Your “My Buns Have No Seeds” Monday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• Ravens owner Steve Biscotti (pictured right) reached out to people like Ray Lewis to garner possible reactions to the potential signing of Colin Kaepernick.
  • Because Ray Lewis might’ve helped kill a guy, but Ravens fans DO NOT FORGIVE taking a knee during a ceremonial part of a sporting contest.

• Branden Albert decided he’d rather retire than play for the Jaguars.

• Seahawks rookie Malik McDowell injured himself on an ATV, in the time between rookie camp and main camp, and is absent from training camp.
  • Estimates about the seriousness of the injury & expected absence from camp range from a couple of weeks to the whole season.

• This should be interesting: the Chargers are hard-balling Philip Rivers & Antonio Gates, saying practice should come before attending ceremonial events like LaDanian Tomlinson’s Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony.
  • We all know Marmalard’s a good company man, but Gates is being rumoured as willing to go, because he figures the Chargers won’t punish him due to his stature.

• Looks like someone is up for the Jim Irsay challenge: John Bowlen caught himself a DUI in California.
  • He was observed doing 100 mph & passing cars on the median, and blew over 0.08 on the field test.
    • Police turned his puppy – named Duke (of course) – over to animal control.
  • He even pulled the “do you know who I am” card:

After the Jeep passed a patrol car, the officer pulled the speeding driver over. The trooper noticed an open container of alcohol in the SUV. The man who lives near Redondo Beach kept telling officers “who his dad was.”

“He wasn’t cooperative. He did make it clear several times that he was the son of Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen. It didn’t help. We arrested him just like any other citizen. He got no preferential treatment,” said Sgt. Tim Neumann, spokesman for the California Highway Patrol.

Finally, fresh of last week’s ball fondling of the Patriots by the MMQB & chief fluffer Peter King, comes ESPN‘s entry into the Patriots soft coverage with ruminations on how likely it is (hint: QUITE!) that the Pats might finally go 19-0.

Tonight’s sports:

• MLB:
  • Indians at Red Sox – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN
  • Blue Jays at White Sox – 8:00Pm | Sportsnet

• WWE:
  • Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360

Today was the MLB trade deadline; were deals afoot? I dunno. NOT FOOTBALL; NO LIVEBLOG!