Your “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Nuggets:

• In a long, rambling, delusional & highly self-serving Instagram post, Dreamboat says he’ll be playing in 2020.
  • For example:

“In both life and football, failure is inevitable. You don’t always win. You can, however, learn from that failure, pick yourself up with great enthusiasm, and place yourself in the arena again. And that’s right where you will find me. Because I know I still have more to prove.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TbfQPRgcS8

• Something to watch this weekend: Terrell Suggs is just four sacks off the all-time playoffs total.
  • He has 12.5; Willie McGinest has 16.
  • The story at PFT does note that sacks have only been an official stat since 1982, so there’s no listing for players like Joe Greene & Ray Nitschke.

• An interesting rumour: Jerry Jones only signed Mike McCarthy because Minnesota won their playoff game.
  • He possibly really wanted Mike Zimmer, but figured that, after the upset of the Saints, he likely wouldn’t become available, so he signed McCarthy before another team made him an offer.
  • Besides, while Beansie might have been willing to go, Mr. Winkles didn’t want to relocate.

• Another McCarthy-to-Dallas nugget is that now that he’s coaching the Cowboys, someone asked him about the Dez Bryant non-catch from the 2014 Divisional Round. His response?
  • “It was a great catch, I’ll just say now, but it wasn’t then, technically.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1khK6is-Bfs

• The Hall of Fame Centennial Class was selected today. But not in time for me to include the results here.
  • So, here’s the list we can all debate later tonight or tomorrow.

Finally, in case you have a spare few thousand to burn, Ticketmaster sent me a “Seahawks Fans!” update on the availability of seats for The Big Game^©®™.

Because if you’re going to Miami, why not become penniless before you get off the plane? It’s what attracts the finest of ladies.

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Capitals at Flyers – 7:30PM | NBCSN
  • Jets at Leafs – 7:30PM | Sportsnet
  • Stars at Kings – 10:00PM | NBCSN
• NBA:
  • Raptors at Hornets – 7:00PM | Sportsnet1
  • Nuggets at Mavericks – 7:30PM | ESPN / TSN3
  • Bucks at Warriors – 10:00PM | ESPN / Sportsnet1
• NCAA:
  • St. John’s at Georgetown – 6:30PM | FS1
  • Notre Dame at North Carolina State – 7:00PM | ESPN2
  • Seton Hall at Xavier – 8:30PM | FS1
  • Oklahoma at Texas – 9:00PM | ESPN2
• Wrasslin’:
  • AEW Dynamite – 8:00PM | TNT / TSN2
  • NXT – 8:00PM | USA (Friday in Canada)

Tonight’s TV:

• Jeopardy – the GOAT challenge – 8:00ET/PT – ABC
  • Jennings up 1-0-0
    • Best of seven; first one to three victories wins $1,000,000.
• “The Death Of Stalin” – 8:00PM | TMC
  • A hilarious take on Stalin’s last days by Armando Ianucci.
• “Monty Python & The Holy Grail” – 10:00PM | IFC America
  • A documentary on the flight pattern differences between African & European swallows

Unless World War Three starts tonight, I’ll see all of youse tomorrow. If that happens, before the bombs hit take another read on Seamus’ motivational piece from today. It’ll set your mind at ease while waiting for the 1000 degree winds.