It took more than half a century, but the 1962 New York Mets have company.

For 62 years, the first team in that franchise’s history was also the biggest loser in Major League Baseball’s record books. But these 2024 Chicago White Sox are now eye to eye with Casey Stengel’s expansion Mets in the toilet bowl of history – and about to plumb the depths even further.

The White Sox lost their 120th game Sunday, their 4-2 defeat to the San Diego Padres equaling the ’62 Mets for most setbacks in a single season.

Now, the White Sox are 36-120 and heading home with six more chances for that 121st loss to stand alone in history’s loss column. They do have one bar they can hope to clear: The 1916 Philadelphia Athletics’ .235 winning percentage is the worst in modern baseball history. The White Sox are currently at .232.

Yet, at this point, all the ignominy feels inevitable. Chicago has endured losing streaks of 21, 14 and 12 games this season, and finishes the season with series against the Los Angeles Angels and Detroit Tigers. The White Sox are 1-9 this year against the Tigers alone, a big reason why they’re a mind-boggling 8-41 against American League Central foes this season.

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That 21-game skid spanning July and August resulted in the firing of manager Pedro Grifol, who went 28-89 this season and 89-190 these past two seasons. They decimated their putrid roster even further at the July 30 trade deadline, dealing pitchers Erick Fedde and Michael Kopech, and outfielders Eloy Jimenez and Tommy Pham to contenders, making life no easier for interim manager Grady Sizemore.

But make no mistake: This outcome is very much a case of systemic rot, nothing no manager, interim or permanent, or player could have realistically prevented.

This was the first full season under GM Chris Getz after longtime club president Kenny Williams and former GM Rick Hahn were let go in August 2023. While the club did make playoff appearances in pandemic-shortened 2020 and 2021, the club became unmoored under venerable manager Tony La Russa and Grifol.

A long history of disinvestment in free agents – current outfielder Andrew Benintendi’s $75 million contract is the largest in team history, and he’s been worth -0.8 WAR in his two seasons – and behind-the-curve efforts in drafting and player development left the organization largely barren.

With another grim season ahead, Getz did not wait to trade the club’s best asset, pitcher Dylan Cease, to the Padres in March. While that was a typical move for a club aiming to rebuild, the roster left behind was, in a word, putrid.

While “tanking” has been in vogue in baseball for more than a decade, these White Sox became baseball’s worst team in history without trying particularly hard at it. Worse than the 2011 Houston Astros (51-111). Worse than the 2018 Baltimore Orioles (47-115) and 2023 Oakland Athletics (50-112). And now, all square with the 1962 Mets, with one more L securing the cement shoes that will drag them to the bottom of baseball history.

If you thought Week 2 of the NFL season was unpredictable, Week 3 was an enigma that nobody saw coming. Houston didn’t stand a chance against Minnesota. Denver took Tampa Bay to the cleaners. Malik Willis looked like a stud, leading the Packers’ offense to a massive victory. And the New York Giants managed 21 points against a solid Browns’ defense.

Unlike Week 2 though, there were a lot of players with big weeks in fantasy. Amari Cooper bounced back from a horrid first two weeks to put up over 27 PPR points. Saquon Barkley was great as always. Jonathan Taylor, Malik Nabers, and many more had massive performances for fantasy teams this weekend, but there were even more duds.

Great fantasy managers don’t treat duds like curses though, they treat them as opportunities to find out who got the volume in their dud’s stead. That’s what the waiver wire is for after all. Here are five players to keep your eye on ahead of Week 4.

Waiver wire players to add Week 4:

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RB Bucky Irving, TB (Rostered in 35% of Yahoo leagues)

After two weeks of inefficiency from Rachaad White to start the season, Bucky Irving owners were looking at the Buccaneers with giddy anticipation, hoping that one more atrocious week would thrust Irving into a more sizable role. Well, Week 3 may have granted that wish. For the first time this season, White earned fewer carries than Irving. Irving has been more efficient as a rusher every week, averaging 6.2 yards per carry on the season compared to White’s 2.1.

