Lions crush Cowboys on Jerry Jones' birthday; Dodgers win NLCS Sport 1; Liberty even WNBA Finals

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🏈 The Soccer 5

1. It was ugly, however the Bengals scrounged out a much-needed 17-7 win over the Giants. Joe Burrow and Chase Brown each scored on the bottom, and the protection got here up with a number of key stops. Additionally ugly? Daniel Jones‘ prime-time numbers.
2. The Lions demolished the Cowboys, 47-9, for a Scorigami!, however NFL sack chief Aidan Hutchinson broke his leg. We’ll discuss this recreation in a bit.
3. The Ravens beat the Commanders, 30-23, Baltimore’s fourth straight win after beginning 0-2. Lamar Jackson threw for 323 yards and a rating, and Derrick Henry scored twice, persevering with his historically great start.
4. The Steelers thumped the Raiders, 32-13, and after one other sturdy recreation, Justin Fields deserves to be the full-time starter, Bryan DeArdo writes. Pittsburgh obtained an “A-” in John Breech’s Week 6 grades.
5. Over in London, the Bears walloped the Jaguars, 35-16, with Caleb Williams throwing 4 landing passes and incomes a spot on Cody Benjamin’s Week 6 winners. Jacksonville security Andre Cisco called out his teammates’ effort.

⚾🏈 Good morning to all, however particularly to …

THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS

The Dodgers had been determined for pitching all season. Now, they’re on one of many best postseason pitching stretches ever. Jack Flaherty tossed a gem, and the star-studded offense struck early and sometimes in a 9-0 NLCS Game 1 win over the Mets.

• The Dodgers are as much as 33 consecutive scoreless innings pitched, tying the 1966 Orioles for the longest streak in a single postseason. Los Angeles can also be the third group in MLB historical past with three straight playoff shutouts.
• Offensively, Max Muncy drove in two within the first inning, and Shohei Ohtani, Tommy Edman and Freddie Freeman helped lengthen the result in 6-0 by the fourth.
• The Dodgers’ No. 1-3 hitters — Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freeman — collected 5 hits, 5 RBI and 4 runs.
• It is the most important shutout win in Dodgers playoff historical past, topping their earlier better of 8-0 all of two video games in the past.

It is a pitching employees that is been battered by accidents. The Dodgers wanted a bullpen recreation in a do-or-die Sport 4 within the NLDS in opposition to the Padres after which obtained an important effort from Yoshinobu Yamamoto within the winner-take-all Sport 5. Now, Flaherty is the most recent to impress by going seven scoreless, the primary Dodger to take action in a postseason recreation since Clayton Kershaw in 2020.

Game 2 is today, and Sport 1 of the Guardians-Yankees ALCS follows.

… AND ALSO A GOOD MORNING TO THE OREGON DUCKS

So shut but to date … till now. After years of lacking out on a real top-tier win, No. 3 Oregon obtained simply that, an enthralling 32-31 triumph over No. 2 Ohio State.

The sport featured eight lead modifications, but it surely’s the way in which the lead did not change late that was most beautiful. With 5 seconds left, Will Howard scrambled to attempt to get the Buckeyes into discipline aim vary, however time expired as he slid down.

However we cannot dumb it down to only that play. No, this recreation was too good, this outcome too significant, for that. Oregon entered 0-19 in opposition to AP top-two groups and received regardless of a number of miscues and the absence of star pass rusher Jordan Burch.

As a substitute, let’s give attention to …

• Dillon Gabriel threw for 341 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a landing, his greatest recreation this season in opposition to the perfect competitors.
• Jordan James rumbled for 115 yards and a rating.
• Evan Stewart collected seven catches for 149 yards and a rating.

Greater than the person efforts, how concerning the team-wide resilience from Dan Lanning‘s bunch? These Geese don’t back down from anyone, nor should they, Brandon Marcello writes.

😄 Honorable mentions

🏈 And never such an excellent morning for …

THE DALLAS COWBOYS

For Jerry Jones‘ 82nd birthday, the Cowboys gifted him his worst dwelling loss as an proprietor. Sure, the 47-9 defeat was as dangerous because it appears and sounds. Perhaps worse. Jones himself mentioned it greatest: “We’re in the proverbial sh—er right now.”

Let’s first reward the Lions, who very a lot deserve each praise. Watching Ben Johnson name performs and his offense execute them is extra artwork than sport — each vast open receiver, each gaping operating lane, each inventive spark extra stunning than the final.

