Your “Well, I Guess That’s My Time…” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Notes:

• This sucks – Cam Akers suffered a torn Achilles while training before the start of camp. 
  • He’s out for the season.
    • The Rams are now left with a “backfield by committee” scenario, which they also had last year before Akers emerged as the #1 back.
  • In an ironic twist, they could sign former Ram Todd Gurley to join that committee.

• Well, we have some hints as to Rodgers’ future in Green Bay: he turned down an offseason contract extension.
  • It would have been for two extra years, and would have made him the highest-paid QB in the league.
  • He’s under contract through the 2023 season, and the team has said they won’t trade him.

• Okay, “No-fucks” Brady might be a good time.
  • Meeting with President Biden today as part of the Bucs’ Super Bowl tour, he took shots at the MAGA folks his choice of hats & golf partners would indicate he otherwise supports.
    • He also backhandedly laid into people who thought he was washed up when he signed with Tampa.
  • To wit:
    • “Not a lot of people think that we could have won. In fact I think about 40 percent of the people still don’t think we won.”
    • “We had a game in Chicago where I forgot what down it was. I lost track of one down in 21 years of playing. And they started calling me Sleepy Tom. Why would they do that to me?”

Tom Brady jokes at White House: Many people didn't believe the Buccaneers could win the Super Bowl — and 40% "still don't think we won."

Biden responds: "I understand that." https://t.co/DP6Fshfaak pic.twitter.com/yoWvjMRzB9

— Axios (@axios) July 20, 2021

I don’t think I’m prepared for this world.

Tonight’s sports:

• NBA:
  • Suns at Bucks – 9:00pm | ABC / Sportsnet
    • Game 6 – Bucks lead 3-2.
      • I better see Jake on the street lighting cop cars on fire during the post-game melee.
        • How else will he fit in to the Wisconsin dynamic? By doing his job?!
• MLB:
  • Red Sox at Blue Jays – 7:00pm | Sportsnet1 / MLBN
  • Orioles vs. Rays – 7:00pm | Youtube
  • Mets vs. Reds – 7:00pm | TSN2 / MLBN
  • Giants vs. Dodgers – 10:00pm | TSN2 / MLBN
• Futbol:
  • Gold Cup:
    • Group C final matches – 7:00pm | FS1 / FS2 / UNI / TUDN
    • Group D final matches – 9:00pm | FS1 / FS2 / UNI / TUDN
  • MLS:
    • Whitecaps FC vs. Houston – 10:00pm | TSN
• Wrestling:
  • NXT – 8:00pm | USA / Sportsnet360

The NHL Expansion Draft is tomorrow night, so here’s hoping the Kraken pick me up. Sure I’ve lost some lateral movement, but I still have a quick glove hand, and the pandemic pounds just mean I can compensate for the lost speed by taking up more of the net. Plus, my negligible cap hit means they’ll have room to snag Ovechkin.