Morning Cup Of Joe
May 10th, 2024
Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction.
Netflix is the front-runner to land the NFL’s Christmas games. The NFL is scheduled to release the 2024 schedule Wednesday night so at the latest, this will be confirmed no later than Wednesday. [Sports Media Watch]
With trash for quarterbacks the Raiders are wasting Davante Adams’ final years. [Yahoo!]
Artie Smith has a bandwagon? It must be parked in one of his old man’s warehouses in Memphis. Who’s driving, Desmond Ridder? LOL [NFL]
Igit. [TikTok]
If (when?) the NFL acquires a piece of BSPN from Disney, which is part of the negotiation in selling the NFL Network to the four-letter, how does the NFL square owning a piece of a (money-losing) sportsbook? It’s one thing for a team to lease square footage of a stadium to a book and expect a cut as part of the rent. It’s quite another to own a stake in a (money-losing) sportsbook and then suspend players for wagering and banning employees from walking into sportsbooks, or else! Yes, the NFL forbids employees from stepping foot in any sportsbook or out the office door you go. Also this: Since ethics means little to the four-letter, how many stories will the suits order producers to air to try to move lines for more favorable vigs? Don’t think for a second that won’t happen (or hasn’t happened). [The Athletic]
Jumping Scotty Miller follows old coach Artie Smith to Pittsburgh. [Pro Football Rumors]
BSPN leaning toward opting out of MLB contract and maybe squeezing MLB for a better (read: cheaper) deal. [Awful Announcing]
Annie Agar gets a football podcast! [Barrett Sports Media]
Boxing champion beats down fellow moviegoer during showing of “Garfield.” Guess the dude is triggered by cats. (Joe being a history dude initially thought/hoped maybe the movie might have been about James Garfield.) Video style! [TMZ]
“The Nature Boy” Ric Flair apologizes for getting liquored up and thrown out of a Gainesville eatery last weekend. [Rajah]
Old f@rts fight at the golf course. Video style! [X]
George Foreman in his prime was not to be fooled with. [TikTok]
What is in an NFL playbook for these rookies?@ESPNNFL pic.twitter.com/cHR1HrpkoO
— Dan Orlovsky (@danorlovsky7) May 9, 2024
Dan focuses on the macro of NFL playbooks….check out the micro as I breakdown 1 of the 700 plays from Sean Payton's offense.
Gun King Bunch Rt Jab 15 Stutter F KILL 84 Z Cowboy Y Shallow Cross https://t.co/LqBNorYXkX pic.twitter.com/37TMiBQR1Q
— Chase Daniel (@ChaseDaniel) May 9, 2024
May 10th, 2024 at 6:56 am
I remember Foreman having the heaviest hands of any heavyweight fighter prior to Tyson. Still wonder why they took so long to stop that one. I thought he might kill Frazier.
Go Bucs!
May 10th, 2024 at 7:14 am
BTW a fortyfive year old Foreman was no joke either! Simply amazing. Just to be in heavyweight boxing shape to go ten three minute rounds at 45 is amazing to me. Much less win the title.
Go Bucs!
May 10th, 2024 at 7:30 am
I see “BSPN” here a lot, what does it stand for?
May 10th, 2024 at 7:31 am
Man the Steelers kind of remind me of the Bucs under Dungy in 2000 and 2001 except the defense is not as good but probably can get them to 9 or 10 wins, a wild card and a first round loss in the playoffs. Tomlin is a lot like Dungy in that he is D oriented and like Dungy he has basically had some of the worst OCs in the NFL at the time. Looks like Arthur Smith is taking a lot of the ATL dead weight with him to the Steel City.
May 10th, 2024 at 7:37 am
Hahahaha!! A James Garfield movie!
May 10th, 2024 at 7:41 am
Those playbook videos were pretty cool. It made me think 3 things:
I see why everyone hates training camp.
I see why there are so many busts for qbs.
And there has to be a better way
May 10th, 2024 at 7:42 am
George Foreman might have made a good tight end.
May 10th, 2024 at 8:17 am
Hope Scotty does well with the Steelers. Always liked him.
Foreman is one of the greatest. Watched the Big George Foreman movie on Netflix a month ago. It was really good.
May 10th, 2024 at 8:49 am
For a 6th rd pick – Scotty Miller has carved himself out a nice little NFL career.
“Down Goes Frazier! – Down Goes Frazier!” – Howard Cosell with the call on a fight that should have been stopped in the 1st rd. Foreman was just teeing off on Joe Frazier after that 1st knockdown. Back when boxing was actually exciting. So many good boxers back in the 70s. The sport hasn’t been of much interest since about the time Mike Tyson bit off Holyfield’s ear…..
May 10th, 2024 at 8:50 am
Doc, I asked the same thing and was told “Think BS”.
May 10th, 2024 at 10:48 am
Love the Golf story of an old dude kicking butt. I remember once when my son was visiting from Ohio and we dropped in at Cove Cay joining a Canadian old retired hockey player and his wife. She was actually the best golfer in our foursome.
So it was the spring…course overflowing…waiting forever for each shot. The douschebags behind just kept whining and griping as if it was OUR fault. The entire effing course was backed up. It goes on and by the 12th hole my son has enough beer and turned from our tee to yell back at the group behind us. You got a problem with us? Rednecks said yeah. My son was immediately joined by old hockey dude to begin walking towards the white trash. They still had their drivers in their hands.
I immediately ran and grabbed my son, the wife grabbed her hubby and I had to lecture them both!!! You can’t do that here in Florida. We have “Stand your ground” which means you simply walking towards them in threatening fashion with golf clubs in hand gives them the RIGHT to simply pull a Glock and waste you right on the course and NOTHING would happen to them!!!
May 10th, 2024 at 11:52 am
DOC
He doesn’t like typing ESPN.
May 10th, 2024 at 12:54 pm
I may be getting old but I’m glad I got to see heavyweight boxing when Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton and guys like that were in their prime.
Same with NBA
I rarely watch either these days