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EAST RUTHERFORD — Aaron Glenn and the Jets are making history in all the wrong ways this season.

And they’re only five games in.

The Jets dropped to 0-5 with a dismal showing in a 37-22 loss to the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, leaving them as the NFL’s only winless team.

“Highly disappointed,” Glenn said.

A former Pro Bowl cornerback who played eight of his 15 seasons in New York, Glenn became the first coach in franchise history to begin his tenure with five losses.

“It’s a tough game,” he said. “And it’s coached and played by real men. And listen, I’m going to embrace this challenge, all right, just like any other challenge. And we’re going to figure out as a team, we’re going to figure out how to get out of this hole.”

Glenn insisted when he was hired in January that the Jets would someday become respectable winners again because, as he said at his introductory news conference: “We’re the freakin’ Jets. And we’re built for this (stuff).”

He has also bemoaned those saying this version of the team is the ”same old Jets.” But he has cautioned that it takes time and patience. And that’s something frustrated fans don’t have much of, in any, these days. Not for a team with the NFL’s longest playoff drought at 14 years, and counting.

It’s New York’s fourth 0-5 start and first since starting 0-13 in 2020 under Adam Gase.

The Jets also became the first team in NFL history to have no takeaways in any of their first five games since 1933, when turnovers were first tracked, according to ESPN Research.

“I don’t know if it’s true or not, but I just know this: We haven’t taken the ball away,” Glenn said. “And that’s one thing you guys hear me say: It’s not giveaways, it’s not turnovers. You have to take the ball away. That’s what you do as a defense. That has to be the mentality of the defense, that we have to go and get it because no one’s going to give it to us.”

The Jets’ defense was considered a strength entering the season, especially with two-time All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner and three-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Quinnen Williams leading the way. But New York hasn’t been able to get any interceptions or fumble recoveries.

“The reason why it’s sickening,” linebacker Jamien Sherwood said, “is because that’s the difference between winning and losing, at the end of the day.”

Well, that and other mistakes, such as the 14 missed tackles, according to Next Gen Stats. Not being able to take down opposing ballcarriers has been a theme through the first five games.

Glenn dismissed the notion that perhaps he, after being Detroit’s defensive coordinator the past four years, could pull playcalling duties from Steve Wilks.

“I know that’s going to be the thing everyone says, but I always go back to my first year in Detroit when we struggled on defense, too,” Glenn said. “Our head coach had a lot of confidence in me making sure we get it right. And I feel the exact same way. I have a lot of confidence in Wilks. He’s done a lot of great things in this league as a defensive coordinator. And I’m going to allow him to do his job.”

Penalties have also been a problem on all sides of the ball. The Jets had 10 more against the Cowboys, giving them 30 accepted calls in their last three games.

“I don’t know what it is,” Gardner said of the Jets’ overall struggles. “Like I told you, this has been keeping me up at night. But I don’t know what it is right now.”

The Jets have seen multiple possessions this season end in fumbles that have been recovered by opponents. Dallas was the latest to take advantage, this time when Breece Hall drove toward the end zone with New York down 10-3 and looking for the tying score.

But Hall had the ball knocked out and the Cowboys recovered. And then Dallas went on a 91-yard touchdown drive — its second of 90 or more yards — to take a 17-3 lead with 57 seconds left in the first half. It was a momentum-swinging error from which the Jets couldn’t recover.

“It’s unacceptable by me,” Hall said. “As one of the best players on the offense, you can’t put us in that situation.”

Still, Glenn is shouldering the blame for the Jets’ lousy start.

He said he spoke earlier in the week to former NFL head coaches Tony Dungy and Jimmy Johnson — both Pro Football Hall of Famers — to hear how they got through their own rough first seasons. Dungy opened 0-5 with Tampa Bay en route to a 6-10 finish in 1996. Johnson was 1-15 with Dallas in 1989, including an 0-8 start.

“I’m not throwing any of these guys out,” Glenn said. “The only thing that we can do is go back to work. … We’re doing everything we can to fix all these issues, and that’s all we can do.”

LANDOVER, Md. — So much of what Brian Daboll did in the spring and summer — as he laid out and executed his detailed, minute-by-minute schedule for the Giants — focused on changing the awful way his team started off in 2023 and 2024.

Changes and alterations were considered and implemented.

There were more team periods — 11-on-11 — in training camp.

There were more snaps for the starters in the preseason games, with Daboll admitting “there’s no substitute for playing the game.”

Daboll got his team through it all without incurring any significant injuries, so that is a big plus.

