Your “I Learned It By Watching You!” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• Martavis Bryant has publicly said he wants out of Pittsburgh.
  • The once-suspended WR says that if Pittsburgh won’t use him, then they should trade him – or else he will play out his contract and move on.
    • His rookie deal pays him $600,000 this year & $700,000 in 2018, so he’s not going anywhere for a while.
    • The NFL trade deadline is October 31.

• Marshawn Lynch’s suspension has been upheld.
  • He will miss their next game in Buffalo

• The Eagles victory last night cost them Jason Peters & Jordan Hicks
  • Peters’ knees bent in two directions at once, blowing his ACL & MCL, ending his season & possibly his 14-year career. (You could feel everyone wince in the Open Thread.) Hicks blew an Achilles & is also done for the year.

Finally, former Colt WR & current Colt assistant coach Robert Mathis was arrested on a DUI Tuesday morning.

• according to the Indianapolis Star, he blew 0.052, below the state limit of 0.08.
• His driving behaviour, which included driving the wrong way on a one-way street and not signalling a turn, combined with the amount of alcohol in his system, is what led to the impaired driving charge.
  • Likely, a good lawyer will get that knocked down to community service & no criminal record.
• “We are aware of the incident involving Robert Mathis last night,” the Colts said in a statement. “We are in the process of gathering more information and have no further comment at this time.”
  • When reached for comment, team owner Jim Irsay said, “Welcome to the club, son.”

With that in mind, let’s all enjoy a little War On Drugs.

Tonight’s sports:

• MLB: World Series:
  • Game 1: Astros at Dodgers – 8:00PM | FOX / Sportsnet
•  NHL:
  • Oilers at Penguins – 7:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Red Wings at Sabres – 7:30PM | NBCSN
• NBA:
  • Bulls at Cavs – 7:00PM | TSN
• WWE:
  • Smackdown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360

I haven’t got a rooting interest in this year’s World Series. All I wanted: NO DAMN YANKEES!