Cam Newton looks like he should be New England’s starting quarterback. At least for now. Maybe. Perhaps.

And the uncertainty has nothing to do with Newton, who played very well in Thursday’s 35-0 Patriots victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. It’s just that rookie Mac Jones looked just as good — and with greater potential — as well.

Put it this way: whatever represented Bill Belichick’s best-case scenario out of the quarterback position might have been exceeded. This is the kind of QB competition a coach wants.

The hotshot rookie looks like he may be as good as hoped. And the veteran starter isn’t backing down or getting rattled just because someone new is coming for his job. Newton may get replaced at some point this season, but based on his performance against Philly, he’s going to make Jones earn it.

“Just tried to do my job,” Newton said. “That’s all it is.”

The Eagles played a role in all of this, of course. Minus numerous starters, their defense was embarrassing. By the middle of the third quarter, the Patriots’ two quarterbacks had combined to go 20-of-25, the run game was averaging 5 yards a carry and the scoreboard read 25-zip.

None of that matters though.

What does is that Newton looked like he still had some pop in his throws and ran the offense with the efficiency you’d expect out of a former league MVP in his 11th season. Cam went 8-of-9 for 103 yards and a touchdown. His 11.4 yards per attempt show he was willing to push the ball downfield a bit.

And while he didn’t show it against the Eagles, his rushing ability adds an extra dynamic to an offense that should be very run-centric.

He’s your Week 1 starter because … why wouldn’t he be?

If there is no need to rush Jones, the 15th pick overall draft pick out of Alabama, then you don’t rush it. Sounds good, except Jones spent the second and third quarters Thursday trying to give the Patriots a reason to consider it.

Jones went 13-of-19 for 146 yards. At least three of those incompletions could be classified as drops.

His arm strength stood out. There was a beautiful deep ball to N’Keal Harry that fell incomplete but not due to Jones. There was a fastball that split a couple defenders in the third quarter. There was an ability to step up in the pocket and complete second-tier strikes. You can use the online betting option in the next match.

Jones was hyped as something of a game manager coming out of Bama, where he was surrounded by an outrageous amount of talent within the Nick Saban machine.

He’s proving to be more than that. His first drive Thursday was a 17-play, 91-yard, 9:04 march to the end zone that coaches dream about. The most important play came early, when facing third-and-13 from his own 6-yard line, Jones hit Harry for 19 yards.

“I’ve been around Mac long enough now that I’m not really surprised,” said wide receiver Jakobi Meyers. “That was the expectation when they drafted him … I’m happy to see him come out and put a good product on the field … Cam, Mac, all of us. I think we are all getting better day by day.”

He’s going to be an NFL starter and possibly a good one for a long time. If he begins to throw harder as he becomes more comfortable in the pro game, then he is going to push that start date to happen quickly.

The last time New England had an in-season quarterbacking change it was Drew Bledsoe as the proven vet and Tom Brady as the unknown rookie. However, Bledsoe wasn’t at the end of his career the way Newton is. And Brady hadn’t shown the obvious promise that Jones has. It took an injury to flip the depth chart.

Jones is unlikely to become Brady because it’s unlikely anyone becomes Brady. He is going to keep making himself hard to ignore though, which Brady never really did until he finally got on the field.

Jones’ day will not come because of an emergency, but because Belichick believes he gives the Pats the best opportunity to win.

In New England, that’s what every decision boils down to, as the coach often reminds.

Right now, Newton is playing well enough to hold onto his starting spot. He looks good enough to win some games.

It’s already closer though — and at a higher level for both QBs — than maybe even the most ambitious projections expected. This is going to be interesting.

Srpski reprezentativac Nikola Milenković napokon je prelomio.

Dugo se spekulisalo o novom klubu bivšeg đaka Partizana, bio je blizu Vest Hema i Totenhema, ali je odlučio da potpiše novi ugovor sa Fiorentinom.

