NFL Noise:
- It’s official – Carson Wentz to the Colts for two draft picks. It becomes official once the new league year begins on March 17.
- In exchange for a 2021 third-round pick and a conditional 2022 second-rounder.
- The 2022 conditional second-round pick becomes a first-round selection if Wentz plays 75 percent of the snaps in 2021, or 70 percent and the Colts make the playoffs.
- Also, the Bears never made an offer, despite plenty of rumours.
- They looked at Mitchell Trubisky & Nick Foles, then looked at Carson Wentz, and went, “Nah; we’re good.”
- A true vote of indifference!
- They looked at Mitchell Trubisky & Nick Foles, then looked at Carson Wentz, and went, “Nah; we’re good.”
- In exchange for a 2021 third-round pick and a conditional 2022 second-rounder.
- Hilariously, the trade will still leave the Eagles with $33.82 million in dead money on their 2021 salary cap, the largest dead-cap hit in NFL history.
- This means the rebuild will extend deep into 2022. That should make the callers to WIP very happy.
It's over. Carson Wentz has been traded. 🚨https://t.co/eSYMuyiFAJ
— SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) February 18, 2021
- Helpfully for the Eagles, the NFL & NFLPA have agreed that the minimum salary cap for 2021 will be “at least” $180 million.
- This is a rise of $5 million over the “temporary cap” they agreed to prior to the start of the 2020 season.
- In theory, it could rise further, once all incorporated revenues are tabulated across the league.
- For comparison, $5 million was the 2020 base salary for Leonard Floyd, Tyrod Taylor and all-around pleasant fellow Richie Incognito.
- This is a rise of $5 million over the “temporary cap” they agreed to prior to the start of the 2020 season.
- For the stats nerds among us, an analytics guy broke down the trade the Eagles made to draft Wentz in the first place.
- The Eagles traded up with Cleveland to get their #2 pick in 2016.
- They gave the Browns their 2016 & 2017 #1 picks, their #2 pick in 2018, and a 3rd & 4th in 2016 for the Browns #1 pick.
- The mind-boggling part of the trade breaks down two ways:
- He shows who the Browns could have had with those picks; and
- He shows what the Browns did with those picks, and what they got in return.
- The Eagles traded up with Cleveland to get their #2 pick in 2016.
Mindboggling. I know we all joke about certain teams missing in a draft, but this serial fuckuppery by the Browns should be taught in college business programs.
Tonight’s sports:
- NHL:
- New Jersey vs Boston – 7:00pm | Sportsnet
- NY Islanders vs Pittsburgh – 7:00pm | NHLN
- Minnesota vs Anaheim – 10:00pm | Sportsnet
- NBA:
- Toronto vs Milwaukee – 7:30pm | TNT / TSN
- Brooklyn vs LA Lakers – 10:00pm | TNT / TSN
- Miami vs Sacramento – 10:00pm | Sportsnet1
- NCAA:
- Iowa at Wisconsin – 7:00pm | ESPN
- Houston at Wichita State – 7:00pm | ESPN2
- Saint Mary’s at Gonzaga – 9:00pm | ESPN
- Arizona at UCLA – 9:00pm | ESPN2 / TSN2
- Rutgers at Michigan – 9:00pm | FS1
- Colorado at Oregon – 11:00pm | ESPN2 / TSN2
- Stanford at Washington – 11:00pm | FS1
That’s it for me. Balls has got you tomorrow night for teh sexy, so I’ll catch up with you crazy cats on Saturday.
Fuck this week
Getting to be an evergreen comment
lol
https://twitter.com/Ygrene/status/1005573810211475456
James Harrison approves.
Who would’ve thought Ted Cruz retweeting incest porn videos on 9/11 a few years ago would be the most honorable thing he ever did while in office?
Me, I thought that. He’s always been a creep.
This long distance request and dedication goes out to a certain Senator from Texas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e_huGmZJ3g
I’m sure I have posted this at some point in the past, too bad. This guy is one of my favorite musicians.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feanrrMD_ak
I’ve seen JT twice in concert (I AM OLD)
He is terrific and also old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kclrRTgXfrY
Sweet and/or pleasantly bitter dreams y’all, I’m going to go read some sort of book in bed
After 5 gin drinks? I can barely concentrate on a book after 1 drink.
So, good for you!
