NFL - Super Bowl week! Chiefs vs. Buccaneers
- Who has the advantage?
  - QB - Mahomes vs Brady
  - RBs - Hilaire and Bell vs Jones and Fournette
  - WRs - Hill Hardman Watkins vs Evans Godwin Brown
  - TEs - Kelce vs Gronk
  - OL
  - DL
  - LB
  - Secondary
  - Coaching
- Who will win?
- What will this mean for legacies?
  - Mahomes
  - Andy Reid
  - Brady
Sports Video Game News
- MLB the Show
  - Fernando Tatis Jr. on cover
  - Cross platform!
- EA College Football
  - Name, Image, Likeness
  - Likely a few years out.
  - What do we expect?

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NFL - Playoffs are set and will start this weekend

JAN 24
- Tampa Bay Bucs vs Green Bay Packers @ 3pm est
- Kansas City Chiefs vs Buffalo Bills @ 6:40 pm est
Who you got winning? And why
Super bowl Feb 7.
Phillip Rivers retiring after 17 years
Who will be retiring this offseason? (GAME)
- Tom Brady?
- Drew Brees?
- Larry Fitzgerald?
- Frank Gore?
- Rob Gronkoswki
- Adrian Peterson?
- Big Ben?

NBA -

HUGE TRADE sending James Harden to the Nets from Houston.
- Nets receive: G James Harden from Rockets | 2024 second-round pick from Cavs
- Nets trade: C Jarrett Allen & F Taurean Prince & rights to Aleksandar Vezenkov (57th overall pick in 2017) to Cavs | G Caris LeVert, F Rodions Kurucs, three first-round picks (2022, 2024 and 2026) & four first-round pick swaps (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027) to Rockets
- Rockets receive: G Caris LeVert, F Rodions Kurucs & three first-round picks (2022, 2024 and 2026) and four first-round pick swaps (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027) from Nets | G Dante Exum & 2022 first-round pick (via Milwaukee) from Cavs
- Rockets trade: G James Harden to Nets
- Cavs receive: C Jarrett Allen, F Taurean Prince & rights to Aleksandar Vezenkov (57th overall pick in 2017) from Nets
- Cavs trade: G Dante Exum & 2022 first-round pick (via Milwaukee) to Houston | 2024 second-round pick to Brooklyn
- Nets are 9-6
- Thoughts on what they can do with this team?
- Make them a title contender?

MLB - Free Agency

NOTABLE NAMES
- George Springer signing with Blue Jays 150M for 6 years
- DJ LeMahieu going back to Yankees for 90M for 6 years
- Liam Hendricks going to White Sox for 3 year 54M
- Carlos Santana going to Royals for 17M for 2 years (just signed wade today)
- STILL WAITING ON SIGNEES
- Trevor Bauer
- JT Realmuto
- Marcell Ozuna
- Marcus Semien
- Nelson Cruz

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NFL - Playoffs are set and will start this weekend

Saturday Games
- Colts vs Bills
- Rams vs Seahawks
- Buccaneers vs Washington
Sunday Games
- Ravens vs Titans
- Bears vs Saints
- Browns vs Steelers
KC and GB have first round byes

NCAA Football

National Championship Between #1 Alabama and #3 Ohio State

NBA - beginning of the season. Any surprises so far?

Surprises?
- 76ers are 7-2
- Toronto Raptors 1-6 (last year 53-19)
- Phoenix Suns 6-2 (last year 34-39)
Any favorites this year so far?

MLB - BIG trade

Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco for Ahmed Rosario SS, SS 22 yr old Andres Gimenez, Josh Wolf (12 on CLE), Isaiah Greene (16 on CLE) both call up ready in 2023.
THOUGHTS?

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NFL - Basically ¾ of the way through the NFL Season. Four weeks left! Time to recap/look forward!

Thursday night game tonight - NE vs. Rams

How has the league handled COVID?

Major surprises of the season

Mark

Steelers - I don’t think they’re the same quality as the other 11-1 team (Chiefs) but still impressive nonetheless.

Miami Dolphins - 8-4

Browns to an extent. 9-3 and second in their division.

