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With the season now complete, teams around Major League Baseball made swift decisions on a number of managers. Heck, even the Cubs parted ways with World Series winning skipper Joe Madden. The question is what will the Mets do? While teams were taking their first steps of the off-season, the Mets will meet this week to decide the fate of their embattled manager, Mickey Callaway. Some thoughts ... Podcast... check it out!

The Yankees won 103 games this year, basically captured the AL East title in early August, and have found ways to win games despite suffering several injuries to everyday players seemingly every week of the season, yet they have to be on upset alert when the playoffs begin. Why? Because this version of the Minnesota Twins that they will see next week is no pushover. The Yankees have long used the Twins are their personal whipping boys whenever the franchises have met in the postseason, but this time it could be different. And if the Yankees find a way to lose this series -- as unlikely as it may seem on paper, the reason why will have a lot to do with the Yankees pitching. Starting pitching has been an issue all year for the Bronx Bombers, starting with Luis Severino missing most of the season with rotator cuff inflammation and a lat injury, to the inconsistency of JA Happ, Mashairo Tanaka, the end of CC Sabathia's career in Pinstripes, and the bizarre glute injury to James...

GIANTS 24 - REDSKINS 3  Daniel Jones is no one-week wonder. The Giants rookie quarterback impressed again, this time in his MetLife Stadium debut, tossing for 225 yards and a touchdown as the Giants thumped the hapless Washington Redskins 24-3. It didn't take long for Jones to get the Giants into the end zone. Following a interception by Redskins quarterback Case Keenum, Jones got the Giants to pay dirt on a snappy eight-pay 32-yard drive to take the lead. Pass plays of 15-yards to Wayne Gallman and 13-yards to Sterling Shepherd set up shot at the Skins' six-yard line, before Jones went back to Gallman for the score to put the Giants up 7-0. After a Washington three-and-out, Jones displayed some nice patience picking apart the Skins from underneath with short throws to Gallman, Evan Engram and Darius Slayton as the Giants ate up chunks of yards on what would turn into a 94-yard drive. Perhaps the biggest play of the drive came on first down at the Giants 32, when Jone...

Pete Alonso is now the All-Time Rookie Home Run King. The Mets first baseman broke the home run rookie record previously held by Yankees slugger Aaron Judge, by blasting his 53 rd home run of the season in the Mets 3-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves, Saturday. With New York already lead 2-0 in the bottom of the third, Alonso took a two-seam fastball from Atlanta’s Mike Foltynewicz and planted it over the wall in right-center field for the solo shot. As he swung through the pitch, all 32,000 fans in attendance rose in excitement as the Mets first baseman extended his arms over his head as he reached first. As he rounded third for home, Alonso egged on the crowed to keep cheering, before embracing Robinson Cano at home plate and greeting the conga-line of teammates waiting at the top step of the dugout. In a season full of disappointment and broken dreams, Alonso has been the one true bright spot for the Mets this year. Not only did he shatter the Mets club and ...

Well it’s official. The season is over for the 2019 New York Mets. And like they did in 2007 and 2008 the Miami Marlins played a major role in popping the Mets postseason hopes, delivering an 8-4 loss for New York on Monday night at Citi Field. For the past two months the Mets have teased us with the hope that they could somehow find their way into one of the two National League wild card slots, but at the end of the day, it was just that … a tease. Monday’s loss to the Marlins pushed the Mets to five games back of the Milwaukee Brewers for the final wild card spot. The Mets would need to 6-0, while the Brewers go 0-6 just to get in. In the words of John Franco: Fudgetaboutit!! At least the Mets season lasted longer than the New York Jets. All that is left for the Mets this year is to finish with a winning record, and see whether Pete Alonso can break Aaron Judge’s rookie record for home runs in a season.   With the postseason dream dashed the clock will...

GIANTS 32 - BUCCANEERS 31  The Giants have their new quarterback. Any questions? Any more doubts? The New York Giants indeed have their quarterback of the future, and his name is Daniel Jones. The same Daniel Jones who was ridiculed by Giants fans and pundits alike when General Manager David Gettleman used the sixth pick in the 2019 NFL Draft to select him, have egg all over their face this evening, as Jones, in his first career NFL start, led the Giants all the way back to a thrilling 32-31 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Jones was impressive early. He gave the Giants the kind of mobility from the pocket the team had longed for from Eli Manning as the veteran quarterback's skills set diminished over the past few seasons. From extending plays to making plays, Jones was doing it all Sunday, and the Bucs had no answer to stop him. With the Giants down 12-3 in the second quarter, and facing a critical third and five, Jones scrambled to his right for an 11 yard gain ...

PATRIOTS 30 - JETS 14  For the second consecutive week, the Jets were uncompetitive. For the third consecutive week, the Jets were uncreative offensively. Blame injuries all you want, the fact is it wouldn't have mattered if the Jets had a healthy Sam Darnold under center against Cleveland on Monday night, and against New England on Sunday, because the Jets would still be in the same predicament. 0 and 3 with the season all but over! The Jets were nonexistent against the Patriots from the word go. It was like the Jets had listened to all the pundits and decided to literally not get off the bus when it arrived at the doorsteps of Gillette Stadium. By games end, the Jets managed only six first downs; 105 yards of offense; were 0-for-12 on third down, and whose longest play of the entire game was 23 yards. That was it. It was humiliating, embarrassing, ridiculous. Many compared Luke Falk to Tom Brady during the week because both were drafted with the 199th pick in the sixth ...

