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Well Bryce Young is injured, so it might get competitive

Wish I knew, emma. There has been a ton of effort toward player safety. While it's not perfect, things are better. However, football is still a violent sport, and there are no guarantees. Grown men have been brought to tears over similar stuff. Yeah they're kids, but it doesn't matter what age you are. When the lives of fraternity, the lives of someone close is affected, that leads to emotion no matter who you are.

Looks like TCU will get to 62 before Aaron Judge. Meanwhile, IMO, Arkansas, PSU, and Baylor all cover. Penn State's O/U total exceeds whatever it is

At least that last at bat they let him earn it, and then Judge struck out. The Orioles are petty in general, so it's not surprising. It is a division team, but I don't know what they're gaining from being afraid of the guy. If they were in a post-season race, then that's fine. But they're sorta rivals. Had Aaron not had a slump, he might've been there by now since an intentional walk from a contender could cost said contender

They can't even throw a strike to the guy. Well they did throw ONE. Still the Yankees fans in attendance are livid, but IMO, not as pissed off as college football fans whose game gets broken into for a walk fest. The longer Aaron can't hit it, the longer this nonsense continues. New York is making them pay though; to bad they didn't do so to Baltimore yesterday!

Posting my picks a day in advance (as opposed to 1-2 hours before the 1 kickoff). Plus, the Sunday slate starts on 9 in the morning EST. I'm not going to be around on Sunday. I guess you can say I'm on a pitch-count; the seasons are long. Felt that way FWIW even during the 16-game, 17 week slate. Maybe I'll build the energy & time to watch all 18 weeks in full for the 2023 season (not the 2024 one though LOL). You probably don't know who's who until Weeks 5-9. Still should be able to make time for the GOTW, SNF, and MNF. Plus the international stuff. Week 4 picks: Minnesota, Cleveland, Baltimore, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, New York, Jacksonville, New York, Arizona, Green Bay, Denver, Tampa Bay, San Francisco Big games O/U & ATS: Minnesota is favored by -3 over New Orleans. Over / Under is 41.5 Green Bay is favored by 9.5 over New England 39.5 O/U Tampa Bay is favored by 1 over Kansas City 45.5 O/U San Francisco are favored by 1.5 over Los Angeles 42.5 O/U Minnesota & New Orleans open the international series. Winston is hurt; Minnesota isn’t that great, but I actually like the Vikings to cover. It’s not a night game. Under hits. Even with Hoyer, that’s a lot of points. I’ll take the Packers & they’ll win by double digits. I might’ve stuck with the Pats had the game been in Foxborough (then again, the line would not have been 9.5). Under here since I don’t see a lot of offense & the defense might not score that much due to immediate POOTOS (points off of turnovers). Bucs win outright. No threat for the Chiefs, and Tampa’s defense is very good. The over hits since the Bucs are getting people back against a good at best defense. KC might be able to score though, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they got shutout. Info comes to you courtesy of FanDuel, data as of 1:05 PM EST

TCU, Iowa, Ole Miss, Minnesota, Utah, Florida State, Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Penn State, Iowa State, Ohio State, Texas A&M, Clemson, Georgia, Pittsburgh, USC, Oregon, Cincinnati for Week 5 picks. I honestly do not think Ohio State is going to cover. They should come close; Rutgers sucks, but it's still a Power 5 & conference team. I'll take the over whatever it is. As a petty hedge, though not really since I'm picking Iowa straight up, if they lose, it shouldn't be by more 9 points (with a 10.5 line). I'll take the under whatever it is. Oklahoma, who's favored by 6, loses outright. A push for me in terms of the O/U, unless it's not a round number (in which case, Over for me) I think Kentucky keeps it close (7.5). Ole Miss is still a decent team, and who knows how high Kentucky can go. Under 54.5 for the game, but I see 45-50 points here

In no way, shape, or form, do I want Tua to die, or any player, no matter how much I might hate them. Sometimes, the hate is within the sport & not as a real life human being (outside of the sport). For instance, if someone that doesn't have a history of being dirty but gets tough with a tough, clean hit that knocks out a player, I'd be pissed. I've gotten better over the years, as I realize that the player in question was making a play to try to stop someone, to win the game. Really no intent, but tough luck. Anyway, no way do I want Tua or anyone to die, but, mojoween, I'm part of the problem too. Maybe more than you; I'd still watch even if someone were to die on the field. It would be tough, but you do it at your own risk. The league may not be anywhere near perfect, but there has been emphasis toward preventing such an awful tragedy from happening. Sadly, people have lost their lives in the past. Within the past quarter century, it happened in the WWF & in basketball. It sucked, but I didn't quit watching. Call me an ass, but if it were me, I wouldn't want fans to stop watching over my demise.

