Texans throttle hapless Cowboys; what to anticipate from tonight's CFP Rankings; Paul Skenes wins NL ROY

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🏈 Good morning to all, however particularly to …

THE HOUSTON TEXANS

The Texans trounced the listless Cowboys, 34-10, a much needed win after shedding three of their final 4.

• Joe Mixon did a lot of the injury on the bottom, speeding for 109 yards and three touchdowns in tying the franchise document.
• Marquee offseason signing Danielle Hunter had two sacks, and Derek Barnett put the sport to mattress with a strip sack of Cooper Rush and a fumble return landing after Jalen Pitre pressured one other fumble … on … the … identical … play.
• Whereas C.J. Stroud was up and down once more, it was a superb signal to see Nico Collins return; he had 4 catches for 54 yards in his first sport in over a month.

Stroud’s struggles — particularly in gentle of his marvelous rookie season — are regarding, as is a scuffling offensive line. However at 7-4, the Texans have a agency grasp on the AFC South, and so they’ll be able to make noise within the playoffs.

👍Honorable mentions

• Kristaps Porzingis was assigned to the Celtics‘ G League staff as he works his manner again from an ankle damage.
• The Lakers are planning a Pat Riley statue.
• The USMNT cruised previous Jamaica, 4-2, (5-2 on aggregate) to advance to the Concacaf Nations League semifinals. Christian Pulisic opened the scoring, the People picked up an personal objective, and Ricardo Pepi made it 3-0 earlier than halftime. Tim Weah roofed a half-volley for the hosts’ last tally of the evening.
• Juan Soto is meeting with the Dodgers. Sure, actually.
• No. 18 Military revealed its uniforms for the annual game towards Navy.
• Here is the lads’s school basketball AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll and the ladies’s AP Top 25.
• Listed below are some Orioles offseason targets.
• Jack Maloney‘s first 2025 WNBA mock draft is out.
• Here is the USWNT roster for a pair of friendlies in a number of weeks.
• Alex Ovechkin has scored five goals in two days in his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky‘s profession targets mark.

🏈 And never such a superb morning for …

THE DALLAS COWBOYS

Final week, I promised I would not characteristic the Cowboys prominently on this e-newsletter anymore. However there was just one sport final evening, the Cowboys misplaced badly — once more — and a piece of their stadium’s roof fell onto the field pregame. Jerry Jones mentioned there was “no risk at all.” After the sport, the Texans trolled the Cowboys.

Very like that sheet of metallic was, Dallas’ season is in full free fall.

👎 Not so honorable mentions

• Can Bryce Underwood save Brian Kelly‘s job at LSU?
• The Bears say the Packers committed a penalty on their game-saving blocked discipline objective.
• The Rays‘ deal for a brand new stadium is on skinny ice. Is relocation next?
• Florida Atlantic fired Tom Herman.
• So lengthy, Minute Maid Park. The Astros‘ house has a new name.

🏈 What’s going to tonight’s Faculty Soccer Playoff Rankings, bracket appear to be?

After one other weekend of insanity — and with simply two weeks left within the common season — one other essential Faculty Soccer Playoff Rating and bracket emerges tonight. Brad Crawford predicted what things will look like come Choice Day, and he has a brand new No. 1: Ohio State.

The Buckeyes have lots of work to do to get there, beginning with beating an undefeated Indiana staff this weekend. However this game might mean even more for the Hoosiers, Brad writes.

• Crawford: “It is crucial that Indiana — for the reason that Hoosiers have not overwhelmed a ranked staff this season and won’t have an advantageous power of schedule — play properly towards the Buckeyes. A blowout loss would probably be sufficient for the choice committee to second-guess the 11-1 document in favor of one other at-large SEC choice. Proper now I’ve Tennessee because the odd staff out on the bubble, however relaxation assured Volunteers followers are rooting for a massacre of an Ohio State win on Saturday.”

We even have up to date variations of the CBS Sports 134 and Brandon Marcello’s Power Rankings.

Brad put only one Large 12 staff — Colorado, because the No. 12 seed — in his projections, however I beloved Dennis Dodd writing on one other Large 12 contender — Arizona State — who might be an even better story.

