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Wednesday’s 6-pack
NFL leaders in passing yards:
5,250— Patrick Mahomes, KC
4,739— Justin Herbert, LAC
4,694— Tom Brady, TB
4,547— Kirk Cousins, Minn
4,475— Joe Burrow, Cincy
4,438— Jared Goff, Det
Quote of the Day
“I think it’s a lot easier to get worse at quarterback than to get better in this league. So, I think what Jared (Goff) has done this year, he captained the ship of a top-3 offense, and he was top-10 statistically in most of the passing categories…….I do think that Jared has proven to everybody that he is the starting quarterback for us.”
Lions’ GM Brad Holmes
Wednesday’s quiz
Where did Cavaliers’ star Donovan Mitchell play his college basketball?
Tuesday’s quiz
Bruce Arians was the Arizona Cardinals’ coach last time they won a playoff game, in 2015.
Monday’s quiz
Detroit Lions haven’t won a playoff game since 1991; they beat Dallas 38-6 in that day.
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Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….
— Carlos Correa is going to sign a 6-year, $200M contract with Minnesota, pending a physical, but since he played for the Twins last year (136 games), doubtful that he will flunk this physical.
Correa his .291 with 22 homers for the Twins last season; he is 28.
— Other baseball stuff:
P Johnny Cueto signed a one-year, $8.5M deal with the Marlins.
1B Brandon Belt signed one-year, $9.3M deal with Toronto.
OF Corey Dickerson signed a ne-year, $2.25M deal with Washington.
— Red Sox IF Trevor Story had elbow surgery this week, is expected to miss most of 2023; not sure why the surgery was done in January instead of October, but it was. Story hit .238 with 16 homers last year, his first year away from Colorado.
— Detroit Lions led Green Bay 20-16 with 2:10 left Sunday night; they actually used a hook-and-ladder trick play to try and get a first down to run out the clock. You NEVER see play calling like that in the NFL; they got the first down on the following play, and eliminated division rival Green Bay.
Dan Campbell has been a unique head coach in his two years with Detroit; he isn’t afraid to try bold stuff, and his players bust their butts for him. In the first 5:00 of a game against the Rams last year, Lions tried an onside kick and a fake punt. In the first 5:00 of the game.
For the record, if you bet on the Lions every game the last two years, you would be 23-10-1.
— Miami Heat 112, Oklahoma City 111
In a one-point game, Heat was 40-40 on the foul line.
Jimmy Butler was 23-23 on the line; the entire Thunder team was 14-21.
Miami scored the last six points of the game.
— South Carolina 71, Kentucky 68— Gamecocks were ranked #214 coming in; they were a 20-point underdog in this game. Kentucky is 3-5 against top 100 teams, 3-3 in last six games overall. The natives are restless in Lexington.
— Florida 67, LSU 56
All ten starters in this game are transfers.
Teams combined to shoot 10-53 on the arc.
— Virginia 65, North Carolina 58
Tar Heels have lost eight in a row in Charlottesville.
UNC big guy Bacot got hurt 2:00 into the game.
Carolina led by 7 early in second half.
— Kansas 79, Oklahoma 75
Sooners led by 10 with 5:19 left in game
Kansas was 31-39 on foul line; ton of foul shots for a college game.
Kansas is 15-1, 4-0 in Big X, with wins by 2-3-14-4 points.
— Seton Hall 66, Georgetown 51— Hoyas lost their last 27 Big East games.
— DePaul 75, Villanova 65— Villanova is 8-9; anyone have Jay Wright’s phone number?
— Grand Canyon PG Jovan Blacksher tore his ACL, is out for the year; the Antelopes are 11-5 this season, 2-1 in the WAC.
— Bill Belichick’s record without Tom Brady: 79-88
Tom Brady’s record without Bill Belichick: 37-19
— As far as NFL totals go, under hit 55% this season, the most under’s have hit since 1991.
— This week is a tough one for NFL coaches on non-playoff teams. Lot of guys get fired.
Washington Commanders fired OC Scott Turner.
Tennessee Titans fired four assistants, including OC Todd Downing.
— There are currently five head coaching openings in the NFL:
Arizona
Carolina
Denver
Houston
Indianapolis
— NFL Draft is April 27-29, in Kansas City. NFL has done a good job the last few years in moving the draft all over the country. Smart.
— Get well soon to White Sox’ relief pitcher Liam Hendriks, who revealed this week that he has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. We wish him well with his treatment/recovery.
