Your “I Guess I Should Do Something” First Preseason Game Thread

I’m giving Scotchy the night off. The man works hard, and shouldn’t be forced to labour under the aspersion there is meaning to the first preseason games of the year. Thus, this thread will serve a dual purpose of entertaining & preparing for the evening contests.

NFL Nuggets:

• It’s worse than they thought: Nick Bosa will sit out the whole preseason due to his ankle injury.
  • It’s a high-ankle sprain, which comes on the heels of his hamstring injury, which followed the “core muscle” injury that cost him most of tOSU’s season.
  • Laughably, GM John Lynch forced through his teeth that, “[w]e don’t feel he is injury prone. […] Yesterday he had a big human being fall on his leg while he was engaged with someone else.”

• Apparently seeming full of riches, the Browns have traded Duke Johnson to the Texans.
  • In exchange, the Browns get a guaranteed 4th-round pick in 202, which becomes a third-rounder if Johnson plays in ten games.

• This has to gall the Benson family: The Saints have had to join the NFL in opposing the fan petition to sue the NFL & force Roger Goodell to be deposed.
  • Quoting ESPN, “[i]n a Wednesday-night filing with Louisiana’s Supreme Court, the Saints said allowing the lawsuit to proceed would “open the door to countless legal claims” that would overburden courts, the league and its teams.
    • The ultimate goal is to have it dismissed before it proceeds to pre-trial, and Roger Goodell is forced to answer questions under oath about NFL operations.
  • The only reason it has gotten further than any other case is because of the guy who filed it.
    • Again from ESPN: “The lawsuit crafted by Saints fan and attorney Tony LeMon is put together in such a way to avoid having it taken over by a federal court, in part by keeping the damages sought low. The lawsuit alleges fraud by NFL officials.”

Oh, and this guy had something to say:

5am. 5 days a week. For 3 years. Still Ready. pic.twitter.com/AGczejA1rM

— Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) August 7, 2019

• If all the GMs ignore it now, it’ll be easier for them to ignore it in October.

Tonight’s sports:

• NFL Preseason: the picture serves as game analysis 
  • Jets vs. Giants – 7:00PM | NFL Network
    • Watch Eli sip juice on the sidelines while Dukey Duke tries to not look like a bust.
  • LA Galaxy’s tenants vs. Cardinals – 10:00PM | NFL Network
    • Watch Philip on the sideline contemplate his eighth kid while the False Prophet of Arizona gets his first pro snaps.
• CFL:
  • Stampeders vs. Blue Bombers – 8:30PM | TSN / ESPN+
• Beisbol:
  • MLB:
    • Yankees at Blue Jays – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Little League World Series Regional Semi-finals:
    • Washington D.C. vs. New York – 7:00PM | ESPN
    • Northern California vs. Hawaii – 9:00PM | ESPN
• WNBA Basketball:
  • Phoenix Mercury at Los Angeles Sparks – 10:00PM | ESPN2
• Fisticuffs:
  • Professional Fighters League: PFL 6 in Atlantic City, N.J. – 8:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN2

That’s it for me this week. I’ll be back in aboot 10 days. Have a swell time!