Your Thursday Night Football Open Thread (and some bad news)

How does one follow up Maestro’s glorious post? One does not, one simply distracts, is how one goes about it. (well, maybe one does a little clickbaity thingy) So here goes…

Does the bad news involve chicken wings? Why yes, it does. One of the many and varied things I do at worky-work is purchase proteins in large quantities. One of those items is 40 pound boxes of said wings. So back at the end of June the cost was a mere $99 and everyone was happy. The price has been climbing since then and will be sitting at $170 by the end of September. No, wings won’t disappear but you can probably count on your local hole-in-the-wall cancelling that magical night that is devoted to this particular food stuff. I told you it was bad news.

On To Football Stuff! [peruses headlines] There is very, very little football stuff going on right now.

-James Washington (who?) wants to be traded.

-Honey Badger wants a contract.

-Justin Fields will play on Saturday

Am I wrong in thinking that there should be more going on than this? We’re so close to the start of the season!

To The Game!

Pats/Eagles:

-Devonta Debut! He might just see his first action tonight! Philly fans are sorta curious and sorta, “No! He might get hurt!”. I guess they’re just practicing for later on in the season. But hell, if he does make it through the year there’s really no one out there to really compete for grabs is there? He might just be the first Eagle to go for a 1,000 yards since Jeremy Maclin did it in 2014. That’s a long time.

-Speaking of shitty teams with pathetic wr corps in this here passing league, the Pats signed Agholor for 22 million bucks to shore up that unit. Nelson had the one good (for him) season with Vegas and is now cashing in. Jeebers, does Bill ever have a blind spot at this position. Well, maybe N’Keal Harry will come around…

-I sorta feel sorry for Jalen Hurts because to me he’s all alone on an island out there and just doesn’t seem to have the support of front office. He’ll be discarded so fast if he struggles and if that happens Good Old Joe Flacco will come to the rescue and reduce the number of plays the O can run by a factor of 5.

-When the heckfire is Ertz getting traded? It’s all that I’ve heard since the end of last season, over and over again.

-Looking for that deep sleeper that has been tearing it up at camp? Maybe Quez Watkins is your man. He caught a 79 yard TD last week and has speed to burn. I think last year’s early-season darling that sunk fast-Travis Fulgham-is dead meat. Whispers and grumbling about an unhealthy work ethic follows him around wherever he goes.

So that’s all there is. If you’re doing takeout tonight, consider the humble chicken wing before they’re all gone.

 

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ballsofsteelandfury

BC 4
Edmonton 3

Top of the 3rd.

Game Time Decision

End of the second period

litre_cola

ELKDOWN!!!

blaxabbath

OH! I TOO HAVE TSN FEED.

ballsofsteelandfury

FYI, we are getting the TSN feed, so we get all the extra u’s in our coummentary.

litre_cola

Vitamin U leads to apologies, and politeness.

ballsofsteelandfury

BC looking good early.

blaxabbath

5 mins left in the 4th of a preseason blowout

I’ve always wondered what kinds of guys play in the MAC.

Last edited 3 years ago by blaxabbath
rockingdog

What the what??

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Dunstan

I mean, Dr. Crusher is pretty damn sexy.

Sharkbait

This OnlyFans replacement is weird

ballsofsteelandfury

Edmonton against BC is on the TV!!!

ballsofsteelandfury

And I’ve been to BC Place!!

I really love Vancouver.

litre_cola

Best city in Canadia IMO except for their beer vendor/teachers. Those guys are asshats.

BC takin shots to Lucky Whitehead.

TheRevanchist

Sign that guy in the second row!

Sharkbait

I really hope that when Kirk Cousins gets sacked this season, the defenders celebrate mimicking giving each other the vaccine.

Dunstan

Or breaking out a bottle of sanitizer

blaxabbath

It’d be awesome if defenses made that a thing each week.

Doktor Zymm

Just signed up for a zoom scotch tasting in a couple weeks. They mail you the numbered samples, then which is which will be revealed during the tasting.

TheRevanchist

What was the cost on something like that? Seems like a good gift for the upcoming holidays

Doktor Zymm

This one was $55 which includes the shipping. I checked out the bottle prices and seems like it’s pretty close to cost

litre_cola

We did a virtual bunch of wine tastings in the beginning of the pandemic and the wine was delivered. It was superb.

Last edited 3 years ago by litre_cola
Viva La Tabula Raza

Everyone is going to be dead by New Years.

King Hippo

Don’t try making me optimistic like that

Sharkbait

Oh sure. They can mail mystery scotch. But when I send booze in the mail, I have to say it is collectible glassware* or something.

*Technically not a lie if you keep the bottle as a souvenir.

litre_cola

Essential oils
Grapeseed oils
Vintage bottle

ballsofsteelandfury

Or Mexican Lemonade

Doktor Zymm

Sauce, juice, shampoo

litre_cola

Booze exchangers unite!

TheRevanchist

Man, these eGals are making NE look good.

