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What do you have on Greys Anatomy? BriannaYou may have heard that Greys Anatomy is heading into a lighter season, but trust me when I tell you that there will be some shocking news by the end of the two-hour premiere that will really make you question, well, everything.

Whats happening with Hell now that Crowleys dead on Supernatural? MaraIts pretty much what youd imagine. When one leader falls, another must step up. But the question is: Who will earn their spot in Hells throne? (Hint: It might be someone weve never met before.) There is a power vacuum, showrunner Andrew Dabb says of the situation in Hell. Into that power vacuum will step a new player for us. Once Crowley is gone, demon-kind and some of our players some weve met before and some that are new start asking themselves: What is the future of Hell? People come with various different agendas.

Do you have more scoop on The Flashs girls night out? PeachThat episode wont be the only girl power well be seeing this year. Were definitely going to see Iris relationship with Caitlin especially developed this season, which we havent seen before, which will be really nice for fans, Candice Patton tells me. Fans have been wanting to see more female dynamic on the show, and there will definitely be that. Theyre working closely together. Caitlin has been through so much herself in relationships, and I think if anyone can offer advice, it would be her, so shes there quite often to give Iris advice on her relationship with Barry and how to move forward.

What do you know about the Game of Thrones finale? HillaryFor starters, theres the biggest assembly of major GoT characters since the pilot (or Joffreys wedding, depending on how you count major). But the finale is less about big action and more about dramatic moments. Plus: The Arya and Sansa conflict will also come to a head.

Anything on Butchs turn as Solomon Grundy when Gotham returns? KyleWell, he wont appear in the premiere, but when he does resurface, things will be very different for the character formerly known as Butch. Hes been in a vegetative state at Gotham General and so in order to clear up space for more beds, the administrators at the hospital have him dumped in Slaughter Swamp, as one does in Gotham, executive producer John Stephens says. So he emerges reborn out of Slaughter Swamp as the character we know as Solomon Grundy. Bonus scoop? Stephens reveals that the first person Solomon will run into is none other than Ed Nygma, and seeing as how Solomon has no memory of Ed, we begin the story of a very unlikely friendship between these two who are sworn enemies but now, all of a sudden in season 4, are best friends as they move through Gotham.

Would love some SuperCorp scoop for Supergirl. JayHeres some good news and some bad news: Lena and Karas friendship will continue to grow, EP Andrew Kreisberg says. Theres a lot of Lena-Kara adventures early on in this season. The most interesting thing about Lena is that she is so good, and so moral, and believes in second chances, but she comes from this family of truly evil people. As people are going to realize over the course of this season, it doesnt take much to make you bad. People dont just turn evil. They do one small bad thing and then that leads to another, and then to another, and so any time youre watching Lena, youre always wondering, Is this the moment when she does the one small thing?'

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Do you have any scoop on Regina and Henrys relationship on Once Upon a Time? TinaOnce the duo is reunited, it will be heartbreaking for Regina to have missed so many years of Henrys life. You get to see a little bit of that, Lana Parrilla tells me. She basically sees him for the first time, and she is just like, Oh my god. Its jarring for her when she sees him for the first time, but shes also really happy for him because hes turned into this beautiful young man, and shes really quite impressed with him, but shes still getting to know him at this level.

Should we be expecting another MacGyver-Hawaii Five-0 crossover this year? TreyIf its up to Peter Lenkov showrunner on both shows the answer is yes. The best thing about that experience was learning how to do it, Lenkov says. Because a big part of it is the time difference between Hawaii and Atlanta and getting the actors there and getting them to do their scenes and not affect production on both shows. I think well be able to do it in a much bigger way the next time we do it.

Anything on The Blacklist please! AlyThe news that Red is Lizs father is going to quickly put the Task Force in jeopardy. Cooper, first and foremost, is going to be saddled with what to do with that, EP Jon Bokenkamp says. He is now faced with, What do I tell the higher ups and what happens to the Task Force? Cooper is a pretty above-the-board guy, so it is going to be something that all of them are going to have to deal with.