Now we will see if any of this means anything Sunday afternoon, when the Giants, full of good vibes within their own locker room, open their season against the Commanders at Northwest Stadium.

“Really, our focus is on this year,” Daboll said. “So, what we can do this year, the team that we have this year, the keys to the game, the things we need to do to be successful against a really good football team. But it’s a new team. Every year is a new season. So, we’re doing the best we can to get off to a fast start the way we want to. Whether it’s what we did in OTAs, what we did in training camp, how we handled the preseason, but it’ll ultimately come down to performance on Sundays.”

All the positive thoughts will come crashing down if the Giants come out of the gate in the same horrid fashion that set a terrible tone the past two years.

They were given a home game to open up in 2023 and provided a no-show, embarrassing 40-0 loss to the Cowboys.

They were given another home game in 2024, and looked listless and ineffectual in a 28-6 loss to the Vikings.

For those scoring at home, that’s getting outscored 68-6 the past two season openers.

“That game last year, I still remember it, and I’m probably going to remember it for a while,” said right tackle Jermaine Eluemunor, who was on the Raiders in 2023 and thus not part of the Giants’ humbling 40-point takedown to start that season.

There are those in the building skeptical as to why the Giants did not look ready to play in the past two openers, and especially miffed by the offense’s ineptitude, not scoring a single touchdown.

But wait, it gets worse.

In Daboll’s three previous season openers, his team has been outscored 53-3 in the first half.

That’s three points in six quarters of football.

The director of those attacks, Daniel Jones, is now the Colts’ starting quarterback, and the Giants are pinning a great deal on replacing him with Russell Wilson as a reason why the scoring will increase, early and exponentially.

Wilson, 36, now qualifies as a journeyman, as he is on his fourth team in the past five years after a decade establishing himself as a top-tier player with the Seahawks.

He was not exactly a hot commodity when he hit the open market, as the Giants presented him with his only offer to come in and start.

Wilson’s arrival was heralded with his new teammates, and the early impression he made was impressive to behold.

Everything hinges on how he plays from here on out, though, as rookie Jaxson Dart, after an eye-opening summer, is waiting in the wings as the No. 2 quarterback on the depth chart, and No. 1 in the hearts and minds of many fans eager to see his career launched.

“I think mindset is everything,” Wilson said. “I think belief is everything. I think belief in one another, faith in one another, faith in the process and belief in the process and the system and what we do really well. Then working at those things at a relentless rate.”

The Commanders, rejuvenated by the presence and superlative play of rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels, won 12 games in the 2024 regular season and two more in the playoffs.

The Giants are coming off a three-win campaign.

So, this is not really a litmus test for the Giants.

In six of the past eight years, they not only dropped their opener but also lost the next week to start out 0-2.

The Giants are on the road again in Week 2 to face the Cowboys in a second consecutive NFC East affair.

“You’re talking about years past,” second-year running back Tyrone Tracy Jr. said. “You’re talking about eight years ago. That has nothing to do with what we have going on right now.”

That is the hope — to distance themselves from all the losing of the recent past.

Last night on a beautiful Labor Day evening at a sold-out MetLife Stadium, I witnessed the culmination of the world domination mission that Manchester, England’s working class Britpop heroes (and hooligan magnets) Oasis have been pursuing since their instantly familiar Creation Records 1994 debut single “Supersonic” lodged itself into the consciousness of the indie music cognoscenti, followed by almost perfect debut LP Definitely Maybe that matched primary songwriter Noel Gallagher’s naked ambition to write brash, life-affirming anthems that equal (and sometimes borrow riffs from) his heroes The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Sex Pistols, The Jam, as well as Mancunian legends The Smiths & The Stone Roses, with the cooly immobile insouciance of his younger brother Liam Gallagher, whose lead vocals knowingly evoked the powerful rocker snarl of John Lennon and Johnny Rotten.

This debut was quickly followed by the equally excellent, more expansive 1995 LP What’s The Story (Morning Glory), as well as exemplary non-LP singles and b-sides, that evidently set the bar too high for themselves, as the Oasis supernova gradually flamed out in 2009 in the wake of ballooning recording budgets and rock star excesses that resulted in diminishing returns for subsequent LPs, with fewer memorable songs and incessant sibling rivalry press coverage that overshadowed the early brilliance.

I first saw Oasis in 1995 at Philadelphia’s Theatre of the Living Arts (capacity 1000) on the Definitely Maybe tour (and a year later as they quickly jumped to an arena show for Morning Glory). Even with the sizzling excitement everyone in the room felt then, it would have been hard to imagine that I would one day see them playing in the States for 60,000+ ecstatic fans paying top dollar for tickets (and endless merch) for Oasis Live ‘25, a stadium spectacle where Oasis thrives.

