#Dodgers bats are in a bad place. That place being the 1966 World Series.

I've lived long enough to see Charley Tolar and Charlie Kolar score touchdowns. #Oilers #Ravens

Requested . . . Returned . . . Attention-Starved Drama Queens . . .

I always get drawn back to Al Gore telling voters that he’d only raise taxes on the top 1% and then after the election a poll showed that something like 20% of voters thought they were in the top 1% and another 20% thought they would be in the next five years. Just a total tragic disconnect.

A book title in search of a book: Famous People I Have Blocked

An #NFL trade involving a player, a 6th round pick, another player and a 7th round pick -- the new fad -- always feels like it should have the word "undercoating" in the fine print. #Eagles #Jets

FWIW: 7 members of Carnegie Tech's 1932 football team wore glasses -- and no facemasks!

Trying to imagine what the Monday Night Football game would have been like if the #Commanders, tied 7-7 at the half, had just walked Patrick Mahomes 5 times after that. #Chiefs

"I'll take ASS KICKINGS for $2,000, Ken." #Packers #Steelers

Maybe he can fill in for Ken Jennings every now and then on Jeopardy. #Steelers #Packers

Wish we could go back in time and have Art Rooney explain these #Steelers uniforms to us. Maybe we could catch him at Saratoga or Belmont.

Drake Maye has had a passer rating of 100+ in 7 straight games (minimum: 15 att.). The only other 23-year-old QB in #NFL history to have a streak that long is Patrick Mahomes (7, 2018), also in his 2nd season. Never saw it coming. Helps you understand why Josh McDaniels got a 2nd chance. #Patriots

Lee Harvey Oswald looks upset on the #Broncos sideline after that disallowed TD.

2 #Eagles RBs rush for 100+ yards vs. the #Giants: Saquon Barkley 150, Tank Bigsby 104. You don't see that every day. The last 10 times it's happened in the #NFL (note: no QBs):

Can remember when the #Bucs played the #Chiefs for the first time in 2020. They came out with a game plan that involved not covering or tackling Tyreek Hill and, amazingly, it didn't work out. Seems like the same deal tonight with Jahmyr Gibbs. #Lions

100/50 games -- 100 yards rushing, 50 receiving -- don't exactly grow on trees in the #NFL. Christian McCaffrey has the most among active RBs with 9 (playoffs included). James Conner is next with 6. I mention this because Jahmyr Gibbs already has one in the 1st half (106/54). #Lions #49ers

Versailles on the Potomac.

The Hitchcock movie about it would be called To Catch A Gutter Cleaner.

Christian McCaffrey has 114 yards rushing and 72 receiving tonight vs. the #Falcons. The last 2 RBs to hit those 2 numbers in the same game are Christian McCaffrey in '23 (115/72 vs. #Cardinals) & Christian McCaffrey in '22 (121/72 vs. #Raiders).

One of the biggest failings of any #NFL team is when they refuse to admit who they are. At their best, the #Commanders are, say, the '81 Coryell #Chargers. Every game plan should be: run the offense wide open, scored as many points as you can, and hope it's enough. They're not doing that.

Tom Brady is bringing that special something to the #Raiders that Derek Jeter brought to the #Marlins.

What can you say about a football team that feels no need to strike the first blow? That's the case with the #Commanders 4 games in a row now. They come out asking to be beaten -- and are usually obliged.

Something I overheard John Riggins saying the day after #Washington's season ended in the playoffs has always stuck with me: "Win or lose, the pay's the same!" #Commanders #Giants

Many of the #NFL's biggest comebacks have ended in defeat. The '51 #Steelers were down 28-0 to the #Packers, came back to take a 33-28 lead and lost on a late TD. #Broncos #Giants www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/19...

The '81 #Falcons were scoreless through 3 quarters vs. the #Packers, put up 31 in the 4th and won. The #Broncos are a point shy of that right now. #Giants www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/19...

