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Wednesday, September 30, 2020

New Data: Six Schools In Coral Springs and Parkland Have Covid-19 Cases - TAPinto.net

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CORAL SPRINGS, FL – Six schools in Coral Springs and Parkland have Covid-19 cases, according to new data from Florida Department of Health.

In all, six students and an unknown person have tested positive at the schools between Sept. 6 to Sept. 26, the data shows.

This week, state health officials began releasing data showing coronavirus cases in primary and secondary schools across the state.

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In Coral Springs, the cases are in:

- Coral Springs Middle School: 1 student (tested positive during the week of Sept. 20-26)

- J. P. Taravella High School: 2 students (1 tested positive during the week of Sept. 20-26) (In both cases, the students had symptoms)

- Park Springs Elementary School: 1 unknown (the person had symptoms)

- Renaissance Charter School At Coral Springs: 1 student (tested positive during the week of Sept. 20-26)

- Sawgrass Springs Middle School: 1 student

In Parkland, a case is in:

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School: 1 student (student had symptoms)

No other information was available on how this data was compiled.

The data can be viewed here. (As of Wednesday evening, the link to the data was down.)

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Someone in the UK unboxed a Google Pixel 5 retail demo unit [Video] - 9to5Google

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Google Pixel 5 review units probably aren’t shipping out to tech publications for a week or two and the phone itself isn’t landing in customers hands until the end of October, but someone in the UK managed to get their hands on a Pixel 5 retail demo unit somehow and posted a video of it to YouTube today…

There’s not exactly anything new to learn in the video, but it is our first look at the phone, its retail box, and all of its accompanying accessories in the flesh.

We had full coverage of the Pixel 5 after its announcement during the Launch Night In event earlier today. As Google confirmed, the phone has a 6-inch display, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage space, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chip, a 4080 mAh battery, an ultrawide camera, and a handful of new software features.

One minor tidbit that this video confirms for the first time is that the box does include the USB-A to USB-C adapter for switching from another phone to the Pixel.

Warning: The video has atrocious music that plays way too loud.

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CAA announces plans for six-game spring football season - Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel

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A spring football season for the University of Maine took a step closer to becoming a reality Wednesday when the Colonial Athletic Association announced plans for a six-game regular season starting March 6.

University officials cautioned, however, that any spring season would be contingent on state COVID-19 regulations regarding out-of-state travel and crowd gatherings, along with proper testing protocols.

“Our students are already doing the right things,” said UMaine Athletic Director Ken Ralph. “They’re here, they’re practicing and getting ready. There are things out of our control that we need help with – the civil guidance out there regarding out-of-state travel, outdoor gathering allowances. And we have to ensure we have all our testing in place.

“When you look at the civic guidance, until the state government guidance changes, we’re not playing. Hopefully we’ll buy time to get to spring and a lot of regulations will be relaxed or we can get a variance due to strictness of our testing procedures.”

Currently under Maine’s COVID-19 regulations, outdoor gatherings are limited to 100 people, which would be fewer than the number of players on rosters of two college football teams. Maine’s regulations also allow out-of-state visitors from, and travel to, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts. But two of Maine’s likely opponents – Rhode Island and Villanova (located in Pennsylvania) – would require a 14-day quarantine either for a visiting team or for UMaine personnel traveling to those states.

Still, the news that the CAA, of which Maine is a member in football, is moving ahead with a spring season was good news.

“We’ve got a date to look forward to,” said Ralph. “And that’s exciting.”

The CAA suspended its fall season on July 17 because of the coronavirus pandemic. At the time, league officials stressed they hoped to be able to play a spring season. When the NCAA’s Board of Directors announced last week that the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs would be held in the spring, beginning April 24 and ending with a championship game in mid-May in Frisco, Texas, CAA officials began to develop a schedule.

The 12-team CAA will use a North/South divisional format. Each team will play six games within its division, meaning teams would have to play one divisional opponent twice. Each team will also have the option to add up to two other games (which could include games against other conference members that would not count toward the conference standings). The six conference games will be spread over seven weeks, ending on April 17. The team with the best conference record will get the CAA’s automatic bid into the FCS playoffs.

The make-up of the divisions and the conference schedule will be released sometime in October.

“We’re excited for the opportunity to play,” said UMaine Coach Nick Charlton, who coached the Black Bears to a 6-6 record in his first season in 2019. “It will be a good schedule. We want to be in position to win the division. The biggest thing about the regular season was that we had to make sure it started early enough so we could have proper turnaround time for the (2021 fall season). That was important.” ”

Asked if a six-game regular season was enough, Charlton said, “The goal is to play more.”

Ralph added that regional scheduling will reduce travel costs, an important factor considering the Black Bears lost income from two guaranteed games last fall: Ball State ($400,000) and Connecticut ($280,500).

CAA Commissioner Joe D’Antonio said the announcement was simply the first step to a spring season.

“Each member institution, as well as the conference office, has additional protocols that must be finalized and approved in order to ensure a safe return to the field,” he said in a statement. “Our goal in creating this unique scheduling format was to implement a competitive model while also trying to reduce the risks associated with travel as much as we could. It’s been an extremely difficult and challenging time, but it’s nice to be able to give our coaches, student-athletes and fans something to look forward to. Health and safety remain at the forefront of every decision we are making, and we are hopeful about getting the Spring 2021 season underway.”

Charlton said the Black Bears are following NCAA guidelines and performing surveillance testing on their players, testing a percentage of the team each week.

“We’re doing all the right things, our guys are following all the protocols,” said Charlton. “It’s a different time, but the guys are doing great, using the facilities, wearing masks, socially distancing. The guys are handling it well and we’re starting to move forward.”

UMaine plans to start fall practices on Oct. 12, following the same format as spring football, which was canceled this year. It will include three practices a week for five weeks.


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Episode Six of 'The All 22' Duke Football Podcast Released - Duke University - GoDuke.com

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DURHAM, N.C. – 'The All 22' podcast, an Inside Look at Duke Football, will have its sixth episode of the 2020 season available Wednesday via iTunes and Google Play.
 