White is still a superb pass-catching back, but Irving is no slouch in that regard either. He caught three passes against Denver after all. So long as Irving maintains even two-thirds of his efficiency on the ground, it will only be a matter of time before Irving takes over the early-down role in Tampa’s backfield.

WR Jauan Jennings, SF (Rostered in 29% of Yahoo leagues)

While Brandon Aiyuk is still the sure-fire No. 1 option in this 49ers’ passing game with Deebo Samuel out, three touchdowns cannot be overlooked. Jennings has been spectacular to start the season, but many people believed it was the fact that he was overshadowed by All-Pro talents like Aiyuk, Samuel, and George Kittle that gave him so many key targets. However, in Week 3, when he was thrust into a more prominent pass-catching role, Jennings rose to the occasion and appeared to be Brock Purdy’s go-to target in the red zone. With Deebo Samuel likely out at least one more week, Jennings is a great add with the 49ers set to play the New England Patriots in Week 4.

WR Darnell Mooney, ATL (Rostered in 25% of Yahoo leagues)

While Mooney has yet to play this weekend, let’s not forget how effective he was in Week 2 when he racked up seven targets and was looked at constantly when the Falcons needed him to come up big. Mooney is the clear No. 2 option in the Falcons’ passing attack. He looks like their best deep threat as well.

RB Tyler Badie, DEN (Rostered in <2% of Yahoo leagues)

At the start of the season, it was unclear whether or not Javonte Williams or Jaleel McLaughlin would break out as the Broncos’ best back. Well, three weeks into the year, they’ve both been atrocious. They each earned only five carries, and despite being up massively against Tampa Bay, the garbage time work went to this man, Tyler Badie.

Badie was cut by Denver earlier in the week actually, but was picked back up to replace the injured Audric Estime. Well, he made the most of his opportunities, racking up 70 rushing yards on just nine attempts, nearly quadrupling Williams and McLaughlin’s combined totals on the ground with one less carry.

With Williams and McLaughlin averaging under 2.5 yards per carry each, Badie is worth a look in deeper leagues as a handcuff. In fact, given Badie’s great performance, the Broncos could decide to give him the bulk of the carries as early as next week.

TE Cole Kmet, CHI (Rostered in 40% of Yahoo leagues)

With Keenan Allen out each of the last two weeks, Kmet has earned 16 targets. He led the Bears in receptions (10) in Week 3. The problem is that Allen and Kmet serve a similar role as pass-catchers, and with Allen likely to return soon, there’s a chance that Kmet will disappear into obscurity when Allen is healthy. However, Kmet and quarterback Caleb Williams appear to have created some sort of connection that could survive through Allen’s return. And with how bad the tight end position has been this year, stashing Kmet is a low-risk play that could pay off massively.

On Sunday night, the Cincinnati Reds fired manager David Bell.

Bell received a contract extension last summer, but the Reds had a disappointing 2024 season and missed the playoffs. The goal was to win the division, but the Reds have a 76-81 record entering the final week of the season.

Bench coach Freddie Benavides will fill in as the interim manager for the final week of the season.

‘David provided the kind of steadiness that we needed in our clubhouse over the last few seasons,” Reds president of baseball operations Nick Krall said in a statement. “We felt a change was needed to move the Major League team forward. We have not achieved the success we expected, and we need to begin focusing on 2025.”

Bell joined the Reds for the 2019 season and posted a 405-456 record over the last six seasons. He guided the Reds through COVID, managed a playoff team in 2020 and received his first of two contract extensions with the Reds in 2021.

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In 2022, the Reds lost 100 games and went through a full rebuild. The Reds broke through in 2023 and were in the playoff race until the final weekend of the season. Bell received a contract extension last July as the young core impressed, but that momentum didn’t carry into 2024.

