Your “Having An Elite Day” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• The big, bland, elite news of the day is the Broncos agreeing to a trade for Joe Flacco.
  • It won’t be official until March 13, the start of the league’s calendar year.
    • If I understand the salary cap (Ron Howard voice: “He doesn’t”), trading Flacco only costs the Ravens $7.0 million against their cap, and with Lamar Jackson still on his rookie deal, they get out from under having to pay Flacco while being able to add tools elsewhere in the lineup.
  • Case Keenum is guaranteed $7 million for 2019, and up to $18 million if he’s still on the roster opening day, so the Broncos have to dump him into a buyer’s market.

The #Broncos will now shop QB Case Keenum, who is guaranteed $7M in 2019, I’m told. If they can’t, it’s either a massive paycut or a straight up release. He’d be a top backup.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 13, 2019

• Ian Rapoport was busy this morning, also speculating that the Steelers have until March 17 to trade Brown before salary bonuses start kicking in.
  • Which doesn’t make sense, since yesterday the story was that the Steelers would be saddled with a $21 million cap hit if they move him before June.
    • It seems like paying $2.5 million on March 17 would make more sense than absorbing a $21 million deduction from the 2019 roster, but what do I know?

• The Haslams are quite upset with ESPN about the story last week discussing internal dysfunction and Jimmy’s hands-on role in it all.
  • Upset to the point that they’ve cancelled a Flying-J ad contract with ESPN that had two years remaining & believed to be worth low-to-mid seven figures annually.

Tuesday was the first “snow day” in Vancouver in 10 years. “So,” asked no one in particular, “how did you spend your day, Beerguy?”

Well, I settled in for a movie marathon,

and in-between took the dogs out for walks in the snow, looking for shots that would make WineWife forget that I did zero chores.

At one point, Riga decided she’d had enough of Lambeau’s guff, and proceeded to give him what-for.

After dinner, we settled in to watch the Westminster Dog Show,

and by the end of the day we were all pretty tired, so we went to bed early.

All told, a day well-spent.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Oilers at Penguins – 8:00PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet
  • Canucks at Ducks – 10:30PM | Sportsnet
• NBA:
  • Wizards at Raptors – 7:30PM | TSN
  • Rockets at Timberwolves – 8:00PM | ESPN
  • Warriors at Trail Blazers – 10:30PM | ESPN / TSN
• NCAA:
  • Providence at Villanova – 6:30PM | FS1
  • Clemson at Miami – 7:00PM | ESPN2
  • Richmond at VCU – 7:00PM | ESPNU
  • Georgetown at Seton Hall – 8:30PM | FS1
  • Texas Tech at Oklahoma State – 9:00PM | ESPN2
  • Vanderbilt at Florida – 9:00PM | ESPNU
  • Arizona State at Colorado – 10:30PM | FS1

Guys…GUYS! I saw the uploaded photos for the next edition of Sunday Gravy. GONNA BE TASTY!