NFL News:
- Dak Prescott has one-upped the Cowboys & signed his franchise tender.
- Now he’s winning the PR battle, because he’s not holding out of training camp.
- The one-year tender is worth $31.4 million, per league guidelines.
- The holdup to a long-term deal is the length of the contract.
- Dak wants four, so he can hit free agency again at 30.
- The Cowboys want five, to maximize their return on the investment.
- The holdup to a long-term deal is the length of the contract.
- FYI – the franchise tag for QBs in 2021 will be $37.68 million.
- David Tyree is no longer the Giants’ director of player development.
- He had been in the job since 2014.
- He will now be turning his attention to a juice shop he’s opening in New Jersey.
- It’s called “Clean Juice”, and they’ve got franchise opportunities available NEAR YOU!
- The NFL is getting pushback from both teams and players because they are forcing them to identify & codify their “contact tiers”.
- This is important because the agreement to reopen contains specifics about whom & how many people in each tier are allowed to interact.
- Tier 2 are people like general managers, football operations employees, other assistant coaches, video personnel, security and other essential personnel.
- There will be daily testing of all Tier 1 & 2 employees, and there might be “surprise inspections” by the league & union.
- This is important because the agreement to reopen contains specifics about whom & how many people in each tier are allowed to interact.
MXC Monday – Episode 113: “Gambling Industry vs. Medical Professionals”
- This should be near & dear to Hippo.
“The classic battle between care givers and card counters.”
This was the last episode of the first season. Don’t worry – we have four more seasons to go. Hopefully sports will come back by that point.
Tonight’s … entertainment?:
- Ford v Ferrari – 7:25 PM | HBO
- A fantastic car movie. Worth your time.
- Wrasslin’:
- Monday Night RAW – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
- In case you missed it, or didn’t care at the time, I broke down the madness that’s gone on in wrestling over the last few days. I think it’s worth your time.
- We all had fun in the comments.
- Top Rank Boxing on ESPN – 8:00 PM | ESPN
- Moloney-Franco (super flyweights)
- Andrew Moloney (21-0, 14 KOs) vs. Joshua Franco (16-1-2, 8 KOs) in a super-flyweight title bout in Las Vegas.
- Moloney-Franco (super flyweights)
- Botched – 9:00PM | E! / E! Canada
- Pop-up fun facts from Season 6, Episode 13.
- KBO League:
- Doosan Bears vs. SK Wyverns – 5:25AM | ESPN / TSN3
How desperate are the networks for any real sports? Here’s the highlighted post-midnight offering from “The Deuce”.
- Classic WNBA Basketball: 2018: Phoenix Mercury at Seattle Storm – 2:00 AM | ESPN2
Networks, like blogs, need #content.
Rob, i just want to reiterate your handling of the wrestling story was excellent. Reddit has been all over the place on it, and for obvious reasons, I couldn’t use uproxx
Thanks.
You are ASKING to get robbed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXna1a-806Q
8/10 on the ALXMAC movie rating.
(Seizure Warning)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97OkCXwotE
MOTHERFUCKER.
California had in the neighborhood of 6k new ‘rona cases today, and it looks like deaths are starting to ramp up again too.
Guess I’d better gird my loins for another three months of isolation.
At least yer not in AZ, FL, OK, or 18 other states….
I’m going to the store to stock up again tomorrow. There had better be some goddamn toilet paper!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH1xpPjquAM
This looks like something you’d see at Gadzooks in 1991.
Is it Friday yet?
Ugh