Your “A Year’s Salary to Stay Under 250? Sign Me Up!” Monday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• Eddie Lacy met his first Seahawks weight target Monday, coming in at 253 pounds, well under the 255 pounds he was required to be by this date in order to receive a salary bonus of $55,000.
  • By July 1, his next goal is 250 pounds. August will bring the same limit and the Seahawks want him at 245 pounds for four monthly weigh-ins during the regular season.
  • The Seahawks and Lacy agreed to a one-year contract that includes $2.865 million guaranteed. Lacy can earn an additional $2.685 million through incentives, including the weight clause.
• It’s hard out there for a first-round draft pick, as Chiefs rookie QB Patrick Mahomes and three others were robbed Friday night in Tyler, Texas.
  • two men have since been arrested in what police call a random robbery.
• The Cowboys have officially submitted a bid to host the 2018 Draft.
• At least Dan Quinn has a good sense of humour: his offseason motto has been “Embrace The Suck”.
  • When asked about it, he said the Falcons would need to “eat a crap sandwich with a smile,” Quinn explained.
    • He knows other teams will bring up what happened, so he wants the players to use that as fuel for growth.
  • Besides, their bigger worry is a stadium that may not be ready on time for their home opener.

Finally, a Seattle-based company will be outfitting 25 teams this spring with a new helmet designed to reduce head trauma.

• The Vicis Zero1 “features a pliable outer layer and an impact-absorbing core layer that cushions the wearer’s head against violent collisions — all, for the most part, while maintaining the look and shape of a classic helmet.”
• From the company’s website:

The ZERO1’s multiple layers work together to slow impact forces. The helmet features a soft outer shell and an underlying layer of columns designed to mitigate collisions from multiple directions.

• The company was founded by three men:
  • Sam Browd, a neurosurgeon & pediatric concussion specialist and the medical director of the Seattle Sports Concussion Program, came up with the idea behind Vicis (pronounced VYE-sis).
  • Per Reinhall, who chairs tUW’s school’s mechanical engineering program,
  • Dave Marver, recruited to be the business brains behind the operation.
• CBS notes that several current and former NFL players are part of Vicis’ “coalition.”
  • Current Seahawks Richard Sherman, Doug Baldwin, Bobby Wagner,
  • KC Game Manager Alex Smith,
  • Former Seahawks great Jerry Rice,
  • for publicity purposes, former Cowboys Tony Dorsett & Roger Staubach
• Bloomberg has your best breakdown of the research, helmet and how the world of “big helmet” operates.

Canada 150:

May 15, 1919 – The Winnipeg General Strike starts.

• At 11 a.m., 30,000 workers walk off the job and take to the streets after negotiations over wages and working conditions break down.
• The same day, police officers, public servants and municipal employees join the private-sector workers in solidarity.
• The strike will last for six weeks and paralyze the city.

May 15, 1981 – SCTV Network 90, a variety/comedy show debuts on NBC; it is a sequel to Toronto’s Second City Television.

• Brought into the NBC fold to fill gaps in the schedule caused by the cancellation of “The Midnight Special”.
• It started off at first as a repackaging of the 30-minute shows SCTV did on the Global & the CBC.
  • Later, they created original content, using themes to carry the comedy across the 90-minutes.
• It won an Emmy in 1982 for “Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program”, setting a record by having separate episodes nominated in all 5 nomination slots.
• For my money, this was their greatest episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hS8yZnevvRk

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Senators at Penguins – 8:00PM | NBCSN / CBC
• NBA:
  • Game 7: Wizards at Celtics – 8:00PM | TNT / Sportsnet1
• MLB:
  • Astros at Marlins – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN
  • Braves at Blue Jays – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
• WWE:
  • Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360

Netflix released their first trailer for their series about GLOW. It seems like everything I could ever want:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqDO6cTYVY

JUST PUT IT INTO MY VEINS!