Your Suspiciously Quiet Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• The trade deadline was 4:00PM ET today, so apologies if I didn’t catch everything before I went to work: (unless noted, all draft picks are for the 2019 draft)  
  • Packer GM Aaron Rodgers Brian Gutekunst sent Ty Montgomery to the Ravens for a GTFO 7th-round pick.
  • DeMaryius Thomas from the Broncos to the Texans for a 4th-round pick.
    • They play each other this Sunday.
  • Dante Fowler from the Jags to the Rams for a 2019 3rd-rounder & 2020 5th-rounder.
  • Golden Tate from the Lions to the Eagles for a third-round pick.
  • Ha Ha Clinton-Dix from Green Bay to Washington for a 4th-round pick.
  • Seahawks released Brandon Marshall, who is now free to sign wherever.

• The NFL has added a fourth London game to the schedule, effective 2019.
  • Two of the tilts will take place at Wembley Stadium, and two will be played at the Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium.
  • All that’s known so far is one of the “home” teams will be Jacksonville.

• Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie didn’t wait for Jon Gruden to trade him & instead chose to retire this morning.
  • It comes after dressing but not playing a snap in last Sunday’s loss.
  • He retires after 11 seasons, but a dozen kids behind his cousin Antonio.

• Convicted inside trader & suspended Seahawks WR Mychal Kendricks has now been informed the league will be suspending him for eight games.
  • He gets credit for the three games he’s already missed.
  • He’ll be eligible to return for the Hawks Monday Night game versus the Vikings.
  • He still faces up to three years in prison, once sentencing is determined after the season ends.

Beerguyrob’s brief Beerguy movie review:

I loved it. It takes the general story told in “The Right Stuff” and expands upon the Neil Armstrong kids my age grew up idolizing because he walked on the moon. (Also, Alan Shepard – because he took his 9-iron.)

I never read the book it was based on, but Baby Goose is excellent portraying a man who wanted to do his job & do it well. Claire Foy is steely as his wife. The highlights of the movie are the space training sessions, as they show the incredible amount of work that went into planning & prepping for the Apollo missions.

One quibble – I always thought it was pronounced “Gem-men-eye”, but in the movie everyone says “Gem-min-ee”, and it was irritating to hear.

The movie is hardly anti-American or anti-patriotic. Flag fellators might be upset there isn’t one every five feet, but the whole movie is set in the context of the Cold War “Space Race”, and as a battle to beat the Russians. Maybe they’re upset because, even though the landing occured under a Republican, the movie keeps using Kennedy speeches & quotes. It couldn’t be more-pro-American.

If it’s still in theatres, go see it in IMAX. The last 20 minutes are in it, and even at the regular screen I saw, you could grasp the majesty of the lunar surface when the transition occurred.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Islanders at penguins – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Golden Knights at Predators – 8:00PM | NBCSN
  • Flyers at Ducks – 10:00PM | Sportsnet
• NCAA:
  • Miami (Ohio) at Buffalo – 8:00PM | ESPN2
  • Kent State at Bowling Green – 8:00PM | ESPNU
• NBA:
  • 76ers at Raptors – 7:00PM | TSN / NBATV
• WWE:
  • Smackdown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
    • How will they replace Daniel Bryan at Crown Jewel? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT!