The Eagles registered a host of historic milestones in Sunday’s game against the Jets — here’s a breakdown:
— C Jason Kelce started his 145th consecutive game for the team, a new record for any Philadelphia player.
— WR AJ Brown topped 125 receiving yards for the fourth consecutive game, the first time any Eagles player has ever done that.
— OT Jordan Mailata recorded his first tackle of the season, cleaning up after QB Jalen Hurts’ first interception of the game.
— Hurts set a new Philadelphia-region record for the most injuries caused in a single play with his back-breaking interception in the fourth quarter.
Well done all around, folks.
WR: Amon-Ra St. Brown, 20.27 pts — started by Mike
RB: Raheem Mostert, 32.13 pts — started by Mom D
TE: Travis Kelce, 12.77 pts — started by Mike
K: Justin Tucker, 19.00 pts — started by Jo
DEF: Minnesota, 22.00 pts — on the wire
D: Jordan Hicks, 13.00 pts — started by Bob
We just missed sweeping the top performers this week, but I’ll give us a pass because predicting Minnesota to be a dominant force was not realistic. In the first five weeks, the team defense totaled 26.00 pts. They almost doubled it this week, thanks to the Bears’ general incompetence.
Tagovailoa is the second-best fantasy scorer on the year so far (9.00 pts behind Bills QB Josh Allen) and is owned in 98 percent of Yahoo fantasy leagues. I want to know what those 2 percent of leagues are that don’t need to roster the #2 overall fantasy scorer. Mostert, his backfield mate, is the #2 fantasy RB (behind 49ers RB Christian McCaffery) and is owned in 97 percent of leagues, so maybe there’s just some “no Dolphins” contests out there I didn’t know about.
“Simple names” edition3rd place: Kyle Philips, -0.88 pts — on the wire
2nd place: Austin Trammell, -1.40 pts — on the wire
1st place: Mike White, -2.40 pts — on the wire
White, the backup Miami QB, attempted one pass on Sunday. It went for a 61-yard TD … for the Panthers. That’s a zero QB rating for the Dolphins and a perfect 158.3 rating if you assume White was actually playing for Carolina.
Eagles RB Boston Scott is averaging 1.15 fantasy pts a game this year, in case you were wondering.
** Former Jets and Eagles QB Mark Sanchez was the color commentator on that dreadful matchup Sunday, and he helped make the whole thing just a little worse with his idiotic banter. Among the worst lines:
— “They say close only counts in horseshoes, but it also counts with field goals!” No, no it doesn’t. The reason the field goal in question counted was not because it was close, but because it was actually in.
— “Breece Hall turned nothing into something on that run, ending up losing two yards.” No, that means he turned nothing into less than nothing.
— “Jalen Hurts, what is he? Like a salmon covered in vaseline! This guy's just too slippery!” Frankly, I don’t want to know why Sanchez is familiar with handling salmon covered in vaseline.
** Here were the top three stories on ESPN on Sunday night:
— Raiders' Garoppolo (back) exits win over Patriots
— Browns (+9.5) pull off their largest upset since '10
— 49ers lose Samuel, McCaffrey in loss to Browns
And here were the top stories on their NFL landing page:
— Bears' Fields (hand) leaves loss; X-rays negative
— Jets' Rodgers, sans crutches, throws in warmups
— Jags' Lawrence to have testing on knee after win
— Young, Panthers 'in a tough place' after sixth loss
So to recap, two of the top three stories were the undefeated 49ers finally losing a game. Four of the top seven were about QBs getting injured. One was about a player who has not been on the field a full series at all this year. And zero of them were about the undefeated Eagles, the defending NFC champs, dropping their first game.
I mean, I appreciate ESPN helping me ignore the ugly loss, but maybe one of the best two teams in the NFL making news should get a mention on your site.
