Foles leads Eagles’ comeback against Colts
INDIANAPOLIS — Nick Foles threw a tying touchdown pass with 3:25 to go, and then set up Cody Parkey for the winning 36-yard field goal as time expired, lifting Philadelphia to a 30-27 win at Indianapolis on Monday night.
Darren Sproles had seven receptions for 152 yards to go along with a touchdown run as the Eagles (2-0) won their first game on the road for the sixth consecutive season.
Indianapolis (0-2) has lost consecutive regular-season games for the first time since Andrew Luck and coach Chuck Pagano arrived in 2012.
The Colts led most of the night, including 27-20 late in the game. But Luck’s late interception led to Foles’ tying 6-yard TD pass to Jeremy Maclin, and after another three-and-out by the Colts, Foles drove the Eagles into position for the winning field goal.
“We felt we had some plays (in the first half), we just couldn’t make them,” Eagles coach Chip Kelly said. “But we’re going to play 60 minutes and we played 60 minutes.”
Domestic violence experts joins as advisers
NEW YORK — The NFL says three experts in domestic violence will serve as senior advisers to the league.
Commissioner Roger Goodell sent a memo to teams Monday announcing that Lisa Friel, Jane Randel and Rita Smith will “help lead and shape the NFL’s policies and programs relating to domestic violence and sexual assault.”
Friel was the head of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit in the New York County District Attorney’s Office for more than a decade. Randel is the co-founder of No More, a campaign against domestic violence and sexual assault. Smith is the former executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Redskins optimistic RG3 will return this season
ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden is optimistic Robert Griffin III will return this season.
Gruden said Monday that an MRI shows no broken bones in Griffin’s injured left ankle. He said the quarterback will be in a cast for a few weeks, and then the team will have an idea when Griffin could return.
Gruden said there’s no consideration at this point of putting Griffin on season-ending injured reserve.
The quarterback dislocated his left ankle the first quarter of the Redskins’ win Sunday over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The injury is often accompanied by a fracture that requires season-ending surgery. Without the need for surgery, Griffin could perhaps return in about two months.
Moreno out a month, Dolphins re-sign Thomas
DAVIE, Fla. — Miami Dolphins running back Knowshon Moreno is expected to be sidelined for at least a month with a left elbow injury, and the team has re-signed Daniel Thomas to shore up the position.
Moreno, the NFL’s leading rusher in Week 1, was hurt in the first quarter of Sunday’s loss at Buffalo. On Monday, the Dolphins signed Thomas, who spent his first three NFL seasons with them before being released in August.
A second-round draft pick by the Dolphins in 2011, Thomas has a career average of 3.6 yards per carry with 11 touchdowns. He’s an effective blocker and receiver, with 42 career catches.
Backup running back Lamar Miller hurt his ankle against Buffalo and might be limited this week. The Dolphins host Kansas City on Sunday.
The Associated Press