Public service announcement: Most points ever allowed by the #Commanders vs. current division opponents: #Eagles: 59, 2010 #Cowboys: 56, 2021 #Giants: 53, 1961

It's like Josh Harris walked into the building on the first day of the offseason -- sun shining, birds chirping -- and said, "OK, who are we going to turn into the Joel Embiid of this franchise?" And the obvious answer was Jayden Daniels. #Commanders

Whoever's responsible for this #Commanders defense -- the putting together of it, the coaching of it -- is having a very bad year. There are no answers in the buillding. At the trade deadline, I'd be selling madly. They don't need another Lattimore. Acknowledge their mistakes and move on.

The #Commanders brass had a big opportunity coming off a Final Four season -- with a star QB on a rookie contract -- and they're blowing it. Washington fans are beginning to understand why Josh Harris' 76ers, for all their glitter, have never been able to break through. A different kind of hell.

Matthew Stafford did something today that had never been done in #NFL history. He threw 4 TD passes of 5 yards or less and -- here's the record -- they totaled only 9 yards (5, 2, 1, 1). Previous mark: 10 by Patrick Mahomes vs. the #Cardinals in 2022. Only 3 others have had 4 of < 5 yards. #Rams

Once again, let's hear it for the hold-in, a great way to sabotage any season.

Busy night for Ja'Marr Chase vs. the #Steelers: 16 catches, 161 yards, 1 TD. Just 10 other times in #NFL history has a receiver his those 3 numbers in the same game. Brandon Marshall is the only one to do it twice. He, Terrell Owens & Tom Fears all set a record for receptions in a game. #Bengals

Wide-open receiver standing in the end zone between 2 lampposts posing as a zone defense. As my college psychology prof would say, "Diffusion of responsibility!" #Steelers #Bengals

If he can keep up the pace this season, the #Colts' Jonathan Taylor would average 100+ rushing yards per game for the third time in his career (minimum: 12 games). The only 2 RBs in #NFL history have done it more: 7 Jim Brown 4 Eric Dickerson #Browns #Rams #Colts

TLC = Terry Limited Capacity

Pretty sure that was Yamamoto's gyroball. #Dodgers

Sometimes Mahomes doesn't really pass the ball, he just oozes it -- and it catches his receiver by surprise. #Chiefs #Lions

Noticed Mahomes & Goff both had a 124.7 passer rating at the half. Naturally I had to find out if 2 QBs have ever finished with a 124.7 passer rating in a single game. What I found out was: 124.7 is an unusual rating. Only 15 times in #NFL history has a QB ended on that exact number. #Chiefs #Lions

Every commercial break now turns into Operation Manning Overkill. #Chiefs #Lions

Given Butker's politics, I'm always surprised he isn't wide right. #Chiefs

There isn't any particular logic to some #NFL rules. They just *are*. #Lions #Chiefs

The #Panthers got a monster game from Rico Dowdle: 183 yards rushing 56 yards receiving 239 total The last 10 RBs before Dowdle to have a 175-50 game:

Christian McCaffrey has gained 100+ yards from scrimmage in each of the #49ers' first 6 games. Only 18 #NFL RBs have gotten off to a start like that since 1950. The last 5: 2018 Saquon Barkley 2017 Kareem Hunt 2016 David Johnson 2014 Le'Veon Bell, DeMarco Murray #Giants #Chiefs #Cardinals #Steelers

The #Broncos are the only team in #NFL history who has known both sides of a 13-11 game, so there's that. The first 2 before today's monstrosity vs. the #Jets in London:

The new Chubby Grigg.

5 players, 4 helmets.

The media’s job is to make you think that the people who want to give you healthcare are just as crazy as the people trying to take it away.

I remember an old-school sportswriter, the great Jack Mann, saying in the press box one day, "Everybody always talked about what a great fielder Al Kaline was. . . . If he was so great he'd be playing shortstop!!!" Wish Jack was around to see Mookie make the amazing switch. #Dodgers

The #Bucs' Emeka Egbuka caught his 5th #NFL TD pass in his 5th NFL game today vs. the #Seahawks. They only receivers in league history who have caught more in their first 5 games:

Stefon Diggs loves to play against his former teams. Tonight so far vs. the #Bills: 9-134-0. #Patriots