The Giants hung in there but lost to the Bills last night. They made a mind numbing decision on the goal line at the end of the half. The Jets beat the Eagles and have been shutting down great quarterbacks. Saquon Barkley is proving to be the missing piece for the Giants offense. The Giants defense stepped up and held the Bills scoreless until the fourth quarter. Gio thinks the Jets could be 6-0 if they had Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers seems ready to prove that he’s going to be ready to play this season. Boomer said no way. Boomer thought Jalen Hurts was out of it in the 4th quarter. Both the Jets and Giants defenses played like they were desperate. Jerry is here for his first update and starts with play-by-play of the final play of the game, an incomplete pass in the end zone by the Giants, so the Bills won. Brian Daboll talked about the unfortunate play before the half. ‘You don’t get trophies for trying’ said Daboll. Saquon Barkley talked about getting out there after 3 weeks. Jerry has the radio call of the Jets final interception of Jalen Hurts. The Bucs lost to the Lions and Baker Mayfield said, ‘we sucked today, I sucked today’. The Patriots lost again but Bill Belichick didn’t seem all that angry after the game. The Niners lost to PJ Walker and the Browns. Miami went down 14-0 to the Panthers, but no worries, they won no problem. And Rutgers came back in the rain to beat Michigan State. In the final segment of the hour, we talked about Tyrod Taylor changing the play at the end of the half and the Giants coming away with no points. We also talked about the end of the Jets game and should they not have scored to kill the clock more.
The Giants are now 1-5 and have the Commanders this week and the Jets after that. Gio thinks they will end up with 4 or 5 wins. Desmond Howard was chanting ‘Big Penix Engergy’, but it sounded a lot like ‘penis’. Jerry returns for an update and starts with play-by-play of the Bills TD with 3:42 to go in the game. We also heard the final play of the game, an incomplete pass by Tyrod Taylor. We also heard play-by-play of the Jets intercepting Jalen Hurts late in the game. Rob Saleh said they could go ‘toe to toe with anybody’. Deion Sanders and Colorado were up 29-0 at halftime, but lost to Stanford in double OT. In the final segment of the hour, Al went to the Rutgers/Michigan State game in the pouring rain, but he did not stay for the thrilling comeback.
Aaron Rodgers was throwing passes on the field before the game yesterday. Gio still thinks he’s going to approach the Jets at some point and say he wants to play in a game this season. Yesterday on the NFL Today, the hosts smashed acoustic guitars. Jerry returns for an update and has the audio of the Giants not getting the play off to end the half. Mike Tirico called it ‘terrible’. We also heard the Giants final play of the game, an incomplete pass from the 1-yard line. Brian Daboll talked about the play to end the half. Jerry has Shaun Morash’s instant reaction to the Giants loss. The Jets beat the Eagles and we heard Breece Hall’s TD to put them ahead late in the game. Robert Saleh talked about the offense moving the ball in the second half. Tua talked about the Dolphins being dominant at home this season. Jordan Montgomery pitched a great game for the Texas Rangers as they beat the Astros in game 1 of the ALCS. Zack Wheeler starts tonight in game 1 of the NLCS in Philadelphia. In the final segment of the hour, Gio wonders if traveling to and from London really has an effect on teams like the Bills did last night. The Bills do have injuries, but the offense looked listless until the fourth quarter. Boomer thinks what the NFL did to them with the schedule was unfair. We looked ahead at the Giants schedule and they have some very winnable games.
This was probably the biggest win of the year for the Jets, even bigger than week 1 against the Bills. Everything feels great in Jets land as they go into the bye with a big win. We looked ahead at the Jets schedule for the next few weeks. The Jets defense has been getting a lot of turnovers, which Boomer called ‘the great equalizer’. The Giants are underdogs at home this week against the Commanders. This is a tough week for knockout pools. Jerry returns for his final update of the day and starts with the Giants incomplete pass from the 1-yard line that ends the game. The Giants also had problems at the 1-yard line at the end of the half. They are now 1-5 on the season. The Patriots lost again and Bill Belichick was asked what the issue is. Justin Herbert talked about his finger injury as the Chargers get set to play the Cowboys tonight. Dak Prescott talked about the frustrations of Cee Dee Lamb. Jordan Montgomery pitched great for the Texas Rangers last night as they beat the Astros in game 1 of the ALCS. Justin Verlander took the loss. The Moment of The Day involves Phil Simms slapping Gio’s butt. In the final segment of the show, Gio went to a children’s Halloween party with Magic Jeff. Boomer also has some Jets stat-pack info about them holding opposing quarterbacks to a limited number of TDs. And the Farmer’s Almanac is predicting heavy snow for February.
