Your “Watching The World Pass By” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• Dissention in the ranks as the league’s GMs vote to delay the draft but the league office refuses.
  • The GMs want the delay because they haven’t been able to do their “due diligence” in preparing for the draft.
    • Things like player physicals, gathering psychological testing, and getting further verified information about the players.
      • Because getting such vital details will surely prevent teams from drafting players like Vince Young & JaMarcus Russell with high-round draft picks.
  • The league wants to keep the dates in order to avoid having to shift further events later.
    • Late Tuesday, Commissioner Roger Goodell sent out a statement announcing that all 32 team facilities would be closed beginning Wednesday.

• The Saints signed Janoris Jenkins to a two-year contract extension.
  • It’s worth $16.75 million, bringing the saints’ investment in him to three years & $27 million.

• Ndamukong Suh is staying in Tampa.
  • It’s a one-year, $8 million deal, down from the one-year, $9.5 million deal he had for 2019.
    • It’s been a steep drop for Suh since his three-year, $50 million contract with the Dolphins ended in 2017.

• Cam Newton passed his exit physical, so you know what that means, and DrawPlayDave is all over it.

Cam to New England?https://t.co/Sa8ijFXDWO pic.twitter.com/P8qL80r3if

— Dave Rappoccio (@DrawPlayDave) March 25, 2020

Finally, the Rams are going to throw Eric Dickerson in front of the fanbase vis-à-vis the new logo.

• As the Rams’ vice president of business development, people have been tweeting at him about the new look, which he also isn’t a fan of.
  • He’s apparently going to try & have a meeting with the marketing department.

.@RamsNFL fans, I reviewed your comments regarding our new logos and share in your disappointment. I’ll be speaking with the Rams on our behalf. Please like if you prefer the logo on the left and retweet to vote for the logo on the right (Rams booster club).
-The Rambassador pic.twitter.com/wZuzCzwdER

— Eric Dickerson (@EricDickerson) March 25, 2020

Today’s internet good dog is Bogey, a Golden Retriever pup who gets caught between biting his tail & trying to roll over.

This is Bogey. He was pupset about the Olympics being postponed until he realized that's just more time to perfect his routine. 14/10 pic.twitter.com/uAcw789Z1z

— WeRateDogs (@dog_rates) March 25, 2020

Wait’ll he learns about balls!

Tonight’s … entertainment?:

• Wrasslin’:
  • AEW Dynamite – 8:00PM | TNT / TSN3
  • NXT – 8:00PM | USA
• Forged in Fire – 9:00 PM | History Channel
  • Four first responder bladesmiths are tasked with forging tactical knives out of rescue tools. Ultimately two smiths persevere and return home to recreate one of the most important tools in a firefighter’s arsenal: the Halligan Bar.
• Brockmire – 10:00 PM | IFC / ctvcomedy.ca
  • Jim is trying hard to enact change in the league but the owners don’t seem to care or want it.
• Engineering Catastrophes – 11:08 PM | Science Channel
  • A brand-new bridge suddenly collapses in Miami and several die in a horrifying calamity. Experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong and how an innovative bridge-building technique could be to blame.
  • Given how many people here enjoy posting engineering pics & gifs, well – here you go.

Have a good time commenting tonight. I’m going to try & overcome my writer’s block.