10/17/24 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday
17 October 2024 Sports
The Packers new kicker Brendon McManus practiced for the first time Wednesday. Green Bay signed him on Tuesday. He replaces Brayden Narvesan who was released on Monday.
Meanwhile the Packers started practice in preparation for Sunday’s home game against the Houston Texans. Green Bay is coming off at 34-13 victory over the Arizona Cardinals. Jordan Love completed 22 of 32 passes for 259 yards and threw four touchdown passes along with one interception, when WR Bob Melton slipped on his route. Green Bay also rushed for 179 yards.
The Texans come visit Lambeau Field with a 5-1 record to lead the NFC South. They’re led by quarterback C.J. Stroud, who is having another great season, following last season’s impressive rookie campaign.
Stroud has thrown for 1,577 yards with 10 touchdowns and four interceptions and has a quarterback rating of 96.6. His main targets are Nick Collins with 322 receptions for 567 yards and 3 touchdowns and Stefon Diggs, who has 37 catches for 392 yards with three touchdowns.
On the ground the Texans are led by Joe Mixon, who’s averaging 5.5 yards a carry and has scored two touchdowns.
On the other side of the ball, Houston is ranked third for total defense, giving up an average of 277 yards per game.
The Green Bay Packers are sporting a new look for Sunday’s game. The Packers will debut their new all-white uniforms as they take on the Texans at Lambeau Field.
It‘s part of the team’s first-ever “Winter Warning” game, sponsored by American Family Insurance. The Packers are also encouraging fans attending the game to wear white.
This isn‘t the first time the Packers have donned white uniforms. According to the Packers website, the team first experimented with white as an alternative color back in 1938 and then again at various times in the 1940s and 1950s, before it was eventually introduced as the standard color for away games in the 1960s.
In Thursday Night Football the Denver Broncos (3-3) are at the New Orleans Saints (2-4). Kickoff is at 7:15.
In the ALCS Wednesday night the Dodgers shutout the Mets 8-0 to take a 2-1 lead in their series. The Dodgers opened the scoring with two runs in the second, added two more in the 6th, three in the 8th and one more in the 9th. Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer and the Dodgers, as a team, had three. Kike Hernandez hit his 15th career postseason homer and Max Muncy also went deep in the 9th.
LA starter Walker Buehler pitched the first four innings, giving up three hits. Michael Kopech pitched the 5th and picked up the win, his first of the postseason.
Mets starter Luis Severino (1-1) gave up two runs on three hits in 4 2/3 innings and took the loss.
Game four is tonight.
The ALCS continues later this afternoon with the Yankees at Cleveland. New York holds at 2-0 lead over the Guardians.
The Bucks close out their preseason schedule tonight in Dallas against the Mavericks. Tipoff is at 6:30.
As Lambeau Field lease negotiations remain stalled, the Green Bay Packers have asked the Green Bay Brown County Professional Football Stadium District to step in to the talks with the city of Green Bay.
The team on Wednesday released letters it sent both to Green Bay Mayor Eric Genrich and to the stadium district board.
The Packers’ lease for Lambeau Field with Green Bay and the stadium district ends in 2032. There are options to extend it 10 additional years, but the Packers recently tried extending it by 30 years, until about 2063. The team says Genrich has not met with its officials since January. The team claims Genrich requested that any further discussions be preceded by a meeting with president/CEO Mark Murphy. The Packers say the two met in May, but Genrich canceled a follow-up meeting in September, and has not rescheduled.
The Packers are proposing to assume all maintenance costs going forward, in exchange for a flattening of rent payments.
The team claims Genrich is proposing to eliminate the stadium district entirely. The Packers also claim Genrich is trying to have the city take over on-field emergency health care of Packers and opposing players, and is opposing the team’s plan to replace obsolete railings within the stadium’s seating bowl.
The Detroit Lions may have delivered the fifth-worst defeat in Dallas Cowboys history on Sunday, but it came at a steep price. Defensive end Aiden Hutchinson suffered a gruesome, season-ending leg Iinjury in the third quarter that required emergency surgery. It ended his season in which he was considered a top contender to win Defensive Player of the Year for 2024.
While the Lions have already made one addition to their team in Hutchinson’s absence, general manager Brad Holmes has made a significant move in retaining a key player already on the roster.
Meanwhile, according to multiple reports, Defensive tackle Alim McNeill has been re-signed to a four-year contract extension, keeping him with the franchise through the 2028 NFL season. Thenews was first reported by ESPN’s Adam Schefter on X, who also reported that the deal is worth $97 million with $55 million guaranteed.
Thanks to his new deal, McNeill becomes the fourth highest-paid defensive tackle in the NFL. The only players at his position making more than him are Nnamdi Madubuike of the Baltimore Ravens, Christian Wilkins of the Las Vegas Raiders, and Chris Jones of the Kansas City Chiefs.
McNeill is the second Lions player to agree to a contract extension in the last week; the team also re-signed David Montgomery to a two-year, $18.25 million extension.
McNeill, currently in the final year of his rookie contract, was drafted by the Lions with the 72nd overall pick in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He played college football at NC State, where he put up an impressive stat line of 77 tackles, 10 sacks, one interception, and one touchdown, earning All-American honors in his junior season.
He became Detroit’s starting defensive tackle ahead of the 2023 season, though he missed a handful of games after suffering a knee injury in Week 13. So far in 2024, he’s amassed 2.5 sacks, four quarterback hits, and three tackles for loss.
Three Milwaukee Brewers players are finalists for the Gold Glove awards. Second baseman Brice Turang, centerfielder Blake Perkins and right fielder Sal Frelick were among the 30 National League finalists announced Tuesday.
The winners will be announced Nov. 3
In game three of the WNBA Finals the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx on the road, 80-77, to take a 2-1 lead in their series. Sabrina Ionescu hit a 3-0pointer at the buzzer to win it. Breanna Stewart scored 30 points and had 11 rebounds to lead the Liberty. Napheesa Collier led he Lynx with 22 points.
Game four is tomorrow night in Minneapolis.
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