SNY's The Warm-Up: Jets part ways with Gase — Eagles doom Giants — .500 Knicks

Monday, Jan 4th, 2021 · Get Today’s New York Sports Here The Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- 🌅 Good morning. New year, new look for The Warm-Up, same Giants-Eagles hatred. --------------------------------------------------------------- 📅 Today's sports schedule - Hawks at Knicks, 7:30 p.m. 🏀 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 SNY originals - [Home Schooled]( Could Justin Fields be an option for the Jets? - [The Putback]( 2020 highlights - [SportsNite]( How will Adam Gase be remembered in Jets history? Today's word count: 789 words Game 16: The butt recovery saved the Giants' season. Then, the Eagles ended it FOXonNFL/Twitter GIANTS 23, COWBOYS 19 -- A whirlwind day for the Giants started with a win over the Cowboys and ended with four inept fourth-quarter drives by a fringe NFL player named Nate Sudfeld, who checked in for Eagles QB Jalen Hurts and turned a close game into a JV-Varsity matchup. (Translation: After beating Dallas, the Giants needed the Eagles to beat Washington in the late game. Close throughout, Eagles head coach Doug Pederson decided to bench Hurts for Sudfeld in the fourth quarter, leading to a listless 20-14 loss for Philly, which clinched the division for the WFT and eliminated the Giants from the playoffs). Two heroes: - Sterling Shepard, who rushed for one touchdown and caught another against the Cowboys. - Xavier McKinney, who intercepted the pass that clinched the game for the Giants, then [talked Twitter trash]( to everyone's favorite sports media personality. One almost-zero: Wayne Gallman, who had to use his rear end -- GIF'd above -- to secure his second fumble of the game, which, once recovered, led to victory formation. One zero: Doug Pederson, whose decision to replace Hurts with Sudfeld will live in infamous New York sports fans' lore from now until eternity. As Sudfeld flopped, several Giants reacted on Twitter: - Golden Tate: “I think the eagles just hate us more than Washington. That’s only thing that could make sense right?” - Darius Slayton: [He had too many great tweets to pick just one](. - Saquon Barkley: “Can someone make it make sense to me what’s going on?” On one hand, the Giants could have clinched the NFC East simply by going 7-9. On the other, Pederson's move wasn't in the spirit of the game. [Just ask Hurts](. On SNY.tv: - [How Joe Judge's first season has changed Giants' culture]( - [For the Giants, the motive behind Eagles' decisions will sting]( Trivia time! How many 10-win seasons have the Jets and Giants combined for since 2000? Answer at the bottom. Game 16: The Jets' offseason will begin with a search for a new head coach Winslow Townson/USA Today PATRIOTS 28, JETS 14 -- The Jets' two-game winning streak was snapped yesterday in a snowy loss to New England, dropping their final record to 2-14, second-worst in franchise history. With the season over, the team [parted ways with Adam Gase on Sunday night]( a long-anticipated move confirmed by SNY's Ralph Vacchiano. - "It was a move that’s been expected for months, and even the 42-year-old Gase clearly knew it was coming over the last few weeks," [wrote]( Vacchiano. With the issue of Gase's future determined, the Jets must now confront a tougher question: - Has Sam Darnold played his final game as a Jet? The question took on new life after Friday's six-touchdown Sugar Bowl performance by Ohio State's Justin Fields, who outplayed presumptive No. 1 pick Trevor Lawrence. - "Right now I'm living in the moment," [said]( Darnold after the game. "I'm not gonna deal with, 'Oh, what if this happens? What if that happens?' ... I'm not gonna worry about any of that until it's front and center." FWIW, in a dysfunctional year altered somewhat by injury, Darnold's stats took a step back. He finished with nine touchdowns and 11 interceptions in 12 games started, with a 72.7 rating. On SNY.tv: [NFL sources give insight on 10 potential Jets head coaching candidates]( The official order for the 2021 NFL Draft's first 18 picks Derick E. Hingle/USA Today: Ohio State's Justin Fields is an option at No. 2 for the Jets Via [Tankathon]( - Jaguars, 1-15 - Jets, 2-14 - Dolphins (via Texans, 4-12) - Falcons, 4-12 - Bengals, 4-11-1 - Eagles, 4-11-1 - Lions, 5-11 - Falcons, 5-11 - Broncos, 5-11 - Cowboys, 6-10 - Giants, 6-10 - 49ers, 6-10 - Chargers, 7-9 - Vikings, 7-9 - Patriots, 7-9 - Cardinals, 8-8 - Raiders, 8-8 - Dolphins, 10-6 SNY's 10 biggest storylines of 2020 - [COVID-19's impact on sports]( - [Social justice causes]( - [The start of the Steve Cohen era]( - [Eli Manning's retirement]( - [Tom Seaver's death]( - [Henrik Lundqvist's Rangers career ends]( - [Carlos Beltran out, Luis Rojas in]( - [Derek Jeter makes the Hall of Fame]( - [The Jets move on from Jamal Adams, Le'Veon Bell]( - [The Giants hire Joe Judge]( Four things you might have missed over the holidays Trevor Ruszkowski/USA Today 1. The Knicks, now 3-3 after beating the Pacers on Saturday night, are, at the very least, entertaining. Julius Randle (21.2 points), Alec Burks (20.7 in three games) and RJ Barrett (17) lead the team in scoring. If the season ended today ... [we all see it, we all see it]( ... they'd be in the playoffs! (Oh, yes, [the overreactions]( have begun -- and they won't stop until the Knicks drop 10 in a row.) - The Nets, meanwhile, lost to the Wizards last night, 123-122, with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant [both missing]( potential game-winning shots. Brooklyn is now 3-4 and ... out of the playoffs. 2. DJ LeMahieu remains unsigned -- as do most MLB free agents -- and there's been little news regarding a once-assumed contract with the Yankees. The Dodgers are [the latest team]( to show interest in him. 3. The Mets have remained fairly quiet as well, though potential target Tomoyuki Sugano is [expected]( to sign with a team in the next few days. 4. No. 14 Rutgers narrowly lost its major conference matchup against No. 10 Iowa on Saturday, 77-75. The 7-2 Scarlet Knights will receive a slight downgrade when today's AP poll comes out. The New York Minute - [READ]( David Quinn thinks Alexis Lafreniere could be a "really special player." - [READ]( The Rangers are confident they are "moving in the right direction" as the NHL season approaches. - [READ]( 12 things New York sports fans can look forward to in 2021. TRIVIA ANSWER: 12 (five for Jets, seven for Giants) That's the buzzer. Enjoy your Monday. (Have feedback for The Warm-Up? Click [here](mailto:%20SNYfeedback@gmail.com?subject=)). Copyright © 2021 SNY- Sportsnet, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SNY- Sportsnet 150 Greenwich St Fl 50New York, NY 10007-2444 [Add us to your address book]( [update your preferences]( | [unsubscribe from this list](