Wednesday’s 6-pack
NFL leaders in passing yards:
5,250— Patrick Mahomes, KC
4,739— Justin Herbert, LAC
4,694— Tom Brady, TB
4,547— Kirk Cousins, Minn
4,475— Joe Burrow, Cincy
4,438— Jared Goff, Det
Quote of the Day
“I think it’s a lot easier to get worse at quarterback than to get better in this league. So, I think what Jared (Goff) has done this year, he captained the ship of a top-3 offense, and he was top-10 statistically in most of the passing categories…….I do think that Jared has proven to everybody that he is the starting quarterback for us.”
Lions’ GM Brad Holmes
Wednesday’s quiz
Where did Cavaliers’ star Donovan Mitchell play his college basketball?
Tuesday’s quiz
Bruce Arians was the Arizona Cardinals’ coach last time they won a playoff game, in 2015.
Monday’s quiz
Detroit Lions haven’t won a playoff game since 1991; they beat Dallas 38-6 in that day.
*****************************
Wednesday’s Den: Mid-week musings…….
— Carlos Correa is going to sign a 6-year, $200M contract with Minnesota, pending a physical, but since he played for the Twins last year (136 games), doubtful that he will flunk this physical.
Correa his .291 with 22 homers for the Twins last season; he is 28.
— Other baseball stuff:
P Johnny Cueto signed a one-year, $8.5M deal with the Marlins.
1B Brandon Belt signed one-year, $9.3M deal with Toronto.
OF Corey Dickerson signed a ne-year, $2.25M deal with Washington.
— Red Sox IF Trevor Story had elbow surgery this week, is expected to miss most of 2023; not sure why the surgery was done in January instead of October, but it was. Story hit .238 with 16 homers last year, his first year away from Colorado.
— Detroit Lions led Green Bay 20-16 with 2:10 left Sunday night; they actually used a hook-and-ladder trick play to try and get a first down to run out the clock. You NEVER see play calling like that in the NFL; they got the first down on the following play, and eliminated division rival Green Bay.
Dan Campbell has been a unique head coach in his two years with Detroit; he isn’t afraid to try bold stuff, and his players bust their butts for him. In the first 5:00 of a game against the Rams last year, Lions tried an onside kick and a fake punt. In the first 5:00 of the game.
For the record, if you bet on the Lions every game the last two years, you would be 23-10-1.
— Miami Heat 112, Oklahoma City 111
In a one-point game, Heat was 40-40 on the foul line.
Jimmy Butler was 23-23 on the line; the entire Thunder team was 14-21.
Miami scored the last six points of the game.
— South Carolina 71, Kentucky 68— Gamecocks were ranked #214 coming in; they were a 20-point underdog in this game. Kentucky is 3-5 against top 100 teams, 3-3 in last six games overall. The natives are restless in Lexington.
— Florida 67, LSU 56
All ten starters in this game are transfers.
Teams combined to shoot 10-53 on the arc.
— Virginia 65, North Carolina 58
Tar Heels have lost eight in a row in Charlottesville.
UNC big guy Bacot got hurt 2:00 into the game.
Carolina led by 7 early in second half.
— Kansas 79, Oklahoma 75
Sooners led by 10 with 5:19 left in game
Kansas was 31-39 on foul line; ton of foul shots for a college game.
Kansas is 15-1, 4-0 in Big X, with wins by 2-3-14-4 points.
— Seton Hall 66, Georgetown 51— Hoyas lost their last 27 Big East games.
— DePaul 75, Villanova 65— Villanova is 8-9; anyone have Jay Wright’s phone number?
— Grand Canyon PG Jovan Blacksher tore his ACL, is out for the year; the Antelopes are 11-5 this season, 2-1 in the WAC.
— Bill Belichick’s record without Tom Brady: 79-88
Tom Brady’s record without Bill Belichick: 37-19
— As far as NFL totals go, under hit 55% this season, the most under’s have hit since 1991.
— This week is a tough one for NFL coaches on non-playoff teams. Lot of guys get fired.
Washington Commanders fired OC Scott Turner.
Tennessee Titans fired four assistants, including OC Todd Downing.
— There are currently five head coaching openings in the NFL:
Arizona
Carolina
Denver
Houston
Indianapolis
— NFL Draft is April 27-29, in Kansas City. NFL has done a good job the last few years in moving the draft all over the country. Smart.
— Get well soon to White Sox’ relief pitcher Liam Hendriks, who revealed this week that he has non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. We wish him well with his treatment/recovery.