• Jared Goff (315 yards passing, three touchdowns) had 4 completions of 35+ yards, probably the most by a Lions quarterback in a recreation since Matthew Stafford in 2015.
• Detroit ran for 184 yards on 5.1 yards per rush.
• This double flea-flicker 52-yard touchdown to Sam LaPorta was the right instance of how Cowboys defenders’ heads had been spinning all recreation.

The rating was disrespectful sufficient, however the Cowboys obtained clowned. The Lions tried to throw a touchdown to left sort out Taylor Decker (who caught the controversial waved-off touchdown last year). They tried a lateral to proper sort out Penei Sewell. They put backup lineman Dan Skipper at vast receiver. 

Dallas simply would not have solutions. All the things is so troublesome offensively. I imply, 5 turnovers? Outgained 492-251? Actually? The offensive line is a multitude. Exterior of CeeDee Lamb, no gamers actually threaten the protection. The Cowboys are lifeless final within the NFL in yards per rush, which places a ton of strain on Dak Prescott to be glorious. He hasn’t been shut. The protection is getting shredded, particularly with Micah Parsons and Demarcus Lawrence out. On Goff’s landing to Jameson Williams, Trevon Diggs wasn’t prepared on the snap, and Williams cruised by him. That is inexcusable.

Hear, I get it. The Cowboys are “America’s Crew.” (No matter that is presupposed to imply anymore.) They will keep within the highlight. However as issues stand, they are going to hold getting embarrassed in it, too.

😕 Not so honorable mentions

🏈 Faculty soccer recap: Texas rolls in Purple River Rivalry; LSU, Penn State, Alabama rally

It is a burnt orange world, and we’re simply residing in it. No. 1 Texas crushed No. 18 Oklahoma, 34-3. After a gradual begin in Quinn Ewers‘ return from an stomach harm, Texas poured it on for its fourth-largest win in Red River Rivalry history

Merely put, the Longhorns took care of business at a championship-caliber level, Shehan Jeyarajah writes.

• Jeyarajah: “By the tip of the sport, there wasn’t a slot on the field rating the place Texas didn’t dominate. … By way of six video games, the Longhorns have been arguably probably the most spectacular group within the nation with blowout wins on the highway in opposition to Michigan and on the Cotton Bowl in opposition to Oklahoma. It wasn’t all the time fairly, however discovering methods to blow out lesser opponents is important on a championship run.”

Not a lot drama in that one, however there was loads elsewhere.

No. 13 LSU pulled off a thrilling 29-26 overtime win over No. 9 Ole Miss regardless of main for precisely zero seconds. Garrett Nussmeier got here up big late with a 23-yard landing to Aaron Anderson to power extra time and a walk-off 25-yard landing to Kyren Lacy in extra time.

No. 4 Penn State, in the meantime, overcame a 14-point second-half deficit to upend USC, 33-30, in overtime. The star of the day was Tyler Warren, who caught an FBS tight end record-tying 17 passes for 224 yards, together with a touchdown on a play he snapped the ball. Significantly.

However how concerning the man throwing to him? Drew Allar is the gunslinger Penn State has long needed, Dennis Dodd writes.

We even have Faculty Soccer Playoff contenders who received, however did not impress:

Alabama visits Tennessee this weekend. Oh boy.

Here is extra from the weekend

🏀 Liberty maintain off Lynx, even WNBA Finals

After lacking a few essential alternatives in Sport 1, Breanna Stewart responded emphatically in Sport 2 with 21 factors, eight rebounds and 5 assists to guide the Liberty to an 80-66 win over the Lynx and tie the WNBA Finals at one recreation apiece. Betnijah Laney-Hamilton added a playoff career-high 20 factors for New York.

As good because the offensive numbers had been, Stewart’s Finals-record seven steals set the tone, Jack Maloney writes.

• Maloney: “With Stewart main the way in which, the Liberty held the Lynx to 66 factors on 45% capturing. This was the Lynx’s lowest-scoring recreation of the playoffs and their second-least environment friendly capturing efficiency. The Liberty additionally compelled 20 turnovers, tied for the second-most in a playoff recreation in Lynx franchise historical past.”

📺 What we’re watching Monday

⚾ NLCS Sport 2: Mets at Dodgers, 4:08 p.m. on Fox/FS1
⚾ ALCS Sport 1: Guardians at Yankees, 7:38 p.m. on TBS/truTV
🏈 Payments at Jets, 8:15 p.m. on ABC/ESPN