Your “Like Eli Manning, This Week Just Keeps Getting Slower” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News:

• Not that he’s officially on the market, but if he were the Giants want two first-round picks for Odell Beckham Jr.
  • This is amidst rumours the Rams kicked the tires on a potential trade.

• Another rule change: the mandatory extra point on a game-ending TD has been eliminated.
  • This is in response to the Saints sending out half-changed players for the extra-point in their loss to Minnesota during the playoffs.
    • The only people who will care come from Vegas.

• Oh God yes – Johnny Fucking Football met with the Patriots after his A&M pro-day redemption tour.
  • There were other teams there, blah blah blah – we all want to see JFF laughing while Grumblelord’s skull vibrates like Yosemite Sam’s.
  • If anyone can entice Gronk to come back, it’ll be a guy who loves partying more than him.

• Stealing from Crimebeat!:
  • The Seahawks have cut Trevone Boykin after his investigation by Dallas police on domestic violence charges.
    • His girlfriend reported “Boykin attempted to choke her and broke her jaw in two places during an incident that occurred at his home last week. She said she blacked out while Boykin was attempting to choke her and then came to in a “puddle of blood on the kitchen floor.”
  • When reached for comment, Jerry Jones said, “Greg who?”

Finally, the potential sale of the Panthers will be coming in at an estimated price of $2.5 billion.

• The NFL hopes to ratify a sale by their May meetings.
• No word on how much the League will keep back as punishment for the reason Richardson is being “encouraged” to sell the team. One hopes it’ll be three-fifths.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Panthers at Leafs – 7:00PM | Sportsnet
  • Rangers at Capitals – 8:00PM | NBCSN
    • another wasted season from Henrik Lundquist
• NBA:
  • Knicks at 76ers – 7:00PM | TSN
  • Cavaliers at Hornets – 7:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Celtics at Jazz – 9:30PM | ESPN / Sportsnet1

You kids play nice in the comments, or I’ll have to start leaving my drugs lying around just to take your edges off. I’VE GOT ENOUGH TRAMADOL FOR EVERYONE!