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Nick Sirianni, the coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, explained a key factor in his team’s defensive dominance before winning the Super Bowl in February.
The Eagles forced the most fumbles in the NFL in the 2024 season, many of which were caused by a play known as the “Peanut punch.”
In the NFC Championship game alone, Philly pulled off the play twice, helping them defeat Washington and advance to the Super Bowl.
The Eagles had been watching it “on a whim,” according to Sirianni, who later admitted that “our video guy got me every Peanut punch that he forced a fumble with.”
What is the play about, and who is Sirianni’s “he”?
Charles Tillman, known as “Peanut,” is sixth on the all-time list for forced fumbles after 13 years in the NFL, scoring 44 in the process.
A “Peanut punch” is a defensive play where the tackler tries to eject the ball from the attacking player’s grasp.
Tacklers typically attempt to lower the ball carrier with their arms wrapped around it.
However, when a player makes a “Peanut punch,” they concentrate on getting the ball to pass and letting loose, giving them a chance to regain possession.
Tillman’s signature move is named after his last name.
When I was a baby, my aunt Renee just said, “Oh, he looks like a little peanut,” he said to BBC Sport, “I was only about five pounds, really tiny.”
“I couldn’t shake it because it just stuck.” No one in my family refers to me as Charles, as I do now at the age of 44.
That 6-foot-2-inch defensive back developed into a 1.88-meter defensive back after one of his coaches told him to “go after the ball” when making a tackle.
Tillman developed the technique by intentionally approaching attackers at what are regarded as “bad angles” for making tackles but perfect for kicking the ball loose.
He would attempt to attack the ball from a distance that the ball was not securely positioned behind the ball carrier.
After being selected by the Bears in the second round of the NFL draft in 2003, Tillman believed that the “Peanut punch” would be too dangerous because players would run too quickly and slammed him as they lined up the play.
In his first season, he eventually established himself as a punter who threw a ball loose on a punt return.
He continued, “A year later, I made a play in a game and the announcer said, “And Peanut Tillman with the tackle.”
Tillman made 10 forced fumbles in a single season against the Tennessee Titans, breaking the NFL record for the previous season.
After leaving Chicago in 2015, he made two more as he prepared for his final season with the Carolina Panthers, making his second Super Bowl appearance.
After noting “an uptick” in its use that season, the NFL established the “Peanut punch” as a legal in-game practice in 2022.
The Buffalo Bills, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia, and, of course, Chicago are just a few of the teams that have tried it the most recently.
Sirianni, the Eagles’ coach, claimed “last season, they drilled the hell out of it.” The “Peanut punch” gives your team a chance to capitalize immediately and prevent the other team from scoring.
In the last three games of the play-offs, Philly pulled off a “Peanut punch” three times, each time resulting in a touchdown.
So, Tillman’s moniker and signature move are still mentioned dozens of times each season nine years after retiring.
Tillman remarked, “It feels good.” It indicates to me that I am still a participant in the game.
There is a part of me that has significance in NFL history because I was the man who invented the “Peanut punch,” and I did it flawlessly.
It’s cool that I left my mark and have now created my own game.
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Kyiv’s European and regional allies have begun to work out commitments to a peacekeeping force that would enter Ukraine after a three and a half year-old ceasefire is reached following their summit with US President Donald Trump in the White House on August 18.
By the end of the week, they intend to collect those pledges.
Russia is also putting forth additional sanctions, according to Europe.
However, neither country’s position is shared on either issue.
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Estonia has so far indicated that it will contribute at least one military unit to the peacekeeping force, and Lithuania has previously stated that it will send an unnamed number of troops.
Romania declared that it would not send troops, but instead would set up F-35 airstrikes to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian ambassador to Ankara, Turkey is considering sending troops to demine the Black Sea.
The German Armed Forces Association’s head, Colonel Andre Wuestner, told the Reuters news agency that at least 10,000 troops would be required for an extended period.
A command post in Ukraine won’t be enough, according to Wuestner, adding that there will need to be a few generals and smaller military units.
Trump’s participation in such a force was a top priority for the Europeans at the White House meeting.
Trump had stated on August 18 that the US would participate, but not with troops.
The US recently told their European counterparts that the country would contribute “strategic enablers,” such as intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, command and control, and air defense assets, according to The Financial Times last month.
It is entirely theatrical,” he said. According to Keir Giles, an expert on Eurasia at Chatham House, every European leader, including [Ukrainian President] Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has to find a way to keep Trump on his side. They did it without losing sight of reality, though.
