If the primary defensive objective was to stop running back Saquon Barkley, the Jacksonville Jaguars would have had to have gone into the locker room at halftime last Sunday more than satisfied with their first 30 minutes. In 9 carries, Barkley had accounted for but 18 yards. He had 15 more on 2 catches. If […]
Archives for October 2022
Good Things Happen . . .
When Philadelphia cornerback Darius Slay undercut the route of Cowboy receiver Michael Gallup, intercepting a pass with 5:14 left in the first half of last Sunday night’s contest, it gave the Eagles possession on the Dallas 46 – Philly’s third straight possession that began in Cowboy territory. It had been just a 7-0 Eagle lead […]
True Grit
I have always maintained – and continue to assert – that having the best team is not at all a predictor of playoff success in baseball – whereas it is the primary predictor of success in the football playoffs. This is because the narrow advantages that separate one team from another in baseball pretty much […]
Random End of Season Numbers
The Cards were held to fewer than 3 runs 13 times in 31 September/October games (42%). That had happened only 6 times in the first 37 games after the Break (16%). The Cards had 10 come-from-behind wins in September/October – including coming from four runs down twice. They had 22 second-half come-from-behind wins, three of […]
Pirates Do What They Can to Aid Celebration
After Jordan Montgomery began the Saturday game with a 12-pitch, three-up-three-down top of the first, Pirate pitcher Luis Ortiz got into immediate trouble in the bottom half. Leadoff man Brendan Donovan led the assault with a double, and Ortiz then walked Lars Nootbaar and Paul Goldschmidt. These would be the first two of 8 walks […]