Last Monday night, Ezekiel Elliott ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns against the Philadelphia Eagles. Against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, Jerry Jones’ $90 million dollar running back had an even bigger day as Zeke rushed 20 times for 143 yards and a touchdown.
Elliott eclipsed the century mark for the first time since December 2020 and had his highest rushing output since he ran for 151 yards against the Eagles on November 11, 2018.
The 47-yard run below is Elliott's longest of the season.
Behind Zeke's legs, the Dallas Cowboys overcame a 14-13 halftime deficit and defeated the Panthers 36-28. Both teams are 3–1 and leading their divisions.
Jenkins and Werner are tackling machines
The New York Giants overcame an 11-point fourth quarter deficit and escaped New Orleans with their first win of the 2021 season.
Malcolm Jenkins and Pete Werner did everything they could for the Saints, but their combined 22 tackles were not enough in the 27-21 OT loss.
Along with getting pissed off at Jabrill Peppers, Jenkins had 12 tackles. Werner tallied 10 tackles in his first start. They combined for 36 percent of the Saints’ 61 tackles in the game.
Burrow beats Trevor again
Joe Burrow and the Cincinnati Bengals kept Trevor Lawrence, Urban Meyer and the Jacksonville Jaguars winless. Burrow, the former Ohio State quarterback who went on to beat Lawrence in the national championship game as LSU's quarterback, completed 25 of his 32 passes for 348 yards and two touchdowns as he led the Bengals to a 24-21 victory over his former head coach.
Between his time with Clemson and Jacksonville, Lawrence has lost six games. Joe Burrow is now responsible for two of those defeats.
It wasn't all doom and gloom for Lawrence against the Bengals, as he got the best of former Buckeye defensive end Sam Hubbard early in the game.
As bad as it looked, Hubbard did not have his ankles broken. The Cincinnati native bounced back and finished with six tackles in the Bengals' win.
The loss was the 19th straight for Jacksonville. Meyer lost for the first time in the state of Ohio since Baker Mayfield and Oklahoma beat the Buckeyes on Sept. 9, 2017.
Hopefully Meyer spent the weekend focusing on film and the Jaguars’ next opponent.
Roughing the passer?
Young was called for roughing the passer on Sunday even though the WFT defensive end backed off from laying the wood on Matt Ryan.
Atlanta's drive was given a second chance and the Falcons capitalized with a touchdown.
Don't be surprised when Young destroys the next quarterback he faces in a similar situation. Chase might as well give the refs a legitimate reason for throwing the flag.
Bear sighting
With San Francisco leading the Seattle Seahawks by a touchdown late in the first quarter, Nick Bosa blew past Seattle's Duane Brown and dragged Rusell Wilson down for his fourth sack in as many games.
Bosa finished the contest with three tackles, a tackle for loss, three quarterback hurries and the sack below.
As impressive as Bosa's play was on Sunday, it wasn't enough to spur the 49ers on to victory. Seattle left Levi's Stadium with a 28-21 victory.
Highlight Show
Need more Buckeye action from Week 4? The clips below should satisfy your needs.
PLAYER | POS | TEAM | WEEK 4 STATS | SEASON STATS |
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ELI APPLE | CB | BENGALS | 3 tackles, 1 PBU | 19 tackles, 3 PBU, 1 TFL |
DAMON ARNETTE | CB | RAIDERS | Monday Night Football | 1 tackle, 1 PBU |
JEROME BAKER | LB | DOLPHINS | 4 tackles, 1 QBH | 27 tackles, 1 QBH, 1 PBU, 1 FF |
VONN BELL | S | BENGALS | 5 tackles | 22 tackles, 1 TFL, 2 PBU, 1 FF |
TUF BORLAND | LB | VIKINGS | Practice squad | |
JOEY BOSA | DE | CHARGERS | 1 tackle, 1 sack (12 yards), 2 QBH, 1 FF | 11 tackles, 1.5 sack (16 yards), 4 QBH |
NICK BOSA | DE | 49ERS | 3 tackles, 1 sack (8 yards), 1 TFL, 3 QBH | 10 tackles, 4 sacks (29 yards), 5 TFL, 7 QBH, 1 FF |
NOAH BROWN | WR | COWBOYS | Played at WR | 3 games played |
