Ah Spring. When the grass begins growing, the basketball and hockey playoffs still feel fresh, and the pollen counts are so high that even Josh Gordon thinks maybe them plants should take it down a notch. It's also the time for my annual Book Binge. Being an antisocial nerdlinger, I read
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The Holy Game of Poker: Tuesday Open Thread
Anything that gets the adrenaline moving like a 440 volt blast in a copper bathtub is good for the reflexes and keeps the veins free of cholesterol... -Hunter S. Thompson I miss poker. Haven't played since DFOCon 23, through lack of time and spare energy. Everyone has their own grand philosophical take on
Part 2 of Reverend Mayhem’s 2024 Preliminary Mock Draft Mk. 1(Taylor’s Version): Tuesday Open Thread
Reverend Mayhem’s 2024 Preliminary Mock Draft Mk. 1, Part 1 (Taylor’s Version): Tuesday Open Thread
HOLLA AT YA BITCHES, IT'S REVEREND MAYHEM ON THE MIC! E'ERYBODY SAY "HOOOOOOOO!" Tough crowd. Moving on. Horatio Cornblower, our resident Mock Draft Maestro, has kindly allowed me to take first swing at this year's NFL Guess Fest. We're still more than three weeks out, but trust me- it's not going to
Boat Stuck, Part II: Tuesday Open Thread
Sorry kids. Shitty weeks plus misbehaving neurochemistry means you get Grouchy Rev tonight. First, we have another stuck boat. But this time instead of boat constipating world commerce, boat destroyed a major bridge and killed some folks. It also blocked one of America's largest ports. I told you the boats would
For Sale: Baby QBs. Never Won: Tuesday Open Thread
Tampering With The Laws of Nature: Tuesday Open Thread
Hello, friends. Welcome to the NFL Legal Tampering Period! Back in the Old Days (2011), agents and teams were prohibited from negotiating free agent contracts at all prior the official opening of free agency- it was considered tampering with a player who was still under contract. People were understandably suspicious, therefore,
Tag It and Bag It: Tuesday Open Thread
It's Tagging Tuesday, where NFL teams express their appreciation for a player by denying him the right to negotiate a market-appropriate salary! As of this writing, nine players have had a tag placed on them. Eight have received the dreaded Franchise Tag, giving their current team near-total control over their fate
Wichita, O Wichita! or No Fun With Peter King: Tuesday Open Thread
So Peter King is stepping back from his primary(?) gig writing 11,000 words per week as a columnist for NBC Sports. This is indeed the end of an era, and you will see a thousand fauning tributes to the football equivalent of everyone's favorite sells-insurance-but-really-wanted-to-be-a-standup-comic uncle. Not here, obviously. Even our deeply-felt
Is It Underwear Olympics Time?: Tuesday Open Thread
Football in the Time of Brainworms: Tuesday Open Thread
Taylor Swift is not a CIA wokeness android. Nancy Pelosi did not threaten the league at halftime if the 49ers didn't win. The NFL is controlled by Lizard People, but they are the same Old Rich White Lizard People as have openly controlled American wealth since Cornelius Vanderbilt emerged from the caves
Wide Right: Tuesday Wide Right Thread
Wide right. Wide right wide right wide right; wide right wide right! Wide Right wide right, wide right Wide Right. Wide right wide right- wide RIGHT. Wide. Right. Seriously though- it's a fair cop, guv. A flawed and beat-up team got Got by another flawed and beat-up team with a better coach. It sucks that