According to Giles, a ceasefire is “entirely unachievable because]Russian President Vladimir Putin is obviously not interested in ending the fighting,” but it is also undesirable.
Before Trump took office, he said, “Everyone is aware that a ceasefire was one of the worst-case scenarios possible outcomes.”
Ukraine and its allies in Europe have repeatedly criticized a truce as a chance for Putin to reorganize his forces before starting an offensive with renewed vigor. However, in February, Trump declared a ceasefire as his top priority.
They still give lip service to these ridiculous ideas because they need to humor Trump and fit in with the fantasy world that drives the Trump world, according to Giles.
Europe and Ukraine have been exerting great pressure on Trump’s direction since August 18.
Zelenskyy and Mark Rutte, the NATO’s chief executive, met in Kyiv on August 22 to discuss the need for “Article 5-like guarantees” operating under a blueprint that includes “a crystal-clear architecture of which countries assist us on the ground, which are responsible for the security of our skies, and which guarantee security at sea.”
The collective defense clause in NATO’s Article 5 states that an attack on one NATO member is treated as an attack on everyone.
Would Trump consent to “Article 5-like guarantees,” which create an automatic defense mechanism that would cause NATO forces to conflict with Russia?
Giles remarked, “Trump doesn’t always seem to be saying anything that makes sense,” and it’s incredibly vague and unclear whether he means what he says.
With Trump, you can never be certain. Political scientist Theodoros Tsikas reaffirmed that Trump is “changeable,” but that political reality prevents him from getting too far into Putin’s camp.
He wants to end the Ukrainian conflict first so that he can pursue an energy and mineral wealth economic partnership with Russia.
In a summit between Trump and Putin in Alaska on August 15, Reuters reported late last month that Russia and the US discussed business deals that were related to the issue of Ukraine’s disposition.
According to five sources, “These deals were put forward as incentives to encourage the Kremlin to agree to terms with the Ukrainian people and to ease sanctions against Russia.”
ExxonMobil re-joined a joint venture with Gazprom, Russian gas liquefaction equipment was purchased by Moscow, US equipment for gas liquefaction, and Russian ice-breakers were also purchased by the US.
Second, according to Tsikas, Trump “wants to free up US troops in Europe to recommit them to Asia.”
He can’t allow Ukraine to fall into his hands because it will cost him a lot of money in the US, much like Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, he says in this pirouette. Trump has limitations, too. The winner’s profile is the one he sells. That image crumbles if he suffers a significant defeat, he told Al Jazeera.
Trump is willing to provide security for Europe because of these reasons, Tsikas said.
According to Trump’s approach to Ukraine since taking office, this assistance would not be free.
According to The Financial Times, Ukraine has offered to purchase $100 billion worth of US weapons in exchange for US security guarantees. This is backed by Europe, which has already agreed to purchase $800 billion ($820 billion) worth of US weapons for itself.
Will these extraordinary sums ever be used? Through the NATO program PURL (Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List), Zelenskyy claims Ukraine needs US weapons worth $1 billion every month.
Through PURL, European nations have pledged to pay $ 1.5 billion for US weapons purchases for Ukraine. All of this is a far cry from the funds Trump demands, which raises the question of whether they will ever be put into action.
Once Putin and Zelenskyy reached a ceasefire, a peacekeeping force would only be put in place.
Despite Zelenskyy’s readiness, Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov has twice confirmed that the meeting was postponed in recent days.
On August 21, he informed his Indian counterpart that a meeting would take place when the proposals were “well developed.”
Lavrov added that “no meeting is being planned,” but that “Putin is prepared to meet with Zelenskyy when the summit’s agenda is ready.” This schedule is insufficiently prepared.
Lavrov demanded that Zelenskyy adhere to the positions that Putin and Trump allegedly agreed to at the meeting in Alaska.
Zelenskyy said “no to everything,” and it was very clear to everyone that there are several principles that Washington thinks must be accepted, including no NATO membership.
Trump’s positions have been pushed closer to home by Russia and Europe. Putin tried to deter Trump from backing sanctions, which Europe supports, by persuading him that a ceasefire was not required for peace talks.
In a Tuesday evening address to Ukrainians, Zelenskyy said, “Russia’s only signals indicate that it intends to continue avoiding actual negotiations.” Strong sanctions, strong tariffs, and real pressure alone can change this.
