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New York Post
2 hours ago
- Sport
- New York Post
2025 NFL predictions: Abdul Carter will win Defensive Rookie of the Year
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. The NFL has no idea what's coming for it when Abdul Carter steps onto the field. Arguably the most talented rookie pass rusher since Michael Strahan, Carter will don the Big Blue with more hype than almost any other debutante in 2025. The ex-Penn State Nittany Lion had an obscene 35.1 percent pass rush win rate on true passing sets last season, better numbers than other generational talents in their final seasons like Myles Garrett (31.7 percent), Maxx Crosby (28.8 percent), and Micah Parsons (23.8 percent). Carter certainly profiles as that elite-level pass rusher, but his situation makes him even more dangerous when you compare him to those other guys. The Giants, for all of their faults, and they have many, should have a top-five pass rush in the NFL this season. Brian Burns was the No. 12-rated pass rusher in the NFL last season by Pro Football Focus, while Kayvon Thibodeaux also profiled well with his 72 grade. Those two quarterback hounds alongside nose tackle Dexter Lawrence, who should be healthy this season after battling injuries last year, will be a menacing attack. In 12 games played last season, Lawrence was the league's No. 12-rated player across every defensive unit in the NFL. Adding Carter to that mix should be a boon for the Giants' defense and could put him in a spot to dominate the Defensive Rookie of the Year market. Brian Daboll coaches up Brian Burns and Abdul Carter. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect When looking at his competition, it's quite barren if you assume that Travis Hunter will be playing more wide receiver than defensive back. No other defensive player was drafted in the Top 10 of April's NFL Draft, and just 14 players were selected in the first round (not including Hunter). I have no issue investing significant bits of bonus bet equity into Carter's Defensive Rookie of the Year odds. Betting on the NFL? The best prices I'm seeing on the market are +250, and I think that's a fine buy-in price given his pedigree coming into the league. This is bettable down to +200 before the season starts, and could be a worthy wager still, assuming he manages to get through training camp without injury. PICK: Abdul Carter Defensive Rookie of the Year (+250, Caesars) Why Trust New York Post Betting Erich Richter is a brazilian jiu-jitsu blue belt but he has a black belt in MMA betting. During the football season he's showcased massive profits at The Post in the player prop market the last two seasons. While constantly betting long shots, his return on investment is 30.15 percent since 2022.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
5 silly earnings season stock price moves!
Earnings season is moving along swimmingly. All things considered, this summer's reporting period could have really sucked. Every CEO could've blamed Trump trade tensions for misses in any parts of the business. Meanwhile, the results could've straight up not justified the valuations we are seeing in a hot market. About 135 S&P 500 (^GSPC) companies, or 29% of the index's market cap, have reported earnings at the time of this writing. Sales and earnings have increased by a solid 6.5% and 7.2%, respectively. The average stock price has increased 1% post-results. But sometimes Mr. Market gets it wrong during earnings season, in my view. The market will overly punish a company for something perceived as a big deal in the moment but minor in the grand scheme. Or, it won't reward a company enough for strong results that feed into a long-term investment case. Here are five reactions this week from earnings that left me scratching my head. IBM What more could the market want from Big Blue? Software and infrastructure sales are up 10% and 14%, respectively. The company increased its full-year operating margin expectations. CFO Jim Kavanaugh told me the company is finding added cost savings, lifting the margin outlook. Further, IBM has an AI story to tell — and it's a good one! "I think you're starting to see the beginnings of scale of generative AI, which is accelerating. Last quarter, we did about six billion dollars [of AI business]. Now we're over seven and a half billion," Kavanaugh added. IBM shares finished Thursday's session (morning after earnings) down 6%. "We would recommend opportunistic purchases for defensive-minded investors ($310 12-month target), although post-report selling may persist for a short