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By Brian Costello New York Post, Monday, October 10, 2022 nypost.com

The Jets have specialized in
comeback wins early in this sea-
son. On Sunday, they showed
they can also grab a lead early
and then step on a team late.

The Jets rolled to a 40-17 win
over the Dolphins at MetLife
Stadium, a rare blowout for a
team whose first two wins this
season were dramatic fourth-
quarter comebacks.

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“We’ve been a part of some re- Gang Green youngsters lead charge
ally close games, some come- in blowout win over rival Dolphins
back games,” Jets left tackle Du-
ane Brown said. “We don’t have WHAT A FEELING! Cornerback D.J. Reed (No. 4) celebrates with teammates after defensive tackle Quinnen Williams recovered a fumble
and ran the ball inside the Dolphins’ 5-yard line during the fourth quarter of the Jets’ 40-17 win.
to keep it like that. You get up AP
on some teams, being able to
have that mentality to put step up and rise to the occasion?” Up Next two turnovers from the seventh- the first quarter. Hall raced
your foot on the gas The Jets’ young stars were on round pick. down the field and through Mi-
and pull away is a jets at packers ami defenders to the 1-yard line
great feeling, espe- display in this game. Rookie cor- The Jets’ defense finished for a 79-yard gain. Carter took it
cially at home.” nerback Sauce Gardner knocked Sunday, 1 p.m. things off when Carl Lawson had in for a 12-0 Jets lead.
This victory was Dolphins quarterback Teddy Fox a strip-sack of Thompson that
notable for sev- Bridgewater out of the game Quinnen Williams recovered “He was awesome,” Saleh said
eral reasons: when he blitzed on the Dolphins ESPN Radio and returned 12 yards to the of Hall. “He’s an explosive
The Jets are first play from scrimmage and (98.7 FM) 5-yard line. Hall then took it player. When we drafted him, it
now 3-2, their best drilled the veteran quarterback. from there for the touchdown was because we needed a home
start since 2017. Bridgewater tried to throw the Line: Jets +7.5 • O/U: 45.5 and a 33-17 lead. run hitter on this team, and he
They are over ball away and was flagged for in- did that. He had a couple of
.500 for the first time tentional grounding, which re- age in this league,” Hall said. Braxton Berrios scored one home runs today.”
since being 1-0 in 2018. sulted in a safety. Gardner later “We’ve just got to be consistent more touchdown for good meas-
They snapped a 12- added an interception. and not shoot ourselves in the ure with 4:24 left on a 15-yard Miami did not go away. The
game losing streak against foot so much. We still felt like run that gave the Jets a 40-17 win. Dolphins cut the lead to 19-14
AFC East opponents, a streak Fellow rookie Breece Hall was we left some yards out there to- before halftime on a 1-yard run
the star on offense. He had a 79- day, but it’s not really a surprise “I think it was a statement game by tight end Durham Smythe,
that stretched back to 2019. yard reception and scored the to us. We feel like we can do this just with how we finished,” cor- who motioned under center on
They never trailed for the Jets’ final touchdown of the day. pretty often. It was good that we nerback D.J. Reed said. “We really the trick play. A 46-yard field
He finished the game with 197 finally put it all together today.” didn’t care about the score, it was goal from Jason Sanders made it
first time in 23 games. yards from scrimmage. Hall was more so about playing the whole 19-17 midway through the third
They won consecutive games not the only running back who The Jets were clinging to a 19-17 game out because we had a hard quarter before the Jets stepped
did well for the Jets. Second- lead when they marched 56 yards week of practice, so we wanted to on the gas in the fourth.
for the first time since 2020. year running back Michael on seven plays after a Jason San- showcase what we can do on of-
They won at home for the Carter scored two touchdowns. ders missed field goal early in the fense, defense and special teams.” The Jets now head to Lambeau
fourth quarter. Wilson completed Field to face the Packers with
first time this year. Quarterback Zach Wilson had passes of 21 yards each to Corey Bridgewater, who was starting some momentum.
They scored 40 points for a quiet day, but he was safe with Davis and Hall, who got the ball in place of the injured Tua Tago-
the ball and did not have any to the 1-yard line for the second vailoa, did not return after the “The expectation is changing,”
the first time since 2018. turnovers. Wilson went 14 of 21 time in the game. Carter scored first play when Gardner nailed Wilson said. “We’re expected to
The 23-point margin of vic- passing for 210 yards. from the 1 to put the Jets up 26-17. him in the end zone and his head go out here and win and be
hit the turf. He was removed as shocked when we don’t. That’s
tory was their largest since 2019. “We know we have a really ex- The Dolphins played the game part of the concussion protocol. how the mindset needs to be for
The Jets did not need any plosive offense and we know with rookie Skylar Thompson at everybody.”
that we can do some real dam- quarterback and the Jets were Wilson found a wide-open
fourth-quarter heroics in this one. able to take advantage, forcing Hall up the sideline at the end of [email protected]
Instead, they outscored the Dol-
phins 21-0 in the fourth quarter to
turn a 19-17 lead into 40-17 quickly.

“We’ve got a great mindset. We
have a young group that does not
flinch,” Jets coach Robert Saleh
said. “We get stronger as we go.
Especially with a young group,
the more they see, the faster they
get, so when you get to the fourth
quarter with such a young group
who is not veteran-like and you
get to see ... it’s everything I talked
about. When all the cards are on
the table and everyone knows
what the heck is going on, can you

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New York Post, Monday, October 10, 2022 nypost.com Jones shows his moxie — and he
might just be a keeper after all

MAYBE you aren’t sold yet. Maybe answered the bell Sunday, playing de- cident, and
you still remember all the times spite a bum ankle, fearlessly toting the they didn’t
these past few years when you ball even if he was clearly slowed by a earn any of
those wins in a
were just about ready to embrace Dan- step or two, slinging it to secondary and lottery. Maybe
you are as re-
iel Jones as the long-term solution as tertiary receivers on long, beautiful luctant to label
this team “le-
the Giants’ quarterback and then some- scoring drives. git” so soon as
you are to simi-
thing happened — a brutal interception, Jones’ final numbers were splendid — larly embrace
Jones. That’s
an untimely fumble, an unfortunate in- 21-for-27, 217 yards passing, 10 carries for fine. There’s plenty
of season left, plenty of chances for
jury — that would make you back off. 37 yards rushing — but the numbers both team and quarterback to back up
their early speed.
Maybe you still ha- that mattered most
“How people view us, I don’t think
ven’t seen enough. were the ones that will we’re concerned with that,” Jones said.
“We’ll continue to do what we need to
And — more to the ultimately define do to get better and become a better
team.”
point — maybe Joe whether he is the Gi-
Jones downplayed the impact of the
Schoen still hasn’t ants’ quarterback of ankle injury he sustained last week
against the Bears — “It felt good
seen enough, since the future or merely throughout the game and throughout
the week,” he insisted — because if
Jones’ fate will ulti- their quarterback of there’s one thing we have absolutely
learned about him so far it’s that he is a
mately be decided by Mike Vaccaro the moment: stoic quarterback very much in keeping
the Giants general Giants 27, Packers 22. with the local lineage, very much in the
mold of Y.A. Tittle and Phil Simms and
manager who, it Consider that a re- Eli Manning.

should always be re- sounding piece of tes- He may hurt. He may bleed. But he’s
not going to be the one to tell you about
membered, inherited Jones. timony on Jones’ behalf. it.

But Jones is certainly making a hell of And maybe consider this one, too, “He’s tough,” Daboll said. “We have a
lot of tough players on this team.”
a case for himself. Sunday he led the Gi- since Giants coach Brian Daboll will
It has been a joy to watch through five
ants to their most magnificent victory likely also have a say and a sway in de- games, and Jones has been an equally
enjoyable case study. Schoen and
in years, a 27-22 stunner of the Green termining the Giants’ coming deci- Daboll may not have drafted him. But
more games like this, they may well
Bay Packers at London’s Tottenham sions: wish to adopt him. It might not be a ter-
rible choice.
Hotspur Stadium. The Giants are 4-1. “The quarterback,” he said, “had an
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Raise your hand if you saw that coming excellent game. He’s had a few of those.”
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back in August. He really has. Jones still resides in that

He did this while his ankle barked at murky middle class below the elite ros-

him and while blood oozed from his ter of quarterbacks and above the pe-

hand. He did it without four of his fa- destrian ones, sandwiched between the

vorite receivers. He did it with Saquon Mahones/Brady/Rodgers/Allen/Jack-

Barkley spending time in the medical son penthouse and the crowded out-

tent before returning to help co-author house of scufflers and scofflaws littering

this seminal win alongside Jones and a NFL backfields. But if he was a hit song,

gritty Giants defense that kept Aaron he would have a red star on his name —

Rodgers off the scoreboard in the sec- definitely on the rise.

ond half and out of the end zone during From here? That’s anyone’s guess. But

a last-minute drive that seemed certain it is impossible to watch Jones week

— until it was over — to force overtime. after week and not see an intriguing

“We’ve got a tough group, a group multifaceted weapon forever lurking in-

that’s going to compete for four quar- side the No. 8 jersey. Maybe in different

ters and 60 minutes,” Jones said. “And circumstances, with a different coach,

we found a way to fight back at the end.” this would be an easier call.

