Morning sports update: Keyshawn Johnson theorized why Tom Brady will have ‘high’ number of interceptions this season
Johnson thinks an offense designed by Bruce Arians will result in more Brady turnovers.
The Celtics went to overtime against the Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night, but ultimately fell short, 117-114.
The decisive moment came with seconds remaining when Bam Adebayo blocked Jayson Tatum’s attempted dunk at the rim in a truly spectacular play:
Big time block by Bam š¤Æ pic.twitter.com/IUsFfuqpso
ā NBA TV (@NBATV) September 16, 2020
And Tanner Houck won his MLB debut for the Red Sox, pitching five scoreless innings and recording seven strikeouts. Boston defeated Miami, 2-0.
In other national news, the Big Ten football conference voted to belatedly begin its season after initially canceling due to COVID-19.
The Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors (COP/C) adopted significant medical protocols and has voted unanimously to resume the football season starting the weekend of October 23-24, 2020: https://t.co/b5yHShGb1D
ā Big Ten Conference (@bigten) September 16, 2020
Keyshawn Johnson on Tom Brady: After Tom Brady through two interceptions (including a pick-six for the third game in a row), there was discussion after the Buccaneers’ season-opening loss to the Saints about the former Patriot’s struggles in a new system.
One former player who thinks Brady might continue to throw an abnormal number of interceptions is Keyshawn Johnson.
The 1996 No. 1 overall pick, now an ESPN analyst, spoke to WEEI’s “Dale & Keefe” on Tuesday about what he thinks of Brady’s coach, Bruce Arians, and the effect he has on quarterbacks.
“I think if you go back and look at Bruce Ariansās history of coaching quarterbacks, whether heās the quarterback coach, the offensive coordinator or the head coach, when heās had a quarterback for the first time ā whether itās Ben Roethlisberger, Tim Couch, Peyton Manning, Jameis Winston, Carson Palmer ā their interception rate is high the first year,ā Johnson explained.
“I wouldnāt be surprised if Tom Brady threw more interceptions this year than he has in a very, very long time because history just shows me that for whatever reason [what] Bruce and Bryon Leftwich is putting together, people donāt grasp immediately,” Johnson continued. “Now, the curve may be different because those guys were a little younger, where Tom Brady is 20 years in, but heās still going to have some issues because everything is new.”
.@Keyshawn joined the show today and talked about Tom Brady’s first year under Bruce Arians:
(Full Interview ā¬ļø)https://t.co/9H70YD3t8J pic.twitter.com/ikmEvubE89
ā The Gresh & Fauria Show (@GreshFauriaWEEI) September 15, 2020
Trivia: Tanner Houck was the first member of the Red Sox’ 2017 draft class to play in the Majors, but another member of that class has already played for Boston this season (though he was drafted by another team). Name that player.
(Answer at the bottom).
Hint: He was named after a former Red Sox rival.
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Maya Moore and Jonathan Irons are married
: Moore, a former UConn star who also won four WNBA championships in a glittering professional career, walked away from basketball in 2019 to help advocate for prison reform.
As part of that, Moore focused on the case of Jonathan Franks, who was wrongly imprisoned for more than two decades. Franks, who Moore first met 13 years ago through a prison ministry program, was finally freed from prison in July.
In an announcement on Good Morning America, Moore and Irons revealed to Robin Roberts that they are now married.
WNBA star Maya Moore reveals she has married Jonathan Irons, the man she helped free from wrongful conviction. Congratulations to the happy couple! https://t.co/XQgDH7hJAY pic.twitter.com/oattxmhhzO
ā Good Morning America (@GMA) September 16, 2020
Strange but true:
10 – All ten @NERevolution regular season goals in 2020 have been scored by players whose surname begins with “B” (Bou, Buchanan, Buksa, Bunbury). Bewildering. pic.twitter.com/8gguWtHlwr
ā OptaJackā½ļø (@OptaJack) September 15, 2020
On this day: In 1965, Red Sox pitcher Dave Morehead threw a no-hitter against Cleveland. It happened on the same day that Boston fired general manager Mike Higgins. Amid a disastrous 100-loss season, the 2-0 win was watched by just 1,247 fans at Fenway Park
Notably, the losing pitcher for Cleveland was future Red Sox star Luis Tiant. After four no-hitters in a decade between 1955-1965, no Boston pitcher would repeat the feat again until Hideo Nomo in 2001.
Daily highlight: It won’t be Game 1’s most memorable block, but Robert Williams’s rejection of Goran Dragic is still worthy of another look.
Denied by Time Lord š³ pic.twitter.com/PAbXm3864M
ā NBA TV (@NBATV) September 16, 2020
Trivia answer: Jeter Downs.
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