period," Stifel analyst David Grossman called out. AT&T AT&T's (T) stock barely finished in the green on Wednesday's earnings day. Similar to IBM, what else could investors have been looking for? The company gained postpaid phone subscribers in the second quarter, while rival Verizon lost customers (though T-Mobile stole the telecom show — see below). Free cash flow — always an important metric for a telecom — rose $400 million year over year. And AT&T called out a $6.5 billion to $8 billion cash tax savings from 2025 to 2027 as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. "We are investing $23 to $24 billion on a go forward basis each year into our network. Historically, we would have had to amortize that capital and take those deductions over time. The bonus depreciation provisions in the bill allow us to expense those immediately," AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches told me. Expect the company to spend a good chunk of these savings on stock buybacks. The stock got slapped with a top pick call by JPMorgan on Thursday. "Long-term, we believe AT&T convergence playbook, accelerating fiber build to 50m+ organic locations, owner economics, and go-to-market scale will allow the company to derive industry-leading unit economics," JPMorgan analyst Sebastiano Petti said. Chipotle I get why Chipotle's (CMG) stock got shredded by 13% post-results. Chipotle is valued as a growth stock, and growth took a hit in the second quarter. But I don't believe there's anything fundamentally wrong. The company is still aggressively opening new stores and has a very devoted customer base. I fancy it just needs to market its value proposition, which it plans to do more of in the third quarter. Overlooked on the earnings call is Chipotle noting that sales have returned to growth in July. It's planning to release limited-time offerings in 2026 at a faster pace. And I like how the company is doubling down on restaurant technology. "2Q was also CMG toughest lap for 2024 share gains, and, even if there is the opportunity for more ownership of recent trends/urgency in tone, we believe it is indeed building/increasingly deploying a marketing/innovation toolbox that will drive growing confidence in a more stable same-store sales trajectory into 2H and beyond," Citi analyst Jon Tower wrote. T-Mobile T-Mobile's (TMUS) stock gained a solid 5.8% on Thursday after reporting on Wednesday post-market close. I think that is 5% less than the quarter deserved. The telecom giant easily beat analyst estimates. It gained the most net new customers compared to its competitors. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert told me on Yahoo Finance that the company's steady value messaging is helping it gain market share. "T-Mobile's value proposition to customers is elegantly simple. Best network, lowest price," MoffettNathanson senior analyst Craig Moffett said. The company also hiked its full-year operating profit margin guidance. Next catalysts for the company: the upcoming closure of the US Cellular acquisition, a greater pace of stock buybacks thanks to the Trump tax bill, and perhaps more acquisitions. Alphabet You have to be kidding me here. Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) is trading at only 19.3 times forward earnings (the S&P 500 is at 24 times), and the stock goes up just 1% on Thursday post-earnings? Did anyone listen to the earnings call? I did: The company said revenue growth accelerated throughout the business. Sales increased 14% year over year in the second quarter, a brisker pace compared to the 12% in the first quarter. Cloud business is rocking (positive read-through to Amazon (AMZN) and Microsoft (MSFT) earnings next week). Alphabet said it's not losing key AI talent to the giant wallet of Meta (META). The discussion around AI and search was very bullish. YouTube is crushing it. "AI (beast) mode it's time to close the valuation gap," KeyBanc analyst Justin Patterson said. Yahoo Finance's Invest Conference Is Coming Up! Join me and the Yahoo Finance newsroom for our annual Invest conference, taking place in New York City, November 12-13. We just added several new speakers to an already awesome lineup. More on the way. Learn more about the conference and register today! Trust, you will want to be in this room ahead of 2026. Brian Sozzi is Yahoo Finance's Executive Editor and a member of Yahoo Finance's editorial leadership team. Follow Sozzi on X @BrianSozzi, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Tips on stories? Email
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
5 silly earnings season stock price moves!
