Your “Cool Dad vs. Actual Dad” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Nuggets:

• Tuesday at midnight marks the end of the compensatory pick portion of free agency.
  • Meaning that, after tonight, teams losing players to free agency no longer get compensatory picks as a result of that loss, and teams signing players don’t lose picks.
    • Which then means that some players who have been waiting for offers will get signed.
  • Ndamukong Suh and Ziggy Ansah are the highest-profile free agents unsigned.

• Lots of kicker talk today:
  • Marquette King, ex- of the Raiders & Broncos, is trying out for the Texans, who I am told are an actual NFL team.
  • The Bears acquired Eddy Pineiro from the Raiders for a conditional 7th-round pick, provided he stays on the active roster for five games this season.

• Jason Pierre-Paul is likely out for the season after fracturing his neck in a one-car car accident.
  • It’s hard to keep both hands on the wheel when you don’t have a full compliment of hands.
  • It all comes down to if he needs surgery.
  • It really screws over the Bucs because they didn’t draft any linemen, so will have to either promote from within or sign someone new.

Tampa DE Jason Pierre Paul suffered a potential season-ending fractured neck injury in a single-car accident last week in south Florida, league sources tell ESPN. Pierre-Paul will visit neck specialists this week to get their opinions to see if there’s hope to save this season.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 7, 2019

Finally, Joe Namath admits to a drinking problem in his new book, “All the Way: My Life in Four Quarters”.

• It’s his first book in 50 years.

• Namath says he drank excessively because a voice in his head told him to. To combat the urge, Namath came up with a name for the voice: Slick.

• Most of his adult life has been an attempt to control those voices. But he couldn’t always control the amount or time of his drinking. But, he says he hasn’t had a drink since the infamous Suzy Kolber interview in 2003.

• Which means his Super Bowl coin toss was completely sober.

ESPN says he doesn’t talk about all the women, just the late nights. He does talk about the travails of fame, the advantages it’s given him, and the toll the game & lifestyle took on him. It should be a quality read.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL: Game 7, Bay-Bay!
  • Stars at Blues – 8:00PM | NBCSN / CBC
• NBA:
  • 76ers at Raptors – 8:00PM | TNT / Sportsnet
  • Trail Blazers at Nuggets – 10:30PM | TNT / TSN
• MLB:
  • Twins at Blue Jays – 7:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Phillies at Cardinals – 7:45PM | MLBN
• WWE:
  • Smackdown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360

A little something for everyone tonight, and if the sports becomes tiresome you can always argue about Game of Thrones, and what editing error will show up next. Having seen “Bohemian Rhapsody”, a coffee cup on a table should qualify GoT for all the editing Emmys.