Your “Pre-Super Bowl Week Is A Dead Zone” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Nuggets:

  • Actual good news: Fitty’s coming back for a 16th season. 
    • He signed a one-year deal with the Cardinals.
    • He is second all-time in receiving yards (behind Jerry Rice) and receptions (behind Tony Gonzalez).
      • He’s only 23 receptions behind Tony G, but 6,000 yards behind #80.
  • Two days in a row, I’m stealing from Crimebeat!
    • Saints CB PJ Williams was arrested for DWI in New Orleans.
      • He also faces excessive speeding charges, for doing 80 in a 50 zone.
    • It’s also his second DWI, but that one was picked up before the draft (and the charges were later dropped).
  • Tumult in Dallas as Cole Beasley drops accusations the front office pushes who gets the ball, and that influences play calling.
    • He claimed he gets more throws during two-minute drills when there is no script & things happen on the fly.
      • Otherwise, according to him, he only gets 3-4 directed passes per game.

•   Which led to this speculation:

•   …and now he’s walking back the comments.

•   probably because his current benefactor, Stephen Jones, had this to add to the conversation:

“We don’t get involved in that. The only thing we ever do is decide if we’re going to pay players a lot of money. Or if we’re going to trade for players and give up big picks.”

That’s why they’re called “nuggets”, folks.


In response to a query posed by Unsurprised last night:

I’m still up because I suck, but anyway, this post-season seems to have murdered the site. I don’t care about the NFL, but come the fuck on, folks. This is a good site with good content and people.

I will offer up that:

  1. You don’t suck; and
  2. We’ve never been more popular than right now, thanks to everyone old and new.

As the self-appointed monitor of our Alexa stats, as of yesterday we rest here:

While that might not look like much, remember that a lot of those numbers are porn sites. If you look at the chart, back in early July, we sat at 425,000th, and have since been making steady progress towards some form of legitimization.

So while we aren’t Deadspin (2,793), Pornhub (29), or The Old Place (5,876), we are having a good time being ourselves, and other people are coming along for the ride. Many, many thanks again to all who read and contribute to the site.


Tonight’s sports:

  • NHL:
    • Capitals at Leafs – 7:30PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet
    • Coyotes at Habs – 7:30PM | Sportsnet1
    • Predators at Golden Knights – 10:00PM | NBCSN
  • NBA:
    • Raptors at Pacers – 7:00PM | TSN
    • Spurs at 76ers – 8:00PM | ESPN
    • Nuggets at Jazz – 10:30PM | ESPN
  • NCAA:
    • Providence at Xavier – 6:30PM | FS1
    • Tennessee at Vanderbilt – 7:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN2
    • Texas at TCU – 7:00PM | ESPNU
    • DePaul at Marquette – 8:30PM | FS1
    • Oklahoma at Oklahoma State – 9:00PM | ESPNU

This week is awful. There’s fake hype for the Professional Bowl, faker hype for the Senior Bowl, and Peter King trying to turn those turds into Skyline Chili.

That’s why he carries spare bibs.

I’M NOT HAVING IT!

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

God Damn
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Fronkenshteen

Accident?

Unsurprised

Nobody Could Have Prevented This

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

“Ex-Detroit Lions CB beats up man masturbating near daughter’s window”

https://amp.freep.com/amp/2594829002

Cassidy’s mug shot shows plenty of evidence of his “good conversation.”

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Fronkenshteen

The baby is great. Still so young. 4 weeks tomorrow. Not even cooing or babbling yet. Just gazing up incredulously, startling, hiccuping, and in fact waking up right now! Good night boys!
/ throws smoke grenade at own feet

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

To be fair; gazing incredulously, startling, hiccuping is pretty much my routine.

yeah right

When my first was born while looking at her she had the same look on her face as someone who took two hits of blotter acid. The world is wide open and the future is endless possibilities.

Amazing and frightening at the same time.

