Kevin Wilson

Score one for the "cooks," I think the Rhodes do better when they aren't the ones cooking.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. said in an interview that his side's final offer for a contract extension was for 14 years and "under" 600 million (but didn't say how much under, assumingly close to 600). That's kinda crazy, right? Not necessarily the yearly AVG if it was a shorter contract, that would put him as the highest paid 1B in baseball but I can see based off his stats a team could justify that, but the 14 years just seems like a big ask. Only a handful of players have gotten 10+ years with that kind of average payment and I just am not sure if he reaches that level. I could be off base, just 14 year/550 mil or so seemed high when I read it.

Since I don't think Mox/Cope is overly exciting, to me the "best case" is if they just make the end of the event mayhem. Have a cash in, Yuta turn, Jay White turn, Young Bucks return, Luchasaurus returns, mass hysteria regardless who ends the night as champion. Kinda like what they did at Worlds End but even more chaotic, something really memorable even if its way over-booked. The card is stacked enough they can afford to go a little weird, especially since most fans are going into the match with low expectations anyway.

I'm just ready to do a giant eye roll when Yuta thinks really hard, looks confused and conflicted, and then hits Copeland with the briefcase to help Mox win. I'm just tired of the 'conflicted heel stays heel' thing that AEW has already done several times before (including with Yuta). I'd love for TK to realize the Death Riders isn't working and use all this to pull the plug, but I don't have faith in him doing that big of a pivot. I know there is a large group of fans that don't want Cope to have the title but that is the easiest way out of this, have Mox lose and the Death Riders disappear for a few months before coming back with a different idea. I suspect the opposite will happen - Yuta will stay in the group and they will add another person or two (White and/or FTR). Certainly not what I'd want to happen but it just feels like the most likely outcome. But the rest of the show looks great so I'll just focus on that and whatever happens in the main event happens.

Hopefully part of the deal is also to sign Lazard and Cobb, get the whole band back together! Any team that lets Rodgers dictate their roster is a fool and deserves whatever happens to them.

This show looks amazing, my one complaint is just that I feel like.... this card will be exhausting, as in I'll need a nap when its over as there really aren't any breaks. So far the main card has five title matches, a steel cage match, and two blood feud matches with upper card wrestlers. And AEW tends to not do breaks between matches so it just feels like a heavy show. If that makes sense? Because really almost every match has potential to be a banger, it should be a great show but please TK give me some backstage skits or something to break things up a bit. For some the Mone/Momo match will be a breather since it hasn't been heavily built up but I love Momo so I can't take that stance.

Also just the annual friendly reminder that from now until the draft there will be so much misinformation floating around, either from agents trying to angle for something, GMs trying to angle for something, or from NFL 'insiders' making a prediction that other sites report as a factual report. Trust no one.

I don't think he is still injured and at least he has a match, he may get the pinfall. I like that he's been on TV more and has a good storyline going with Big Bill with minimal involvement of Jericho in their feud, having fun midcard feuds is key for any promotion to put on good complete events. I assume he'll win the feud with Big Bill and then hopefully move up to challenge for one of the many titles in AEW.

I think how we can summarize things. I've love for this event to be real, I'm just not getting my hopes up.

Sir, Garcia vs. Cole is on Collision this week, not the PPV. Unless you are predicting an immediate rematch!

They basically said they did this last year too, but it was just "in the background." Around week 10 or so I pointed out to my brother that I watch five or six NFL games a week and couldn't recall the chain gang ever coming out and doing a measurement, they definitely went digital last year in 99% of cases. I guess it worked well enough they don't mind announcing it now. In the 'old days' they'd measure anything under a yard (especially if the coach asked for it) but I guess they decided that was a time waster.

It sounds expensive for a talented slot receiver but considering what WRs are getting these days and the cap exploding I have to file it under 'it is what it is' if you want to keep someone. Solidifies my opinion the Bills won't make any big moves in FAs on the offensive side unless they are fill-in pieces. Also curious to see the final numbers as agents tend to round up by saying the max value.

I'm going to pretend like Jushin Thunder Liger didn't come out of retirement for a random match in Qatar. That's non-canon, like the Saudi shows used to be for WWE.

I've made many mistakes in life, having Game Pass isn't one of them. I maybe don't play PS Plus Premium or Switch Online+ enough (although both are cheaper) but I certainly play Game Pass enough to justify having it, great service.

Its a different debate but its been brought up this week (I think it was in Observer) that many guys that were in WWE for a long time that leave the promotion that never had an issue losing before, suddenly don't want to job once they leave WWE as they just have had it hammered in their heads that WWE > All Else. And the exception to that is WWE wrestlers don't mind losing to other former WWE wrestlers since they are on their level. Obviously this doesn't apply to everyone (if anything, Bryan Danielson lost too much but he also had an indie background) but its something we've kinda seen before over the years. I think both things can be true. I think former long time WWE wrestlers may be protective of their image especially if they think they will go back to WWE one day, but when in WWE they are more flexible with match results. How many times have/were Andrade, Mone, Black, Lashley, Cope, and Miro pinned in singles matches in AEW against non-former WWE wrestlers? Some of course but not frequently. Hard to tell in this case but I'm not sure Miro losing to Del Rio changes that in AEW the rumors have been for awhile that his creative ideas weren't great and he turned down at least one storyline that ended with him losing.