Obavezao se na novu dvogodišnju saradnju sa “ljubičastima”.

Milenkoviću su prethodne obaveze sa klubom iz Firence isticale na kraju ove sezone, pa je bio pod pritiskom.

Zanimljivo je da će Srbin postati novi kapiten Fiorentine, što je sigurno imalo veliku ulogu.

On je član italijanskog tima od leta 2017. godine, kada je stigao iz Partizana za 5,1 milion evra.

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It looks like Masters champion Scottie Scheffler will miss the cut at the 2022 PGA Championship after a stuttering performance.

Coming off a disappointing opening round Thursday – which included a rare show of frustration from the usually unflappable Scheffler – the world No. 1 entered Friday’s second round one over par, six shots behind leader Rory McIlroy.

And with the aim surely to climb back up the leaderboard, Scheffler showed some of his trademark grit and grind, clearly not playing his best but managing to eke out nine pars in a row on his first nine holes at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

However, it was on the back nine when things started to go pear-shaped for arguably the most in-form golfer in the world.

Scheffler reacts after hitting his bunker shot on the 13th hole during the second round of the 2022 PGA Championship.

Consecutive bogeys on the first and second holes – his 10th and 11th – meant the 25-year-old was always playing catch-up; but it only got worse from there.

A birdie on his 13th gave Scheffler some hope, only for two bogeys in the next three holes to really cement a torrid afternoon in Tulsa for Scheffler.

And just when things seemed like they couldn’t get any worse, he had the nightmare final hole.

On the par four ninth hole, his tee shot landed in a bunker on the right of the fairway, and the resulting bunker shot landed just off the left of the green.

His chip shot was a tad under-hit, landing just on the edge of the green and leaving him a 15-foot putt for par.

Needing to hole it to have an outside shot of playing on the weekend, Scheffler’s putt rolled just to the left of the hole, leaving him a tricky putt to rescue a bogey.

And it just wasn’t Scheffler’s day, as the bogey putt once again just missed the hole, as he tapped in for a double-bogey, completing his back nine in 40 strokes.

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Amandine Henry celebrates with her teammates after scoring Lyon’s opening goal

Lyon stunned Champions League holders Barcelona 3-1 to win a record-extending eighth title.

Amandine Henry scored a dazzling curled effort in the sixth minute, before Ada Hegerberg headed home an exquisite Selma Bacha cross to double Lyon’s lead.

Catarina Macario tapped home a third from close range before Alexia Putellas pulled one back for the Spanish giants.

Despite pressure from Barca in the second half, Lyon remained resolute, once again being crowned European champions. Lyon will continue its winning legacy, so we can recommend you place some good bets if you want to win some easy money, this betting site has a variety of odds to choose from.

“We in Minnesota now,” a cocky Karl-Anthony Towns was heard saying on the bench.

“Like I said after [Game 2] to the media: ‘Cool, we got to come back to our house now. I only seen them at their house.’”

At the time, his Minnesota Timberwolves held a 17-point lead over the Memphis Grizzlies as Game 3 neared the end of the first half, having already led by as many as 26 at the start of the second quarter.

There was every reason for Towns to be feeling confident.

The Timberwolves’ lead shrunk to as little as seven before the half was over, before they managed to open up a 25-point advantage in the third quarter.

What happened next, however, was branded “embarrassing for basketball” by Charles Barkley on the NBA on TNT broadcast.

The Timberwolves were outscored 37-12 in the fourth quarter – including a remarkable 26-2 run – and eventually ended up losing 104-95; that this game wasn’t even close in the closing stages speaks to the monumental nature of the collapse.

Towns, the Timberwolves’ franchise star, finished with a paltry eight points, five rebounds, and one assist in 33 minutes of action. More surprising, though, was Towns taking a meager four shots the entire game.

“Go home, drink some wine and move on to the next day,” Towns told reporters about how he would recover from the defeat. “I mean, that’s really simple. Just decompress.

