Adding a Sports Venue

This is my new football blog. I am expanding my blog to include both football and baseball. The baseball blog will be written regularly as usual. I adding weekly football news and other things of that nature.

Just to put a cap on the 2019 MLB season, Jacob DeGrom of the Amazins won his second Cy Young award. “DeGOAT” has won amazing back-to-back Cy Youngs. He wasn’t as amazing as last year but he was amazing enough to get the award. He had a 2.43 ERA, an 11-8 record and NL-leading 255 Ks. If you think about it, that’s really good. Congrats, “DeGOAT.”

In Week 10, the 4-4 Raiders took on the 4-5 Chargers. Both teams are not living up to expectation, but Josh Jacobs is tearing it up. I actually lost twice because of him in fantasy football. Philip Rivers played well, with 204 yards but three picks. If I was the Chargers, I would consider tanking and getting a good college QB in the draft, a Jalen Hurts or a Sam Ehlinger if worse comes to worst. The Chargers running game is what they have to rely on if they want to win a game but that’s not what I would recommend. Their run game is probably the best in the NFL. Everyone knows Austin Ekeler can carry his load when Melvin Gordon was holding out, Ekeler was amazing, but now he has to share the load with Gordon. I don’t like the Chargers receiving crew, Keenan Allen is obviously the number 1 wideout but I would want Hunter Henry to get involved more. I would prescribe the same thing for the Raiders and Derek Carr, they need to get a good QB, like Jake Fromm or a Steven Montez if they get a have decent record. Josh Jacobs is amazing but wasn’t so good this game, 71 yards on 16 attempts, not amazing. The Raiders wide receivers are really bad, the number one is Jalen Richard or Hunter Renfrow, they have to trade for a good receiver in the offseason or before the trade deadline. The Chargers D wasn’t very good, only three sacks and no picks. The Raiders D lit it up with 5 sacks and 3 interceptions.

I’m proud of my Jets, but they are 2-7. They took on their rivals, the Giants. Daniel Jones was amazing, 4 TDs, 304 yards in passing, but he did this with the Jets’ amazing D. The Jets run D is amazing, 3 yards per carry, which is 1^st in the NFL, 88 run stuffs, also first, 81.9 rush yards per game, 2^nd in the NFL, these are very surprising numbers for a 2-7 team. They lived up to their numbers for this one, only 23 yards rushing on 17 carries among three different guys. Their number one, amazing runner, Saquon Barkley was held to only 1 yard on 13 carries, no, not a typo. For the Giants receiving squad, three guys had above 40 yards. Golden Tate and Darius Slayton both had two touchdowns. The Giants D was atrocious, two sacks and no picks, not their usual numbers. Sam Darnold went 19/30 for 230 yards and one touchdown, very mediocre. The guy that all the hype was around before the season started, Le’Veon Bell had 34 yards rushing and 1 touchdown, on the season, 3.1 yards per carry and 4 touchdowns, very bad. The Jets receivers were a little better than their rushing game, 2 guys over 80 yards and Jamison Crowder got the touchdown. The Jets D was more than anyone could ask for, 5 sacks, no picks but two fumbles. Jamal Adams could possibly be one of the best defensive players in a few years.

The Dolphins and Colts played, the Colts were sure to win but then, whoops, Marlon Mack choked, Jacoby Brisset was injured and everything went bad. Ryan Fitzpatrick was regular old Ryan, 169 yards and one pick. Kalen Ballage turned into their number one running back which was a very smart move in trading away Kenyan Drake for someone and still having a good running back. He had 43 yards on 20 carries. Devante Parker had 69 yards, their top WR. Allen Hurns had 32 yards, with Mike Gesicki had 28 yards. The D stepped up, 3 picks and 1 sack, which is not good for any other team, but for the Dolphins – that’s amazing. Brian Hoyer was really bad, 204 yards, 1 TD and 3 picks, that’s a very bad performance. Marlon Mack had 74 yards on the ground, on 19 carries. The speedster Nyheim Hines had 14 yards but 30 yards receiving. Eric Ebron had a better game than projected, 56 yards and Jack Doyle had 44 yards plus 1 touchdown. Darius Leonard had the INT, one sack and 11 tackles, he went crazy. Two sacks for the rest of the defense and no more picks.

