Blaming losses entirely on QBs

RECALL that Dec. 6 game the Jets lost to the Raiders on a late bomb against a noshow defensive secondary, the one that cost defensive coordinator Gregg Williams his job?

Did you know it was all Sam Darnold’s fault?

Yeah, CBS, on Sunday, posted a graphic during Jets-Patriots that read Darnold is “13-24,” meaning he lost that game to Las Vegas.

By the way, why would CBS bother to start that telecast showing players linking arms in solemn silent tribute to those who have lost their lives to COVID-19, only to have play-byplay man Tom McCarthy talk completely over it?

➤ Did I have a deal for you! DirecTV offered a free NHL preview, Jan. 1 through Jan. 7! Except that was more than a week before the season was scheduled to start. Grateful reader Earle Farnham: “We got a whole seven days to watch nothing — for free!”

➤ I messed up here, Sunday writing that the victorious under-20 U.S. hockey team at least twice wore black Nike uniforms. They appeared to be black, but were dark blue. Still, why can’t our Nike-sponsored international teams wear traditional red, white and blue uniform? They don’t have that color in slavewage Chinese factories?

➤ Not until late in the Giants-Cowboys game last Sunday, after Ezekiel Elliott caught a short pass for a first down, did Fox’s Troy Aikman tell us, “This guy finishes runs and catches better than any back in the league. He’s as tough as they come.” For the day, Elliott totaled 42 yards on 14 carries, three catches for 19 yards.

➤ Reader Don Reed alerts us to a thoroughbred named Ouch Ouch Ouch. Two dollars across the board will cost you nine Ouches.