NFL News:

• The Bears have Mitch Trubisky listed as “questionable” for this Sunday.
  • The working theory is that, given they are playing the Giants, they will let Chase Daniel play another week so the Truth Biscuit is ready for a run to the finish without anything nagging him going into the playoffs.

• Leonard Fournette lost his appeal, and will miss Sunday’s game versus the Colts.
  • It would be a crushing loss for the Jags if they were anywhere near a playoff race.
  • When reached for comment, Tom Coughlin reacted to form.

• Big Ben had some HAWT TAEKS on his team’s performance in losing to the Broncos.
  • Specifically, he called out Antonio Brown, JuJu Smith-Schuster, and James Washington for poor route execution.
  • His rationalization?
    • “I think I’ve earned the right to be able to do that, as long as I’ve been here. And I’ll be just as critical on myself in front of you guys as well.”
    • Because GOD FORBID anyone point out exactly how that game ended to the man who directed that sequence.

• It appears the [Redacteds] interpret the term “due diligence” far differently than most people.
  • In deciding to pick up Reuben Foster off waivers, the team decided to not call the Tampa police to further investigate the allegations.
    • Apparently, the Eagles made such a call, and decided to pass on Foster.
      • The Eagles had a higher claim than Washington.
  • Instead, they asked former teammates to vouch for him.
    • That was all they needed.
  • And how do you rationalize this, Jay Gruden:
    • “…we decided to make the move and we’ll deal with the outcry, so to speak. But for the most part, this is a young athlete, a young person, who got himself into some trouble and we want to find out exactly what happened.”

Finally, it was mentioned in the comments last night, but the Alliance of American Football allocated 32 quarterbacks Tuesday night for its inaugural 2019 season.

• The league’s “Protect or Pick” draft approach began with a round in which teams have the option of claiming (“protecting”) a player for whom that team had first dibs based on geographic proximity. The alternative was to “pick” a player from another region if, say, a competitor’s territory had a surplus of talent or a prospect more specifically aligned with a coach’s style of play.

To crib from Deadspin, because I’m feeling super-lazy, notable draftees were:

• Josh Johnson | San Diego Fleet, first round (first overall)
• Aaron Murray | Atlanta Legends, first round
• Garrett Gilbert | Orlando Apollos, first round
• Blake Sims | Birmingham Iron, second round
• Matt Simms | Atlanta Legends, second round
• B.J. Daniels | Salt Lake Stallions, second round
• Christian Hackenberg | Memphis Express, second round
• Scott Tolzien | Birmingham Iron, third round
• Zach Mettenberger | Memphis Express, fourth round

The season starts on February 9th.

Tonight’s Sports:

• NHL:
  • Blues at Red Wings – 7:00PM | NBCSN
  • Sharks at Leafs – 7:30PM | Sportsnet
  • Stars at Flames – 9:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Penguins at Avalanche – 9:30PM | NBCSN
• NBA:
  • Spurs at T-wolves – 8:00PM | TSN / NBATV
• NCAA Hoops:
  • Syracuse at Ohio State – 7:15PM | ESPN2
  • Rutgers at Miami – 7:15PM | ESPNU
  • Virginia at Maryland – 7:30PM | ESPN / TSN3
  • Montana at Creighton – 8:30PM | FS1
  • Georgia Tech at Northwestern – 9:15PM | ESPNU
  • Purdue at Florida State – 9:15PM | ESPN2
  • *North Carolina at Michigan – 9:30PM | ESPN / TSN3

Some fucking sick day – it rained the whole time.

I WANTED COMPENSATION!