In LA, basically if you're in the county your LA. Does anyone think West Hollywood or Santa Monica or Venice is NOT Los Angeles?
Its not just LA county. I grew up in Thousand Oaks, which is ~40 from downtown Los Angeles. Everyone from there says they are from LA. Hell, even Orange County peep say they are from LA. The only reason they wouldn't is because it might be wider known thanks to Real Housewives. The greater Los Angeles area in practice goes from Ventura to San Clemente. And then as far east as Palm Springs.
NFL loses Sunday Ticket trial, owes $4 billion.
It will be appealed repeatedly, but, at the moment, the NFL lost big.
No way they don't eventually win on appeal.. The NFL will just rattle some govt chains by threating jobs or whatever bullshit and eventually get someone to make the call.
Dave Canales says the Panthers are gonna be a run-first offense. Which is not surprising, but it's quite something when a team spends a #1 overall pick on a QB, then the very next season that team's (new) coach announces they're going to run the ball as much as possible.
He doesn't mean it. They will be behind so often they will have to throw the ball more than 75% of the rest of the teams in the league.
Dave Canales says the Panthers are gonna be a run-first offense. Which is not surprising, but it's quite something when a team spends a #1 overall pick on a QB, then the very next season that team's (new) coach announces they're going to run the ball as much as possible.
Based on last year in Tampa, "run first" means "run into the middle of the line on first down" and then have to throw in later downs to make up for it.
Watching the first Hard Knocks was endlessly amusing.
First, hearing the Giants staff among themselves projecting Brian Burns would cost a “one plus”, ie. a 1st round pick plus additional pick(s). And they noted how Carolina turned down two 1sts previously.
Then, seeing Dan Morgan floating the idea of a Burns trade to Giants GM Joe Schoen, first by saying “two ones”, which Schoen shot down, then a “one plus”, which Schoen said was headed in the right direction.
How it goes from that to what the deal actually was should make for a good episode 2.
Also it was fun to watch the Giants staff talk about Saquon at $12m being a price other teams wouldn’t pay, when we know now the Eagles end up giving him over $12.5m
Watching the first Hard Knocks was endlessly amusing.
First, hearing the Giants staff among themselves projecting Brian Burns would cost a “one plus”, ie. a 1st round pick plus additional pick(s). And they noted how Carolina turned down two 1sts previously
They were absolutely right. Lucky for the Giants they were trading with Dan Morgan, who's allergic to acquiring first-round picks.
4th round rookie, hadn’t even gotten to play in the league yet. Killed along with the other two occupants who were his high school teammates. Hit by a drunk woman who was speeding and recklessly changing lanes. The drunk woman and her passengers were unharmed.
The league no longer has two Josh Allens.
The Jaguars pass rusher, fresh off his big contract extension signing, will now be known as Josh Hines-Allen, matching that of his sisters, including WNBA player Myisha Hines-Allen.
We'll always have November 7, 2021:
Josh Allen retires from being Josh Allen with a 2-0 record in Josh Allen Bowls.
On my way home from work today I was behind a Mustang with NJ plates that read "1CHIEF5". It was in a Las Vegas Raiders frame.
If this was actually a post, hoo boy is Sauce in trouble now:
And to no one's surprise, the 49ers have made it clear they're not trading him. How ugly will this get?
I mean, the Washington Football Commanders have a lot of cap space and should have some pretty high draft picks next year, so, you know . . .
Deebo demanded a trade too during his contract negotiations. It’s routine at this point.
I think this is a perfunctory act, to set up the fact that he’ll sit out training camp, or at least the start of camp. But I don’t think the needle has moved any. He’s not getting traded, and he’s not sitting out and losing his first big chunk payday of $15 million in the process.
So, I can see why the man’s scouting reports all seem to start off like this:
That is an impressive physique.
But 5'10" /209 isn't 6'4"/235 (DK Metcalf)
I hope Aiyuk works it out. But if not Lamar can always use a better WR to throw to. 
That is an impressive physique.
But 5'10" /209 isn't 6'4"/235 (DK Metcalf)
Unlike DK, Malik can change directions. 
(Not that it matters much when it comes to DK. He's dangerous enough running his 3 types of routes.)
Is that his gameday uniform? Would probably increase female viewership.
So, a professional athlete looks like a professional athlete?
I think it's more impressive that this bod made it into the NFL:
I can't believe it's been 8 years. Guess I haven't watched Skip in at least 10 then
Good riddance.
There’s a rumor floating around that the Raiders are interested in trading for Aiyuk, and would send Davante Adams (and probably a draft pick) in return.
That’s probably the one trade scenario I could imagine the Niners considering. They don’t want to compromise their 2024 run. Adams would be one of the few receivers able to step in and replace Aiyuk.
I wonder if they would work out a deal with Adams. He’s got $35m salaries in 2025 and 2026 (but no guarantees) and there’s no way the Niners are paying that. But maybe if Adams would agree to tear up the old deal and work out a new 2-year deal that gives him some new guaranteed money, at a high WR2 salary that the Niners can work with, there’d be some opportunity to do something.
If it’s just trading one year or Aiyuk for one year of Adams, I don’t know if they do it just to get a 4th round pick or something.
Former Seahawks (and Panthers, briefly) LT Russell Okung on the former Twitter yesterday, writing about new Panthers HC / team chaplain Dave Canales:
When I played with the @Seahawks, there was a coach whose optimism was painful.Always writing notes, knew Pete Carroll's culture like the back of his hand, even set up practice dummies perfectly on the field. Rarely saw him have a bad day.
Turns out, relentless positivity is a superpower.
My teammates ridiculed him as a "company man" for meticulously straightening practice dummies. This coach knew every detail mattered to Pete Carroll.
While others kicked dummies in jest, he aligned them perfectly.
He saw the connection between small actions and overall culture.
An older vet defended him, "He's not a company man. He just understands how things work."
Lesson: It's not about blind loyalty, it's about understanding the bigger picture. Those 'small things' would create a future for him.
Funny… he’s now the head coach of an NFL team.
Two thoughts:
1. Canales' positivity superpower (ick) probably brought out / reinforced Wilson's cornball attitude, which is why most 'Hawks fans weren't sorry to see him go.
2. And because I'm apparently the only person who remembers, Canales repeatedly and chronically lied to his wife and family about his binge drinking, porn addition and propensity to f*ck everything that moved. He even wrote a book about it!
The Panthers are bad, from top to bottom. I don't know why I continue to root for such a sorry team.
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