Trump reiterated a two-week self-imposed deadline on August 22 before approving sanctions against Russia. In a press conference at the Oval Office, he said, “I believe we will know where I’m going in two weeks.”
Sean Hannity on Fox received a first report from Trump regarding the deadline following his meeting with Putin in Alaska on August 15.
Trump is still wedged between Russia and Europe, and as a result, his predecessor, Biden, was a staunch European ally.
Leaders in Europe are more skeptical of Russia’s intentions because they only see it in terms of politics and security.
More than 1,100 people were killed when an earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan, and rescuers are desperately searching for survivors among the rubble of the homes.
About midnight on Sunday, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake and at least five aftershocks hit remote regions in mountainous provinces close to Pakistan’s border.
Ehsanullah Ehsan, the head of the Kunar Provincial Disaster Management Authority, stated on Tuesday that “operations continued throughout the night.”
He claimed that there were “still injured people in the distant villages” that needed hospitalization.
Villagers jumped in and rescued the debris from simple mud and stone homes built into steep valleys using only their bare hands.
According to the UN migration agency, some of the hardest-hit villages are still accessible due to blocked roads.
According to the USGS, the earthquake epicentre was located 27 kilometers (17 miles) away from Jalalabad, which claimed it struck at a shallow 8 kilometers (5 miles) below the Earth’s surface.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced an initial $5 million in aid on Monday, stating in a statement that the organization was working with local authorities to “sweekly assess needs, provide emergency assistance, and stand ready to mobilize additional support.”
According to the Afghan Red Crescent Society, a humanitarian organization active in the area, the death toll from the earthquake has increased to 1,124. The organization claimed that the disaster caused at least 3, 251 injuries and more than 8, 000 homes, as well as at least 3, 251 of those who were hurt.
According to government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, there are also dozens of injured in Laghman province.
Given that the majority of Afghans reside in low-rise, mud-brick homes vulnerable to collapse, relatively shallow quakes can cause more damage.
Pope Leo XIV expressed his deep sadness over the magnitude of the earthquake’s “significant loss of life” in a post shared by the Vatican.
Near the confluence of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates, earthquakes frequently occur in Afghanistan, particularly in the Hindu Kush mountain range.
Western Herat province was ravaged by an earthquake of magnitude 6.3 in October 2023, which left over 2, 000 people dead and more than 63 000 homes without life.
As Carol Speed ponders her thoughts, her voice gently swayes away. Her son, former manager and captain of Wales, took his own life 14 years ago. These conversations can’t be made easy by any means.
The pain is not completely gone, but it gradually gets less painful. We talk about the people we have lost in order to carry their memory, and they continue to stay in our minds.
Although sharing that level of grief can bring comfort to those who have experienced it is unique.
Due to the much-loved former Premier League player Gary Speed, who had a significant impact on Welsh football, who was Carol’s son, she has had to deal with much of her grief in public.
Since his 2011 passing, Speed has been honored in numerous ways, from street murals to songs playing on the terraces.
The Cwpan Gary Speed, or Gary Speed Cup, is a tournament that the Football Association of Wales (FAW) has now named after him.
A short drive from Speed’s childhood home in Flintshire, Colwyn Bay hosted the first game of the international youth competition.
“It’s unbelievable that people still remember him and the impact he had,” Carol says.
Carol most values those tributes to her son’s character over his accomplishments as a parent.
As Speed’s friends and former team-mates share their memories of the man who many of them knew as “Speedo” during the poignancy and sporadic sombre moments on a sun-kissed evening in Colwyn Bay, there are smiles and laughter.
Former Wales captains Kevin Ratcliffe and Craig Bellamy, both of whom are now the head coaches of the national team, are among those present.
Both Cledwyn Ashford and Speed’s former youth team-mates, who coached him as a boy more than 50 years ago, are present.
“It’s a very emotional night. I can recall the time Gary’s death was announced. Ashford says, “It broke my heart,” wiping in his eyes as tears flow.
He was a unique individual. When I think of the nine-year-old boy who represented me at Deeside Primary Schools and demonstrated his abilities as both a football player and as a person.
Five members of the 1980-1981 school team are present with us. We have been cut from that team by three other people. It’s sad in that way, but it’s a great evening to remember them and also to honor Gary and the other four men who lived their lives.
Wales Under-16s players make their way onto the field to warm up before facing Japan in their first game of the Gary Speed Cup as Bellamy and Ashford cross over for a photo shoot with a group of local schoolchildren.
