Your “What’s He Doing There?” Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

NFL Nuggets: Putting rumours to rest, Washington says their eventual name will not be "Warriors". In a message to fans, the team president Jason Wright was pretty blunt: The franchise will feature absolutely "no ties to Native American imagery" going forward. "We have 89 years of history in this league

Your “End Of A Short Era” MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

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NFL Nuggets: This is not a good look: The Vikings' "infection control officer" tested positive for COVID-19. His name is Eric Sugarman, and he is officially also the team's head athletic trainer and VP of sports medicine. Sadly, he's not related to Burt Sugarman of "The Midnight Special". Who

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

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NFL Notes: The negotiations between the union & the league are getting down to the nitty gritty of how to start the season: Players will receive daily COVID-19 tests for the first two weeks of camp. Players will need consecutive negative tests before they will be allowed into team facilities.

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 13, 2020July 13, 2020

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NFL News: The big news of the day was the media troll job Dan Snyder pulled off in regards to the [Redacteds] name change. They announced Sunday they would have an announcement Monday, which just turned out to be that they were retiring their name & logo, and embarking upon

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

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NFL News: The big news is Patrick Mahomes agreeing to a 10-year, $450 million extension with the Chiefs. It's a total of $477.6 million over the next 12 seasons. The injury guarantee is $140 million. Mike Trout had previously held the record for the largest professional contract when he signed

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 29, 2020June 29, 2020

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NFL Notes: Obviously, the big news from the weekend is the Pats signing Cam Newton to a one-year deal. With incentives, it's worth up to $7.5 million. This will be the ultimate Belichick "it's the system, not the player" move, as he has Newton, Jarrett Stidham AND Brian Hoyer at

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 22, 2020June 22, 2020

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NFL News: Dak Prescott has one-upped the Cowboys & signed his franchise tender. Now he's winning the PR battle, because he's not holding out of training camp. The one-year tender is worth $31.4 million, per league guidelines. The holdup to a long-term deal is the length of the contract. Dak

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 15, 2020June 15, 2020

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NFL Nuggets: I'm just going to use the whole sentence: "Multiple Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys football players, including Pro Bowl running back Ezekiel Elliott, have recently tested positive for COVID-19." According to Florio, it's at least four - two Texans & two Cowboys. None of the players appear to

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - June 1, 2020June 1, 2020

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NFL News: Most of it today surrounds the reactions to what happened in Minneapolis, as well as the systemic racism inherent in most justice systems. (Before anyone goes off on me as a Canadian trying to sound superior, I remind you that I didn't say just the US system. Canada has

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - May 11, 2020May 11, 2020

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NFL Nuggets: Tua has officially signed his rookie contract. The days are gone when guys like JaMarcus Russell would hold out for big money rookie deals & then show the Raiders they had made a terrible, terrible mistake. In fact, it was guys like Russell, Sam Bradford & Vince Young

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - May 4, 2020May 4, 2020

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NFL Nuggets: Obviously, Don Shula's passing is the big news of the day. He was 90 years old. From 1951 to 1957, he played defensive back for the Browns, Colts and [*Redacted] s. He began coaching in 1960, and was a head coach for 33 total years, winning 347 total games,

Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

NFL Nuggets: The Panthers have made Christian McCaffrey the highest-paid running back in league history. He signed a four-year extension worth up to $64 million. Making his deal worth more than Zeke's $14.5 million per year. Former NFL QB Tarvaris Jackson has died in a car crash in Alabama. After