why malcolm butler was benched?
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Report: Malcolm Butler Benching Was Due to Rules Violation, Illness and More. The cornerback had played a team-high 97.8 percent of snaps on the defensive side of the ball during the regular season, per Pro Football Reference, but he didn't play a single defensive snap in the 41-33 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles.
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WACO, Texas — CeeDee Lamb will not play tonight against Baylor, the radio broadcasters announced. The OU Daily reported earlier in the day that Lamb was questionable for the game for an unknown reason. The junior wide receiver went through warm ups and was suited up ahead of the game.
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Eli Manning benched as rookie Daniel Jones is named New York Giants starting QB.
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New York Knicks guard Dennis Smith Jr. will miss Thursday's game against the Brooklyn Nets with a strained left oblique, the team announced. ... After the Mavericks traded him to the Knicks in the Kristaps Porzingis deal in January, Smith served as New York's starting point guard and the primary facilitator.
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Dundon's threats to potentially shutter the league, as well as laying off employees, came without warning or consultation for those contracted to work under Dundon. As of last weekend, Week 8 in the AAF's season, the general feeling was that cause for concern had passed and that business would continue on as usual.
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Jahanbakhsh is not been the only player we have not seen yet. Although Steven Alzate officially remains available for selection, he has not featured due to an ongoing groin issue which will eventually require minor surgery.
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The league also came under fire from some quarters for intruding on a traditional religious and family holiday, and a Kansas state legislator proposed a bill to ban the scheduling of future games on December 25. As a result, the NFL decided to not schedule any Christmas Day games for the next 17 seasons.
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Ben Stokes hit a six and then benefited when a throw from the deep hit his bat and was deflected for four overthrows. He could not get the two needed from the last ball - Mark Wood was run out coming back for the second - but ended 84 not out and joined Jos Buttler for the super over.
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If any of your outfield players don't play in the Gameweek, they will be substituted by the highest priority outfield substitute who played in the Gameweek and doesn't break the formation rules (eg. If your starting team has 3 defenders, a defender can only be replaced by another defender).
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Timberwolves' Karl-Anthony Towns Won't Play vs. Pelicans Due to Knee Injury. Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Ryan Saunders said center Karl-Anthony Towns will not play in Wednesday's game against the New Orleans Pelicans because of a knee injury, per Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic.
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According to Carter, though, the biggest reason for Luke's firing was simply the Rebels' lack of on-field success during his three years. "After evaluating the overall trajectory of our football program, we did not see enough momentum on the field...." Carter said in a statement.
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Nurkic has been out since he suffered a compound fracture of his tibia and fibula during a March 25 game against the last season. Portland general manager Neil Olshey planned for a lengthy absence from Nurkic this year by acquiring Hassan Whiteside from the as part of a four-team trade in July.
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Lakers Because of Foot Injury. Toronto Raptors star Kawhi Leonard will not play Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers because of a sore left foot. ... He missed all but nine of 87 games (regular season and postseason combined) a season ago due to a quad injury.
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Highlight: Lamar Jackson Sacked, Injured in Overtime. Rookie quarterback Lamar Jackson went down in overtime and had to be replaced by Robert Griffin III.
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Manchester United defender Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been forced to withdraw from the England squad due to a back issue. ... With fellow full-backs Luke Shaw and Diogo Dalot also currently injured, the Reds will be keen that our summer recruit can continue with his good form following the international break.
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Jalen Hurts has declared for the 2020 NFL Draft. ... This past offseason Hurts transferred to Oklahoma and has led the Sooners back to the playoffs. To go from being benched in the biggest game in college football to the leader of the Sooners offense back in the playoffs is a classic comeback story for Hurts.
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Their reasoning was that Bujnowski was paying too much attention to Max and not enough to the rest of the band. Max, who was still coming to terms with the death of Wells, felt betrayed by his bandmates for wanting to get rid of Bujnowski and abruptly quit the band.