— Arizona Cardinals are trading QB Jacoby Brissett to the Ravens, who lost their top two QB’s for the year with injuries. Rookie Joe Fagnano makes his first NFL start for the Ravens Thursday against the Jacksonville; right now, his backups are Kedon Slovis, Austin Reed.
Details of the trade will be worked out this weekend.
— Seahawks are starting Drew Lock this week vs Arizona; starter Sam Darnold is out with a quad injury, Jalen Milroe will be Seattle’s backup this week, against a Cardinal team that will start Gardner Minshew.
Lock is 11-18 as an NFL starter.
— Philadelphia Eagles will start #3 QB Joe Milton against the Giants this week, after they lost the last three games with Tyler McKee under center. This will be Milton’s first NFL start.
— New Orleans Saints fired their run game coordinator and also changed kickers after they lost 16-10 to the Steelers in France.
— Cleveland QB Deshaun Watson is in concussion protocol; if he doesn’t play in New Orleans this week, Sheduer Sanders will get the start.
— UMass 31, Ball State 30 OT
Ball State scored TD in overtime, but missed the PAT.
Cardinals had forced OT, scoring a TD with 0:25 left in regulation.
UMass is 5-4, one win away from being bowl eligible.
— Toledo 20, Sacramento State 17
7-2 Rockets ran ball 49 times for 230 yards.
Toledo had two running backs run for 100+ yards.
Total yards: Toledo 290, Sacramento State 224
— Central Michigan 35, Eastern Michigan 7
Chippewas led 21-0 at halftime.
CMU ran the ball 52 times for 235 yards.
Central was 7-15 on third down, Eastern 1-10
— Famous birthdays, November 5th:
Kellen Winslow, 69
Tatum O’Neal, 63
Famke Janssen, 62
Javy Lopez, 56
Johnny Damon, 53
Jerry Stackhouse, 52
Jason Kelce, 39
Odell Beckham Jr., 34
Blake Grupe, 28
— 76ers 112, Pistons 106
Embiid scored 26 points, had 15 rebounds.
76ers led 56-42 at halftime.
76ers are 4-0 on the road, for first time since 2001.
— Celtics 109, Bucks 102
Boston led 62-41 at halftime.
Paul George scored 25 points (5-9 on arc)
Tyler Herro scored 25 points for Milwaukee.
— Thunder 124, Cavaliers 116
Oklahoma City led 60-44 at halftime.
Gilgeous-Alexander scored 42 points, had eight assists.
Injury-ravaged Thunder improved to 6-2.
— Pacers 107, Grizzlies 103
Indiana outscored Memphis 27-21 in 4th quarter.
Pacers were +18 in the 14:00 that Nance played.
Memphis starters were a combined +23, their subs minus-43.
— Pelicans 118, Jazz 113, OT
New Orleans outscored the Jazz 34-24 in fourth quarter.
Pelicans were 39-43 on foul line, Utah 20-30.
Saddiq Bey scored 22 points in 29:00.
— Four years ago when baseball season was delayed a few days by a labor impasse, there was a flurry of signings in between the labor agreement being signed and the season starting.
Back then, I had Kris Bryant on my fantasy team; I told someone “If Bryant signs with Colorado, I’m going to go buy a lottery ticket. That would be great!!!”
He signed with Colorado, but it wasn’t great; turned out he had arthritis in his back, and he only played in 170 games the next four years. Oy. At least I didn’t buy the lottery ticket.