Trevor

Browns are 9-3 and looking at the playoffs

Patriots still 6-6, thought they would be lower

Bills back to 9-3

Dolphins 8-4? Tua going nuts

Major disappointments of the season

Mark

AFC South - just not as good top to bottom as I thought. Houston in particular is disappointing.

Baltimore Ravens only at 7-5 and 3rd in their division.

NFC East - no explanation needed.

Minnesota Vikings

Trevor

Ravens at 7-5

Texans at 4-8

Falcons 4-8

Division by Division Breakdown (https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings)

AFC EAST

Buffalo Bills 9-3

Miami Dolphins 8-4

New England Patriots 6-6

New York Jets 0-12 (eliminated from playoff contention)

AFC NORTH

Pittsburgh Steelers 11-1

Cleveland Browns 9-3

Baltimore Ravens 7-5

Cincinnati Bengals 2-9-1 (eliminated from playoff contention)

AFC SOUTH

Tennessee Titans 8-4

Indianapolis Colts 8-4

Houston Texans 4-8

Jacksonville Jaguars 1-11 (eliminated from playoff contention)

AFC WEST

Kansas City Chiefs 11-1 (clinched playoff berth)

Las Vegas Raiders 7-5

Denver Broncos 4-8

Los Angeles Chargers 3-9 (eliminated from playoff contention)

NFC EAST

New York Giants 5-7

Washington Football Team 5-7

Philadelphia Eagles 3-8-1

Dallas Cowboys 3-9

NFC NORTH

Green Bay Packers 9-3

Minnesota Vikings 6-6

Chicago Bears 5-7

Detroit Lions 5-7

NFC SOUTH

New Orleans Saints 10-2 (clinched playoff berth)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7-5

Atlanta Falcons 4-8

Carolina Panthers 4-8

NFC WEST

Los Angeles Rams 8-4

Seattle Seahawks 8-4

Arizona Cardinals 6-6

San Francisco 49ers 5-7

Playoff Picture (https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings/_/view/playoff)

AFC Right Now (before Thursday night football game on 12/10) - top four seeds are division winners.

Pittsburgh
Kansas City
Buffalo
Tennessee
Cleveland
Miami
Indianapolis

First Three Out: Las Vegas, Baltimore, New England

First Round matchups as of now:

Pittsburgh has a bye

2 KC vs. #7 Indianapolis

3 Buffalo vs. #6 Miami

4 Tennessee vs. #5 Cleveland

NFC Right Now (before Thursday night football game on 12/10) - top four seeds are division winners.

New Orleans
Green Bay
Los Angeles Rams
New York Giants
Seattle
Tampa Bay
Minnesota

First Three Out: Arizona, Chicago, Detroit

First Round matchups as of now:

New Orleans has a bye

2 Green Bay vs. #7 Minnesota

3 Rams vs. #6 Tampa Bay

4 NY Giants vs. #5 Seattle

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NBA Notable Trades (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30298702/nba-trade-tracker-grades-details-every-deal) Chris Paul to the Suns Bogdan Bogdanovic to the Bucks Jrue Holiday to the Bucks Dennis Schroeder to Lakers Rumors James Harden, Russell Westbrook both could be traded. Draft Tonight Free Agency - starts on Friday. 2020-21 Tentative Schedule Dec. 11-19: Preseason games Dec. 22-March 4: First half of regular season March 5-10: All-Star break March 11-May 16: Second half of regular season May 18-21: Play-In tournament May 22-July 22: Playoffs NCAA Football Big movement in the last few weeks with new conferences getting started ND beating Clemson in OT without Trevor Lawrence Clemson #4 so not out of playoffs ND up to 2 (UNC SYR WAKE games left) #9 Indiana at Ohio State #3 (find out how good the Hoosies actually are) #7 Cinci at UCF (5-2) #10 Wisconsin at #19 Northwestern Kansas State at #17 Iowa State Mississippi State at #13 Georgia #14 Oklahoma State at #18 Oklahoma BUNCH OF GAMES CANCELLED OR POSTPONED NFL Last Week Colts/Titans - big win for the Colts! Dolphins - win again! 3-0 under Tua. Bills/Cardinals - hail mary win by the Cardinals! Still two quality teams Rams/Seahawks - Seahawks are starting to slide a bit. On a two game losing streak. Division Leaders as of Now (https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings) AFC East - Buffalo Bills (7-3) AFC North - Pittsburg Steelers (9-0) AFC South - tie; Colts and Titans (6-3) AFC West - KC Chiefs (8-1) NFC East - Eagles (3-5-1) NFC North - Packers (7-2) NFC South - Saints (7-2) NFC West - three-way tie. Cardinals, Rams and Seahawks all at 6-3. Interesting Games this Week Arizona at Seattle - Thursday Tennessee at Baltimore - Sunday Green Bay at Indianapolis - Sunday Kansas City at Las Vegas - Sunday Night Rams at Tampa Bay - Monday Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week

