I'll have to give it a try.  I've seen some highlights on ESPN/Sportscenter that have been pretty entertaining.  When I "logged in"turned on my TV last night, this popped up.  I hadn't even heard about this USFL league once and I listen to a lot of sports talk via radio/tv etc..especially when it's involving sports..





I see that the sale went through.  It seems Commander fans are quite pleased with him being gone.  I don't blame them.

The NFL is no more a monopoly than Major League Baseball or the NBA.  There's simply not enough good/highly skilled players to make another league on the same level as the NFL as legit.  I mean the XFL, USFL, Candaian League, Arena League..they all have the opportunity to be a as good as the NFL..but they can't get players even remotely as good.  Why would any player want to play in those leagues that could play in the NFL?  Also career life-spans are very different than in soccer/Euro football..the average football player's career is 3 years.  So most players simply aren't good enough to last long enough to make other leagues more competitive.  The NFL doesn't need to try and "run a monoply".  They were first and don't need to try and compete with those other leagues. Hey I'm all for calling out a scam, or sabotage, monopolies or whatever, but I don't see what you seemingly see with American football. 

If I was the Texans I would just stick with one of the two QBs who are ranked at the top of this year's draft. Lamar is OK but because they are doing so poorly, they have nothing to lose by gambling on an unknown. With Lamar, you know what you're getting, which is just a couple steps above mediocrity. Might as well take a risk to get something better.


How's this for addicted? I had two separate dreams last night that I was flipping through the TV channels and some NFL games came on. Both times I thought to myself, "hey wait a minute, this isn't football season, what's going on??"

@ChiBitCTy. My hope is the Panthers make their pick on quarterback Bryce Young a certainty before the draft begins. This would imply that the Texans, another team that wants Bryce, can use their no.2 pick on the first round to bargain a trade for Lamar Jackson heheheh.

@ChiBitCTy. This is good news and it appears the Ravens had the contract extension in their desk ready to be shown to Lamar on draft day hehehe. The team might have thought Lamar could be forced to agree to sign the previous offer hehe. I reckon this new contract will reawaken Lamar 2019 hehehehe.

In any case, I am sorry. The Texans drafted Will Anderson. They have been aggressive in this draft trading for the 3rd pick to draft him. The also drafted quarterback CJ Stroud on the 2nd pick. It appears after Deshaun Watson the Texans are taking this next season more serious?

@ChiBitCTy. On the Lions' pick, I am not quite certain why this was bad, I need to learn more about this game hehe. However, it might be because the Lions might trade D’Andre Swift or David Montgomery later before the preseason?

In any case, @everyone. We were 10 teams during the previous season. I reckon this year our league should have 12 teams? Should we find 2 more entrants?

We can certainly assume that Bryce will have a better performance than Super Cam Newton's second time with the Panthers hehhehe.

@everyone. Draft grades from Yahoo sports for the NFC and the AFC are released. They are 2 long articles and might take a coffee or tea and some biscuits to read all hehehe.

https://sports.yahoo.com/2023-nfl-draft-grades-for-nfc-eagles-get-top-marks-so-do-rebuilding-cardinals-and-one-team-received-an-f-185301750.html

https://sports.yahoo.com/2023-nfl-draft-grades-for-afc-steelers-did-the-best-while-three-playoff-teams-fall-in-c-range-150557358.html

@ChiBitCTy. Agreed. Similar to what I said already, Bryce Young might have a better performance than Cam Newton's return to the Panthers. I have not seen their draft grade, however, my guess Bryce should be an A or a B+.

@ChiBitCTy. Agreed. I reckon the Bears would have made a better record in the standings if the playbook gave Justin Fields more running opportunities near the beginning of 2022 season heheeh. Also hehehe, didn't the Bears have Trey Lance as their first choice in the 2020 draft but picked Justin Fields because San Francisco drafted Lance first?

In any case, the schedule for 2023 season has been released! Regular season begins on September 11.

https://www.nfl.com/schedules/2023/reg1/

Jimmy G's lifetime membership on a Las Vegas strip joint will certainly become very useful during those times of boredom for his next season hehe. He failed a physical exam and it was mentioned that his foot injury is more serious than what the Raiders previously reported. I am shaking my head, I was very excited for his trade in Las Vegas.

Also, this news. The return of the goat?



While Brady is no longer an NFL player, he is still going to be around the league. He purchased a minority stake of the Las Vegas Raiders organization earlier this month, pending confirmation from the rest of the league’s owners.

This along with increased concerns about Raiders quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo and his foot injury has created speculation about Brady potentially stepping back into the NFL to be the Raiders quarterback if needed.

Source https://thecomeback.com/nfl/sportsbook-posts-odds-tom-brady-raiders-starter.html