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National NFL Reporter Founder/Writer/Editor: Between The Hashmarks. FOX29 Sports On-Air Contributor You can read me and subscribe here: https://MattLombardoNFL.Substack.com Have covered the NFL for 15 Seasons, including stops at NJ.com and Heavy Sports

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 55m

Steelers dial up a great stunt to free Herbig on that sack of Dillon Gabriel in a goal-to-go situation.

Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 1h

Much of the Steelers’ start to the season has been smoke and mirrors. Today has just been a straight up beatdown of a division rival.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 1h

Drake Maye has a nearly perfect 157 passer rating, with 6:26 remaining in the third quarter against the Saints.

Goes to show you, competent coaching, an elite OT and a balanced receiving corps can catapult a young quarterback’s development.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 1h

Vintage Cooper Kupp Things™️

Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 2h

Jaxon Smith-Njigba just sprints past Greg Newsom for a bomb of a touchdown. That was just a nine-route to perfection.

Seattle is explosive!

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 2h

Puka Nacua is down and writhing in pain. Ugh.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 2h

Rico Dowdle running angry, as we were promised.

Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 3h

I have seen the Jaguars’ future and it was that last offensive series. Design married to elite talent.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 3h

The Rams need a field goal kicker.

Joshua Karty is a game-altering kickoff weapon. But, we simply cannot be out here missing 26-yard chip shots.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 3h

Matthew Stafford is going to desperately want that throw back to Davante Adams back, fortunately for the Rams he’ll get plenty of cracks at that patchwork Ravens defense.

Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 3h

George Pickens is quickly developing into the best case scenario and what so many folks inside the league expected for the Cowboys, when they traded for him this spring.

Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 3h

Let’s keep this NFL Sunday Rolling!

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 3h

Nik Bonitto is going to run away with Defensive Player of The Year at this rate, and his fourth quarter sack essentially slammed the door on the Jets’ chances of coming back today.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 4h

I mean, c’mon. Fields has to throw that into the Thames. Cannot take a sack there, under any circumstances.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 4h

Nik Bonitto is a baller’s baller.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 4h

This game is setting quarterback play back three decades.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 4h

The Broncos defense has posted 12 sacks over the past seven quarters. Talk about swarming, my goodness.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 4h

Throw it away, man!

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 5h

Going to the coffee shop to get a cold brew to have on hand for the 1pm games.

This Jets offense gives me a headache.

Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 5h

I’m not convinced they aren’t a wild card team …

Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 5h

I’m going to need someone to at least try to explain to me what Aaron Glenn was doing in that final minute sequence …

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 5h

If you’re the Chargers, or the Bears, or the Chiefs, you have to be blowing up Darren Mougey’s phone about Breece Hall, with the Jets over the Atlantic, right?

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 6h

I feel like the Jets’ offense is critically limited by Justin Fields’ reluctance to ever try pushing the ball downfield and how long it takes him to get rid of the football.

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Matt Lombardo @mattlombardo.bsky.social · 7h

🚨 THE JETS HAVE A TURNOVER 🚨

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