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Should the Mets trade away Noah Sydnergaard and pursue Robinson Cano? That is the question that faces the New York Mets right now as the Baseball Winter Meetings fast approach. With the MLB Hot Stove heating up, rumors are running wild that the Mets are considering two potential franchise-defining moves, one that would send stud right-hander Noah Syndergaard out of town, with the San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies and Milwaukee Brewers all rumored destinations. The other deal would bring in Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano and closer Edwin Diaz. Both moves are curious and would run counter to each other. Are the Mets trying to rebuild? Or are they trying to content? If the Mets were to acquire Cano and Diaz it would send the message to the fan base that the team is trying to compete for a playoff spot this season. So wouldn’t it make sense then to keep Syndergaard around? At the same time, if the Mets were to trade Syndergaard, it would signal that the...

EAGLES 25 - GIANTS 22  The was once an old saying by the late Dennis Green, "They are who we thought they were." That is exactly the case with the New York Giants. They are who we thought they were all along. After winning two straight games, New York was going crazy for a very unlikely playoff run in the NFC East, if Big Blue could win out the rest of its games. That fairy tale scenario ended in a dud as the Giants couldn't hold a 16-point lead, and lost to the Philadelphia Eagles 25-22 on Sunday. Two game winning streak? Playoffs? All a mirage just like the 19-3 lead the Giants built. The Giants have nobody to blame but themselves for this meltdown. The Giants did seemingly everything right in the first half. Eli Manning was near perfect, and the offense was clicking on all cylinders. Saquon Barkley was tearing apart the Eagles and Rhett Ellison was having a career game at tight end. It was all there for the Giants, especially when Barkley scored on a 51-yard ...

PATRIOTS 27 - JETS 13  When it rains, it pours. Such is life of the New York Jets in 2018. Another week, another lopsided loss in the division as the Jets dropped their fifth in a row in a 27-13 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday.   What was most troubling about this loss? It played out the way most people expected. After a slow start, the Patriots ran all over the Jets with rookie running back Sony Michel gashing Gang Green for 133 yards, while James White added 73 yards of his own on the ground. Meanwhile, the Jets offense was stuck on neutral for much of the afternoon. While he played better than he did against Buffalo, Josh McCown struggled to spark the Jets offense, as New York managed only two field goals after jumping out to a 7-0 lead. In fact after that opening touchdown for the Jets, New York managed only two more dives of 50 yards or more for the rest of the game. One of those drives ended in a field goal. The other ended in a turnove...

GIANTS 38 - BUCCANEERS 35  For the better part of six months Giants fans have been complaining about how their team missed out on the franchise quarterback after the team selected Saquon Barkley with the second overall pick in the 2018 draft. While Sam Darnold has both battled rookie mistakes and injuries across town with the Jets, and other rookie QBs like Josh Allen and Josh Rosen have been horribly inconsistent in Buffalo and Arizona, respectively, it has been Barkley who has been the most productive offensive rookie of the year. If the season ended today, Barkley would have 1,288 all purpose yards in his rookie year. With six games left, he has a shot at joining the likes of Eric Dickerson and Edgerin James to have 2,000 all purpose yards his rookie year. Barkley led the way for the Giants, scoring three times, and rushing for 142 yards as the Giants outlasted the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38-35 for the club's second consecutive victory, the Giants first winning streak in 70...

Jacob deGrom has officially joined an exclusive club consisting of some of the game’s greatest pitchers. deGrom was named National League Cy Young by the Baseball Writers Association of America, running away with the award with 29 first place votes.  deGrom becomes the fourth Mets pitcher to win the award, joining Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden and R.A. Dickey. Seaver in fact won the award three times in a Mets uniform (1969, 1973, and 1975). Washington Nationals starter Max Scherzer came in second with one first place vote and 29-second place votes. Phillies starter Aaron Nola finished third and Rockies starter Kyle Freeland finished fourth in the voting. The 30-year old deGrom had one of the best seasons by a Mets starting pitcher ever, posting a 1.70 ERA and a WHIP of 0.91, all while posting a win-lose record of 10-9. He was second in the National League in innings with 217 and strikeouts, 269.  His string of 29 consecutive starts allowing three earned runs or less...

Todd Bowles is not going anywhere, at least not right now. According to multiple reports, the Jets are not planning to drop the axe on their head coach during the team’s bye week and will stick with the embattled coach for the rest of the season. Once the season ends, the front office will re-evaluate Bowles future with the team. Bowles, who is 23-35 as Jets coach is signed through the 2020 season thanks to an extension he signed at the end of last season.   After Sunday’s 41-10 meltdown at the hands of Matt Barkley and the Buffalo Bills, it would have made perfect sense for the Jets to ditch Bowles to the side and settle with an interim coach for the rest of the season. The Jets played unprepared, uninspired football on Sunday, something that has become a trademark of the team all season. The offense failed to move the football with any degree of efficiency, as offensive coordinator Jeremy Bates turned in yet another ultra-conservative game plan for the Jets offen...

BILLS 41 - JETS 10  Todd Bowles needs to be fired. Immediately. Today. This second. At Halftime. After the game. As soon as Possible.  Nobody likes to see anyone lose their job, but Todd Bowles and his entire coaching staff have earned pink slips as the Jets got totally outcoached, outplayed and outsmarted by the Buffalo Bills, who built a 31-0 lead at the half, en route to a 41-10 smackdown by the end of the day.  How bad was the first half for the Jets? Dion Dawkins, an offensive lineman did his best Rob Gronkowski impression catching a wide open pass from Matt Barkley for a touchdown that blew the doors off MetLife Stadium. The Jets offense was once again uncreative, managing only one yard through the first quarter, and 68 yards of offense in the entire first half. Compare that to the nearly 300 yards of offense put on display by the Bills, who came out hot as a fire cracker, and you have the results you see at the break. Josh McCown strug...