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NFL
1. Seattle @ Buffalo
2. Chicago @ Tennessee
3. Miami @ Arizona
4. New Orleans @ Tampa Bay
5. Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week
NCAA Football
1. Surprising rankings
  1. Cincinnati Bearcats no.6 3-0
  2. Indiana Hoosiers no. 13 (2-0)
  3. Coastal Carolina (4-0)
    1. Beating opponents 161 to 64
2. PAC 12 back in play!
3. Games coming up to watch
  1. FRIDAY - #9 BYU @ #21 Boise State
  2. #23 Michigan @ #13 Indiana
  3. #8 Florida VS #5 Georgia
  4. #14 Oklahoma State @ Kansas State
  5. #1 Clemson @ #4 Notre Dame
MLS SOCCER
1. Playoffs starting soon
2. Top 8 from both divisions
  1. Eastern
    1. Philadelphia Union (13-4-5)
    2. Toronto FC (13-4-5)
    3. Columbus Crew SC (11-5-5)
    4. Orlando City SC (10-3-8)
  2. Western
    1. Portland Timbers (11-5-5)
    2. Sporting Kansas City (11-6-3)
    3. Seattle Sounders FC (10-5-5)
    4. Minnesota United FC (8-5-6)
  3. The 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2020 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons)

The playoffs will begin on November 20 and conclude with MLS Cup 2020 on December 12

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NFL HALF WAY THROUGH

Report from ESPN today - want to keep capacity at 20% at Super Bowl. Want to try to stay on schedule with the season.

Half way through the season

AFC EAST

Buffalo Bills 5-2

Miami Dolphins 3-3

New England Patriots 2-4

New York Jets 0-7

AFC NORTH

Pittsburgh Steelers 6-0

Baltimore Ravens 5-1

Cleveland Browns 5-2

Cincinnati Bengals 1-5-1

AFC SOUTH

Tennessee Titans 5-1

Indianapolis Colts 4-2

Houston Texans 1-6

Jacksonville Jaguars 1-6

AFC WEST

Kansas City Chiefs 6-1

Las Vegas Raiders 3-3

Los Angeles Chargers 2-4

Denver Broncos 2-4

NFC EAST

Philadelphia Eagles 2-4

Washington 2-5

Dallas Cowboys 2-5

New York Giants 1-6

NFC NORTH

Green Bay Packers 5-1

Chicago Bears 5-2

Detroit Lions 3-3

Minnesota Vikings 1-5

NFC SOUTH

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-2

New Orleans Saints 4-2

Carolina Panthers 3-4

Atlanta Falcons 1-6

NFC WEST

Seattle Seahawks 5-1

Arizona Cardinals 5-2

Los Angeles Rams 5-2

San Francisco 49ers 4-3

MVP so far?

Biggest Suprise?

Biggest Let down?

Best team from NFC and AFC

Superbowl Predictions

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NBA Free agents
1. Start to season - being debated. From reports - league is pushing to start in late December. Danny Green says some veterans wont play if it starts then.
2. Revenue dropped 10% to $8.3 billion (report from ESPN). Still yet to be determined how that will impact the salary cap.
3. TALK ABOUT LATER NOT TODAY - https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30153524/nba-free-agent-rankings-25-best-players-2020
4. Anthony Davis
5. Fed VanVleet
6. Christian Wood
7. Brandon Ingram
8. Hassan Whiteside
MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates
1. LA Wins!
2. Last wins 1988 (32 years ago)
3. Kevin Cash pulling Snell on 70 pitches and 9ks
4. Corey Seager wins MVP
5. Kershaw gets his ring finally
6. Can they repeat? Are they the favorites?
NFL
1. Only 1 unbeaten left
  1. Steelers (6-0)
2. Surprises half way through season?
  1. Dolphins 3-3
  2. Browns 5-2
  3. Texans 1-6
  4. Vikings 1-5
  5. Falcons 1-6
  6. Cardinals 5-2
3. Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week

