Kevin Wilson

Watching Kentucky lose in hilariously early fashion will always bring a smile to my face.

That's a less impressive list then Rossy/Fumi was hinting at last month (or whenever it was he did the podcast). That's only three main eventers (by their definition), although we all assume Mayu will be going. Suzu is also still a question mark as I believe she signed a different month than everyone else so she may be going later like Mayu. That would at least give them to the "five" number. I never expected a WRESTLE-1 or NOAH level of defection, that seems about right. Their roster is so stacked I don't see them missing a beat, they still have plenty of stars. Will be interesting to see what direction Rossy ends up going in regards to scheduling and if he tries to sign more Freelancers to contracts or just uses his core with guest wrestlers coming in for shows. I wish there wasn't bad blood as it would be fun to do an occasional cross supershow down the road but I don't think that's likely for the time being.

You could buy a shit ton of my silence for $335 mil, in fact I would literally never speak again. So I can't blame them.

One thing I find fascinating about this time period of free agency is teams just seem to be swapping bit players. A backup DT from one team will sign with another for 2 mil, the team they came from will sign one for 2 mil, its like everyone is trading backups. I say this as the Bills just signed a couple rotational/backup guys and it just feels likely the teams they left will do the same to replace them, like everyone just needed a change of scenery. Course the hope is to find that "diamond in the rough" but most the time they end up being inactive or camp fodder.

I played it, beat it, and enjoyed it but I think the main issue people had with it (as a generalization) is the hype/expectations of the "space" aspect didn't meet reality. On their end, I think it was a mistake to tout how many planets there would be and emphasizing space travel at all. And on the expectations end, I think people unrealistically expected something more like No Man's Sky when it came to the 'space' part. It just didn't have that same feel when you could be on one planet and without taking off fast travel to another planet surface, I think in my last 50 hours I spent very little time in space. The planets were too uninteresting to get me to even explore them so it really just felt like very similar set pieces for battles on different islands over and over. I say all that, I liked the game a lot. But I think it just didn't deliver on the "space travel/space exploration" aspect that people thought/were hoping for and that was a big part of what was complained about.

Joey Gallo and Mike Zunino put in some serious work on that list.

The one thing that will help Caleb Williams that most QBs that join the worst team in the NFL don't have (which of course the Bears weren't, just happen to have the #1 pick) is he'll have some weapons. Two really talented WRs, a solid TE, and a good running game along with a line that is above average when healthy. The Bears have issues like any sub-500 team does but as long as he comes in and isn't terrible its not the worst situation for a starting rookie QB. As long as the coaching is good but I don't follow them close enough to know if fans are optimistic or pessimistic in that area.

And its of course incredibly unfair as any anger/annoyance will transfer to a rookie QB who will be thrust into the starting job whether they are ready to start Day 1 or not.

That's kinda the silly thing and I assume why he went for just a 6th. Since there is no way his 5th year option will be picked up, he's going to be a FA next offseason anyway so even if he does learn the system, unless he learns it so well they decide to give him a contract he'll be off to a new team in 2025 and have to learn a new system again. But with the condition of the trade they won't play Fields unless Russell gets injured or they are 0-10 and are just curious what Fields can do. Either way Steelers are going into next offseason with zero QBs under contract (unless they draft one) and they basically will start the whole process over.

I am surprised he was worth so little in trade value, I didn't watch many Bears games the last couple years but I thought he had more potential than that. Also, the Steelers are really being 'extra' this offseason.

Are teams going to go QB crazy again? The latest Top 15 Mock Draft on ESPN after the FA moves has a QB going at 1, 2, 3, 5 (via trade), and 12. If McCarthy goes in the Top 5 I'm going to melt into a puddle of confusion.

I saw a few other comments online that were also unsure what was going on just from looking at the graphic, they could have made it a little more clear those were play-in matches. Why HoB isn't in the tournament proper since they rarely lose is odd. Did they already stop doing the rankings?

The wild card teams are just one of the "play in" matches at the bottom. So one wild card will be the winner of Best Friends/Callis Family while the other wild card will be the winner of Infantry/HoB, putting the winners of those matches into the main bracket. Unsure why they called them "wild cards."

Arisa Nakajima is returning April 21st, glad that her injury wasn't more serious.

Scouts "miss" a lot but one thing they (and most of us) were right about: the 2022 QB Draft Class was really bad. Two years later and not a single starter from the bunch going into next season. Except Brock Purdy, the last one picked. In 2022's defense, 2021 wasn't much better with only two current starters.

Kenny Pickett traded to the Eagles, didn't see that one coming. Apparently he asked to be moved after the Russell signing, per Adam Schefter.

Keenan Allen traded to the Bears for a 4th. Such an eventful week, I love it.

Salary cap is fake. Hard to compare Gabe Davis to Curtis Samuel as they are two different types of WRs but not a downgrade as far as I'm concerned.

Does it feel like they are about to split up Kingston's Triple Crown, maybe because Okada holding a New Japan belt would be incredibly weird? Them making such a point to say that Kingston's defense is only for the Continental Championship hinted at the ending pretty strong to me, with Okada getting a shiny belt to wear that doesn't really mess with the AEW storylines for the other belts since most are spoken for in the short term.

This sounds terrible and I don't mean it to sound terrible as I think Caster is funny and good enough in-ring for his role, but in some ways he reminds me of Enzo. Charismatic, good promo gimmick, gets the crowd into it. Should have a long term role as a Godfather/NAO type mid-carder to pop the crowd. But due to real life personality, may not make it long term and if AEW drops Max Caster at any point I don't think any other major promotion would be interested.

Calvin Ridley got serious money, benefit of being under 30 and becoming a FA during a weak WR FA market. Second highest fully guaranteed for a WR.

I know you won't disagree with me here, but I really wish that Danielson would beat Ospreay. For a few reasons. Danielson needs a big win occasionally in these "dream" matches he does, even if he doesn't want to win a title he needs victories occasionally in his big matches or they just become special attractions. I also think it would set up a good story for Ospreay. What does he still need to improve? How does Callis react? Is he really as good as he thinks he is? And on top of that, it would be a surprise since most people will assume Ospreay is winning. I don't believe in a "swerve for the sake of a swerve" but a surprise win now and then is good for the show and its not something that would hurt Ospreay long term. Small added side effect, if they want to keep him out of the title picture for awhile it will give Ospreay a "L" for their rankings. I don't think it would happen, but I do think Ospreay losing would open up more booking options then him winning.

I love Poyer but with the contract he signed, he may not even make Miami's roster. But I hope he makes the team and can go out on a decent note, always seemed like a good guy.

Henry has my respect for going old school beast mode on the Jags in Week 18 for no real reason except he felt like it. Made my Week 18 less stressful.