This reunion tour features a lineup melded from founding rhythm guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs (who left in 1999) and later members & Creation friends Andy Bell (of shoegaze legends RIDE) on bass & guitarist Gem Archer (who played in Gallagher solo projects—Liam’s Beady Eye and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds —and with Paul Weller) with ace drummer Joey Waronker (Beck, The Who, R.E.M.) expertly offering almost note-for-note renditions of the heavily streamed original recordings that have burnished the band with a rabid younger fan base who have spent over a decade pining for this Gallagher brothers’ truce, which seemed genuine last night, with Liam and Noel walking out together with hands clasped, singing well together with Noel harmonizing, and embracing in a valedictory hug after the final encore “Champagne Supernova” as the personal fireworks of the past were superseded by well-earned literal fireworks to send the happy crowd home with joyful memories.

The 23-song tour setlist rightly focuses on the cream of the 1994-1996 era, including additional show highlights “Live Forever”, “Slide Away”, “Rock ‘n’ Roll Star”, “Whatever”, “Some Might Say”, “Wonderwall”, “Acquiesce”, ”Morning Glory”, and “Roll With It” (I would have found room for bangers “Columbia” and “Up in the Sky” from the debut, later choice b-sides “Headshrinker”, “Stay Young”, and “Step Out”, and even bloated Be Here Now LP winners “I Hope, I Think, I Know” and “Don’t Go Away” over the 3 post-1996 choices).

Despite Noel’s notoriety for loquacious quips in the media, Liam did most of the talking on stage, encouraging the communal revelry with shoutouts to the many British expats present (even teaching us Yanks the Manchester City football Poznań chant before “Cigarettes & Alcohol”, which involves turning away from the pitch/stage, linking arms, and jumping in unison), while giving his brother space by leaving the stage during Noel’s lead vocal spotlight sections, which included a moving “Talk Tonight”, a horn-section augmented “The Masterplan”, and giving over the soaring choruses of “Don’t Look Back in Anger” to the willing crowd.

The vibe in the stadium was cheerful throughout the evening (even if not as boisterous as the UK fans seemed in the videos I’ve seen), which kicked off with a rousing short set from still-active ‘90s Britpop compatriots Cast (now managed by Creation founder Alan McGee, who famously discovered and signed Oasis in Glasgow; see below for the full performance of “Alright”), and Nashville-via-Kentucky brothers’ indie rock band Cage The Elephant impressing with an energetic middle set that included catchy songs like the Pixies-ish “Trouble” and “Come a Little Closer”.

Who knows what the Gallaghers’ musical future holds, but 2025 belongs to Oasis for bringing back their past glory into mega-clear focus for both original fans and a new generation.

Oasis setlist:

Hello Acquiesce Morning Glory Some Might Say Bring It On Down Cigarettes & Alcohol Fade Away Supersonic Roll With It Talk Tonight Half the World Away Little by Little D’You Know What I Mean? Stand by Me Cast No Shadow Slide Away Whatever (with a snippet of The Beatles’ “Octopus’s Garden”) Live Forever Rock ‘n’ Roll Star

The Philadelphia Eagles had a few extra days off to seethe and regroup after a humiliating loss to the New York Giants.

The Minnesota Vikings (3-2) had an extra week off to rest, prepare and let their ailing quarterbacks heal up.

Critics were bashing Philadelphia (4-2) after a 4-0 start because an offense featuring Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and A.J. Brown looked stagnant and predictable. The defending Super Bowl champions are hearing even more criticism following losses to Denver and New York.

It won’t get easier for Hurts and Co. against Minnesota’s defense.

The Vikings are 2-1 with Carson Wentz. He’s dealing with a shoulder injury and would face the team that drafted him if he can play and J.J. McCarthy can’t. McCarthy is trying to return from an ankle injury after splitting his first two career starts.

The Eagles are 2-point favorites on the road, per BetMGM Sportsbook. Pro Picks sees Philadelphia rebounding no matter who is under center in Minnesota.

BEST BET: EAGLES 26-18

Line: Chargers minus 1 1/2

Daniel Jones has revived his career in Indianapolis and Jonathan Taylor is having an outstanding season. He’ll be running against a defense that allowed De’Von Achane to average 8.0 yards per carry last week. Justin Herbert rallied the Chargers to a win at Miami and third-string running back Kimani Vidal had a breakout game. A depleted offensive line needs to protect Herbert, though the Colts have the fewest sacks in the NFL. Jim Harbaugh hasn’t lost four straight games against the spread in his career.

