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 JETS 21 - TEXANS 14  Zach Wilson looked every bit of a quarterback who hadn't played in a game in more than a month. The number two overall pick in last spring's draft struggled for Gang Green, his first game back since suffering a PCL sprain in his right knee, as the Jets won inspite of his struggles, 21-14 over the equally putrid Houston Texans.  Wilson really struggled with his accuracy, and was late on a number of throws There were moments where he would miss receivers like Elijah Moore, who were wide open on a couple of reads. He was sacked four times, and took a number of hits when throwing the ball away would have been a better option. There was even a point he appeared to aggravate his knee injury on a rollout in the third quarter. Early in the second quarter, Wilson tossed a interception on an inexplicable throw when he started to run with the football before trying to dump it off at the last second to Ty Johnson who wasn't looking. The ball bounced off Johns...

 GIANTS 13 - EAGLES 7  If the Giants can be thankful for one thing this holiday weekend, it was the fact Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts picked the right time to have statistically, the worst game of his young career.  Hurts tossed three interceptions, and was close on a couple of occasions on Philadelphia's final possession to tossing a forth.  Overall the four Eagles' turnovers helped the Giants come away with an ugly 13-7 victory to improve to 4-7 on the season. What really killed Philly was the fact that two of Hurts' interceptions happened deep in Giants territory. With Big Blue up 3-0, Hurts drove the Eagles deep in to Giants territory at the 25 yard line, before heaving up a ball that wound up right in the hands of Darnay Holmes for the interception.  Later in the first half, it looked like the Eagles were on their way to scoring a touchdown to take a lead, or at the very least, kicking a field goal to tie it, but on third and goal, Hurts' pas...

Apparently angry Steve Cohen is a productive Steve Cohen.  Two days after his explosion on Twitter directed at Steve Matz' agent, the billionaire owner and the New York Mets ponied up big cash for a couple of former Oakland A's and a Milwukee Brewer by signing Sterling Marte , Matt Canha and Eduardo Escobar to contracts.  The moves are the first big moves made by the Mets since the naming of Billy Eppler as General Manager. In an off-season that has been dominated by negative headlines, the trio of signings is the first positive news to come to the Mets this winter.  In Marte the Mets get a center fielder they desperately needed, and it gives them added flexibility with their outfield. Potentially Brandon Nimmo could move to left or right field, and it makes Dom Smith totally expendable via trade.  Marte and the Mets agreed to a four-year, $78 million deal , to bring both his glove and his live bat to Citi Field.  Marte had a .310/.348/.458 slash line with 12 ...

 Guess whose back Jets fans?  That's right, Zach Wilson is set to make his return to the starting lineup on Sunday when the Jets visit the 2-8 Houston Texans.  In addition, ESPN's Rich Cimini reported Tuesday that Mike White and Joe Flacco have both been placed on the COVID-19 list, with White having tested positive, and Flacco, who admitted to be unvaccinated, was in close contact.  That means Josh Johnson will back-up Wilson.  It has been a bizarre season for the Jets in the quarterback room.  The Jets entered the season with all intentions of Wilson starting every game this year, taking his lumps as a rookie as he gets accustomed to the game. However, he not only struggled, he REALLY struggled. Nine interceptions in six games, before suffering a strained PCL in his right kneed that sidelined him for four weeks.  Mike White came in and was amazing in his starting debut against the Cincinnati Bengals. He was so good that his jersey was sent to the Hal...

 It didn't take long for the New York Giants to take swift action following their 30-10 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football.  Not even a full day after head coach Joe Judge threw the Giants coaching staff, especially Offensive Coordinator Jason Garrett under the bus, during his post game press conference, Garrett was out as Offensive Coordinator.  Former Browns Head Coach Freddie Kitchens, who has been on the Giants staff this year as an assistant, now becomes interim Offensive Coordinator for a unit that ranks 25th in the NFL in total offense, averaging 18.5 points per game. "You guys can write that tonight. Players have to execute. That is their job, right? It is our job to teach them. It's their job to go out and execute," Judge said last night. "But we've got to make sure we put them in position to have success. That has to be consistent, by the way. So, you can go ahead and write that down. I'm not going to debate that....

