Your “Shoulda Been You, Brady” Monday Evening Open Thread

New week; new server. Let’s see how it goes.

NFL Nuggets:

• Julian Edelman packed it in today, minutes after his release by the Patriots.
  • He failed a physical on his knee, and didn’t want to bother trying to sign somewhere else and having to learn, say, the Bengals Way,
    • But it was still “a privilege to have coached him,” mumbled Bill Belichick, before throwing Edelman’s stuff out of the locker room to make space for a future draft pick.
  • No word yet on who will replace him when someone needs to remind other players not to quote Hitler.
  • He clearly knew this was coming, because he made a video for all the FACKERS to enjoy.
    • Designed to anger the majority of [DFO] denizens, it’s titled “Foxboro Forever” rather than what the Right Reverend Electric Mayhem would offer – “Foxboro Delenda Est”.

https://twitter.com/Edelman11/status/1381722282570170373

• The Niners may have narrowed down their choice for the #3 pick.
  • Schefter says Niners GM John Lynch and coach Kyle Shanahan will attend the second pro days of Ohio State’s Justin Fields and North Dakota State’s Trey Lance.
  • Reminder: Jimmy G is still under contract until 2022, but he only has a dead cap hit of $1.4 million in the final year if they cut him.
    • His no-trade clause expires after the 2021 season.

• Britt Reid has finally – FINALLY – been charged with felony DWI.
  • According to authorities, a test of Reid’s blood serum after the crash showed his blood alcohol concentration to be at .113.
    • His truck’s onboard computer had him going 84 mph just two seconds before the crash.
  • Under Missouri state law, Class D felony DWI faces a potential punishment of a maximum seven years in prison.
    • The five year-old girl who was injured suffered “permanent brain injuries” according to her parents.

• The Browns are looking to add Jadeveon Clowney to their defense.
  • It would mark his fourth team in five years, after the Texans, Seahawks & Titans.
  • He’s coming off a torn meniscus, so he will likely be cheaper than the $13 million the Titans paid him last year.

• Speaking of Titans, Eddie George is going to be the coach at Tennessee State.
  • An HBCU based in Nashville, he joins a coaching staff that already includes former NFL cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.
  • Fun facts about TSU:
    • UT-Nashville was merged into TSU after a court case launched in 1968.
      • Due to concerns that the state was perpetuating a segregated system of higher education, because the local government was going to build a new facility for UT-N adjacent to TSU.
        • Essentially, the white university annex established in 1947 to teach adult high school completion would be getting new buildings & degree certification right next to the underfunded HBCU that was founded in 1912.
      • A decade of litigation ensued, ending in a court decision in 1977 which forced the merger of UTN into Tennessee State in 1979.
        • Because TSU was the larger school.
    • As the only public university in Nashville, it’s population is roughly 71% black, 15% white, and 14% other. (Forbes, 2018)
      • The sex ratios are 41% male & 59% female.
      • The most famous alumni is Oprah.

Oh, and Kevin James will be starring as Sean Payton in the Bountygate movie being produced by Adam Sandler.

• This comes under “sentences I totallty expected to type in 2021”.
• I look forward to David Spade as Brett Favre, Chris Rock as Jonathan Vilma, and Rob Schneider as Scott Fujita.
  • Fun facts:
    • Rob Schneider’s maternal grandmother is Filipina. So he’s not racist.
    • Scott Fujita was adopted as a baby by a Japanese father – who himself was born while his mother was interned during WWII in Arizona – and a white mother.

And if you read the article, Florio gets quite salty against the league. Almost like he’s trying to curry some favour…

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Chicago vs Columbus – 7:00pm | NHLN
  • Vegas vs Los Angeles – 10:00pm | Sportsnet
• NBA:
  • Phialdelphia vs Dallas – 7:30pm | ESPN / TSN
  • Denver vs Golden State – 10:00pm | ESPN / TSN
• MLB:
  • Yankees vs Blue Jays – 7:00pm | Sportsnet
• WWE:
  • Monday Night Raw – 8:00pm | USA / Sportsnet360
    • The “Night After Wrestlemania”, which usually means fallout from the weekend of changes, and new debuts or returns.

Kind of a quiet Monday. Let’s see how that turns out.

Thanks to all of you who have stuck through the site reorganization.