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NFL Week 7 Buzz: QB Contracts and Trade Candidates
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In Short: The war in the Middle East has also affected President Trump's approval ratings and raised gas prices, increasing the stakes for Republican candidates fighting to preserve their party's congressional majorities.
Espn insiders Jeremy Fowler and Dan Graziano have been making calls to league sources to gather the latest buzz on quarterback situations and trade candidates.
One key player under scrutiny is the Eagles' Jalen Hurts, who is putting up MVP-type numbers, pacing for nearly 4,900 passing yards over a 17-game slate with only one interception on 219 passing attempts.
However, Hurts is signed through 2028, but the only guaranteed money left on his contract after this season will be $22 million of his $51.5 million salary in 2027.
Another quarterback in the spotlight is the Texans' Stroud, who was reportedly willing to extend on a deal worth well above $50 million per year.
Graziano noted that the Eagles' Jalen Hurts is performing exceptionally well, but his contract situation remains a point of interest.
In addition to quarterback situations, Espn insiders are also looking at potential trade candidates ahead of the November deadline.
The NFC East, in particular, is expected to see some shake-ups in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, Republican candidates are facing pressure from persistent inflation, high gas prices, and mortgage rates, providing them with opportunities to criticize President Trump ahead of the midterms.
A new POLITICO Poll found that 26% of people who backed Trump in 2024 are ready for GOP candidates to take a stand against him.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $8 billion in diesel fuel relief to American farmers for this year’s harvest season, to be distributed as one-time payments.
The tax deferral has not made much of a difference, and has theoretically stimulated demand for “farmer diesel” from other drivers.
In West Bengal, the BJP announced Hasirani Rath and Shakharov Sarkar as its candidates for the Assembly bypolls in Nandigram and Rejinagar, respectively.
What this adds
Espn insiders are focusing on quarterback contracts and potential trade candidates, while Republican candidates are using economic issues to criticize President Trump.
What's confirmed
- Until now, according to J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami, the likelier scenario for his organization was finding its endorsed candidates on the defensive against AIPAC’s spending.
- J Street’s super PAC has also previously targeted individual candidates for their AIPAC endorsement, such as Rep. Haley Stevens in 2022, citing AIPAC’s donations from right-wing megadonors.
What's still developing
- And which of the NFC East teams in flux are most likely to shake things up in the coming weeks?
- Jump to: QB situations | Colts' next moves Sneaky trade candidates NFC East shake-ups | Fantasy advice More notes, intel Graziano: I recognize that there are far more important real-life situations going on around this player right now, but for me, it's the Eagles' Jalen Hurts.
- WASHINGTON: US Vice President JD Vance on Thursday ruled out calling the conflict with Iran a war, despite renewed attacks and a growing military presence in the Middle East, stressing the challenge the Trump administration faces as the hostilities enter their seventh month and midterm elections loom.
- The war has dragged down President Donald Trump's approval ratings and driven up gas prices, raising the stakes for Republican candidates fighting to preserve their party's narrow congressional majorities in November.
- “As those who are resisting in the region based on the situations that have been imposed on them, we have contacts with them. There is no systematic relationship,” Pezeshkian said in an interview on Fox News’s Special Report with Bret Baier.
- “That is a problem, as well, that we’re confronting here. Again, it’s not Iran directly. It’s the Houthis, but the Houthis are an Iranian proxy,” Rubio said.
- J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East advocacy group, announced that it will spend $3 million to defeat a handful of Republican candidates backed by AIPAC, joining the plethora of progressive groups targeting the American Israel Public Affairs Committee this election year.
- Online teaching is the preferred option in many situations, but it's also a source of frustration for parents.
- You’ll also receive The Morning Brief, our must-read daily digest of Middle East news.
- During an interview Monday with Mark Halperin on " 2WAY Tonight," Vance said his focus remains on U.S. candidates ahead of the midterms, Politico reported.
- Netanyahu quickly welcomed the president's backing, thanking Trump for what he called his "extraordinary endorsement."
- “We cannot remain indifferent in the face of their pain, which offends human dignity and cries out to God for justice,” the pope said.