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NBA Congrats to the Lakers
1. No surprise?
MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates
1. LA 1 - 1 TAMPA BAY RAYS
  1. Any surprises?
  2. Predictions
NFL
1. Standings through 6 weeks
  1. Miami to start Tua over Fitzmagic
    1. Dolphins 3-3 with losses to Patriots, bills, seahawks
    2. Wins against jags, 49ers, jets
    3. Fitz - 1,535 yrds - 10td - 7 int - 95 QBR
    4. Too early for Tua?
  2. LEVEON BELL?
  3. Unbeatens? Surprised? How far can they go?
    1. Pittsburgh Steelers (5-0)
    2. Tennessee Titans (5-0)
    3. Seattle Seahawks (5-0)
  4. Bills have lost their last 2 (4-2)
  5. NFC EAST
    1. Cowboys (2-4) (dak hurt)
    2. Eagles (1-4-1)
    3. Giants (1-5)
    4. Washington (1-5)
  6. GAMES THIS WEEK
    1. Pittsburgh (5-0) @ Tennessee (5-0)
    2. GB (4-1) @ Houston (1-5)
    3. Seattle (5-0) @ Arizona (4-2)
    4. KC (5-1) @ Denver (2-3)
    5. Tampa Bay (4-2) @ Las Vegas (3-2)
    6. Chicago (5-1) @ Rams (4-2)
2. Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week

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1. FINALS!
  1. Lakers up 3-1 in series
MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates
1. First Round down
2. Matchups in Divisional Round - CHECK STANDINGS.
  1. AL (best of 5)
    1. (1) Tampa Bay vs (5) Yankees (tied 1-1)
    2. (2) Oakland vs (6) Houston (Astros 2-0)
  2. NL
    1. (1) Dodgers vs (4) San Diego (LA 1-0)
    2. (2) Atlanta vs (6) Miami Marlins (ATL 1-0)
  3. Any surprises?
  4. Predictions
NFL
1. More players and teams having COVID-19 in the NFL 1.
2. Standings through 4 weeks
  1. Surprises?
    1. Positives
      1. Bills (trevor surprised) 4-0 on top of AFC East
      2. Cleveland Browns 3-1 (won 3 in a row)
      3. Seattle (4-0)
      4. Green Bay (4-0)
    2. Negatives
      1. Houston Texans (0-4) Firing Bill O’Brien
      2. NFC East (1-3 or 0-4 teams)
      3. Vikings at 1-3
      4. Falcons 0-4
      5. San Francisco Bottom of the NFC West
3. Week 5 Games to Watch
  1. TB (3-1) @ Chicago (3-1) (thursday night)
  2. Buffalo (4-0) @ Tennessee (3-0) (if its played)
  3. Indianapolis (3-1) @ Cleveland (3-1)
  4. Las Vegas (2-2) @ Kansas City (4-0)
4. Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week

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NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates Finals are set! Heat vs. Lakers. Schedule: Game 1: 9/30 (Today!) Game 2: 10/2 Game 3: 10/4 Game 4: 10/6 Game 5 (if necessary): 10/9 Game 6 (if necessary): 10/11 Game 7 (if necessary): 10/13 What are we looking for? Well-rounded team (Heat) vs. Two Stars (Lakers) Shades of 2004 Pistons vs. Lakers MLB Playoffs - starting up! (have Trevor speak more on this). Unique this year 16 teams - eight from each league Wildcard round - all games at home of higher seed. Best of 3. Divisional round - at neutral sites AL & NL Championship Series AL - in San Diego NL - in Arlington, Texas Matchups in Wildcard Round - CHECK STANDINGS. AL (1) Tampa Bay vs (8) Toronto (4) Cleveland vs (5) Yankees (3) Minnesota vs (6) Houston (2) Oakland vs (7) White Sox NL (1) Dodgers vs (8) Milwaukee (4) San Diego vs (5) St. Louis (3) Chicago vs (6) Miami (2) Atlanta vs (7) Cincinnati NFL Starting to see COVID-19 take a hit in the NFL Titans - Steelers game postponed this week Several players and team personnel tested positive Postponed to either Monday or Tuesday Vikings (Titans’ opponent last week) - no positive tests yet, but have kept practice facility closed. Scheduled to open back up on Thursday, game to remain on Sunday. Takeaways from Week 3 Chiefs - big win over Baltimore! Falcons give up another big lead to Chicago. Bears - 3-0! Bills - get a big win over Rams. Seahawks - legitimate contender this year? 3-0 and just beat Dallas. Week 4 Games to Watch Chargers at Tampa Bay Minnesota at Houston NE at KC Buffalo at LV Noticeable injuries Michael Thomas, George Kittle - still questionable! Both returned to practice today. TB - Scotty Miller, Chris Godwin questionable and doubtful, respectively. Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week

