BRONX, NY – I am writing this kinda late on Tuesday—much later than usual, anyway—so I wasn’t planning on covering playoff baseball from tonight, but I just might before I wrap this up. We’ll just have to see. In the meantime, I’ve got other sports stuff on my mind. Let’s open up the junk drawer, and see what’s in there.
There Are No Great 2025 NFL Teams… So Far. There was some God-awful NFL football played this past weekend. I won’t get into all the putrid specifics but, off the top of my head, performances by the Chargers and Cardinals belong buried in a stinkin’ Staten Island landfill. The Giants and Jets weren’t so hot either. Rams? Nope. Chiefs? They still have a lot of the same problems, including Mahomes’ interceptions. Don’t even get me started on the Ravens. And even the Bills looked fairly mediocre. Eagles, Lions, Buccaneers… pretty much every single team this year has looked seriously flawed at some point. So, I supposed what I’m getting at is, there just might be hope for my Vikings! I almost wrote that without laughing… so you know there’s at least a tiny grain of truth in there somewhere… maybe.
Jerry Jones Fined $250k for Flipping Off Jets Fans. I can’t believe I’m taking Jerry’s side on this one. I mean I’m not doing a Kickstarter for him or anything, but I am familiar with Jets fans. If anyone needs to “eff off” it’s them. Besides, like way back when in high school in Arkansas, I’m sure Jerry was just there to observe and somehow innocently got caught on camera. Nothing but bad luck for that guy.
The Puck Drops on a New NHL Season. Eh, I’m gonna let someone else cover this. It’s way too early to even think about.
Joe Flacco Traded to Bengals. That sound you just heard was Bengals backup QB Jake Browning’s career officially ending. So he won’t be cashing in like other flash-in-the-pan backup signal callers of yore like Scott Mitchell or Matt Flynn or Rob Johnson, but maybe it’s not all his fault. Maybe, just maybe, he’ll one day land with a team with a decent line and a decent coach, but the odds are that he won’t. It’s up to 40-year-old Joe Skinny to save Cincy’s season now. You’d be better off watching reruns of WKRP, kids.
Mariners Win Game 3! I don’t care about the game in the Bronx (tied as I finish this masterpiece), because my Seattle Mariners got a big Game 3 win in Detroit to go up 2-1 in their series. Look, it’s been ages. Let me get excited about this, will ya? (Sorry, Walt.) Thanks!
Okay, I’m done for today. Buddy Diaz is back tomorrow and he better not be writing about the Knicks again, so help me. Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday.