What can we expect from the rest of Halt and Catch Fires final season? CarlyYou know that cataloging project Gordon had Haley working on? Well, that little endeavor helps Gordon realize his introverted daughter shares his and Donnas technological brilliance, and Haley ends up joining her father and Joe as their business tackles the world of search. Over the course of that interaction, Haley has a lot of time with Joe, who, I think, recognizes similarities between the two of them that go beyond what Gordon is maybe immediately able to spot, teases co-creator Christopher C. Rogers.

This week in TV: Im still not over it.

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Prepare to question everything after the "Grey's Anatomy" Season 14 premiere.

That's the scoop from Entertainment Weekly, following the recent (more welcome) news that the 2017-2018 season will be funnier and sexier than recent years.

Here's the new mini spoiler:

What do you have on Grey's Anatomy? BriannaYou may have heard that Grey's Anatomy is heading into a lighter season, but trust me when I tell you that there will be some shocking news by the end of the two-hour premiere that will really make you question, well, everything.

Very intriguing.

Everything else we've heard about Season 14 -- including the premiere, titled "Break Down the House" -- has been fresh and light.

Kevin McKidd (Dr. Owen Hunt) said the premiere is "fantastic, funny and feels like vintage" "Grey's Anatomy."

We know Teddy Altman is returning, there's a new baby Harriet on set, DeLuca's sister is showing up, Matthew Morrison's bad hubby is returning, Megan Hunt has been recast, there will be love triangles galore, and now some kind of premiere night shocker.

We're ready to scrub in! The two-hour premiere arrives Thursday, Sept. 28 on ABC.

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FLORHAM PARK, N.J. -- The New York Jets used to be good. Oh yes, they were hot stuff in 2010, when they reached the AFC Championship Game for the second year in a row. They had a larger-than-life coach in Rex Ryan, who approached every game as a schoolyard brawl -- and he had the roster to back him up.

The Jets haven't left that schoolyard, though now they're being taunted and shunned, not good enough to get into any of the games.

The bully has been geekified.

After six straight years out of the playoffs, three seasons with double-digit losses, two regime changes and one year of Tim Tebow, the Jets are regarded by some experts as the worst team in the NFL. Expectations are at an all-time low. So low that members of the 1996 Jets, who finished a franchise-worst 1-15, are getting asked by friends if the current team could pull a '96. It's not far-fetched, considering they're not favored in a single game this season, according to ESPN's FPI.

Team officials say they have a long-term plan to become contenders again. Clearly, the focus is beyond this season. In a 20-minute interview this week with WFAN radio, general manager Mike Maccagnan used the phrase "going forward" a total of 28 times. Coach Todd Bowles has told players to stop talking about last season, a 5-11 disaster that left a fractured locker room.

Since the almost-Super Bowl run in 2010, the Jets are 41-55, the worst record in the AFC East and 24th in the league. As they look to the future, we'll take a moment to analyze how a once-prospering team has slipped into one of the longest postseason slumps in its star-crossed history.

It starts at the top

In 17 years under Woody Johnson's ownership, the Jets are eight games under .500. As Bill Parcells used to say, "You are what your record says you are." In Johnson's case, it's mediocrity.

His lack of conviction on football matters has thrust the franchise into an ever-changing approach to hirings and talent procurement. The most successful franchises adhere to a consistent philosophy, creating an identity and a culture. The Jets? They zig and zag more than an elite open-field runner.

Johnson has gone through periods of big spending and bold acquisitions (Brett Favre and Tebow), but he also has preached a methodical, draft-based approach to constructing the roster. He went from an aggressive, deal-making general manager (Mike Tannenbaum) to a passive, slow builder (John Idzik) to Maccagnan, who has demonstrated both traits.

