Sports this 'n' that

 Well, that didn't take long.

Six days after his final season in St. Louis ended, newly retired pitcher Adam Wainwright made his broadcasting debut for Fox, calling the Astros-Twins series alongside Adam Amin and AJ Pierzynski. Not too bad, to be honest with you.

Meanwhile, ex-Yankee Derek Jeter has also signed with Fox, joining their studio crew for the postseason, replacing ex-teammate Alex Rodriguez, who is staying over at ESPN.

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If the NFL ever wants to place a team in London, the Jacksonville Jaguars might want to consider moving there.

The Jags went 2-0 in London after beating Buffalo, 25-20, on Sunday, becoming contenders in the AFC South as a result. The quirk in the scheduling went in their favor, as no other team had played two consecutive games in London before this season.

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It was supposed to be a clash of two of the great dynasties of years past, the Dallas Cowboys (70's & 90's) and the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday Night Football. For that reason, Terrell Owens, who played for both teams, was asked to do the promo for NBC/Peacock leading up to the game.

Instead, it ended up a one-sided rout, as San Francisco blew away Dallas, 42-10.

In other words, Dallas and their defense had the tables turned on them for a change, having lost for the 2nd time to a NFC West team, and falling 2 games behind NFC East leader Philadelphia.

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As head coach of the Denver Broncos last year, Nathaniel Hackett only won four games. After signing on as Robert Saleh's offensive coordinator with the Jets, Hackett got dissed by his replacement in Denver, Sean Payton, in the preseason.

So what happened? The Jets stifled Denver's final drive when Russell Wilson fumbled, and Bryce Hall scooped the loose ball, racing 37 yards to paydirt to ice a 31-21 Jets win. Denver falls to 1-4, while the Jets, at 2-3, are 2 games behind Miami in the AFC East. Denver has already lost 3 games at home, as have the New England Patriots, who were embarrassed, 34-0, by New Orleans. New England is also 1-4, in the AFC East basement for the moment.

Miami, meanwhile, returned to form in beating the Giants, and, perhaps, ending Daniel Jones' season, 31-16. Jones sustained a neck injury in the 2nd half, and did not return, leaving journeyman Tyrod Taylor to finish the game. Taylor will see one of his former teams, Buffalo, next week.

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All Miami Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal needed to do was have the offense take a knee and go home with a win over Georgia Tech Saturday night. Instead, he decided to run a play with under a minute to go, Miami fumbled, and Georgia Tech escaped with an upset of the Hurricanes.

I shan't be surprised if this comes back to cost Cristobal his job if Miami doesn't get into the national title hunt.