Your “Jesting At Scars That Never Felt A Wound” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Noise:

• Greg Olsen sounds like a person done with all that shit, and has no intent on being part of a rebuild.
  • “No one ever gets to write their ending, write their final script. As I told you guys on the day we found out about Ron [Rivera being fired], change sometimes leads to other changes. It’s hard to predict when and where that comes.”
  • In 2020, he is scheduled to earn $8.5 million, with an $11.8 million cap hit.
    • The team has the option of a buyout, and a $3.3 million dead-cap penalty on their salary cap.

• DAK! has an injured shoulder, which is limiting his practice this week.
  • He is scheduled for Sunday’s BIG GAME against the Eagles.
  • Backup QB Cooper Rush is not taking any first-team reps, indicating DAK is projected to start.

^{Cooper Rush, Cooper Manning, Cooper Kupp, and a Cooper.}

• The Pro Bowl players were announced yesterday. Among the highlights:
  • The Ravens lead the NFL with 12 players named.
  • The Saints lead the NFC with seven nods.
  • The Dolphins & Giants didn’t have anyone named.  
  • Biggest snubs?
    • Dak Prescott.
    • Julian Edelman.
  • Perennial who didn’t make it?
    • Tom Brady.
      • He has been named 14 times, so I doubt he’s sad – beyond not triggering a bonus clause in his contract.
        • Which means Gisele’s gonna have to have a talk with her husband…

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Avalanche at Blackhawks – 8:00PM | NBCSN
  • Oilers at Blues – 8:30PM | Sportsnet
• NBA:
  • Raptors at Pistons – 7:00PM | TSN
  • Heat at 76ers – 7:00PM | ESPN / Sportsnet1
  • Celtics at Mavericks – 9:30PM | ESPN / TSN
  • Warriors at Trail Blazers – 10:00PM | Sportsnet1
• NCAA: (select games listed)
  • Tennessee at Cincinnati – 7:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN5
  • North *Carolina at Gonzaga – 9:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN5
  • Kentucky vs. Utah – 11:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN5
    • from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
• Wrasslin’:
  • Possibly the biggest televised night of the year, as it’s the last “live” shows before hiatus.
    • AEW Dynamite – 8:00PM | TNT / TSN2
    • NXT – 8:00PM | USA / (Friday in Canada)

I would wrap this up by pointing out that Amari Cooper doesn’t have time for any of my shit about any part of his name.

Agreed.