Hard to believe we are already at Monday. But, nonetheless, here we are. Monday again. And that can only mean one thing: it’s time to reflect on the sports weekend that was.

  1. How bad are the Cowboys? 25-3 to a football team with no name? What is that? People will try to blame the Dak Prescott injury but let’s be honest. This team was bad with Prescott in there. I saw this on twitter last night: In the last 20 games, the New York Jets and the Dallas Cowboys both have 7-13 records. Let that sink in.
  2. The Steelers are scary good.
  3. The Patriots may want to go back in time and bring Tom Brady back. They seem to be going in oposite directions right now. Brady spiraling up while the Pats in a free fall back down to earth.
  4. Living in Texas means Friday Night Lights is a weekly ritual. It’s not something to take lightly. It’s a religion in this state. Websites are dedicated to high school football in Texas. Texarkana has a game day setup before high school football games. That being said, this past Friday made me realize something for the first time. We need more cow bell at high school football games.
  5. Being from Texas and covering high school football means I’ve been aware of Kyler Murray for several years now. He grew up about an hour from here so we heard his name a lot while he played for Allen. I wasn’t sure how his game would translate to the next level. He’s short. He’s a great baseball player. He’s a tremendous athlete. On Sunday night, he squared off against his doppleganger. Not because they look alike but, rather, because Russell Wilson is exactly everything I said about Kyler. He’s under six foot tall. He was drafted to play baseball. He’s a tremendous athlete. And, who knew, Murray outplayed Wilson on the national stage. Both quarterbacks played tremendous. It was Wilson’s three interceptions that hurt him though.
  6. This play right here could potentially be the wildest ending to a sporting event I have ever seen, especially a world series game.
  7. Clayton Kershaw is finally getting rid of that “he’s no good in the post season” label. He’s been stellar the last several years. He’s already won a couple of games in the series and, make no mistake about it, Sunday night was huge. Think about this. Game four ends in the craziest way possible (see link above). The Rays had all the momentum coming into game five. Down to their final at bat in game four with a person that hasn’t gotten a hit in the postseason. To come back and win that game had to be crushing for the Dodgers. In a matter of minutes you went from being up 3-1 in the World Series, to being tied 2-2.
  8. The Atlanta Falcons keep finding new and creative ways to lose ball games. Against the Cowboys in week two, it was their inability to fall on an onside kick. Yesterday it was because Todd Gurley scored way too fast when he didn’t have to. Matthew Stafford marched down the field and put his team in the end zone to tie the game. After a personal foul penalty, Matt Prater calmly knocks down a 48 yard PAT for the win.
  9. Chris Collinsworth said something on the broadcast last night that got me thinking. With the addition of the extra playoff spot for each conference, you could possibly see every team in the NFC West make the playoffs this year. That division is incredible.
  10. We’ve had multiple weeks now where we’ve had Monday night double headers in the NFL. I’m a fan of this. I think they should get rid of the Thursday night game and move it to Monday. Let’s have more double headers.