The podcast, hosted by football radio crew members David ShumateDave Harding and John Roth, will feature guests including current and former players and members of the Blue Devil coaching staff as well as local and national football reporters to discuss all things Duke football.
 
As the Blue Devils return home to take on Virginia Tech, the crew takes a look at the adjustments needed to pick up a second consecutive win over the Hokies. The episode also features a conversation with senior safety Michael Carter II and a detailed breakdown of Virginia Tech from The Voice of the Hokies, Jon Laaser.
 
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Bell and Xwing Complete NASA Unmanned Demo with APT 70 - Aviation International News

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Bell Textron this week demonstrated its Autonomous Pod Transport 70 (APT 70) vehicle as part of NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System program. The flight on September 28 was made using detect-and-avoid (DAA) hardware and software developed by autonomous technology specialist Xwing, which is separately advancing plans to certify a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan aircraft for unmanned operations.

Xwing’s DAA system consists of cameras, radars, and satellite-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast, with these situational awareness and positioning inputs being integrated by the California-based company’s software. The technology can be used by a ground-based remote pilot or be coupled with an aircraft’s flight-control system to provide automated collision avoidance.

The APT 70 flight, which was conducted in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, marked the first time Bell’s new unmanned vehicle was able to fly in controlled airspace without a pilot. According to Bell and Xwing, a significant portion of the flight was made in Class B airspace, which surrounds major airports and requires authorization and coordination with air traffic control.

The flight took off from Bell's Floyd Carson airfield and flew a 10-mile circuit along the Trinity River at an altitude of 500 feet. According to Bell, the route included a road crossing and transition in and out of Class B airspace. Communication between the ground station and the aircraft was maintained through a redundant datalink.

The Bell and Xwing teams have been working together for two years, and they have previously tested the DAA technology on one of the U.S. manufacturer’s helicopters. Over the summer they transitioned to the APT 70, which has now made several flights, including one during the last week of September to demonstrate full integration for the purposes of the NASA program.

"This successful demonstration highlights the great potential for the APT 70 to complete complex missions for businesses and healthcare providers," said Michael Thacker, Bell's executive vice president for Innovation and Commercial Business. 

“The final flight was the first that involved going into Class B airspace and getting authorization from air traffic control,” Xwing chief technology officer Maxime Gariel told AIN. “There was plenty of traffic coming close [to the APT 70].”

Bell’s APT 70 is intended to be used for autonomous operations, such as medical deliveries, third-party logistics, offshore support, and humanitarian relief. The helicopter manufacturer, which is also working on a passenger-carrying eVTOL called Nexus, intends to develop a family of freight-carrying unmanned APT aircraft with a payload eventually as high as 1,000 pounds. The APT 70 can carry 70 pounds up to around 35 miles at speeds of around 125 mph.

Meanwhile, Xwing says it is on track to start freight operations in its modified Grand Caravan aircraft by the end of 2020. The company plans to run a commercial operation on a trial basis for about a year to prove the DAA system as part of its complete Autoflight system, which will also include flight controls.

The Grand Caravan has a payload of 4,000 pounds, and Xwing intends to operate on sectors of between 100 and 500 miles. The company indicated that it may soon announce a launch customer for its trial cargo operations.

“We want to unlock the potential for BVLOS [beyond visual line of sight] flight,” explained Gariel. He said that by running its own flight trials to demonstrate the technology’s performance under different flight conditions, Xwing aims to solve the “chicken and egg” problem in which early adopters are reluctant to take a risk without first seeing evidence that the system will work in real-world conditions.

Initially, Xwing’s system will be used for safety enhancement to improve situational awareness for the Grand Caravan, which will still use its standard avionics suite and have a pilot on board. This gradual approach makes it easier to get FAA approval for the flight trials, and the data gathered will support the certification of the system.

In August, Xwing reported that it had already made more than 70 pilotless takeoffs and landings in the converted Grand Caravan. Subject to FAA approval, the company hopes to begin autonomous operations in early 2022, although these will initially be conducted with an operator on the ground, mainly to handle interactions with air traffic controllers.

The company claims that autonomous flight can resolve what it says is still a growing pilot shortage, while also increasing the productivity of aircraft operators by a factor of three, potentially resulting in cost savings of 20 to 30 percent.

NASA’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems flights in the National Airspace System program started in 2018 when the agency began selecting partners to test the enabling technology. Its goal is to support the safety case for routine autonomous flights for commercial aircraft operations.

The APT 70 trial flights were also supported by the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of Atmosphere, which developed an intuitive, integrated display to provide remote pilots with local weather risk awareness and route-based weather alerts.

This story comes from the new FutureFlight.aero resource developed by AIN to provide objective, independent coverage, and analysis of new aviation technology, including electric aircraft developments.

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Google Pixel 5 Retail Demo Leaks Hours Ahead of Launch - Wccftech

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Google Pixel 5 cannot seem to catch a break at this point. The device is going official tonight but after yesterdays full render leak and potential price reveal, we have another leak that showcases a working retail demo. Nothing about this leak comes as a surprise though. We have seen so much of the phone already, and there is nothing that we don't know yet.

Google Pixel 5 Shows Up in Retail Demo Ahead of the Launch, Shows a Clean Front with Thin Bezels

The leaked images are coming from Jon Prosser, who has provided us with a handful of leaks in the past as well. Not just that, we know what the phone looks like. So, this just adds another confirmation on top of what we already know. You can look at the phone below.

The front of the phone is super clean with a hole-punch camera on the top left of the screen. As for the back itself, you have the return of the textured back. I want to call it frosted glass, but it does not look like glass at all. I certainly hope Google is not being cheap on the choice of materials. Plastic makes more sense for the more affordable Google Pixel 4a 5G that is also debuting today.

Rest is pretty much what you have seen so far; you've got the familiar-looking camera array along with the rear fingerprint scanner, and the Google logo at the bottom. As far as the specs are concerned, we have been tipped numerous times that you are getting a 90Hz display, with a Snapdragon 765G. Google has changed direction this time as they are not going to ship their flagship phone with a flagship chip under the hood.