And the inability to control one’s own sphincter.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Fronkenshteen

Political handicappers: is Warren the prohibitive favorite at this early juncture? Nomination, not Presidential victory.

Unsurprised

Hell no. It’ll be Harris. She’ll lose. Trump will either serve two terms or die in office from an overdose of McDonald’s secret sauce.

Fronkenshteen

This is going to be the most fascinating two years in American political history. I just threw up in my mouth a little.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I’m thinking there were a few other years that were much more “fascinating” in our history, this will be depressing though, I’ll give it that.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Other award shows have a lots in common with the AVNs.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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theeWeeBabySeamus

I was hoping thursday would be 69.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

It’s next Tuesday….. it’s supposed to be ….. NICE.

theeWeeBabySeamus

OK gents, it’s been fun. But GF gets in in a day and a half and Imma be busy dealing with stupid shit tomorrow….And I have a “date” with a cute black chick tomorrow night (relax, it’s platonic…old HS friend) so I need to get some stuff done tonight.

tl;dr: I gotta shave my balls while I have the time. Then finish Friday Open Thread.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Unsurprised

I only believe in the death penalty for pranksters.

Unsurprised

This animatronic puppet is sitting at the bottom of an uncanny valley as deep as the Marianas Goddamn Trench.

https://twitter.com/davefranklin/status/1087816952981176322

Fronkenshteen

The first 3 “innings” of Ken Burns’ documentary “Baseball” are cinematic Valium.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I really need to rewatch that.

Fronkenshteen

Championship Sunday till NCAA Hoops Conference Championship Week is a nice window to slowly drift through it on wet weekends.

Unsurprised

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Fronkenshteen
theeWeeBabySeamus

I once dated a girl who could be her twin sister, swear to god.
That was fun.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

You bet.

Fronkenshteen

I just love that she looks down at her…dimensions… then celebrates like she just hit the lottery, which she has.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Katee Owens; I wonder what her incu….. income is. She has a LOT of traffic to her site.

Unsurprised

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Fronkenshteen

Behind The Music: Family Ties?

Unsurprised

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theeWeeBabySeamus

She’s throwing me a bone?

Unsurprised

Al Dente would suggest it’s a tooth, but, sure, let’s go with bone.

Unsurprised

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Fronkenshteen

That is so goddamn creepy.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Per Redshirt’s comments on how Dems should propose something to cut pay to Congress and the president if there’s a shutdown, Sen Mark Warner (D-VA) already did that:

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/426459-senate-dem-introduces-stop-stupidity-act-to-end-government-shutdowns

Dolph Ucker

As a lurker who has not contributed much to the good of the order, I offer my apologies. I have been coming to the site since day 1 (I lurked for years at the other place too, although I never did write anything), and I think that this site has some infuckingcredible writers. I have laughed until tears fell on so many occasions I couldn’t begin to count. I’m not good at live-blogging (or other kinds of multitasking scenarios – unitasking is actually a pain in the ass, if you want my opinion,) but I read this site when I want to feel good. So there it is.

Still, I got an email today from ESPN saying it’s almost AFLW footy tipping time… I will contribute more once that gets up and on the go, I swear it.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

ALL HAIL THE UNITASKER!

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Unsurprised

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WCS

Am I alone here, or is Broad City just not funny? Do you have to live in New York to understand it?

Fronkenshteen

I didn’t even smile once.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

It’s funny. It may not be your cup of tea. Both can be true.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

/checks genitals

No, I don’t think so.

Brick Meathook

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Fronkenshteen

Brave. Brave. Brave.

theeWeeBabySeamus

You know how cops will sometimes pull you over for a taillight or a headlight being out and give you a fix it ticket?
Yeah, Baltimore County cops totally do not like it when you point out to them they’ve got one out.

tWBS: Officer, your headlight is out.
B’more Co Cop: Move along, Sir!!!!!