As for his head coaches, Johnson has created a pendulum. He started with a players coach (Herm Edwards), turned to a disciplinarian (Eric Mangini), went back to a players coach (Ryan) and back to a disciplinarian (Bowles). One thing they have in common is their defensive-minded coaches, but that's curious, because of the team's perennial struggles on offense and inability to develop a franchise quarterback.

Mangini, for one, felt he had the franchise moving in the right direction, saying, "I know when I left there, that team was really good and they were disciplined and they had high character and they knew how to work." But he got fired when the team collapsed down the stretch of a 9-7 season in 2008, in large part because Favre's arm was injured.

Johnson has hired nine head coaches and general managers, none of whom had previous experience in his job. His biggest blunder was pairing Ryan and Idzik, a bad marriage that created a toxic environment at One Jets Drive. They had only one thing in common: Their fathers were former Jets assistant coaches. The two-year union set the franchise back years.

After six years on Ryan's loose ship, which produced many choppy moments, Johnson bought into the understated Bowles-Maccagnan tandem and went all-in with a win-now approach. The combined cash payroll in 2015 and 2016 was $331 million, third-highest in the league, according to Spotrac. With an old team, they missed the playoffs again and again, prompting an unprecedented roster overhaul. Rival executives were surprised by the radical change, saying they expected it to occur in Year 1, not Year 3.

Perhaps this time Johnson will stay committed to the youth movement. He made a strong statement in June, when he pulled rank and instructed his football people to release David Harris and Eric Decker, sources said. The moves sent shock waves through the building and were seen as salary dumps, a transparent attempt to save money ($13 million) while positioning the Jets for a high pick in 2018.

"If you want to go to the promised land, you have to go in a certain direction," Johnson said during the offseason. "I think this is a direction we've never tried in the 17 years I've been associated with the Jets. We've never gone this way."

Translation: We haven't succeeded with anything else, so why not take a shot?

By the way, Johnson will be living in the United Kingdom for the next three years as the U.S. ambassador, which means he can avoid a first-hand view of a painful rebuild.

Looking for the next Broadway Joe

The Jets haven't sent a quarterback to the Pro Bowl since Favre in 2008, and the only reason he made it was because ... well, he's Brett Favre. The single greatest reason for the team's decline is the abominable play at quarterback. From 2011-16, they ranked 29th in Total QBR (45.3), as they've gone from Mark Sanchez to Geno Smith to Ryan Fitzpatrick to (probably) Josh McCown, spanning three regimes.

Sanchez fizzled after a promising start, Smith got punched out by one of his teammates and Fitzpatrick, after a career year in 2015, imploded after the most bizarre contract dispute in recent NFL history.

The Jets have drafted six quarterbacks since 2009, one more than the Cleveland Browns, for crying out loud.

Hoping to find The One, theyve tapped into different profiles -- the charismatic leader (Sanchez), the big arm (Smith) and two projects (Christian Hackenberg and Bryce Petty). They also went outside the box -- way, way outside -- when they traded for Tebow in 2012.

The results? Uh, lets just say the Jets know how to pick future ESPN college football analysts (see: Tebow and Greg McElroy, a 2011 draft pick).

Im jealous, I never had a quarterback like you, as Rex Ryan, now an ESPN analyst, tells Tampa Bay Buccaneers star Jameis Winston in this weeks episode of Hard Knocks.

One of the Jets problems is they dont know how to develop quarterbacks. They rush them into the lineup (Sanchez and Smith) and never give them a chance to get comfortable in the same system. Theyre on their fifth offensive coordinator in the past six years, stunting the players growth with constant upheaval. In contrast, Tom Brady has been in the same system for 18 years.

The new hope is Hackenberg, a second-round pick in 2016. Unlike past regimes, the current administration is exercising patience, bringing him along at a glacial pace. Opposing scouts suspect its out of necessity, not by choice.