For those interested, the Google event kicks off today late at night and if you are interested in tuning in, you can check that out here. As always, we will be providing complete coverage to the event. The devices that we are expecting include a new Chromecast, a new smart speaker, Pixel 5, and Pixel 4a 5G. Of course, these phones are going to run Android 11 right out of the box.

There is no word on actual pricing and availability right now but it will be confirmed tonight as well.

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Six Gap rolls on with COVID precautions - Dahlonega Nugget

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Sitting at the starting line with his family as other riders packed in on all sides, minutes away from the start of the Three Gap Fifty, Jose Muhina was feeling “a little nervous.”
However it wasn’t because of the crowd or the possibility of being exposed to the coronavirus.
“It’s our first cycling race,” said Muhina, who traveled up from Miami for the event.
With 1,921 registered riders, Dahlonega’s annual Six Gap Century just missed matching its attendance from last year despite the continued concerns from COVID-19.
“The feedback from the participants was great,” Chamber President Robb Nichols said of the event. “We had a lot of people express how happy they were that a ride event happened. The predictions for rain early in the week probably affected registration more than COVID-19 did as it was forecast to rain on Saturday as late as Saturday morning.”
The rain held off, leaving Sunday’s Six Gap riders with no complaints other than the gruelling 104 miles of riding that makes the event so popular.
One of those riders who was just happy that the event was happening was Anthony Murrell of Decatur.
“Just the fact that they’re having it is awesome,” Murrell said. “The Tour de France ended just days ago so it’s fresh in everyone’s mind and they see it can be done...Not a single rider tested positive in three weeks of racing, so it can be done and it can be done safely.”
The Dahlonega-Lumpkin Chamber, who puts on the event each year, made sure to implement several safety measures to limit the potential spread of the coronavirus.
“Our plan to implement a number of precautions against COVID-19 went very well,” Nichols said. “With the support of Principal Billy Kirk and the Lumpkin County High School we were able to utilize the entire high school property and conduct drive-thru registration, which was very well-received. We also replaced “mass quantity” products with all single-serve items. A major hit was replacing peanut butter and jelly sandwiches with Uncrustables.”
Trace Swartzfager, who came up from Mississippi to participate in his second Six Gap, said he was pleased with the precautions taken and that he was not worried.
“I’ve already had coronavirus, so I already have the antibodies,” Swartzfager said. “But no, it’s felt really safe so far.”
Perhaps the biggest change was to the format of the race, as riders were given a rolling start window of 30 minutes after each race began, allowing participants to avoid the crowded start line without affecting their time. All riders who chose to start in the mass start were required to wear a mask.
That wasn’t a problem for Murrell, who cited Tom Hanks’ philosophy on mask wearing.
“...Wearing a mask is the least you can do in this fight,” Murrell said. “So if we have to wear a mask in the start, so be it. It’s not that difficult, it’s fine, I don’t mind. I’m sitting here just chilling and once we start riding I’ll take it off and put it in my pocket. It’s simple.”

GIVING EFFORT

Nichols said without the around 400 volunteers that help out with the event, Six Gap couldn’t happen.
“What makes this ride very successful every year is the number of volunteers that help,” he said. “More than anything we receive comments from the riders on how helpful and friendly all of the volunteers are from those that sort and pack food, to working registration and merchandise tables, to the different organizations that operate the rest stops.”

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Six Takeaways From the First Presidential Debate - The New York Times

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President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. appeared onstage together for the first time on Tuesday. It was not exactly a debate.

Shouting, interruptions and often incoherent cross talk filled the air as Mr. Trump purposefully and repeatedly heckled and blurted over his rival and the moderator alike in a 90-minute melee that showcased the president’s sense of urgency to upend a race in which polls show him trailing.

Mr. Biden labored to get his points in over Mr. Trump’s stream of interjections, turning directly to the camera for refuge from a scrum that hardly represented a contest of ideas. But Mr. Biden did not stumble, contradicting months of questions from the Trump campaign about his mental fitness, and Mr. Trump seemed to do little to bring over voters who were not already part of his base.

The impact on the race of the messy affair — given that 90 percent of voters say they are already decided — is an open question.

Here are six takeaways from the first debate.

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From the opening bell, Mr. Trump came out as an aggressor, speaking over Mr. Biden in what seemed to be almost din-by-design: Pull the former vice president, who has run as a statesman promising to restore the soul of America, into a mud-slinging contest.

He bulldozed Mr. Biden and the moderator, Chris Wallace, throughout the evening. But his goal, other than making for a convoluted contest, was less clear. Mr. Trump seemed principally focused on undercutting and disorienting Mr. Biden, rather than on presenting an agenda or a vision for a second term in the White House.

“I’ve seen better-organized food fights at summer camp,” said Michael Steel, a Republican strategist. “But Trump needed a clear ‘W,’ and he didn’t get it.”

Mr. Biden’s own performance was mostly adequate. He swallowed some of his own lines, and Mr. Trump talked over others.

Before the debate, Mr. Wallace had said that, if successful, his job was to be “as invisible as possible.” He sometimes managed to recede, though at other times he was caught up in the shout-fest. Rarely did he exert control over the chaos. “If you want to switch seats?” he offered gamely at one point to Mr. Trump.

The performance kept the focus squarely on Mr. Trump — often where he seems to like it — but also where the Biden campaign wants all the attention in a 2020 election the Democrat has cast as a referendum on the current president.

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Mr. Biden’s visceral dislike of Mr. Trump practically burst through the screen. He told Mr. Trump to shut up. He called him a clown and a liar. He tagged him as a racist. “You’re the worst president America has ever had,” he said at one point. “Keep yapping, man,” he said at another.

But for the most part, Mr. Biden succeeded in avoiding the chum that Mr. Trump was tossing into the debate water. Instead, he kept turning — physically — to face the cameras and address the American people instead of his chattering rival.

