Your MXC Monday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• The big news of the day was the media troll job Dan Snyder pulled off in regards to the [Redacteds] name change.
  • They announced Sunday they would have an announcement Monday, which just turned out to be that they were retiring their name & logo, and  embarking upon a new name change quest.

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— Washington Commanders (@Commanders) July 13, 2020

• The franchise tag deadline is July 15th, and apparently the Cowboys & Dak Prescott haven’t spoken since March. 
  • If they fail to get anything done, Dak plays on a one-year, $31.4 million franchise tender.
    • If they fail to sign a deal before July 15, 2021, his tag becomes 120% of the 2020 value, or roughly $39 million.
  • The main sticking point seems to be the length of the deal.
    • The team wants five years; Dak wants four, so he can hit free agency again while in his 20s.
  • No word on whether the Mahomes deal has emboldened either side.

• Oakley has come up with a mouth shield that it has already distributed to the LA-based teams for testing. 
  • The basic addition is the area around the mouth guard – the helmet to the right has both an eye & mouth shield, but it could come with just a basic mouth guard.
    • The big planning fear is around claustrophobia – whether players think they can breathe with the shield in place.
  • One detractor – JJ Watt.
    • “My second year in the league I thought it’d be cool, I put a visor on my helmet,” Watt told ProFootballTalk. “I was like, ‘It looks so cool, I wanna put a visor on.’ I had it on for about three periods of practice and I said, ‘Take this sucker off — I’m gonna die out here.’ … So now you’re gonna put something around my mouth? You can keep that. If that comes into play, I don’t think you’re gonna see me on the field.”

• DeSean Jackson’s going to Auschwitz.
  • He agreed to it after a Zoom call with a 94-year-old survivor of Mauthausen.
    • The organization Edward Mosberg chairs – From The Depths – will arrange the tour.
    • No word on whether Julian Edelman will accompany him.

Finally, I’m just going to let this block quote speak for itself:

Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher, Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce and 2014 NFL Offensive Player of the Year DeMarco Murray are part of a group of investors who have joined power couple Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez in a bid to buy the New York Mets.

Their $1.7 billion bid is currently behind the $2.0 billion bid by local businessman Steve Cohen.

• Other investors include future Hall of Fame offensive lineman Joe Thomas, who spent his entire career with the Cleveland Browns, two-time NBA All-Star Bradley Beal from the Washington Wizards, and Denver Nuggets center Mason Plumlee.

MXC Monday:

Episode 203: Cable TV Workers vs. White House Employees – “Counter Intelligence versus Counter Programming”

Both have provided employment  for numerous executives without the skills or creative vision to make it on network TV.

Tonight’s … entertainment?:

• Wrasslin’:
  • Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
• MLS is Back Tournament:
  • Los Angeles FC vs. Houston Dynamo – 8:00PM | FS1 / TSN
  • Los Angeles Galaxy vs. Portland Timbers – 10:30PM | FS1 / TSN

New week; new rumours. As we get closer to training camp we should expect the craziness to begin emerging. Yippee!