Unsurprised

At least they didn’t shoot you

theeWeeBabySeamus

And I got my greasy drive thru food too!!!!!!!!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

#whiteprivilege

WCS

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Senor Weaselo

I mean, NYPD traffic cops don’t like it when you tell them they’re parked at a hydrant while you’re moving the ass of your car out of a crosswalk.

Unsurprised

You’re welcome.
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Unsurprised

Longer
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WCS

KICK HIM IN THE NUTS! KICK HIM IN THE NUTS!!

theeWeeBabySeamus
Unsurprised

.

Unsurprised

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Mr. Ayo
Unsurprised

Holy shit. (I’ve never seen Bad Santa)
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Unsurprised
Mr. Ayo

WHAT?!?!? How? Why? Do it!

WCS

Bad Santa is the third greatest Christmas film!

3. Bad Santa
2. Christmas Vacation
1. Die Hard

Unsurprised

Scrooged better be #4 then

theeWeeBabySeamus

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WCS

I can’t argue that.

Senor Weaselo

As I said, best hit by a Jets player on a member of the P*ts in years.

Unsurprised

/TEAR FLIES OUT OF REVIS ISLAND

Unsurprised

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Fronkenshteen

To Unsurprised: I’m truly sorry I’m still 90/10 lurker/contributor. I’m uninteresting, unmoneyed, and uncultured. Also, I tend to be more cynical and angry than funny. If I ever ended up in the same BUILDING with you guys, it’d be because I’d be cooking your steaks. You guys are also the best friends I have in the world right now, besides my brother. When I had a nervous breakdown, I checked in with you guys before driving to the VA hospital. Redshirt is VERY important to me. In a VERY positive way.
I have ideas, but I’m so fucking technologically useless, I couldn’t carry them out. I’d LOVE to Open Thread every day and liveblog the various impending investigatory hearings sure to pepper cable news in the coming months. But I don’t even know what I don’t know how to do in order to do a thing like that. Anywhoozle. I’m drunk. You’re right. Can I help? [hits head on counter]

ballsofsteelandfury

We love you, buddy. Take care of Lil’ Fronkenshteen and all will be good.

Unsurprised

You’re a great guy and a welcome poster, dude.

Senor Weaselo

We love ya Fronk. Hope the little one’s doing all right.

Fronkenshteen

He’s awesome. Getting nice and chubby. Busting balls like a champ. His older brother is SMITTEN. Warms an Irishman’s heart.

Mr. Ayo

Just post. These idiots have put more than one of my brainfarts on the banner.

Unsurprised

Then post more, Doorfliers!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

To clarify, do you mean post or comment?

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

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Senor Weaselo

I think I just saw that thing on Outrageous Acts of Science.

theeWeeBabySeamus

It’s always nice when unlimited pussy flies toward me.

Mr. Ayo

Live peek in to the AVN awards!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

That Peter King picture will never not freak me out

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I guess if you’re in that part of the country that kind of smirk is contagious.

Unsurprised

Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims probably recognize that look.

herodotus450

Beef Rendang? More like Beef, Ren, Dang!

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I’d never seen this before, it amuses me a great deal to see Mark Cuban eviscerate Skip Bayless:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9w_XUQyJJQ

theeWeeBabySeamus

True Story Bro….

Hippo and meself know a guy who punched Skip Bayless in the face once. Broke his nose.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I want to buy this man a beer. Whether he wants to drink it or pour it on Skip Bayless’ stupid head and then punch him in the face again is entirely up to him.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Oh, he’d definitely drink it.

theeWeeBabySeamus

This happened many years ago, in a bar in SoCal. Bayless kept hitting on the guy’s wife. Was warned to stop. Didn’t, then got punched.

theeWeeBabySeamus

Puncher in question lettered in football at NC State for four years. Baseball too, actually. Played in the minors for a while. He’s a shadow of his former self now for various reasons, but back in the day he could deliver a punch. I wish I’d been there to see it.

SonOfSpam

Chris Washburn???

theeWeeBabySeamus

LMFAO. Wrong sport(s).