“This is not about my family or his family,” Mr. Biden said at one point, after Mr. Trump tried to bait him with an attack on his son Hunter. “It’s about your family. The American people. He doesn’t want to talk about what you need.”

The former vice president was strongest and most comfortable on the issues that he has focused on overwhelmingly in the last six months: the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic downturn.

“How well are you doing?” Mr. Biden asked the television audience about the economy, casting Mr. Trump as the candidate of the well-to-do, seizing on the recent report from The New York Times that Mr. Trump had paid only $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017.

Turning to the cameras gave Mr. Biden refuge from the constant stream of words coming from across the stage, and it helped him land some of his more effective and empathetic lines — an area that his advisers see as crucial to his appeal.

When Mr. Trump bragged about his large rallies that are being held against the guidance of many public health officials, Mr. Biden said, “He’s not worried about you.”

Mr. Trump is the president. He held his convention speech on the White House grounds. But he found some of his greatest success four years ago when running against Hillary Clinton as a failed Washington insider. And he is not ready to give up that angle in 2020.

In the 2016 debates, Mr. Trump hammered Mrs. Clinton over her failure to fundamentally change the country. “She’s been doing this for 30 years,” he said then.

He reprised the same line almost verbatim against Mr. Biden. “Why didn’t you do it over the last 25 years?” Mr. Trump challenged him about overhauling the tax code.

“In 47 months,” Mr. Trump said in one of his better, if clearly well-prepared, lines, “I’ve done more than you’ve done in 47 years, Joe.”

Like it was for Mrs. Clinton, it was at times a hard attack for Mr. Biden to answer. But unlike her, he had Mr. Trump’s record to slash at.

“He’s going to be the first president of the United States,” Mr. Biden countered at one point, “to leave office having fewer jobs in his administration when he became president.”

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One of the chief reasons Mr. Biden has said he is running for president as a 77-year-old is because of the white nationalists who gathered in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 and Mr. Trump’s unwillingness to condemn them.

The president declined to condemn white supremacists again on Tuesday, despite being asked directly by Mr. Wallace if he would do so.

“I’m willing to do that,” Mr. Trump began, before instead saying that “almost everything I see is from the left wing. Not from the right.”

Eventually, after Mr. Biden suggested he condemn the Proud Boys, a far-right organization widely condemned as a hate group, Mr. Trump declared, “Proud Boys: Stand back and stand by.”

It was a moment likely to outlast the night.

Representative Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, said: “The problem is not that Trump refused to condemn white supremacy. It’s much worse. It’s that he acknowledged he was their leader by telling them to ‘Stand by.’”

Later, Mr. Trump also refused to say he would abide by the results of the election and declined to tell his supporters to stay calm and avoid civil unrest.

“If I see tens of thousands of ballots, I can’t go along with that,” Mr. Trump said, urging his supporters go to polls and “watch very carefully.”

Mr. Biden said he would abide by the results and urged calm.

Mr. Biden has staked himself to a steady lead in the race largely due a historic gender gap: Women are supporting him far more than Mr. Trump, and by a far greater margin than Mr. Trump’s advantage among men. While Mr. Trump tried at times to explicitly tailor his points to suburban women, who have been at the center of his demographic erosion, his bullying performance seemed unlikely to win them back.

Mr. Trump has long seen politics in terms of strength and weakness, winning and losing, but his interruptions and self-aggrandizing seemed ill-suited to expanding his political coalition.

“Unless his strategy was to alienate more women to see if that helps him pick up more men, no,” said Sarah Isgur, who was a spokeswoman for Jeff Sessions when he was serving as attorney general in the Trump administration and who is now a writer for The Dispatch, a conservative news site.

Or as Anne Caprara, a Democratic strategist and chief of staff to Gov. J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, put it, “I don’t know any woman watching that who isn’t going to be disgusted by everything Trump did.”

Mr. Trump’s struggles in the suburbs are, in part, a result of his diminishing support among college-educated voters. His mocking of Mr. Biden’s decision to regularly wear a mask — which health officials have recommended — underscored his rejection of science when it suits his political purposes.

”I don’t wear a mask like him,” Mr. Trump said. “Every time you see him, he’s got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away from it, and he shows up with the biggest mask I’ve seen.”

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Beyond his attacks on Mr. Biden’s mental fitness — which redounded to Mr. Biden’s benefit by driving down expectations for his performance — one of Mr. Trump’s most consistent lines of attack has been that Mr. Biden is actually a leftist or even a socialist masquerading as a centrist.

Mr. Trump, whose narrow 2016 victory was aided by disaffected liberal supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders who either stayed home or voted for a third party, has worked hard to foment ideological divisions among Democrats.

Mr. Biden repeatedly took the opportunities on Tuesday to distance himself from his party’s left wing — without denouncing them. And he left little doubt who was in charge.

“The party is me, right now," Mr. Biden said. “I am the Democratic Party.”

He said his eventual stance on adding seats to the Supreme Court — on which he has avoided taking a position — would become the party line, and he rejected the Green New Deal without looking down on expansive environmentalism.

“I support the Biden plan,” he said.

Mr. Biden’s delivery was not always forceful. He did occasionally lose his cool and succumb to Mr. Trump’s barrage of taunts. But he mostly emerged unscathed, and for most Democrats, anything but a loss was welcomed as a clear win.

