Your “There’s Still No Gambling at Bushwood, Sir” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

NFL Notes: Hide Hippo's credit cards - Caesars Entertainment, DraftKings and FanDuel have reached agreements to become Official Sports Betting Partners of the NFL. Caesar's now gets to brand themselves the "Official Sports Betting Partner of the NFL" while continuing as the League's "Official Casino Sponsor". I guess I know

Your “All Hail Our Blessed Saviour, Soccer” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 8, 2020July 8, 2020

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NFL Noise: It's all about reducing capacity & costs today: The Ravens announced they will go as low as 14,000 per home game, to accommodate social distancing. That's 80% below their maximum capacity of 71,000 fans. No word on Purple camo masks. The Chiefs have announced a season-ticket holder-only plan.

DFOing Good

Beerguyrob - June 6, 2020June 5, 2020

I was bored thinking of something to type up for tonight's Open Thread, so I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole on Friday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTwq1_9VH68&t=60s When the sidebar gave me something I didn't know I needed to watch at that moment, https://youtu.be/HNNU8yv5sDw Which then led to at least something Saturday night related, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLLbv9sXEGI Because while looking up

Your “What Are The Odds?!” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - November 20, 2019November 20, 2019

NFL News: Mason Rudolph finally took some responsibility for his involvement in last Thursday's excitement against Cleveland. In doing so, the league rewarded him with an undisclosed fine. I'm sure Myles Garrett, who is at league HQ today appealing his season-ending suspension, really appreciates the quid pro quo from the

Your “Why Don’t Stupid People Know They’re Stupid?” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - March 7, 2019March 7, 2019

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NFL News: It sounds like the Raiders are pushing hard for Antonio Brown. Lord knows they've got spare first-round picks. John Gruden got off his knees long enough to say, "He’s the hardest working man, I think, in football," Gruden said. "Hardest working player I’ve ever seen practice, and I’ve

Your “It’s A Dirty Damned Disgrace, That’s What It Is!” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - December 18, 2018December 18, 2018

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NFL News: As expected, the Eagles have already ruled Carson Wentz out for Sunday's game, so Nick Foles is upon whom you will be placing your bets. The 'plan' is for him to return for the Wild Card round. The vultures are already circling for Cardinals' rookie head coach Steve

Your “Now What Will He Do?” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - October 17, 2018October 17, 2018

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NFL News: No London Jags just yet: Shad Khan has withdrawn his offer to buy Wembley Stadium. It was rumoured that he didn't have enough FA member votes to get the deal through, so he decided to stop wasting his time. It doesn't help that the team he owns -

Your “Score What [You] Need And Go Pick A Girl Up” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 9, 2018June 8, 2018

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI_gT63-w-g By the time this post comes live, they'll be into hour 3 of the Belmont pre-race coverage. So there'll be plenty of time to still get your bets in. HAIL GAMBLOR! Tonight's sports: Horse racing: The Belmont - 4:00PM | NBC AHL: 2018 Calder Cup Finals: Marlies vs. Stars - Game

Your “Bloody Hell Guys – Wait For The Actual Day” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - March 10, 2018March 10, 2018

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQaETBMgZRo Possibly because they don't want their news to get lost in all the March Madness madness, events started unfolding quite quickly on the proposed trade front this weekend. Since 5:00ET Friday, in no particular order: the Browns acquired Jarvis Landry from the Dolphins, for picks the Bills traded Tyrod Taylor

Your Tag Deadline Day Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - March 6, 2018March 6, 2018

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NFL News: Franchise tags: Today at 4:00ET was the deadline for applying a franchise tag to a current player under negotiations. The list: Franchise tagged: Le'Veon Bell (Steelers) Lamarcus Joyner (Rams) Jarvis Landry (Dolphins) Ziggy Ansah (Lions) DeMarcus Lawrence (Cowboys) Transition tagged: ($2 million less) Kyle Fuller (Bears) meaning he can

Your “One Last Day Before The Hype Machines Go Into Overdrive” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - March 1, 2018March 1, 2018

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NFL News: OBJ wants a raise. He's currently in his fifth-year of his rookie contract. The number being quoted is $20 million/season. Which is pretty funny, since the Giants only have $25 million in cap-space. Mike Zimmer says Sam Bradford has a "degenerative knee", which doesn't sound at all good.