 DOLPHINS 24 - JETS 17 Last week Robert Saleh decided that Joe Flacco gave the Jets a better "chance to win" than Mike White, based on White's struggles in a 45-17 loss to the Buffalo Bills.  On Sunday, it was painfully obvious it didn't matter who started for Gang Green. Flacco was just 'ok. But he was not spectacular. Aside from the busted coverage on Elijah Moore when the nickle corner fell to the ground, allowing Flacco to hit Moore in stride for a 62-yard touchdown, there wasn't much to write home about for the former Ravens quarterback.  While Flacco didn't throw a pick, he was hit over a dozen times, and was even strip-sacked at the Dolphins five-yard line when it had appeared New York was about go in for the go-ahead touchdown.  In short, there was nothing that Flacco did Sunday that Mike White couldn't have done.  Meanwhile it was another rough day for the Jets defense. Miami marched down the field on their opening drive, and plugged it into t...

Billy Eppler, good luck.  You're gonna need it. After seven weeks of constant rejection and utter embarrassment,  Steve Cohen, Sandy Alderson and the Mets are trying to wipe away the proverbial egg off their faces by handing their unwanted General Manager's job to former LA Angels GM Billy Eppler.  Eppler, who is best known for building teams that didn't win in Anaheim for five seasons, was offered the Mets general manager's job according to numerous sources. According to Jon Heyman and Jeff Passon, Eppler is taking the job. His naming as GM ends what has been a ridiculous, exhaustive search for a front office executive.  The Mets opened this search looking for a President of Baseball Operations, and failed to lure any candidates.  Billy Beane said 'no.'  Theo Epstein said 'no.'  David Stearns wasn't allowed out of his contract.  Matt Arnold wasn't allowed out of his deal either.  The Mets then tried to change course, again, forgoing finding...

 BILLS 45 - JETS 17  So much for the Mike White momentum.  Any debate about who would likely be the Jets starting quarterback moving forward was put to bed after White tossed four interceptions, and looked totally uncomfortable against the Buffalo Bills.  It wasn't all that surprising. The Bills are one of the best teams in the AFC; they have one of the NFL's top defenses. The Bills did an outstanding job taking away the middle of the field, and their zone coverage was impeccable. The dared White to go down field, and it didn't work.  On the flip side, the Jets defense, once again, couldn't get a stop. Josh Allen tore the Jets porous secondary for 366 yards and two touchdowns, while Stefon Diggs, eight receptions, 162 yards, and Gabriel Davis, three receptions, 105 yards, ate up the yardage through the air.  New York gave up 489 yards of offense and 26 first downs. Buffalo was 4-of-7 on third down, and they did all of this on just 54 plays. That is how domi...

 The New York Mets never ending pursuit of a President of Baseball Operations and a General Manager, and dare I say, even a manager -- that's important too -- is hitting ridiculous levels that only a team like the Mets could top.  First the Mets were rejected by just about every candidate they had on the list. Either candidates like Theo Epstein or Billy Beane weren't interested, or as in the case of David Stearns and Matt Arnold, were told to stay away by teams like the Milwaukee Brewers.  Now the Mets, in an attempt to save face, are scrapping the bottom of the barrel. If reports and rumors are true, the Mets are poised to name little known former National Assistant GM Adam Cromie as their new General Manager.  What do we know about Cromie?  Welp, we know that he has been an attorney at Jones Day out of Pittsburgh for the past four-plus years. He is well educated with degrees at U Mass-Amherst and Georgetown. The later where he got his law degree.  He als...

