Hold The Phone! Tuesday Open Thread

Hey kids. Where do you want to go?

That’s right. To Uncle Mayhem’s Clubhouse.

 

I was in Vegas this weekend and ended up in the Excalibur, which is a questionable decision in itself. But I flashed back to the Inagural DFOCon in 2016 and started trying to find the giant neon “FUN DUNGEON!” sign that Rikki-Tikki-Deadly famously photo-humped.

Yes Rikki, I still have the video.

I never found it- the bartender I accosted thinks they took it down, but he may have just been intimidated by my intensity. But I did find the bar where I had my first real conversation with tWBS, God rest his smutty soul.  It was weird. I’ve lost enough people to know that they leave…let’s call them echoes. Not ghosts, but memory associations strong enough to be uncomfortably real when you see a place someone should be but isn’t.  Once I got over the sense of the surreal, I decided he would probably like the idea that part of his spirit was hanging out at this shitty casino bar upstairs from the Fun Dungeon.

Then I met LeVar Burton. It was a fucking surreal weekend across the board.

NFL NEWS: Whelp, we’re about three weeks away from the draft, which in recent years has been the start of the Silly Season for trading draft picks. These early moves are often centered around getting high enough to draft the QB of your choice (or for the 2021 49ers, whichever of the top 3 was left). This year is a little weird, because it’s likely the weakest QB class since the 2014 Blake Bortles Bonanza. Even the most QB-hungry teams have not convinced themselves that Malik Willis is worth mortgaging the future for…yet.

Enter the Eagles and Saints. The Iggles had stockpiled an impressive three mid-first-round picks (15, 16 and 19) after much effort last year. Then they realized that having that many mid-round picks is somewhat stupid, unless you want to package them to move up. Only this year, there’s not really any consensus team-changer worth that kind of move, putting Howie Rosemann into a bad situation.

Enter the Aints, who after a decade of Salary Cap Fuck Around are in Year 2 of Find Out. They have a roster consisting of the Old, The Bad and the Unlikely to Stay On the Field.  After yet more kicking the can down the road to field a team this year, they are staring down a likely $27 million overshoot of next year’s cap. Accordingly, they need young, cost-controlled talent in a bad way. They also held the number 18 pick.

RELEASE THE TRADE! In a flurry of numbers, the Saints received two 2022 first-round picks (No. 16 and No. 19) and a 2022 sixth-round pick (No. 194) while the Eagles received a 2022 first-round pick (No. 18), a 2023 first-round pick, a 2024 second-round pick, plus 2022 third-round (No. 101) and seventh-round selections (No. 237).

Ignoring the chaff, New Orleans paid a second and third rounder to move ahead of the Chargers at pick 17 and advance their 2023 first rounder to this year- either to help get their salary structure right, try to make a run while they have Cheap Jameis, Kamara and Michael Thomas or to package and move up for (presumably) Kenny Pickett. Philly in turn ensured they will have two first rounders next year to package for Jalen Hurts’ replacement.

As always, the urge to grade the trade now is strong. But the value of these picks can only be judged once we see what they do with them. Given that neither of these teams has shown particular skill at predraft talent evaluation over the last several years, and this is a very murky draft to begin with, I am going out on a limb and say they both lose based on the likelihood that they both shoot themselves in the dick.

Tonight’s sports:

I dunno. The shambling corpse of the NBA season? Preseason baseball?

I suggest Moon Knight. I haven’t watched it. But sure, fuckit. Moon Knight.

 

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

I missed this (and everything) last night, but had to pop in to give plaudits for the UHF of it all.

Gumbygirl

Did anyone else watch the Ken Burns Franklin extravaganza? I am such a nerd! Our kids name was Benjamin, partly because of him, partly because we just liked the name.