And no, I’m not giving out names.

rockingdog

Shit Bayless was the Fantasy Football team name one of friends chose for the league this year.

scotchnaut

Herodotus recently linked to the awful story of Bobby Ryan’s upbringing. It reminded me of “Spinner” Spencer. Long story short-his dad wanted to see his son play on national TV for the Maple Leafs, was denied that and ended up storming the local TV station (with a shotgun in hand) and demanded that they switch over from the Canadiens tilt. The scared shitless technician complied. The RMCP ended up on the scene and daddy ended up with holes in his body.

https://thehockeywriters.com/spinning-out-of-control-the-short-violent-life-of-spinner-spencer/

herodotus450

Directv could make a pretty compelling commercial out of that story.

herodotus450

Several paragraphs in: “… and he developed a taste for crack cocaine.”
Here we go.

herodotus450

Then arrested for murder but found not guilty in 1987; OJ must have been a fan.

JustStopDude
Unsurprised

Pimpbot 5000 ruled.

Senor Weaselo

Old Conan was insane. I miss it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnw7dhh5uWQ

Unsurprised

Hell yeah it was.

rockingdog

found a funny:
[first time babysitting] hey little dude
5 year old: muffins and cupcakes are cousins
me: what the what?

SonOfSpam

Kid’s not wrong.

Senor Weaselo

Would frosted muffins be any good? Yeah, probably.

Unsurprised

Frosted Muffins – I’ve watched that porno.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

Is this the Alexa you are talking about?

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theeWeeBabySeamus

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Unsurprised

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theeWeeBabySeamus

As the self-appointed monitor of our Alexa stats, as of yesterday we rest here:

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Game Time Decision

Total geek time. One of my favourite things to do is to make channels in the snow or ice for the water on the road to be able to get to the catch basin. Last night It snowed for 12 hours here and now has been raining since early afternoon and the temperature is now above freezing. So I’ve got (had) a small lake at the bottom of my driveway and got to make my channels. If I could, I’d be out there for hours doing it, but feel silly so go back inside. Only to find an excuse to go back out and check on the channels and play again an hour later.
Anyone else do that?
/Ya didn’t think so, carry on then
// won’t be around to see the responses as I’ll be out playing in the water
///again

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

In a big wet snow I have to shovel the gutter down to the storm drain.

Game Time Decision

Yep. Same for me tonight

theeWeeBabySeamus

When I lived in MD when I was a kid I did that all the time. Now that I’m up here again (only visiting) I’m praying it doesn’t snow excessively because I know I’ll do it and it’s too cold for that shit.

Also, as a kid, after a 3 foot snowfall, my best friend and I spent days building a bobsled-ish run on the long hill behind our houses. Seriously, days building it. Then iced it over with water very lovingly.

Then we tried it with the plastic sleds and seriously almost killed ourselves.

Then we did it again.

😀

Game Time Decision

I recall GT snow racers + big hill + collisions = way too much fun, but just a bit dangerous

SonOfSpam

Oh I get it. Like when it’s sunny out every day, so you go outside and don’t freeze your balls off and then either stay outside or go back in because it’s the same temperature either way and weed is legal.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I’m wearing long pants and a sweatshirt right now and I’m still cold. And I have no weed, legal or otherwise. Meaning….

I’m starting to not like you.

SonOfSpam

Starting? What the hell took you so long?

theeWeeBabySeamus

Your inherent charm?

Game Time Decision

Quick update. Plow came by, boo but now need to make channels again. Yay

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Game Time Decision

That looks to cover the something borrowed and something new requirement

ballsofsteelandfury

Penguin North

Unsurprised

Nice

herodotus450

Tom Petty’s transition to The Mad Hatter was so subtle I hardly noticed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM

herodotus450

Or maybe it’s Jonny Depp in the Willy Wonka remake that he looks like…

SonOfSpam

Aw, he should still be alive. Let’s trade Dylan for him.

