And Now, Please Rise For Our National Anthem

Oh, say can you see, By the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed, At the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, Through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, Were so gallantly streaming. And the rocket's red glare, The bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night, That our flag was still there. Oh say

Your “He’s Probably Cut By Columbus Day” Monday Open Thread

NFL Weekend Injury & Early Cuts Round-Up: Nice work, Mark Sanchez - Trevor Siemian has been named Denver's Week 1 starter. Luke Kuechly is listed as day-to-day due to blood loss from his hard-on. kudos to ESPN for going the extra mile and pondering if Siemian might be the worst Week

Your “HOT DAMN! IT’S FRIDAY!” Friday Open Thread

NFL Friday Afternoon News Dump: Andre Johnson signed a two-year deal with the Titans. As CBS jokingly put it, he's "one shy of the AFC South cycle". I'm going to suppose he catches fewer passes than Dwayne Bowe. Jake Long feels he's too good to sign an injury waiver, so

Your “THANK MERCIFUL HEAVENS!” Thursday Open Thread

NFL News You Can Use: The Jets and Ryan Fitzpatrick compromised on a one-year, $12 million deal. FINALLY, the Jets problems are solved. fivethirtyeight.com gave Fitzy's numbers a value for dollar breakdown and found him to be the best the Jets have had since roughly Ken O'Brien. I'm kinda between

Your “Is There Going To Be A Test At The End?” Wednesday Open Thread

NFL Roundup: Nick Foles asked for, and got, his release from the Rams. He gets to keep his $6 million roster bonus paid in March. No word on if it counts against the cap, but it would just make something laughable even funnier. The good news keeps coming for the

Your “Slick Willie’s Back” Tuesday Open Thread

NFL Updates: Cowboys DE Randy Gregory is facing additional suspension above his four games already scheduled. At this point, 6-10 looks like a pipe dream in Jerry World. The [*Redacted] s are considering Greg Hardy as a replacement for Junior Galette. And thus Dan Snyder returned to his natural domain of

Your “IT’S HERE IT’S HERE!!!” Training Camp Monday Open Thread

Depending on the team, today marks the opening of training camps for the 2016 season. Here are all teams' official dates. that's not dew on your windshield in the morning, that's tears of joy from the football gods. But before we can benefit from their mercy at the end of

Your “The RNC Convention Hits Full-On Drinking Game” Thirsty Thursday Open Thread

NFL News: Ray Rice has gone to Plan Omega - if he's allowed to play, he'll donate his paycheque in support of ending domestic violence. A key part of that plan: getting a team to take a chance on him. Josh Gordon met Roger Goodell Wednesday, in hopes of figuring

Your “Is That All?” Wednesday Open Thread

NFL tidbits: Video has surfaced of Denard Robinson's car rolling through a stoplight and rolling towards the pond he was found in. You'll have to go to Deadspin to see it, because it won't embed. As well, the cops who let him go are facing internal investigation for showing favortism.

Your “Borrowed From Betty Ford” Tuesday Open Thread

NFL Notes: humourous in a "you dumb fuckers" kind of way, nfl.com has a long-winded story about why both sides are comfortable watching Kirk Cousins play under the franchise tag for 2016. I'm sure the season ticket base agrees with this logic. trading "dumb" for "sad", PFT reports that Ezekiel