Hes never really been able to put it together since his special year in college [2013], said an AFC scout, speaking on the condition of anonymity.

Chances are the Jets will be in the quarterback market again next offseason. League insiders say Johnson, always enamored of star power at the position, has his eye on next years draft crop, which includes Sam Darnold, Josh Allen and Josh Rosen.

Hence, the Suck for Sam campaign among Jets fans.

Feeling a cool draft

The Jets have only eight of their own first- and second-round picks on the roster, and theres a reason for that: lousy drafting.

In many ways, the teams current swoon can be traced to the fruitless drafts from 2012-14. Of the 27 picks over the three-year span, only six remain on the roster -- three starters among them. First-round picks Quinton Coples and Dee Milliner are out of the league, and Calvin Pryor was shipped out. Intriguingly, the New England Patriots' top picks from those years -- Chandler Jones, Jamie Collins (second round) and Dominique Easley -- no longer are on the roster, but they traded Jones and Collins, receiving drafts picks in return.

Instead of having those players form the heart of the roster, the Jets have a huge void of middle-aged talent. It would be crippling for any organization, let alone one without an elite quarterback that can elevate those around him.

Theres no depth and no star power. Only one pick in the past 10 drafts has been selected to multiple Pro Bowls -- Darrelle Revis, a first-round choice in 2007. Leonard Williams (first round, 2015) is on his way to a stellar career, but you cant win a championship by drafting a star defender every decade.

Theyve used nine consecutive first-round picks on defensive players, dating to 2010 -- an utterly mind-boggling trend when you consider their offensive struggles. Their second-round history is enough to make Jets fans nauseous. The last one to make the Pro Bowl (not counting special teams) was Mark Gastineau, drafted in 1979.

In recent years, the Jets have employed different draft philosophies. Theyve drafted for need and best available. Theyve stockpiled picks and traded them away. Theyve tried it all, with minimal success.

If you cant draft, you cant win, a former general manager said. That explains why the Jets are where they are.

A Patriots obsession

It goes back to 1997 and 1998, when the Jets swiped future Hall of Famers Parcells and Curtis Martin, respectively, from the Patriots. The fascination was renewed by Ryan, who famously pledged that he had never kiss Bill Belichicks Super Bowl rings. (P.S.: He pretty much did.)

The obsession surfaced again in 2015, when the Jets reacquired Revis (and got busted for tampering) and based their offseason plan on trying to neutralize the Patriots high-powered passing attack.

Maccagnan, in his first year as GM, bought an entire secondary, bringing in Revis, Antonio Cromartie, Buster Skrine and Marcus Gilchrist. Maccagnans boss, Johnson, was giddy, thinking the Jets had weakened the Patriots by luring Revis back to their side.

Some teams acquire players to compete with a particular team, like Golden State signing Kevin Durant to take down Cleveland, the AFC scout said. I think the Jets, with Mike and Todd coming in, were trying to get guys to help them beat New England.

The Jets learned a hard and expensive lesson. They burned $39 million on Revis, whose skills had eroded appreciably. Cromartie lasted a year, Gilchrist two. Only Skrine remains from that wild spending spree. Instead of creating their own identity, the Jets have wasted time trying to copycat the Patriots.

"They don't have [an identity] anymore," a former Jets player said. "They lost it when they kicked Rex out the door."

Maccagnan & Co. tried to storm the Evil Empire, but they were thwarted at the gate. Now, two years later, the gap between the teams is larger than ever.

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Welcome to Anatomy of a Goal, where each week we dissect one goal (or near goal) from the previous weeks Columbus Crew SC match.

For match 27 on the 2017 MLS Season, we take a look at Ola Kamaras 45th minute game opening goal, assisted by new Designated Player Pedro Santos, that put Crew SC up 1-0 as part of the 2-0 win over the LA Galaxy on Saturday.

Heres a look at the finish from the Columbus forward.

