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Houston Texans – Matt Schaub Interceptions Killing Their Season
The Houston Texans are giving up 27.8 points per game this season, or 139 through their first five games. Matt Schaub’s part in all of this? He is responsible for the four consecutive pick-six games, while other interceptions (he has turned the ball over nine times this season) have yielded 17 points for opponents.
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Atlanta Falcons – It Shouldn’t Have Been This Bad
After reaching the NFC Championship game last season, no one imagined the Atlanta Falcons would open the 2013 season with a 1-4 record, far away from any hope and talk about being Super Bowl contenders.
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Clutch Home Runs and Pitching Mistakes (Braves vs Dodgers)
The Los Angeles Dodgers found themselves in a jam, but got out of it with some big hitting early on from Carl Crawford and very late from Juan Uribe to give them a 4-3 win over the Atlanta Braves, clinching the divisional series, while some were left wondering why the best reliever in Baseball, Craig Kimbrel, wasn’t used.
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New York Jets – Geno Smith Finally Without Mistakes
Apparently, there is a version of Geno Smith that doesn’t throw interceptions, and is good enough to lead the New York Jets on a game-winning drive, putting the team once again above .500, a situation very few people thought they’d be in at this point of the season.
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The Beginning of a Comeback (Red Sox vs Rays)
If the Tampa Bay Rays beating the Boston Red Sox 5-4 to get their first win of their ALDS series, staying alive in the playoffs, is about one moment, it has to be Jose Lobaton coming on to hit a walk off home run in the ninth. If it’s about more than that, it was the Rays finally being able to keep the Red Sox bats from getting their usual hot.
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Perfect Pitching Carries Ugly Hitting (Cardinals vs Pirates)
As both the St. Louis Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Pirates combined for only four hits and a batting average of .007 in the game, it was Michael Wacha, striking out nine batters and pitching a strong 7 and bit innings that came out as the hero, giving the Cards the 2-1 win and sending the series back to St. Louis for a deciding fifth.
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Home Runs From the Unexpected Team (A’s vs Tigers)
Taking a 2-1 lead in their ALDS series, the Oakland A’s find out they can actually hit for power as well, out-slugging the Detroit Tigers who were beaten by a big hitting performance that had Josh Reddick, Brandon Moss and Seth Smith all hit home runs of Anibal Sanchez.
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Liverpool FC – How Long Can This Last?
Even if Liverpool are tied for first in the Premier League and might be using the best striking duo in the Premier League with Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge, there are few who believe this excellent start to the season can last for much longer.
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Manchester United – Marouane Fellaini Isn’t the Problem
The problems Manchester United are facing early this season aren’t because of Marouane Fellaini, although he is a symptom for some of them. It’s better to look at David Moyes and his decision making; the squad left to him by Arsene Wenger; the poor ability by the defense and the continued benching of Shinji Kagawa and Javier Hernandez before the Belgian midfielder is blamed for everything.
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Biggest Matches Left in World Cup Qualifiers
It’s boiling point in the World Cup qualifying stages, heading into the final two matches in Europe, South America and North America. Most groups in Europe are about second place battles, but England demand most of the attention in Group G, battling with Ukraine, Poland and Montenegro for the top spot, playing the last two mentioned, both at Wembley. Mexico grab the focus in North America with their huge match against Panama, while South America still has plenty of options open.