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Post-debate CNN poll: Six in 10 say Biden won the debate - CNN

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In interviews with the same voters conducted before the debate, 56% said they expected Biden to do the better job while 43% expected that Trump would.
The post-debate result is about the same as the outcome of a post-debate poll in 2016 after the first debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton. In that poll, 62% thought Clinton won the debate, 27% said Trump did.
About two-thirds said Biden's answers were more truthful than Trump's (65% Biden to 29% Trump), and his attacks on the President were more frequently seen as fair. Overall, 69% called Biden's attacks on Trump fair while just 32% said Trump's attacks were fair.
The survey is designed to be representative of those registered voters who watched Tuesday's debate, it does not represent the views of all Americans.
The voters who watched the debate were more partisan than Americans as a whole -- 36% identified as independents or non-partisans compared with around 40% in the general public, and the group of debate watchers was more Democratic than a typical survey of all adults, with 39% identifying as Democrats and 25% as Republicans.
Beyond overall praise for his performance, voters who watched the debate largely said that they trusted the former vice president over the current President on major issues covered in the debate, including racial inequality (66% trust Biden more, 29% Trump), health care (66% Biden to 32% Trump), the coronavirus outbreak (64% Biden to 34% Trump) and Supreme Court nominations (54% Biden to 43% Trump).
On the economy, though, voters who watched the debate split, with 50% saying they preferred Biden and 48% Trump.
Overall, 63% who watched the debate said Biden had the better plan for solving the country's problems (30% said Trump did), and that he seemed to be the stronger leader (55% Biden to 43% Trump).
The debate did not appear to dramatically move voters who watched in either vote preferences or their overall impressions of the two candidates.
A majority of debate watchers (57%) said that Tuesday's debate did not affect their choice for president, while the minority who said they were moved were more apt to say they became more likely to vote Biden (32%) than Trump (11%). Biden was, however, viewed as having better addressed concerns about his candidacy (59% Biden to 37% Trump).
Favorable views of both candidates were largely steady (62% had a favorable view of Biden, just 35% had a favorable view of Trump) when compared with the pre-debate results among the same people (60% had a favorable view of Biden, 37% had a favorable view of Trump).
The CNN post-debate poll was conducted by SSRS by telephone and includes interviews with 568 registered voters who watched the September 29 debate. Results among debate-watchers have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 6.3 percentage points. Respondents were originally interviewed September 22-27 either by telephone or online, and indicated they planned to watch the debate and would be willing to be re-interviewed when it was over. Respondents initially reached online are members of the SSRS Opinion Panel, a nationally representative probability-based panel.
This story has been updated with additional details from CNN's poll.

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Dive Brief:

  • The Florida Department of Transportation announced Monday that demolition on the Pensacola Bay Bridge has started as the agency begins its first steps toward repairing the damage caused by Skanska USA's Civil Southeast division barges, which broke loose during Hurricane Sally. A total of 22 barges broke free, causing damage to both public and private property.
  • FDOT inspectors are still determining the extent of the damage but have so far completed their survey of the top of the bridge’s structure, piers and most of the underwater footings. The demolition will focus on clearing access to the 22 remaining piers that await inspection. Skanska is currently working to remove the three barges on or under the bridge.
  • The FDOT said it hopes to have a final tally of the spans and piers that must be replaced, but, in the meantime, they are designing for permanent repairs. The bridge will remain closed until further notice and once the situation is fully assessed and damages are fully understood, "appropriate parties will be held responsible for the repairs," FDOT said.

Dive Insight:

As of Monday, the FDOT has inspected 202 underwater footings, 105 spans, 202 piers and 525 beams. So far, the agency’s assessment has revealed that:

  • Five spans must be replaced in full.
  • Two spans must be partially replaced.
  • An as-of-yet unknown number of beams will have to be replaced.

Skanska has already fabricated 25 beams and the piers necessary to start repairs, according to the FDOT. The contractor is also building more replacement beams and piers at an offsite yard and has enlisted other facilities to help with production. The agency said it expects this "aggressive effort" will allow Skanska to start the installation of these items as soon as demolition is complete. 

FDOT images show some of the damage caused by construction barges during Hurricane Sally earlier this month.

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Skanska started construction of the new spans for the bridge, also known as Three Mile Bridge, in 2017. Before the barge damage shut it down, there were four lanes of traffic — two eastbound and two westbound — using one new span, completed in 2019. The plan is to switch westbound traffic to the second new span when it is complete in 2021. 

Skanska said it is reaching out to property owners near the bridge affected by other barges that either landed on or damaged their property. The contractor told Construction Dive last week that "each barge is a unique recovery operation" and that it is working with experts to determine how to safely remove the errant barges.

The company has also provided an email address, [email protected], for those property owners who wish to file a damage claim.

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WASHINGTON — President Trump is promising to keep America great. Joseph R. Biden Jr. wants to restore the soul of America.

But there is much more to discuss beyond those two slogans.

The long-anticipated first debate between Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden on Tuesday night is expected to put a spotlight on pressing issues like the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed over 200,000 people in the United States, and the fight over the Supreme Court vacancy, whose outcome could affect American society for decades to come.

The debate will include six 15-minute segments on different topics selected by the moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News.

Here’s a look at where Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden stand on those six issues.

Mr. Trump has repeatedly claimed that his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic was exceptional, saying he acted early to impose travel restrictions from China; worked with states to acquire equipment like ventilators; and pushed for the development of treatments and vaccines.

The record, however, reveals that the president consistently played down the threat from the virus in the early days when it could have been contained, and ignored or resisted advice from his top health officials. The United States failed to provide enough testing to know how the virus was spreading, and Mr. Trump clashed with governors over the need for protective equipment.

There is also mounting evidence of the ways in which Mr. Trump and the White House put immense political pressure on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health agencies to accept Mr. Trump’s demands that the country reopen more quickly than they thought was safe.

And the president’s demands for a vaccine that could be announced before the election have left the public health community wary of the effectiveness and safety of a vaccine when one is ready.

For many months, Mr. Biden has put a major focus on the virus, condemning Mr. Trump’s handling of the pandemic and making that a central argument as he asks voters to deny the president a second term.

That is almost certain to be a major focus of Mr. Biden’s in the debate, too. He has promised a starkly different approach to combating the virus, stressing the importance of deferring to scientific experts, and he has called for a national mask mandate, which Mr. Trump does not support. He has taken care to model good behavior in his campaign, wearing a mask himself and refraining from holding rallies.

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Until the pandemic, one of Mr. Trump’s strongest arguments for re-election was the powerful performance of the economy, which had achieved low unemployment, strong growth and a soaring stock market.

Following the virus-induced shutdowns, the economy’s growth has stalled and unemployment has soared, even with some recovery in recent months. On the campaign trail, Mr. Trump promises that the economy will recover — and get even better — if he is given a second term.

