This would appear to be the day of hastily scribbled posts and this one is no different. I was actually thinking last Sunday, “Damn, it took me four hours to put all the game intros together, sometimes it doesn’t seem worth it.” Well, there are a lot more ones like this than there are multi-hour undertakings, that’s for sure. As seems fitting for my fantasy year, I’m playing in The Toilet Bowl without a QB because Herbert gone and Dobbs was benched. Nailed it!
Tidbits:
-The Room Temperature Express, Joe Flacco, is an official member of the Browns rather than a callup from the practice squad. He’ll get 75k per win and the love and adulation of milquetoasts across the nation.
-Remember Rolando McClain the linebacker that was the 8th overall pick in the 2010 draft (the Raiders, of course) who showed a proclivity for off-field shenanigans, drug suspensions and inferior play? Well, he received some good news today-his eight year suspension has been lifted! He’s 34. Way to twist the knife, Roger.
-So. Many. Flags.: It’s not just you that noticed. Teams have been averaging more penalties per game than at any time since the 2019 season. God, we were so young back then.
To The Game!
Chargers/Raiders:
-More hot backup qb action than you can (literally?) shake a stick at! The Battle of Who Sucks Less will be remembered down through the ages.
-Stick doesn’t have a Keenan Allen to bail him out so his #1 wr is going to be a gimpy Josh Palmer along with the likes of “Lead Hands” Johnson and Jalen “I Got One Target Last Week!” Guyton. (I’m going to start him in Toilet Bowl)
-Fantasy downer Ekeler has run for 50+ yards four times this year. One would think that his number might be called a little more often, given the circumstances.
-Hills and Valleys: O’Connell has posted QBR ratings of 88.6 and 82.1 alongside figures of 8.1 and 16.4.
-Will Jimmy G see the field? The guess here is no given that if he gets injured at any point in the season and can’t pass a physical next March, his 11.25 mil salary will be guaranteed for 2024. Silly contract vagaries.
Enjoy.
This photo below was taken near the entrance to the Navy Museum in Washington DC. I’ve known this museum since I was a small boy, and have been there dozens of times over the decades. This shot was with my old Sony FE 20mm f/1.8, the greatest lens I ever owned (except for my Leica Summicron 50mm). I foolishly traded the 20mm for some magic beans and a a Sony FE 24-105 constant f/4.0, which is a great lens but weighs a ton and made me miss the 20mm.
I hate the 24-105mm and miss the 20mm prime. I think it’s time to fix that.
If you hear gunfire in/around midtown Manhattan this week, that could possibly be me.
But probably not.
All my photos of the Put-In Bay carronades are really pictures of my wife.
Day $14
https://www.reddit.com/r/Chargers/comments/18iry6v/selling_my_iphone_charger_for_6321/
The Clippers are projected $35 million over the cap next season.
Holy shit, Justin Herbert is fucked.
Santa Clara might soon be a two-Bosa town, then?
[Marv Albert voice] “Now they’re saying $42 million over the cap…”
https://overthecap.com/salary-cap/los-angeles-chargers
I just turned on the TV (been working too damn much lately). What in the blue hell happened?
Thursday Night Football
Thursday gonna Thursday more than any Thursday has Thursday’d before.
Brandon Staley did a fantastic in-person jorb interview to be the new Raiders’ HC next season.
So you know how higher-ABV IPAs are sometimes sold in pint cans?
Hi, kinda unplanned hammered.
Were I in Vegas I would be retiring to my room without telling anyone.
I, on the other hand, planned it.
99% chance of a Scorigami
100% chance of fuck you, spanos
GOOD GOD WHY DID I TURN THIS GAME OFF AND WATCH THE MONK MOVIE INSTEAD?
I just assumed you were in a tantric fangasm bliss.
Because you’re terrible?
Because Tony Shalhoub is a goddamn treasure, and signed a Monk Bobblehead for Hermana Weaselo?
Dem Rikki’s Raiders dun did good.
The punter. They held…the punter.
This may be the worst performance I’ve ever seen, and I am goddamn Bengals fan!
Remember when everyone said the Chargers were a playoff team and a sleeper pick for a Super Bowl appearance?