— Raiders' Garoppolo (back) exits win over Patriots
— Browns (+9.5) pull off their largest upset since '10
— 49ers lose Samuel, McCaffrey in loss to Browns
And here were the top stories on their NFL landing page:
— Bears' Fields (hand) leaves loss; X-rays negative
— Jets' Rodgers, sans crutches, throws in warmups
— Jags' Lawrence to have testing on knee after win
— Young, Panthers 'in a tough place' after sixth loss
So to recap, two of the top three stories were the undefeated 49ers finally losing a game. Four of the top seven were about QBs getting injured. One was about a player who has not been on the field a full series at all this year. And zero of them were about the undefeated Eagles, the defending NFC champs, dropping their first game.
I mean, I appreciate ESPN helping me ignore the ugly loss, but maybe one of the best two teams in the NFL making news should get a mention on your site.
The Eagles started their season 5-1, while the Phillies started MLB playoffs with an identical 5-1 record. Yet it feels like the boys at Citizens Bank Park have a better handle on their team right now than the gridiron warriors across the street. As the Eagles enter the toughest stretch of their schedule, here are a few tips they could take from the reigning NLCS champs next door:
— Run more: The Phillies have nine stolen bases so far this postseason, the most of any team. Meanwhile the Eagles have steadily turned away from their RBs in recent games, handing off the ball only once in every five plays on Sunday.
— Hit harder: The Phillies have 16 HRs so far in the playoffs, the most of any team. The Eagles defense forced no interceptions or fumbles on Sunday, the third game in a row without any turnovers.
— Throw better: P Zack Wheeler and P Aaron Nola have combined to strike out 38 of the 61 batters (62.2%) they have faced in their first five postseason starts. That’s exactly the same as QB Jalen Hurts’ completion percentage on the year so far, but Hurts finished Sunday’s game going 1-for-5 with an interception.
— Get healthier: The Phillies have avoided major injuries over the past month. The Eagles has eight defensive players lost to injury before or during Sunday’s game, and also saw OT Lane Johnson forced out with an ankle sprain.
— Beat Miami: The Phillies swept the Marlins out of the postseason earlier this month. The Eagles get a chance to upset the Dolphins next Sunday.
The Cowboys tapped San Jose State star Viliami Fehoko in the fourth round of the draft last spring to help with their defensive line depth. And so far … he has provided nothing. No games played. No stats. No value. Of course, that should have been obvious to the Dallas scouts if they had simply looked at what the rookie’s name spells out:
Dallas Cowboys new DE Viliami Fehoko Jr.
** Wow. Moron kid. He fails job, leaves acidly.
Maybe they should focus more on drafting individuals with strong football skills instead of morons. It’s a thought.
** Bad, bad week for Dad, who went 0-4 in our head-to-head picks and now trails in the yearly tally by five games. I was pulling for his Chargers pick over the Cowboys on Monday night, but I knew it was too good to be true.
** Joanna pointed out that the Bills backup QB is Kyle Allen and that when starter Josh Allen temporarily went out with an injury Allen replaced Allen and there should be rules against that.
** The Arizona Diamondbacks have two mascots: A bobcat (stems from the team formerly playing at Bank One Ballpark, known as The BOB) and a rat (stems from the team motto of “rattle on”). What they don’t have is a mascot related to snakes. Perhaps they don’t actually know what their team name is?
Week 6 standings
1 — The Best (Jonathan), 797.50 pts
2 — Tight Ends for Everyone! (Jo), 747.83 pts
3 — DeVonta’s Inferno (Mom D), 738.26 pts
4 — Standard Deviations (Sam), 733.05 pts
5 — Jalen Ain't Failin (Dad), 721.14 pts
6 — No One Likes Us We Don't Care (Bob), 671.95 pts
7 — Brotherly Shove Squad (Capt. Awesome), 637.17 pts
8 — Murder Hornets (Mike), 606.68 pts
9 — Let’s Go Phillies! (Paul), 594.60 pts
10 — All Rogers No Sauce (Joel), 583.13 pts
11 — Jabronis (Ant), 572.53 pts
12 — Blue Collar Killers (Jeff), 550.03 pts
Pretty low scoring all around this week, with only two teams above the 120 pts mark. But Joanna took advantage of the early season lull, jumping up from fourth to second and significantly closing the gap between her and her child, who remains in first place.
