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sports Diasabra 28 November 2020

Still hunting playoffs, 3-7 Giants visit Burrow-less Bengals

(AP) — Despite losing blocking and pass catching,
their first five games and but Bernard was questionable
starting 3-7, the New York this week with a concussion.
Giants find themselves in Between Bernard and Samaje
a surprising playoff derby Perine, the Bengals managed
in the NFC East. just 37 yards on 14 carries last
week. If Bernard is unable to
The Giants are in the thick of go, Perine likely would move
it and have already beaten di- up to No. 1.
visional rivals Washington (4-
7) twice, and split games with Kicking covid-19
Philadelphia (3-6-1). Giants kicker Graham Gano
Now they go on the road to tested positive for COV-
face Cincinnati (2-7-1) on ID-19 after the Philadelphia
Sunday and are in position to game on Nov. 15. There is a
take advantage of the Bengals' chance he will be back Sun-
recent misfortune. Rookie day. Gano, who has made 20
quarterback Joe Burrow suf- straight field goal attempts,
fered a season-ending knee has been isolating in a hotel
injury in last week's loss to room. He recently released a
Washington, and the Bengals video showing him kicking
are expected to start either into a net in his room.
practice-squad QB Brandon If Gano cannot play, the Gi-
Allen or Ryan Finley, who ants probably will use Ryan
seemed overwhelmed when Santoso. He was added to
he had to enter the game sud- they did and not be dwelling natural direction. It's not an too much. roster recently from the prac-
denly after the team's fran- in the divisional basement, overstatement to say the team After a slow start, the young tice squad.
chise QB was carted off. playing out the games with was in shock. line has been performing
Before a bye week, the Gi- eye on next season — like the “We don’t have any time to well, particularly in establish- Qb quandary
ants beat the Eagles 27-7 after Bengals. “It's a unique op- hang our heads and feel sorry ing the running game. New Neither Finley nor Allen has
they squeaked by Washington portunity for us,” New York for ourselves,” Bengals sec- York has gained at least 100 distinguished himself thus
23-20. With six games to play, tight end Evan Engram said. ond-year coach Zac Taylor yards rushing in six of the last far in the NFL. Allen started
they're trying not to think “Yeah, it’s a lot of meaningful said. seven games. three games for Denver last
about the possibility of the football for us. We’re heading year and has been the Ben-
playoffs — yet. into it with the right mindset, Changing it up Ground down gals' practice squad quarter-
“It’s kind of hard for us to getting ready for it.” This will be the Giants’ first Cincinnati’s offense was back this season. Finley, who
look that far ahead,” de- The renewed energy and game with Dave DeGugliel- forced to become even more has been Burrow's backup,
fensive end Leonard Wil- hope generated by Burrow's mo in charge of the offensive one-dimensional after fea- was unremarkable in three
liams acknowledged “If we exciting play in Cincinnati line. Before the bye week, tured back Joe Mixon went games last year when Andy
do something like that, we was extinguished when he coach Joe Judge fired O-line out with a foot injury suf- Dalton was benched. Com-
might mess around and over- was sandwiched between two assistant Marc Colombo. fered in Week 6 against the ing in after Burrow was in-
look a team.” Washington defenders after Judge wanted to hire De- Colts. His backup was the jured last week, Finley was 3
The Giants realize it's unusu- throwing a pass Sunday. His Guglielmo as a consultant, sturdy Giovani Bernard, for 10 for 30 yards and tossed
al for a team to start the way left knee was bent in an un- and Colombo objected a little known more for his reliable an interception.

Hamilton leads 2nd practice at the Bahrain GP, Albon crashes

(AP) — Formula One drops in Bahrain," Bottas mimicking the Grammy brief problem with his steer- P1 from Bottas and Racing
champion Lewis Hamil- said. Award-winning song from ing wheel and had it adjusted. Point driver Sergio Perez.
ton posted the fastest time The session was halted with Baha Men in 2000. Hamilton won his seventh Ferrari struggled, with
in the second practice for about 40 minutes left when “If I had known dogs were al- F1 title at the Turkish GP two Charles Leclerc only 11th
the Bahrain Grand Prix Albon made a mistake, los- lowed, I would have brought weeks ago to equal Michael fastest and Vettel 12th.
while Red Bull driver Al- ing the rear of his car when mine," he joked. Schumacher’s record. Leclerc took his first pole po-
exander Albon crashed on entering a corner. He slid off Bottas, meanwhile, had a Earlier Friday, Hamilton led sition in Bahrain last year.
Friday. into the barriers, mangling
the right side and rear of the
The seven-time world cham- car. A red flag sent drivers
pion, who was also fastest back to their garages while
in the first practice for Mer- the badly damaged car was
cedes, overtook Red Bull's removed.
Max Verstappen at the top of “Sorry, guys,” said Albon,
the leaderboard late on in the who was unharmed.
evening session under flood- He has been under intense
lights. pressure to keep his seat at
Hamilton was .35 seconds Red Bull next year and this
quicker than Verstappen error, made under no pres-
and .37 ahead of Mercedes sure, could work against him
teammate Valtteri Bottas on with only two races left to
the 5.4-kilometer (3.3-mile) prove himself after this one.
desert track, where races Moments before the second
are usually held amid hotter practice restarted, a small dog
temperatures in early April. sprinted across the track and
It was rescheduled because made it safely to the other
of the coronavirus pandemic, side before the cars were back
and there was even the rare on the circuit.
sight of some drizzle. “Who let the dogs out?” Vet-
“I didn't expect to see rain tel sang on his race radio,