Jones’ performance would have been But the Daboll-Jones marriage has al-

notable even if the result had been dif- ready borne fruit and promotes genu-

ferent because of the simple fact that he ine belief. The Giants are not 4-1 by ac-

DIMES TIME: Daniel Jones, playing on a bum ankle and later bloodying his hand (inset) used his arm, legs and toughness
to lead the Giants past Aaron Rodgers (with Jones after game, top right) and the Packers.
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By Ryan Dunleavy New York Post, Monday, October 10, 2022 nypost.com
out of field-goal range. It
Xavier McKinney was He’s got next: Xavier McKinney just misses coming was the most disruption
surprised when a football up with a tipped pass on a third down on the Packers’ pe- that he caused in London,
deflected high into the air nultimate offensive possession. On the next play, McKin- topping when he meant to
and landed just out of the ney tipped another pass, essentially sealing the win. order fish-and-chips at a lo-
reach of a Giants’ game- cal restaurant and “almost
sealing interception. USA TODAY Sports got kicked out for calling it
fries.”
So he took matters into biggest thing,” McKinney A by-product of the long
(or off of) his own hands on said. “When you have a drives put together by the “It felt good sacking one
the next play. group of guys and a coach run-oriented Giants offense of the greatest — a Hall of
that believe in each other, was limited opportunities Famer for sure,” Lawrence
Defending a fourth-and-2 it’s easy to go out there and for Rodgers. The Packers said. “You can’t ever get that
just 6 yards from their end play. We love playing for punted on their only two back, so you have to take ad-
zone, the Giants sent eight him. We go play hard every drives of the first 24 min- vantage when you play guys
rushers at Packers quarter- time.” utes of the second half, in- like that. It was special.”
back Aaron Rodgers, who cluding a three-and-out.
appeared to signal just be- Rodgers tried to throw his The Giants broke up
fore the snap that he was third-down pass “through “By the time we knew it,” seven of Rodgers’ 14 incom-
throwing to his right. The kind of the sea of arms Rodgers said, “we were pletions and added a second
blitzing McKinney came there” but bounced it off down seven.” sack on the final play, when
from that direction, got his Kayvon Thibodeaux’s hel- Rodgers was circling the
hands up resulting in a sec- met. The fourth-down With a chance to increase pocket to buy time for re-
ond straight tipped pass throw was supposed to go a 20-13 lead, Rodgers was ceivers to get downfield for
that fell incomplete with 62 to big-bodied Allen Lazard sacked by Dexter Lawrence some of his trademark Hail
seconds remaining as the in one-on-one coverage. on a third-and-8 at the 36- Mary magic. Oshane Xim-
Giants finished off their big- yard line, pushing the ball ines clobbered Rodgers
gest defensive stop in a from behind, forcing a fum-
27-22 victory in London. ble, just as Rodgers readied
to uncork.
“That was the game-win-
ner,” McKinney said. “Just Comeback from a 14-point
super excited to get off the deficit (10 at halftime) com-
field and win the game.” plete.

Despite playing with “We felt like, on defense,
third-string cornerbacks on we kind of let them have a
both sides of the field after few,” safety Julian Love said.
in-game injuries to starters “We made some adjust-
Fabian Moreau and Adoree’ ments at half that we all felt
Jackson, the defense great about: We wanted to
pitched a shutout and held apply a little more pressure
Rodgers to 7-for-15 passing and be stickier in coverage.
for 76 yards during the sec- And we executed.”
ond half. Rodgers is one of
the best quarterbacks of all
time at beating a blitz, but
Giants defensive coordina-
tor Wink Martindale was
undeterred from his signa-
ture pressure with the game
on the line.

“We trust in him and he
trusts in us, and that’s the

OFFENSE SPECIAL TEAMS

The stats lie. Daniel Jones was 21 Mr. Reliable Graham Gano nailed
of 27 for 217 yards, no touchdowns field goals from 48 and 37 yards.
or interceptions, and in some Jamie Gillan, a native of Scotland,
ways this was his finest moment. REPORT CARD averaged 50 yards on his two punts.
He was operating on a not fully Chris Myarick forced a fumble on
healed sprained left ankle and did a shutout against Aaron Rodgers the punt coverage team though the
not have his usual burst but ran (25 of 39, 222 yards, 2 TDs) in the ball was recovered by the Packers.
10 times for 37 yards. He was a second half was shocking. Key The ball off a Packers punt hit Jason
leader in every sense, surrounded third-quarter sack from Dexter Pinnock, but the Giants got A
by backups galore. Saquon Barkley Lawrence pushed the Packers out a break when the loose ball
(13-70 rushing, 3-36 receiving) left of field-goal range. Late fourth- went out of bounds.
with a shoulder issue, returned and quarter sack by Oshane Ximines
immediately had a 40-yard burst. sealed the deal. Key deflection by COACHING
His game-winning touchdown came highly active Kayvon Thibodeaux.
as a Wildcat QB. WR Darius Slayton, Xavier McKinney was called for a High-quality on all fronts. Brian
(6-79) where have you been? He 33-yard pass interference penalty Daboll refuses to allow injuries or
was dusted off and produced. for mugging TE Robert Tonyan adversity to affect his team. How he
Rookie TE Daniel Bellinger scored in the second quarter. McKinney is doing this is hard to fathom, but
on a 2-yard run off an option. came back on a late blitz to deflect he is. That was some play call by
Contributions from Marcus Johnson, a Rodgers pass down the stretch. offensive coordinator Mike Kafka
Big coverage plays by Nick McCloud on the end-around that resulted in
B+David Sills, Richie James and Fabian Moreau and Justin the Bellinger TD run. The use of the
Layne. Really? Jihad Ward slammed Wildcat formation is also ingenious.
and Chris Myarick. Jones Wink Martindale shut out one of the
was sacked only one time. AWR Romeo Doubs down for a A+great quarterbacks of this

DEFENSE 1-yard loss on a screen pass in generation in the final 30
the first quarter. minutes with a bunch of
Allowing 20 points in the first no-names.
half was not shocking. Pitching — Paul Schwartz