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A record-breaking performance from Marina Mabrey, playing in her first postseason with the Connecticut Sun, helped the third-seeded Sun to a 93-69 win over sixth-seeded Indiana in Game 1 of the quarterfinals Sunday.

Mabrey scored 27 points off the bench, a WNBA record for the playoffs, connecting on 9-of-20 shots, including 5-of-12 from 3. But that might not have even been the most impressive performance Sunday, as Sun guard/forward Alyssa Thomas turned in her fourth career triple-double (12 points, 13 assists, 10 rebounds) of the postseason.

Caitlin Clark finished with 11 points on 4-of-17 shooting for the Fever, including 2-of-13 from 3. She also dished eight assists, and turned the ball over just twice. Kelsey Mitchell led Indiana with 21 points, while Aliyah Boston added 17 points and 11 rebounds.

DeWanna Bonner chipped in 22 points as the Sun held Indiana to just 21.4% from 3 (6-of-28) in the statement win. The Sun’s bench outscored Indiana’s bench 41-15.

Game 2 is Wednesday at 7:30 p.m., again at Connecticut. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

Another ‘crappy game’ in Connecticut for Indiana Fever

Before the Indiana Fever took on the Connecticut Sun in round one of the WNBA playoffs, Caitlin Clark told reporters she hasn’t been very happy with the way she’s played in Mohegan Sun Arena.

That continued Sunday — by her own estimation at least — as she described Sunday’s loss as a “crappy game.”

“We were right there, I felt like we just played a crappy game,” Clark said afterward. “The flow was really bad, I don’t know if that was the reffing, it was probably partly us because we struggled to get stops at time(s), but also the clock getting messed up, it was just one thing after the next,” she said.

Numerous times during the first half the game clock was malfunctioning, causing stoppage in play and officials to head to the scorers’ table to try to fix the problem. 

Asked if there’s something particular about the Sun’s arena that she doesn’t like, Clark smiled.

“We can win,” she said. “It’s not anything about the building, it’s not about the gym, it’s not about the hoops. I have all the confidence in the world in this team, and everybody in our locker room does and I know we’ll be a lot better Wednesday.”

Connecticut is expecting the same, too. DeWanna Bonner guarded Clark the most Sunday — a change from the regular season, when Dijonai Carrington typically drew the assignment — and, according to ESPN, Clark shot just 2-of-9 with Bonner guarding her (Clark finished the game 4-of-17).

“I know the next game, she’s gonna come out firing,” Bonner said of Clark.

Game 1 highlights: Connecticut 93, Indiana 69

DeWanna Bonner on Alyssa Thomas: ‘Her time, every year‘

Alyssa Thomas is known for triple-doubles — she’s recorded 12 in her WNBA career — but what’s even more impressive, according to her teammates, is when those stuff-the-stat-sheet games come in the playoffs.

Thomas had the fourth postseason triple double of her career Sunday, a feat that the Connecticut Sun have come to expect.

“She kinda gets us in places we need to be. It’s great to have a player who can read the game the way she can. I just go where she tells me,” guard DeWanna Bonner said afterward, laughing. She added that for Thomas, the postseason is “her time, every year. I don’t expect anything less (than triple doubles).”

Marina Mabrey, who scored 27 points off the bench, also praised Thomas, saying that whenever they’re on the floor together, Thomas “always finds me.” That’s especially true when Mabrey gets hot from the perimeter, as she did Sunday, connecting on 5-of-12 3-point attempts.

Alyssa Thomas notches triple-double

Alyssa Thomas likes to pride herself on doing a little bit of everything for the Connecticut Sun. And Sunday, in her first game of the 2024 playoffs, Thomas did exactly that.

The veteran guard/forward recorded her fourth career triple-double of the postseason (and 12th overall in her career including regular season games) with 12 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds.

