“It Takes Two” (Playoff Games)-Your Monday Night Open Thread

I just learned that Rob Base died recently. That tune birthed the practice of using that James Brown ‘yelp’ as a beat and goddamn that was annoying but he had an outsized influence on rap and dance coming together and one can’t deny that.

I mention ‘two’ because there are two playoff games ce soir. Baseball is trying its best to be relevant with a large slate this afternoon and another one this evening but there’s hockey and also a New York-based team playing on the hardcourt and that always gets outsized attention.

Car/Mont:

I initially called this as a five game series but the Canadiens look more than capable of winning one of the next two at home. I think goalie-ing will be their downfall because Jakub Dobes-though he had a great regular season-is a bit wonky. He performs well coming off a loss but the nature of those losses don’t inspire much confidence. All in all, the fella is just 24 years old and most likely has a great future ahead of him.

NYK/CLE:

The Knicks are running roughshod over the playoffs so far. I read a stat somewhere that after this number of games played they have the greatest positive point differential of all time. It sits at +222 and no other team is over 180. Much like me taking a boatload of mushrooms and then renting ‘They Live’, they’re peaking at the right time.

Brissett Pulls Out:

That’s what a gentleman does, right? He’s the Cards starter this year and is making only 5 million and change. No non-rookie QB starter in this NFL economy should be taking that measly paycheque home. Hell, Arch Manning is probably pulling down more than that.

Times Are Changin’:

I gave the Bears a hard time for drafting another tight end (Sam Roush) fairly early when they already had Loveland. Hold on, they might know what they’re doing. There’s a great deal of talk that the Rams two and three tight end sets employed towards the end of the season completely flustered DC’s and was mainly responsible for their success. This is a stupid copycat league and apparently teams are climbing on board. And why not-the Rams employed a mix of pass catchers and blockers at the position that together accounted for 103 catches, 1,138 yards and 17(!) TD’s. A word to fantasy bros out there-look for a 2nd tight end rather than a 3rd WR on teams that put this ‘latest thing’ into practice.

Tell me about your free Monday, was there a BBQ or a pic-a-nic involved? Did you travel? Did you eat a whole hog or are you saving that for the most holy of holidays, July 1st. (and do you feel icky, now that the Nazi’s are slowly co-opting that day for themselves?)