SNY's The Warm-up: Giants hope — Mets moves — Jets vs. Patriots

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. [Here]( a great Jeopardy! sports clip in honor of Alex Trebek. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's sports schedule... - Patriots at Jets, 8:15 p.m. 🏈 Word count: 787 words (about seven minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- SNY originals... The Baseline - [Can Knicks draft prospect Killian Hayes handle the pressure of playing in New York?]( Bigger Than Sports - [St. John's basketball head coach Mike Anderson talks about police brutality]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Game 8: The Giants' dominance against Washington continues NFL/Twitter GIANTS 23, FOOTBALL TEAM 20 -- Daring to blow a 17-point lead, the Giants held off a late push by Washington on Sunday for their second win of the season. Their last three wins dating back to 2019 have come against the Football Team. GIF'd above: Daniel Jones' connection to Evan Engram, which served to show the absolute talent each young player sometimes shows. Three things: - Jones (23-of-34, 212 yards, one TD) had his second turnover-free game in 22 career tries. The other was against Washington, of course. - The Giants' defense forced five turnovers, most in a game since 2014. Three came as INTs of Alex Smith, who replaced an injured Kyle Allen. - The final TO was [an INT]( by Logan Ryan, whose wife, Ashley, had emergency surgery in Florida last week due to an unexpected ectopic pregnancy. "She just said, ‘Bring a ball home for me and the kids,’ and I was able to do that," Logan [said](. Also: Golden Tate was benched yesterday. It's [fair to wonder]( if his days with the Giants are over. On SNY.tv: - VACCHIANO: [Takeaways from the Giants' 23-20 win over the Football Team]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The roundup from an eventful Mets weekend Joe Camporeale/USA Today 1. The sale of the Mets to Steve Cohen was finalized [on Friday]( which means no more votes, updates from Bill de Blasio, or longshot loopholes to think about it. It's over. 2. After the finalization, president Sandy Alderson announced GM Brodie Van Wagenen, along with [several others]( in the front office, were leaving the organization. 3. All of this movement hasn't yet impacted Mets manager Luis Rojas. [Here]( a breakdown of where things stand between him and the new regime. 4. Alderson and Cohen [will be speaking]( at an introductory press conference on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. [Here]( are five questions for Alderson to answer. On SNY.tv: [Five players who could further define Van Wagenen's Mets legacy]( --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA When is the last time the Giants won the NFC East? 3. The state of the NFC East NFL/Twitter The standings: - Eagles, 3-4-1 - Football Team, 2-6 - Cowboys, 2-7 - Giants, 2-7 The Giants are only two games out, which makes you think of all the missed opportunities they've had recently. As a whole, the division is a minus-191 in net points and none of the four teams are in the positive. The play above ... just about sums it up. The playoff odds, [via 538]( - Eagles: 71 percent - Washington: 16 percent - Giants: 7 percent - Cowboys: 6 percent The Giants ... are cautiously feeling themselves after yesterday's win. [Here]( what Leonard Williams said after the game: - “Our record doesn’t show the type of talent and team we do have. I think Coach Judge has turned this place around. I’ve also been on teams where we’ve had a one-win record by now and you could feel the energy of the team start to drop. I feel like that hasn’t happened once here.” --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The Jets look to avoid a franchise low tonight Jasen Vinlove/USA Today The Jets' shot at avoiding a franchise-worst 0-9 start will go on tonight without Sam Darnold, who [will miss]( his third game of the 2020 season. Here are four links to get you ready for tonight: - Starter Joe Flacco will [at least have]( Jamison Crowder and Breshad Perriman to throw to. - Two of the Patriots' best defensive players [will be out]( for the game. - PointsBet [has the Jets]( as 9.5-point underdogs. - Not game related, but Trevor Lawrence got [some J-E-T-S chants]( this weekend. --------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Three more weekend news items Joshua A. Bickel/USA Today 1. Rutgers football lost to now-No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday night, 49-27. But there is good news: - The Scarlet Knights covered the spread (+38) easily, and the 22-point loss is the best result they've ever had against the Buckeyes. The previous was 35 last year. - Rutgers had [an inventive return]( play to start the game, which the Cowboys just happened to [also try]( on Sunday. 2. The MLS regular season wrapped up this weekend, with NYCFC beating Chicago on Sunday, 4-3, and the Red Bulls beating Toronto FC, 2-1. - Both New York teams made the playoffs and avoided playing in the Eastern Conference play-in round; NYCFC is a fifth seed and will play No. 4 Orlando City SC. The No. 6 Red Bulls will play No. 3 Columbus. - All first-round games will be between Nov. 21 and 24, though the precise schedule hasn't been released. 3. The Yankees on Saturday [announced]( a large restructuring of their minor league system. - They added both the Somerset Patriots (now their Double-A team) and the Hudson Valley Renegades (now their High-A team). - They cut ties with the Charleston RiverDogs, the Trenton Thunder, and the Staten Island Yankees. The announcement is part of MLB's decision to cut the number of minor league teams from 160 to 120. --------------------------------------------------------------- 6. The New York Minute - [READ]( Leonard Williams revealed that he trained with Richard Seymour last offseason. - [READ]( The Giants reportedly wanted a first-round pick for Evan Engram. - [READ]( The reasons why the Knicks should strongly consider Onyeka Okongwu in the draft. --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: 2011 That's the buzzer, folks. 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