Falcons 24, Bills 14
Bijan Robinson ran ball 19 times for 170 yards, with an 81-yard TD.
Atlanta led 21-7 at halftime.
Falcons in first half: 36 plays, 340 yards, 21 points.
Falcons in second half: 31 plays, 118 yards, 3 points.
Bills drove 73 yards for a TD on their first drive.
Bills’ next six drives: 19 plays, 48 yards, no points.
Falcons outgained Buffalo, 443-291.
Buffalo scored 41-30-31-31 points in wins, 20-14 in losses.
Bears 25, Commanders 24
Bears drove 36 yards, kicked game-winning 38-yard FG at the gun.
Chicago was +3 in turnovers, outgained Washington. 381-329.
Bears won their last three games, scoring 31-25-25 points.
In their three wins, Chicago is +10 in turnovers.
Washington turned the ball over twice on their first nine plays.
Chicago led 13-7 at halftime.
Bears outgained Washington, 381-329.
4th quarter of this game was played in the rain.
— Dodgers 2, Brewers 1
Treinen struck out Turang with bases loaded to end the game.
Blake Snell allowed one hit in eight shutout IP.
Freddie Freeman homered, doubled for LA.
Game 2 is Tuesday in Milwaukee.
— Mariners 10, Blue Jays 3
Rodriguez/Polanco both hit 3-run homers.
Josh Naylor went 3-for-4 with two RBI
First two games in this series, Toronto is 1-for-42 from the 3rd inning on.
Game 3 is in Seattle Wednesday.
— Famous birthdays, October 14th:
Art Shamsky, 84
Al Oliver, 79
Charlie Joiner, 78
Ron Wolfley, 63
Keith Byars, 62
Lori Petty, 62
Joe Girardi, 61
Jim Jackson, 55
Frank Wycheck, 54
Merrill Kelly, 37
Jared Goff, 31
Emeka Egbuka, 23
— Penn State fired football coach James Franklin after the Nittany Lions lost three games in a row, the last two as 20-point favorites, but jeez……Franklin was 104-45 at Penn State and was in the College Football Playoff last year.
Franklin gets paid $49.5M to take a hike. Someone really, really wanted him fired.
— Mike Shildt is out as manager of the San Diego Padres; it is unclear whether he jumped or got pushed, though he said the decision was his.
“While it has always been about serving others, it’s time I take care of myself and exit on my terms…….I gave every fiber of my being to help achieve Peter Seidler’s vision of bringing a World Series Championship to San Diego.
We fell short of the ultimate goal, but I am proud of what the players, staff and organization were able to accomplish the last two seasons.”
Shildt had six winning seasons in his six years as a manager; he was 435-340, making it to the playoffs his last five years.
— Tennessee Titans fired coach Brian Callahan Monday; he was 4-19 in 1+ years coaching the Titans. His father Bill was the Titans OL coach; he has also left the team.
Senior offensive assistant Mike McCoy will take over as interim coach. McCoy previously was the head coach of the San Diego Chargers from 2013 to 2016. He had a 27-37 record, making the playoffs in his first season.
— College football conference trends:
American
Favorites 14-5 ATS
ACC
Road teams 14-10 ATS
Big 18
Underdogs 17-11 ATS
Big X
Favorites 17-8 ATS
Conference USA
Home teams 8-3 ATS
Mid-American
Home teams 11-4 ATS
Mountain West
Home teams 6-7 ATS
SEC
Home teams 14-8 ATS
Sun Belt
Home teams 12-4 ATS
— NFL divisional trends:
AFC East
Home teams 1-4 ATS divisional games
7-7 ATS non-divisional games
AFC North
5-12 ATS non-divisional games
AFC South
9-8 ATS non-divisional games
AFC West
5-2 ATS non-divisional home games
3-8 ATS non-divisional road games
NFC East
8-8 ATS non-divisional games
NFC North
8-7 ATS non-divisional games
NFC South
Non-divisional road underdogs 5-3 ATS
NFC West
Home teams 0-4 ATS divisional games
10-6 ATS non-divisional games
— Movie of the Day: The Rewrite (2014)- An Oscar-winning script writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at SUNY-Binghamton, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.
Hugh Grant, Marisa Tomei, JK Simmons, Allison Janney, excellent cast.
This is a nice movie; the world needs more nice.
— Oregon-Rutgers play this week; because college/minor league sports are run now by over-educated morons, these teams are in the same league.
These two schools are 2,909 miles apart; they’re not the only ones. Cal/Stanford in the ACC, Washington in the Big 18, it all makes zero sense.
— Last week in college/minor league, 8 of the top 25 teams lost.
— Rams played in Baltimore Sunday, are playing in London this week; they’re spending this week in Baltimore, and are practicing at the Orioles ballpark, Camden Yards.
— The last four QB’s taken #1 in the NFL Draft had their coaches fired during their rookie year:
2021- Jaguars, Trevor Lawrence/Urban Meyer
2023- Panthers, Bryce Young/Frank Reich
2024- Bears, Caleb Williams/Matt Eberflus
2025- Titans, Cam Ward/Brian Callahan
