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Daniel Jones is free to sign with any NFL team after clearing waivers on Monday, which also means the team that signs the former New York Giants quarterback won't be on the hook for the nearly $12 million that was remaining on his contract this year or his $23 million injury guarantee. Jones was released at his request by the Giants on Saturday after the former first-round pick was benched last week. He reportedly wants to join a contender, and there are expected to be multiple teams interested. The two teams reported to have the most initial interest in Jones are also being offered as the most likely to sign him by one sportsbook. The Baltimore Ravens currently have journeyman backup Josh Johnson behind starting quarterback Lamar Jackson. Jones would potentially provide a third option, and one whose mobility could make him an intriguing fit in offensive coordinator Todd Monken's system The Ravens were installed as the 2/1 favorites to land Jones ahead of the Minnesota Vikings (5/2), who have veterans Nick Mullens and Brett Rypien behind starter Sam Darnold. They would likely view Jones as an upgrade. "I really can't get into too much about any short-term or long-term," Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell said Monday when asked about Jones, per ESPN's Adam Schefter. "I can just say that I've been a big fan of Daniel's for a long time and I hope wherever his next step takes him, it's a good opportunity for him." The Las Vegas Raiders (5/1) don't fall into the category of contenders after falling to 2-9 amid a seven-game losing streak. However, they could provide the most immediate opportunity to play with Gardner Minshew suffering a season-ending broken collarbone on Sunday that is expected to end his season. Second-year quarterback Aidan O'Connell is close to returning from a thumb injury, but coach Antonio Pierce acknowledged after Sunday's game that, "We're going to need somebody, right?" If O'Connell isn't ready to face the Kansas City Chiefs on Black Friday, Desmond Ridder is expected to get the start. The Dallas Cowboys (7/1) would fall into a similar category, with Dak Prescott out for the season following hamstring surgery and being replaced by Cooper Rush. Another intriguing possibility lies with Detroit, where the 10-1 Lions' offense is rolling with Jared Goff at the helm. However, should he go down to injury the only other quarterback on the roster is rookie Hendon Hooker. That has contributed to the Lions having 7/1 odds to sign Jones. DANIEL JONES NEXT TEAM ODDS* Baltimore Ravens (2/1) Minnesota Vikings (5/2) Las Vegas Raiders (5/1) Dallas Cowboys (7/1) Detroit Lions (7/1) Miami Dolphins (7/1) San Francisco 49ers (8/1) Carolina Panthers (10/1) Seattle Seahawks (16/1) Indianapolis Colts (20/1) New England Patriots (25/1) New Orleans Saints (25/1) New York Jets (25/1) Tennessee Titans (25/1) Atlanta Falcons (28/1) Arizona Cardinals (33/1) Chicago Bears (33/1) Cleveland Browns (33/1) Denver Broncos (33/1) Jacksonville Jaguars (40/1) Los Angeles Chargers (50/1) Los Angeles Rams (50/1) Pittsburgh Steelers (50/1) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (50/1) Washington Commanders (50/1) Cincinnati Bengals (66/1) Green Bay Packers (66/1) Houston Texans (66/1) Philadelphia Eagles (66/1) Buffalo Bills (75/1) Kansas City Chiefs (75/1) Any CFL Team (80/1) Any XFL Team (80/1) *Odds provided by SportsBetting.ag are for entertainment purposes only. --Field Level MediaNoneStarkville High School quarterback Jaylon Ruffin (2) capped his senior year with first team All-State honors in Class 7A. As Choctaw County and West Point had historic seasons end in Hattiesburg with state championship trophies, the two teams were well-represented in the coach’s All-State teams. Five Green Wave players earned All-State honors on Saturday as offensive lineman Elijah Lowery was named first-team on offense and defensive lineman Damarvion Haughton, linebacker Quantarrius Dawson, defensive end Jorden Rush and strong safety Marcus Mukeba were first-team defense. The state championship game’ Most Valuable Player Shamane Clark capped off his year as a second-team offensive player, but he put up 168 yards on 26 carries with three touchdowns in the 28-21 championship win over Gautier. Additionally, Brett Morgan was chosen the Class 5A Coach of the Year after leading the Green Wave to the title in just year one. Morgan had spent the previous eight year as the offensive coordinator and has been with West Point since 2009. Also earning the highest honors as Coach of the Year was Choctaw County’s Dillon Mitchell in Class 3A. Mitchell is in year two with the Chargers and has been a head coach for just three seasons. He helped the Chargers to a 14-1 record this year and the school’s first state championship. He is 23-4 in his two seasons with two Class 3A, Region 4 championships. The Chargers had a trio of players on the first-team offensive team as running back Jeramiah Miller, wide receiver Caleb Cunningham and offensive lineman Hunter Holland made the list. Miller rushed for over 2,000 yards and 29 touchdowns as a junior despite sitting the second half of nine of the team’s games. The five-star wide receiver Cunningham had over 1,000 all-purpose yards this year ahead of his college career at Ole Miss. On the first-team defensive team, sophomore defensive tackle Ben’Jarvis Shumaker had a strong year with nine tackles for loss and four sacks. The second team had offensive lineman Jordyn Ashford on the offensive side of the ball. Elsewhere in the area, Starkville had three players make All-State as quarterback Jaylon Ruffin capped his senior year with first team honors in Class 7A. Wide receiver DJ Hairston and offensive lineman Townes Fulford were second team members. For more on this story, read our news edition from Tuesday, December 10 or click here to subscribe to our e-edition.
