Your “Well, I Guess That Was Worth The Wait” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Well, that was a full weekend of football & commenting. I don’t know about you guys, but I need a couple of days to recharge.

NFL News:

• Cardinals RB David Johnson needs wrist surgery & will miss 2-3 months.
  • They will place him on IR because, if the Cards are in a playoff race, they may need him down the stretch.

• After Irma, Raymond James Stadium is good to go, so the Bucs will host the Bears as planned this Sunday.
  • The team had relocated operations to Charlotte during the crisis.

• Still on the Irma front, the Jags home opener against Tennessee is in flux due to flooding in the area.
  • The team stayed in Houston until today. Decisions will be made after practice Wednesday & discussions with the groundscrew.
  • If they do cancel, there are two options:
    • switch dates with Tennessee, and this game will be played Week-17; or
    • cancel the game & schedule it for their shared bye-week (Week 8)

• Scott Tolzien did so well against the Rams that the Colts are thinking about starting newly acquired Jacoby Brissett instead.
  • Brissett’s 4th quarter in relief looked better than Tolzien’s three quarters of actually trying.

Finally, in the ever-expanding “shit I didn’t know” pile:

Congratulations @SloaneStephens, daughter of former #Patriots running back John Stephens, on today's #USOpen win!

— New England Patriots (@Patriots) September 9, 2017

Because there’s fuck-all on, I thought I’d visit my new “Hope Clicks Eternal” folder and treat y’all to the delicious misery that was the Facebook & Twitter home pages for teams that didn’t expect to be 0-1 today.

First up – the Patriots.

Now, there’s the usual “NO WORRIES HERE!””TRUE FANS” talk:

But there’s also the TRUE FANZ & poseurs:

And, of course, the douchebags:

Not to defend Patriots fans, but at least their team has won five Super Bowls in recent history, so they have cause to be a tad testy when someone shows weakness in their support.

Seahawks fans…

I have Seahawks season tickets, and that still gave me a boner. Oh, how I relish the blinding hatred that consumes others.

And to check in on the players, Michael Bennett gets his typical love from random twitter peeps, who have way too much time on their hands thanks to the carpal tunnel they developed jerking off onto the flag:

And WR Paul Richardson, who had a great game, is still not immune to the negativity even if it’s not directed at him.

I would show you the Hawks Facebook page, but the 9/11 tribute that leads the page is swallowed up in hatred for Michael Bennett. You will both weep for mankind and pray for meteor.

None of us expects them to stay 0-fer for long, but it sure is fun to watch their (casual) fan base wallow.

Tonight’s sports:

• WNBA:
  • Semi-final:
    • Washington Mystics vs. Minnesota Lynx – Game 1 – 8:00PM | ESPN2
  • Semi-final:
    • Phoenix Mercury vs. LA Sparks – Game 1 – 10:00PM | ESPN2
• MLB:
  • Orioles at Blue Jays – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Dodgers at Giants – 10:00PM | Sportsnet1
• WWE:
  • SmackDown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
    • from Las Vegas

I’m out selling playoff beers at Nat Bailey tonight – Game 4 of the NWL Championship

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