Gang, great week.
Good luck Chattanooga FC this weekend.
From the "Talks too much" studios, let's giddy-up.
From Trip
Jay, are you going to do more with fantasy football here on the 5-10 or on your radio show this year? I know I would appreciate it.
My draft is in two weeks and would love to hear some of your thoughts.
Trip,
Yeah, we can work in some more fantasy football ideas.
Let us tabulate some details and we'll address it next week in more detail. Deal? Deal.
FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2014 file photo, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers throws a touchdown pass during the first half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints in New Orleans. Rodgers has won his second Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player award. (AP Photo/Bill Haber, File) We can say this though: The only quarterbacks we'd take in the first round are Aaron Rodgers or Andrew Luck and we're willing to bet the folks who won your league last year had either DeMarco Murray or Dez Bryant (and both of those cats will likely see a fall of in their numbers).
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From Harry
Bigger surprise, Cubs or Yankees. Thanks, and you guys are great on Press Row.
Harry -
Fair question, but we'd lean toward the Yankees as a bigger surprise, and no one is a bigger individual surprise than A-Rod.
In truth, A-Rod should be in line for almost every "Comeback" award offered.
Will he win? No, because he's A-Rod and everyone hates him.
But he should win. Dude went form missing more than a year for being suspended to having his team look for every possible way to void his contract to hitting .281 with 23 bombs and is having his best year since 2010.
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From Justin
@jgreesontfp Mt. Rushmore idea for tomorrow: Fathers who had better sports careers than their over-hyped children.
Justin -
FILE- In this March 29, 2015, file photo, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara Bush speak before the first half of an NCAAA college basketball game in Houston. A spokesman says doctors are pleased with the progress the former president is making since he fractured a bone in his neck during a fall. Jim McGrath said Sunday, July 19, 2015, that Bush is doing better and his spirits are good. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File) Interesting. (Side note: This was in response to a Tweet we offered about which dad, Ron Paul or George H.W. Bush, was shaking his head more at an underwhelming performance from his son in the GOP debate.)
You need the caveat of a son who actually succeeded some. Like you could say, "What about Nolan Ryan's kids?" because they never played at all.
Off the top of our head, we'll go Kyle Petty, Jarrett Payton, Jack Nicklaus and Jeffrey Jordan. And most of those are because their dads were so good.
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From Scott
Are you going to see Straight Outta Compton?
Scott -
Absolutely we'll see it, though probably not in the theater. We grew up in that era and loved NWA and Eazy E. (In fact, guys of a certain age will nod at this, but there were three or four cassette tapes we all played until they broke. We broke at least two and maybe more Eazy Does It tapes.)
We also think they deserve a major tip of the cap marketing this film wide-scale.
Heck they even have a Straight Outta Compton NASCAR.
Well-played indeed.
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From James
@jgreesontfp does the emails being released even though they have nothing to do with deflategate not prove exactly why he destroyed phone?
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2015, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) rolls out to pass against the Baltimore Ravens in the first half of an NFL divisional playoff football game in Foxborough, Mass. The Baltimore Ravens deny they tipped off the Indianapolis Colts about underinflated footballs before the AFC championship game. Court papers released Tuesday in New England quarterback Tom Brady's lawsuit against the NFL over his four-game suspension show that the Ravens contacted the Colts about deflated footballs used in Baltimore's playoff loss to the Patriots the previous week. But the Ravens said Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, that was not true. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Completely fair question, James.
In fact the more we read the more this is a two-way problem of credibility.
It's impossible for us to believe that every QB interviewed ever says there is no way this was the act of a rogue equipment manager or that Brady didn't know.
That said, with every turn and P.R. mismanagement or leaked story, the NFL looks more and more untrustworthy.
In fact, it's hard to imagine a multi-billion-dollar conglomerate this bad and P.R. Every step is either a stumble or completely in the wrong direction.
So, in a way, the personal email leaks, which had nothing to do with the DeflateGate mess anyway, gives ex post facto credence to Brady's decision not to surrender his phone.
That said, the Wells report, while questionable in a couple of spots, made it clear that Brady could have pulled the messages and kept his phone.
The act of destroying it was silly and looks overwhelmingly guilty. In fact, it was a move that seems very NFL0ish after the fact.