I can never remember what I read when I am drunk. Kindle has helped out on this.
“Some sort of book”.
Weather radar has shown a huge snowstorm laying it on my location since about 7 PM supposed to last till midnight. I have looked out the window regularly and haven’t seen a flake. Fine with me.
Fake news from The Weather Channel? Is nothing fucking sacred anymore?!
The founder of the Weather Channel, John Coleman, was a climate change skeptic/denier.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2018/01/21/john-coleman-weather-channel-founder-and-climate-change-doubter-dies-at-83/
You can still disbelieve in the thing making you money. Just ask Jerry Falwell.
Jerry Jr sez:
Not enough to unmute
BUT, opens the floor to pairing sportscasters with drinks:
Spiro Dedes – Rum
Tony Romo – Arnold Palmers
Dan Fouts – John Dalys (half beer, half beef bouillon)
Adam Archuleta – Asphalt
Suggest Spiro should be paired with ouzo, in tribute to his Greek heritage.
I thought a John Daly was an Arnold Palmer with lots of vodka
Pretty sure Al Michaels is going for cask strength scotch. Collinsworth probably a bourbon guy.
I see Collinsworth as a Zima drinker.
a) used to?
b) shouldn’t he be more fun on a tequila drunk?
c) maybe it wasn’t enough tequila?
d) nah, some things/people even tequila can’t make better
e) yes, I am ashamed of my misuse of a lettered list
Well, I can confirm that Joe Buck likes tequila…
That was a great prank.
Shit Jose Cuervo, or some of that smooth smooth Don Julio 1942? Wish the 1942 was a bit less expensive, but there you go.
It was almost certainly decent-to-excellent tequila given the establishment I saw him at. It’s actually a pretty cool bar, I miss not having been there.
Dang, I forgot about your encounter. Maybe I was drinking tequila the night it was posted.
Oh, no reason you should remember it; I wasn’t sure anyone would catch the reference.
https://youtu.be/Uw0FZRTnPLc?list=PLpwRg-cqClWADnQdhiLdE4mY3R_3bGAST
Not sure about the giant trousers. Maybe it’s a music thing?
I prefer the Rob Schneider version
I never should’ve been in that relationship. In my defense, it wasn’t until today that stuff was clarified after receiving my first “I’m not the antichrist” text.
I’m the pro-Christ!
*as in professional, not the prefix
Full article, published when Jordan returned to the Bulls.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theonion.com/christ-returns-to-nba-1819563859/amp
I worked with a O-3 captain named Sarah Christ. She pronounced it krist. Whenever she had a question or something, I’d act all exasperated and exclaim “Sarah H. Christ!!!” in the traditional pronunciation. She was a good sport and thought it was funny. I think she’s a full colonel or a one-star these days. I probably wouldn’t say that to her now.
The higher you get the more you gotta be self-deprecating cause can’t punch down, hope she makes it to 4-star like the promos that were just in the news 🙂
She was Civil Engineering career path, 4 star is a bridge too far. Highest a CE officer can achieve is Commander, USAF Installation Mission and Support Command, which is always a Major General (2 Star). 3 and 4 star slots in the Air Force are usually reserved for pilots and some medical types.
2 star is nothing to scoff at, although interesting that it pans out that way. Considering the way armed conflict works out nowadays it may not matter, but seems inefficient to limit the top ranks based on where you start and area of expertise. I shouldn’t really talk since I don’t know what the expectations are for the bigwigs, but it’s probably subjective at that point?
Some commands aren’t large enough to rate a high-ranking commander. Navy Special Forces commander (SEALs) is a one-star admiral, that’s as high as a special ops officer can aspire to. The AFIMSC which I labor under was only stood up in 2014; our commander for the first two years was MGen Carter, a female 2-star.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_Installation_and_Mission_Support_Center
So there’s nothing above that other than non-promoted spots? I guess I’m comparing to corporate, where if someone from any function were to go into management they could go past the highest management spot in that function, e.g. an engineer isn’t limited to engineering manager or CTO, but could be CEO
I think some can choose staff leadership career paths if they want to rise to Joint Chief/Vice Joint Chiefs staff status, but to be honest, I don’t pay that much attention to it. Leadership changes every year or two and I just keep my head down and do my job. We change colonels like other people change their shoes.
This was the clingy lady?
It’s been a recurring theme. Sigh.
