Running Up The Score

Running Up The Score Week 2 in The NFL!

What We learned Week 2 
ARIZONA, BUFFALO, BALTIMORE, CHICAGO, GREEN BAY, KANSAS CITY, LOS ANGELES RAMS, PITTSBURGH and TENNESSEE improve to 2-0
Whos the worst 2-0 team?
Chargers starting Herbert but Lynn says Tyrod Taylor is starter
Tyrod Taylor had Lung Punctured by team doctor
Injuries were the biggest headlines this week (AGAIN)
Saquon Barkley Torn ACL
Nick Bosa Torn ACL
Christian McCaffrey High Ankle Sprain (out 4-6 weeks)
Drew Lock Sprained AC joint
Courtland Sutton Torn ACL
Jimmy Garoppolo High Ankle Sprained
Anthony Barr Torn Pectoral
Paris Campbell Torn ACL
Bruce Irvin Torn ACL
Malik Hooker Torn Achilles
Are the Green Bay Packers for real?
Head Coach hot seats through the first 2 weeks
Dan Quinn
Matt Patricia
Adam Gase
Bill O’Brien
Raiders have been very surprising Fantasy 
Waiver Wire Pick Ups

 Start em Sit Em

Running Up The Score Week 1 in the NFL!

What We learned Week 1
Mahomes and company didn’t miss a beat; Clyde edwards helaire is special
Lamar Jackson another mvp type performance
Eagles front line hurt and very bad; Washington front 4 unreal
Dallas Cowboys not stellar in first game under Mike McCarthy
Tom brady and Bucs sloppy
Bill Belichick and different type of offensive play calling
49ers fall flat
Minshew with great performance
Injuries big headline
Refs played a role in week 1

Best performances (Teams)
Kansas City Chiefs
Baltimore Ravens
Green Bay Packers
Seattle Seahawks

Surprise Performances (Teams)
Washington
Jacksonville Jaguars
Las Vegas Raiders

Disappointing Performances (Teams)
Dallas Cowboys
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
San Francisco 49ers
Philadelphia Eagles
Indianapolis Colts

Overreactions
Tom Brady is done?
Same old Cowboys?
Arizona Cardinals take over the NFC West?

Fantasy

Waiver Wire Pick Ups
Malcolm Brown RB LA Rams on 27% of rosters
Nyhiem Hynes RB Colts on 19% of rosters
Robby Anderson WR Panthers on 31% of rosters
Gardner Minshew QB Jaguars on 26% of rosters
Corey Davis WR Titans on 5% of Rosters
*Bonus* Washington Defense on 4% of Rosters

Start em Sit Em

Sleep of the Week!

AFC & NFC South Preview; Fantasy Preview (QBs & RBs)

(Excuse the Planes we live close to JFK airport)

 

- AFC South Preview

• Jacksonville Jaguars
• Indianapolis Colts
• Tennessee Titans
• Houston Texans
• (Give Predictions on record and placing in division)

- NFC South Preview

• Carolina Panthers
• Atlanta Falcons
• New Orleans Saints
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• (Give Predictions on record and placing in division)

- Fantasy Football Positional Preview (Quarterbacks & Running Backs)

• Discuss your favorites
• Discuss your least favorites

• Discuss sleeper

AFC & NFC North Preview; Fantasy Preview (Wide Receiver)

(Excuse the Planes, we live close to JFK airport)

AFC North Preview

• Pittsburgh Steelers
• Cincinatti Bengals
• Cleveland Browns
• Baltimore Ravens
• (Give predictions on record and placing in division)

- NFC North Preview

• Minnesota Vikings

• Chicago Bears
• Green Bay Packers

• Detroit Lions
• (Give predictions on record and placing in division)
- Fantasy Football Preview
- Fantasy Football Positional overview (Wide Receiver)

• Discuss your favorites
• Discuss your least favorites

• Discuss sleepers

AFC & NFC West Preview; Fantasy TE Evaluation | Running Up The Score (8/31/20)

AFC West Preview
Los Angeles Chargers
Kansas City Chiefs
Vegas Raiders
Denver Broncos
(Give Predictions on record and placing in division)
NFC West Preview
Seattle Seahawks
San Francisco 49ers
Arizona Cardinals
Los Angeles rams
(Give Predictions on record and placing in division)
Fantasy Football Positional Preview (Tight Ends)
Discuss your favorites
Discuss your least favorites 
Discuss sleepers

AFC East & NFC East Preview; Fantasy Football Preview (Defense)

AFC East Preview

-Buffalo Bills 

-New York Jets 

-New England Patriots 

-Miami Dolphins 

(Give predictions on record and placing in division) 

 

NFC East Preview 

-Dallas Cowboys 

-Philadelphia Eagles

-Washington Redskins 

-New York Giants 

(Give predictions on record and placing in division) 

 

Fantasy Football Preview 

-State of Fantasy Football

-How Different Fantasy Football will be this year

-Fantasy Football Positional overview (DEFENSE)

Discuss your favorites

Discuss your least favorites

Discuss sleepers

College Football Cancelled | Running Up The Score (8/15/20)

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SHOW NOTES

• NHL lottery
  • Rangers may trade #1 pick?
  • Should lunqvist retire
• College football potentially cancelled season
• MLB talking Playoff Bubble
• Spring football league
• Cowboys and Saints 2 teams creating own bubble virtual training camp
• Hard Knocks opens the curtain on everything NFL teams have to go through with covid
• Giannis Antetokounmpo Headbutt only got 1 game (non playoff)
  • Star treatment?