The president has also promised a future tax cut for the middle class, though he has not offered specifics, and he has said he wants to reduce the capital gains tax.

Though the economy has been a source of enduring strength for Mr. Trump in the polls, Mr. Biden is trying to chip away at the president’s standing. He can point to Mr. Trump’s handling of the pandemic to argue that the president’s mismanagement has worsened Americans’ economic pain. And he has portrayed Mr. Trump as fixated on the performance of the stock market and concerned only about wealthy people.

This summer, Mr. Biden rolled out his own set of economic proposals under the slogan “Build Back Better,” including plans to invest in clean energy and to ensure that procurement spending goes toward American-made products.

One area where Mr. Biden may come under attack from Mr. Trump is tax policy. Mr. Biden is calling for tax increases on corporations and high-earning individuals, but he has said that no one earning less than $400,000 would face a tax hike.

The intense push to seat Judge Amy Coney Barrett on the Supreme Court before Election Day is part of the president’s four-year effort to remake the federal judiciary, adding conservative-leaning judges to the bench at all levels. With the help of a Republican-controlled Senate, Mr. Trump is succeeding in that goal.

The president has already installed two other Supreme Court justices — Neil M. Gorsuch and Brett M. Kavanaugh — and more than 200 federal district and appeals court judges, shifting the ideological balance for years to come.

Mr. Biden has pledged to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, though he has declined to follow Mr. Trump’s lead and release a list of potential nominees. He has called for Senate Republicans to hold off on confirming a successor to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg until after the election, noting that early voting is already underway.

Mr. Biden has sought to tie the court vacancy to the fate of the Affordable Care Act, arguing that health coverage for millions of Americans is at stake in November’s election. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments a week after Election Day in a challenge to the health law, and the Trump administration is asking the court to strike it down.

The president has seized upon unrest over racial justice as a defining difference between him and Mr. Biden, calling the protesters “rioters” and “anarchists” and overtly siding with the police in a bid to cast himself as a “law and order” leader.

The president and his campaign are using episodes of violence against the police to generate fear and support among his base. He has called for much more aggressive use of the National Guard to control disturbances, and has dismissed the Black Lives Matter organization as a radical, violent group.

When he is pressed for accomplishments, Mr. Trump cites the First Step Act, which made some reforms to federal sentencing laws, benefiting minorities. The bipartisan bill passed in 2018 and was signed into law by Mr. Trump.

Mr. Trump has attacked Mr. Biden as anti-law enforcement, often in exaggerated terms — though at times the president has also tried to cast him as overly punitive because of his work on the 1994 crime bill that encouraged incarceration.

Mr. Biden has repeatedly said that he opposes defunding the police, though Republicans have still falsely claimed that he supports that movement. He has condemned violence as well.

Mr. Biden has called for racial healing and pledged to confront systemic racism, a starkly different approach from Mr. Trump’s. In July, Mr. Biden released a plan to address racial inequities in the economy.

Mr. Biden’s message ties back to the origin of his campaign and themes of American values, as he often talks about being motivated to run by Mr. Trump’s comments after the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017.

Mr. Trump’s campaign has sought to highlight his “promises kept” during almost four years in the White House, telling voters that he has done what he said he would do as a candidate in 2016.

At his campaign rallies, the president focuses on trade, including his renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, and imposition of tariffs on China and other countries. He boasts about his 2017 tax cuts and the growth in jobs before the coronavirus pandemic. He cites increases in military funding, his elimination of environmental regulations, peace agreements in the Middle East and actions to shut down immigration.

Many of the president’s promises fell short, a point that Mr. Biden may highlight. Despite saying he would build a “big, beautiful wall” across the entire border with Mexico, the president has built only about 200 miles of wall, most of it replacements for existing barriers. He failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and he has not controlled federal spending.

In addition to Mr. Trump’s record in the White House, another issue likely to come up is his taxes. Mr. Trump has refused to release his tax returns, and The New York Times reported on Sunday that he paid only $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and in 2017.

Mr. Biden spent 36 years as a senator and eight years as vice president, so he has a voluminous record — giving him achievements to brag about, but also leaving him vulnerable over other aspects of his lengthy career.

Mr. Biden can point to accomplishments like the passage of the Violence Against Women Act, as well as the enactment of the Affordable Care Act and his work on the implementation of the 2009 stimulus package.

Mr. Trump has portrayed Mr. Biden’s record in a very different light, and Mr. Biden has faced criticism over a number of votes during the 2020 campaign, including his support for the Iraq war, the 1994 crime bill and NAFTA.

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Mr. Trump has spent much of the last year overtly questioning the integrity of the coming election, laying the groundwork for a legal and public relations assault if the initial count shows that he has lost the race.

The president’s primary focus in the past several months has been on mail-in ballots, which he claims — without any evidence — are subject to widespread fraud and should not be allowed.

Mr. Biden has warned that Mr. Trump is seeking to undermine the legitimacy of the election. “This president is going to try to indirectly steal the election by arguing that mail-in ballots don’t work,” he said in July.

Mr. Biden has also warned about possible foreign interference, vowing that as president, he would impose significant consequences for any meddling by foreign powers. Last week, he called Mr. Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power a “typical Trump distraction.”

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Last season, we waited until Week 7 to assess quarterback situations -- or controversies, if you will. That will not be the case in 2020. Though we have just three weeks in the books, several head coaches have already had to address the game's most important position, whether by making a switch due to injury or poor play or by shushing reporters' questions about installing a new starter.

Today, I'm taking a look at six teams' quarterback situations and assessing whether each team is making (or has already made) the right decision when it comes to their QB1. Here we go:

Chicago Bears
Chicago Bears

Current QB: Nick Foles. Backup: Mitchell Trubisky.