Earnings season is moving along swimmingly. All things considered, this summer's reporting period could have really sucked. Every CEO could've blamed Trump trade tensions for misses in any parts of the business. Meanwhile, the results could've straight up not justified the valuations we are seeing in a hot market. About 135 S&P 500 (^GSPC) companies, or 29% of the index's market cap, have reported earnings at the time of this writing. Sales and earnings have increased by a solid 6.5% and 7.2%, respectively. The average stock price has increased 1% post-results. But sometimes Mr. Market gets it wrong during earnings season, in my view. The market will overly punish a company for something perceived as a big deal in the moment but minor in the grand scheme. Or, it won't reward a company enough for strong results that feed into a long-term investment case. Here are five reactions this week from earnings that left me scratching my head. IBM What more could the market want from Big Blue? Software and infrastructure sales are up 10% and 14%, respectively. The company increased its full-year operating margin expectations. CFO Jim Kavanaugh told me the company is finding added cost savings, lifting the margin outlook. Further, IBM has an AI story to tell — and it's a good one! "I think you're starting to see the beginnings of scale of generative AI, which is accelerating. Last quarter, we did about six billion dollars [of AI business]. Now we're over seven and a half billion," Kavanaugh added. IBM shares finished Thursday's session (morning after earnings) down 6%. "We would recommend opportunistic purchases for defensive-minded investors ($310 12-month target), although post-report selling may persist for a short period," Stifel analyst David Grossman called out. AT&T AT&T's (T) stock barely finished in the green on Wednesday's earnings day. Similar to IBM, what else could investors have been looking for? The company gained postpaid phone subscribers in the second quarter, while rival Verizon lost customers (though T-Mobile stole the telecom show — see below). Free cash flow — always an important metric for a telecom — rose $400 million year over year. And AT&T called out a $6.5 billion to $8 billion cash tax savings from 2025 to 2027 as a result of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. "We are investing $23 to $24 billion on a go forward basis each year into our network. Historically, we would have had to amortize that capital and take those deductions over time. The bonus depreciation provisions in the bill allow us to expense those immediately," AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches told me. Expect the company to spend a good chunk of these savings on stock buybacks. The stock got slapped with a top pick call by JPMorgan on Thursday. "Long-term, we believe AT&T convergence playbook, accelerating fiber build to 50m+ organic locations, owner economics, and go-to-market scale will allow the company to derive industry-leading unit economics," JPMorgan analyst Sebastiano Petti said. Chipotle I get why Chipotle's (CMG) stock got shredded by 13% post-results. Chipotle is valued as a growth stock, and growth took a hit in the second quarter. But I don't believe there's anything fundamentally wrong. The company is still aggressively opening new stores and has a very devoted customer base. I fancy it just needs to market its value proposition, which it plans to do more of in the third quarter. Overlooked on the earnings call is Chipotle noting that sales have returned to growth in July. It's planning to release limited-time offerings in 2026 at a faster pace. And I like how the company is doubling down on restaurant technology. "2Q was also CMG toughest lap for 2024 share gains, and, even if there is the opportunity for more ownership of recent trends/urgency in tone, we believe it is indeed building/increasingly deploying a marketing/innovation toolbox that will drive growing confidence in a more stable same-store sales trajectory into 2H and beyond," Citi analyst Jon Tower wrote. T-Mobile T-Mobile's (TMUS) stock gained a solid 5.8% on Thursday after reporting on Wednesday post-market close. I think that is 5% less than the quarter deserved. The telecom giant easily beat analyst estimates. It gained the most net new customers compared to its competitors. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert told me on Yahoo Finance that the company's steady value messaging is helping it gain market share. "T-Mobile's value proposition to customers is elegantly simple. Best network, lowest price," MoffettNathanson senior analyst Craig Moffett said. The company also hiked its full-year operating profit margin guidance. Next catalysts for the company: the upcoming closure of the US Cellular acquisition, a greater pace of stock buybacks thanks to the Trump tax bill, and perhaps more acquisitions. Alphabet You have to be kidding me here. Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) is trading at only 19.3 times forward earnings (the S&P 500 is at 24 times), and the stock goes up just 1% on Thursday post-earnings? Did anyone listen to the earnings call? I did: The company said revenue growth accelerated throughout the business. Sales increased 14% year over year in the second quarter, a brisker pace compared to the 12% in the first quarter. Cloud business is rocking (positive read-through to Amazon (AMZN) and Microsoft (MSFT) earnings next week). Alphabet said it's not losing key AI talent to the giant wallet of Meta (META). The discussion around AI and search was very bullish. YouTube is crushing it. "AI (beast) mode it's time to close the valuation gap," KeyBanc analyst Justin Patterson said. Yahoo Finance's Invest Conference Is Coming Up! Join me and the Yahoo Finance newsroom for our annual Invest conference, taking place in New York City, November 12-13. We just added several new speakers to an already awesome lineup. More on the way. Learn more about the conference and register today! Trust, you will want to be in this room ahead of 2026. Brian Sozzi is Yahoo Finance's Executive Editor and a member of Yahoo Finance's editorial leadership team. Follow Sozzi on X @BrianSozzi, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Tips on stories? Email Sign in to access your portfolio