BARON BROWNING | LB | BRONCOS | Inactive | 3 games played |
PARRIS CAMPBELL | WR | COLTS | 2 catches, 22 yards | 5 catches, 55 yards |
JONATHON COOPER | LB | BRONCOS | 1 tackle | 2 tackles |
WYATT DAVIS | OG | VIKINGS | Inactive | 3 games played |
TAYLOR DECKER | OT | LIONS | IR (finger) | |
J.K. DOBBINS | RB | RAVENS | IR (knee) | |
NATE EBNER | DB | GIANTS | Played at DB | 1 tackle |
PAT ELFLEIN | OG | PANTHERS | IR (hamstring) | 2 starts |
EZEKIEL ELLIOTT | RB | COWBOYS | 20 rushes, 143 yards, 1 TD | 64 rushes, 342 yards, 4 TD; 7 catches, 53 yards |
LUKE FARRELL | TE | JAGUARS | 1 catch, 7 yards | 3 catches, 12 yards |
JUSTIN FIELDS | QB | BEARS | 11/17 passing, 209 yards, 1 INT; 3 rushes, 9 yards | 25/52 passing, 347 yards, 2 INT; 17 rushes, 55 yards |
JORDAN FULLER | S | RAMS | 7 tackles, 1 TFL | 28 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 PBU |
DaVON HAMILTON | DT | JAGUARS | 3 tackles | 10 tackles |
JOHNATHAN HANKINS | DT | RAIDERS | 4 tackles | 11 tackles, 1 QBH |
MALIK HARRISON | LB | RAVENS | 5 tackles, 1 TFL | 12 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 QBH |
DWAYNE HASKINS | QB | STEELERS | Inactive | |
JAKE HAUSMANN | TE | GIANTS | Practice squad | |
CAMERON HEYWARD | DT | STEELERS | 8 tackles, 1 PBU | 24 tackles, 1 sack (6 yards), 1 TFL, 2 PBU, 1 FF, 1 FR |
K.J. HILL | WR | CHARGERS | Played at WR | 3 catches, 30 yards; 1 PR, 6 yards |
JUSTIN HILLIARD | LB | GIANTS | Played at LB | 1 game played |
JALYN HOLMES | DE | SAINTS | Practice squad | 1 tackle |
MALIK HOOKER | S | COWBOYS | 3 tackles | 6 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 PD |
SAM HUBBARD | DE | BENGALS | 6 tackles | 22 tackles, 1.5 sacks (12.5 yards), 1 TFL, 2 QBH |
CARLOS HYDE | RB | JAGUARS | Inactive | 19 rushes, 95 yards; 2 catches, 14 yards |
JONAH JACKSON | OG | LIONS | Started at LG | 4 starts |
MALCOLM JENKINS | S | SAINTS | 12 tackles, 1 TFL | 28 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 INT, 2 PBU, 1 TD |
CAMERON JOHNSTON | P | TEXANS | 5 punts, 50.2 avg, 1 inside 20 | 21 punts, 47.3 avg, 8 inside 20 |
DRE'MONT JONES | DT | BRONCOS | 1 tackle, 1 TFL | 5 tackles, 3 TFL, 1 QBH |
JAMARCO JONES | OT | SEAHAWKS | Inactive | 1 start, 3 games played |
MICHAEL JORDAN | OG | PANTHERS | Inactive | |
MARSHON LATTIMORE | CB | SAINTS | 2 tackles, 1 PBU | 15 tackles, 1 INT, 3 PBU |
TYQUAN LEWIS | DT | COLTS | 2 tackles, 1 TFL | 6 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 QBH, 1 PBU |
COREY LINSLEY | C | CHARGERS | Started at C | 4 starts |
TERRY McLAURIN | WR | WFT | 6 catches, 123 yards, 2 TD | 25 catches, 354 yards, 3 TD |
RAEKWON McMILLAN | LB | PATRIOTS | IR (knee) | |
JAKE McQUAIDE | LS | COWBOYS | Played at LS | 1 tackle |
JOSH MYERS | C | PACKERS | Started at C | 4 starts |
ANDREW NORWELL | OL | JAGUARS | Started at LG | 4 starts |
JEFF OKUDAH | CB | LIONS | IR (leg) | 4 tackles, 1 PBU |
BILLY PRICE | C | GIANTS | Started at C | 3 starts |
MALCOLM PRIDGEON | OG | STEELERS | Practice squad | |
ISAIAH PRINCE | OT | BENGALS | Played at OT | 3 games played |
BRADLEY ROBY | CB | SAINTS | 1 tackle | 3 tackles, 1 sack (7 yards), 1 TFL, 1 QBH |
CURTIS SAMUEL | WR | WFT | 4 catches, 19 yards | 4 catches, 19 yards |
C.J. SAUNDERS | WR | PANTHERS | Practice squad | |
TREY SERMON | RB | 49ERS | 19 rushes, 89 yards | 20 rush, 97 yards |
KENDALL SHEFFIELD | CB | FALCONS | IR (foot) | |
DEVIN SMITH | WR | JAGUARS | Practice squad | 1 target |
MICHAEL THOMAS | WR | SAINTS | PUP (ankle) | |
TOMMY TOGIA | DT | BROWNS | Inactive | |
NICK VANNETT | TE | SAINTS | IR (knee) | |
BINJIMEN VICTOR | WR | RAVENS | Practice squad | |
SHAUN WADE | CB | PATRIOTS | Inactive | |
DENZEL WARD | CB | BROWNS | 4 tackles, 0.5 sack (2 yards), 2 QBH, 1 PBU | 17 tackles, 0.5 sack (2 yards), 2 QBH, 3 PBU |
PETE WERNER | LB | SAINTS | 10 tackles, 1 TFL | 12 tackles, 1 TFL |
CHASE YOUNG | DE | WFT | 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 QBH | 13 tackles, 3 TFL, 2 QBH |