#inconsistency

#inconsistency

The Toronto Maple Leafs headed into the 2025 offseason with one of the most difficult tasks of the Auston Matthews era - replacing Mitch Marner's regular season production. For whatever you believe about Marner's impact beyond a strong regular season, filling the gap of a 100-point player who plays on both sides of the puck is not an easy job, and one of the players who was acquired in an effort to help fill that gap is Matias Maccelli.

Youssouf Fofana had a rollercoaster performance against Lazio last night, to say the least, as he did a lot of good things but also failed to impress in possession. The start to the season has been filled with ups and downs for Fofana. While he tends to intercept the ball a lot, putting in a good shift defensively, he hasn't exactly been successful in possession so far.

The Celtics (8-8) fell 113-105 to the 12-loss Brooklyn Nets at TD Garden Friday night, marking just the Nets' third win all season. Boston has shown flashes of potential through the first month of regular-season play, but a lack of consistency has them toward the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings through 16 games. That inconsistency cost them a win on Friday.

Can inconsistency be consistent? The Cowboys are certainly trying to find that out. They still have yet to win (or lose) consecutive games this season after getting blown out by the Broncos in Denver. The loss seemed to obliterate any and all optimism that was growing, as has been the case every other week this season. As always, we look to the emotionless data to help offer guidance on this confusing, confounding, and contradictory Cowboys team. Let's dive into some analytics.

Washington Commanders fans now have a good idea of what Marshon Lattimore is. One week, you're going to get an accomplished performance that reminds people why he was considered one of the league's most prolific shutdown cornerbacks once upon a time. Next, it will be a largely forgettable outing that leaves more questions than answers. There is a sufficiently large sample size to suggest that this won't change.

Jansen emphasized the need for NYCFC to overcome their inconsistency, stating, "we have to get rid of this inconsistent behavior, and it's been a topic throughout the season."