The Packers-Panthers game was a thriller; Kyle Allen had a good game, 307 yards passing, one passing touchdown and one pick. The Panthers have a very conservative running game, a Pro-Bowl running back and a scrambling QB, 12 yards on the ground with him. Christian McCaffrey had 120 yards and one touchdown. DJ Moore is the tough guy who doesn’t care for his body and just keep on running. If he gets a dot, he’ll run which will give him 100+ yards each game, like in this game, 120 yards to be exact. Greg Olsen is who everyone thinks is very old and not good anymore, he’s actually very good, a lot of possession catches, old school type. Two sacks and no picks for the Carolina D. Aaron Rodgers played vintage Aaron Rodgers just minus the TDs. 233 yards and 19 completions, no picks and no TDs. Aaron Jones is amazing as usual, 93 yards rushing and 3 touchdowns, that’s insane, he’s insane, he’s really good. Devante Adams had 118 yards receiving, he’s always been good, but no receiving touchdowns for anyone one.  Jimmy Graham is their secret weapon; he can do anything, especially catch and hold onto the ball, 59 receiving yards on two receptions. The Packers D wasn’t too good, 3 sacks and one pick. The final drive for the Panthers was a good one, Kyle Allen moving the chains. He made a few rookie mistakes but converted on an important 4^th down but they lost by inches, literally, Christian McCaffrey didn’t do this job or the DL of the Packers was that good.

The Pittsburgh Steelers and the LA Rams played, it was fun. The Steelers are having a Cinderella story, they have all the pieces, they just have to start fitting the puzzle. Jared Goff had a reverse career game, absolutely horrible, 243 yards, 2 picks, and a fumble, it was just funny. Todd Gurley played alright, 73 yards on 12 carries, better than I would’ve thought. Robert Woods was good, but the Rams receivers aren’t that good. He had 95 yards, then Gerald Everett had 68 yards, Josh Reynolds had 49 yards. The Rams D is average and was average last week, 3 sacks and no picks. The Steelers have to trade for a young QB, they have to. Big Ben is too old, Mason Rudolph is just bad, they need a lot of help there. Jaylen Samuels had 29 yards on 14 carries. The Steelers run game is not advanced what so ever. James Washington and Diontae Johnson, two speedsters got 154 receiving yards. Juju needs to step it up in order to have a chance at a wild card berth. The Steelers D went crazy, 4 sacks, 3 picks, and one fumble, Minkah Fitzpatrick had a nice game, 3 tackles, 1 pick and 1 fumble recovery.

Kirk Cousins is an amazing story, he is bad, no one can argue with that, but his past few weeks have been MVP type play. 220 yards passing and two touchdowns with no picks against the good Dallas secondary for Mr. Cousins. Everyone wants Dalvin Cook, he is amazing, I don’t have him on my fantasy team, but he was an absolute steal for everyone. He had 97 yards rushing and 86 yards receiving and 1 touchdown. If Adam Thielen comes back Week 14, then the Vikings are making the playoffs. Stefon Diggs had 49 yards and Kyle Rudolph had 14 yards but two touchdowns. The Vikings D wasn’t too good, 1 pick and 1 sack, their D needs to step up in order to get the team really good. Dak Prescott is really good, everyone says he’s overrated, really? Look at the stats, especially in this game: 397 yards in the air, 3 touchdowns and 1 pick, against the Vikings D, that’s Hall of Fame quality. Ezekiel Elliot has to step up, they are about to get kicked from the playoffs, they need to expand the running game, Dak’s going to do his job, Zeke needs to carry his load. Amari Cooper has 147 yards and one touchdown (he’s gonna kill me this week in fantasy) Randall Cobb and Michael Gallup had 182 yards plus two touchdowns. Dallas’ D also has to get better, no picks and 1 sack, even with the Vikings not-so-good offense.

This game was probably my favorite game of this week: Seahawks and 49ers. Russell Wilson didn’t play vintage Russell Wilson, 232 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 pick. Chris Carson had 89 rushing yards and one touchdown, he has been a workhorse for them, but they don’t need him as much as some other teams because they have a great quarterback. DK Metcalf has been a revelation had 70 yards, Jacob Hollister 62 yards and one touchdown in this game. Tyler Lockett was bad in this game, only 23 yards, not very good. The Seahawks D was good, 5 sacks, 1 pick and 2 fumble recoveries. Jimmy Garopollo had 248 yards in the air and 1 touchdown and 1 pick. Tevin Coleman took hold of the ship of the run game in this one, 40 yards; Matt Breida had only 18 yards. Deebo Samuel went off in this game 112 yards, but no touchdowns, Kendrick Bourne had 32 yards receiving and 1 touchdown. A lot of underdogs in this game were good. Five sacks and one pick for the 49ers D, they continue to demoralize any opponent.

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