Columbus dominated the early goings of this match, with new DP Santos drawing a red card on LA left back Ashley Cole. After a missed penalty kick by Federico Higuain, it looked like the Black & Gold might be in for a match of missed opportunities, but nonetheless the team continued to possess the ball and push for a goal.

Crew SCs opening goal begins with an errant pass from LAs Gyasi Zardes to Bradford Jamieson IV. Columbus captain, Wil Trapp easily steps in front of the headed ball, denying the Galaxys attempt to move forward.

Trapp heads a ball to the Black & Golds attacking fulcrum, Higuain.

Higuain takes a few deft touches to bring the ball down, and then knocks a pass into the path of Mohammed Abu, who makes a clever run around Joao Pedro and Jonathan dos Santos.

With the ball at his feet and dos Santos shifting over to provide defensive cover, Abu can attempt a difficult through pass, or ball over the top, to Kamara, try to beat dos Santos off the dribble or slide the ball over to Santos.

Abu pushes the ball out to Santos, who has yards of space between him and the Galaxy defensive midfielder Rafael Garcia.

Santos continues forward, and has can either continue his dribble or try to slot in an early through pass to Kamara.

With Garcia backpedaling, Santos decides to continue carrying the ball up the field. Finally met with defensive resistance in the form of dos Santos, Pedro now has three options: continue his dribble and try to beat dos Santos and Garcia, chip a ball over the top to Kamara or slide the ball over to Hector Jimenez running unmarked on the right flank.

Santos plays in Jimenez, but his pass is a bit too heavily and toward the end line, leaving Jimenez and Garcia are in a footrace to the ball before it goes out of bounds.

Jimenez beats Garcia but doesnt have any room for a cross. Instead, Jimenez cycles back out toward the sideline, finding Pedro near the touch line.

With the ball, and the beginnings of a passing triangle forming, Santos can play a square pass to an open Trapp, dribble into the space vacated by Jimenez or just hold onto the ball as the play develops or knock a touch pass right back to Jimenez.

Santos holds onto the ball as Jimenez drops in behind him. As weve see many times when the Berhalter system has been executed successfully, Crew SC have a passing triangle/rondo on the sideline with Santos, Trapp and Jimenez. Dos Santos has the unenviable position of being the lone defender in the middle of the triangle.

If executed correctly, this triangle should allow Columbus three attackers to pass the ball around the defender until one of the three is able to make a move into a more valuable attacking space.

Santos begins the passing triangle with a quick touch to Trapp who continues the triangle by finding Jimenez.

Neither Garcia nor fellow LA defender Dave Romney want any part of this passing triangle, leaving dos Santos to defend by himself.

As dos Santos shifts his defensive efforts, Jimenez slides the ball back over to Santos, likely frustrating the Galaxy defender. Romney and Garcia are still content to let dos Santos defend by himself.

Trapp then cuts out of the passing triangle, attempting to take either Romney or Garcia with him, or to be left unmarked for a chipped pass. As Trapp leaves the triangle, Higuain heads over to fill in Trapps spot, forming a new triangle as Santos holds onto the ball.

Trapp takes Romney with him out of the circle as Santos slides a pass over to Higuain. As Romney leaves, Pedro replaces him as an extra defender.

When Higuain sees Santos pass, he turns up field to form a new triangle with Justin Meram and Trapp, both of whom are immediate passing options. The Black & Golds No. 10 still has Santos as a safety valve on the touch line.

Higuain sends the ball back to Santos, who is now closed down by both Garcia and Pedro.

Sensing that both LA defenders are paying attention to Santos, Higuain makes a run much like Trapps previous run, but right between Pedro and Garcia. Once again, this run should either take one of the defenders out of the play or should leave Higuain open for a chipped pass. By running between the two defenders, Higuain may be able to cause confusion as to which defender should be following him.

Higuains run does exactly that with Garcia and Pedro both attempting to defend him. Now Santos is unmarked and has multiple options: a chipped pass to Higuain, a quick pass to Trapp, he can dribble toward the center of the field or a drop ball to Abu.

