During the Buffalo Bills’ 23-20 win over the New York Jets, plenty of flags were thrown—and some proverbial shots were fired.
Bill Belichick made his regular appearance on ESPN’s ManningCast alongside Peyton and Eli Manning on Monday night, and he wasted no time criticizing the Jets’ ownership for firing Robert Saleh just five games into the season.
“It seemed quite early to me to be making a head coaching change,” Peyton Manning said.
“Well look, that’s kind of what it’s been there at the Jets,” Belichick replied. “They’ve barely won over 30% in the last 10 years. The owner being the owner, just ready, fire, aim
MLB made a request about celebrations that could make the ending of the second game of the doubleheader between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves look very strange.
Monday’s doubleheader between the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves, makeup games as a result of a poorly-handled situation that now determines the playoff fates of the two squads—and the Arizona Diamondbacks—was already a strange situation.
But, thanks to a request from MLB, the ending of the second game of the twin bill could look even stranger.
Speaking to reporters on Monday ahead of the game, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said that MLB requested the club that wins the first game of the doubleheader hold off on any celebrations until after the second game.
“No, we won’t,” Mendoza said when asked if the Mets would celebrate after the first game if they win—and thus clinch a playoff berth.
“This is more from MLB, so celebrations will take part after Game 2.”
As ESPN’s Buster Olney noted, Mendoza even went on to joke that the teams should give each other one “giant hug” on the field.
If one of the Mets or Braves wins both games of the doubleheader, then the victorious club will head to the postseason along with the Diamondbacks, and the loser will head home for the winter. Should the Mets and Braves split the twin bill, they will both be postseason-bound.
In that second scenario, a real possibility because the team that wins the first game has little incentive to win the second with the playoffs beginning Tuesday, both teams could technically celebrate on the field at the same time.
Should that happen, it will undoubtedly be one of the most bizarre things any baseball fan has ever seen.