Y'all already know how I feel about Nick Foles in Matt Nagy's offense. It's a marriage that should've taken place before Week 3 -- and it probably would have, had we had a preseason -- but I feel good about the Bears rolling with Foles moving forward. Looking at Sunday's comeback victory over Atlanta, Foles performed like I thought he would in that system as a QB who is above average at reading defenses, going through reads and executing his throws. Foles completed 16 of 29 pass attempts for 188 yards, three TDs, one INT and a passer rating of 95.2 after he replaced Mitchell Trubisky, who has failed to have any sort of consistency this season, with 11 minutes remaining in the third quarter. Is Chicago making the right decision by starting Foles? Absolutely.   

Philadelphia Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles

Current QB: Carson Wentz. Backups: Jalen Hurts, Nate Sudfeld.

Doug Pederson was insistent Carson Wentz will remain the team's QB1 on Monday morning after tying the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 3. I have to agree with Pederson here. Wentz shouldn't be benched. I'm not in the meeting room, so I don't know what's going on between play-caller and quarterback, and it's clear they are working through some things right now. After watching the All-22 Coaches Film, I can tell you that Wentz is struggling to find rhythm with his receivers, many of whom are failing to get separation. It's not all on his targets, though. Wentz's reads aren't sharp, he's missing throws and he's missing open targets by looking to the wrong side of the field a bit too often. There were a few times Sunday when he got the ball to the right guy, but he was three progressions behind.

Some of this is on the play-caller, but some of it is because Wentz is simply getting to his second, third and fourth progressions late as a result of being too focused on his No. 1 target, tight end Zach Ertz. Whether Wentz isn't trusting his pass-catchers or pressing, I've still seen flashes of great quarterback play. Yes, it's true that Wentz must improve -- like, NOW -- if the Eagles intend to turn the season around, but trotting rookie Jalen Hurts out there isn't the answer.

Washington Football Team
Washington Football Team

Current QB: Dwayne Haskins. Backups: Kyle Allen, Alex Smith.

Dwayne Haskins is coming off his worst game this season (56.8 completion percentage, two TDs, three INTs, 58.8 passer rating), and his first two outings weren't anything special, either: He compiled a 56.3 percent completion rate, two TDs, zero INTs and an 85.5 passer rating. Nonetheless, head coach Ron Rivera is committed to Haskins as the team's starter.

I'm not quite as high on this decision as I am on what the Bears and Eagles are doing with Foles and Wentz. I've seen Haskins miss a lot of throws. Though he started seven games as a first-year pro in 2019, he still looks like a rookie working through a preseason. Haskins presents a lot of upside as a former first-round pick, but at some point, Washington must decide whether to wait it out or attempt to salvage the season by playing Kyle Allen. (Or Alex Smith?) To me, Allen gives this team the best chance to win at this point in time. My worry is, if Haskins doesn't visibly improve over the next few weeks, the staff will lose the rest of the team. That said, if Haskins is benched -- Rivera did say "there is a cut-off point for me" in terms of his young QB -- I'm afraid he won't regain the confidence he'll need to get back out there, this season or beyond. We can make excuses about the supporting cast, but I believe Washington is the worst team in the league when it comes to offensive personnel. 

Los Angeles Chargers
Los Angeles Chargers

Current QB: Justin Herbert. Backup: Easton Stick. Injured: Tyrod Taylor.

The Chargers didn't plan on first-round pick Justin Herbert playing this soon -- I really feel for Tyrod Taylor! -- but he is. And now that the rookie is out there, they shouldn't look back. In two career games, Herbert has shown good field awareness and that he understands space (when to throw the fastball versus taking some zip off it and leading a receiver into an area). He's made some big-time throws already and racked up 300-plus passing yards in each of his first two starts (he's only the third player in NFL history to do so). It hasn't all been perfect, with Herbert making some silly errors and negative plays, but he'll give Los Angeles the most upside this year -- and in years to come.

San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers

Current QB: Nick Mullens. Backup: C.J. Beathard. Injured: Jimmy Garoppolo.

The QB controversy whispers are circling after Nick Mullens led the 49ers to a 36-9 win over the New York Giants in Week 3. My initial thought when watching Mullens in his first start this year was: Man, he looks good out there. Comparing Mullens' cap figure this year ($750,000, per Over The Cap) to Garoppolo's ($26.6 million), I understand the impulse among outside observers to wonder if the Niners could save a little -- OK, a lot -- of money by finding a way to succeed without Garoppolo. But after watching more tape, I realize Mullens is what he is -- a good backup quarterback who will play well when you need him (and who, for what it's worth, is not signed beyond 2020). Garoppolo, who was out in Week 3 with an ankle injury, has the experience; he's proven he can lead the offense and that the moment isn't too big. When Jimmy G is healthy, he's the guy. No questions asked.

Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos

Current QB: Jeff Driskel or Brett Rypien. Backup: Blake Bortles. Injured: Drew Lock.

Drew Lock was hyped up all offseason, and the second-year pro showed some promise before suffering a shoulder injury in Week 2 that will sideline him for three to five weeks. Now, it feels like a lose-lose situation for the Broncos as they weigh their options with Jeff Driskel and Brett Rypien. Vic Fangio will name one of these QBs the starter for Thursday's tilt vs. the New York Jets. Neither one of these guys inspires confidence in terms of making this offense go. Flip a coin, maybe?!

It won't be this week, but I'm going to bet that new signee Blake Bortles will be the best option until Lock returns. Having been in Bortles' situation, I'm sure the former first-round pick would love another crack at starting in the NFL.

UPDATE: NFL Network's James Palmer reported Tuesday that Rypien is expected to be Denver's starter in Thursday's game against the Jets.

Top 15 Offensive Players

Former No. 1 overall pick and NFL Network analyst David Carr takes a look at all offensive players and ranks his top 15. For the first quarter of the season, the rankings are based on a combination of:

1) Player accomplishments from the 2019 season.
2) Weekly performances, factoring in strength of opponent.

