DETROIT -- Miami Dolphins left guard Liam Eichenberg was carted off the field late in the third quarter of their 31-27 victory Sunday over the Detroit Lions and was quickly ruled out with a knee injury.
Eichenberg suffered the injury on a touchdown pass from quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to tight end Mike Gesicki, remaining on the ground for several minutes after the play. His teammates appeared to recognize the severity of the injury and immediately kneeled around him while he was attended to by the team's medical staff.
Robert Jones filled in at left guard in Eichenberg's stead. If Eichenberg is forced to miss any games moving forward, he will be the Dolphins' third starting offensive lineman to do so, following left tackle Terron Armstead and right tackle Austin Jackson.
Miami drafted Eichenberg in the second round of the 2021 draft, and he has started 23 of 24 possible games since.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- It didn't take new San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey long to carve out a piece of history on his new team.
On a day when the Niners beat the NFC West rival Los Angeles Rams without do-it-all receiver Deebo Samuel, McCaffrey offered the ultimate in versatile performances. McCaffrey threw for, ran for and caught a touchdown in San Francisco's 31-14 victory, as the Niners moved to 4-4.
With his 1-yard rushing touchdown in the fourth quarter, McCaffrey became the first player since LaDainian Tomlinson in 2005 to throw for, run for and catch a touchdown in the same game. McCaffrey is the fourth player since the 1970 merger to complete the trifecta.
It was the eighth straight regular-season win for the Niners against the Rams but McCaffrey's first taste of the rivalry. He fit right in, having a hand in 183 yards from scrimmage, including 94 yards rushing and 55 yards receiving on 27 touches.
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McCaffrey got his big day started with his second career touchdown pass. On second-and-8 from the Rams' 34 with 12:10 left in the second quarter, Niners quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo threw to McCaffrey in the right flat. McCaffrey caught it behind the line of scrimmage and rolled to his right before looking deep down the right side for wideout Brandon Aiyuk.
McCaffrey lofted a pass with enough air under it for Aiyuk to turn multiple times and haul it in for a touchdown.
McCaffrey added to his highlight reel late in the third quarter when he climbed the ladder in the right corner of the end zone to haul in a 9-yard touchdown pass from Garoppolo to give the Niners a 17-14 lead.
The receiving touchdown was the first one McCaffrey scored as a Niner and put him in some rare company in franchise history. McCaffrey and Emmanuel Sanders (Week 14 of 2019) are the only Niners to have a passing touchdown and a receiving touchdown in the same game in the past 70 years.
McCaffrey's huge performance came in his second game as a Niner and his first following a full week of practice. San Francisco dealt second-, third- and fourth-round picks in 2023 and a fifth-round selection in 2024 to the Carolina Panthers for McCaffrey in an Oct. 20 trade.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Never underestimate a revenge game for Patrick Peterson.
The Minnesota Vikings cornerback was primed for Sunday's matchup against the Arizona Cardinals, for whom he played the first 10 years of his career. And Peterson let them know all about it -- during and after the Vikings' 34-26 victory at U.S. Bank Stadium.
Peterson broke up three passes, mocked Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray during a midgame dance and afterward made clear he still resents the way his time ended in Arizona.
"I'm still waiting on [general manager] Steve Keim to call me," said Peterson, who departed the Cardinals after the 2020 season. "Still haven't talked to him."
Peterson also revealed that he routinely found disparaging emails from fans printed out and left on his chair during his final seasons in the Cardinals locker room. According to Peterson, the emails were addressed to team ownership, with messages that ranged from his age to his tackling ability to threats to cancel season tickets as long as he remained on the roster.
Peterson said it was "mind-boggling" to him that someone -- presumably from the Cardinals organization -- would pass along such messages. He said he remembered thinking, "What did I do to deserve this from a fan?"
The Cardinals did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Peterson jawed with the Cardinals sideline throughout the game. When safety Harrison Smith intercepted Murray near midfield in the third quarter, Peterson began celebrating even as Smith was still returning the ball down the sideline. Asked later to identify the dance, Peterson said: "I think it was Call of Duty. Is that what they call it? Modern Warfare? I'm not a gamer. I don't know anything about video games. I just heard that game just came out."
Murray is known as a big fan of the game. "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II" was released Friday.
Peterson has now broken up six passes in the Vikings' past two games after managing a total of four breakups in their first five. He said he is eager to show the entire NFL that, at age 32 and four years removed from his last Pro Bowl, "I still got it."
He added: "All I heard the last two years is that 'He's washed up, he's done.' I know we've still got a second half of the season to go, but I'm just getting started. Like, I'm in my zone right now. I'm in a groove. I've been here before, I know how to keep it. And I want to continue being challenged, and continue helping this team win ballgames.
"Because I promise you this, if I get challenged, I will show up on the stat sheet. And that's why I've been missing out on Pro Bowls and All-Pros. I'm here. Twelve years in and I'm still standing strong."