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NCAA Football Upsets and Noteable games

Noteable games being played this weekend

17 Miami vs #18 Louisville

14 UCF vs Georgia Tech (beat florida state last wk)

Boston College vs Duke

Upsets last weekend

Kansas vs Coastal Carolina

Kansas State vs Arkansas State

Iowa State vs Louisiana

The Big Ten conference has decided that they will start playing football on October 24th. Daily testing and strong confidence in the latest medical information has led them to this decision.

Each team will attempt to play eight games in eight weeks, leaving no wiggle room during the coronavirus pandemic before the Big Ten championship game on Dec. 19. That date will also feature an extra cross-division game for each school, with seeded teams in each division squaring off.

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West

CONFERENCE FINALS - (1) Lakers vs. (3) Denver

Lakers - beat Rockets pretty easily (4-1)

Have had six days off by the time the series starts

Denver - another seven game series! Beat the Clippers 4-3.

How much do they have left? Only two days off.

Clippers - do they need to tweak their roster or just run it back?

East

CONFERENCE FINALS - (5) Miami leads (3) Boston 1-0

Miami won 117-114 (OT) in Game 1

Huge block by Bam Adebayo to seal the game!

Miami - seems to get scoring from anywhere.

Jimmy Butler was third leading scorer, behind Goran Dragic and Jae Crowder.

Boston

Outside of Jayson Tatum, their big guys are struggling. Daniel Theis (4 pts in 35 minutes), other bench PFs and Cs didn’t score over three points.

NFL

Any surprises after the first week?

KC running game

GB - came out strong!

Any teams that look better than expected?

Any teams looking worse than expected

Week 2 Games to Watch

Atlanta at Dallas

Minnesota at Indianapolis

Baltimore at Houston

New England at Seattle

Noticeable injuries

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AFC East

New England Patriots (12-4)
1. https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/ne
2. Cam Newton - what can he be this year?
3. Opt-outs: Dont’a Hightower, Patrick Chung effect that great defense. Stephon Gilmore still playing in 2020.
4. Julian Edelman as your best receiver - not great.
5. How will they approach this year?
6. Buffalo Bills (10-6)
7. https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/buf
8. Stefon Diggs trade!
  1. Diggs and a 7th round pick this year for this year’s 1st, 5th, and 6th round picks and a 4th round pick next year.
  2. Can he be a true No. 1 receiver?
    1. Josh Allen - what will he be like this year?
  3. New York Jets (7-9)
9. https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/nyj
10. Nothing to really be excited about.
  1. Traded Jamal Adams.
  2. Darnold - meh.
    1. Signed Joe Flacco as a backup. Could be a “break in case of emergency” player. 3. Le’Veon Bell - has been average. Coach seems to not like/want to play him.
    2. Miami Dolphins (5-11)
11. https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/mia
12. Got Tua! Could be their Qb of the future. Will he play right away? (Ryan Fitzpatrick named starter).
13. Picked up some big names on defense.
  1. Shaq Lawson (disappointing in Buffalo, could turn it around)
  2. Byron Jones (coming over from the Cowboys.)
  3. Kyle Van Noy coming over from Patriots. Had 6.5 sacks, 3 FF a year ago.

