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In Atlanta, Kevin Stefanski made it clear he wasn't running a quarterback rotation against Pittsburgh. With Tua Tagovailoa sidelined by an oblique injury, Cooper Rush got the keys and kept them. Stefanski wanted stability, not a carousel, and that decision defined the Falcons' approach all afternoon.
Across the Atlantic, Phil Foden's Manchester City season is already hanging by a thread. The England midfielder was sent off at Old Trafford in the derby, and with Thomas Tuchel watching from the stands as he finalises his Nations League squad, the timing couldn't have been worse for Foden's international standing either.
And in Barcelona, Lamine Yamal is not shy about where he believes he stands. The teenage sensation told reporters he deserves to beat Kylian Mbappe to the Ballon d'Or, and after scoring in Barcelona's Champions League opener against Feyenoord in a four-nil rout, it's genuinely hard to argue with the kid.
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