Leading their team in a tournament held in someone’s memory is particularly meaningful, according to Adrian Harvie, their head coach.
Emilia, his daughter, passed away in September 2019 from the incredibly rare Alexander disease at the age of eight.
Every day, I consider those thoughts. So, like many others, I’m living with that every day, Harvie says.
“I’ve always wanted to be someone who’s defined by how I handled and handled it, not by my daughter’s death. I’m winning this battle, which is ongoing and happening every day.
It’s the same as how many other people experience trauma and how they approach it.
Wales lose to Japan on penalties, and their final opponent, Northern Ireland, will win the inaugural Cwpan Gary Speed.
Results are of equal importance in a developmental competition like this, though.
According to Harvie, “The tournament is first and foremost about Gary and making sure we put on a fitting tribute to such a wonderful human being.”
“A secondly, it’s about the players making sure we perform well, so by the end of that camp, they have learned a lot, they have found it to be really challenging, but they have most importantly enjoyed it.
So yeah, there will be some things to think about about me, but Gary and his legacy will be the focus of the tournament rather than me.
Harvie, who was born in England but is honorary Welsh, always enjoys singing the anthem.
After meeting both sets of players and receiving flowers as the anthems play, Carol Speed, who holds the flowers close to her as she stands by the Wales dugout.
This tournament will be remembered by her son, who forever altered Welsh football.
Carol says, “It’s remarkable that people are still remembering him and continuing to do this,”
We genuinely thought of him positively, but everyone else did as well. We didn’t realize this until after he passed away.
Oscar Piastri took a firm grip on the drivers ‘ championship by winning the Dutch Grand Prix as McLaren team-mate and title rival Lando Norris retired.
Isack Hadjar, a 20-year-old driver for Racing Bulls, came third in the Formula 1 title race, trailing only Max Verstappen.
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc both crashed out in the Ferrari race, which was miserable. They will be hoping for much better on home soil at this weekend’s Grand Prix in Italy.
After Norris’ tragic retirement in Zandvoort reduced their lead to nine points, does Oscar Piastri appear much more like the championship favorite? – Andrew
After winning the Dutch Grand Prix, Norris acknowledged that the oil leak that led to his retirement from Zandvoort had “only made it harder for me and put me under more pressure”
With nine races left, Piastri has a clear lead over the competition, especially given that the driver has been so strong this year and is “good in pretty much every situation,” as Norris puts it.
That points lead is the equivalent of a win and a fifth place. To regain the championship lead, Norris would need to win the next five races, with Piastri coming in second each time.
So it’s obvious that Piastri is now a stronger favorite than he was before, but it could still be said that he was a respectably strong favorite in any case.
It’s hard to think of anything Piastri has done wrong since he and Norris spun together at the Australian Grand Prix at the start of the season – an incident from which Norris was able to recover to win, but Piastri was left a ninth-place finish, because of where each ended up when they encountered a late-race downpour.
If Norris had finished second rather than retired, Piastri already had a nine-point lead heading to Zandvoort, which would have increased to 16. Also worth noting is that Piastri could have already had a 27-point advantage.
His penalty in Silverstone was controversial, and some believe that by rights he should have won in Hungary.
Norris was able to recover from losing ground at the start and defeat Piastri there thanks to McLaren’s policy of allowing its drivers to choose different strategies to try to beat their team-mates.
Piastri himself resisted feeling unfairly treated, but other team members believe he had a right under the rules of standard team-management, which typically favor the lead driver with strategy, given seniority in other teams.
Despite Norris ‘ strong recovery since McLaren made a front-suspension tweak in Canada to help him with his feeling for the front axle, Piastri has unquestionably been McLaren’s more consistent performer this season, having impressively stepped up his game since last year.
Having said that, Piastri’s lead is undoubtedly unbreakable. In earlier circumstances, smaller advantages were reversed.
In 2007, for example, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen was 17 points behind – the equivalent of 43 now, as there was a different points system – with two races to go, and still beat McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton to the title.
With seven races left in 2012, Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso held a 39-point lead over the other drivers’, but Vettel managed to resurrect and win the title. Vettel had a significant car advantage, but Alonso had some unfortunate luck.
And in 2014 and 2016, Lewis Hamilton several times recovered large gaps to team-mate Nico Rosberg. Successfully in 2014, and in 2016 only due to an engine failure while he was leading in Malaysia.
