Sunday’s 6-pack
Single-season NFL record for field goals made:
44— David Akers, SF 2011
40— Daniel Carlson, LV 2021
40— Neil Rackers, Ariz 2005
39— Jeff Wilkins, Rams 2003
39— Olindo Mare, Mia 1999
39— Robbie Gould, SF 2017
Quote of the Day
“When we’re talking about chemistry, when you have guys who are new and coming in and they’re coming into a new environment, a new city, a new football team, now they know people. They’re not uncertain, they can go to each other and say ‘tell me how this works, tell me about the city, where should I live, where should I go,’ a lot of the things that maybe we take for granted when we’re talking about the draft process. … That enhances the chemistry and the culture of our football team, maybe even gives you a head start on that process a little bit.
Philadelphia Eagles’ GM Howie Roseman
Sunday’s quiz
Who was the Houston Astros’ manager, the first time they won a World Series?
Saturday’s quiz
The ABA folded after the 1975-76 season; the New York Nets won the last ABA championship, beating the Denver Nuggets in six games in the finals.
Friday’s quiz
Jerry Rice holds the all-time NFL record, with 197 receiving TD’s; Randy Moss is #2 on the list, with 156 receiving TD’s.
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Sunday’s Den: Wrapping up a sports Saturday……..
— There were 43 trades during the NFL Draft, the most ever during a draft; six of them were during Thursday’s first round.
— There were 11 quarterbacks drafted in the first 150 picks, first time since 1995 there were that many QB’s taken that early.
Last year, there was only one QB drafted in the first 73 picks (Kenny Pickett)
— NFC South starting quarterbacks, last year and this year:
Atlanta: Marcus Mariota last year, Desmond Ridder this year
Carolina: Baker Mayfield, Bryce Young
New Orleans: Jameis Winston, Derek Carr
Tampa Bay: Tom Brady, Baker Mayfield
— Eagles drafted three more defensive players from Georgia; over the last two years, they’ve drafted five Dawg defenders.
Ironically, Eagles’ GM Howie Roseman is a Florida Gators’ alum.
— Rams took Georgia QB Stetson Bennett in the 4th round; lot of people didn’t think Bennett would get drafted at all.
— Philadelphia acquired RB D’Andre Swift from Detroit for a 4th-round pick.
— QB Sam Hartman transferred from Wake Forest to Notre Dame, so the previous Notre Dame QB, Tyler Buchner, transferred to Alabama.
This is how weird college sports is now; Hartman started for FIVE YEARS at Wake Forest, but all of a sudden it wasn’t good enough for him, so instead of jumping to the NFL, now he is at Notre Dame. Because of that, Alabama gets a new QB— they’ve got five under scholarship now.
Would be fitting if one of Alabama’s QB’s transferred to Wake Forest, to take Hartman’s place.
— Padres 16, Giants 11— Total on this game in Mexico City was 15.5, the highest total for a big league game in at least 20 years. Elevation at Mexico City is 7,349 feet, 1.39 miles high. Most of the fly balls in this game went over the fence.
— Rays 12, White Sox 3— Lance Lynn no-hit Tampa Bay for six innings, then the Rays scored ten runs in the 7th inning; they’re 23-5, leading the AL East by 4.5 games.
— Pirates 6-16, Nationals 3-1— Last day of April and Pittsburgh is 20-8, in first place in the NL Central. Pirates visit Tampa Bay this week; a World Series preview?
— Arizona 11, Colorado 4— Last day of April and Arizona is in first place in the NL West; it says more about how underachieving the Dodgers/Padres have been so far, but Arizona has gotten better. As for Colorado, they’re awful, not much better than the A’s, who are terrible.
— Dodgers 1, Cardinals 0— Last day of April and St Louis is already ten games out of first place; you read between the lines with their personnel moves and they seem to have internal issues. Cardinals are 1-5 in one-run games; would a quick managerial change help?
— Toronto 1, Seattle 0 (10)— Easton McGee made his first MLB start for Seattle; he didn’t allow a hit until the 7th inning, but the Mariners still lost- they’re 3-9 in one-run games.
— Reds 3, A’s 2— Cincinnati came into this weekend 1-9 on the road, but they were favored in Oakland the last two days and won both games. Reds scored twice in 9th inning to win this game, because the guy the A’s paid $7M to be their closer this year is away from the team, dealing with anxiety issues.
I’m an A’s fan; I have anxiety issues too.
— Denver 125, Phoenix 107 (Nuggets lead series, 1-0)
Nuggets outscored Phoenix 37-19 in second quarter.
Denver was +7 in turnovers.
— Toronto 2, Tampa Bay 1 (OT)— Maple Leafs won a playoff series for the first time since 2004, winning three road games in overtime- this win snapped an 11-game losing streak in elimination games. Lightning was in the Stanley Cup finals the last three years; not this year.
— Arlington 26, Houston 11— Upset in the XFL semi-finals; Renegades’ QB Luis Perez threw for 289 yards, three TD’s. Arlington was a 7.5-point underdog; they outgained Houston 419-225.