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LONDON — The Giants have London, improve to surprising 4-1
shown remarkable grit and de-
termination this season when practice squad call-up Marcus
playing in the United States. Johnson and Bellinger and
They took that fighting spirit backup tight end Chris Myarick
overseas and showed an interna- and David Sills. It was fitting that
tional audience — and the Pack- Gary Brightwell, a seldom-used
ers, from Green Bay, Wis. — that running back, muscled his way
this is a new and quite improved into the end zone on a bullish
Giants operation. 2-yard run to pull the Giants
even at 20-20 with 10:08 remain-
The Giants trailed 17-3 in the ing.
second quarter and 20-10 at half-
time against Aaron Rodgers, and Next, the Giants got big defen-
it looked as if this would not be a sive plays from Nick McCloud
fruitful trip across the pond for and Fabian Moreau — yeah,
coach Brian Daboll’s club. What who? — to force a three-and-out
transpired in the second half was and took over on their own 40-
stunning. The Giants on defense yard line. What followed was
pitched a shutout. Daniel Jones wild. Barkley returned, took a
gutted out yards and points. Saq- short pass from Jones and juked
uon Barkley was forced out with and sprinted his way to a 41-yard
a shoulder injury and returned, gain. To end the drive, Barkley
not wearing a cape but playing took a direct snap out of the
like Superman. Wildcat formation and was not
stopped, beating every Packers
GiantS 27 Summary defender to the right corner of
PackerS 22 Page 45 the end zone. It was 27-20 with
6:08 left.
Barkley scored the game-win- did it without their best corner- Up next “A lot of Packers fans,” Daboll
ning touchdown with 6:08 re- back, Adoree’ Jackson, who did said, “but at the end of the game The Giants were creative on
maining and then turned the not play in the second half with Ravens at Giants it felt like a home game.” both sides of the ball. Darius
game over to their largely no- neck and knee issues. Slayton came in with one catch
name defense. Rodgers moved Sunday Barkley left the game with 3:15 in the first four games but he
the Packers to the Giants’ 7-yard Barkley ran 13 times for 70 1 p.m. remaining in the third quarter. was Jones’ go-to target. The lone
line but on fourth down his pass yards. Jones, playing despite a WFAN He caught a pass and was touchdown of the first half for
was deflected up and into the air sprained left ankle and whose (660 AM, 101.9 FM) dragged down by linebacker the Giants came after Barkley on
by blitzing safety Xavier McKin- hand was bloodied with a case of DeVondre Campbell, with a direct snap rumbled for 40
ney. The ball fell harmlessly to “turf burn” in the second half, Line: Giants +5.5 • O/U: 43.5 Campbell landing on Barkley yards and Slayton then caught
the grass at Tottenham Hotspur was incredibly tough. He com- and Barkley immediately mo- passes for gains of 10 and 9
Stadium with 1:11 remaining and pleted 21 of 27 passes for 217 the Packers got the ball back tioning that something was yards. To get into the end zone,
soon after the Giants secured an yards and ran 10 times for 37 with seven seconds to go, Rodg- wrong. He came off the field, Jones pitched the ball to Barkley,
improbable 27-22 comeback vic- yards. He refused to allow the in- ers rolled out for one of his pat- headed into the medical tent and who flipped it to Bellinger on a
tory. juries to teammates around him ented Hail Mary heaves and Os- when he emerged out of the tent double-reverse. Bellinger had
and the deficit in front of him to hane Ximines was there to deck his helmet was taken away from the option to throw it to Jones or
And just like that, the Giants deter him from finding a way. Rodgers, ending one of the most him. Eventually, he got it back. tight end Tanner Hudson but he
are 4-1, matching their win total emotional Giants’ victories in decided to run for it and scored
from the entire 2021 season. “He’s a super tough guy, super years. “Just got banged up,” Barkley to make it 17-10 with 1:15 left in
tough leader,” rookie tight end said. the second quarter. But Rodgers
“I mean, it’s putting the world Daniel Bellinger said. “Every “I ain’t gonna lie it meant a hooked up twice with Randall
on notice,” rookie edge-rusher time he comes in, he pushes me lot,” Ximines said. “I hope I got a The Giants were down 17-10 Cobb and the Packers added a
Kayvon Thibodeaux said. “We’re to be better when I see that kind picture, that’s all I want.” when Barkley departed and field goal as time expired in the
a hard-nosed team that’s gonna of stuff. He pushes the whole Jones was left with a remarkably first half to go ahead 20-10.
fight to the end. We’re gritty. team to be better.” Make no mistake, this was a makeshift collection of skill
We’re gonna fight for each other road game for the Giants, with players around him. Yet Jones The second half was all Giants.
and we don’t care who we’re go- After punter Jamie Gillan the crowd composed mostly of persevered. He put together a 15- “We’re gonna play to the end,
ing against. We’re gonna keep wasted time and then ran out of Packers fans — it was their home play, 91-yard drive that took 8:07 we’re gonna play for 60 minutes,
playing to the end.” the end zone, rather than kick game. By the end though, the Gi- off the clock, handing the ball to we’re gonna play hard,” McKin-
the ball from his own end zone, ants fans who made the trans-At- Matt Breida and throwing it to ney said. “We got a lot of good
This latest victory was the lantic journey were in full-throat dudes, a lot of good players. We
most impressive of all for the up- mode. knew what we had before, we
start Giants. Daboll erupted with didn’t really need anybody to tell
joy on the sideline after the final us what we have or didn’t have.”
play and pumped his fists to What the Giants have, after
those in the crowd of 61,024 five games, is a record of 4-1.
wearing blue.
[email protected]
Out of nowhere, the Giants
dominated the second half, out-
scoring the Packers 17-2, with the
only points allowed a giveaway
safety with 10 seconds left. They

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By Ryan Dunleavy From injury scare
to scary good for
Just as Giants fans finally could resilient Barkley New York Post, Monday, October 10, 2022 nypost.com

exhale seeing that their best player

wasn’t injured again, Saquon Bark-

ley took their breath away.

Barkley missed 14 offensive

snaps spanning the late third and

early fourth quarters Sunday when

he was checked for a shoulder in-

jury, but he emphatically an-

nounced his return with less than

10 minutes left by taking a short

crossing pass and weaving his way

to a 41-yard gain. Four plays later, thing, I was pacing back and forth pitch and tossed the second on the
because I wanted to get back in reverse touchdown run by tight
Barkley took a direct snap, the game. I put my trust in [the end Daniel Bellinger.
training staff and doctors]. I spent
bounced to the outside and scored a little more time with them the The most surprising part of the
last couple years rehabbing than I win was that the Giants did almost
the decisive touchdown in a stun- would like, but I know they have all of the damage on a tying 15-
my best interest at heart. They did play, 91-yard touchdown drive
ning 27-22 win against the Packers everything they could to help me while their workhorse was being
get back in the game and help the evaluated. Gary Brightwell fin-
in London. team win.” ished the drive with his first ca-
reer touchdown and a keepsake to
“There’s no doubt what he Barkley went into the medical bring home.
tent on the sideline, had his hel-
brings to our offense any time he met taken away and then went “I didn’t get to see Gary’s touch-
back to the locker room for more down, which I’m upset about be-
is on the field is special and testing. He was listed as question- cause that’s like my little brother,”
able to return. Barkley said. “I love the way he
unique,” quarterback Daniel Jones runs and carries himself. What a
“I kept asking him on the side- way to get your first down in a big
said. “To have him back at that line, ‘Are you good to go?’ He was game overseas. I made sure like,
good to go,” head coach Brian ‘You’ve got the ball?’”
point in the game was a little bit of Daboll said. “He’s a competitor.”
Almost as important as the win
a lift for us. That was big time.” Barkley finished with 13 carries is that the Giants can keep giving
for 70 yards and three catches for the ball to a healthy Barkley.
After missing 18 games over the 36 yards. Two of his biggest plays
— a 40-yard run on the Giants’ “If I go back to when I was an
last two seasons with knee and first touchdown drive and his 8-year-old kid and I started play-
2-yard touchdown run to snap a ing football,” Barkley said as he
ankle injuries, Barkley led the 20-20 tie with 6:08 remaining in took in the scenes from London,
the game — came as a Wildcat “I’d be really happy with where
NFL in rushing yards and yards quarterback. He also took the first I’m at.”

from scrimmage after four weeks. [email protected]

Considering the depleted state of

the Giants’ receivers, he is almost

the entirety of the offensive play-

making, so there was plenty of

reason for concern when he

reached for his right

shoulder after he rolled

under linebacker

De’Vondre Campbell on a

tackle.

“I wasn’t woozy at all. I wasn’t

stumbling,” Barkley said. “If any-

GIANTS BLITZ byRyan USA TODAY Sports QUOTE OF
Dunleavy
LONDON BALLING: Saquon Barkley ‘THE DAY
leaps into the end zone for the go-ahead HERO Every game
touchdown with 6:08 left in the fourth we’re the
quarter before Oshane Ximines (above, left) What sprained ankle? underdog.
seals the win with a strip-sack of Aaron Daniel Jones (right) We embrace it.
Rodgers, preventing a last Hail Mary. was mobile enough We know who we
as he completed 21 of are internally. For
Shutterstock; Getty Images 27 passes (12 for first everybody to hold
downs) for a season- us down, it just
high 217 yards and shows there’s
ran 10 times for 37 no pressure on
yards. He planted his
foot in the ground and ’us. So we go out
drove passes from the
pocket. there to play
and be who
ZERO we are.

The supposedly much-improved Packers defense totaled one sack and one — Dexter Lawrence
pass defended. They didn’t force a turnover and cornerback Rasul Douglas on the Giants’ being
committed three penalties, including one to reset the downs in the red zone
on the Giants’ winning drive. an eight-point
underdog to the
UNSUNG HERO Packers despite both
teams being 3-1
Lots of options to choose from, but Dexter Lawrence’s best career pass- entering the game.
rushing season continued with a third-down sack to take the Packers from
attempting a long field goal to punting late in the third quarter. The Giants
scored 14 unanswered points from there.

KEY STAT

55 Yards — at minimum — that all five Giants’ scoring drives covered. No
short fields, and that’s how they held the ball for 32:11.