Earlier Sunday, the WNBA announced that Thomas had finished fifth in 2024 MVP voting — behind Caitlin Clark of the Fever. A’ja Wilson won her third MVP. Napheesa Collier finished second in voting and Breanna Stewart third.

Caitlin Clark sporting black eye

After getting inadvertently poked in the eye early in the first quarter by Dijonai Carrington, Caitlin Clark has the beginnings of a black eye.

No foul was called on the play. Clark was on the ground for a few minutes holding her eye, but she didn’t miss any time and returned to play immediately.

End of 3Q: Connecticut 68, Indiana 57

Caitlin Clark finally hit her first 3 — and shortly after, her second — but the Fever can’t close the gap against a very experienced Connecticut Sun team. The Sun lead, 68-57.

Going into Sunday, Connecticut had played 222 playoff games in franchise history. Indiana, meanwhile, had played just 19. That experience is showing this quarter, as the Sun built as much as a 15-point lead. Much of that was due to the hot shooting of Marina Mabrey, who had 11 points in the third quarter, including nine points on three 3s.

Alyssa Thomas is agonizingly close to a triple-double, with 12 points, nine assists and nine rebounds going into the fourth quarter.

Clark has hit two 3s and is now at 11 points, six assists and two steals.

Halftime: Connecticut 46, Indiana 38

We’re officially on triple-double watch for Alyssa Thomas.

The do-everything veteran from Connecticut already has 12 points, seven rebounds and six assists, helping the Sun to its biggest lead of the game at halftime, 46-38.

Meanwhile, Connecticut’s DeWanna Bonner has a team-high 16 points and has harassed Caitlin Clark into a rough shooting start. Clark is just 1-of-9 from the field, including 0-of-6 from 3. She has four assists and no turnovers through the first 20 minutes.

Kelsey Mitchell leads the Fever with 11 points. Aliyah Boston has eight and five rebounds.

It’s been a tight, back-and-forth contest with five lead changes and six ties already. One of the biggest differences so far: Connecticut has 11 points off seven Indiana turnovers, while the Fever haven’t scored any points off the Sun’s five turnovers.

Ty Harris out for remainder of Game 1

Connecticut guard Ty Harris, who badly rolled her right ankle midway through the first quarter, will not return to Game 1 on Sunday.

Harris was helped off the floor after stepping on Lexie Hull’s foot and went straight to the locker room. She returned to the bench on crutches at the beginning of the second quarter with her ankle heavily wrapped.

In her absence, Marina Mabrey will likely play more minutes and start the second half.

ABC showed her in a boot with about 4 minutes left in the game.

End of Q1: Connecticut 23, Indiana 20

In a choppy, physical first quarter the Connecticut Sun took a 23-20 lead over the Indiana Fever, led by the hot hand of DeWanna Bonner, who already has 10 points.

Both teams are moving the ball well, combining for 12 assists on 16 made field goals.

Connecticut has a 14-8 edge in points in the paint and has scored eight fast break points to Indiana’s zero.

Caitlin Clark has three points, scoring on a tough layup and hitting one of two free throws.

Caitlin Clark scores first points of WNBA playoff career

Clark drove the court down the right side, worked her way under the basket and finished off with a tough reverse layup for her first points of her WNBA postseason career. She scored with 3:16 remaining in the first quarter, making it 16-16.

Ty Harris twists ankle, down for Sun

Connecticut guard Ty Harris, a starter for the Sun who averaged 10.5 points and 3.0 assists during the regular season, went down with a right ankle injury with 6:16 to play in the first quarter and had to be helped to the bench.

Harris went flying out to contest a 3 from Indiana’s Lexie Hull and landed on Hull’s foot as she came down, badly rolling her right ankle. She went straight back to the locker room. ABC reported she was doubtful to return.

Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun

The Fever travel to the Sun for Game 1 of their best-of-three first-round playoff series Sunday.

What time is Game 1 of Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun?

Game time is 3 p.m.