JustStopDude

Fitzgerald is coming back to the Cardinals? I’m guessing that BS in communications from Phoenix University Online didn’t open as many doors as he thought it would.

SonOfSpam

Congrats on the well-deserved banner!

Unsurprised

He’d have been better off going to Simon Phoenix University

scotchnaut

I’ve been on this earth for many years and only heard this cover of Mack The Knife by The Psychedelic Furs just fucking yesterday. Shitballs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4wuYz7sDvM

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

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Redshirt

Aw. I thought someone was going to go up in the air with the blade.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

I mean, it looks like at least part of his face did.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Nick Cage is going to be in a Lovecraft adaptation movie?

https://news.avclub.com/nicolas-cage-is-teaming-with-a-very-unexpected-director-1831986657

Well, sure, but who are they going to get to play BOLTMAN?

Redshirt

I think Cage would have to throttle back to play BOLTMAN.

scotchnaut

No matter the quality of the movie, I’ma gonna give Nic’s performance a Bee Plus…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVCrmXW6-Pk

Redshirt

If the Democrats want to make the Republicans looks bad, they should propose a Constitutional Amendment to modify Article II Section 1 and the 27th Amendment so that if the US Government is shut down and an employee is furloughed with no pay, their and their staff’s paychecks get frozen too. See how they react.

scotchnaut

Tell me more about your zero-sum perspective on politics…

Redshirt

That’s step one. Step 2 is put all the Lobbyists in one area, and the politician has to visit them, and sign in to Lobbyist Island so we know who is going where.

Any Lobbyist caught breaking the rules, mean the money gets returned and they donate double to their polar opposite.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Ooh, I like the idea of Lobbyist Island…” – Mike Priefer

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“…and that is why I and the members of my staff have accepted an interest-free loan from our good friends at the [XXXEvilXXX] Corporation. I’d like to remind everyone that this is *not* a bribe and we fully intend to pay them back at a later date…”

Redshirt

…can’t argue with that logic. All Hail Evil!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Mark Warner already did that

JustStopDude

Sweet mother of god…I am feeling like shit. I missed every football game this weekend because I could not get myself out of bed and just grab the hotel remote.

I miss field work so much. I used to love it. The stress, the pressure, the elation when you figure something out. I miss it so damn much.

But between the hotel beds and the spina bifida…I feel like someone threw me down a flight of steps and all I have been doing is giving training in a classroom.

On a side note, Hampton Roads Boulevard is still a fucking nightmare just like I remember. I am like 5 and a half miles from the port. But the port is literally on the taint of Norfolk Operating Base. I got to get to the port parking lot by 7am. This means I have to leave my fucking hotel room by 515am. Its clear sailing until I get within about four blocks of the port. I have no other way of getting there.

I cannot believe I lived with this traffic, going to that goddamn base, for four and a half years. Its like driving in NYC, where you are two car lengths from the intersection and it will be at least three light changes before you have a chance to try and get through it.

I don’t understand how there isn’t a work place shooting in this town every fucking day.

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers

Worth of mentioning and NOT reading the comments:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1088194463263006720

Senor Weaselo

Best tackle a Jets player has had on a member of the P*ts in years.

herodotus450

335,510, eat it porn sites! Wait no, no no no, don’t eat that!

scotchnaut

“Guess I’ll just swallow.”

-Porn/Bird Watchers Synergy Site

scotchnaut

Heresy Alert!

I loved the movie Dead Zone quite a bit and that got me into reading Mr. King. Several silly, elongated plots with payoffs as flat as Stephen himself after being hit and runned convinced me to never read the fella again.

Moose -The End Is Well Nigh

I don’t like his writing style. The Dead Zone; Christopher Walken was fucking great in that., good screen play.

scotchnaut

My feeling is that a lesser thespian would have fucked up this role in 12 dozen different ways. Walken’s under-stated approach ran against every expectation that was assumed of a protagonist in that genre, at the time.

SonOfSpam

Wait, it’s cool to hate Stephen King now? Dammit, he’s real to me!