Your “All This Coded Language Must Mean Everything’s Fine” Thursday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

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  Well, Bob McNair thinks offseason is the right time to wade back into his “inmates” comments again.

  • “The main thing I regret is apologizing,” McNair said.
  • It also really helped facilitate the Duane Brown trade to Seattle, as McNair also told the newspaper that when he met with the Texans later that week to try and “tell them the truth,” Brown was trying to be a “troublemaker” in the locker room.

• Scary news: a fan comment on Julian Edelman’s Instagram page led to the prevention of a school shooting.
  • Some kid left a comment about shooting up his school, and someone else alerted Edelman to it.
    • His assistant found the comment, called the cops, who did a records search & found the IP, alerted the authorities in the city, and found the kid who indeed had a grudge & a couple of guns.

• cbssports.com took time out from the Masters to weave a tale about the Seahawks possibly dumping Russell Wilson after his contract expires.
  • It’s a truly fantastic combination of “what ifs”, “who’s thats” and “quite possiblys”, with just a hint of John Schneider visiting Josh Allen’s pro day to get the keyboard-a-tappin’.

Finally, the Titans revealed their new uniforms last night.

The @Titans' new uniforms are 🔥

(via @Titans) pic.twitter.com/AiKDDTX3zF

— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 5, 2018

At least they threw a nice party, something Nashville can do quite well.

And they brought out the nice white lady who owns/inherited the team, Amy Adams Strunk.

Kevin Byard use the opportunity to another shot at Deion Sanders over Deion’s “Just a fan” dismissal of Byard.

For context, the stadium is right behind the stage, across the river.

Jeff Fisher was not invited.

Just in time to feed all your gambling addictions, William Hill has released their prop bets for the 2018 NFL Draft.

• Apparently, this required special permission from the Nevada Gaming Control Board, because the result isn’t determined on a field.

ESPN provides four of the possible options:

1. Number of Alabama players selected in Round 1:
   • Over 4 (-110)
   • Under 4 (-110)
2. Number of RBs selected in Round 1:
   • Over 1.5 (+105)
   • Under 1.5 (-125)
3. Number of WRs selected in Round 1:
   • Over 2.5 (-175)
   • Under 2.5 (+155)
4. Player to be drafted first:
   • Sony Michel (+110)
   • Nick Chubb (-130)

On the topic of GAMBLOR worship, some guy cashed in his $10 bet on Vegas winning the NHL Pacific Division.

Ten bucks on every team would only have cost $310, so kudos on winning the long shot with a shot.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Predators at Capitals – 7:00PM | NBCSN
    • possible Cup finals preview?
  • Vegas at Oilers – 9:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Coyotes at Canucks – 10:00PM | Sportsnet / NHLTV
• NBA:
  • Wizards at Cavaliers – 8:00PM | TNT
  • Timberwolves at Nuggets – 10:30PM | TNT / TSN2
• MLB:
  • no national broadcasts
• NCAA:
  • Men’s hockey – the “Frozen Four”
    • Ohio State vs. Minnesota (Duluth) – 6:00PM | ESPN2
    • Notre Dame vs. Michigan – 9:30PM | ESPN2

Tonight is a sad day in Vancouver sports, as the Sedin twins will play their final home game. Although the franchise wasted the last five years of their careers, they played through everything with class, just like they showed at the start when their youth & size meant the epithet “Sedin sisters” was hockey shorthand for “fags”.

They never won a Cup, but they will have their numbers retired, and they’ll go into the Hall of Fame. NO – YOU’RE CRYING!