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AWOLDIS
CHAPMAN
By GreG Joyce Struggling reliever left off
ALDS roster after skipping
Any chance Aroldis Chap- mandatory workout Friday
man had left of making the
Yankees’ ALDS roster went out], a little shocking, but to be here. … I think there’s a During the nearly six
out the window when he weeks Chapman was out,
blew off a team workout Fri- after the shock wore off, chance he absolutely could Clay Holmes emerged as a
day. dominant All-Star closer in
when you add everything have been [on the roster]. his place. By the time Chap-
Chapman’s unpredictabil- man returned, he was rele-
ity on the mound already up, it’s not surprising,” We’re still actually getting gated to lower-leverage
had his playoff status in spots and never fully re-
jeopardy, but he took mat- Cashman said. “There’s ready to start those conver- gained his form.
ters into his own hands by
staying at home in Miami some questions about sations now. He may have After the Yankees
on Friday when he was sup- clinched the AL East, Boone
posed to be throwing live whether he’s been. It’s a wanted to use the final
batting practice at a manda- week of the regular season
tory workout at Yankee Sta- been in all-in or moot point to see if Chapman could
dium. show enough to be an op-
not for a little now.” tion for the postseason, but
“[He gave] not what I his command issues lin-
thought was an acceptable while. He’s main- Chapman’s gered. Then after Game 162,
excuse, so I’ve had him stay Chapman flew to Miami,
away for now,” Aaron Boone tained verbally no-show was where he spent Thursday’s
said Sunday before the Yan- off day and stayed there
kees worked out ahead of that he’s in, but at likely his final when the rest of his team-
Tuesday’s Game 1 of the mates were back in The
ALDS against the Guardi- times, actions act as a Yan- Bronx to begin playoff
ans. workouts on Friday.
don’t match kee, with the
General manager Brian “This year was a struggle
Cashman said he fined those words.” 34-year-old set for him,” Cashman said. “At
Chapman for missing the times you saw the flashes of,
workout, but left the deci- Sources in the to become a ‘There it is.’ Other times it
sion up to Boone whether to disappeared. He was fight-
keep the veteran left- organization said free agent this ing through it I’m sure. This
handed reliever away from game’s not easy, but you
the team. Chapman didn’t offseason. don’t need to make it harder
by not showing up at a man-
“You gotta be all-in at this recover from Boone didn’t datory workout — for your-
time of the year,” Cashman self as you compete for a
said. “It’s disappointing that having his Aroldis rule out Chap- postseason as well as your
[Chapman] effectively closer’s role ChApmAn man being an teammates who are fighting
made that type of decision.” to be ready when called
taken away from Time with Yanks option to re- upon.”
It was the latest twist in him or with hav- likely over join the roster
Chapman’s disappointing — Additional reporting by
season. Beyond his 4.46 ing diminished should the Dan Martin
ERA and 1.431 WHIP across
43 appearances and 36 ¹/₃ in- stuff. Yankees advance to the [email protected]
nings, Chapman also missed
nearly a month between And his decision to get ALCS or World Series, but
August and September with
a leg infection that stemmed the tattoo while the staff he would figure to be a long
from getting a tattoo.
was trying to get him back shot given that his struggles
“It was surprising at first
[that he missed the work- on track mechanically was on the mound already made

another blow. him difficult to trust.

Still, Chapman was “on After being an All-Star in

the border” of being on the 2021 — thanks to a hot start, Yankees vs. Guardians

ALDS roster before his ac- which went awry by mid- AL DIVISION SERIES

tions on Friday, according to season, though he still re- All games on TBS
Tue.: at Yankees, 7:37 p.m.
sources, especially with in- corded 30 saves — Chap- Thu.: at Yankees, 7:37 p.m.
Sat.: at Guardians, TBD
juries to other relievers im- man got off to another en- Sun.*: at Guardians, TBD
Oct. 17*: at Yankees, TBD
pacting the bullpen. couraging start this season,
* if necessary
Now, the Yankees won’t not giving up a run through

have to make that decision. his first 12 appearances. But

“I think he questioned he began to struggle again in

whether or not he was going May and then went on the

to be on the roster or not,” IL with left Achilles tendini-

Boone said. “But he needed tis.

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GettinG Ready: The By GreG Joyce Despite finish, Cole
Yankees, including Game 1 to still start Game 1
starter Gerrit Cole (right) The Yankees rotation is set
work out at the Stadium on for the ALDS, with Gerrit Cole
Sunday as the Bombers get getting the ball for Game 1.
ready to face the Guardians
in the ALDS. Paul J. Bereswill (2) Cole will start against the
Guardians on Tuesday at Yan-
kee Stadium, with Nestor Cor- two starts against the Guardi- Cole’s most recent postsea- beginning Tuesday.
tes following in Game 2 and ans this year, he gave up two son start for the Yankees was By starting Game 1, Cole
Luis Severino in Game 3, man- runs over 12 ²/₃ innings, both one to forget as he got tagged
ager Aaron Boone announced wins. for three runs on four hits (in- would be available to come
on Sunday. cluding two home runs) and back on regular rest for Game
The left-handed Cortes, two walks in two-plus innings 4. Boone indicated the Yan-
Boone had indicated last meanwhile, posted a 2.44 ERA against the Red Sox in the AL kees would keep a three-man
month that Cole would be his across a career-high 28 starts wild-card game at Fenway rotation for the ALDS, with
Game 1 starter, but since then and 158 ¹/₃ innings. After a brief Park last October. He was still Jameson Taillon and Domingo
there had been some question stint on the IL for a groin strain, dealing with a hamstring is- German expected to be op-
whether Cortes might be a bet- Cortes finished the regular sea- sue at the time that appeared tions out of the bullpen.
ter option with his more con- son by giving up just four runs to compromise him, but he Should the series get to Game
sistent season and stronger fin- across five starts and 27 ¹/₃ in- will get a shot at redemption 5, Cortes would either need to
ish. Boone on Sunday declined nings. come back on short rest or the
to say how much consideration Yankees would use a bullpen
he gave to someone other than game.
Cole starting the series opener.
“This is one of the areas of
“With those three guys, I re- our club that I’m really ex-
ally like where they’re at and cited about heading into the
feel like they stack up really postseason,” Boone said of his
well,” Boone said as the Yan- rotation. “I feel like all three
kees worked out in The Bronx. of those guys, and then some
“I at least considered every an- if you want to throw Jamo and
gle, but ultimately decided this Domingo into the mix, we can
was the way we wanted to go.” go match up with other teams’
pitchers. Feel like this is the
Cole, the Yankees’ $324 mil- best way to line it up as we
lion right-hander, posted a 3.50 embark on our goal of win-
ERA during the regular season ning a championship.”
with 33 home runs allowed —
the second-most in the majors. [email protected]

Over his final five starts of
the season, Cole posted a 5.22
ERA with nine home runs al-
lowed over 29 ¹/₃ innings. But in

Cash: ‘Pot of gold’ awaits Judge

By Dan Martin the season. Of course we’d love to have cisco in Linden, Calif., and was a fan of the
Aaron Judge back as a New York Yankee.” team growing up.
Brian Cashman called Aaron Judge’s wa-
ger on himself “an all-time best bet” after Judge, the favorite to win his first AL On Friday, in a Zoom call following the
the slugger responded to turning down the MVP award despite Shohei Ohtani’s fan- Giants’ disappointing season, president of
Yankees’ seven-year, $213.5 million exten- tastic two-way season with the Angels, is baseball operations Farhan Zaidi made it
sion offer on Opening Day with one of the set to hit the open market after the World sound like they had a chance at landing
most prolific offensive seasons in history. Series. any big-time free agent this offseason.

