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MMQB Week 8: Bengals Are Back, Eagles Have ‘Dog Mentality’

Links to all our coverage from NFL Sunday, including conversations with Joe Burrow, Nick Sirianni, Geno Smith, Frank Reich, Zach Wilson and more. Plus, thoughts 24 hours before the trade deadline.

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MMQB Week 8: Bengals Are Back, Eagles Have ‘Dog Mentality’
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Welcome to Week 7 of the 2023 NFL season here at The MMQB. Below are links to everything Albert Breer wrote over the weekend, plus more from our staff.

How We Know Joe Burrow Is Really Back

Joe Burrow points before taking a snap against the 49ers
The Bengals have weathered the storm and gotten back above .500 :: Kelley L Cox/USA TODAY Sports

Albert Breer talks to the star QB about overcoming his calf injury earlier in the season and his biggest plays against the 49ers.

Eagles’ ‘Dog Mentality’ Helps Philly Avoid Super Bowl Slump

Eagles coach Nick Sirianni and Philadelphia have the NFL's best record at 7-1 after their win over the Commanders in Week 8.
The Eagles have won seven of eight games since the heartbreaker in the Super Bowl last February :: Brad Mills/USA TODAY Sports

Albert Breer talks to Nick Sirianni about the attitude in Philadelphia. Plus, why a receiver could win league MVP, Will Levis’s big day, Bengals having last laugh, the latest on the NFL trade deadline and much more in Albert Breer’s Ten Takeaways.

Inside Zach Wilson’s Heroics—Without Aaron Rodgers’s Influence

Jets quarterback Zach Wilson helped New York come from behind to beat the Giants in overtime in Week 8.
Wilson was good enough when it counted to help the Jets stack another win :: Vincent Carchietta/USA TODAY Sports

Albert Breer talks to the Jets’ quarterback about the frantic ending in a win over the Giants.

Latest NFL Trade Deadline News and Notes

Giants general manager Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll talk before a game preseason game. Both are wearing sunglasses.
Giants GM Joe Schoen dealt Leonard Williams for draft picks Monday afternoon :: Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY Sports

The Giants deserve credit, not much action on available pass rushers, a Cardinals lineman teams should call about, Chiefs will likely stand pat, Titans have complicated case.

More From the MMQB Staff:

49ers QB Brock Purdy fumbles on a sack
Purdy has now lost three straight games after the perfect start to his career :: Albert Cesare/USA TODAY Network

Gilberto Manzano: Five Things We Learned in Week 8: 49ers Have a Brock Purdy Problem

Conor Orr: Week 8 Clarifies Which Teams Should Be Buying

Conor Orr: Injuries Play Key Role in Identifying Trade Deadline Sellers

Gilberto Manzano: Fact or Fiction: Cowboys Flirting With a Return to Super Bowl Contender Status

Matt Verderame: NFL Week 8 Recap: What We Learned About Every Team

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ALBERT BREER

Albert Breer is a senior writer covering the NFL for Sports Illustrated, delivering the biggest stories and breaking news from across the league. He has been on the NFL beat since 2005 and joined SI in 2016. Breer began his career covering the New England Patriots for the MetroWest Daily News and the Boston Herald from 2005 to '07, then covered the Dallas Cowboys for the Dallas Morning News from 2007 to '08. He worked for The Sporting News from 2008 to '09 before returning to Massachusetts as The Boston Globe's national NFL writer in 2009. From 2010 to 2016, Breer served as a national reporter for NFL Network. In addition to his work at Sports Illustrated, Breer regularly appears on NBC Sports Boston, 98.5 The Sports Hub in Boston, FS1 with Colin Cowherd, The Rich Eisen Show and The Dan Patrick Show. A 2002 graduate of Ohio State, Breer lives near Boston with his wife, a cardiac ICU nurse at Boston Children's Hospital, and their three children.

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