Your “Well Joe, My Opinion Is, ‘DOOONN’T CAAARRE'” Thursday Evening Open Thread

NFL Notes: It's getting crowded in the booth, as Jay Cutler has apparently auditioned for John Lynch's old job at FOX. He must need the money, as he's not doing it for the health plan. The Lions are trying to get Matt Stafford to sign a long-term deal so they

Your “Building Readership One Coupling At A Time” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

  First off, a hearty congrats to litre_cola on the arrival of little deci, and sunrisesunrise on the arrival of little redskyatdawn.    THAT'S GOOD HUSTLE! NFL News: Jed York apparently wants to settle differences with Jim Harbaugh, and thinks a fancy dinner will do it. Given how hard it is for Jim to

Your “Why Would He Want To Leave?” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL Notes: Looking to prevent him developing an itch to scratch, Alabama put academics to the fore and gave Nick Saban an extension through 2024, raising the amount they're paying him to $65 million over the life of the deal. That includes a $4 million signing bonus for 2017, taking his

Your “Stalin Admires the Union Control Roger Goodell Has” May Day Monday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: The Jaguras have picked up Blake Bortles' fifth-year option, likely looking ahead to next year's draft. The League has decided not to fine Falcons draft pick Takkarist McKinley for his colourful interview with Prime right after being drafted on Thursday. not that Goodell probably didn't want to though...

Your “Tears Are Something To Hide” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

  NFL News: two days until the Draft. Adrian Peterson has indeed signed a two-year, $7 million contract with the Saints. it's effectively one-year, plus incentives, with a team-option for a second. Oh - the Saints open in Minnesota Week-1. No one can blame him: AJ McCarron wants out of Cincinnati.

Your “Daddy Doesn’t Understand It” Monday Evening Open Thread

NHL News: The second-round starts Wednesday with the Western conference matchups, Nashville at St. Louis and Edmonton at Anaheim. NBC is pinning its ratings on Washington-Pittsburgh, putting them in primetime on the weekend. Ottawa-New York & Nashville-St. Louis get the afternoons.      Because of the time zones involved, the Edmonton-Anaheim series

Your “Okay, NOW the Browns Are On The Clock!” Thursday Evening Open Thread

It's seven days until the Draft. NFL News: Season schedules are scheduled for release at 8:00PM ET today. Chargers - Broncos is rumoured to be the late-Monday Night game. On the QB unemployment line: TIME has named Colin Kaepernick one of its 100 Influential People of 2017, despite him being interesting

Your “Well, That’s That” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: Deciding to celebrate his recent breakup with entendres, Aaron Rodgers has decided the Packers are more flexible with extra tight-ends. "I think we're going to have a lot more flexibility in that package," he said. Pretty-boy skipped the visit to the White House, because either snubbing tyrants is

Your “Hold On – I Need A Cup For THose Tears” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: AJ Hawk signed a one-day contract so he could retire a Packer. Dallas jumped early and exercised the 2018 option on OL Zack Martin. It's worth $9.3 million, which is about $3 million less than he'd command on the open market after 2017. The Bills are going to

Your “Prima Facie Dumbness” Tuesday Evening Preview

NFL News: James Laurinaitis has announced his retirement. Hopefully, he goes into the other family business. Jacksonville sent DE Chris Smith to Cincinnati for a 2018 conditional draft pick. knowing the Jags, it's probably in the 8th round. Kyle Shanahan says it's "system fit" that's keeping teams from signing Colin