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Get our front page stories each morning as well as the latest updates each afternoon during the week + more in-depth weekend editions on Saturdays & Sundays.The Cincinnati Bengals , led by quarterback Joe Burrow , meet the Dallas Cowboys , led by quarterback Cooper Rush in Week 14 of the NFL season on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 (12/9/24) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. How to watch: Fans can watch the game for free via a trial of DirecTV Stream or fuboTV . You can also watch via a subscription to Sling TV, which is offering half off your first month. — DirecTV Stream is offering $30 off on Entertainment with Sports Pack featuring NFL RedZone, BIG Ten Network and more. — fuboTV plans start at $79.99 per month. — Sling TV is offering plans for as low as $20 for your first month An alternate broadcast set in “The Simpsons” animated universe can be watched with a subscription to Disney+ or ESPN+ . Here’s what you need to know: What : NFL Monday Night Football Who : Bengals vs. Cowboys When : Monday, Dec. 9, 2024 (12/9/24) Where : AT&T Stadium Time : 8:15 p.m. ET TV : ABC/ESPN Live stream: fuboTV (free trial), DirecTVStream (free trial) *** Here’s a preview capsule via the Associated Press: Cincinnati (4-8) at Dallas (5-7) Monday, 8:15 p.m. EST, ESPN BetMGM NFL Odds: Bengals by 5 1/2. Against the spread: Bengals 6-6; Cowboys 4-8. Series record: Cowboys lead 10-4. Last meeting: Cowboys beat Bengals 20-17 on Sept. 18, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. Last week: Bengals lost to Steelers 44-38; Cowboys beat Giants 27-20. Bengals offense: overall (9), rush (27), pass (1), scoring (T5). Bengals defense: overall (27), rush (22), pass (27), scoring (31). Cowboys offense: overall (20), rush (31), pass (7), scoring (21). Cowboys defense: overall (26), rush (31), pass (13), scoring (T29). Turnover differential: Bengals minus-1; Cowboys minus-7. Bengals player to watch Joe Burrow is one of five QBs in NFL history with at least 30 touchdown passes and no more than five interceptions through 12 games. Aaron Rodgers has done it three times, with one each for Patrick Mahomes, Drew Brees and Tom Brady. The worst record among the six previous instances was 9-3, while Burrow sits at a hard-to-imagine 4-8. Two of those teams started 12-0: Green Bay with Rodgers in 2011 and Tom Brady with New England in 2007. Burrow leads the NFL in passing yards (3,337), completions (302) and touchdowns (30) entering Week 14. Cowboys player to watch LB DeMarvion Overshown had a coming-out moment with his spectacular 23-yard interception return for a touchdown against the Giants. The second-year player, who missed his rookie season with a knee injury, tipped a pass from Drew Lock, ran down the deflection and scored untouched to put Dallas ahead for good. There’s talk of him forming quite a tandem with two-time All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons. It’s a little early for that, but the “Monday Night Football” audience will be looking for an encore. Key matchup WR Ja’Marr Chase vs. the Dallas secondary. The question is whether 2021 All-Pro cornerback Trevon Diggs will be among the defenders going up against his former Southeastern Conference rival (Chase played for LSU; Diggs for Alabama). Diggs has missed two games with groin and knee issues. There was some trash talk involved in Dallas' 20-17 win two years ago when the Bengals were defending AFC champs. Chase finished with 54 yards as Cincinnati was held to 254 yards and one touchdown. If Diggs can’t go, 2023 All-Pro DaRon Bland figures to see plenty of Chase. Bland is set for his third game after missing the first 10 following surgery for a stress fracture in his foot. Chase leads the league in receiving yards (1,142) and touchdowns (13) entering Week 14. Key injuries Bengals K Evan McPherson (groin) and LB Logan Wilson (knee) were placed on injured reserve this week. Cade York, the LSU kicker when Burrow and Chase led the Tigers to the 2019 national championship, was signed to replace McPherson. ... LT Orlando Brown Jr. is out again with a fibula injury after ending a three-game