Through Week 9, Browns’ Corey Bojórquez leads 3 NFL categories among punters… and 49ers’ Fred Warner isn’t far behind
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The San Francisco 49ers (4-4) had their bye week, but the linebacker Fred Warner, In its seventh season, it received a great honor.
Warner was named to Pro Football Focus’ midseason All-Pro team.
The star of the 49ers is the PFF’s fourth-highest-graded defensive player this season (91.6), and he is rated better than any other defender who isn’t an edge rusher.
Warner shines brightest when examining his ability in coverage. There are 22 linebackers who have been targeted at least 30 times this season, and Warner has the best passer rating against among them at 78.6.
He three-time First Team All-Pro also He is tied for the most interceptions (two) and passes defensed (six) among all NFL linebackers. this season.
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The linebacker with Mexican and Panamanian roots also has forced four fumbles this season — NFL co-leader —which makes a strong argument for them to consider naming a linebacker Defensive Player of the Year for the first time in more than a decade.
The honor is well deserved; Fred Warner has delivered for the 49ers to start the season, and the runners-up hope to improve in the second half of the campaign.
And now we continue with our mission of closely following the 2024 season of the Latinos on the gridiron, week by week.
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Featured Latin Star of NFL Week 9
The following Latino player was the most notable in Week 9:
The Cleveland Browns (2-7) suffered a resounding loss to the Los Angeles Chargers (5-3), 27-10. Within that loss, the punter Corey Bojorquez He once again appears as the featured player of the week, as in Week 5. Bojórquez had 6 punts for 318 yards; his longest effort was 62 yards.
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The Chargers won the battle for field position with Bojórquez’s first punt, when Darius Davis He returned it 53 yards to the Browns 30. The second time, Bojórquez won the faceoff with a 60-yard punt that went out of bounds at the Los Angeles 5-yard line.
After nine dates, The player of Mexican origin is the NFL leader in the following three categories among punters: 50 points scored, 2,600 yards and 23 punts inside the 20-yard line. Additionally, he is third in the league with an average of 52.0 yards per punt. However, despite Bojórquez’s consistency, the Browns have suffered six losses in their last seven games, including a five-game losing streak at the bottom of the AFC North.
How Latinos played in Week 9 of the NFL
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The outside linebacker Nik Bonitto On Sunday, he failed to single-handedly take over the Denver Broncos’ (5-4) third-best streak in consecutive games with a sack. One week after tying the record By Miller of six straight games with a sack, it appeared he had extended the streak to seven. During the second quarter, the Baltimore Ravens (6-3) faced a 7-yard second down from the Denver 16-yard line. The marshal Lamar Jackson he took the ball in shotgun and was hit by the defensive star of Cuban descent for a loss of 8 yards. But the play was marked as a tackle for loss, rather than a sack. Not only did his personal streak end, but the Broncos’ defense — excellent so far this season — was shredded by the Ravens in Denver’s 41-10 loss. This week, Bonitto will seek to capture the quarterback, Patrick Mahomeswhom they have not been able to knock down, and the Broncos will also seek to be the first team to defeat the two-time champion Kansas City Chiefs (8-0) this season.
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This Sunday the wide receiver of the New Orleans Saints (2-7), Chris Olaveleft Bank of America Stadium on a stretcher and was taken to a local hospital after suffering his second concussion of the season in a narrow loss to the Carolina Panthers (2-7), 23-22. The Saints announced that Chris Olave had movement in all of his extremities. Olave, of Cuban roots, was hit in the head and neck area for the third consecutive game this season while trying to catch a high pass over the middle of the field from the Saints quarterback. Derek Carr. Olave fell to the ground and did not get up while the officers threw multiple tissues for unnecessary rudeness. Olave has now been placed in the concussion protocol for the fourth time in his three-year career and has missed two games with concussions. “I felt like I had changed my helmet for the best helmet, so the hit I received in the game didn’t hurt as much as it did with the other helmet,” Olave said last week. “Once I switched helmets, I felt like I’d be fine without the Guardian Cap.” The star with Cuban roots had considered wearing the protective cap for Week 9. The worrying thing for the 24-year-old’s long-term health and career is that he has suffered five (known) concussions since 2020.
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Latinos who did not play in Week 9 of the NFL
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Detroit Lions linebacker (7-1), Malcolm Rodriguezwas ruled out of the 24-14 win over the Green Bay Packers (6-3) due to an ankle injury he had suffered in the previous week’s game. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said in Week 8 that the player of Mexican roots probably avoided the worst, as the injury did not end his season when he suffered a sprained ankle during kickoff coverage in the first quarter of the Lions’ 52-14 victory over the Tennessee Titans (1-6) at Ford Field.
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Latinos on Practice Squads in Week 9 of the NFL
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Injured Latin Players: Week 9 of the NFL
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The six weeks that the Kansas City Chiefs (8-0) were waiting for the running back’s return have passed Isiah Pacheco After the Puerto Rican suffered a broken fibula in Week 2, he underwent successful surgery and was placed on injured reserve on September 18. Pacheco is now considering returning in late November and could return to practice within the next two to three weeks, NFL Network Insider’s Ian Rapoport reported Sunday on NFL GameDay Morning. The undefeated two-time champion Chiefs — who earned their eighth consecutive victory Monday night over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30-24 — will not rush the return of the star of Puerto Rican descent. Pacheco could be activated before Kansas City’s Week 12 clash with the Carolina Panthers on Nov. 24 or its Black Friday matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 29.
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Just like for your star runner Christian McCaffreythe San Francisco 49ers (4-4) opened the practice window for the offensive lineman Jon Feliciano on Monday. The veteran with Puerto Rican roots, who had already announced that 2024 would be his last season, has been on injured reserve due to a knee injury suffered in early August. However, the opening of Feliciano’s practice window suggests he’s almost over it. His participation in practice will be the best indicator of whether he can return for San Francisco’s Week 10 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-5).
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Latin free agents: Week 9 of the NFL
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Last week, ESPN published the following on its SportsCenter Instagram account about the Brazilian-born free agent kicker. Rodrigo Blankenship: “Former NFL kicker Rodrigo Blankenship is recreating the best NFL kicks on social media until he gets tested 👏 Blankenship hasn’t kicked in the NFL since 2022.” Precisely, he hopes that his viral publications gain even more visibility and bring him opportunities to play in the league again.
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