And like everyone else, the Yankees gen- “He’s a great player that bet on himself “We have to go back to the drawing
eral manager knows Judge’s price tag will and it was an all-time best bet, the way he board and explore every channel to get
be considerably higher after breaking the navigated the season,’’ Cashman said. “He better,’’ Zaidi said. “I expect us to be really
American League and franchise home run always puts up huge numbers when he active this offseason. We do have the flexi-
record and leading the Yankees to an AL stays healthy and now he’s stayed healthy bility to be involved in every possible op-
East title. for a number of years. It’s a remarkable ac- tion on the table, but our goal is when we
complishment that was very special to get to spring training and Opening Day
“There’s a pot of gold there,’’ Cashman watch and captivated the entire baseball hits in 2023, we feel like we’ve got a play-
said Sunday of Judge’s impending free world.” off-caliber team out on the field. That’s go-
agency. “It’s yet to be determined how ing to drive everything we do this offsea-
much it weighs. … Good for him. It was al- In addition to hitting 62 homers, Judge son.”
ready a big pot and obviously, it will be was in the running to win the AL Triple
bigger.” Crown until the final days of the season, No doubt Cashman will have similar
when his batting average dipped. sentiments whenever the Yankees’ season
Cashman reiterated the Yankees’ desire ends.
to keep Judge in pinstripes, but acknowl- Still, his pursuit of Roger Maris’ record
edged the outfielder will have “a lot of became the biggest storyline of the last “We always compete to keep what we
choices.” month of the season and he finally would like to keep,’’ Cashman said. “In
eclipsed Maris’ 61-year-old record on the some cases we’re successful and in some
“He’s put himself in an amazing position second-to-last day of the season in Texas. we’re not.”
to have a lot of choices,’’ Cashman said.
“We’d like to win the day on that, but it’s a It remains to be seen which teams end [email protected]
discussion for another day. We said that up competing for Judge, although one of
before the season and many times during them figures to be the Giants. More Yankees / P. 39

Judge grew up not far from San Fran-

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KEEPING OPTIONS OPEN: Jacob deGrom, with Max WALK OF SHAME:
Scherzer (left) on Sunday, has previously said he plans to Disappointed Mets
opt out of his contract and become a free agent. Corey Sipkin fans (inset, left) begin
heading for the exits
Jake refuses during their team’s
to talk about season-ending 6-0
free agency loss to the Padres on
Sunday at Citi Field.
By Mike PuMa METS NOTES The Mets were in the
wild-card round, in
Jacob deGrom was in no after rehabbing a stress re- part, because of a ball
mood to discuss his loom- action he sustained in his the Braves’ Austin
ing offseason decisions. right scapula in spring Riley (inset, right)
training. In 11 starts for the allowed to roll foul last
The ace right-hander shut Mets he went 5-4 with a 3.08 week — killing a
down all questions about ERA with 102 strikeouts in potential rally in a
his contract and potential 64 ¹/₃ innings pitched. game the Amazin’s
free agency, following the lost, writes The Post’s
Mets’ season-ending 6-0 “I wasn’t here all year, but Mike Vaccaro.
loss to the Padres on Sun- these guys did a great job,”
day. deGrom said. “The time I I N THE movie “Havana,” Robert Foul ball vs. Braves
was here we had a great Redford’s character, Jack Weil,
DeGrom has indicated on group of guys and a blast to says, “A butterfly can flutter its Mike Vaccaro run. Pete Alonso, Eduardo Escobar
multiple occasions that he be around. We just fell a lit- wings over a flower in China and and Daniel Vogelbach followed
plans to opt out of his con- tle short.” cause a hurricane in the Carib- But the butterfly started madly with singles and the Mets had
tract and become a free bean.” fluttering his wings exactly a week Braves starter Charlie Morton on
agent after this season. ➤ Brandon Nimmo was earlier. the ropes, up 3-1 and fixing to blow
This has been debunked by some the game open with men on the
“I’m not going to discuss still in uniform almost 90 very smart people, this “Butterfly That would be last Sunday night, corners and nobody out. Mark
any contract stuff,” deGrom minutes after the game’s Effect,” also known as a version of in Atlanta’s Truist Park. The Mets Canha was up next, and he took a
said. “We’re disappointed conclusion to soak in the chaos theory. But if you are a Mets were desperately trying to salvage ball low and inside.
we lost the baseball game atmosphere for potentially fan who agonized through their a game off the Braves, and winning
tonight.” the last time as a Mets nine-inning Irish wake Sunday that game would’ve meant leaving On the next pitch, the butterfly
player. Nimmo, who is night at Citi Field as the Mets’ sea- Atlanta tied for first and in posses- reported for work.
DeGrom was the winning headed toward free agency, son ended in a 6-0 whitewash to sion of the tie-breaker. In the top of
pitcher in Game 2 of the took pictures with family the Padres, you may wish to take the third, the Mets made a move to Canha hit a soft roller up the
wild-card series after al- members on the field. issue. make sure they would fly home third-base line. Braves third base-
lowing two earned runs with both. man Austin Riley instantly knew
over six innings. Afterward “Free agency will be an Yes, the Mets lost this series — he had two choices: field the ball
he indicated he had given interesting road I have and ultimately lost their season — Jeff McNeil led off with a home and eat it, allowing a fourth run to
thought to the possibility it never gone down before, so because Max Scherzer was awful score. Or let it go, let it keep roll-
was his last start for the we’ll see what’s in store, it’s Friday night, because they man- ing, and hope for the best. If it
Mets. He was asked after going to be a new adven- aged all of one hit off Joe Musgrove stayed fair, that fourth run comes
Sunday’s game if he had ture for me as well so I and friends Sunday, because noth- in and it’s probably second and
given that idea any further don’t really know what to ing Buck Showalter tried — capped third, Morton is out, and the Mets
thought. expect,” Nimmo said. by the umpires all but strip-search- can breathe again.
ing Joe Musgrove in search of a
“I haven’t really thought ➤ Edwin Diaz, another mystery ointment, liniment or gel It stayed fair for about 88 ½ feet.
about it,” deGrom said. “It’s — worked out.
disappointing that we lost free agent after the season,
tonight, that was the goal to said he would like to hear
move on and the plan was from the Mets sooner
to be going to LA. That is rather than later.
something we’re not doing,
so I haven’t really thought “I hope they come to me
about it right now.” quickly to talk,” Diaz said.
“I will take the best offer
DeGrom, 34, didn’t pitch for me and my family.”
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last week put Mets on fatal path A NEW YORK METS
BASEBALL PODCAST
And then slipped just to the left not making it clear of the out- in relation to the Padres, let alone
of the bag. bracket portion of the MLB tourna- the Braves and Dodgers — would PLAYOFF SPECIAL
ment. have prevailed against the NL’s
Now, there are plenty of Mets other elite teams. HOSTED BY FORMER METS
fans who saw that as an omen. But “No matter where you lose it’s PITCHER & EMMY-AWARD
this was actually more serious than stunning,” losing pitcher Chris Still, it would’ve been nice to see,
that. Omens and jinxes and curses Bassitt said. “No matter what firsthand. WINNING TV ANALYST
are ethereal. What happened to the round you lose in it just sucks. Al-
Mets was real. Morton escaped the most every playoff team has a spe- “It’s sports,” Showalter said. “It’s NELSON FIGUEROA
inning without further damage. cial group and you don’t want to gratifying and so many great things
The Braves took the lead in the leave.” happen. But it’s cruel, too. It’s not AND MEDIA PERSONALITY
bottom of the inning, won the always fair.”
game, won the division. It certainly doesn’t make Mets JAKE BROWN
fans feel better about their team’s But one snap decision by Austin
And the Mets had to play in the immediate future, not with so Riley started to change all that, a SCAN TO LISTEN
wild-card round. many key elements of the roster — flapping butterfly in Atlanta last
Bassitt among them — in flux, not week that sparked a baseball hurri- NYPOST.COM/PODCASTS/AMAZIN-BUT-TRUE
This was always going to be a with the uncertainty that will fill cane in Queens this week, and in-
delicate matter, the Mets trying to the offseason. vited Armageddon to this 2022 NEW SHOW DROPS TODAY
negotiate their way through the NL baseball season. The ball stays fair,
playoffs. But adding a layer added And the harshest truth that was we might be having a far different
to that degree of difficulty. It revealed by the bright light of conversation this morning.
doesn’t excuse Scherzer’s egg, or these past two weekends wouldn’t
the goose eggs that littered the Citi have changed either: in retrospect, The ball rolled foul. The butterfly
Field scoreboard Sunday. It doesn’t it is hard to see how the Mets went to work. And winter has
lessen the sting of a 101-win team lineup — which sure looked short fallen on Flushing Meadows.

