Senior Bowl interview with Laurier QB Taylor Elgersma

Senior Bowl practices kick off on Tuesday morning, and one of the more intriguing players taking to the field here in Mobile is Wilfrid Laurier QB Taylor Elgersma. The 6-foot-5 Elgersma is the first Canadian college QB ever to participate at the Senior Bowl. Elgersma…

JuJu Smith-Schuster stepped up with a couple of big plays for the Chiefs

Last week, when we were breaking down the AFC Championship on PFT Live or the joint Chris Simms Unbuttoned/#PFTPM joint picks podcast (I can't remember, and I'm too lazy to check), we pointed to veteran receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster as a guy who needs to do something to supplement the Travis Kelce/Xavier Worthy/Hollywood Brown target troika for Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Burnley v Leeds United: Championship – as it happened

A dull goalless leaves Leeds two points clear of Sheffield United at the top of the Championship, with Burnley a further point behind in third

Email! “You drew the long straw then?” asks Jeremy Boyce. “This is as tasty a match up as you suggested. Top scorers v top defenders. Top of the table v third, in a group of four class teams, two of which will have to go through the nightmare of the playoffs, and they all have experience of that. Is the top of the Championship better than the bottom of the Prem? We’ll find out next season. Burnley need a four-goal win to go top tonight, but I’m thinking a regulation Scott Parker 1-0 would do them. Leeds will need all of their 66% possession to break down the Clarets’ defence. Fast start? Solomon four mins? We’ll find out shortly.”

I can’t see Burnley shutting Leeds out a second time – they won 1-0 at Elland Road earlier in the season – nor can I see anyone finishing above Leeds. They just have too many ways of scoring.

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