What little success the New York Knicks have had this season has been driven largely by their defense, with New York ranking a surprising sixth in defensive rating, according to Basketball-Reference.com. That defense has propped up New York’s offense, which has lagged behind all year and currently ranks 25th in points per 100 possessions. It […]
The Kansas City Chiefs aren’t known for their defense — or if they are, it’s for the wrong reasons. Ranked just 18th in yards per play allowed in the regular season — and with the baby GOAT at quarterback casting a long shadow — the defensive unit is more often seen as a different kind […]
Liverpool Football Club leads the Premier League in goals this season, but it has not scored a league goal in about a month. To be more precise, Liverpool has not scored a league goal since Sadio Mané netted in the 12th minute against West Bromwich Albion on Dec. 27, 2020, a game that the Reds […]
The Toronto Raptors’ start to the 2020-21 NBA season has been bizarre. They sit at 7-10, but they’ve led by double-digits at some point during six of their losses. They collected two consecutive 1-point losses that both ended with potential game-winners from Pascal Siakam spilling out of the hoop. Perhaps strangest of all is that […]
We start with the NFL conference championships. Josh Allen inarguably had a bad day, but there have been a lot of arguments about the Buffalo Bills repeatedly settling for 3 points during their loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Of course, the even louder takes were about the Green Bay Packers kicking a field goal […]