I dunno how to properly say it but Collision was such a *clean* show. Nothing felt stretched out or like time was wasted, promos were quick and to the point, matches were as good as could have been hoped for. It didn't have a stand out ***** match but not every weekly TV show needs a super banger, it just needs good pacing (I realize it being taped may have helped with this), good action, and progressing storylines which are all things this show did. They need more consistently good events like this one.

Buncha smarks. If I was going to do a real criticism of AEW's production on Saturday, I thought they opened the show way too slow. If they thought they were going to get a good lead-in from the NBA, or were concerned about people turning it on but getting sleepy and going to bed, I don't think starting off with what felt like an eternity of entrances was a good idea. Not the match itself, it was a hot match, but I'd have started the broadcast with everyone but Omega in the ring, show his entrance and get right into it. Not that I'm encouraging that on a regular basis, entrances are great, but if the broadcast started at 10:50 I'd had the bell ringing within two minutes to try to keep the people slow to turn off their TVs, not have entrances for five minutes. Great show though.

If this board still exists in ten years we can re-visit, but I think highest FG % percentage in NFL history + SB Ring + 5× First-team All-Pro + Longest FG in NFL history gets him in. And while these allegations are definitely bad and not defensible, if it doesn't go to the civil trial phase/stretch out for years I don't think by that time that would be the reason he is kept out. Plus by then Adam Vinatieri will be in.

As things go in the NFL, if he doesn't kick again it would probably be due to his kicking woes last year, with these allegations just meaning he won't get a camp invite he normally would have. Watson did the same thing and got the largest guaranteed contract in NFL history. But, allegations + a down year + age probably means the end of his career. Especially if this violated a clause that helps the Ravens cut him while taking less of a cap hit (not sure if that is possible or how that works). As far as the HOF goes, if the allegations don't get worse I think he'll still get in. Voters would have probably six to eight years to get over it (he wouldn't be first ballot regardless).

I just spent 1.5 hours cleaning someone's backyard in PowerWash Simulator VR. I thought it was only 30 minutes until I finished the stage and took off the headset to see it was 2:30 in the morning. I don't know why but its an oddly addictive game. The headset came with three free months of Quest+ so just poking around at different games to see what interests me.

This year's SB is an example of why I'm usually more a fan of the eyeball test then raw stats. Or I guess those EPA stats that I don't pretend to understand. The NFL YouTube channel put up a video of all of Mahomes' best plays during the Super Bowl - the score was already 34-0 before they could even find a highlight to start with. We all watched the game and know he was a complete dumpster fire until the Eagles started playing softer on defense and put in some backups. That's not to say Brady didn't do that too at some point as I don't have the game logs up, just that stats (in general) rarely tell the story. Also not to say Brady is so good he can't be compared to others. The "don't dive at QB's knees" rule was also a "Brady Rule". But the NFL is making rules just for the Bills too so I can't say much.

I think people are getting a little too excited (not here, just in general) about the Steelers/Lawrence thing. I am surprised that even leaked out in a way that made it sound important, the GMs will be calling each other a lot over the next month inquiring if someone is available, I don't really think that's news. I think that guy was just trying to say something cool to get attention. Now if the Jags directly or indirectly confirm they are open to trading him (like the 49ers with Deebo or the Rams with Kupp) or Lawrence announces he wants to leave (like Myles Garrett) that would be totally different. Lots of teams would love to have him, I think in a better situation he still has the skill set to be a Top 10 QB.

I hate to be the defender of Logan Paul as I don't think he's a good person, but I think he's a very good wrestler. The point of wrestling is to be entertained and I think his matches are always entertaining, but I enjoy that style anyway. He's not a technical wrestler, that's for sure, I wouldn't compare him to Zack Sabre Jr. or Bryan Danielson. Not to go full Wrestling vs. Sports Entertainment like they are doing with Gunther/Jey but he does what they ask of him and he's very good at it. He's not Top 10 in WWE or anything crazy but I really don't care if matches are choreographed beforehand or not, its still delivering difficult moves live and he rarely messes up. Jade has had 100+ matches and still gets lost, he picked it up very quickly.

I realize I am biased because of who I root for but I agree there should be a lot more to evaluating QBs then super bowl rings. Exception being someone like fucking Brady who won so many its hard to argue against him as the GOAT, with his one from Tampa Bay being the cherry on top. Plus all the other stuff he did. That being said I'm not convinced that Mahomes is better then Brady as a player and honestly its way too early to say anyway. Brady threw for over 5,000 yards at 44 years old which is the dumbest thing ever but actually happened so Mahomes at least needs another ten years at Top 5 level to be in the argument. I say all this as an eternal hater of Brady but I think between stats and rings he's untouchable, we should spend our time ranking people under him on the GOAT list as Mahomes still has a ways to go (and everyone else for that matter). I understand the argument of "Brady had more weapons around him during his peak years" but it doesn't do much for me as 1. Brady made players weapons, and 2. we can't argue hypotheticals like "if Mahomes had ____ he would have done _____". But I am curious to see what KC does, are they aggressive to improve the line and give him a better RB and WR or do they think the offense is good enough to run it back with only minor tweaks. I also think the argument could be made for Marino being the best passer/player but its an impossible argument one way or the other.

Chiefs only having 38 total yards halfway through the 3rd quarter is wild. Mostly because the main way the Chiefs are as good as they are is offensive scheming and Mahomes being Mahomes and they just can't do anything tonight.