There shouldn't even have been a game tonight, period. What happened last night was enough to lose interest for the remainder of the game. It was horrible. As mentioned, all the best for Tua; I'm not going to speculate what's next. Whenever I feel better & get around to it, I might be able to put my 2 cents in here. Putting the blame on someone isn't what's going to heal Tagovailoa, but it's fair game to discuss a situation as to what went wrong from all parties, and what can be done to prevent this from happening again, if not minimizing it. If the definitive thing is player safety, then that fine. It does blow my mind that, after the criticism from the players in the previous decade, throughout most of it, that they didn't fight for better structure toward relating to a quick turnaround from Sunday to Thursday. From the roster size to the schedule itself. I don't know what to say that a new CBA that was rushed in at a tough time, didn't address this. Now the NFL will react with something that may or may not be helpful, but the bigger issue will remain the same.

If Miami escapes, they can say they took the "orange" with them. After all, they sorta have a little orange in them!

Despite what I said, I did not lose sleep over McGwire, Bonds, and Sosa's snub from Cooperstown. Barry really isn't that great of a person. Mark is okay, though not a saint, and Sammy being boring makes for a decent bet. For what it's worth & in my humble opinion, Bud Selig and Roger Clements (and those pitchers) are/were worse

According to FanDuel, the Bengals are favored by 3.5 over the Dolphins. That’s as of 11:25 AM EST. The over/under is 48.5. While I like Bengals on the moneyline, and while it’ll look like Cincy should win going away, we don’t know how “back” they are. They played the Jets. However, Cincinnati’s 2 losses were by 6 points. Miami is rather decent with wins over Belichick, Harbaugh & Lamar, and Josh Allen. They survived against Buffalo. However, Miami is a bit banged up, and they’re travelling up North on a short week. They’ve over performed, and Cincinnati has underperformed. Therefore, while I like the Bengals to win the game, I think Miami can at least keep it close in what might be a competitive game. Albeit not a shootout, meaning that 48.5 will fall short of getting beyond there. Had it been a normal week, I think that they each reach 30 points Kansas City is not being Tampa Bay, period. Unless they have another threat to fill in the void left by Hill. Plus I would stay away from Steelers/Jets. Jacksonville probably has a chance against Philadelphia. Peterson's motivation to stick it to Philly + a decent AFC South team might have the 1972 Dolphins drinking as early as they did in 2010

My understanding is that the emergency stadium would be Hard Rock before Raymond James Stadium. I haven't heard of anything that confirms the use of the stadium in Tampa, which might have its own issues. The league is going to want to play the game there as scheduled if it's safe enough to operate. However, Miami would be the best place to help out in such a difficult time. Honestly, it would make sense. There's little-to-no chance things are going to be ready in time for a big game, and the NFL would prefer not to push the game back a couple days, especially with another option. I imagine we'll know by Friday. FWIW, the league pushed a game back (also involving Kansas City) from morning to night early in 2017 over much less weather conditions with south of 48 hours notice

I agree - if Judge hits 62, he should be the home run record holder. The cheating scumbags should not get the record. Agree to disagree. Maybe if Major League Baseball did a better job at squashing the "cheaters" in advance then no one's having this conversation. Instead, it was better for MLB and for as much $$$$, revenue, whatever to take advantage of great television in 1998, 2001, and 2007. There's also no confirmation or speculation that Aaron is cheating either. By the way, I am not saying that Judge is using. I hope not. It's just a slippery slope overall. People will argue that Babe Ruth and maybe to a lesser extent, Roger Maris didn't play with the top notch (or just better) players during their time. People will argue that they "didn't test those guys" back when. At the end of the day, for me, I can respect Aaron Judge as the best HR hitter, but I'm not going to look at him as the best person within the season. Unless he can go yard 13 more times by next week, MLB will not place him as the record-holder. I doubt they'll say Barry will now take a back seat to the Judge. It'll be like not looking at the New England Patriots as being the best dynasty in the history of the NFL. Both are questionable but it is what it is. BTW, I'd have a drink with Judge before or just in place of one with Bonds, McGwire, and Sosa. Aaron Judge will have the record with his next home run. He'll be the new AL leader outright

Just petty people

Sucks for Claire. I'm not a fan of BB, but even if I was I wouldn't feel too bad. It's not over, and it's just TAR

Nice optimism from the cheerleaders. Hope it works out but what a big mistake

Nope, just an linebacker for the Jets (AFC New York). Oates was the former center. My fault for not being specific with the New Yorkers

Who's that? One of his loyal players during his days in Baltimore. Bart went with him to New York in 2009 when Rex became the HC

Rex already looking for a new partner. Man, a Rex Ryan / Bart Scott team would've been rather neat TBH

Down goes Justine. Meh. A big run would've been nice, but the more you talk the faster you walk

I was going to say! He just tied Maris. I was seeing how he hit 2 so fast (and found news of Coolio dying instead)

Cody survives. Meh

Yeah, this Tribal should include a ton. Plus a commercial break

Hey! That's off-topic! No spoilers! I was DVR-ing the game to watch later tonight!