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NCAA Football Starting Up
1. Noteable games being played this weekend
  1. Kansas State vs Arkansas State
  2. No. 10 Notre Dame vs Duke
  3. Florida State at Georgia Tech
  4. Missouri State at No. 5 Oklahoma
  5. No. 1 Clemson at Wake Forest
  6. Coastal Carolina vs Kansas
2. Baylor, TCU games getting postponed - what can we expect out of this year? Will we ever have a champion in football?
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1. West
  1. (1) Lakers lead (4) Houston, 2-1
    1. Again, unpredictability of Rockets’ play style (game 1-they won by 15; have lost the last two by 8 and 10)
    2. Lebron - turning it on.
    3. Playing tonight!!!
  2. (2) Clippers lead (3) Denver, 3-1
    1. Paul George - afraid of his On/off switch. Needs to stay on! Seems to dictate the attitude of the team
    2. Game 5 on Friday.
2. East
  1. (5) Miami beats (1) Milwaukee, 4-1
    1. Giannis - a free agent in 2021. How will next season go?
      1. Does Milwaukee need a change at coach?
      2. Can they get another star?
    2. Miami - again, just a well rounded team
  2. (3) Boston and (2) Toronto tied, 3-3
    1. Game 7 on Friday!
NFL
1. Season starting now basically
2. BIG Kickoff tonight between Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans
3. Some big games that we are looking forward to this weekend:
  1. Seattle @ Atlanta
  2. Green Bay @ Minnesota
  3. Tampa Bay @ New Orleans
  4. Dallas @ Los Angeles Rams
  5. Tennessee @ Denver (mon)
  6. Arizona at SF

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AFC West

Kansas City Chiefs (12-4)
1. https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/kc
2. Defending super bowl champs
  1. What can we expect from them this year? Essentially the same team coming back.
  2. Are they building a dynasty
    1. Mahomes - locked up through 2031.
    2. Chris Jones - 4 yr contract extension.
    3. Travis Kelce extension - locked up through 2025. 3. Can anyone come close to KC in this division?
      1. Clyde Edwards-Helaire - heard nothing but good things. What can he be?
    4. Denver Broncos (7-9)
3. https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/den
4. Adding Melvin Gordon from LAC
5. Can Von Miller get back to being one of the best?
6. Jerry Jeudy - one of the “Big 3” receivers coming into the draft (Jeudy, Ceedee Lamb with Dallas, Henry Ruggs with Las Vegas Raiders). What can he do?
7. Drew Lock - is he good?
8. Las Vegas Raiders (7-9)
9. https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/lv
10. Moved to las vegas
11. Make it or break it year for Derek Carr?
12. Nelson Agholor coming over from Eagles - do they have any good WR? Henry Ruggs - good or just fast?
13. Josh Jacobs coming off a slow season
14. Darren Waller (TE) - will he be good in Fantasy again? (Finished 6th in TE last year).
15. Los Angeles Chargers (5-11)
16. https://www.espn.com/nfl/team/depth/_/name/lac
17. Tyrod Taylor at QB - losing Phillip Rivers
18. Justin Herbert from OREGON, does he have a chance at playing this year?
19. Kennan Allen and Hunter Henry stay healthy?
20. Austin Ekeler - he is good again?
21. DEFENSE IS GOOOOOD
  1. Joey Bosa
  2. Melvin Ingram III
  3. Chris Harris Jr.
  4. Casey Hayward
  5. Derwin James (SS) - out six to eight months with knee injury/surgery.

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NCAA Football Starting Up
1. Few games this Saturday with smaller conferences starting
2. Power 5 conferences starting Saturday September 12
3. What can we expect from this season? Postponements?
  1. Big 10 - still postponed. Talked about starting up in November. Does that make sense?
  2. Pac 12 - still postponed.
  3. Big 12 - 9+1 model. 9 conference and one non-conference.
  4. SEC - 10 game conference-only schedule.
  5. ACC - 10+1 model. 10 conference and one non-conference.
4. Mark - speak on KCAC football season. Won’t take too long.
NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates
1. First Round
  1. (5) OKC vs. (4) Houston - Tied 3-3
    1. Westbrook is back. Is that good for the Rockets? (7 turnovers by him in game 6.)
    2. Ebbs and flows of the Rockets’ style of play.
    3. Game 7 tonight!
2. Second Round
  1. East
    1. (1) Milwaukee vs. (5) Miami - Miami up 1-0
      1. 40 pt game from Jimmy Butler in Game 1
      2. Giannis - needs to step up! 3rd Leading scorer in game 1.
      3. Game 2 going on now
    2. (2) Toronto vs. (3) Boston - Boston up 2-0
      1. Boston - full team starting to step up! All starters scored 13+ pts in game 1.
      2. Game 2 - much closer (102-99).
      3. Can Toronto turn it around?
  2. West - yet to start.
    1. (2) Clippers vs. (3) Nuggets
    2. (1) Lakers vs. Houston/OKC winner.
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AFC South

