Your “Man, OTAs Are Boring!” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Notes:

• PeyPey has been contracted by Riddell as a “consultant” on their new helmet designs.
  • First order of business – more head room!
• Jeremy Maclin, still visiting the Bills.
  • Maybe he was waiting for Shareece Wright, so he could take the kid’s Uber back to Chicago.
• Dennis Pitta’s injury-plagued career is over in Baltimore, as he was cut days after a third hip injury.
  • He gets to keep his bonus, and the Ravens get $2.5 million in cap space via the move.
• The Jets tank for 2017 is officially over the $60 million in salary dump, after dropping David Harris and Eric Decker.
  • Estimates for 2018 have the Jets $68 million under the cap.
    • J-E-T-S…SUCK! SUCK!! SUCK!!!
  • the problem is, the Jets don’t seem to have anywhere near the cromulent upper-management the Browns possess.
• Again on the subject of laughing stocks, it seems Megatron only handed back $1 million of the $3.2 million the Lions could have asked for upon his early retirement.
  • ESPN twists the knife properly by adding a Barry Sanders reference.

Finally, the NFLPA is under the belief about 160 rookie contracts have improper language and should either be voided or changed.

• Language in dispute includes:
  • Clauses that require players to submit to multiple offseason physicals at the team’s request — more than the two that are permitted under the CBA
  • “Automatic repayment” clauses that allow teams to directly withdraw money owed for expenses such as fines, services and tickets from players’ paychecks
  • Language that forces prospective free agents to secure permission from their current clubs before their agents engage other teams in discussions during the pre-free agency “legal tampering” period

However, given the toothlessness of the NFLPA in other areas, it remains to be seen how seriously the League – and ol’ Rog himself – will take the matter.

Wanna meet the new puppy?

That’s a stupid question.

His name is “Lambeau”.

The name is a compromise. When he was born, the breeder gave each dog a coloured collar for ID; his was green. My wife & I both quite enjoy sports. We’ve been to Green Bay for games twice. My wife loved/s both Favre & Rodgers. I talked her down from a QB name to the stadium.

He gets to keep his balls for two years, because we are going to show him. And before you ask,

I will post photos of me doing my best “Best In Show”, because I’m his handler.

Tonight’s sports:

• NBA:
  • Game 3: Warriors at Cavs – 9:00PM | ABC / TSN
• Beisbol:
  • Red Sox at Yankees – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
• Futbol:
  • FIFA U-20 World Cup
    • Semifinal: Italy vs. England – Thursday 6:50AM | TSN
• American Ninja Warrior
  • NBCSN – 7:00PM – 11:00PM

Game 5 in the Cup should be both a barn-burner and a nail-biter. I guess after 4 days in Smashville, Sidney Crosby needed an extra day to drag his arse back to Pittsburgh. TAKE YOUR BEATING LIKE A MAN!