Niagara Falls, NY – Happy Monday. It’s Thanksgiving week!! I give thanks for having Short Matt as a friend and for this column to scream my sports views into the void. With that said, today’s post will talk about the Jets’ loss to the Ravens, an update on the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers’ weekly news.
NY Jets Loss
The Jets had me fooled, well not fooled but thinking they were turning a corner. They’ve done this thing lately where they score on the first drive of the game and make you believe it’s going to be different—at least in the last two games, it does start different, but the ending is the same.
The other team can’t figure them out for a quarter, and then the second quarter comes and the little tune gets exposed for two or three touchdowns. The Ravens did exactly that, exploding for two touchdowns and a field goal in the second quarter.
So now the Jets have to play catch-up, and that’s where the mental errors on offense kept them from closing the gap. They managed a field goal, but then would turn around with a turnover on downs or a fumble. The offense still has a ways to go. The defense didn’t play horribly, but I mean, those guys keep having to go out there and hold the damn line while the offense continues to stumble and bumble.
NY Knicks
The Knicks went on a three-game Southeast road trip this past week. They lost by two in Miami but managed to win by two in Dallas, only to head back to Florida to play Orlando and lose by 12.
I don’t know who does these trip plans for the NBA, but I don’t see the point of going from Florida to Texas and then back to Florida. You could have just kept it to two in Florida and then one in Atlanta or something. I don’t get paid the big bucks, I guess.
NY Rangers
The Rangers are on a road trip themselves, and it’s been a tough stretch of games. They started by losing on Sunday to Detroit, which I mentioned, and I guess the travel caught up to them. They’ve since faced Las Vegas, Colorado, and Utah, and they’ve lost all three. It’s frustrating because their strong play on the road was what was keeping their record afloat while they sorted things out at home. I believe they’re in the St. Louis tonight, so hopefully they can get a win and get back on track on the road and eventually at home to start fixing their season.
Thanks for reading and please feel free to comment below. Coming up tomorrow is the Tuesday thrasher, the Frank McCourt of suburban midschool nostalgia, Ben Whitney.
