Bengals lose again – Bills overrun Jaguars

The Washington Commanders, led by German-American football pro Brandon Coleman, surprisingly won against the Cincinnati Bengals, worsening the hosts’ poor start to the NFL season. The Commanders won 31:26 and handed the Bengals their third loss in three games. Quarterback Jayden Daniels impressed with good decisions in the best game of his young professional career, and was also helped by Coleman’s work in the offensive line.

Daniels scored a touchdown on a running play, had two touchdown passes and threw for a total of 254 yards without a single misplaced pass. “Respect to my O-line, respect to my receiver,” said Daniels. 21 of his 23 throws found a teammate.

For the Bengals, quarterback Joe Burrow threw three touchdown passes and initially put his team in the lead – but then the hosts were constantly lagging behind. The Bengals had started the season with ambitions of reaching the Super Bowl.

Things are going much better for the equally ambitious Buffalo Bills. They beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 47:10, which was never in doubt, and won their third game in three games of the season. The Bills are one of five unbeaten teams in the NFL. Quarterback Josh Allen had four touchdown passes in the first half and was able to relax from the bench as his substitute Mitchell Trubisky brought home the win. “It feels good, I can tell you that,” Allen commented on the performance.

It was also a special party for Damar Hamlin. The Bills player, who briefly feared for his life after suffering a cardiac arrest on the field 18 months ago, caught a pass from Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence. For Hamlin, it was the first interception of his career, and shortly afterwards the Bills scored their third touchdown. For the Jaguars, who were disappointing in every respect, it was their third loss in three games.

Injured NFL star Christian McCaffrey of the San Francisco 49ers is hoping for help in Germany. The highest-paid running back in the National Football League flew to Germany at the weekend to have a specialist examine and treat his irritated Achilles tendon. “I’m not sure which doctor it is, I just know that he will see a specialist who can help him with his Achilles tendon problems.” “He’s doing that over the next few days and I hope it will help,” said 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan.

McCaffrey has been working on the problems since the start of preseason training and has not played a single minute this season. Without him, the 49ers have lost two of their three games so far this season. On Sunday, they lost 24:27 to the Los Angeles Rams.

NHL star Leon Draisaitl suffered a defeat in his first appearance since losing the previous season’s final series with the Edmonton Oilers. The 28-year-old, who signed a record eight-year contract worth a total of 112 million US dollars during the summer break, set up a goal in the 3:6 preseason loss to the Calgary Flames, but did not score himself.

Parallel to the home defeat of the Oilers’ A-team, a delegation from the franchise also lost even more clearly at the Flames with a score of 1:6. On Sunday, Edmonton, like in Calgary without their stars on the ice, had already successfully started their preparations with a 3:2 victory against the Winnipeg Jets.

Draisaitl, Connor McDavid and Co. will make their next attempt to win the long-awaited championship against Winnipeg on October 10 (local time) – it would be the first Stanley Cup win in 25 years. At the end of June, the Oilers’ dream of winning the title was narrowly shattered in the deciding game of the best-of-seven final series against the Florida Panthers.