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In Washington, Marcus Mariota's afternoon ended early after taking a knee injury against the Colts, and the Commanders had nowhere to turn but a seventh-round rookie. Athan Kaliakmanis stepped under center, thrust into the deep end of an NFL game with essentially no runway — a brutal baptism for a kid who barely heard his name called on draft day.
Meanwhile in Philadelphia, the Rams are rolling into Lincoln Financial Field for a Week four matchup that SportsLine's model has been crunching hard. The Eagles at home are always a different animal, and Los Angeles will need to be sharp. SportsLine's projection has this one circled as one of the more compelling contests of the weekend, and the spread reflects just how tight this figures to be.
And shifting gears entirely, Novak Djokovic is still hunting his first trophy of two thousand twenty six. The thirty-eight-year-old knocked out Alexander Zverev in a hard-fought China Open quarterfinal and is now two wins away from ending what has been, by his standards, a shockingly barren calendar year. Nobody writes Djokovic off, and right now, he looks hungry.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
