Your Very Last NFL Exhibition Game Open Thread

I’m a bit kerfuffled in that I thought that the preseason sked always finished on the Saturday night. But here we are with a Sunday night (not even a matinee!) tilt. However, given the teams that are playing, I get it, no one cares.

Minutiae Alert!:

-Will Grier’s going-away present to Old JJ and his new toy was a 300+ yard offering. Don’t feel too bad for Grier-between his work on The Waltons and the league’s general manager’s tendency to recycle qb’s into their mid-30’s, he’ll land somewhere safe and sound.

-Just to belabor a point, these are some of the qb’s that played yesterday: Matt Corral, Nate Sudfield, Brandon Allen, Kyle Allen, David Blough, Tyrod Taylor and Blaine Gabbbert. I guess I get it-the longer you’re around, the more systems and attendant nomenclature you pick up the more valuable you become.

-41-0. That’s quite the statement that The Payton Boys made.

-Shoutout to Mark Davis’ last ‘tonight girlfriend’ (provided for free by a certain agent) and her advice to get a deal done with Josh Jacobs before the season started. The deal is worth ‘up to’ 12 mil, which means it’s actually worth about 9 mil with the rest being paid out in bonuses like being voted the Most Outstanding Player in the 2024 Grey Cup.

-The Panthers lb Bumper Pool was released today. Social media informs me that his sister Infinity is inconsolable.

To the Game!

Texans/Saints:

-Really?

-No, Really?

-I’ve nothing to say. I eagerly await the Thursday September 7th, when the Lions and Chiefs meet up and everything becomes real.

Have at it.