Hello, friends. Welcome to the NFL Legal Tampering Period! Back in the Old Days (2011), agents and teams were prohibited from negotiating free agent contracts at all prior the official opening of free agency- it was considered tampering with a player who was still under contract. People were understandably suspicious, therefore,
Author: The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem
Tag It and Bag It: Tuesday Open Thread
It's Tagging Tuesday, where NFL teams express their appreciation for a player by denying him the right to negotiate a market-appropriate salary! As of this writing, nine players have had a tag placed on them. Eight have received the dreaded Franchise Tag, giving their current team near-total control over their fate
Wichita, O Wichita! or No Fun With Peter King: Tuesday Open Thread
So Peter King is stepping back from his primary(?) gig writing 11,000 words per week as a columnist for NBC Sports. This is indeed the end of an era, and you will see a thousand fauning tributes to the football equivalent of everyone's favorite sells-insurance-but-really-wanted-to-be-a-standup-comic uncle. Not here, obviously. Even our deeply-felt
Is It Underwear Olympics Time?: Tuesday Open Thread
Football in the Time of Brainworms: Tuesday Open Thread
Taylor Swift is not a CIA wokeness android. Nancy Pelosi did not threaten the league at halftime if the 49ers didn't win. The NFL is controlled by Lizard People, but they are the same Old Rich White Lizard People as have openly controlled American wealth since Cornelius Vanderbilt emerged from the caves
Wide Right: Tuesday Wide Right Thread
Wide right. Wide right wide right wide right; wide right wide right! Wide Right wide right, wide right Wide Right. Wide right wide right- wide RIGHT. Wide. Right. Seriously though- it's a fair cop, guv. A flawed and beat-up team got Got by another flawed and beat-up team with a better coach. It sucks that
Satisfaction: Tuesday Open Thread
The Man With The Mop: Tuesday Open Thread
The NFL wastes no time chivvying its fans on to The Next Thing once the gratuitous bro-hugs-on-the-sidelines shots are finished- sometimes not even that long. I can't be certain, but within ten seconds of the game-clinching Tuaception Sunday night it seemed like NBC was blaring ads about HOT PLAYOFF ACTION.
Stay On Target…: Tuesday Open Thread
Once again, it All Comes Down to This. And that's kinda awesome. By my count, there are eleven (11) games with meaningful playoff implications, including five involving a "win and in" scenario. I can't say I've ever looked forward to a Colts-Texans game, but here we are. Moreover, because the NFL isn't
Are…Are We Through?: Tuesday Open Thread
Simply Having A Wonderful Sh*tsmastime: Tuesday Open Thread
Many of you voiced whole-hearted- dare I say fervent?- support for my Modest Proposal regarding summary roadside executions of rubberneckers. "What is next, wise Reverend? What further Grand Plans for Cultural Improvement can you offer?" I hear you say. Well. I realized today that the American justice system- indeed, all Western juridical traditions,