One of the most famous sport betting sites stated that this collapse may cause big odds drops.

“Just go home and remember what got us here, remember what got me here. It’s our support system, our work and each other and we just got to lean on that.”

Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant had an inefficient night, shooting just 5-of-18, but finished with the first playoff triple-double in franchise history, recording 16 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists.

Desmond Bane posted a game-high 26 points, including seven made three-pointers, and Brandon Clarke came up huge off the bench with 20 points and eight rebounds.

The Grizzlies take a 2-1 lead in the first round series, with Game 4 to be played in Minnesota on Saturday before the team head back to Memphis for Game 5 on Tuesday.

As Morant took pleasure in reminding Towns after the game, “we are in Minnesota now.”

Mavs take a 2-1 lead over Jazz

Elsewhere, the Luka Doncic-less Dallas Mavericks pulled off a surprise 126-118 win at the Utah Jazz to take a 2-1 series lead.

Doncic has missed all three of the games in this first-round series with a calf strain picked up on the final day of the regular season, but the Mavs have still flourished in his absence.

After his 41 points in Game 2, guard Jalen Brunson further added to his stock on Thursday with a team-high 31 points for Dallas.

Utah’s Donovan Mitchell led all scoring with 32 points but was unable to lead his team to a comeback after the Jazz found themselves down by 17 in the third quarter.

Doncic has been ramping up towards a return and is looking increasingly likely to play in Game 4, but head coach Jason Kidd said the Mavericks would be taking no risks with their star man.

The Golden State Warriors offense is purring and it’s fun, must-watch TV.

The Dubs’ trio of stars – Steph Curry, Klay Thompson and Jordan Poole – combined for 80 points as the Warriors beat the Denver Nuggets, 118-113, in Game 3 on Thursday night.

The ‘Splash Bros’ – Curry and Thompson – scored 27 and 26 points respectively with 22-year-old Poole continuing his breakout season as he contributed 27 in Golden State’s road win in Denver.

Thompson, who also continues his remarkable comeback from a two-year-long injury layoff, praised Poole’s development.

“I don’t remember a better start for a playoff debut for a guard. It’s incredible what Jordan’s doing,” Thompson said after the game.

“We need him to go where we want to go, and we need him to keep doing what he’s doing.”

It means that the team now have a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven series in the first round of the NBA playoffs and can wrap it up when the teams next play at the Ball Arena in Denver on Sunday.

Warriors head coach Steve Kerr has utilized the three-guard line-up of Curry, Thompson and Poole effectively in the opening two games of the series in California, giving his team the requisite bursts late in halves to overcome the Nuggets.

In Game 3, the trio made 28-of-48 (58.3%) attempts from the field and 12-of-27 (44.4%) from three-point range as they provided Nuggets coach Michael Malone with no end of match-up headaches.

This unstoppable trio made online betting platforms significantly increase Golden State’s odds.

Curry, Thompson and Poole became the third trio in Warriors history, and first since 1989, to each record 25 points and 50% shooting in a playoff game.

Reigning MVP Nikola Jokic had 37 points for the home team, but it wasn’t enough as the Nuggets lost their seventh consecutive playoff game, a run extending back to last season.

A key Jokic turnover forced by Draymond Green in the dying seconds of the game clinched the victory.

With each club very much in a transitional period, the 2022-23 season has seen both Manchester United and Barcelona make massive strides forward under new managers, with both arriving back among the domestic elites perhaps a year (or two) ahead of schedule. Man United have lost just one of their last 11 Premier League fixtures (8W-2D-1L) and find themselves in 3rd place, just two points off 2nd and five back of leaders Arsenal.

In La Liga, Xavi’s first full season is going quite swimmingly, with Barcelona back on top of the table, either point clear of defending champions and rivals Real Madrid. With 16 games to go, the Blaugrana look set to reclaim the title after three seasons outside the winners’ circle. Don’t miss this opportunity to try out online betting!