16 years ago, the New York Giants were 5-4 when then Head Coach Tom Coughlin decided it was time to bench Kurt Warner and start a young kid from an SEC school, who's namesake was made famous by his Hall of Fame brother. That kid, Eli Manning, lived through all the trials and tribulations of that rookie season, and those early years. He was chastised by his teammates -- especially running back Tiki Barber and tight end Jeremy Shockey, who used the quarterback as a doormat, and had to live with the ever daunting comparisons to his brother Peyton, his father Archie, and the demands of the City that never sleeps. In 2005, the Giants were 3-2 heading into a Week 7 matchup with the Denver Broncos at Giants Stadium. The Giants trailed for much of the day, and were at one point down 23-10 in the fourth quarter when Manning led Big Blue back in a comeback that would both define his career, and serve as a preview of coming attractions. Manning won that game on a two-yard touchdown pass...

And a day after the Jets 23-3 loss to the Cleveland Browns, their defensive captain made some waves.  Jamal Adams unfollowed the Jets on Instagram and removed any reference of the franchise from his biography. Why is this a big deal? Who really cares? Well, when this kind of social media subterfuge happens, people begin to speculate that it could be a message ... a message that Adams wants to be traded out of town.  While the evidence to suggest that Adams is pushing for a trade is flimsy at best, many are reading into the recent trend that has taken the league by storm for players to hold a teams feet to the fire and request a trade.  From Antonio Brown, who did everything he could get out of Pittsburgh and Oakland to former Dolphins corner back Minkah Fitzpatrick, who demanded a trade out of South Florida -- players are getting their way in unprecedented fashion.  Brown pouted enough that he got his release, and wound up where he wanted to be -- Ne...

As if this season couldn't get any worse for the New York Jets, Gang Green lost its back-up quarterback for the season. Trevor Siemian suffered ligament damage in his left ankle after rolling over his foot when he was sacked by Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett in Cleveland's 23-3 victory Monday night. Garrett was all over the Jets backfield Monday thanks in major part to the Jets faulty offensive line, recording three sacks on the night. The hit on Siemian outside the pocket when he tried to roll out and throw the ball deep. Garrett dropped his weight on Siemian as the ball went up in the air, Seimian's foot buckled underneath and contorted in an odd direction making it clear something was damaged. Seimian reached for his foot almost immediately. Luke Falk, the Jets third string quarterback will now lead the team. For his part, Falk wasn't bad against Cleveland. He completed 20 of 25 passes for 198 yards, and led New York's lone scoring drive. ...

DODGERS 3 - METS 2  It was a night that we have so many times in so many different ways. The New York Mets clung to a 2-1 lead virtually the entire game – until – in the late stages, the bullpen -- blew it again. Rinse and repeat. If the Mets, who are now four games behind the surging Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers for the National League’s final Wild Card slot, don’t make the playoffs, the Shakespearian tragedy that is the bullpen will be the reason why. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that with 13 games to go that the Mets can somehow rally off enough victories to get in. It’s not happening. Not with a bullpen built by General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen, and poorly executed by Manager Mickey Callaway.   Sunday’s 3-2 loss to the LA Dodgers was just another stark reminder that the Mets are not even close to being a legitimate playoff contender. After getting two early runs on a two-run triple by Brandon Nimmo on a ball that appeared to go foul,...

BILLS 28 - GIANTS 14  Maybe the Buffalo Bills should play all of their games at MetLife Stadium from now on. The Bills moved to 2-0 on the year, and 2-0 at MetLife Stadium with a thunderous 28-14 victory over the listless Giants, Sunday afternoon. For the second consecutive week the Giants got off to a fast start, scoring on their opening possession, then falling into a complete malaise as the Bills steamrolled a Giants defense that has no idea what the concept of tackling is. In a game where the Giants had to feed the football to running back Saquon Barkley, head coach Pat Shrmur tossed the game-plan out the window as soon as Buffalo scored on Josh Allen's six-yard caper into the corner of the end zone to tie it at seven with 3:43 to go in the first quarter. In short it was a total disaster. As for Allen and the Bills, they thrashed the Giants for 388 yards of offense, including 151 yards on the ground as Buffalo scored on three straight possessions to all but put the ga...

It is amazing how quickly the Jets 2019 season has gone down the drain. It all started Sunday when New York blew a 16-0 lead to the Buffalo Bills. In the ensuing days since we have seen: Head Coach Adam Gase publicly rip the Jets receiving corps. We have seen wide out Quincy Enunwa suffer another neck injury that will cost him another season on Injured Reserve. We have seen the Jets trade with the Patriots for washed up wide receiver Demarious Thomas for a 2021 sixth round pick, because Gase knows the player from his days in Denver.  We have seen both linebacker CJ Mosley and defensive end Quinnen Williams miss extended time since Sunday due to injury; their status for Monday night, uncertain.  We have seen the Jets release a kicker, Karee Vedvick, and sign another, in Sam Sicken.  We have even seen a semi-pro kicker, Josh Hemsworth camp outside the Jets training facility, begging for the kicking job.  Now we have this: Sam Darnold ...

BILLS 17 - JETS 16  You can change the uniform. You can change the head coach. You can sell your fans on a new identity and branding, but at the end of the day, what Jets fans saw on Opening Day of the 2019 season was the Same Old Jets. The Jets lost a game where they held a 16-0 lead; lost a game where they were plus-4 in the turnover margin. Lost a game where Le'Veon Bell bailed them out on a nice touchdown grab and two point conversion. Lost a game because their newest kicker couldn't convert on a field goal and extra point. And lost a game because linebacker losing CJ Mosely proved to be a pill they couldn't swallow. It was an out and out disaster on Sunday for the Jets. Everything that the Jets had talked about came crashing down in a heap of disappointment, as the major flaws of this team were magnified to the highest degree possible. Where to begin? Let's start with the fact that kicker Karee Vedvik missed a crucial extra point after Mosely picked off...