COHEN'S CORNER SPORTS

JETS 38 - CHIEFS 31  As frustrating as this season has been to watch at times, one things is certain, Todd Bowles' players have his back. It has been easy to think that coming off two disheartening losses to the Panthers and Buccaneers would mean that Bowles would find himself firmly on the hot seat. But as has been the case all year, the players never got the memo that they are supposed to lose. After falling behind 14-0, the Jets dominated the line of scrimmage against Kansas City, amassing nearly 500 yards of offense, while maintaining possession of the football for 42 minutes. Even the Jets defense was dreadful on Sunday afternoon, the offense made up for it and found a way to get a win against a team that still has a legitimate chance at the postseason. Josh McCown was brilliant yet again for the Jets. The 38-year old veteran quarterback was 26 of 36 for 331 yards with a passing touchdown and two rushing touchdowns. He was pin-point accurate when he needed to be, and ...

When the dust settled Friday night on the Yankees naming of Aaron Boone as manager of the New York Yankees there was a collective groan for a majority of Yankee fans on social media. Many decried the fact that Boone has no experience as a manager. Some poked fun at him, saying he will name his ESPN partner, Jessica Mendoza as his bench coach. Others were just upset that Aaron Boone is not Carlos Beltran, Hensely Muelens or even Joe Girardi. No, Aaron Boone is not the peoples choice to manager of a team that was one win away from the World Series this past season. If anything the decision to go with a guy who has zero coaching experience is a gamble that will be directly tied to the legacy of Brian Cashman. Cashman was recently named the Executive of the Year for his work building a team that features perennial all stars in Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez and Greg Bird. It was a deserving award. He helped change the culture a franchise that had been dominated by years of reckless spending...

On this edition of the Open Mike Program, hosts Michael Cohen and Karen Vankat talk about the Giants insidious decision to bench Eli Manning, putting the blame for the 2017 season on the Super Bowl MVPs shoulders. We take the Giants to task. Listen here!!

Eli Manning's career with the Giants is over. It just isn't official yet. The Giants decided to bench Manning for their Week 13 game at Oakland and start former Jets flame out Geno Smith instead, because embattled head coach Ben McAdoo believes that Geno Smith gives his team the best chance to win. At 2-9. I don't know what is more disturbing? The fact that Eli Manning got screwed over by the very franchise that he helped carry to two Super Bowl titles? The fact that McAdoo and GM Jerry Reese continues to show their utter incompetence? Or the fact that it sounds like John Mara and Steve Tisch signed off on Manning's benching? Eli Manning deserved a better fate than what he got on Tuesday from the Giants, a franchise that should be indebted to him for all the work he has done over the past 14 years. No player in the history of the franchise has gone through more, and has done more than Manning has. He overcame a locker room that looked down on him when he was a rooki...

PANTHERS 35 - JETS 27 In what has become a disturbing pattern this season, the New York Jets once again proved they are the best team in the NFL when it comes to finding ways to lose in excruciating fashion. Mistakes, penalties, more mistakes and misfortune spelled doom for Gang Green on Sunday in a game that looked ripe for a tremendous upset, the Jets found a way to let the Carolina Panthers slip from their grasp in a disheartening 35-27 loss. At 4-7 the Jets playoff hopes are all but dead. While the expectations were not for this team to get to the playoffs this season, it doesn't change the fact that this season has spiraled into utter disappointment. The bottom line is the Jets blew another fourth quarter lead, and when they had an opportunity to stage a comeback, the flushed that down the toilet on more dumb penalties. All of this falls on the shoulders of head coach Todd Bowles, who once again demonstrated he can't get his team ready to play a full 60 minute foo...

REDSKINS 20 - GIANTS 10  Don't pass the gravy to someone in a Giants jersey this Thanksgiving, they might just drop it. The 2017 Giants have been a lot of awful things this year, but one thing is for sure this offense is just awful. Big Blue managed only seven first downs and a measly 170 yards of offense in a 20-10 meltdown in the Nations Capital on Thanksgiving night, giving their fans indigestion as the Giants record fell to 2-9. More importantly they wasted a tremendous effort from the defense that gave this woebegone football team a shot to avoid total humiliation.  A lot of Giants fans have been quick to blame Eli Manning for this debacle of a season, even rooting for the Giants to lose out so they can get their hands on one of the over-hyped California quarterbacks coming out of next year's draft. But here are some cold hard facts on this chilly November night. This is not Eli's fault. And Thursday night's 20-10 loss wasn't his fault at all.  ...