Josh Allen’s Bills Nearly Perfect in Dismantling the Patriots
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The Patriots surprised many observers this season by clawing their way back to the playoffs behind a rookie quarterback, Mac Jones, who played on an accelerated learning curve.
But after a seven-game winning streak, the Patriots were 1-3 down the stretch and entered the postseason as a wild-card team for the first time in Coach Bill Belichick’s tenure in New England. Despite giving up the second-fewest points in the N.F.L., the team’s defensive secondary was undermanned.
On Saturday, in the second-coldest Bills home game ever — 7 degrees at kickoff — Jones forced passes under pressure. Receivers dropped catchable balls. Jones was picked off twice and sacked three times by a Bills defense that had given up the fewest points in the league during the regular season. When he finally hit receiver Kendrick Bourne for the Patriots’ first touchdown late in the third quarter, narrowing their deficit to 33-10, the game was largely over.
Before kickoff, Jim Kelly and Thurman Thomas, cornerstones of the Bills’ four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s, were on the field to rile up a crowd that, based on years of experience, feared the worst but hoped for the best. Fittingly, Kelly, a Hall of Fame quarterback, wore a Josh Allen jersey while Thomas wore a Devin Singletary jersey to honor a current Bills running back who, like Allen, showed off his versatility on Saturday.
Singletary had 81 yards rushing, two scores in the second quarter and three catches for 13 yards. His proficiency catching and rushing forced the Patriots to keep him under watch, helping receivers Emmanuel Sanders, Isaiah McKenzie and Stefon Diggs to break free.
Allen seemed in control throughout, even when he wasn’t. On his first touchdown pass, he evaded defenders before lofting the ball to the back of the end zone as he fell out of bounds. Allen was trying to throw the ball away, but instead, tight end Dawson Knox hauled it in for an 8-yard score.
Ginnifer Goodwin ‘offered’ sperm from husband Josh Dallas to single gal pal
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Ginnifer Goodwin revealed that she once offered to give some of her husband Josh Hall’s sperm to a girlfriend of hers.
However her pal and her husband realized that the situation might present them with more ‘complications’ than they were prepared for.
The 43-year-old actress, who met her husband on their old show Once Upon A Time, dropped the bombshell on the radio show Pop Culture Spotlight With Jessica Shaw.
Side by side: Ginnifer Goodwin revealed that she once offered to give some of her husband Josh Hall’s sperm to a girlfriend of hers
‘By the way,’ said Ginnifer matter-of-factly, ‘I offered his sperm to one of my best friends who was gonna be a single mom.’
She said that ‘my husband and the best friend were the ones who were like: “This could lead to complications.” And I was like: “I just feel like you need to procreate.”’
Ginnifer dished that ‘at a point I was like: “No, but seriously, we could arrange this and then there would be more little Joshes in the world.”’
The Memphis native, who was originally called Jennifer but changed her name, said: ‘The best friend and the husband were like: “Well, that’s really sweet, Ginny, like what happens?” And then they explained like all the logistics."
Hot couple: However her pal and her husband realized that the situation might present them with more ‘complications’ than they were prepared for
However Ginnifer kept going, saying: ‘Look, there’s turkey basters,’ and arguing: ‘It’s not like you’re not gonna be in the kid’s life. Like, you’re in my best friend’s life.’
She and Josh, who respectively played Snow White and Prince Charming on Once Upon A Time, got married in California in 2014.
Now the couple, who began dating in 2011, are the proud parents of two young sons - seven-year-old Oliver and five-year-old Hugo.
Incidentally: ‘By the way,’ said Ginnifer matter-of-factly, ‘I offered his sperm to one of my best friends who was gonna be a single mom’
During an appearance on the Today show a couple of years ago Josh revealed that he fell in love with Ginnifer at first sight.
‘I knew right away. I knew right away, it was that thing,’ he said. ‘It was that thing - I turned around and I saw her and I knew I was in trouble.’
Josh shared that ‘understanding’ has helped their relationship as well as ‘willing to be flexible, and just love. You gotta love and be willing to grow with that person, or let that person grow too and give them space.’
10 Stars Who Appeared on ‘One Life to Live,’ Which Ended 10 Years Ago
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Going from the fictional town of Llanview to the stranger-than-fiction town of Hollywood, many TV stars got their start on One Life to Live, an ABC daytime drama that ended its linear run 10 years ago, on January 13, 2012.
One Life to Live aired more than 11,000 episodes over 44 seasons—if you don’t count the ill-fated online revival—making the show one of America’s longest-running soap operas. And as you’ll see in the gallery below, big names in showbiz owe the soap a debt of gratitude. Here are some of Llanview’s most notable former residents…
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Is Josh McCown ‘On Texans Radar’ In Coach Search?
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Does quarterback Josh McCown remain on the Houston Texans’ radar for their vacant head coaching position? Come inside …
Is Josh McCown “on the radar’’ of Houston Texans general manager Nick Caserio when it comes to searching for a head coach?
An NFL Network report is suggesting this. We will gently suggest that from all we can gather this is not entirely accurate.
Having interviewed Hall of Famer Hines Ward earlier this week, who has only has two seasons as a full-time coach under his belt, the Texans are obviously comfortable with at least exploring the idea of somebody who’s never been in charge before. But do we think Ward is really being considered at the same level that Brian Flores and Jerod Mayo are being considered?
We do not.
Houston interviewed McCown for this same position last year. At the time, McCown was still officially a Texans player, backing up Deshaun Watson. Upon his release in March, TexansDaily reported that McCown was being kept in mind as a potential successor to David Culley, whom the Texans ultimately fired after just one season.
And now here we are.
McCown, 42, was a third-round draft pick out of Sam Houston State by the Arizona Cardinals back in 2002. He went on to play 102 games for nine different teams, spending varying lengths of time with 12 teams altogether. While he has yet to officially retire from the NFL, McCown hasn’t signed anywhere since leaving the Texans.
A journeyman on the field, his resume off it is a little shorter, having yet to coach outside of high school.
While McCown would undoubtedly bring experience from a variety of systems and coaching styles, in our opinion it seems unlikely he’d be seriously in contention for the head coaching role at this time.
That being said, Houston is in need of an offensive coordinator (though Pep Hamilton could have some support there) which, perhaps, could be the next stepping stone for McCown in the Texans’ master plan of succession. … a master plan that would have somebody like him have to be hired by somebody like Flores or Mayo.