How to watch Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun

The game will be broadcast on ABC. It will be available to view on demand on WNBA League Pass after it concludes. Fans can get the WNBA League Pass by downloading the WNBA app.

How to stream Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun

The game can be streamed on Fubo.

Liberty rout Dream 83-69 in first WNBA playoff game

Behind 21 points from rookie Leonie Fiebich the New York Liberty easily handled Game 1 of its series against Atlanta Sunday, beating the Dream 83-69 to take a 1-0 lead in the three-game series.

Fiebich, a rookie from Germany who played for the German national team this summer at the Paris Olympics, shot 7-of-8 from the field, including 4-of-4 from 3. Sabrina Ionescu chipped in 17 points while Breanna Stewart recorded a double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds.

New York guard Courtney Vandersloot, one of the best passers in the WNBA, became the league’s career playoff assists leader, passing 13-time All-Star Sue Bird, who played 19 seasons in Seattle. Vandersloot handed out three assists Sunday, bringing her career playoff total to 365.

Rhyne Howard scored 14 to lead the Dream.

The teams meet for Game 2, also in New York, on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.

Sun starting lineup for Game 1

Fever starting lineup for Game 1

Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun postseason schedule

Sunday, Game 1: Connecticut 93, Indiana 69
Wednesday, Game 2: Indiana at Connecticut (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Friday, Game 3*: Connecticut at Indiana (TBD, ESPN 2)

(* – If necessary; all times Eastern)

WNBA postseason schedule

Sunday:

Game 1: New York 83, Atlanta 69
Game 1: Connecticut 93, Indiana 69
Game 1: Minnesota 102, Phoenix 95
Game 1: Seattle at Las Vegas (10 p.m., ESPN)

Tuesday:

Game 2: Atlanta at New York (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Game 2: Seattle at Las Vegas (9:30 p.m., ESPN)

Wednesday:

Game 2: Indiana at Connecticut (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
Game 2: Phoenix at Minnesota (9:30 p.m., ESPN)

Thursday:

Game 3*: New York at Atlanta (TBD, ESPN 2)
Game 3*: Las Vegas at Seattle (TBD, ESPN 2)

Friday:

Game 3*: Connecticut at Indiana (TBD, ESPN 2)
Game 3*: Minnesota at Phoenix (TBD, ESPN 2)

(* – If necessary; all times Eastern)

Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun: USA TODAY reporters’ picks

Nancy Armour: Sun over Fever in 2
Scooby Axson: Sun over Fever in 2
Ellen J. Horrow: Sun over Fever in 3
Jordan Mendoza: Sun over Fever in 3
Lindsay Schnell: Sun over Fever in 2

Read more prognostications and analysis here.

Caitlin Clark finishes fourth in MVP voting

A’ja Wilson won her third MVP award Sunday, joining Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson as the only players with three. Wilson joined Cynthia Cooper (1997) as the only players selected in a unanimous vote. And the Las Vegas Aces star did it by becoming the first WNBA player to lead the league in points, rebounds and blocks.

Caitlin Clark, who is expected to easily win Rookie of the Year, finished fourth in the voting, behind Napheesa Collier, of the Minnesota Lynx, and Breanna Stewart of the Aces.

Caitlin Clark rewrites WNBA record books. Again. And again.

The Fever rookie made headlines all summer with her head-turning play. Revisit her accomplishments in this graphic.

How Caitlin Clark helped change Lexie Hull’s game

Like most WNBA fans, Lexie Hull consumes a lot of Caitlin Clark content. 

Any time Clark breaks a record, says something interesting or, like, sneezes, Hull is made aware. 

But when Hull, Clark and Katie Lou Samuelson traveled with their boyfriends (in Samuelson’s case, husband) to Mexico for a much-needed beach vacation during the WNBA Olympic break, Hull learned something new about Clark. 

The No. 1 pick of the 2024 draft and the overwhelming favorite to win Rookie of the Year is . . . funny. 