Mike Millbury said What? | Running Up The Score (8/6/20)

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NHL News
NHL still reports no positive tests in either bubble
EAST
(9) CBJ/(8)TOR Tied 1-1
GM1 CBJ/TOR 2-0
GM2 CBJ/TOR 0-3
Jake Muzzin out for qualifiers
Millburys comments while Muzzin was on ice
(12) MTL leads (5) PIT 2-1
GM1 MTL/PIT 3-2
GM2 MTL/PIT 1-3
GM3 MTL/PIT 4-3  
(7) NYI Leads (10)FLA 2-1
GM1 NYI/FLA 2-1
Defense is key for Isles
GM2 NYI/FLA 4-2
GM3 NYI/FLA 2-3
Matheson 
(6) CAR Leads Sweep (11) NYR
GM1 CAR/NYR 3-2
GM2 CAR/NYR 4-1
Svechnikov Hat Trick in game 2
GM3 CAR/NYR 4-1
ROUND ROBIN
BOS 0-2
Lost to Phi 4-1
Lost to TB 3-2
Cannot be higher than 3rd seed
PHI 1-0
defeated Bos 4-1
TB 2-0
defeated WAS 3-2
defeated BOS 3-2
WAS 0-0-1
Lost to TB 3-2
WEST
(8) CGY Leads (9) WPG 2-1
Tkachuk hit on Scheifele
GM1 CGY/WPG 4-1
GM2 CGY/WPG 2-3
GM3 CGY/WPG 6-2
(12) CHI leads (5) EDM 2-1
GM1 CHI/EDM 6-4
GM2 CHI/EDM 3-6
GM3 CHI/EDM 4-3
(10) MIN/(7)VAN Tied 1-1
GM1 MIN/VAN 3-0
GM2 MIN/VAN 3-4
(11) ARI leads (6) NSH 2-1
GM1 ARI/NSH 4-3
GM2 ARI/NSH 2-4
GM3 ARI/NSH 4-1
ROUND ROBIN
STL 0-1
Lost to COL 2-1
DAL 0-2
Lost to VGK 5-2
Lost to COL 4-0
COL 2-0
defeated STL 2-1
defeated DAL 4-0
VGK 1-0
defeated DAL 5-2
MLB News
Ohtani Shut down as a pitcher
Cardinals have 13 players/staff tested positive
Series vs Tigers postponed
Jeter blames outbreak with Marlins “False sense of security”
ATL Ace Mike Soroka helped off field “potential achilles”
Yoenis Cespedes opts out of season
MLB 7 inning Double Headers
MLB playoffs Bubble?
NBA News
Lakers clinch #1 seed in West
NFL News
Opt out Deadline Thursday at 4pm
von Miller contemplating opting out
Cowboys Randy Gregory not happy about not knowing where he stands with the NFL
Today would’ve been the Hall of fame game
What does No preseason Games mean for the league?

Sports are Back! | Running Up The Score (7/30/20)

~MLB News
Marlins Outbreak
4 more players tested positive now the number is at 17
MIA is now looking for free agents to sign to fill spots
Yankees and Phillies postponed for 2nd straight day
Nationals players petition to not go to florida this weekend to play miami

 

~NFL News
NFL Players opting out of playing in the 2020-21 season
VOLUNTARY OPT-OUTS

Baltimore Ravens: KR De'Anthony Thomas, OL Andre Smith
Buffalo Bills: DT Star Lotulelei
Dallas Cowboys: CB Maurice Canady, WR Stephen Guidry
Green Bay Packers: WR Devin Funchess
Houston Texans: DT Eddie Vanderdoes
Kansas City Chiefs: OL Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
New England Patriots: LB Dont'a Hightower, FB Dan Vitale, RB Brandon Bolden, OL Najee Toran
Philadelphia Eagles: WR Marquise Goodwin
New Orleans Saints: TE Cole Wick
Seattle Seahawks: OL Chance Warmack
Tennessee Titans: OL Anthony McKinney

HIGHER RISK OPT-OUTS

Minnesota Vikings: DT Michael Pierce
New England Patriots: OL Marcus Cannon
Washington Football Team: DE Caleb Brantley

UNSPECIFIED OPT-OUTS

Chicago Bears: DT Eddie Goldman
Cleveland Browns: G Drew Forbes, T Drake Dorbeck
Detroit Lions: DT John Atkins
Kansas City Chiefs: RB Damien Williams
Denver Broncos: DT Kyle Peko
New England Patriots: S Patrick Chung
New orleans Saints: TE Jason Vander Laan, TE Cole Wick
New York Giants: OL Nate Solder
New York Jets: OL Leo Koloamatangi

-The NFL is one big time player away from cancelling the season
-Jamal Adams trade, Who won?
Seattle Seahawks aquire S Jamal Adams and 2022 4th Round pick
New York Jets Acquire 2021 & 2022 First round picks, 2021 3rd round pick and S Bradley Mcdougald
-NFL top 100

~NBA News
Seeding games (8gms) begin Thursday; Possible Play in games; First round of the playoffs begin Aug. 17th

 
~NHL News
NHL announced that there were no positive tests over the last week
Each Team gets one exhibition game between july 28th-July 30th; Qualifiers and round robins start Aug 1st; First round starts Aug 11
Qualifiers are best of 5 (CGYvsWPG, CHIvsEDM, FLAvsNYI, NYRvsCAR, MTLvsPIT)
Round Robin Aug 2 PHIvsBOS