Kevin Wilson

So I guess its close enough now to ask, how are people feeling about Paul vs. Tyson? I will give Tyson credit as he appears to be taking this very seriously, as seriously as a 58 year old can (regardless of his strength, at his age I still question the cardio). I know when we talked about it six months ago or so there were different thoughts, I still contend that Paul is a real-enough boxer and in peak condition that he won't lose. I just don't think the speed and power is there for Tyson to get enough strong hits/combos, especially in the early rounds as I think Paul will be defensive to begin to make sure he doesn't. But like everyone else that will be watching (I have Netflix anyway) I'll be rooting for Tyson, however I think a draw is best case scenario for him. I'm not 100% sure Paul will go for the knockout or be satisfied with a draw against a legend but it should be clear early on if he's trying for the highlight reel KO or if comes across more as a sparring session.

I'm pretty sure Greg Zuerlein is Legatron, you can't re-use nicknames from players still active. There are rules.

I changed my mind, Lions going run-run-run-punt instead of trying to advance the ball has me questioning their methods.

Its kinda funny that Goff has thrown 5 INTs and if I had to bet I still think the Lions are probably winning this game. If they can stop throwing INTs.

Are you suuuuuuure? Washington jumping offsides on the obvious "jump offsides" play is the dumbest thing I've seen all day. And I watched Daniel Jones.

It didn't end up mattering, but Miami calling a timeout after the "two minute timeout" and before a punt has to be pretty high on the "bad timeout management" scale. I guess he was afraid they would run a fake but they had the whole timeout to talk about it.

Technically, I was ahead by something dumb like 1.4 points before the TD run, if that makes you feel any better. The game going into OT was a lucky break tho.

It would have been quite a battle. On one hand, Josh Allen plays very well against the Dolphins. On the other hand, Josh Allen is 0-6 (!!!) in games that go to OT. The concern would have been if Miami won the toss and Miami was kinda moving at-will on offense, so they could have won the game without Allen touching the ball. So, I was very glad Bass made the kick. Since Bass had already missed a PAT and hit the bar on another, he's just maddingly inconsistent in general but he definitely came up clutch today so I'll only say nice things about him. Until he misses something easy.

I can't believe Bass hit that shit. Gonna make him do PATs from 60 yards out from now on since that's his preferred area.

Catching up on the Ice Ribbon situation, it all sucks. I've made jokes about IR in the past but it was always in fun, I never like to see wrestlers in a constant state of flux like we've seen in Ice Ribbon the last three years or so. From reading Yappy's tweets over the last year, it seemed like it had gotten a lot better in regards to the general atmosphere backstage (and pay) so this must be a gut punch for them. I hope all the wrestlers get into a place they are comfortable and the promotion continues. Things change so fast in Joshi. I'm updating the roster pages on my website for the first time since April or so, and rough count I am having to add, move, and/or remove 37 different wrestler profiles to get them in the right place. And that doesn't factor in Marigold's creation, which I had already added. Which includes about ten new debuting wrestlers. Not that the Joshi scene has ever been stable but it just seems even more extreme than usual lately.

Not completely sure how two referees in the end zone miss an obvious face mask. I keep saying that the refs don't make bad calls to keep games close and exciting, they are just sometimes incompetent. In this case they cost us a maybe exciting ending.

I mean, the year Juju was with KC was his 3rd best season as a pro at the time out of six years so I wouldn't give them that much credit. And he hasn't done much for them this year. I have to "wait and see" on if Hopkins will move the needle much since he hasn't had an overly good year since 2020 and is 32. No doubt QB play and injuries were a part of that, I guess to me lately I'd consider him more "efficient" or "above average" than someone that is going to make a big difference. But maybe he'll surprise me, he'll certainly get plenty of opportunities since KC's receiver room is in rough shape at the moment, he may be the de facto #1 if he plays this week.

I thought the first half of Ravens/Bucs was really good, it just got out of hand towards the end of the 3rd. The banished game was close but I don't know if the action was actually good or not.

The only issue the Ravens have is sometimes taking the foot off the gas too much. We saw it against the Raiders and they let the Cowboys and the Bucs make their games look reasonably close (even though it shouldn't have been). But their offense when 'on' is hard to stop.

The media's obsession with Rodgers and him getting his best buddy back when WR wasn't their big issue in the first place makes me very happy the Jets are losing (well I'm always happy when the Jets lose but it makes me more happy). NBC kept showing Adams just randomly when the Steelers did something on offense like he's Taylor Swift or something.

I feel like once Amari Cooper knows the playbook, its going to be a huge help to the Bills offense. Even today when he wasn't in for every play it opened up Keon Coleman, who had his first 100 yard catching day, and Shakir had seven catches. Cooper isn't elite but he's a true WR1 which was a need, I think it will help the offense notably once he's up to speed.

I cant remember which team did it but I have in my memory that once a team just had their offensive line randomly "set" in wrong places at the snap, but because they were set in the wrong formation it wasn't a run off. Honestly I don't know why teams don't plan for that, don't worry about being in the right spot, just be set.... somewhere.

Titans made a poor decision/play call going for it on 4th and 2 while ahead in their own territory, been all Bills since then. I'm all for teams taking risks but you still have to look at the whole situation, not be reckless with it. Still a lot of game left but momentum definitely shifted at that point.

I feel like both sides know everyone is watching and both sides will behave going forward. The opposite is true as well, if they had forgiven the fines he could have just taken plays off, said he was sore/slow to get up to game shape, etc. Not saying he would have done that either but I'm guessing with future free agents watching that the Jets won't try any funny business.

I know the NFL doesn't really care but at some point an independent group should do a study on the fairness of the Jags having two straight games in England. Last year of course I remember because their second game was against the Bills but again today they are doing very well against New England. I don't just mean evaluating by the final score of course but looking at how the travel impacts the players, not just their energy but how much practice time they get, their injury recovery/treatments, their weekly routine, etc. I think both the Bills and Pats flew in Friday before the games, with different sleep specialist advising the best time to go to adjust to jet lag and the five hour time difference. I know they are pros and can adjust but I just can't see how its not a controllable advantage for Jacksonville to play a second straight London game while the other team has to fly over. If it doesn't matter and I'm wrong, that's fine but I'd like a better study done than just my eyeballs and brain mulling it over.

Albert Breer is reporting he'll have to earn it back. Apparently the Jets can't waive the fines (per him) so they updated the contact so he can earn money via sack incentives, play incentives, etc. Others aren't reporting that so we'll see what the "final" report is on it.

I've always thought N64 and PS1 (to a lesser extent but still an issue) are both fine for nostalgic purposes but visually are the worst consoles since the Atari. It was just a weird period where developers and console makers figured out "3D" which was a huge step but the systems weren't strong enough to make it not look shitty. Some games like Mario 64 and Zelda were so fun you can look past it but most of the games I played as a teenager (Goldeneye, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, etc) are just unplayable to me now. Which isn't true of SNES games for me, even though it was less powerful the graphics are more pleasing on the eyes.

Yea they took it on, I think they owe Cooper ~$800,000 for the rest of the year. Which is do-able for them even with their cap situation (and why Adams obviously was not do-able).

Lost in all the mess is Josh Allen had a really good game. I'm willing to chalk up the last two games as just sometimes things not working but I'm glad he was back on track tonight. Rodgers had a good game too though, only real blemish is Johnson's fantastic INT (and the fact he is easy to sack/pressure since he can't move if you can get to him).

And I don't feel the refs are being unfair to the Bills, I just think they are calling every little thing they could. I think almost every NFL play has a penalty... somewhere. A slight defensive hold, a slight offensive hold. And this crew is calling every damn one.