Dad and Ant both took a beating in the standings this week, failing to top 86 pts despite starting a full slate of players. Jeff had two inactive players on his slate and still managed to get 91.5 pts. Paul remains surprisingly respectable.
No overseas football games this week to worry about, but six teams have bye weeks, which means the fantasy waiver wire looks worse than the Eagles third-and-long defense. Get your rosters set early and often.
— Run more: The Phillies have nine stolen bases so far this postseason, the most of any team. Meanwhile the Eagles have steadily turned away from their RBs in recent games, handing off the ball only once in every five plays on Sunday.
— Hit harder: The Phillies have 16 HRs so far in the playoffs, the most of any team. The Eagles defense forced no interceptions or fumbles on Sunday, the third game in a row without any turnovers.
— Throw better: P Zack Wheeler and P Aaron Nola have combined to strike out 38 of the 61 batters (62.2%) they have faced in their first five postseason starts. That’s exactly the same as QB Jalen Hurts’ completion percentage on the year so far, but Hurts finished Sunday’s game going 1-for-5 with an interception.
— Get healthier: The Phillies have avoided major injuries over the past month. The Eagles has eight defensive players lost to injury before or during Sunday’s game, and also saw OT Lane Johnson forced out with an ankle sprain.
— Beat Miami: The Phillies swept the Marlins out of the postseason earlier this month. The Eagles get a chance to upset the Dolphins next Sunday.
The Cowboys tapped San Jose State star Viliami Fehoko in the fourth round of the draft last spring to help with their defensive line depth. And so far … he has provided nothing. No games played. No stats. No value. Of course, that should have been obvious to the Dallas scouts if they had simply looked at what the rookie’s name spells out: Dallas Cowboys new DE Viliami Fehoko Jr.
** Wow. Moron kid. He fails job, leaves acidly.
Maybe they should focus more on drafting individuals with strong football skills instead of morons. It’s a thought.
** Bad, bad week for Dad, who went 0-4 in our head-to-head picks and now trails in the yearly tally by five games. I was pulling for his Chargers pick over the Cowboys on Monday night, but I knew it was too good to be true. ** Joanna pointed out that the Bills backup QB is Kyle Allen and that when starter Josh Allen temporarily went out with an injury Allen replaced Allen and there should be rules against that.
** The Arizona Diamondbacks have two mascots: A bobcat (stems from the team formerly playing at Bank One Ballpark, known as The BOB) and a rat (stems from the team motto of “rattle on”). What they don’t have is a mascot related to snakes. Perhaps they don’t actually know what their team name is?
Week 6 standings 1 — The Best (Jonathan), 797.50 pts
2 — Tight Ends for Everyone! (Jo), 747.83 pts
3 — DeVonta’s Inferno (Mom D), 738.26 pts
4 — Standard Deviations (Sam), 733.05 pts
5 — Jalen Ain't Failin (Dad), 721.14 pts
6 — No One Likes Us We Don't Care (Bob), 671.95 pts
7 — Brotherly Shove Squad (Capt. Awesome), 637.17 pts
8 — Murder Hornets (Mike), 606.68 pts
9 — Let’s Go Phillies! (Paul), 594.60 pts
10 — All Rogers No Sauce (Joel), 583.13 pts
11 — Jabronis (Ant), 572.53 pts
12 — Blue Collar Killers (Jeff), 550.03 pts
Pretty low scoring all around this week, with only two teams above the 120 pts mark. But Joanna took advantage of the early season lull, jumping up from fourth to second and significantly closing the gap between her and her child, who remains in first place.
Dad and Ant both took a beating in the standings this week, failing to top 86 pts despite starting a full slate of players. Jeff had two inactive players on his slate and still managed to get 91.5 pts. Paul remains surprisingly respectable.
No overseas football games this week to worry about, but six teams have bye weeks, which means the fantasy waiver wire looks worse than the Eagles third-and-long defense. Get your rosters set early and often.
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