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W AS THE defining moment of the Mets’ ul- job done in the postseason,” Francisco Lindor continued his domination over the suddenly in-
timately unsatisfying season the three- said. ept Mets.
game, early September sweep at the
To a man, Mets players told us how excited “We just didn’t have the same magic, the same
spark, as we started the season with,” Mark
hands of the lovably losing Cubs, a game bunch they were to play in such a vital game. And yet, Canha said.

of outmanned kids? their performance showed a decided lack of in- The Mets did a lot of good things this season.
You don’t win 101 games by accident. You don’t
Or maybe it was three even later games in At- spiration. It was really a shockingly poor effort dominate over five-plus months without mak-
ing a lot of great decisions, and doing a ton of
lanta, where some Mets people acted jittery from a team that won the second-most games in things right. They brought in five free agents,
and every one of them thrived. Nobody
about a hurricane that never came, unless you its history, and worked hard over a 180-day bats 1.000 in free agency. But they did.

count the defending-champion Braves sweeping schedule to improve by 24 games over a year ago. Not sure how much, if any of that,
will be recalled anytime soon. Fresh
them away like a mound of dust? The fans came primed to celebrate, but had the on the minds of Mets fans are the
results of the series against the
Or might it be the season-ending, wild-card se- natural New York reaction to one of the worst Cubs, Braves and Padres, where
the Mets scored only 21 total runs
ries against the Padres, where they barely hit, performances of the season. The booing began in in nine games. The loss of Starling
Marte for most of September
two of their vaunted three starters were torched the fourth inning, and continued intermittently. hurt, but that won’t get it done.
The Mets never lost more than
and they were dispatched from All the while the Mets were three games in a row over a
162-game slate, yet did it twice
a postseason derby that looked doing nothing — literally — in crucial late-season series,
eventually costing them what
rather ominous down a long against No. 3 Padres starter Joe seemed like a certain NL East
title when the new rules gave it
road they never really Musgrove. Musgrove used a to the Braves via the head-to-
head tiebreaker.
reached? terrific mix of pitches includ-
“We didn’t finish as strong as we
It’s a tough call, one disaster ing a devastating curveball to started,” Canha said, sadly. “That’s what
the story is going to be.”
following the next. But suffice Jon Heyman author the most impressive
it to say, the Mets, as impress- outing by any pitcher in this se- [email protected]

ive as they played at times over ries filled with pitching greats

162 games, were at their worst — seven innings of one-hit ball.

when it counted most, including in the 6-0 defeat “Hats off to [Musgrove],” Lindor said. “He

Sunday at Citi Field. flat-out beat us.”

“It’s a hard pill to swallow,” Pete Alonso said. Musgrove was so befuddling for Mets hitters

“They just flat-out beat us.” that Mets manager Buck Showalter suspected

Not that this is any solace, but based on what him of doctoring the baseball, or at least raised

transpired against the Padres — a very nice team that suspicion in a meeting with umpire Al-

missing its best all-around player, Fernando Tatis fonso Marquez before the sixth inning.

Jr. — the Mets were never going to survive the The umps dutifully checked Musgrove after

gauntlet that is the National League derby, any- conferring for what seemed like an eternity, and

way. If they couldn’t come close to beating a even rubbed his ears. The tactic failed. His ears

good Padres team, maybe it’s better they never were clean, and when he resumed pitching he

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And exactly how were they going to beat the East lead division hopes
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SMALL By Mark W. Bassitt goes out with
WONDER: Sanchez another whimper
Chris Bassitt walks
off the mound There were repeated San Diego batters — hearing the PitchCom games. When Bassitt
during the Mets’ 6-0 step-outs from Padres managed by Bob Mel- device that relays sig- was matched with
loss in Game 3 of batters who may have vin, Bassitt’s former A’s nals to him to keep op- Nido, his ERA was 4.08
their wild-card been trying to throw manager — consist- ponents from stealing in 13 regular-season
series against the him off his rhythm. ently stepped to the signs. games, although the
Padres, the latest There appeared to be plate and then asked battery appeared to get
and last big series PitchCom issues when for time. The Queens Bassitt walked Ha-Se- closer to the same page
the Amazin’s blew. opposing base runners crowd booed the tactic, ong Kim on seven the more they worked
They were swept in reached second base. but it is possible it pitches before walking together.
mid-September by Tomas Nido was catch- worked. Trent Grisham on five.
the lowly Cubs, and ing him, which has led With the bases loaded, Manager Buck Show-
then again last to problems before. “It wasn’t a strategy a well-placed single, alter opted for Nido,
weekend in Atlanta of ours,” Melvin said. “I through the shortstop whose bat had been far
to surrender their In an outing filled think the fact that — hole, from No. 9 hitter better than McCann’s.
long-held NL East with possible distrac- [Saturday] night Jake, Austin Nola gave the
lead to the Braves tions and aggravations, too, he works really Padres a 2-0 lead they “I probably hang out
(below). Corey Sipkin Chris Bassitt was just quick, too. I think guys would not surrender. with him all day long
not good enough. were just trying to most of the day playing
gather their thoughts Another jam arrived pool, pingpong, getting
The Mets’ No. 3 and make sure they in the fourth inning, on the same page,” said
starter allowed three were ready because which would be Bas- Nido, who thought they
runs in four innings of those are two quality sitt’s last. With two worked well together.
the 6-0, series-ending pitchers you have to be outs, Bassitt walked
loss to the Padres in in a good space for.” Kim, who then stole Whatever the cause,
Game 3 of the wild- second base. The Pa- Bassitt, who likely will
card round at Citi Field Bassitt got into dres, using the Mets’ be a free agent, may
on Sunday night. trouble in the second method of athleticism have ended his Mets
inning. Josh Bell sin- and timely hits, added tenure on a poor note.
Bassitt’s quietly ex- gled to lead off the their third run with
cellent season ended frame and reached sec- Grisham ripping a sin- “I’m beyond grateful
poorly and with plenty ond on a Jake Cronen- gle to center. and beyond proud to be
of noise. Facing a Pa- worth ground out. a Met,” Bassitt said.
dres offense that had With two outs, Bassitt Bassitt had excelled “That’s all I can really
slugged its way to runs worked slowly, appear- throwing to James say.”
against Max Scherzer ing to have problems McCann this season,
and Jacob deGrom, posting a 3.09 ERA in 14 — Additional report-
Bassitt’s struggles ap- ing by Ethan Sears
peared more to do with
rhythm than with mis- [email protected]
take pitches, even if he
said his cadence had no
correlation to the re-
sult.

Future a mystery, says Lugo

By Mark W. Sanchez On a Mets club with a sea of home team for what could be
free agents, Lugo is less her- the final time.
Relievers are supposed to have alded than Jacob deGrom, Ed-
short memories, but Seth Lugo win Diaz and Brandon Nimmo At 32, Lugo will hit the open
could be forgiven if he were but quietly valuable just the market for the first time, and he
reaching deep into his past. same. will not be alone. Diaz headlines
the Mets’ bullpen free agents,
The righty was drafted by the Lugo did not shed a tear, but but Adam Ottavino, Trevor May,
Mets in the 34th round of the his pauses betrayed his emo- Joely Rodriguez and Trevor
2011 draft out of Centenary Col- tions. For seven seasons, Lugo Williams are on the list, too.
lege in Louisiana, a Division III has been a staple out of the bull-
school. The lottery ticket im- pen and has appeared in 275 ca- Lugo said he would like to re-
probably rose through the Mets’ reer regular-season games, good turn to the Mets but acknowl-
system. He became a major lea- for 15th all time by a Mets edged the myriad unknowns.
guer, debuting in 2016 as a pitcher.
swingman. He eventually found “I don’t know. The future’s a
a home as a reliable reliever and Until this year, Lugo had never mystery. I’ve been with this or-
has climbed the charts of all- tasted the postseason, and then ganization for 12 years, so,” Lugo
time appearances by a Mets the Mets force-fed him. He re- said, before trailing off. “That’s a
pitcher. corded two outs — both strike- long time.”
outs — in the seventh inning
“This is all I’ve ever known,” Sunday, when he was used for a Lugo has seen the changes in
Lugo said after the Mets’ Game third straight game. He had re- the organization, especially the
3, season-ending loss to the Pa- corded a one-out save Saturday ones that helped the Mets win
dres, 6-0, in the wild-card round and did not allow a run in the 101 games this season. He cred-
Sunday. He was asked about his series. ited the “teammates, coaching
memories, and his eyes flashed staff, as many new people as
back, even if his mouth didn’t After the loss, he kept his jer- they brought in” who helped the
follow. “I’m not very good with sey on and returned to the Citi franchise appear to turn a cor-
that kind of stuff.” Field grass with his family to ner.
take it all in as a member of the
“It’s just great to be a part of
something special,” Lugo said.

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WILD CARD PADRES

I N THE END, they Mets-ed.
The 2022 version of the team
accomplished the near impossi-
ble at the finish line — they flushed
a feel-good season. Wrecking their
first-place chances on the final
weekend of the regular season.
Ending their 2022 campaign on the
first weekend of the playoffs.