• Dodd: “The mess Herm Edwards left behind can’t be understated. There have been solely 47 returning scholarship gamers on the roster when Kenny Dillingham took over. Seven of them have been former walk-ons. The scandal itself was like a lead weight dragging down this system for years. … Dillingham informed CBS Sports activities he thought this season’s ‘flooring’ can be 4 or 5 wins. Higher to overdeliver than underachieve. Dillingham has additionally chipped away at ASU’s popularity as the final word sleeping large that could not get up.”

😬 Giants bench Daniel Jones; now what?

The Giants benched Daniel Jones on Monday after coming back from the bye week, relegating their 2019 first-round choose to 3rd string behind new starter Tommy DeVito and backup Drew Lock. It is the tip of an period — error, actually — for a staff that’s 2-8 this season and 24-44-1 total when Jones begins, the worst mark of any quarterback with not less than 50 begins since 2019.

The transfer comes beneath two years after Jones signed a four-year, $160 million extension following a 9-6-1 document and a playoff berth (and win) within the 2022 season.

However given the outcomes since, this resolution made sense, even when the Giants mentioned it will be a purely soccer one.

• Jones has virtually actually performed his last down for the franchise, which could not threat a $23 million damage assure for subsequent season.
• Enjoying-time incentives in Lock’s contract made going with DeVito extra financially wise, too.
• Jones will surely land somewhere after getting reduce this coming offseason, and Matt Ryan says there’s still hope.

The 2025 NFL Draft class doesn’t appear ripe with franchise quarterbacks, says Chris Trapasso, who dove into potential options for the G-Males in the event that they go that route. However even when it have been, might GM Joe Schoen and coach Brian Daboll land on the fitting one and construct round him? Cody Benjamin says Jones’ failure is Schoen’s and Daboll’s failure, too.

• Benjamin: “The Giants are nonetheless 17-26-1 beneath [Daboll’s] watch, nevertheless, and that document would not occur by chance, or with out a deeper dysfunction in terms of situational play-calling, offensive technique, and so forth. Simply as with every staff dealing with large modifications at quarterback (or larger up), many palms are guilty, and whereas Daboll particularly advocated for potential Jones replacements within the lead-up to the 2024 NFL Draft, he additionally held palms with Schoen as they pretended to reaffirm Jones as their future after the very fact.”

Giants-Cowboys on Thanksgiving will probably be generally known as “Zach’s post-dinner nap time.”

⚾ Paul Skenes, Luis Gil win Rookie of the Yr; 2025 Baseball Corridor of Fame poll arrives

For the primary time since 1981, each the NL and AL Rookie of the Yr awards went to starting pitchers. Pirates ace Paul Skenes claimed the NL’s honor, and Yankees standout Luis Gil nabbed the AL’s.

Skenes gained the {hardware} over Jackson Merrill and Jackson Chourio, and Matt Snyder explained why he voted for Skenes.

• Snyder: “Skenes went 11-3 this season for a sub-par Pirates staff. They have been 15-8 when he began and 61-78 when he did not. In his 133 innings, he struck out 170 and solely walked 32. He had a 1.96 ERA and 0.95 WHIP. On a price foundation, that is a completely outrageous season. Though his workload was restricted by the Pirates’ entrance workplace, Skenes nonetheless racked up extra WAR than each NL pitcher besides Chris Sale and Zack Wheeler. Solely 4 pitchers had extra win likelihood added.”

Mike Axisa, in the meantime, checked out potential 2025 Rookie of the Year candidates.

Shifting from stars of the current and future to these of the previous, the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was launched Monday, and listed below are a number of the greatest names on the poll for the primary time:

• Ichiro Suzuki
• CC Sabathia
• Dustin Pedroia
• Carlos Gonzalez
• Hanley Ramirez
• Félix Hernández

They be part of returners corresponding to Alex Rodriguez (fourth 12 months on poll), Billy Wagner (tenth) and Carlos Beltrán (third). Gamers want not less than 75% of the vote to make the Corridor, and so they get a most of 10 years of eligibility. Meaning it is now or by no means for Wagner after he simply barely missed final time round.

Matt outlined eight major storylines for this cycle in addition to FAQs.

📺 What we’re watching Tuesday

🏀 Cavaliers at Celtics, 7 p.m. on TNT
🏈 Northern Illinois at Miami (OH), 8 p.m. on ESPN
🏀 Thunder at Spurs, 9:30 p.m. on TNT
🏀 No. 6 Purdue at No. 15 Marquette (M), 9 p.m. on FS1