With multiple yards of space created by Higuains excellent run, Santos decides to carry the ball into the middle of the field as the play develops.

As Santos carries forward, he is met with a plethora of options: a drop ball to Abu, continue his dribble into the path of Zardes, a difficult pass to Kamara (who is just to the left of the image), a through ball to Meram or a lofted ball to Higuain, who is definitely offside.

Santos decides to thread the needle with a no-look-pass that goes between Meram and Higuain and right into the path of Kamara.

Now, the question is whether Kamara was offside when the pass was played. Above is a still frame from just before the pass is played. In this frame, Higuain is definitely offside while Kamara (whose yellow shoe you can just see) appears to be even with the final defenders, Pele van Anholt, elbow.

Above is a still frame from right when the pass is played. Higuain is clearly offside. The zoomed in section shows Kamara and van Anholt at the moment the pass was played. Its very difficult to tell whether Kamara is on or offside, but he looks to be almost exactly level.

It should be noted that every goal is reviewed by the VAR and therefore it was determined that Kamara was onside and no review was needed.

Back to the goal, as the ball heads toward Kamara, he is lining up to fire a one-touch-shot on goal.

Kamara is able to turn on Santos perfectly weighted pass . . .

. . . and easily scores the game-opening goal.

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DeLuca got Friendzoned in "Grey's Anatomy" Season 13, but Season 14 is a whole other ballgame, and it sounds like he might not sit on the bench.

Giacomo Gianniotti recently told TVLine that "Grey's" Season 14 is going to be funnier, sexier, and more fun than recent seasons. That bar is low, but there are so many love triangles, squares, etc. happening right now that it's good to hear the show plans to go in a lighter direction with them instead of getting too dark.

We had pretty much counted out Dr. Andrew DeLuca getting with his crush Dr. Jo Wilson (Camilla Luddington), since she blew him off last season and still seems focused on her love, Dr. Alex Karev (Justin Chambers). However, the Alex/Jo story has potential to blow up -- considering Alex tracked down her abusive husband, did nothing about it, and didn't tell her -- and no one ever promised that Jolex would be End Game.

Here's more from TVLine:

Question: Any scoop on Grey's Anatomy's Jo and Alex? BrockAusiello: Don't count out interloper Andrew just yet. Even though Jo seemed meh about his infatuation with her, Giacomo Gianniotti hints that his portrayer may make another go at it. "I think he just jumped the gun a bit," the actor shares. "Jo just went through this crazy traumatic experience [with Alex]. It was so fresh. I think he should've waited a little bit. And if he does wait a little bit [before approaching her again] she might have more of an open mind."

Interesting. Last November, during Season 13, Luddington talked to EW about DeLuca and Jo, and shut the idea down:

Does Jo not realize that Andrew has feelings for her on Grey's Anatomy? I kind of 'ship it, to be honest. Helene"I really don't think she does!" Camilla Luddington says. "I think she feels in the midst of a tornado, there is so much spinning around her head that she's not picking up on any feelings. I think she's just happy to have a friend. Even if she had a question about it, I think she'd set it aside. That would complicate things and right now she's craving simplicity."

That was then, though, and a lot has happened in the meantime.

More recently, both Luddington and Gianniotti talked to TV Guide about the many love triangles ahead. Although Matthew Morrison said he was returning this season, at the time, Luddington said she hadn't read a script with her husband back in it. "It's definitely a storyline that I hope we explore, because it's so important. But right now, it's [DeLuca] and Alex." She also added that it will be interesting to see how Jo reacts when she finds out Alex tracked down her husband. "Do I think that it could push them even further away from each other? It's definitely possible."

"Grey's Anatomy" Season 14 premieres with "Break Down the House," which will reportedly have a "vintage Grey's" vibe about it, airing Thursday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. on ABC.

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