Goofy, even. A prankster. 

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The upper echelon of the US LBM Coaches Poll after college football’s Week 4 remains largely unchanged this week. That will likely not be the case next week with the season’s first top-five showdown on the horizon.

Georgia remains No. 1, receiving 35 of 55 first-place votes cast this week. The Bulldogs had an open date to prepare for next week’s trip to No. 4 Alabama, which was also idle over the weekend. No. 2 Texas, which easily handled UL-Monroe on Saturday, closes the gap a little more picking up 18 first-place nods. The remaining two firsts went to No. 3 Ohio State, which opens Big Ten competition next week at Michigan State.

Mississippi stays put at No. 5 as Tennessee nudges ahead of Oregon at No. 6, giving the SEC five of the top six teams in the poll this week. The news wasn’t all good for the league, however, as Missouri slips from a tie for eighth to No. 11 after needing overtime to escape Vanderbilt. Penn State, Miami (Fla.) and Utah now round out the top 10.

TOP 25: Complete US LBM Coaches Poll ranking after Week 4

HIGHS AND LOWS: Winners and losers from Week 4 in college football

Michigan makes the week’s biggest gain within the rankings, gaining five spots to check in at No. 12 after upending Southern California, knocking the Trojans down four slots to No. 16.

Kansas State tumbles 11 positions to No. 25 after a late-night drubbing at Brigham Young, which moves into the poll at No. 22. No. 21 Illinois also joins the rankings after taking down Nebraska in overtime Friday night.

The Cornhuskers and Memphis are the week’s dropouts.

Reed Blankenship clinched a 15-12 Philadelphia Eagles victory when he intercepted New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr with 55 seconds left in their Week 3 matchup.

The Eagles were naturally fired up after their come-from-behind victory on the road in the Superdome. They celebrated their win, during which they scored 15 of their points in the fourth quarter.

However, Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter took the celebration too far. The second-year Carter appeared to give some Saints players, including veteran defensive backs Marshon Lattimore and Tyrann Mathieu, a double-thumbs down gesture as they took the field. That gesture upset Mathieu, who was seen shouting at the Eagles sideline.

Meanwhile, Carter began walking the sidelines and baiting the New Orleans crowd to get louder. That led coach Nick Sirianni, defensive line coach Clint Hurtt, and chief security officer Dom DiSandro to intervene and restrain Carter.

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The Fox cameras captured most of the exchange at the end of the broadcast.

Sirianni was not asked about his late-game exchange with Carter after the contest, but it didn’t appear to dampen his opinion of the second-year tackle’s performance Sunday.

Sirianni waxed poetic about the preparation that Carter and his counterpart, Jordan Davis, put in ahead of the game against the Saints. He believed their efforts paid off after they limited a high-flying New Orleans offense to 12 points.

‘Jalen Carter played his butt off,’ Sirianni told reporters.

It’s hard to argue with Sirianni’s assessment. Carter racked up four tackles, two TFL, and two pass defenses while terrorizing the Saints, who had to turn to backup center Lucas Patrick after an early-game injury to starter Erik McCoy.

While Sirianni may have preferred to see Carter avoid his postgame tiff with Mathieu and the Saints fans, it didn’t ultimately impact the Eagles negatively during their second win of the season.

Quarterback Justin Herbert exited the Los Angeles Chargers’ Week 3 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, re-injuring his ankle that almost sidelined him prior to the game.

The 26-year-old suffered a high ankle sprain in the Chargers’ Week 2 win over the Carolina Panthers and appeared to re-aggravate the injury in the third quarter on Sunday. Herbert was seen limping to the sideline on the game broadcast after taking a hard hit against the Steelers.

Herbert received attention in the blue medical tent on the Chargers’ sideline. Backup quarterback Taylor Heinicke has entered the game in relief.

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Justin Herbert injury update

The Chargers quarterback briefly exited the game and entered the blue medical tent with an ankle injury, per the Chargers. He wouldn’t return to the game after seemingly re-injuring his ankle.