Sharkbait

Recorded it and will be watching later

TheRevanchist

Getting ready to watch some NFL network, eat chicken & rice (a-roni), and go to bed. I can only do all three at the same time if the wife is not around. Something about “crumbs” and “bugs” and “I will shove that chicken leg up your ass!” I don’t know. I wasn’t paying attention really.

Sharkbait

Still cautiously optimistic about Vegas. Really would prefer Sharkette to have at least one shot before I go.

2Pack

Avoiding shooting myself in the dick is why I wear Kevlar brand briefs. Most men simply do not pay close attention to their foundation garments.

Senor Weaselo

-Plaxico Burress

Senor Weaselo

“Then I met LeVar Burton. It was a fucking surreal weekend across the board.”

YOU JUST WANTED A PICTURE!

ballsofsteelandfury

I love how he just drops that there and leaves us hanging.

Game Time Decision

Which story did he read for you, Rev?

rockingdog

Found a funny;

Detective: cause of death
Coroner: too long in a sensory deprivation tank
Detective: that makes no sense
Coroner: i know what it does Dave

Redshirt

How bad are the Reds Opening Day ticket sales when you need to bring in the Bengals to fill the seats.

WHAT WARPED REALITY ARE WE LIVING IN WHERE I JUST TYPED THAT?!?!?!

https://mobile.twitter.com/Reds/status/1511463180123447297

litre_cola

How is Cinci FC doing this year attendance wise?

Redshirt

3 Home Games: 22183, 19365, 20286

Capacity: 26000

Mr. Ayo

He didn’t bribe the surgeon?!?

Senor Weaselo

Will she be staying on as a special advisor?

Dunstan

“He’s got the younger next wife line up, though, right? That’s how you do it.” — Newt Gingrich

Brick Meathook

Another trip to Los Feliz, another slice of pie:

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ballsofsteelandfury

Their banana cream is delightful. Excellent choice.

Horatio Cornblower

More convinced than ever that New Orleans moved up to grab a QB, despite the talking heads seeming sure that they did it to get an OT. No one makes a trade like that for a mid-round OT.

Pickett will be gone well before 16. Most likely candidate remain Corral, (my Saints pick in V 1.0), and now the apparently fast rising kid out of Cincinnati, whose name might be Desmond Something.

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Redshirt

Ridder. He’s good but he’s not 1st round good. Teams are panicking and moving picks do they won’t lose out on a QB.

WCS

When has that ever happened?

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Redshirt

Hey! The Bengals didn’t trade out of #3. THAT was the problem!

litre_cola

Calgary Stampeder Akili Smith!

Redshirt

3rd Bengals Savior Akili Smith!

litre_cola

I like the Iggles trade. This year is a loss to see if Hurts is any good or Minshew Mania!

WCS

BUT WHAT DOES ANGELO CATALDI THINK?!

litre_cola

He’s a down ah by ah the wooter ah lookin for ahh werk.

scotchnaut

The take I saw was that if they hit on all three picks they’d be fucked when the rookie contracts were up, so Roseman sent one of the first rounders down the road into the next year.

Horatio Cornblower

Like Howie Roseman could hit on all three picks.

litre_cola

Didja read my preview about the WRs they have drafted??? JJAW is still there, Jealon Reagor can’t catch.

scotchnaut

The problem with your statement is that you don’t think the way Roseman thinks. And you should be grateful.

scotchnaut

It’s nowhere close to GM Gettleman handicapping the Giants but the Saints being handcuffed by Taysom Hill’s dumbass salary (Thanks, Sean Payton-no one has ever seen anything special about the guy) is hilarious.

Current Saints Coach: “I know! Ummm, we’ll try him out at tight end! This has nothing to do with his cap hit of 7.2 million if we cut him.”

Senor Weaselo

Gettleman did AP Team Handicapping

WCS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mfBMQqge2s

Just don’t put on network TV.

Redshirt

TV: “The View will be right back.”
Me: “Oh, no it won’t!”

King Hippo

Play Footy Manager until I pass out, you say? Don’t mind if ah do!