Just started watching Hard Knocks, or, if it were properly titled, “Sucking Aaron Rodger’s Dick”.
It’s crazy over-the-top how much they suck his dick.
While I think he’s a self-absorbed, me-first, egotistical prick, I do like that he’s got a relatively healthy view of what football’s role should be in his life. I’m also liking Saleh more and more and the Sauce Gardner/Garrett Wilson stuff is awesome.
But please get Zach Wilson out of my face. He’s the Aidan Hutchenson’s desperate family of this year.
I’ve been so annoyed this preseason that Rodgers never took the field and we’ve been getting extra helpings of Zach Wilson instead. I totally get it; I wouldn’t put Rodgers out there in preseason either, but it’s still frustrating.
And the streak is over; the Ravens lose tonight to the Commanders, 29-28.
I don’t know if they could keep something like that a secret. If and when there is some horrible injury during a game, a lot of people are going to need to act pretty quickly. The training staff need to determine how serious the injury is. Game and league officials need to find out from the trainers, and decide if it’s serious enough to cancel the game. Then they need to determine if the game will be cancelled or rescheduled. If rescheduled, they need to find a time and place to continue the game. Travel plans need to be made. Tickets will be made available. The stadium needs enough staff to host the game.
A secret plan that’s locked in a safe is the same as not having a plan. If you make a plan and want people to follow it, they need to know what it is. And once all those people know about it, it probably won’t stay a secret.
I think you’re assuming that it’s one Uber-plan. It’s basically just the commissioners offices plan for how to manage the game continuity part. They won’t bother with thresholds for injuries or any other tactical on-field stuff. The league and teams already have plenty of protocols for injuries, that doesn’t need to be secret.
If we had another Hamlin-like situation on the field the only thing the folks in the stadium need to know is “call the league office before you decide anything about restarting the game”. The small handful of people watching the games at the league office either know the plan or have a bat phone to the commissioner and his bag men. It only takes 10-15 minutes to get a guy on the phone. A serious injury situation will take way longer than that to play out.
But who cares. This is all some conspiracy theory tin foil hat stuff. Maybe the office is completely out to lunch and they will wing it next time.
I confess I’m a little sad to see the dumbest record in all of sports to come to an end.
This is distressingly sensible. 
The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Senior Committee announced their three finalist candidates for consideration this year:
- Broncos LB Randy Gradishar
- Bears DT Steve McMichael
- Titans*/Raiders WR Art Powell
McMichael, who is battling ALS, and is now bedridden and unable to speak, was in the ICU earlier this week due to health complications.
*- the AFL’s New York Titans, which became the Jets
The Trey Lance experiment is officially over in San Francisco, as he is named the 3rd string QB after Purdy and Darnold.
I’m guessing SF holds onto him long enough for some other team’s QB to get injured, so the Niners can at least get a little value for him.
It’s amazing to me that, despite burning three first round picks on a QB who gave them nothing in return, the Niners are still Super Bowl contenders.
The generally accepted wisdom is that missing on a first-round QB can cost you five years. Here, not so much.
They’ve had a unique approach to the position; use young and inexpensive QBs to just manage the game, and spend the savings everywhere else. Get the ball to the expensive playmakers and let them make plays.
Doesn’t work most of the time because young and inexpensive QBs tend to not be very good, but they got lucky with Purdy (though it still doesn’t nearly offset what they traded away for Lance).
The current regime has had a terrible track record on 1st Round draft picks. I’m not sure they lost that much.
They have enjoyed both fantastic defenses and running games. And I think anyone can throw to George Kittle and be successful. He’s a cheat code.
(Note I am a Seahawks fan so I am legally required to hate the Niners, but credit where credit is due.)
And just like that, Trey Lance goes to the Cowboys for a 4th Round draft pick.
Well that’s unfortunate. I was kind of rooting for the kid, but now I have to hope he fails.
Craziest stat from Twitter:
Trey Lance played a total of 8 games with the 49ers.
That is the fewest games played by a top 5 pick with the team he debuted with since the start of the common draft era in 1967.
Yeah, and because of Covid and the injuries and all, he’s only thrown about 400-some in-game passing attempts since high school.