Your “First You Get The Money…” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 4, 2019April 4, 2019

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NFL Nuggets: One rumour is that the Seahawks will tie Russell Wilson's next salary contract to the annual percentage increase in the salary cap. There are advantages for both sides: It guarantees Wilson will stay in the upper echelon of QB salaries. It allows the Seahawks stability in knowing how

Your “Slow News Day” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 2, 2019April 2, 2019

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NFL News: The AAF, as expected, has "suspended operations". It was expected to cost Tom Dundon - owner of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes - about $20 million to finish the season & four-team playoffs. I guess you don't get rich subscribing to the "sunk cost fallacy". Deadspin speculates that the

Your ‘Til Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - March 26, 2019March 26, 2019

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NFL Nuggets: The window is starting to close for the Eagles now that they are talking a long-term extension for Carson Wentz. Much like how Russell Wilson's pay raise ended things for the Seahawks, this only gives the Eagles a couple more years before they have to start shedding salary. Derek

Your “Just One More Day…” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - March 20, 2019March 20, 2019

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NFL News: Clay Matthews is now a member of RAMMIT Nation. A two-year deal to return to his hallowed USC turf. Further upsetting WineWife is Randall Cobb to the Cowboys. It's one year for $5 million. AJ McCarron continues his mid-career collection of clipboards, signing on to be the Texans

Your “It’s Really Kind of Quiet, If I Don’t Find Things That Interest Me” Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - March 4, 2019March 4, 2019

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NFL News: Franchise tag update: The Texans have tagged Jadeveon Clowney. The difficulty lies in how to clarify his "tag", since he is listed as "DE/OLB". The defensive end tag sits at $17.128 million for one year. The linebacker tender is worth $15.443 million. Early Combine reports are that the Cardinals

Your “Hey – Do I Know You?” Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - February 25, 2019February 25, 2019

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NFL News: Franchise tag updates: no new applications. What's a NFL offseason without hand-wringing about the rules? The three topics on the agenda for the Competition Committee meeting today were: Replay review punts - make them more like kickoffs? the new helmet rules - good, or make betterer? Current thinking

Your “Some People Will Say Anything For Attention” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - February 21, 2019February 21, 2019

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NFL Nuggets: Franchise tag update: no applications Landon Collins expects to be tagged by the Giants, and cleaned out his locker ahead of the designation. According to nfl.com, Collins would likely make more than $12 million on the tag, far more than the $1.27 million base salary he earned in 2018. https://twitter.com/TheHumble_21/status/1098315997839265792

Your “It’s A Little Early To Be Broke, Ain’t It?” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - February 19, 2019February 19, 2019

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NFL News: The main story of the day is that February 19 marks the opening of the two-week Franchise Tag window. As we learned with Le'Veon Bell, a team & player have until July 15 to negotiate a multi-year deal, or the player has to sign a one-year deal under

Your “The Prodigal Son Returns” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - January 3, 2019January 3, 2019

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bgwEc1BOLs Happy New Year everyone. I'm back from vacation & looking forward to seeing how the playoffs & coaching changes work themselves out. I'm only working Thursday this week due to playoffs, but am on my usual off-season weeknight routine starting next week. NFL News: Sad news for fans of hillbilly names:

Your “The Bill Always Comes Due” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - December 11, 2018December 11, 2018

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NFL News: I guess iron does sharpen iron: Frank Clark: 'Richard Sherman and his era is over' It comes on the heels of Sherman - star of the 3-10 49ers - calling the current Seahawks defense "middle of the road". As Bobby Wagner put it, "You can make the position

Your “Oh God, That’s Hilarious” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - December 4, 2018December 4, 2018

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NFL News: The headline really buries the lede: Jay Gruden: We didn't have many plays for Mark Sanchez Nowhere in the story does it point out that it was Jay Gruden who chose to have Mark Sanchez on his active roster. As noted by the master himself: "Well, we had

Your “Why Can’t It Be Like That Every Night?” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - November 20, 2018November 20, 2018

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NFL Notes: The Chiefs-Rams game was ESPN's highest-rated game in four years. Last night's game could singlehandedly turn around the NFL's Nielsen numbers...until the next arcane roughing the QB flag, or Jets game. Of all the ridiculous stats to come out of the game, Kareem Hunt became the first player

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