absence with a return against the Steelers. ... Cowboys RG Zack Martin has opted for ankle surgery that will end an injury-filled season for the seven-time All-Pro. Martin missed the past two games. ... It appears Dallas will have to wait at least one more week before DE DeMarcus Lawrence returns from a foot injury. His practice window hasn’t opened, and he stayed in the rehab group to start the week. Lawrence hasn’t played since Week 4. ... Rookie LT Tyler Guyton has been dealing with a shoulder injury and added an ankle sprain last week. He is likely to sit this week in favor of veteran Chuma Edoga, who made his season debut against the Giants after injuring a toe in training camp. Series notes The Cowboys have beaten the Bengals five times in a row and are 7-1 at home against them. The loss was at old Texas Stadium in 1988. The most recent victory for Cincinnati was 26-3 in 2004. Stats and stuff The Bengals are on their second three-game losing streak of the season and still looking for their first victory over a team with a winning record. The Cowboys have won two in a row coming off a five-game losing streak and just ended a six-game skid at home. ... Seven of Cincinnati’s losses have been one-score games, including the past three. ... The Bengals have the second-best touchdown rate inside the 20-yard line at 71.1%. The Cowboys have the second worst at 43.8%. ... It’s the second Monday night game of the season for both teams. Cincinnati lost to Washington in Week 3. Dallas lost to Houston in Week 11. ... Burrow is one of six QBs with at least three consecutive games of 300-plus yards passing and at least three TDs. Steve Young set the record with five for San Francisco in 1998. Burrow has lost all three games on his streak, while the other five QBs were a combined 15-6 during their streaks. ... WR Tee Higgins is one of three NFL receivers with at least five touchdowns in each of the past five seasons. Mike Evans and Justin Jefferson are the others. ... LT Orlando Brown Jr. returned against Pittsburgh following the first stint of his seven-year career on the inactive list with a leg injury sustained Oct. 27. ... The Bengals benched starting LG Cordell Volson against the Steelers in favor of Cody Ford. Coach Zac Taylor said Ford played well enough to keep the starting job. ... Edge rusher Trey Hendrickson entered the week still leading the NFL with 11 1/2 sacks but has just half a sack during the current three-game losing streak that followed his career-high four sacks against Las Vegas. But Hendrickson does have 4 1/2 sacks in his past four road games and 9 1/2 in eight Monday night games. ... Cowboys QB Cooper Rush’s second career start, and first as a five-game fill-in for the injured Dak Prescott in 2022, was a Dallas victory over the Bengals. Rush passed for 235 yards and a touchdown in the first of four consecutive games without an interception, all victories. Rush is 2-2 this season as the replacement for Prescott, who is out for the season following surgery on a torn hamstring. ... RB Rico Dowdle is coming off his first career 100-yard game, with 112 yards rushing and a touchdown against the Giants. ... CeeDee Lamb needs 120 yards receiving to become the first Dallas wideout to reach 1,000 yards in four of his first five seasons. ... Dallas has 16 sacks in the four games since two-time All-Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons returned from a high ankle sprain. The Cowboys are tied with Denver for the most sacks in that span. Parsons has 5 1/2 of them. Fantasy tip RECOMMENDED • nj .com How to watch the Dallas Cowboys game tonight (12/9/24) | FREE LIVE STREAM, time, TV channel for NFL Monday Ni Dec. 9, 2024, 2:00 p.m. How to watch the Cincinnati Bengals game tonight (12/9/24) | FREE LIVE STREAM, time, TV channel for NFL Monda Dec. 9, 2024, 2:00 p.m. Bengals RB Chase Brown has at least 90 scrimmage yards in the past four games, including a team-best 100 last week against the Steelers. Dallas has the second-worst run defense in the NFL. (The Associated Press contributed to this report) Thank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. Please consider supporting us with a subscription.