UPSET SPECIAL: COLTS: 23-21

Line: Steelers minus 5 1/2

Aaron Rodgers vs. Joe Flacco. Advantage goes to the Steelers, who can increase their lead in the AFC North with a victory over the reeling Bengals. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is 4-1 straight up and ATS against Bengals coach Zac Taylor when Joe Burrow isn’t playing. But Pittsburgh is 2-8 straight up, 3-7 ATS on Thursday nights under Tomlin.

STEELERS: 23-18

Line: Rams minus 3

A stingy defense led the Rams to a victory last week, but they’ll need Matthew Stafford and the offense to get on track against the Jaguars. Trevor Lawrence needs better protection, especially against a fierce pass rush. Jacksonville won’t have linebacker Devin Lloyd, who was the AFC defensive player of the month in September. Los Angeles is 2-0 in international games under coach Sean McVay. The Jaguars are 7-6 abroad.

RAMS: 24-20

Line: Chiefs minus 12

Geno Smith, Ashton Jeanty and the rest of the Raiders’ offense is underachieving. But they’ve played well against Kansas City in recent years, winning twice on the road since 2020. The Chiefs are back after an 0-2 start, and looked like contenders in a convincing win over Detroit. Rashee Rice is returning to give Patrick Mahomes another playmaker. The Chiefs are 9-0 straight up, but 1-7-1 ATS under Mahomes as a favorite of six points or more over the past two seasons.

CHIEFS: 27-16

Line: Bears minus 5 1/2

The Saints have been competitive in losses. They haven’t started 1-5 since 1999 and have defeated the Bears eight straight games. Coming off an impressive Monday night win at Washington, Caleb Williams and the Bears have to avoid a letdown on a quick turnaround. They’re 0-4 with Williams on short rest.

BEARS: 20-17

Line: Browns minus 3

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel is on the hot seat and a loss to the Browns could be the final straw. Tua Tagovailoa needs to put up after calling out teammates. Won’t be easy against Myles Garrett and a tough defense. Rookie Dillon Gabriel makes his third start for Cleveland, which has scored 17 points or fewer in 11 straight games. The Browns are 0-5 straight up as favorites the past two seasons.

BROWNS: 19-17

Line: Patriots minus 7

Mike Vrabel goes back to Tennessee with his first-place Patriots in the first game since the Titans fired the coach who replaced him. Drake Maye is playing at a high level under offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. Cam Ward has an interim coach for the next 11 games. It’s a bad situation for a rookie quarterback.

Patriots 24-13

Line: Panthers minus 2

Rico Dowdle has helped the Panthers win two in a row to even their record. He has 473 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns in the past two games. The Jets had a chance to upset the Broncos in London but Justin Fields struggled and Aaron Glenn made questionable coaching decisions. Carolina is 0-10 straight up and ATS as a favorite since 2021.

PANTHERS: 24-17

Line: Broncos minus 7

Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo have brought excitement and a pair of wins to New York, and the Giants have a formidable front four. Defense has carried the Broncos, who need more from their offense after a lackluster performance in London. Denver is 4-0 ATS the week after scoring fewer than 14 points under Sean Payton.

BRONCOS: 24-16

Line: Commanders minus 2

The Commanders aren’t playing like the team that reached the NFC championship game last season. Jayden Daniels and the offense need to get going. Playing against the worst defense in the NFL should help. But Washington’s defense has struggled, too. The Cowboys present a major challenge offensively. Dak Prescott is playing at an MVP level so this could be a shootout.

COMMANDERS: 33-30

Line: Packers minus 6 1/2

Jordan Love and Josh Jacobs have been productive, and Micah Parsons has been a disruptive force yet the Packers haven’t been dominant the past three games. Jacoby Brissett nearly led the Cardinals to an upset in Indianapolis while filling in for Kyler Murray. Quarterback controversy? Not really. The Packers are 16-2 straight up under coach Matt LaFleur against backups.

PACKERS: 30-19

Line: 49ers minus 2

Michael Penix Jr. and Bijan Robinson were impressive in a Monday night win over Buffalo. The Falcons have a quick turnaround for a trip to the West Coast to face a 49ers team decimated by injuries. Losing All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner for the season was a crushing blow for San Francisco. If Brock Purdy and George Kittle return, that’ll be a major boost.