It’s less distressing when one is the clingy one. Until dignity kicks in.
I think it’s distressing from either side within certain bounds. If I can go a year with someone without ever feeling like I’m talking to them too much or not enough then that’s probably marriage material right there, assuming they have decent credit.
The last time I requested a credit score, Experian sent me newspapers, with dead fish inside.
My Name is Earl, Season 1, Episode 4, “Faked My Own Death”
Ultimate clingy gf tale. Worth tracking down and watching, even if you have to pay a buck or two.
Oh shit…defending Jeopardy champ lost tonight because he guessed William Jennings Bryant on the Final question. That must be an ancestor of Kobe.
Was he crucified on a cross of pyrite?
I would prefer to watch THIS version of the show.
AFC South QBs:
-Wentz
-Some rookie
-The Shawn’s trade haul
-THE Ryan Fucking Tannehill
https://youtu.be/12MkmNKRYu4
Young people’s music is frightening. Here’s a proper Celebration song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GsxngIzc3c
If you aren’t wearing a rhinestone jumpsuit I don’t know why I should listen to you
It’s Thong Thursday. Jumpsuits are the Sundays.
This one is pretty good too. The use of it in 3 Kings was awesome. Nice funky beat, from the first all-white band signed by Motown Records.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRVPLPFoJL0
¡Farru! Uf, eso es crema. Mi favorita, if you can get thru the 1:30 interminable intro
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6LXuL32_RMM
Oh this is good. Don’t have this on my local radio!
How are you able to type with your Titans boner getting in the way of your keyboard?
Dictation plus hhcchcghv
Bill Walton is delightful as ever on ESPN2 (UCLA-Arizona).
Mostly, I enjoy that many people hate him and their sportsball-watching is a bad experience as a result. I like the guy, but he’s definitely not for everyone.
I don’t really watch basketball, so I don’t hear him much. I like him, but I suspect he’s a “limited doses” guy for me.
Bill Walton is also a fan of limited doses.
Not positive he limits anything ever.
THAT WAS HORRRRRRRIBLE!!!
Not an adequate Moose impression, but oh well.
https://vimeo.com/514109692
Gene Hackman as the “hip” minister is groping Stella Stevens all the way (+1). Also, what’s the deal with the chairs?
When I lived in Turkey, the base chaplain was a handsome Irish Catholic priest who was at the Officer’s Club just about every night and was not shy about having a dram or two. Like I said, handsome and unmarried in the hothouse/aquarium of a remote US outpost in a foreign land. He must have plowed every school teacher aged 25 to 50 years of age that taught at the school I attended, and a few frustrated housewives as well.
Last relative to what? Last of the day, last of the hour, last of the Mohicans?
-Zymm, before her fifth and almost certainly last gin cocktail of the night
Not totally wishing for a pic of ZymGinVom later, but I think we’re gonna see it anyway.
Unlikely, but I’ll be sure to take a picture should it happen! More likely, I slack off during my workout tomorrow and follow up by eating a lot of beans and jackfruit with a sketchy tummy.
Maybe DZ will pass out before the purple/technicolor yawn comes up the ol’ esophagus.
With that facial expression, she looks like she’s asking me for revenue estimates
I’d say she’s wondering if that was a shart, or just a fart…
White g-string in a pool, you know immediately
LOL
what the?
That’s excellent.
A Thark would have worked, too, but maybe a bit too obscure since no one saw the movie (as a kid I read all the John Carter of Mars books and I loved the movie, myself).
I bought and installed a new dash-cam today, just like a Russian. Front and rear cameras, 4K/60fps, I can’t wait for something crazy to happen.
Hopefully yes, but what’s probably most likely to happen is you realize just how risky turning your head to check your blind spot actually is at highway speeds
It would be really cool if you were driving a Lada.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0n4U3lNFyA
Why yes, blurple is a lovely color!
-Zymm, before her fourth and probably last gin cocktail of the night
https://imgur.com/a/ETstI3W
They are overplaying commercials for the New Punky Brewster up here. Every time I see that fucking thing marijuana stocks go up due to my rage. We are almost at Fulham loss rage with the amount of times I see that fucking thing.
New Punky Brewster? Really? Let’s go full on idiotic remake and bring back “Small Wonder”.
I would 100% watch a Small Wonder/Futurama crossover
Is it better or worse than the autistic dr show?