New York Post
5 days ago
- Sport
- New York Post
Ex-Giants lineman Justin Pugh announces NFL retirement after 11-year career
Justin Pugh is ending his NFL career in the same place he started. The former Giants offensive lineman announced his NFL retirement Friday after 11 years, the final of which was in the 2023-24 season when he suited up for Big Blue one last time. 'Not many players get to go out on their terms, and after 11 years playing in the NFL, I am officially retiring from the league,' Pugh told the media at Giants training camp. The 34-year-old said he wanted to play one more season last year, but that he 'just didn't have it in the tank.' 'Started losing weight, started feeling good and didn't want to do a twelfth year,' Pugh said. 'Ended up going to the stands with the fans for my twelfth year.' 4 Justin Pugh announced his NFL retirement in July 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST The Giants selected Pugh 19th overall out of Syracuse in the 2013 NFL Draft. He played his first five NFL seasons for the team before signing a five-year deal with the Cardinals in 2018. 4 Justin Pugh was selected by the Giants in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. NEW YORK POST He spent the next five years in Arizona before returning to the Giants for his swan song in 2023. Upon re-joining the team in October 2023, Pugh became a viral sensation on 'Sunday Night Football' for his 'straight off the couch' introduction in an eventual loss to the Bills. 4 He re-joined the team during the 2023-24 season. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post 4 Justin Pugh announces he is retiring from the NFL. @SNYGiants He appeared in 12 games in his final Giants season. 'Like every little boy, I always dreamed of playing in the NFL or some other sport … and I always mimicked that game-winning shot, or that game-winning catch,' Pugh said. 'I definitely never planned on making a block so Eli (Manning) could throw the ball down the field, or Kyler Murray. 'I don't think any little boys are out there right now being like, 'Oh, let me block in the playoffs and make something happen,' but what I realized was that offensive line was the position that was for me. 'Everyone wants to be that star position, but it's something that really defined me, as a man, as a father and as a teammate.' Pugh was a key pass blocker for Manning early in his career before blocking for the likes of Daniel Jones, Tyrod Taylor and Tommy DeVito. 'To the fans, it's been an amazing ride,' Pugh said. 'Thank you for supporting me.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
James Gunn says Superman's most shocking death was originally even darker: "Lex looks down and sees the blood is about to get on his shoes"
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Nicholas Hoult's Lex Luthor does some pretty villainous stuff in James Gunn's Superman, from starting a global smear campaign against the Man of Steel and kidnapping Krypto to holing every person who's ever crossed him up in a pocket universe prison. Seriously, what a jerk! Now, though, writer-director James Gunn has revealed that the scene that sees Luthor kill Metropolis citizen Malik after Kal-El fails to answers his questions was originally even darker -- and featured a bunch more blood. "So, Lex shoots a guy in the head. That was always done in an extreme wide [shot], so it's not too graphic," Gunn explained on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast. "But the guy fell on the ground, and blood is pouring out onto the platform. Lex looks down and he sees that the blood is about to get on his shoe and he's like, 'Oh my god!' He's like me, I'm very OCD. He's like, 'Ghurkos, get down on the ground and soak up the blood!' "And Ghurkos goes, 'What? No!' and Nick's delivery is great because he just looks at him straight and he's like, 'No?' Then Ghurkos just, sheepishly, trudges forward and lays down on his back and starts soaking up the blood. And Nick looks over to Superman and says, 'See you tomorrow'. That was a scene that we shot, but we cut it early so I don't even think it made it to a test screening." Dropping us right in the middle of the action, Superman picks up with David Corenswet's Big Blue three years after he's publicly announced himself as the titular world saver. Despite priding himself on his do-gooder deeds, Supes' reputation is in tatters, having inserted himself into the politically delicate Boravia/Jarhanpur conflict. When dark details from his past comes to light, Superman has to forge his own path; figuring out what being a hero really means as he flirts with Lois Lane and bests bad guys. Superman is in theaters now. For more, check out our guide to the most exciting upcoming superhero movies heading our way.