Joel Sherman

They blew a 10 ¹/₂-game lead in need to be re-signed — at figures The concern is that these Mets expectations. It just made this fall save the Mets and came up short —
the NL East. And they squandered that might even pause Steve Cohen were one-hit wonders — apt Sun- more painful — and too reminis- 6 ²/₃ innings in total against Atlanta
playing only at home in the wild- — or replaced. The Mets received day night when that was the total cent of disappointing times. and San Diego in which he walked
card round. the best relief season in their his- number of hits they amassed in a six and permitted seven runs (three
tory by Edwin Diaz, a batting title 6-0 loss that brought on their off- The Mets needed to win one of over four innings to the Padres).
“We did a lot of great things this by Jeff McNeil and likely top-10 NL season. three at Truist Park to secure the
year, but nobody really cares how MVP finishes by Pete Alonso and NL East and avoid the wild-card The Mets’ collective lineup
you do in the regular season,” Bran- Francisco Lindor. Just about every “It’s too early to comment on round. They lost all three to the lacked the impact of the Padres’
don Nimmo said. “It doesn’t matter regular performed well. what’s going to happen next year, Braves last weekend. They needed eighth-place hitter. Apparently if
when you come to the postseason because you have all offseason to to win two of three in Citi Field to you hold up the name Trent
everybody starts new, so nobody Is this replicable next year with go, but I’ve been in situations be- advance out of the wild card this Grisham to a mirror, you will see
cares that we won 101 games, just Max Scherzer turning 39 next July fore and seen organizations re- weekend. They won once. Chipper Jones reflected back. A
that we lost these two. So it’s a som- and showing such wear and tear bound,” Scherzer said. “And there’s .184 regular-season hitter, Grisham
ber, somber mood in the club- this season? With Diaz, Nimmo, Ja- no reason why this organization “To get to the postseason and it reached safely in eight of 12 plate
house.” cob deGrom, Chris Bassitt, Taijuan can’t rebound.” doesn’t work out, it’s the worst day appearances against the Mets.
Walker and just about the entire of the year,” Scherzer said. Grisham homered off Scherzer in
Or as Max Scherzer summed up: setup corps reaching free agency. This season was supposed to be Game 1 and deGrom in Game 2. He
“This is a kick in the balls.” With a top-heavy farm system that the rebound. Home games often Like in Atlanta, the Mets were let reached in all four plate appearan-
has Francisco Alvarez and Brett felt like a revival. It all felt like a res- down by their starters and bats. ces in Game 3. He drew a two-out
Perhaps with time and distance Baty, but no pitching solutions on urrection. A rise from the lows of Scherzer was clobbered for four walk off Bassitt to load the bases in
those 101 regular-season wins — the horizon. the Wilpon days. The payroll and homers and seven runs as San Di- the second. Austin Nola then
the second-most ever for the fran- star collection soared — and so did ego won the opener. Bassitt had a
chise — will elicit happy memories. chance on consecutive Sundays to
But in this moment it feels inconse-
quential and inadequate. In part be-
cause this was as much a win-now
team as resides in the majors.

The Mets had the oldest roster by
average age. They are littered with
substantive free agents who will

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WILD CARD PADRES

Buck stops ear
Amazin’s have Musgrove checked
for illegal substance in 6th inning

By Mark W. Sanchez no-run, one-hit ball. elevated. As was his velocity,
“Cheater,” rang out from a Citi which sticky substances would
With the Mets’ bats quiet in a not aid.
game that was slipping away, Buck Field crowd that had little reason
Showalter tried a different method otherwise to insert itself into the Showalter also hinted that at-
to help his offense get a grip. game. tempting to annoy Musgrove
could help his club.
Before Padres pitcher Joe Mus- “Joe Musgrove is a man of char-
grove could throw his first pitch of acter,” Padres manager Bob Mel- “We certainly weren’t having
the bottom of the sixth inning vin said. “Questioning his charac- much luck the way it was going,
Sunday night, the Mets manager ter, to me, that’s the part I have a that’s for sure,” Showalter said.
approached first-base umpire and problem with. I’m here to tell ev- “I’m charged with doing what’s
crew chief Alfonso Marquez. erybody that Joe Musgrove is [as] best for the New York Mets, how-
Showalter requested a foreign aboveboard as any pitcher — any ever it might make me look or
substance check on Musgrove, player — I know.” whatever. I’m going to do that ev-
who had allowed just one hit in ery time and live with the conse-
five innings of a game the Padres Showalter said he “felt bad quences.”
led by four runs. about” the appearance of essen-
tially accusing Musgrove of cheat- Musgrove’s lone regret, mean-
The umpires checked Mus- ing, but he alluded to the Mets while, was not striking out the side
grove’s hat, glove and notably ears seeing Musgrove’s spin rates were in the sixth inning. He struck out
for a substance, and the right- Tomas Nido and made a gesture
hander passed the inspection. He toward the Mets’ dugout. After the
remained in the game and kept scoreless frame, Musgrove yelled
rolling as the Padres won, 6-0, to toward Showalter as he walked to
knock the Mets out of the postsea- the Padres’ dugout.
son.
Musgrove said the accusation
Pictures had circulated online of fired him up. The victorious Pa-
Musgrove’s ear appearing to have dres clubhouse did not appear
a shine, as if he could be using a bothered.
sticky substance to help his grip
and spin rate on the ball. It is also “How many hits did Joe give up?
possible Musgrove was especially They got one hit?” Manny Ma-
sweaty, which was his defense. chado, who was managed by
Showalter in Baltimore, accurately
“I’m sweating like a dog,” Mus- asked. “I mean, that’s pretty smart
grove said after seven innings of by [Showalter].”

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sad but true: Mr. Met
looks on over a dejected
Mets dugout during the ninth
inning of the Mets’ season-
ending 6-0 loss to the Padres.

Corey Sipkin

fouled off three 0-2 pitches before no reason to eject the starter. probe the lobe: Umpires check Joe Musgrove’s ears for foreign substances, at Buck Showalter’s re-
the ninth-place hitter lashed a two- The crowd chanted, “You’re a quest (above), during the sixth inning of the Mets’ 6-0 loss to the Padres. N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg; Getty Images
run single that brought the first col-
lective sense of dread Sunday night cheater” at Musgrove. But that
to Citi Field. soon returned to boos toward the
home team. Musgrove worked
Grisham’s two-out RBI single in seven shutout innings. The Mets
the third made it 3-0. And Joe finished the series 4-for-23 with
Musgrove was not going to let the runners in scoring position — two
Mets back in. The righty no-hit of the hits coming in the Mets’ four-
the Mets through four and didn’t run seventh Saturday night within a
allow a runner into scoring posi- 7-3 triumph. They scored four total
tion until the seventh. Buck runs in the other 26 innings.
Showalter, in an act tinged with
gamesmanship and desperation, It wasn’t enough. After a long
emerged from the dugout before season of raised expectations, the
the bottom of the sixth to request closing act was not enough. The
the umps inspect Musgrove for a Mets lost first place in the NL East.
foreign substance. They checked They lost a wild card exclusively in
his glove, hat and his glossy ears Queens. And in the end they lost
— yes, his glossy ears. They found the good feelings.

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Robert Sabo NATIONAL LEAGUE PADRES
WILD CARD

GAME 1 RUNS HITS ERRORS

6 10 0
010

Padres win series, 2-1

INSIDE PITCH

BY MARK W. SANCHEZ

INSIDE: THE CITY’S BEST HERO Corey Sipkin
PLAYOFF COVERAGE
Joe Musgrove. The
Lost chance Padres righty pitched
a one-hitter through
After blowing a 10.5- seven scoreless
game lead in the NL East innings. He was so
and lose in the wild-card effective the Mets
round to spoil a 101- essentially accused
win season, it’s easy to him of cheating by
wonder if this veteran, requesting a sticky-
win-now Mets roster substance check.
ruined their best chance at a title.
JOEL SHERMAN, P. 62-63 ZERO

Lost in Mark Canha. Take your pick from the Mets’ offense, but Canha
the wash went 0-for-10 with two walks in the series.

This was the latest BY THE UNSUNG HERO
series that saw the
2022 Mets shrink in the 7.36NUMBERS Trent Grisham. A .184 hitter this
biggest spots. ERA season, knocked an RBI single
JON HEYMAN, 60-61 of the after homering the two previous
Mets nights and took away a potential
Butterfly vaunted rotation in this Canha hit with a running grab.
effect series.