/ won’t watch either
Why are you watching commercials anyway? Shouldn’t you be using that time to refill your drink/go pee/make a snack/form an opinion about socks?
I’m not even familiar with the Old Punky Brewster; not my generation I guess. Fred Sanford and Archie Bunker and Maude, sure.
Let’s get that guy who tweeted about Fartson Wentz a tv show, i would imagine he’s a genius
Here’s a fun drinking game you can play if you find yourself driving around Los Angeles.
Set an alarm for 30 minutes and start driving on the L.A. freeways. Tune the radio to 101.1 FM. This is “K-Earth 101” which is the oldies station. It used to play Elvis and The Beatles but now the 90s is oldies.
Keep a big bottle of 80+ proof booze between your legs, and take a big gulp from it anytime one of the following songs plays within the 30 minute period:
“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” – Cyndi Lauper
“Come on Eileen” – Dexy’s Midnight Runners
“The Promise” – When in Rome
“Africa” – Toto
“Tainted Love” – Soft Cell
This drinking contest is rigged however and you will be hammered and put in jail with Mel Gibson after you crash into the ocean because these are the only five songs that K-Earth 101 ever plays.
Aren’t those all 80s?
Yeah I meant 80s. Drink.
On it.
Make sure you’re driving.
I’m driving an imaginary civilization to the brink of greatness
“Yeah, that’s a fun game, but I like to spice it up by taking a pill every time they play ‘Jesse’s Girl’ or ‘Who Can It Be Now?’.” — Britt Reid
Double shot if they play Turning Japanese?
I say it so often that you’re all probably sick of it but, the sport with the highest occurrence of nicknames is almost certainly women’s billiards.
It’s probably the only place where women can regularly get nicknames other than “the girl”
Qualifications for joining the Columbus hockey-talking guy broadcast team appear to include complete ignorance of the rules of hockey, and several recent concussions.
And this is the purplest cocktail of them all!
-Zymm, before her third gin cocktail of the day
Balls Magazine, eh? And yet that’s clearly a buckeyball on the cover smh.
Balls is the issue title/theme, the magazine is Public Illumination
Found this guy recently-the bit is that he’s an unemployed sommelier that tastes nasty stuff like Mad Dog, Everclear, Four Loko and on and on. In this one Miller High Life pairs well with “a Jean Claude Van Damme 8 hour movie marathon”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9CXtwmZ3C8&ab_channel=unemployedwineguy
ICYMI some guy who makes youtube video from his bedroom about stocks testified before those clowns in Congress today and, this is how you know he doesn’t know what he’s doing, actually answered their questions! With what appears to be the truth!
Pfft, amateur. He should have taken the opportunity to tell Congress about his awesome new health care plan and campaign for sheriff!
He’ll never make it in politics!
He’ll steal enough votes as the Green Party VP to ensure a President Rubio in 2024!
Teams have hired economists to do draft analysis before. I know this because one of them was my Behavioral Econ Prof at U of C Booth. He was initially hired by the Redacteds, but they didn’t feel like listening to the stuff they paid $$$ for and the Cowboys scooped it up afterwards
Well, looks like we aren’t quite done yet. Snowed for about 7 hours today, and another wave will be here soon and is supposed to last for about another 5 hours; hard freeze tonight in the teens, but we should start marginally warming up tomorrow afternoon and through the weekend. High next Wednesday should be in the low 70s. The electric co-op seems have their shit together, currently only 4,500 homes/businesses without power out of 351,000 homes/businesses over 8,100 sq mile service area. I dodged a bullet and never had an outage, but I bet my light bill is going to be horrendous. Now the state has to get to repairing shit. Fortunately Ted Cruz is back from Cancun to help with that effort.
You have water too? I’ve got a friend in Denton who’s had in and out power with a boil advisory. She was Peace Corps in Guinea though, so she can handle it, but still blows that she has to do bucket baths with bleach in freaking Texas
I have my own well, it’s powered by an electric downhole pump, and the pipes are very well insulated. So, the only way I’d lose water is if I lose electricity.
It wasn’t him!
Man, I can’t believe the Browns missed an opportunity to have Connor Cook be their QB.
Seriously, I can’t believe it; that seems like something they would have done. Twice, if allowed.
Well they had already taken Cody Kessler 7 spots earlier so, why bother drafting another qb ever after that.