SNY's The Warm-up: Jets fall short — No flashy Knicks moves — NFC East update

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. ICYMI, [here]( a good look at who the Mets might target with the Robinson Cano money. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's sports schedule... - No New York sports today. Word count: 803 words (about seven minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- SNY originals... What are the Odds? - [Will the Jets go winless (+200) or get at least one win (-250) before the season ends?]( Jets Post Game - [The grades are in for Week 11]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Game 10: Another shot at a win slips away Robert Hanashiro/USA Today CHARGERS 34, JETS 28 -- The Chargers did their best to leave the door open for a comeback, but the Jets couldn't claw back from an 18-point deficit, losing for the 10th time in 10 tries on Sunday. - The pivotal moment came with less than two minutes left, when the Jets -- down eight in L.A. territory -- turned the ball over on downs with a chance to tie the game. Three things: - Joe Flacco (15-of-30, 205 yards, two TD's) gave the Jets their first two-game stretch of the season with multiple TD passes. He also threw [the early pick-six]( that swung momentum to the Chargers. - The Jets chose to punt on a 4th-and-10 on the Chargers' 39-yard line in the second quarter, a conservative decision by an 0-9 team which [baffled]( SNY's Ralph Vacchiano. - Elsewhere, Jacksonville kept pace with the Jets by losing to the Steelers. The Jags (1-9) are the only real competition at this point for the No. 1 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Also: For top plays from the game, head down to number three. On SNY.tv: - [Ralph Vacchiano's takeaways from another Jets loss]( - [The Jets are running out of time to avoid the worst kind of history]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The Giants -- and Cowboys and Football Team -- creep closer in the NFC East Scott Galvin/USA Today Week 11 of the 2020 season is almost in the books, and no one in the NFC East has more than three wins. Yesterday's divisional results: - Browns 22, Eagles 17 - Cowboys 31, Vikings 28 - Football Team 20, Bengals 9 The updated standings: - Eagles, 3-6-1 - Giants, 3-7 - Cowboys, 3-7 - Football Team, 3-7 (Every team remains well in the negative in terms of [point differential](. Washington, at -27, is the best and Dallas is last at -84). The updated [FiveThirtyEight]( chances at winning the division: - Eagles, 37 percent - Giants, 23 percent - Cowboys, 21 percent - Football Team, 19 percent (Just two weeks ago, the Eagles had [a 70 percent]( chance to win the division). As for strength of schedule, the easiest path is clearly Dallas. Its next six opponents have a 21-37-2 record. The Football Team (31-29-1) and the Giants (31-28-1) are next with nearly identical opponent records, while the Eagles have the toughest at 34-26. FYI: Dallas and Washington play on Thanksgiving. The winner of that game will hold first place in the division until Sunday at the least. On SNY.tv: [The inside story on what led to Giants and no-nonsense Joe Judge firing Marc Colombo -- and how it happened]( --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA The New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets had four All-Stars in the 2010s. How many can you name? Hint: One in Jersey, three in Brooklyn. 3. The best Jets plays from Sunday's game @Jets/Twitter - [Henry Anderson's blocked punt]( - [Breshad Perriman's 49-yard TD catch]( - [Chris Herndon's first TD catch of 2020]( - [Frank Gore's 80th career TD run]( - [La’Mical Perine's five-yard TD run]( - [Denzel Mims' athletic grab]( - [Henry Anderson's tackle]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. In free agency, the Knicks choose the rebuild over flashy moves Russ Isabella/USA Today: Ed Davis was a Knick for three days Amid a weak free agency class which began signing this past Friday, the most newsworthy part of this weekend for the Knicks was how few things of note they did. - Leon Rose and the front office didn't give Danilo Gallinari a $20-million-a-year contract. - They didn't get drawn into an overpay for Fred VanVleet. - And they didn't get in a bidding war for Gordon Hayward, who eventually went to Charlotte for four years and $120 million. Instead, they made a series of shrewd and responsible short-term commitments, opting to roll the bulk of their precious cap space over to 2021, which [projects]( to be a much stronger class of free agents. Among the moves: - Signing Austin Rivers to a [three-year]( deal. - Signing Theo Pinson to a [two-way]( deal. - Signing Nerlens Noel to a [one-year]( deal. - Trading Ed Davis to Minnesota in a saga [that netted]( the Knicks three future second-rounders in all. Elsewhere, the Nets [locked up]( Joe Harris and [added]( Jeff Green. Read Ian Begley's roundup of Day 3 of free agency for the Knicks [here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Three more weekend news items ESPN/YouTube 1. Rutgers football lost an odyssey of a game on Saturday to Michigan, 48-42, in triple overtime. GIF'd above: Noah Vedral's game-tying dash to the end zone on a two-point conversion, which tied the game and sent it to OT. As for a takeaway from the final result, two things can be true: - The Scarlet Knights blew a 17-0 lead at home. - The Scarlet Knights took a traditional Big Ten power (in a down year) to triple overtime, fighting back from down eight points in the fourth quarter to extend the game. Even at 1-4, Rutgers is as watchable as its been in years. 2. Both of New York's MLS teams were eliminated from the postseason on Saturday. - NYCFC lost in penalties, 1-1 (6-5), despite Orlando City FC's goalie [being given a red card for encroachment]( halfway through the PK session. The team is now 2-7 all-time in playoff games. - The Red Bulls lost to Columbus, 3-2, in regulation. New York's Brian White scored in the 90th minute to bring the game within one goal. 3. The KBO's Korean Series is tied at two games each entering today's Game 5 (4:30 a.m., ESPN). Former Met Chris Flexen didn't pitch for Doosan over the weekend but [was scheduled]( to pitch today, while former Met Aaron Altherr had two hits and a run in Saturday's win for the NC Dinos. --------------------------------------------------------------- 6. The New York Minute - [READ]( The Blue Jays have reportedly shown interest in J.A. Happ. - [READ]( The Rockets claimed former Knicks two-way player Kenny Wooten off waivers. - [READ]( Bengals QB Joe Burrow suffered a serious injury ahead of Cincinnati's Week 11 matchup with the Giants --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: Deron Williams, Brook Lopez, Joe Johnson, D'Angelo Russell That's the buzzer, folks. Stay safe and enjoy your Monday This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](