Herbert was seen in a walking boot following the game, and said the ankle injury felt fine pregame, but got sore throughout the game.

Following the game, Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh said he had no further updates on the various injuries suffered by Los Angeles’ players, including Herbert (ankle), edge rusher Joey Bosa (hip) and offensive tackle Rashawn Slater (pec). He also said that he planned to take Herbert out of the game if he showed any signs of aggravating his ankle injury.

‘As soon as I saw Justin got up – first sign of any limp, he was coming out of the game,’ Harbaugh said. ‘I took him out.’

Herbert was originally listed as ‘questionable to return.’ He was later seen limping on the sideline with a cap on.

USA TODAY will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.

Chargers quarterback depth chart

With Herbert sidelined, here’s how the Chargers’ depth chart looks at quarterback:

Justin Herbert (injured)
Taylor Heinicke
Easton Stick

Wide receiver DeVonta Smith is out of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 3 game against the New Orleans Saints.

Smith was evaluated for a concussion after taking a hit from Saints rookie defensive tackle Khristian Boyd early in the fourth quarter. The 25-year-old receiver had caught a short pass and forward progress seemed to have been stopped before he took the hit.

Boyd has come under a little bit of fire for the brutal hit, but not as much as Saints teammate Payton Turner; Turner seemed to take a dive at a helmetless, supine Smith, drawing the ire from viewers. Turner also appeared to spit on the ground near Smith, with some questioning if he spat at the Eagles wide receiver.

The Eagles ruled Smith out for the game within minutes of exiting the game. Philadelphia is now without their top two wide receivers – A.J. Brown (hamstring) and Smith (concussion) – for at least the remainder of Sunday’s game.

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Here’s the latest on the Eagles’ young wide receiver:

DeVonta Smith injury update

Smith exited the Eagles’ game against the Saints early in the fourth quarter immediately after taking a hard hit that took off his helmet. He was evaluated for a concussion and ruled out of the game within a few minutes of the hit.

The receiver was listed as out for the remainder of the game. His status for future weeks is to be determined.

USA TODAY will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.

Eugene ‘Mercury’ Morris, a fleet-footed running back for eight NFL seasons and a key cog in the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins, has died at the age of 77.

Morris teamed with backfield mates Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick as the Dolphins won back-to-back Super Bowls under coach Don Shula in 1972 and 1973.

Selected in the third round of the 1969 NFL draft out of West Texas A&M, Morris began his pro career as a kick returner, leading the NFL in kickoff return yardage as a rookie and taking one back 105 yards for a touchdown.

He became an effective change-of-pace back for the Dolphins, subbing in for the bruising Csonka, earning the first of three consecutive Pro Bowl honors in 1971.

Morris’ best season came in Miami’s perfect 1972 campaign. He rushed for an even 1,000 yards as he and Csonka became the first teammates in NFL history to run for 1,000 yards in the same season. He also led the league that year with 12 rushing touchdowns as the Dolphins capped a 17-0 season with a 14-7 victory over Washington in Super Bowl 7.

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Morris tallied 954 yards on an NFL-best 6.4 yards per carry in 1973 as he was again named a Pro Bowler and the Dolphins won a second consecutive Super Bowl.

He joined the San Diego Chargers for the final season of his career in 1976. He finished with 4,133 rushing yards and 35 total touchdowns – 31 rushing, one receiving and three on kickoff returns.

After retiring, Morris became one of the most prominent members of the undefeated Dolphins in their annual celebrations. He coined the term ‘Perfectville’ to describe their unique place in history, and was perhaps the most vocal defender of their greatness in comparison to other dominant NFL teams that would follow.

‘I played on the best team ever,’ Morris once told The Palm Beach Post. ‘We had some of the best players from 1971-74, we had the best record in history those four years.

‘We ruled the football world.”