How one foul ball QUOTE OF THE NIGHT
against the Braves last
week helped begin the “Our goal was to win the World
end of the Mets’ season. Series, and we failed.”
MIKE VACCARO, — Max Scherzer
PAGES 58-59

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NATIONAL LEAGUE METS vs. New York Post, Monday, October 10, 2022 nypost.com
WILD CARD PADRES

One hit, no fight as Mets’ 101
wins dissolve into nothing

SwIng & AMISS: Francisco By Mike PuMa stunned, and everyone’s just … it’s a ter- glove and behind his ear before the bot-
Lindor goes down swinging rible, terrible feeling.” tom of the sixth — with prompting by
against Joe Musgrove, who The party barely got Buck Showalter — finished with a one-
allowed one hit through seven started and now it’s over. After loading the bases with two outs hitter over seven shutout innings.
innings as Jeff McNeil (right) and in the second inning, Bassitt surren-
the Mets went down without much One-hundred-and-one dered a two-run single to No. 9 hitter Juan Soto poked a single in the eighth
fight. victories didn’t get the Austin Nola on an 0-2 pitch. against Edwin Diaz for two additional
Mets a National League runs, both charged to Mychal Givens.
Robert Sabo; N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg East title. And as it turned Ha-Seong Kim walked with two outs
out, nor did it grant them in the fourth and stole second before The Mets scrapped for seven runs in
immunity from an early Trent Grisham — who homered in their victory Saturday, but were a mess
exit to the postseason. Games 1 and 2 — delivered an RBI single offensively in the other two games of the
The cracks in the Mets that that placed the Mets in a 3-0 hole. series.
seemed most pronounced in Manny Machado brought in another run
the final weeks of the regular with an RBI single in the fifth against “I don’t think I’ve ever had such a
season conspired Sunday night, David Peterson. blend of good people and good players,
ending the team’s season with a 6-0 and it really creates a bond that you hate
loss to the Padres in Game 3 of the wild- Musgrove, who was checked by um- to see them not get … everybody thinks
card series before a non-sellout of 39,241 pires for illegal substances on his cap, they deserve it this time of year,” Show-
at Citi Field. alter said. “They’re a very easy group to
Joe Musgrove manhandled the Mets pull for — as a fan, as a coach, as a man-
with seven shutout innings. The Mets ager, as a teammate, and I just feel for
managed all of one hit and two base run- them, it’s not something that’s sharp ei-
ners in the defeat. The franchise’s World ther. It’s like a dull — it’s not going to go
Series title drought is extended to 36 away, but in a lot of ways, you hope it’s a
seasons. stepping stone that drives you in the off-
“This is a kick in the balls,” Max season. Hopefully we can gain some-
Scherzer said. thing from the pain.”
If Scherzer’s putrid performance in
Game 1, when he allowed seven earned The Mets held a small celebration in
runs, wasn’t enough, the Mets got a Milwaukee last month after clinching
clunker to close the season from Chris the postseason berth, because as Scher-
Bassitt, who had control problems. zer put it, there was a scenario in which
Bassitt was removed after allowing they otherwise wouldn’t get to cele-
three earned runs on three hits and brate. Losing the division and wild-card
three walks over four innings. It was a round was that scenario. Now that has
second straight dud for the right-hander, come to fruition.
who failed to complete three innings in
Atlanta during the series finale that all A long offseason awaits the Mets, who
but gave the Braves the NL East title. face decisions on Diaz, Bassitt and Car-
Bassitt was asked about the shock los Carrasco and likely ace Jacob de-
level of the team’s elimination from the Grom, who has indicated he plans to opt
postseason so early. out of his contract. Taijuan Walker has a
“No matter where you lose it’s stun- player option for next season, but can
ning,” Bassitt said. “I’ve lost in this choose free agency. The Mets have indi-
round. I’ve lost in the next round. It cated to another free agent, Brandon
doesn’t matter what round you lose in. It Nimmo, they would like to extend the
just sucks. relationship beyond this year. Seth Lugo
“I would say almost every playoff and Adam Ottavino are other key mem-
team, they have a really special group bers of the bullpen headed to free
and you don’t want to leave. Yeah, every- agency.
one that loses from here on out is
“I’m sure it will be different next year,”
Francisco Lindor said. “But we created a
culture here that I’m sure will be one of
the best in the game for a long time.”

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66 Fox gave an early Season 2 renewal to BaCk On the BOards

animated comedy “Krapapolis” from The new season of Emmy-

New York Post, Monday, October 10, 2022 nypost.com “Rick and Morty”co-creator Dan nominated “Broadway Sandwich”
Fox Harmon. It’s set in ancient Greece and premieres Oct. 11 on ALL ARTS. It
revolves around dysfunctional characters. follows Broadway stars and what
they do in-between matinee and

TV Monday eveningshows.

the Fugitive In ‘Shantaram,’ an escaped
con seeks out a new life and
purpose in India
By LAUREN SARNER

C HARLIe HuN- Charlie Hunnam in “Sons of Apple TV (2); Byron Cohen/FX [where] I’m just an inter-
NAm is back on Anarchy” (above) and (right) ested amateur: psychology,
television after with “Shantaram” co-stars philosophy, the meaning of
an eight-year Antonia Desplat and life, is really what he’s ex-
absence in Shubham Saraf. It premieres ploring at the center. I find
his new Ap- Oct. 14 on myself through acting …
ple TV+ series Apple TV+. wanting to explore those
same things.”
“Shantaram.” Bombay. There, as a [infection],” he said. “I had novel’s author, Roberts, that we kind of shared a
“I love longform stranger in a strange land, an ear infection, conjuncti- upon whom Lin is based. soul,” Hunnam said. “We Hunnam’s penchant for
storytelling, and he tries to create a new life vitis in both eyes, and then just knew each other the method acting has been
when I finished ‘Sons for himself and avoid got a mosquito bite and “I was terrified, because second we started talking. I noted in his other projects
of Anarchy’ I knew at trouble. contracted dengue fever. Greg is a real living person left feeling more confident such as “The Lost City of
some point that I And you know, Hollywood and [is] going to watch this that I was going to have the Z.” But, he said, he
wanted to get into an- The show was filmed in is Hollywood. The show and wrote one of the great- ability to bring Lin to life. [I wouldn’t characterize it
other television show,” India and Thailand, and must go on! With all of est pieces of literature of relate to] his uncertainty that way.
Hunnam, 42, told The Post. Hunnam said that, while he those ailments, I still had to the last 20 years,” he said. about who he is, and the
Hunnam starred as swag- spent time in the former go to work for 14 hours a “It was intimidating to sort way to get the most out of “I’ve been accused of
gering biker Jax Teller on country to get a feel for the day. of step into those shoes,” life. I think he’s a real that, but honestly I’ve
“Sons of Anarchy” (2008- “magic and beauty of the he said, but his reserva- searcher. never trained,” he said. “I
2014). Since then, he’s fo- place,” it wasn’t a walk in “So, that period of time tions vanished once they try to do as much as I can
cused on the big screen in the park. that I was suffering from met. “Greg is interested in a to limit the need to act,
movies including “The dengue fever and working lot of the things I find my- only because I’m uncertain
Lost City of Z,” “The Gen- “I went through a period 100-hour weeks was not “We slept about two self interested in, and he’s of my ability on any given
tlemen,” “King Arthur: Leg- of bad luck where I con- great.” hours a night, and spent 22 far smarter than I am,” he day to be able to act the
end of the Sword” and “Tri- tracted a very severe respi- hours a day for four days said. “So, he’s sort of an ex- scene. So, if I have some-
ple Frontier.” ratory infection, a bacterial Nonetheless, he enjoyed talking. I left that experi- pert in these arenas how created a parameter
“I think it was probably gut infection and a viral hanging out with the ence feeling in some way around it that feels real for
about three years after me, I find that my ability to
‘Sons’ finished that I was access the requisite emo-
given this book [that ‘Shan- tion is much easier.
taram’ is based on], he said.
“And it truly has been sort “I don’t know if that’s
of an obsession, and a method or not. It’s just my
burning desire to be part of own technique.”
this team.”
Premiering Oct. 14,
“Shantaram” is based on a
novel by Australian former
heroin addict and con-
victed bank robber Gre-
gory David Roberts. The
plot follows Lin Ford (Hun-
nam), a fugitive from
prison who escapes to the
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N.Y. Post: Charles Wenzelberg All those wins
mean nothing
as Mets fail
to show up for
do-or-die gameFrancisco Lindor and the Mets won 101 games in the
6-0
regular season, but all that went for naught as they

101blew a chance to win the NL East last weekend and

then got one-hit by Joe Musgrove and the Padres with
their season on the line at Citi Field. PAGES 65-58
DAMNATIONSPadreswinseries,2-1
SKIP AND FALL STRUGGLING CHAPMAN LEFT OFF ALDS ROSTER
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