THE GAME MANAGERS HAVE A DECLARATION TO MAKE
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
CODY KESSLER IS NOT BETTER THAN CONNOR COOK
What everyone will be watching this weekend
The NFL Draft … again
The main drama remaining on Day 3 is when will Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook be selected. As you can see, Wil is kinda miffed by this. Cook is too good to still be on the board, especially with Christian Hackenberg, Jacoby Brissett and the aforementioned Cody Kessler being off it. Lions GM Bob Quinn said that Cook passed all his medicals, which pokes a hole in the “his shoulder is more hurt than we knew” theory. Although this is draft weekend, where NFL GMs are allowed to lie their faces off for 72 hours with impunity. All signs point to Cook’s attitude actually being the issue here. Now that teams aren’t necessarily looking for future starters, Cook is in play for seemingly everyone.
As for the rest of the draft, the Lions still have about 453 picks left, so there’s some intrigue. I’d expect them to start building some depth at the skill positions or even the secondary.
Playoffs?
The NHL has a pair of games each day, with the Islanders and Lightning playing at 3 (NBC), and the Caps and Penguins at 8 (NBC) Saturday; and the Stars and Blues playing at 3 (NBC) and the Sharks and Predators at 8 (NBCSN) on Sunday. It feels like each of theses series will be plenty entertaining whenever the NFL Draft gets out of the way.
The NBA can’t decide which round it’s in (to be fair, the NHL did this earlier this week), but there’s plenty of intrigue in each of the four matchups scheduled. The Thunder and Spurs open what should be one of the more entertaining series we’ve seen in a while at 8:30 Saturday on TNT. The Spurs seem like the choice, but the thought of Russell Westbrook scoring 50 a night against the Spurs point guards while Kawhi Leonard sticks to Kevin Durant makes things kind of cloudy.
Portland travels to Golden State (3:30 Sunday on ABC) to start their second-round series, which won’t include Steph Curry, giving the Trailblazers a glimmer of hope. Then there’s the two Game 7s, as Charlotte heads to Miami (1 Sunday on ABC) and Indiana heads to Toronto (8 Sunday on TNT).
Those sly Foxes
How would you pronounce this word?
“Leicester”
Did you say “Lie-Chester” like a normal English-speaking human being would? Well, you’re wrong, because English people are dumb. It’s “Lester” like “Major League pitcher Jon Lester”.
“Lester.”
How dumb is that? Why even have the “ice” in the middle of the name? There’s probably a good joke in there somewhere…..that’s all I have to say on the Premier League. We now go to Paul for more in depth coverage.
Thanks, Wil!
No matter how you choose to pronounce the name, Leicester City Football Club is three points away from clinching its first Premier League title, which I believe we’ve told you before is like Eastern Michigan winning the College Football Playoff. Leicester can clinch with a win at Manchester United, which only adds to the intrigue -- a tiny club on a tight budget winning a season-long title on the hallowed home of perhaps the world’s most famous club. Even if Leicester don’t win Sunday (game’s at 9 a.m. Sunday on either NBCSN or NBC, we can’t do all the work for you) it is very likely to win at some point, as Tottenham needs to be perfect, and Leicester would need to drop a home match against an Everton side that has given up on the season.
WAIT THE SUPER RICH TEAMS ARE LETTING A TEAM CALLED “LESTER” WIN THE WHOLE DANG THING? LESTER?! OVER THE MANCHESTERS AND CHELSEAS?! LESTER SOUNDS LIKE A GUY WHO PUSHES HIS OVER-SIZED EYE GLASSED UP THE BRIDGE UP HIS NOSE WHEN YOU CALL HIS NAME. THAT’S LIKE A DOOFY FOOTBALL TEAM WINNING THE SUPER BOWL WHILE BEING NAMED THE CHETS . . . OR THE BROWNS.
I can’t argue with any of that.
About last night …
Paul cried when Jaylon Smith got drafted
True statement. The Cowboys took Jaylon Smith with the third pick of the second round, which is higher than anyone expected him to go. The Notre Dame star who is recovering from a knee injury serious enough to keep him off the field in 2016, and who knows how long after that, is a top-5 talent when healthy, and if the Cowboys get healthy Jaylon Smith -- their team doctor did perform his surgery, so he likely has an idea of what’s going on -- they got the steal of the draft. Or maybe the Jaguars did, as they took Myles Jack -- the other top 5 linebacker talent with a serious knee injury -- two picks later. The Jaguars are starting to look extremely entertaining, which is a weird thing to type.
In the Not a Steal category, the Buccaneers traded UP to draft Florida State kicker Roberto Aguayo in the second round. Don’t get us wrong, Aguayo being perfect from 39 yards and in is a type of consistency that’s valuable in the NFL now that extra points are more of a challenge, but he’s missed a third of his kicks beyond 40, which isn’t great for an NFL kicker. And certainly not great for a second-round pick. But you do you, Bucs.
Austin Rivers got F’d up, Clippers bounced
Those two things don’t exactly go together, because Austin Rivers’ health isn’t directly related to the Clippers losing, but both happened last night in the same game. Portland won 106-103 in Game 6, completing the rare Sweep After Being Down 2-0. The Blazers are right back at it Sunday against the Warriors.
Elsewhere in the NBA, Indiana beat up on Toronto to force Game 7 in a series we (Paul) claimed wouldn’t be exciting, and Dwyane Wade took Flashback Friday -- the less popular stepsister to Throwback Thursday -- quite literally in leading the Hornets to a road win in Charlotte, forcing a Game 7.
Rest trumps rust
San Jose scored five (!) goals in the third period to take Game 1 from Nashville. Remember, the Predators played a Game 7 two days prior, while the Sharks had been relaxing following their five-game series win against the Kings. In the other Western Conference semifinal, Dallas protected home ice in a 2-1 win against St. Louis. We didn’t watch any of these games, so we don’t have much to add.
The best of the rest
Nick Castellano tank top game on point, on fleek, 100, and however else the young kids say cool.
Let’s check in with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush spelling the name of Miami basketball mega-star Dwyane Wade!
No, that’s not at all how you spell his name, Mr. Bush. Oh, you want to correct it? That’s nice.
Dangit. We can’t disagree, though, Mr. Governor, Dewaene Waeyde is the man. Please clap.
You’d think a black cat sneaking on the ice before the game would be a bad omen for the Sharks, but you’d be wrong because cats are awesome, especially black ones. And the Sharks won 5-2. But really, how the heck does that cat even get out there? You had one job, teal shirt guy.
If you are ever lucky enough to sit courtside at an NBA game . . . for your family’s sake, don’t be this person.
Don’t talk shit to NBA players unless you’re fully prepared to look like an asshole on national TV when he drains a jumper in your face.
Here are a couple of our favorite tweets about Lions 2nd round pick A’Shawn Robinson looking 45, even though he just turned 21.
And a couple of the best re: Heckenberg
This is really mean of Papi, but dammit we’d do the same thing if we were him.
And my (Wil) favorite tweet of the night is just a perfect encapsulation of what most fans think of moving a team to London full time.
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