Rankings will be solely judged on this season's efforts following Week 4. Arrows reflect changes from Week 3. Heading into Week 4, here is Carr's list:

Russell Wilson
Russell Wilson
Seattle Seahawks · QB

The MVP campaign picked up steam Sunday with Wilson throwing five more touchdown passes against the Dallas Cowboys. The fact that Wilson has thrown 14 TDs over the first three games -- the most by any player in NFL history in his team's first three games -- should make any defense cringe, notably those next on the docket (Miami, Minnesota and Arizona).

Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes
Kansas City Chiefs · QB

A lot of people already crowned Baltimore as the AFC's top team heading into Monday night's showdown between the Chiefs and Ravens. Mahomes had something to say about that, moving the ball at will all game long. With a four-touchdown performance from Mahomes, the Chiefs dominated from start to finish. Not to mention, the young passer passed Kurt Warner as the fastest player to 10,000 career passing yards in NFL history.

Lamar Jackson
Lamar Jackson
Baltimore Ravens · QB

Jackson struggled to get anything going for a majority of Monday night's game, recording fewer than 100 passing yards for the first time in 25 career starts. The Ravens' young passer didn't get much help from his pass-catchers, as there were several drops in critical situations. This loss certainly humbled Jackson and the Ravens -- better now than in January. But don't expect this to be the norm.

Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
Green Bay Packers · QB

Russell Wilson isn't the only quarterback etching his name into the record books. In another MVP-resume-building outing for Rodgers on Sunday night, he became the first quarterback in NFL history to have at least nine pass touchdowns with zero interceptions and two or fewer sacks in his team's first three games of a season. It's great to see Rodgers taking ownership of this Packers offense again. 

Alvin Kamara
Alvin Kamara
New Orleans Saints · RB

Kamara has emerged as THE guy in the Saints' offense with Michael Thomas inactive with an ankle injury and Drew Brees struggling against Father Time. Let's not beat around the bush and get right to his phenomenal 52-yard catch-and-run touchdown to tie Sunday's game against the Packers in the third quarter. There are few players capable of making a play like that. Kamara, who has now scored at least two TDs in each of his last five regular-season games, is the reason the Saints' offense has been able to go toe-to-toe with the Raiders and Packers in back-to-back weeks. 

Josh Allen
Josh Allen
Buffalo Bills · QB

The 2020 Bills offense is the best product in franchise history. Allen has been really impressive in the team's 3-0 start with 1,038 passing yards and 10 passing TDs, and the late comeback victory against the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday should give Allen and Co. a major confidence boost. Allen's development will surely be tested in the weeks to come, as Buffalo's next three opponents (Raiders, Titans, Chiefs) have a combined record of 8-1.

Aaron Jones
Aaron Jones
Green Bay Packers · RB

Aaron Rodgers got everyone and the dog involved in Sunday's offensive game plan, but Jones showed why he's a mainstay from week to week against even the toughest of opponents. The running back showed some sizzle against the Saints with explosive runs, including a 1-yard TD plunge on fourth-and-1 in the third to help Green Bay retake the lead in a game full of lead changes. As good as Rodgers has been for the Packers, they wouldn't be 3-0 without Jones.

DeAndre Hopkins
DeAndre Hopkins
Arizona Cardinals · WR

Hopkins continues to be a major contributor for the Cardinals' offense, with 12 targets, 10 receptions and 137 receiving yards in Sunday's loss to Detroit. He's the leader in the NFL clubhouse in receiving yards (356) through three weeks. 

Ezekiel Elliott
Ezekiel Elliott
Dallas Cowboys · RB

Zeke did log another TD run Sunday, but I have to give the Seahawks' defense some credit for limiting him to 34 yards on 14 carries (2.4 ypc). His 34 rush yards were the second-fewest in a game in his career in which he got at least 10 carries. It's not often that Zeke feels like a non-factor, but he was in Week 3.

Nick Chubb
Nick Chubb
Cleveland Browns · RB

The Browns' offense is beginning to click, and Chubb deserves a lot of credit for jump-starting this unit. Coming off a 108-yard, two-TD rushing performance against Washington, Chubb is a big reason the Browns sit at 2-1 heading into a showdown with the Dallas Cowboys.

Cam Newton
Cam Newton
New England Patriots · QB

Though the Patriots' run game dominated the Raiders' defense for 250 yards, Newton struggled mightily throwing the ball in New England's first five drives, going 5-of-13 for 35 pass yards, one INT and a 14.6 passer rating. Then, in his final four drives, he showed why he once claimed the league MVP award by keeping his composure and getting the passing attack back on track (12-of-15, 127 pass yards, one TD and a 124.2 passer rating). He may have given himself a C grade for his performance, but his ability to flip the switch mid-game tells me more than flawless play would have. That quality will be important down the line.

Travis Kelce
Travis Kelce
Kansas City Chiefs · TE

Patrick Mahomes got literally everyone involved Monday night with tackle Eric Fisher and fullback Anthony Sherman hitting pay dirt, which was fun to see. However, Kelce's production didn't dip as he recorded a team-high 87 receiving yards in the win, marking his 31st game with at least 50 receiving yards since 2018 (most in the NFL). 

Kyler Murray
Kyler Murray
Arizona Cardinals · QB

Murray has been electric as a runner all season long (four rushing TDs), but he showed regression in the passing game against the Detroit Lions. The second-year quarterback couldn't find his targets regularly on Sunday and threw three picks, which resulted in 10 points for the Lions. Those are big mistakes that the Cardinals can't afford in close games, and they paid the price Sunday as they fell to 2-1.

Davante Adams
Davante Adams
Green Bay Packers · WR

Green Bay was without Adams against the Saints on Sunday as the WR1 was sidelined with a hamstring injury. The hope is that Adams won't be out long, which is why he's still hanging around in the rankings.

Darren Waller
Darren Waller
Las Vegas Raiders · TE

A week after a career performance, Waller was held in check by the Patriots' stingy defense all game long. The versatile tight end had two receptions for 9 receiving yards on four targets, with his first catch of the game coming with four minutes remaining in the fourth. Even when the defense is limiting the TE, Jon Gruden and Derek Carr must find a way to get Waller involved.

DROPPED OUT: Josh Jacobs, RB, Panthers (previously No. 12).

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