None1 2 3 Jaipur: BJP's spectacular victory in the Jat-dominated constituencies of Jhunjhunu and Khinvsar after 21 and 11 years respectively has drawn attention to, and sparked a debate over, the party's revamped electoral strategies. These victories, coming just six months after BJP suffered losses in the Jat-majority Lok Sabha seats of Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Churu, and Nagaur to candidates of the Congress-led INDIA bloc, mark a significant political shift in Rajasthan. Despite BJP's landslide in the 2013 Assembly elections, where it captured 163 of the total 200 seats, and its strong showing in 2023, Jhunjhunu and Khinvsar remained elusive for the party. The latest bypolls, however, saw BJP securing these constituencies that the party's internal surveys had identified as challenging. Fear of a voting pattern similar to that in past elections jeopardising the party's prospects had loomed large. A glimmer of hope for BJP's Rajasthan unit came with the results of Haryana assembly elections defying the exit-poll predictions, prompting the party to lean on its former state president and Haryana poll in-charge, Satish Poonia, to script a turnaround in Jat dominated seats. Maharashtra Jharkhand Maharashtra Alliance View i Party View Seats: 288 Results Majority: 145 BJP+ 229 MVA 47 OTH 12 Results : 288 / 288 BJP+ WON Jharkhand Alliance View i Party View Seats: 81 Results Majority: 41 INDIA 56 NDA 24 OTH 1 Results : 81 / 81 INDIA WON Source: PValue "On Oct 7, two days after the unexpected Haryana results, BJP state president Madan Rathore congratulated Poonia and urged him to lead the efforts for bypolls in Rajasthan," said a senior BJP leader. Poonia's success in Haryana, where his "OBC-Farmer-Jat (OFJ) formula' proved highly effective, became the blueprint for Rajasthan's campaign. "Poonia's social engineering to unite OBC farmers and Jats was widely recognised by then. The state unit relied on his expertise to craft a strategy to win these difficult seats," noted a BJP insider. Before arriving in Jhunjhunu and Khinvsar, Poonia held consultations with booth-level workers from Jaipur to evaluate the party's standing. In a meeting with CM Bhajan Lal Sharma, he outlined an extensive outreach campaign aimed at OBCs, Jats, and farmers. "Leveraging his 3.5-year tenure as state president, Poonia engaged panchayat leaders and community influencers to highlight BJP's governance achievements, mirroring the promises made in Haryana," added the party insider. In the final stretch, key BJP leaders, including former Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore and cabinet minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar, played crucial roles in consolidating votes in favour of the party. Meanwhile, CM Bhajan Lal Sharma's rallies and public addresses in the campaign's closing days solidified the party's position, leading to a decisive victory, said BJP functionaries.
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The Detroit Lions will play without two high draft picks in rookie cornerbacks Terrion Arnold and Ennis Rakestraw Jr. while possibly getting back veteran Emmanuel Moseley against the host Indianapolis Colts on Sunday. Arnold was downgraded Saturday from questionable to out because of a groin injury. He was limited at practice on Thursday and participated in a full practice on Friday. The Lions drafted Arnold with the 24th overall pick of the 2024 NFL Draft out of Alabama. Arnold, 21, has started all 10 games and has 38 tackles and six passes defended. Rakestraw (hamstring) was placed on injured reserve after not practicing all week. He already had been ruled out for Sunday's game. Detroit picked Rakestraw in the second round (61st overall) out of Missouri. He has played in eight games and has six tackles. Rakestraw, 22, has played on 46 defensive snaps (8 percent) and 95 special teams snaps (42 percent). Moseley had full practice sessions all week and was activated from injured reserve on Saturday but was listed as questionable for Sunday. The 28-year-old is in his second season with Detroit and appeared in one game last season before going on IR in October 2023. He was placed on IR on Aug. 27 with a designation to return. Moseley played from 2018-22 for the San Francisco 49ers and had 162 tackles, four interceptions -- one returned for a touchdown -- and 33 passes defensed in 46 games (33 starts). Detroit elevated linebacker David Long on Saturday for game day. Long, 28, signed with the practice squad on Tuesday after the Miami Dolphins released him on Nov. 13. He had started six of eight games for the Dolphins this season and had 38 tackles. In other Lions news, the NFL fined wide receiver Jameson Williams $19,697 for unsportsmanlike conduct for making an obscene gesture during a touchdown celebration in last Sunday's 52-6 home win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, the NFL Network reported Saturday. Williams, 23, scored on a 65-yard pass from Jared Goff with 12:55 remaining in the third quarter. --Field Level Media
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