Welcome back! It was kind of a perfect football day yesterday, enough competitive games and then that great finale. It’s always interesting to me to see old faces in new places and also to see how various rookies are being worked into their lineups. We also saw Micah Parsons rub salt into one of Jerry Jones festering open wounds, that was delightful! And of course on this very site we celebrated the return of Hippo Thoughts which is always a wonderful Monday morning pick-me-up. Let’s do another regular thing now…

Fallout:

-After being destroyed in their last two season openers 80+ something to -7 or so the Giants kept it (for them) close 21-6. So baby steps for them. If Russell continues with a few more sub .500 passing completion forays we’ll see Dart before he’s ready which seems to be like a Giants thing to do. Next week they’ve got the Cowboys and after that the Chiefs. Oh gawd, it’s going to be bad.

-Miami looks to be dead in the water. And decisions like signing perpetually injured Darren Waller have most everyone flummoxed. I was going to give him two games before he was to pull up lame but he never even made it to the gate.

-If you’re ready to bail on some of your fantasy selections already you could pick up a Danny Dimes, a Dylan Sampson, maybe Jacory Croskey-Merritt or even Quentin Johnson. (I don’t trust those hands yet though)

-I was happy to see that the Canadian Medical Association journal (in the form of an editorial) said something along these lines-“Jesus Christ, enough with the non-stop blitz of fucking gambling ads. Let’s develop some guidelines, please!” I wish more organizations would jump into the fray, it’s a bit ridiculous how many we are inundated with up here.

To The Game!

Vikings/Bears:

-Tonight we begin to find out what Ben Johnson can do with Caleb Williams. One quote by the former indicated that the offense and the QB are going to “grow together” which tells me that there are pieces Caleb hasn’t fully caught on to yet.

-As a matter of fact there are many questions swirling round both signal-callers in this tilt. I noticed that early in camp some of the reporters that follow the team pushed back on the narrative that McCarthy’s arm-strength wasn’t all that. Scribes carrying water for the team-I guess there’s compliant media beyond the political realm.

-The Bears o-line which gifted Williams with a league-leading 68 sacks has been tinkered with so we’ll see if he has a fighting chance this year.

-You’ll likely see a lot of D’Andre Swift this evening because Roschon is banged up and beyond him is Kyle Monangi, a 7th round draft pick this spring.

Enjoy what’s on offer.