Sharkbait

It’s pre season. I’m tempering expectations

litre_cola

Eagles are the worst team in the NFC.

Doktor Zymm

Which is impressive when you consider how low the bar is

King Hippo

ppl always point out the “tallest midget” allusion, but there has to be a “shortest midget” too

rockingdog

Found a funny;

a tandem bicycle with seats facing each way and you just go in the direction of whoever’s strongest

Brick Meathook

Here’s another submarine story. I hope these don’t bore.

Well it’s actually a shore and Hollywood story.

It’s the story of the Two Italian Lecturers.

One Italian lecturer was cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, who would give an amazing presentation on lighting, about “light and dark.” It was almost expressed in religious terms, in his Italian accent. It’s hard to describe it because it was very visual. It was delivered on a stage at Paramount Pictures on Melrose, on the corner parcel that had once been RKO and later Desilu. I was sitting next to Haskell Wexler ASC and he was telling me jokes he learned from his first boss, cinematographer James Wong Howe. This was magical; it was about 1997.

The other Italian was a few years earlier. I got a case of genital warts from a young lady who was a student at the Medical College of South Carolina, which was in downtown Charleston. I was afraid to go to a Navy clinic because we could get into trouble for this. So I went to the free clinic, ironically at the Medical College of South Carolina. I sheepishly entered, and the waiting room was filled with students from The Citadel, the military college in Charleston. God knows what happened but none of us were making eye contact with each other.

The doctor who saw me was a very distinguished Italian professor from the college, and he put a liquid on my penis that cured the problem in about two days. That took about five minutes. But then he gave me a a stern lecture in his Italian accent about sexually transmitted diseases and about personal responsibility. This entire time, his gloved hand is holding my penis, and at key points in his speech he would give my dick a sharp tug, strictly for emphasis.

Taught me a lesson.

King Hippo

1) We love these, and ar totes buying the coffee table book.

2) What if the MUSC coed had been working the front desk?

3) During the sharp tugs…did it EVAR MOVE??

Brick Meathook

The receptionist at the clinic was absolutely beautiful, yet I had zero chance with her because she knew why I was there.

Last edited 3 years ago by Brick Meathook
Gumbygirl

Gumby was banging some MILF from the medical college ( before we were married!) She had kids a few years younger than him, who hated his guts. I met her later, was not impressed.

Viva La Tabula Raza

(before we were married!)
Or so he says. He is, after all, a career sailor, which means an habitual liar. 😉

ballsofsteelandfury

I love these stories.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

They went away and never came back? That sounds more like molloscum contagiosum than genital warts.

Brick Meathook

They never came back.Why are you asking about this?

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Trying to provide you with reassurance that they won’t come back.

Brick Meathook

Thank you doctor. They haven’t come back in 40 years, but I value your trust.

Dunstan

It’s important for DFOrgy planning purposes.

2Pack

You were lucky he did not have his Nonna sized rug slapper on a hook in the office…

King Hippo

Will White Mac wait until his 2nd season in the NFL, before demanding that hs WRs call him “sir?”

Viva La Tabula Raza

They will be in tears when they address him as “Sir,” as is the custom.

litre_cola

Folks, I don’t think Flacco is the answer.

King Hippo

Maybe you is just asking the wrong question smgdh

Dunstan

“Who is an elite QB?”

King Hippo

ahem – the preferred nomenclature is a Elite

King Hippo

Might be time to bet the over on Dacteds and Non-Gendereds win totals

litre_cola

Book it.

King Hippo

That’s a hell of a nice catch to cost the team 7 yards. Grumblelord will cut him at halftime.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Oooh, Flacco and Sackzetti!

Viva La Tabula Raza

Christ, I didn’t even finish college till I was 29 years old.

litre_cola

So is WaWa any good?

WCS

Far superior to Sheetz.

Doktor Zymm

For sure, there was a WaWa about half way between where I lived in Maryland and Atlantic City that we used to stop at all the time for gas and sandwiches back in my playing way too much poker days

litre_cola

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Viva La Tabula Raza

Guess BB is still kinda pissed about losing to PHI in SBWhateverthefuckitwas.

litre_cola

THE BEST SUPERBOWL EVER!!!!

TheRevanchist

Booooo!

litre_cola

I got one in my 40+ years of fandom and it was Nick fucking Foles!!!

TheRevanchist

Yeah. I’m sorry. I’ll try to be nice during preseason

Viva La Tabula Raza

Eason 1985. Bledsoe 1995. BRADY 2002-2019 FUK YEA

rockingdog

LoL
Kind of curious how this went down

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Viva La Tabula Raza

“TWO JOOZ IN A WASP ENCLAVE!”

litre_cola

Why the fuck is there challenges in the preseason.

King Hippo

White Mac really is aggressively white.

litre_cola

Like Proud Boy white or egg shell?

King Hippo

yes

Viva La Tabula Raza

He’s driving that car over anyone that seeks to Challenge his supremacy.