 Mike White will get another opportunity to prove himself under center for the New York Jets.  White will start for Jets in their Week 10 match-up against the Buffalo Bills, rather than Zach Wilson, who is still bothered by a knee injury according to Head Coach Robert Saleh.    Saleh also declined to say whether Wilson would assume the starting quarterback role when he is fully healthy, again, reiterating that his decision on who will be the starter at quarterback long term is a week-by-week proposition.  The White vs. Wilson debate is a very interesting one for Gang Green.  Should Mike White once again perform well, even if the Jets should lose to the Bills on Sunday, it raises questions as to whether Wilson should get the start again this season.  Why?  Very simple. Both White and Josh Johnson showed more in leading this offense than Wilson has in five starts. The rookie has looked overwhelmed.  Even Saleh acknowledged as much when he stat...

 Former Mets manager Luis Rojas may have a job before the Mets ever find his replacement.  While Steve Cohen and Sandy Alderson continue to get rejected by just about everyone around Major League Baseball for the President of Baseball Operations job and General Manager's job, their ex-manager might find a home eight miles away in the Bronx.  According to the New York Post and Joel Sherman , Rojas is "very likely" to become the Yankees third base coach, replacing Phil Nevin, who was fired last month.  Rojas was offered a chance to stay with the Mets in a reduced role, but opted instead to seek employment elsewhere. He was a candidate for the San Diego Padres managerial job before it went to veteran Bob Melvin.   Even with a record of 103-119, and a team that collapsed under his watch in the final two months of the 2021 season, Rojas is well respected in the industry, according to Sherman.  That really shouldn't come as a surprise. While he seemed overwh...

GIANTS 23 - RAIDERS 16  It was certainly ugly, but for the New York Giants, in a year that has been anything but beautiful, they'll settle for ugly -- especially in the win column.  In what was basically a field goal fest, as both teams combined for a grand total of six field goals, the Giants outlasted the Las Vegas Raiders 23-16 at MetLife Stadium to send themselves into the Bye Week at 3-6.  Major credit is to due to the Giants defense, which came up big Sunday forcing three turnovers, none bigger than the pick-six by Xavier McKinney to open the second half that gave the Giants a 17-13 lead.  The pick was one of two by McKinney, who picked off another Derek Carr pass at midfield with 5:12 to go with the Giants already leading 20-16. The turnover helped set up Graham Gano's third field goal of the day to make it 23-16. Still the game came down to one final stand by the Giants defense. Las Vegas moved the football into Giants territory thanks a 19-yard pass to Darre...

 COLTS 45 - JETS 30  Just when you think the Jets could be turning the corner, or that they may have stumbled into something special with quarterback Mike White, reality hits you fast. We should have known better. White played well once again for New York, leading the Jets to a game-tying touchdown drive in the first quarter on a beautiful 19-yard dime to wide receiver Elijah Moore.  However once FOX returned from commercial, White was seen on the sideline flexing his right hand and forearm in the hands of team doctors. As Joe Buck said, it didn’t look good.  White never returned to the game with what was diagnosed as a forearm injury, although reports after the game indicated that his arm was feeling better by the fourth quarter. However the game was well out of reach by that point. The Jets believe that he could be ready to play next weekend when the Jets host the Buffalo Bills, but the question is will the Jets play him? Zach Wilson is expected to prac...

New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley might be sidelined again this week, but it might not just be for an ankle injury. Barkley was one of 13 Giants who tested posted for COVID-19. Other notable members of the team include safety Xavier McKinney and offensive lineman Matt Skura. Barkley and McKinney were placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The good news is that both Barkley and Skura are vaccinated, meaning that they will need to test negative twice within the next 24 hours to be eligible to play. The Giants have been without Barkley since a Week 5 loss to the Dallas Cowboys when the star running back left game with an ankle injury after his leg was stepped on. The Giants host the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday at MetLife Stadium. It’s been two very difficult years for Barkely, who hasn’t seen the field much. In 2020 he missed the entire season with a knee injury he suffered in a Week 2 loss to the Chicago Bears. This year he’s played in only five games. Barkley hasn’...