Houston Texans (10-6)
1. Trading Deandre Hopkins
  1. Not the best trade in my eyes
    1. Cardinals get Hopkins, 2nd round pick in this years draft, 4th round pick in 2020
    2. Texans get David Johnson, 4th round pick in this years draft
      1. Skill position players - have questions on most of them (Will Fuller, Kenny Stills, Brandon Cooks (picked up this offseason), Randall Cobb (picked up this offseason)
      2. JJ Watt - does he have much left
      3. Bill O Brien - GM and coach.
    3. Tennessee Titans (9-7)
2. Derrick Henry - got paid!
  1. Can he keep up the same production?
  2. How far can you go relying that heavily on one running back?
    1. Development of AJ Brown - one of the steals of the draft last year. Over 1000 yards
    2. Lost Jack Conklin - one of their best OL
  3. Indianapolis Colts (7-9)
3. Philip Rivers
4. Jonathan Taylor - 2nd round pick from Wisconsin. Over 2000 yards last season! Two headed monster with Marlon Mack
5. DeForest Buckner - trade from 49ers.
6. Xavier Rhodes - picked up in the offseason.
7. Jacksonville Jaguars (6-10)
8. What is their plan?
  1. QB - are they sticking with Minshew?
  2. Yannick Ngakoue - DE. Wants traded.
  3. WRs - have some OK guys (DJ Chark, CHris Conley, Dede Westbrook).
  4. Leonard Fournette - do you stick with him?

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Boycotts due to demonstrations surrounding the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha (in Wisconsin - close to Milwaukee).

A couple different ways to look at it

Don’t want to be an escape like sports usually is. They want people to talk about the issue!

Is it really sticking it to the system that needs changing? What other options are there?

MLB

Tatis still doing crazy things

Ran into left field to catch a ball

Tatis stats (as of 8/26)

.301 avg

12 HRs (leading MLB)

29 RBI (leading MLB)

6 SB (top 5)

Betts playing up to the money

Betts stats (as of 8/26)

.293 avg

11 HRs (tied 2nd)

24 RBI (top 10)

5 SB

NL Leader -

Los Angeles Dodgers - (record 22-9)

Oakland Athletics - (record 21-10)

NBA PLAYOFFS - https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates

No game 5s today! All boycotted

Matchups - CHECK BEFORE RECORDING.

East

(1) Milwaukee vs. (8) Orlando - Milwaukee leads 3-1

(2) Toronto vs. (7) Brooklyn - Toronto WON 4-0

Toronto Looking great (won by an average of 21 pts)

Norman Powell (avg 18pts)

Fred VanFleet (avg 22pts)

Pascal Siakam (avg 21 pts)

Serge Ibaka 20+ pts and 10+ rebs

(3) Boston vs. (6) Philadelphia - Boston WON 4-0

Kemba walker (avg 24 pts)

Jayson Tatum (avg 27 pts)

Embiid (avg 31 pts and 12 Reb)

Can Embiid get any help? (simmons healthy regular season (16.4 pts - 7.8 Reb - 8 asts)

Brett Brown - 76ers coach, fired.

(4) Indiana vs. (5) Miami - Miami won 4-0

Dragic leading scorer 22.8 pts per game

Jimmy Butler 19.8 pts per game

Nate McMilan (Pacers coach) - fired today!

West

(1) Lakers vs. (8) Portland - Lakers 3-1

(2) Clippers vs. (7) Dallas - Clippers 3-2

Luka

Paul George - finally came to life in Game 5.

(3) Denver vs. (6) Utah - Utah up 3-2

(4) Houston vs. (5) OKC - Tied 2-2

Next round

Celtics-Raptors: supposed to start on Thursday! May be boycotted.

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