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JETS 34 - RAIDERS 3  Raiders head coach Jon Gruden spent the entire afternoon screaming and yelling at the refs and his football team, while the suddenly surging Jets became the first time in NFL history to score 34 points in three-straight games, as Gang Green slammed the Oakland Raiders 34-3 at a near empty MetLife Stadium, Sunday. In a season that was lost long ago, the Jets clicked in every facet of the game for the third consecutive week with quarterback Sam Darnold leading the way. Darnold was near perfect, completing 20-of-29 passes for 315 yards, two touchdowns and a rushing score in the victory. For a team that has no discernible offensive line, and a bad running game, Darnold's resurgence has been something to watch. Four weeks ago when the Jets lost to Miami Dolphins 26-18, it appeared that Darnold was regressing, as heat was ratcheted up on head coach Adam Gase. Since that time, Darnold has completed 65 percent of his passes while throwing for seven touchdowns a...

BEARS 19 - GIANTS 14 It isn't so much about how the Giants lost to the Chicago Bears, Sunday, because the script has been the same. Daniel Jones fumbles the ball away; the Giants offense is anemic; the opposing quarterback (today it was Mitchell Trubisky) figures out how to throw a football again, and the Giants waste all of their time outs with more than three minutes to go in the game - costing themselves any shot of winning. Yep, same old, same old for the Giants in a 19-14 loss , Big Blue's seventh straight in fact as they now stand at 2-9, tied for last place in the NFC East. Congratulations. Congratulations to David Gettleman who put this mess together. Congratulations to Pat Shurmur who has coached this team in the ground week-in and week-out. With games against the Packers and Eagles starring them in the face the next two weeks, it is reasonable to think the Giants will be 2-11 before Chanukah. At least they have the Dolphins and Redskins still on the schedule. ...

Nothing was more disturbing and stunning to watch late Thursday night than Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett using the helmet of back-up quarterback Mason Rudolph as his own personal gavel. Late in the fourth quarter, with just seconds to go, and Cleveland already on its way to a 21-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Garrett drove Randolph to the ground; the two of them tussled a little bit, with Rudolph grabbing a hold of Garrett's helmet.  Garrett rose, seemingly enraged by Rudolph's actions, and grabbed a hold of Rudolph's facemark and pulled the quarterback off the ground before finally yanking the helmet off. As guard David DeCastro tried to protect his quarterback, Rudolph tried to grab his helmet back when Garrett slammed the equipment over Rudolph's exposed head. That led to another altercation as center Maurkice Pouncey got into the mix to protect Rudolph, while Browns linebacker Larry Ogunjobi pushed Rudolph to the ground. The images ha...

Add wide receiver Qunicy Enunwa to the long list o f Jets players who have had it up to here with upper management of the New York Jets. The injured wide out, roasted the Jets on Twitter for fining him $27,900 for missing two treatment dates due to what he termed was a family emergency and lunch with his wife who is a veteran. Enunwa admitted that he didn't tell the team before hand, but felt the fine was still excessive. The complaints are a bit surprising from Enunwa, who was always considered the more mild-mannered type. “Given everything that’s going on around the team I thought this could’ve been handled so many different ways,” Enunwa wrote from his verified account. “I’ve spent my time with the team trying to build myself up to be dependable and hardworking so this [stuff] hurts.” He continued, “I missed those two days because I took my VETERAN wife out for Veteran’s Day lunch and because I had to handle an emergency in my house. I let the team know this after the ...

So this is my first real opportunity to react to what has been yet another bizarre week for the New York Jets. On Wednesday, Jets CEO Christopher Johnson came out and endorsed embattled Jets head coach Adam Gase, claiming Gase has "the trust of the team. The trust of Sam Darnold. The Trust of Joe Douglas" and his trust. Therefore instead of tinkering with another head coach, Gase will remain Jets head coach not only for the rest of this season, but for 2020 as well. So many thoughts are prevailing through the heads of Jets fans over the last 50-plus hours since Johnson's declaration, including this by WFAN host Joe Benigno . I guess the Benigno scream probably best describes where Jets fans are right now. The fans are not happy and understandably so. The Jets under Gase have been a total mess this season. A 2-7 record aside, Darnold has regressed under his watch; players are unhappy including Quincy Enunwa, who is upset at the team fined him $27,900 for missing tre...

Mets manager Carlos Beltran might be facing some trouble amid reports the Houston Astros used technology to steal signs during their 2017 championship run.  Beltran, now, the newest manager of the New York Mets has been named by The Athletic as having played a key role in the scheme in 2017 alongside then-Astros bench coach Alex Cora. Cora, of course is the current manager of the Boston Red Sox. According to The Athletic, Major League Baseball is expected to interview Beltran, Cora and Astros manager A.J. Hinch over accusations the Astros used cameras in center field to steal signs from the catcher, and relaying them to hitters by banging a garbage can. Beltran spoke to the New York Post, saying he is “not concerned” about any repercussions that may come from Major League Baseball. “There’s nothing illegal about studying your opposite team. We all have the same opportunity to look out for information and tendencies. I love and respect the game. I will be a stude...

JETS 34 - GIANTS 27  For at least one night the Jets own New York ... kind of ... after holding on to beat their MetLife Stadium co-tenants the New York Giants 34-27 in a slopfest that was every bit as sloppy, poorly coached and, at times, as poorly played as everyone had anticipated. The Jets won this game because they stunk less than the Giants. Big Blue's inability to run the football at all in this game combined with Daniel Jones' persistent struggles to hold onto the football as well as a number of bone-headed decisions by head coach Pat Shurmur doomed the Giants in this football game. This is not to take anything away from the Jets. They played well,  even if it was in spurts. Against a team like the Giants that was more than enough. The Jets simplified the playbook right from the get-go, allowing quarterback Sam Darnold to get settled in with short, precise throws as he delivered his first non-turnover game since the season opener. On the opening drive of ...

