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Thursday Night always seems to have some drama. This week it was only for a little while but nevertheless it entertaining. Eli finally found his stride, and the defense showed some life against a battered Redskins offense. Odell Beckham Jr. continues to surprise us with the catches he makes, and with his brand new dance moves. He had a good game with seven catches for seventy-nine yards and that all important jumping TD catch. Eli shredded a skins defense who lost Pro-Bowl corner DeAngelo Hall to a toe injury. Eli threw for two hundred seventy-nine yards and two scores. Meanwhile Ruben Randle had himself a day, and is my game ball recipient. Randle had seven catches for a hundred and sixteen and a touchdown. He also made a very nice catch off the tip-drill before scampering into the endzone. DON'T FORGET to follow,like, comment, and share on your way out!

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This past week was an insane week of football. Big Ben carved the 9er's defense, Tony Romo injuries his left clavicle, Jay Cutler injures his hamstring. Also Johnny Football gets his first win as a quarterback in the NFL, Tampa Bay upsets the Saints in New Orleans, Derek Carr leads a 4th quarter comeback in Oakland, and A-Rod finally gets some revenge on Seattle. First I have to cover the key injuries. Jay Cutler is out at least two weeks with a hamstring that he suffered after he threw an interception late in the second quarter yesterday. Tomo Romo injured his left clavicle, he suffered in the third quarter and is said that he is going to miss about eight weeks. That will be a huge miss for the Cowboys already without Dez Bryant for most of the season. Also it is said that Drew Brees has a shoulder injury and it is unclear how many games he is going to miss. Meanwhile, after a terrible loss at home the Raiders came back in the fourth quarter late to beat the ravens who had the

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What a week for the city of Arlington. First the Cowboys comeback in grand style late to win the game on Sunday. Then just two days later the Texas Rangers walk off into first place on a Mitch Moreland sac fly in the bottom of the ninth. The Rangers who were seven games back at the trade deadline and after they acquired Cole Hamles. Since the trade deadline they have a .444 winning percentage winning 27 games and only losing 12 games during that span. Price Fielder has been a huge part of winning being the veteran presence in that locker room. Adrian Beltre hasn't shown any signs of slowing down hitting .282 this season with 15 bombs and 57 RBI's. Josh Hamilton has been great player since the All-Star break, Batting .266 with 3 homers. Cole Hamels since the trade has been a warrior in Arlington since he got traded, which is weird because the Rangers ballpark is a hitters ballpark. The Rangers are back to old form from the 2010-2011 when they went to back to back World Series.

What a Monday night! Crazy game in Atlanta, Bradford looked good besides the 2 picks, Coleman for the Falcons looked like a young Michel Turner. Julio Jones showed a new side becoming Matty Ices' favorite target and more of a possession receiver, rather than a vertical threat. However, Jones would have had way more yards last night if the Falcons didn't commit so many holding penalties. Really the whole league needs to work on holding because it seemed to me that there was way too many holding penalties. Maybe the refs have that as a point of interest that they need to call. Maybe, just maybe but the league does need to adjust. In the other Monday Night game, special teams were a concern. The 49er's had a kicked blocked on their first possession, and muffed a punt to give Minnesota great field position. Minnesota on their first possession missed a field goal, and later in the game shanked a punt (luck-ally that punt was fumbled by San Fran). The running game which everyon

While most of you were rained in on Saturday and watching football yesterday, the Bronx Bombers pretty much decided their fate for the division. On Saturday, the Yanks and Blue Jays fought long and hard for 11 innings in the first game hitting 7 home runs and scoring at while against each other. It had the atmosphere of a playoff game and almost as much as a September series with the Red Sox. But the Jays broke throw for 5 in the top the 11th against Brian Mitchell. Then the Jays were not done as they break out 6 in the second inning. The Jays also extended their AL East lead to 4 and a half games with the sweep of the double header. The 2 run bomb from Edwin Encarnacion was to me the deciding factor in the game. The Yankees were forced to use their bullpen after that to save the game in hope of winning and shaving the lead done to a game and a half. The inning with Mitchell is going to happen because he is a  young inexperienced pitcher who is coming back from a scary moment were he t

