— Bears 27, Eagles 7
Starting for first time in 3 years, QB Keenum was 24-34/247 passing
WR Raymond caught six passes for 90 yards and a TD.
RB Swift carried ball 20 times for 84 yards.
Bears were +3 in turnovers.
Eagles turned ball over on two of first three drives.
QB Hurts got banged up; backup Dalton threw INT in end zone.
Eagles in second half: 20 plays, 42 yards, no points.
Chicago outgained the Eagles, 375-248
— If the baseball playoffs started Tuesday (they do):
Phillies @ Braves (NBC)
White Sox @ Astros (NBC Sports Network/Peacock)
Red Sox @ Bronx (NBC)
Cubs @ San Diego (NBC Sports Network/Peacock)
YouTube TV has NBC Sports Network.
— Minnesota Vikings traded QB JJ McCarthy to the Giants for a 5th round draft pick; with Jaxson Dart out for the year, Giants need a QB. McCarthy was drafted in 2024 but was hurt and didn’t play; he was 6-4 in ten starts for Minnesota last year.
— Giants’ LB Brian Burns suffered a torn ACL Sunday and is out for the year; he had a career-high 16.5 sacks for the Giants last year.
— Interesting matchup in Minnesota this week; 0-3 Dolphins visit 3-0 Vikings.
Brian Flores is Minnesota’s defensive coordinator; he was Miami’s head coach from 2019-21, going 24-25, never making the playoffs. He sued the Dolphins, the NFL and two other teams, claiming racial discrimination in hiring practices.
— Sunday in Tampa, Cubs’ 3B Alex Bregman homered twice, while playing with multiple fractures to his cheekbones. Bregman wound up the season with 28 home runs, 93 RBI in his first year with the Cubs.
— In his career, Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez has batted 38 times with the bases loaded:
He walked three three times.
He hit three sacrifice flies.
In the other 32 at-bats, he is 2 for 32. Not good.
Famous birthdays, September 29th:
Ian McShane, 84
Steve Busby, 77
Warren Cromartie, 73
Tim Flannery, 69
Craig Lefferts, 69
Andrew Dice Clay, 69
John Paxson, 66
Erika Eleniak, 57
Zachary Levi, 46
Calvin Johnson, 41
Kevin Durant, 38
Luis Campusano, 28
— Nebraska’s football team is 4-0 for the first time since 2016.
— UMass football team is 4-0 this year, with a win at Rutgers; last year, they were 0-12, very impressive turnaround engineered by coach Joe Harasymiak. It must be noted that two of their wins were against I-AA teams.
— NFL division ATS trends, in non-divisional games:
NFC East 2-4 ATS
NFC North 4-4 ATS
NFC South 3-7 ATS, 0-4 at home
NFC West 3-2-1 ATS
AFC East 6-5-1 ATS, 4-1 at home
AFC North 5-4 ATS, 3-1 at home
AFC South 5-6 ATS
AFC West 5-3 ATS
— In college football……
Home teams are 7-0 ATS AAC conference games.
Home teams are 1-9 ATS in Big 18 conference games.
SEC home favorites are 5-3 ATS in conference games.
— College football non-conference trends:
AAC underdogs are 15-7 ATS
AAC favorites are 3-7 ATS
ACC home favorites are 6-8 ATS
Big X favorites are 8-13 ATS
C-USA teams are 20-9 ATS
MAC teams are 8-22 ATS
Mountain West underdogs are 4-7 ATS
Pac-8 favorites are 7-2 ATS
SEC favorites are 17-12 ATS
Sun Belt home favorites are 3-5 ATS