The wait is almost over. In less than 20 hours the New York Giants and New York Jets will meet at MetLife Stadium in the battle of New York Gagging Rights. Call it whatever you want: the Blunder Bowl, Stink Bowl,  The Toilet Bowl Bowl, the New York Sewage Bowl. It doesn't matter. Both the 2-7 Giants and 1-7 Jets have been equally awful, and fans of both teams are equally fed up.  Whether it be Adam Gase or Pat Shurmur, both coaches, at least in the eyes of the fans, belong on the hot seat. The loser of this game will be on the hottest of hot seats. Gase has drawn the ire of Jets fans since the day he was hired, unpopular because 1) his name is not Mike McCarthey, and 2) because he came to the Jets with a very checkered past in Miami.  Gase's Jets have gone from having high expectations in August to being a total disaster in November. His teams look unprepared, and in recent weeks, unmotivated.  Case in point: in six of the Jets seven losses th...

As if it should be any real surprise at all, Adam Gase is not on the hot seat - yet - in the eyes of Jets CEO and owner Christopher Johnson. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter , Johnson is expected to "remain patient" with Gase despite the consistent, and at times, brutal calls from the fanbase for Gase's ouster. The Jets want to judge Gase over a larger body of work instead of relying on just eight games. Logically, the Jets are well within their rights to wait. Making a coaching change in-season improves nothing, and would only create a bigger cloud of uncertainty about the organization. Keep in mind there are a lot of factors that side with Gase when it comes to the embattled coach keeping his job. 1) General Manager Joe Douglas is a confidant of Gase. Gase wanted Douglas to come to New York, and Christopher Johnson acquiesced to that demand. The two men have known each other since their days in Chicago and are long time friends. Unless Douglas is secret...

Just 48 hours before the Jets and Giants do battle in the battle of New York gagging rights, Jets fans vented their continued frustration with Jets upper management and head coach Adam Gase, when The New York Sports Fan blog took to the skies with a gigantic banner that read: "Fire Adam Gase Now!" According to multiple reports the group raised over $2600 for the banner with 159 signatures. It is very similar to the protest Jets fans pulled five years ago when someone flew a banner that read "Fire John Idzik." That worked, as Idzik was fired at the end of the 2014 season. Fans are hoping that the magic works twice and Gase gets fired at the end of the year. Many fans want him gone ASAP. While the Jets play the Giants tomorrow afternoon, the fanbase wants to send a clear and stern message to Jets owner Christopher Johnson, and his wayward brother Woody, that they have had enough of the instability, mediocrity, and total and consistent lack of accountability wh...

COWBOYS 37 - GIANTS 18  I guess Jets quarterback Sam Darnold was on to something when he said he saw ghosts during the Jets 33-0 Monday night meltdown against the New England Patriots three weeks ago? This time with the Giants featured on Monday night against the Dallas Cowboys, a precocious feline, darted across the field, and eventually found the end zone before dodging security guards on the way up the tunnel. The cute little black cat became a social media icon, and in so many ways resembled the Giants season. A season that has seemed jinxed from the word go. Funny thing too, the G-Men were up 9-3 on the Cowboys, and were in the midst of tacking on another score following a Dallas fumble when the black cat stole the spotlight. Ironically, the Giants offense never reached the end zone on that drive, getting as close as the one-yard line before settling for a field goal to make it 12-3 Giants with 2:50 to go in the half. It was all Dallas the rest of the way. The Cowboy...

DOLPHINS 26 - JETS 18  The Miami Dolphins were winless, 0 and 7, perceived by many to be intentionally tanking the season in order to help their draft position for next year. And the New York Jets waltzed into Hard Rock Stadium (or whatever they call Joe Robbie Stadium nowadays) and gave Miami its first win of the season. The Jets were so putrid, pathetic and abysmal Sunday afternoon it left Jets fans with only one conclusion: it is time to fire Adam Gase. It only took half a season for Jets fans to throw in the towel on Gase, who was not the people's choice when Christopher Johnson hired him last January. The Jets hired Gase on the thought that he would be a "quarterback guru," based on two brief years with Peyton Manning in Denver, and in case you didn't know already, Manning runs his own offense. The evidence to NOT hire Gase was right in front of the Jets. Three years of mediocrity in Miami, and Gase was the one who jump-started Miami's current free-fall...

The New York Mets have settled on a manager. The Mets have named Carlos Beltran as the franchises’ 22 nd field manager on Friday afternoon, ending a month long search for Mickey Callaway’s replacement.   Beltran played seven seasons with the Mets from 2005 to 2011 where he hit .280 with 149 homers and 559 RBI, establishing himself as one of the game’s best center fielder’s of his era. In fact Beltran held the franchise record for home runs in a season (41 in 2006) until this past season when Pete Alonso blasted 53 homers his rookie year. Beltran comes back to the Mets, the only team he wished to manage in this year’s managerial cycle, have little to no coaching experience. He retired from playing in 2017 after serving as a bench player for the Houston Astros when the won the World Series that year. He got a lot of credit as being a defacto “player-coach” during his stay in Houston. After retiring, the Yankees picked up on that high praise, ...