NFL Clears Eagles in Jalen Hurts Case | Every Week 7 Game + NBA Opening Night — Afternoon Drive with the Coach Tuesday 10/20/26

Coach opens Tuesday's Afternoon Drive on NBA opening night: LeBron James starts his first season with the 76ers on a career-low salary and a Fanatics helicopter commute from New York, and he has to sit through the Knicks raising their championship banner at Madison Square Garden. Coach also previews Thunder-Spurs and says only Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Detroit can hang with the top of the West. (NBA.com)

Then football. Coach's power rankings: the Chiefs on top after Patrick Mahomes tied Tom Brady for the fewest games to 100 wins, then the 49ers, the Bills and the unbeaten Vikings (ESPN). In the NFL news, Coach rips the Eagles' handling of Jalen Hurts, who is out for the season with blood clots in his lungs, and reacts live to The Athletic's report that the NFL found the Eagles followed proper protocols and won't be disciplined: "maybe they didn't break protocol, but it's not the right thing to do by Jalen Hurts" (The Athletic). Also: Davante Adams out 6–10 weeks (NFL.com) and the report that Jay-Z picked himself for the Super Bowl LXI halftime show.

Then the Tuesday tradition: every Week 7 game in two minutes or less, from Patriots-Bears on Thursday night to Cowboys-Eagles on Monday night, including the Steelers and Saints in Paris, the Titans releasing Jordan Elliott before hosting the Browns, the Colts after Chris Ballard's firing and the report they called Peyton Manning (Yahoo Sports), Coach's challenge to Joe Burrow, and why Kansas City is protecting Mahomes from himself. Coach closes with the Brewers-Rays World Series. Picks and leans are Coach's opinion; lines move.

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