Your Easter Monday Pseudo-Holiday Open Thread

I don’t know if it is/was where you are, but today was another free day courtesy the calendar, the union, and a general desire to sit at home & gorge on leftover turkey. I think I’m sweating tryptophan.

Well, it should be a busy time in front offices, so let’s see who’s working today:

NFL Nuggets:

• Giants GM Dave Gettleman thinks he’s been doing a great job has developed thus far in the job.
  • “You can’t draft for need. You’ll get screwed every time. You’ll make a mistake…We’re going to fix this. We’re going to put a team out there that everyone is going to be proud of.”
  • “I like my resume so far.”

• The Raiders sent their entire scouting staff home on Friday & told them not to bother returning for the Draft.
  • Rapoport (see tweets below) added that Gruden and Mayock “don’t know who to trust” among the scouts and “wanted to clear the room.”
    • There is a possible Machiavellian twist to the whole ordeal, but not something I’d equate with the current Raiders “braintrust”:

We never cleared the room but sometimes we'd lay traps for scouts we didn't trust. In 1987 we showed our board to a scout with us taking Mike Junkin, a LB we didn't like. Two days later, Cowboys beat writer Jim Dent wrote story saying we were taking Junkin.

Hook, line, stinker. https://t.co/ETAM1JNZSv

— Gil Brandt (@Gil_Brandt) April 19, 2019

• The NFL is possibly looking to get out of its deal with DirecTV for Sunday Ticket & move the games to another streaming service.
  • DirecTV’s parent, AT&T, dropped NFLN from its DirecTV package, raising the ire of the league.
    • This might allow ESPN+ to come in & purchase the streaming rights.

Finally, Jim Irsay bought the upright piano John Lennon used to compose songs for The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. The auction was at a site called GottaHaveRockAndRoll.com According to TMZ Sports, Irsay paid $718,750 for the piano.

• He also owns a George Harrison guitar and a Ringo Starr drum kit.
• He bragged about his purchase & collection on Twitter, using the hashtag #GettingThemBackTogether

I’m elated to now be the steward of John’s “Sgt. Pepper” upright piano. It’s a responsibility I take seriously, with future generations in mind. #GettingThemBackTogether #Beatles

— Jim Irsay (@JimIrsay) April 20, 2019

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL: both are Game 6’s
  • Capitals at Hurricanes – 7:00PM | NBCSN / Sportsnet (Caps lead 3-2)
  • Predators at Stars – 8:30PM | CNBC / Sportsnet1 (Dallas leads 3-2)

• NBA:
  • Bucks at Pistons – 8:00PM | TNT / TSN
  • Rockets at Jazz – 10:30PM | TNT / TSN

• MLB:
  • Phillies at Mets – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN2

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

ONLY THREE DAYS UNTIL THE DRAFT!