Connelly’s Top Ten - Bye Week

Connelly’s Top Ten - Bye Week

1. Favorite Jets moments

* Of course the Butt fumble

* Steve Nelson getting in Pat Leahy’s face after a missed game winning field goal

* 28-8 since Mo Lewis

* Pats scoring 108 points in two games at Foxboro in a ten month period (1978-1979)

2. Hall of Fame QB’s that won a ring because of the running game not their passing

* John Elway

* Peyton Manning

* Bob Griese

* Bart Starr

* Brady????………2019

3. Red Sox fans are fickle:

* 2014 last place Sox total attendance…..2,956,089

* 2018 winningest Sox team in history……2,895,575

4. This will be the first year in Tom Brady’s career that the other team will throw more touchdown passes than him: 25-29

5. Players reputation impacted by longevity

* Cal Ripken

* Pete Rose

* Yaz

* Robert Parish

* Derek Jeter

* Brooks Robinson

* Eddie Murray

* Tony Perez

* Brett Favre

* Junior Seau

* Vinnie Testeverde

* Eli Manning

* Kevin Garnett

* Artis Gilmore

* Sedin brothers

6. Players who were great despite short career

* Bobby Orr

* Gayle Sayers

* Jim Brown

* Sandy Koufax

* Barry Sanders

* Cam Neely

7. Amazing Stat - In 1995, Randy Johnson and Greg Maddox combined for a 37-4 record

8. Old School - 1960’s Celtics versus 2010’s Patriots

* 1960’s Celtics - winning % .754 / 9 championships

* 2010’s Pats - winning % .784% / 2 championships

9. Just a little bit outside - At the December 1978 Patriots-Jets game at Shea Stadium a half time show featuring a drone that looked a lawn mower went into the crowd and killed a fan

10. Randomocity

* Hey congrats Chicago - you are only going to murder 590 human beings this year compared to 676 last year

* Magic 106.7 goes from Bing Crosby back to Jim Croce

* Roma - B+ well done but slow

* Is existing in a constant state of stuffed reversible

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