49ERS: 23-20

Line: Lions minus 5 1/2

Baker Mayfield is doing whatever it takes to win games for the Buccaneers, who will be missing at least three of their top four receivers and possibly all four if Mike Evans doesn’t return. The Lions have injuries in their secondary and Brian Branch is suspended so that could help even things out. Jared Goff and Detroit’s dynamic offense struggled in Kansas City. Now, they have to face Todd Bowles’ defense.

LIONS: 30-27

Line: Seahawks minus 3 1/2

The Texans have won two in a row after opening 0-3 and will have gone 15 days between games by the time this one kicks off. Houston has the league’s stingiest defense, allowing 12.2 points per game. The Seahawks are 10-1 on the road and only 4-8 at home under coach Mike Macdonald. But Sam Darnold is 14-4 when facing teams that allow fewer than 20 points per game.

SEAHAWKS: 21-16

Last week: Straight up: 11-4. Against spread: 8-7.

Overall: Straight up: 66-26-1. Against spread: 47-45-1.

Prime-time: Straight up: 11-10-1. Against spread: 9-13.

Best Bet: Straight up: 5-1. Against spread: 4-2.

Upset Special: Straight up: 5-1. Against spread: 5-1.

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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Aaron Rodgers turned back the clock with a vintage performance in his Steelers debut that featured big throws, no turnovers and a late victory over his former team.

Rodgers threw four touchdown passes -- two in a 50-second span in the second half -- and Chris Boswell kicked a go-ahead 60-yard field goal with 1:03 remaining to lead Pittsburgh to a 34-32 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.

"I love beating everybody," Rodgers said. "It doesn't matter who it is."

But this one had to be a little more satisfying, especially after he was released by the Jets and new coach Aaron Glenn in the offseason.

"I was happy to beat everybody associated with the Jets," Rodgers said when asked if he was pleased to beat Glenn. "I gave as much as I could to the team. I didn't have any hard feelings about it not working out. I didn't maybe appreciate the way it went down in the end, but that's in the past.

"And we're 1-and-0."

With the Steelers trailing 32-31, Rodgers got the ball with just over three minutes left and led the offense into Jets territory. On fourth-and-11 from the 42, Steelers Coach Mike Tomlin opted for a field goal try and Boswell easily made the kick.

"I can't say enough about Boz," Tomlin said. "Our kicker is a serial killer. He's got a low pulse rate. He can't wait to deliver."

The Jets had a chance to drive for a potential winning field goal when they got the ball back with 56 seconds remaining. On fourth-and-3, Justin Fields connected with Garrett Wilson for what could've been a first down -- but Jalen Ramsey slammed hard into the Jets receiver, who couldn't hold onto the ball.

The 41-year-old Rodgers then just needed to take a knee to cap a successful return to the stadium he called home the past two seasons. He was 22 of 30 for 244 yards with TD passes to Calvin Austin III, Jaylen Warren, Jonnu Smith and Ben Skowronek.

"Boz bailed us out with an amazing kick," Rodgers said. "It was a good team win. A lot of new guys made some plays. Proud of our guys."

Fields, also playing against his former team, ran for his second touchdown of the game to put the Jets ahead 32-31 with 7:01 remaining when he faked a handoff to Breece Hall, who had 107 yards on 19 carries, rolled to his right and high-stepped his way into the end zone for a 1-yard score.

Fields' two-point conversion throw to Wilson was incomplete, keeping it a one-point game.

The score came a few plays after Fields ran for 4 yards on third-and-1 from the 14, but Wilson was called for a low block. Officials then announced they made a mistake and the penalty was actually on Ramsey -- who also wears No. 5 -- and it kept the Jets' drive alive.

Fields finished 16 of 22 for 218 yards with a TD pass to Wilson, and also ran for 48 yards on 12 carries.

It was also the first time in NFL history that quarterbacks in Week 1 on both sides faced the teams for which they started the season opener the previous year.

"I think we played well," Fields said. "I think we ran the ball well. Our offensive line did a great job. We only had one sack and that was in the red zone. As a team, we were docile and kind of keeping each other in the fight."

The turning point came in the fourth quarter when Rodgers threw his third TD pass, connecting with Warren for a 5-yard score that cut Pittsburgh's deficit to 26-24.

The Steelers got the ball right back when Kenneth Gainwell forced Xavier Gipson to fumble the kickoff and Skowronek recovered at the Jets 22 on the game's first turnover.

Rodgers took advantage two plays later, throwing an 18-yard TD pass to Austin to put the Steelers up 31-26 with 14:07 left.

"Man, we can't have turnovers," Glenn said. "We can't do it. We have to be a more disciplined team. ... That's something that will be addressed. You will not be on the field with this team if you're going to cause us to lose games."