Tuesday is a very scary day but, somehow, we will get through ... the NFL trade deadline

This is For The Win’s regular newsletter, The Morning Win. Did a friend urge aliases guardant this to you? If so, subscribe here. Have feedback? Leave your questions, comments and concerns done this little scholar survey! Now, here’s Mike Sykes.

Good morning, Winners! Welcome backmost to TMW. Thanks truthful overmuch for reference this morning. We admit you giving america a spot of your time.

Especially on a time for illustration today. It’s truthful crucial. Things tin alteration for nan amended successful your life — aliases possibly they get worse. That’s nan thing, right? We person very small power complete nan extremity result. We conscionable person to unrecorded pinch it.

Whether your squad makes a waste and acquisition astatine nan NFL waste and acquisition deadline aliases not, you benignant of conscionable person to spell pinch nan flow.

LET THE TRADES FLY: Here’s our NFL waste and acquisition deadline locator pinch each awesome woody included.

And, look. I get it. This is nan NFL waste and acquisition deadline — not nan NBA. Though we’ve seen much deals successful caller years, we’re not talking astir nan astir transaction-heavy league. Plus, arsenic Eagles protect coordinator Vic Fangio said, astir deadline trades person middling results unless you’re dealing for absolute stars. Usually, those stars aren’t really connected nan market. So possibly a move helps your squad make a playoff push. It still astir apt won’t spell to nan Super Bowl.

But, hey! Maybe your squad lands nan large one. Maybe nan waste and acquisition your squad makes really does make it that much better than everyone else. Or possibly your squad conscionable dealt your favourite subordinate to prevention a subordinate aliases 2 this offseason (that’s nan waste and acquisition that hurts nan most, btw).

Regardless of whether your squad makes a move aliases stands pat, you will make it done today. You’re tough. You tin grip what’s coming astir nan corner, nary matter nan result.

That goes for nan waste and acquisition deadline and, yes, that different point happening today, too.

The stars are out

Monday was a immense time of basketball. All 30 NBA teams played because nan convention took disconnected for predetermination time connected Tuesday.

On apical of that, some men’s and women’s assemblage hoops returned. We had immense play debuts for stars connected some sides.

— Juju Watkins dominated successful USC’s opening crippled against Ole Miss pinch 27 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 blocks and 3 steals. Oh, and a bloody nose. She’s really like that. 

— Olivia Miles played her first crippled successful complete a twelvemonth since tearing her ACL successful 2023. She came backmost successful a large measurement pinch a 20-point-10 assist-10 rebound triple-double and a Notre Dame win.

— Cooper Flagg made his debut for Duke successful nan Blue Devils’ play opener against Maine. He vanished pinch 18 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and a monster jam. It feels for illustration nan Zion Williamson era astatine Duke each complete again.

— Derik Queen is a sanction you’re astir apt not acquainted pinch astatine this point, but you should get acquainted pinch him. The Maryland freshman had a 22 point, 20 rebound season-opening performance successful 26 minutes against Manhattan. That dude is nice.

We are truthful back, folks. College hoops are going to beryllium truthful nosy this year.

Speaking of nosy … nan astir pointless, yet incredible, dunk ever

I don’t attraction that it was only nan first crippled of nan year. I don’t attraction that Baylor was down by 500 points to Gonzaga. I don’t attraction that, ultimately, this play won’t matter astatine each successful nan expansive strategy of nan season.

V.J. Edgecombe conscionable gave america 1 of nan astir beautiful dunks complete personification that we’ll ever see.

This is simply a morganatic poster, folks. It’s somebody’s location surface connected their telephone now. Edgecome perfectly destroyed this mediocre dude. 

THIS V.J. Edgecombe DUNK😱#BaylorMBB | #Big12MBB pic.twitter.com/PpTx9zrGLK

— Big 12 Studios (@big12studios) November 5, 2024

Baylor might’ve mislaid nan game. But, to me, you’ve gotta put this successful nan W file now. Sorry. You can’t get dunked connected for illustration that and beryllium rewarded for it. It conscionable feels off.

Quick hits: Dak Prescott replacements … NFL Power Rankings … and more

— Dak Prescott is headed to nan IR for nan Cowboys. Christian D’Andrea gives america nan adjacent champion options for Dallas here.

— Here’s Christian and Robert Zeglinski’s latest NFL powerfulness rankings, wherever they still person a beardown belief successful Joe Burrow to transportation nan Bengals.

— Prince Grimes has your betting lines fresh for Week 10 successful nan NFL.

— College hoops is back. That intends truthful is Kim Mulkey, who already has her first method foul of nan year. Meg Hall has much connected that.

— Speaking of NFL trades, here’s Christian pinch waste and acquisition grades for the Lions’ and Browns’ Za’Darius Smith deal.

— Here’s Tyler Netunno pinch nan winners and losers for Week 10 successful assemblage football, headlined by different letdown for Penn State.

That’s a wrap, folks. Thanks truthful overmuch for reading. We admit you! In each seriousness, coming mightiness beryllium a stressful time for you. But effort to find nan clip to do thing you emotion for a spot and relieve immoderate of that stress. Hopefully, this newsletter itself gives you a spot of an escape!

Peace. Talk to you soon.

-Sykes ✌️