They’ll still land a Holiday Bowl slot against a B1G team, though. Probably Minnesota or Purdue.
Well, there would have been the special team TD, but BLEERGH said no!
The Raiders coach knows he’ll be looking for a job in 5 weeks, so he doesn’t want to make enemies going for 70+.
PUSSY
To be fair, not sure Antonio Pierce is a pussy. Not sure.
The players may be tired. You try running up and down the field with hardly no resistance!
We haven’t seen a special teams touchdown yet, right?
Almost
Throw the damn towel!
Now that’s funny.
https://twitter.com/FB_FilmAnalysis/status/1735508823828488557
Ted is the absolute best.
If the Raiders get to 69 points Mark Davis’s today girlfriend is gonna need to limber up.
D/ST scoring update – Raiders have a narrow lead on the night, 30 to -3
Thursday Night “Football”
Please tell me the Chargers’ QB being named ‘Easton Stick’ is a gag of some kind.
(GASH not pictured due to site roolz)
Best night for the raiders since the sack of Rome
THIS ONE’S FOR ALARIC!!!
Have the Chargers tried not giving up defensive touchdowns?
I would very much enjoy Clippers du Merde giving up MOAR than the Donks’ 70-burger
I’m sure this isn’t the first time a professional team got Clapp while in Las Vegas.
https://twitter.com/_MLFootball/status/1735507957972918274
Certainly not while being down.
HOLY SHIT!
I just found a pint of Reese’s Peanut Butter ice cream in my freezer. It was left over from Thanksgiving.
I’m going to eat the hell out of it.
/Seconds later, at Brick’s house…
The Chargers admin guy has been drinking.
https://twitter.com/chargers/status/1735500658005143821
And no one can blame him
Urban Meyer would have cut that DB.
And tried to fingerbang his girlfriend.
Not before kicking him a few times, and calling his sister a hoor in front of the rest of the team.
Most suicidal performance by a Staley in over 20 years.
Fatguydown!
Went to the local bar because they had buck a shuck oysters and I am a sucker for oysters. Was tempted to go for the bar record, (it’s 100), but a) I didn’t bring $101 with me, b) spending $101 to beat any oyster eating record seems silly, and c) I don’t want to be the guy who ruins someone else getting to eat oysters just so he can break a record and spend the rest of the night heaving up shellfish.
These are the kinds of decisions you make when you’re not Brandon Staley.
You invest those savings. Penny saved et al…
Good idea.
Then I can buy even more oysters next week.
Staley is just enough of a slapdick to try an onside kick.
What about Statler?
Waldorf says go for it
the comeback begins . . .
OH WE GOTTA GAME NOW BITCHES
HERE COMES THE RALLY
Who’s scoring in the second half, coach?
And Davante gets his. Life is better.
I’m not even in the fantasy playoffs and I’m still getting triggered by this game
Five scores in 30 minutes? I thought the Raiders moved to Las Vegas, not the Bunny Ranch.
The power of Jimmy G, even when he’s on the shelf.
You know who else hit the jackpot tonight? Midwest FBI field agents seizing the electronics of all members of an Ohio-based weapons-trafficking conspiracy.
The Cincinnati Reds?
This sounds like a banner to me!
Rikki-Tikki Deadly Presents: That’s My Raiders?
Rikki renews his SI subscription to get the VHS game highlights plus the swimsuit edition.
Needs more question marks.
RTD, is your bandana out of the wash?
That bandana is, um, giving Rikki a bit of unearned respect.
Raiders jerseys going to be top gift in San Diego this season
RAAAAAIIIIIIDDDDDDDEEEEERRRRRRRSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!
Staley: “That wasn’t us out there”
Well then who was it?! As head coach aren’t you at least supposed to know who is on your team and where they are during games?
He knows.
He thinks it’s all fucked up too but he ain’t gonna do anything but put his head down and haul off hail mary after hail mary like the desperate motherfucker he is.
Because, honestly, the thing we all want to see is the Raiders blow this and Stanley still gets left on the tarmac at the Herbst Club just southwest of the stadium tonight.
The Chargers ownership has vowed not to fire Staley during the season and he seems to have taken that as a dare.