NFL Noise:

• Despite nothing new to broadcast, Amazon has re-upped its broadcast deal with the NFL.
  • They will continue to stream 11 Thursday-night games, with the added bonus of a late-season, Saturday exclusive game to broadcast.
    • A league concession is that the game will also be broadcast over-the-air in both teams’ home market.

• The Falcons have declined the fifth-year option on Takkarist McKinley, meaning he will become a free agent at the end of the 2020 season.
  • A tail-off in production after two strong years meant the Falcons were ready to cut bait and try to draft their next big thing.

• Bashaud Breeland had a bad night Tuesday, waking up Wednesday facing a slew of misdemeanour charges.
  • He was arrested & charged with resisting arrest, having alcohol in a motor vehicle with the seal broken, having an open container of beer or wine in a motor vehicle, possession of 28 grams or less of marijuana or 10 grams of hash, and driving without a license.
    • According to ESPN, in searching Breeland’s car, the officer found a blunt weighing 1.3 grams, other marijuana weighing about 3.2 grams, two open bottles of Corona beer and an open bottle of Patron.
      • Plus, they had to draw a taser & then a gun to get him to stop trying to leave the scene.

Finally, people aren’t done trying to hasten the Packers-Rodgers divorce.

• The talking armpits at nfl.com come down Peter King (50/50) on the whole affair.
  • Some say it’s smart, like they tried with Rodgers under Favre, and more recently with Alex Smith mentoring both Colin Kaepernick & Patrick Mahomes.
  • The others say that it’s too long a mentor period, and guarantees one of the two is done sooner than expected in Green Bay.
• Olivia Munn Brett Favre speculates that Rodgers will eventually play somewhere else.
  • It’s not Aaron’s job to mentor Jordan Love,” Favre said. “I guarantee you [the Love pick] got the gears going in Aaron’s mind,” Favre said.

Today’s good internet dog is Bill Belichick’s dog Nike (of course. #branding). At least he was much better to look at draft night than Grumblelord himself.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B_YhaK0Hfiq/?utm_source=ig_embed

He is a 2.5 year-old Alaskan Klee Kai dog, and the trick was having treats beside the computer & waiting for Belichick to give him the signal to go. So, just like Brady.

Put this in the Smithsonian. pic.twitter.com/krplmziCHS

— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) April 24, 2020

Tonight’s … entertainment?:

• Wrasslin’:
  • AEW Dynamite – 8:00PM | TNT / TSN2
    • they have two more weeks of taped episodes from Georgia in the can, and then will use the Florida laws to get back to shooting more shows.
  • NXT – 8:00PM | USA
• Goldfinger – 8:00 PM | BBC America
  • Oh, I’m sorry – do you need a preview? It’s Goldfinger.
• Classic Boxing – ESPN Classic
  • 9:00PM – Ali-Norton II
  • 10:00PM – Ali-Frazier II
  • 11:00PM – Leonard-Duran III
• Forged in Fire – 9:00PM | HIST
  • Four smiths are tasked with forging signature blades from scrap metal shavings. After two intense rounds, the remaining smiths head home to recreate the Nimcha, a sword traditionally made from recycled blades.
• What We Do in the Shadows – 10:00 PM | FX / FX Canada
  • While the vampires fear they’ve been electronically cursed, Guillermo tries to thwart a deadly threat to his masters.

That’s a fair bit of good TV for a shitty, non-baseball Wednesday evening. Please – enjoy yourselves.