Absolutely crazy opening week for the NFL yesterday. Where to start there are so many story lines from yesterday it might have been hard to follow last night. Defense was an important topic yesterday. If you are teams like San Diego, or Denver defense saved the game for you. If your waking up as a Giant you might be to happy with your defense. Speaking of the Giants that has to be the hot topic this morning from everything that happened yesterday. I have to ask, does what the Giants did last--night passing the ball, in a way remind anyone of what Seattle did in the Super Bowl just seven months ago? If you fell asleep during the game, the Giants got the ball with 5:08 to play in the game and drained the clock until the 2 minute warning where they were on Dallas' 20. On 3rd and 14 Eli throws a dime to Odell Beckham Jr, putting the ball on the 4 yard line. Game over right? Wrong, this is only when it starts to get good. The Giants give the ball to Reshad Jennings twice and waste the

Some bad bad news coming out of the Bronx as there All-Star First baseman has a fracture in his shin that is causing him to miss the remainder of the season. This means Greg Bird the sensational rookie replacement will be the everyday first baseman on a playoff team. It's a ton of responsibility for a young player, but Bird seems like he can handle the heat. Teixeira was having a great comeback year after a wrist injury caused Tex to miss the majority of the 2014 season. Tex was hitting .255 with 31 homers and 79 RBI's. He for a moment was in the MVP race at the beginning of the year. It is a very sad sight to see another injury for an amazing talent like Teixeira. Next year will be his age 36 season and his second to last under his current contract for the pinstripers. Hopefully Tex can comeback better than every next season and play throw the entire year. Source: New York Daily News; Bleacher Report Don't forget to follow,like,comment, and share on your way out!

Well well well... Tom Brady showed that he is still one of the greatest that has ever played the game, while giving the NFL a little punch to the chin with his performance. He went 25-32 for 288 and 4 TD's. However, he is not my game ball. It is someone that no one has ever heard of in Dion Lewis. The 5'8'' 24 year old from Pitt had a career night last night. The last time he played before last night was in 2012 for the Philadelphia Eagles,as a backup. The entire season Lewis had 69 rushing yards, and 24 yards receiving. Last night he had 69 rushing on 15 attempts. Lewis also had 51 receiving yards which is 27 more yards then he has ever had in a season. So, Lewis not only went into uncharted waters starting for the defending champs next to one of the greats, he showed the doubters that the Patriots have a running back that can make some noise. Now don't get me wrong he is no Adrian Peterson but he is a nice receiving back that can stay around for a while. Don'

IT'S TIIIIIMMMMMEEEE!!!! Football season is back and it couldn't come soon enough here are my picks for week 1 Week 1 Picks Don't forgot to Like, Comment and Share on your way out!

News broke out of the Bronx after their 8-6 come from behind victory this afternoon. If you haven't seen already Greg Bird hit a three-run shot into the yanks pen in the bottom of the 7th. After the Bombers celebrated 77th victory, they shut down arguably their best pitcher this season in Nathan Eovaldi. Eovaldi has posted a 4.20 ERA in 27 games this season. He is 14-3 in those 27 games. The Yankees are calling it elbow inflammation and are shutting him down for 2 weeks. Now, there are just about a month left in the season so hopefully he can make at least a start or two before the playoffs. Bryan Mitchell who if you remember got stroke in the head with a come backer just a few weeks ago, could be a possible replacement for Eovaldi. This is a very smart move for the Yankees, although it does hurt Eovaldi's chances of winning the Cy Young. Shutting him down allows him to rest up if he does in fact have elbow inflammation. The staff which is struggling at the moment as a unit h

Friday Morning, Dwight Howard was catching a 7 AM flight at Intercontinental Airport in Houston, TSA agents found a gun in his carry-on bag. He explained to the police while detained that the gun was for his friend. Howard after further questioning; he gave his gun other to authorities and was released, as well as caught a later flight out of Houston. The police did not press chargers against the Rocket super-star center. The Rockets are aware of the incident and are gathering further information. Don't forget to Like,Comment,Subscribe, and Share on your way out!

The Seahawks may have lost the superbowl, but they have had an amazing offseason. They have added Jimmy Graham, Cary Williams, and kept Max Unger. They did lose superbowl XLIX hero Malcolm Smith, and Byron Maxwell a member of the Legion of Boom. With the addition of Jackson they give their offense another good weapon. Seattle can start using 2 back sets and use Jackson as a fullback in some sets. Jackson like Lynch has a pair of with 66 catches for 500 yards last season. Beast Mode can also rest more then he has before because Jackson in Buffalo was the starter in C.J Spillers absence. Pete Carroll has another good player under his belt that likes to compete, and you could see Darren Sproles production from Jackson this season. Not so in the special teams game but some serious numbers. It will be very interesting to see what Seattle can do this season. Like,Comment,Subscribe, and Share on your way out!