King Hippo

Josh Rosen Will Not Replace Him!

litre_cola

Ex- Calgary Stampeder Alex Singleton has been a pleasant surprise the last few years in Eagle land.

King Hippo

Who might Philly be tanking FOAR? I honestly have no clue. That rattlesnake kid at Boomer Sooner?

Last edited 3 years ago by King Hippo
litre_cola

Oh no, they will draft Mike Mamula’s son or some shit.

King Hippo

quack quack sez the ducky!

King Hippo

What just happened to Boston Scott – is that what the young ppl call an Eiffel Tower?

Viva La Tabula Raza

It’s a New England Teabagger.

King Hippo

Dunno who booked this ad time, but not sure us sedentary pre-season football viewers are the types who feel so guilty about a 90-calorie beer that we need to run to justify the indulgence.

litre_cola

Guys, I don’t think Flacco is the answer. He may no longer be Elite!

King Hippo

but thInK of teh lEEderShiP

litre_cola

Pastor Randall Cunningham would be more mobile today. Book it.

litre_cola

Small undersized and overhyped? Yeah he is.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Devonta Smith needs to add a Y to the end of his name if he wants to be know as Devontay. Otherwise, he’s just Dayvontuh.

King Hippo

Much less informative than the P*ts crew last week.

litre_cola

The Chicago White Sox crew even thinks these guys are biased.

King Hippo

You can decline the untimed down? I did not know that.

King Hippo

Man, Philly is making Cam circa 2021 look GOOD. Maybe even White Mac will manage a 10+ yard completion tonight!

litre_cola

I don’t think Le Grand Mac is playing tonight, is he?

King Hippo

My research for this here exhibition was mighty limited, even by my own lazy standards.

Viva La Tabula Raza

You know what they call Le Grand Mac in France?

Viva La Tabula Raza

So, did Sony Michel’s mom name him after her favorite portable music playing device or what?

litre_cola

I thought Sorny Michel had moved on. I kept Damian in another league (non PPR)

Viva La Tabula Raza

OK. The Floyd broke up, and Roger Waters is a bitter motherfucker. The Donald Trump of progressive rock, if you will. And the Pats scored a TD while I was watching it all play out in the wayback machine.

King Hippo

Ed Sheeran? Shit, that’s “mute or nothing” for me opening night.

King Hippo

Iggles Wawa crew is not polishing the turd very effective-like

King Hippo

Do you have other towns in Canadia named after Truck stops? It’s mostly Sheetz around here now.

litre_cola
King Hippo

squadderinos, it sounds like (though maybe not as uniformly so)

litre_cola

Uh see my comment below. Worst team in the NFC.

King Hippo

yeah, your only positive is NFC East Participant

litre_cola

Good thing there is FF. (Still haven’t read your league’s rules completely)

King Hippo

Don’t forget ME! – GAMBLOR

King Hippo

3-D chess, management would rather their fans boo/toss batteries at a white QB

King Hippo

/also you made a good point on Reagor, what a draft class that is turning into…

Mr. Ayo

ELITE SUDDEN CHANGE

Viva La Tabula Raza

I think I’ll finish watching this Pink Floyd special I DVR’d this weekend, THEN turn on the
Pats game.

King Hippo

ur missing a Elite surprise QB start!

Viva La Tabula Raza

Only 18 minutes left, including the ads I will FF through.

litre_cola

Better than Touchy McToucherson from Houston!

King Hippo

TROOF, I’d rather be bored than fondled

Viva La Tabula Raza

The identity of the fondler may affect my opinion on this.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Roger just loogied on a fan at the Montreal concert, 1977.

King Hippo

Kurt Warner making salient points, yet again. If only he would avoid all non-FITBAW topics…

Viva La Tabula Raza

I’m sure she’s the senior cashier at the grocery store where they met.

blaxabbath

I love good wings

King Hippo

How many P*ts and Iggles supporters will hook up and hate fuck tonight?

Viva La Tabula Raza

I have a feeling that there will be a lot more intra-team fan fucking than inter-team.

King Hippo

hey, so long as the sex is HAWT

litre_cola

Eagles will be the worst team in the NFC. Book it.

blaxabbath

Maybe so but I don’t buy that they’ll have the worst record.

The NFC East’s curse is that they cannot lose as many games as these modern day atrocities (see: HOU).

I wonder who will go 0-17 first?

King Hippo

Speaking of raging semis, we get to see Joe Burrow die in Chase Young’s loving arms tomorrow. LIVE!

King Hippo

Hey, I also buy pro teens in bulk! – Rep Matt G., Humidtaint, FL

BeefReeferLives

The last time I went to buy a big pack of wings at the store, they cost more per pound for a similar pack of drumsticks.

I like wings, but I went with the drumsticks.

King Hippo

Confessions of a Philistine – unless we are talking duck? I absolutely despise dark meat.

Viva La Tabula Raza

Not a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, eh?