Your “Oh God, I’m Dying A Death” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

I think I have the flu. Let’s run down the checklist:

• Public school teacher in a vaccine-challenged city
• Attended niece’s 8th birthday on Saturday
  • eight other sniffling kids in attendance
• Raining & cold
• Back pain
• The feeling I’m being punched in the throat

Yep – check’s out. Taking a sick day tomorrow.

NFL News:

• Old Man Coughlin is mad about the Jaguars sudden & swift demise.
  • About tweaking the roster to keep what they had & improve where they needed:
    • Well we tried, didn’t we? The nature of the game got us and we go back to the drawing board.
  • On the lack of discipline:
    • Our penalties, the way that we behave on the field is ridiculous, some of the penalties.
  • On the coaching:
    • [S]ometimes you fall into a pattern where it becomes kind of the thing to go, and you get away from it. There’s no doubt you have to go back and re-evaluate who you are.
  • Offseason prediction:

• Crimebeat! – Settlement division:
  • Jameis Winston has settled with the Uber driver he groped in 2016.
    • In court filings, she was seeking damages in excess of $75,000 because of the “nature of (the) emotional distress and future therapy expenses.”
  • The Rams have settled with PSL licence holders in St. Louis.
    • Terms have not been disclosed, but the language in said licence possibly allowed St. Louis season-ticket holders to carry those licences over to the new Rams stadium, so it’s likely St. Louis fans were compensated their costs plus interest.

• The [Redacteds] have claimed Reuben Foster off waivers.
  • PFT with the HAWT TAEK: “The team is choosing winning on the field over standing on principle — primarily since teams only stand on principle when the player isn’t good enough to help them win.”
  • The only thing you can’t beat in Washington is Dan Snyder’s willingness to win.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Sharks at Sabres – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Golden Knights at Blackhawks – 8:00PM | NBCSN
• NBA:
  • Raptors at Grizzlies – 8:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Lakers at Nuggets – 9:00PM | TSN / NBATV
• NCAA: best options in BOLD
  • Illinois at Notre Dame – 7:00PM | ESPNU
  • Virginia Tech at Penn State – 7:00PM | ESPN2
  • Michigan State at Louisville – 7:30PM | ESPN / TSN4
  • Fairleigh Dickinson at Providence – 8:30PM | FS1
  • North Carolina State at Wisconsin – 9:00PM | ESPN2
  • Pittsburgh at Iowa – 9:00PM | ESPNU
  • Indiana at Duke – 9:30PM | ESPN / TSN4
• WWE:
  • Smackdown Live – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360

GO FORTH AND COMMENTATE!