It is still under the control of Norris. And as he put it: “It’s almost a big enough gap now that I can just chill out about it and just go for it”.
Grand Prix in Italy
5-7 September, with race from 14: 00 BST on 7 September
Would Isack Hadjar’s appointment to the senior team hurt his career if he was called up to compete against the second Red Bull and does so admirably and outperforming him? – Bob
Hadjar was already in with a decent shout of being promoted to Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen next year, even before his outstanding performance at the Dutch Grand Prix.
Since Max Verstappen has destroyed every team-mate since Daniel Ricciardo left at the end of 2018, and Hadjar will only be in his second year of football, the argument is lost on him.
Anyone who is that raw would be hard-pressed to accept Verstappen.
But the other options might not look that appealing to Red Bull.
Yuki Tsunoda must up his game quickly if he wants to make a compelling case for Red Bull to keep him since he was promoted in place of Liam Lawson after two races this year.
It’s unlikely that Lawson will be able to compete in the senior team in the future. And of their current drivers in F1, that only leaves Hadjar.
Red Bull prefers to avoid their driver pool, but otherwise there is no one to watch out for in this situation.
The decision would be decided in their own time, team principal Laurent Mekies said on Sunday.
How refreshing to watch the Dutch Grand Prix without being constantly compared to “track limits.” It makes for a better spectacle! When will some of the other sterile tracks notice? – Dean
Zandvoort, which hosts the Dutch Grand Prix, is what is known in motorsport as an “old-school track”.
That implies a circuit that has history, was created a few decades ago, and has characteristics that many more recent circuits do not.
The track feels like it is a part of its surroundings rather than as if it were built on top of it because of the perception that the layout is a continuation of the natural contours of the land. That is in addition to jeopardy created by features such as a relatively narrow track, walls that are relatively close to the circuit, and grass rather than asphalt surrounding it.
Zandvoort’s layout severely tests drivers’ abilities, and it’s fast and demanding. A driver’s error is typically punished for it, which results in drama and incidents.
The drivers generally much prefer this type of track to more modern ones. Suzuka, Spa-Francorchamps, Montreal, Silverstone, and other well-known examples include street races like Monaco, of course.
This includes track restrictions, especially when grass lines a track rather than asphalt runoffs.
It’s highly unlikely, because of the importance of safety, that any new road courses will be designed in the old style.
F1 bosses have started making changes to tracks to address the issue of track limits now that it has been acknowledged as a problem.
So you might have seen, for instance, artificial or artificial grasses or gravel that are positioned directly off the track to separate it from the asphalt-making blocks that make up the new run-off areas.
Kimi Antonelli: Is she still the generationally recognizable talent she once was? – Martin
Because they admired Kimi Antonelli’s natural talent and potential as a future superstar, Mercedes decided to quickly place him in F1 this year.
Before he made his debut, everyone in Formula 1 had been told about how incredible of a talent he had.
It’s fair to say, though, that he has had a rocky start to his career. In a paddock where there are undoubtedly those who are starting to question whether Antonelli really has the future Mercedes hoped he would have. F1 is a difficult environment.
After a strong performance in Miami, where he took pole in the sprint race and out-qualified team-mate George Russell for the grand prix, Antonelli’s season got off to a good start. He continued to make steady progress through the first races.
But then his momentum was affected when Mercedes introduced a new rear suspension on the car. In Canada, Russell won and Antonelli won his first podium. However, it changed the car’s handling in subsequent turns and shook Antonelli’s faith.
Mercedes reverted to their previous suspension for the Hungarian Grand Prix, and the drivers reported the car was much more predictable again.
However, Antonelli had a difficult weekend in the Netherlands, with a minor accident in first practice and a mistake in the race that caused Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari to lose.
After the race, Toto Wolff, the Mercedes F1 team’s manager, stated that he still had “100% faith in him in the long term.” He acknowledged his error.
Wolff said: “When we made it clear last year in Monza that we would give him the opportunity, it was also saying that we would give him a year of learning, and there would be moments where we’d tear our hair out, and there would be other moments of brilliance. And that pretty much sums it up, in my opinion.
It’s obvious that he’s getting off the wrong foot for the weekend with his FP1 mistake. And then in the race, these moments of great driving. He was behind the McLaren, the quickest car, caught up, and then again, involved in an accident that unfavorably ended Charles’ and Kimi’s races.
“There were ups and downs, which this season had to be expected.” And every one of those days is going to be a learning for next year.