Your “More Like ‘Sneakers At The Beer Garden'” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 10, 2019September 10, 2019

Banner photo by Daniel Berman/www.bermanphotos.com NFL Nuggets: First game of the season, and the first officiating error against the Saints. As most of you watched, prior to the half the refs pulled an accounting error in calculating when to do the 10-second runoff, forcing the Saints to hurry their field goal

Your Wednesday Evening “Dollar Dollar Bills, Y’All” Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 4, 2019September 4, 2019

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NFL Numbers: today's news brought to you by the numbers 16, 21, and 84, and the numbers they received from their associated teams. Zeke got PAID! A six-year extension worth $90 million. Taking into account the two years he had left on his rookie deal, it's $103 million over eight years,

Your “I Don’t Think Any Of Them Will Become Iron Man” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 3, 2019September 3, 2019

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NFL News: If the rumours are true, Ezekiel Elliott should have a new contract by the end of the day. He has left Mexico & flown back to Dallas. One would think this is on the advice of the agent negotiating for him, which means it has to be close.

Tucson, Ch. 4: Primary

blaxabbath - September 3, 2019September 4, 2019

We've talked quite a bit here about the history of Tucson, Arizona and how foolish they would be ever to sit down with the piranhas that are NFL negotiators regarding the foolish half-cocked Alazona proposal that was briefly floated to fill dormant offseason news cycles that, before signing their extension

Your Thursday Evening, “Wait – Who’s That Guy?!” Final Preseason Games Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 29, 2019August 29, 2019

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Hi everyone, It's your old pal Beerguy, filling in for Scotchy tonight. He'd love to be here with you, but he's having to take care of some relatives that came into town unexpectedly. So, I'll dispense with my usual news/notes/nuggets format and instead get right into some quick, pithy analysis of tonight's

Your “Calm Before the Storm” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 28, 2019August 28, 2019

NFL News: Colts fans demand refunds rejoice: Brock Osweiler has been brought in for a tryout. Because otherwise, the options after Jacoby Brissett gets hurt are rookie Phillip Walker and second-year player Chad "Not Uncle Jim" Kelly. Kelly is also suspended for the first two games for violating the league's personal

Your Tuesday Weld Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 27, 2019August 27, 2019

Continued use of Wednesday Addams was getting creepy. NFL Notes: The fact that he's voicing concern is concerning: Arthur Blank hopes the Falcons can sign Julio Jones to a new deal by Opening Day. "The negotiations continue to move along in a positive way. It's a big contract and it's complex

Your “We Should All Be So Lucky” Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 26, 2019August 26, 2019

NFL Nuggets: Andrew Luck updates: The Colts are letting him keep his bonus money from the last contract signing. It amounts to $16.8 million, since he had three years left on the five-year extension he signed in 2016. There are rumours that Jim Irsay has known for a (little) while

Your “Maybe He’ll Wear The White Suit” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 21, 2019August 21, 2019

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NFL Notes: I hope his partner isn't from Atlanta: Ray Lewis is going to be on "Dancing With The Stars". Having braved the DWTS online store, I can assure viewers that while there is a selection of branded housewares available, no knife collections were available. From Disney subsidiary ESPN comes

Why I Won’t Be Watching The NFL This Year: Your 2019 Homeless Raiders Season Preview

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - August 21, 2019August 21, 2019

In Big Daddy Balls' 2016 edition of "Why Your Team Sucks" for the Chicago Bears, the fan responses were a pretty standard collection of laments about the team's ineptitude and fan culture. Not exactly the place you'd look for a true revelation. But I found one there, and it took