10. Hope the COVID scourge stays away, while giving credit to the Bengals for the exemplary way they’ve kept the virus at bay. They could be the Browns, you know.
Cleveland needs a W tonight. Its next two games are at Green Bay and Pittsburgh. The Green Bay game is next Saturday. Nice 5-day turnaround for the Brownies.
AS FOR THE RAVENS . . . The karma doesn’t live in Charm City this year. Twice in three weeks, B-more has lost games because it didn’t convert two-pointers at the end. ESPN.com:
The more debatable decision was Harbaugh's decision not to go for 2 points after Baltimore had closed to 31-23 with 4:47 left in the game. If the Ravens had successfully made that 2-point conversion, they would have needed only an extra point at the end to win the game. If Baltimore had failed, it would still have had a shot to tie the game with a 2-point try at the end.
The Ravens are the first team in NFL history to lose three straight games in a single season by a combined four points or fewer.
Lamar Jackson missed the game, but Harbaugh said he’ll play v. the Men. Even if he doesn’t, Huntley isn’t a bad back-up. He threw for two TDs and ran for two others yesterday.
THE STEELERS are like moles in the backyard. Can’t kill ‘em. When their D is nearly whole, as it was Sunday, they’re a problem. But so is their schedule: At KC and B-more, home with Cleveland.
TOM BRADY IS A PETULANT BRAT. . . He was bitching and whining the whole game last night, before throwing and smashing an iPad, or whatever device the league supplies its teams. This is the other side of Brady, the one he usually takes great pains to conceal. It was a very good time, watching the Saints make him cry.
AMAZE IS WHAT HE DOES. . . Tiger and his 12-year-old son-prodigy Charlie reeled off 11 birdies in a row in that made-for-TV, father-son funfest Sunday, to finish 2nd behind John Daly and his son. (Daly, BTW, looks like he should be sleeping under an overpass.)
I didn’t see much of it, but enough to see that son looks like a miniature pops, right down to the mannerisms and clothing choices. It’d be a little weird if it weren’t so spectacular. The only difference is, the blessing of good health Charlie enjoys. His swing is like buttah, unburdened by back trauma and leg issues. If you have a little kid who wants to play golf, have him watch Charlie swing. Simple and deadly effective.
XAVIER CONTINUES TO IMPRESS. . . Saturday it was Dwon Odom, off the bench with 19 points and 3 steals in 21 minutes. The Musketeers have enough good players to have an answer for everything. Their depth eliminates foul-trouble concerns and, I’m guessing, makes for very competitive and fully engaged practices.
Travis Steele’s major concern is keeping everyone happy with the PT they get and with making smart substitutions. X doesn’t seem to have any real weaknesses. We’ll learn more tomorrow night, when they play at #9 Villanova.
GET OFFA MY LAWN NOTE O’ THE DAY. . . It’s wayyyy past time to ditch the idiotic “It’s third dowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn!’’ belch offered now BY EVERY SINGLE FREAKING STADIUM PR GUY.
K?
One, it’s entirely unoriginal. Like playing 7 Nation Army any time.
Two, we know what down it is.
Three, it’s stupid.
Just stop.
TUNE O’ THE DAY. . . Last TML for me, before Xmas. So, naturally, the world’s greatest Xmas tune. And Jerry Springer on bells! Have a merry, benevolent one, Mobsters. Thanks for being here.
