Augie

I always hated the Sunday night Super Bowl when I worked the next day. An answer to that is not a bad thing. And just one pre-season game with a running clock. It used to be almost as long as the season, and it’s STILL too much.

Not so different. I’m watching Beat Bobby Flay, and I’ve been flipping around to everything non-football related. Enough already, let us begin the endless waiting.

Draft coverage including lead up and stretching it over multiple days shows how the NFL has mastered maintaining our attention. There are a lot of things I don’t love about the NFL, but it’s marketing genius. I’ll give them credit for that. .

You might have to shell out a billion or two to have some “partner sway”. But, sure! 👍 🍺 You see those clips of all the people in there, and that must be cool as hell to see in person. I think Cowherd sat in on the Chargers war room a while ago. Apparently I don’t travel in the right circles. .

I’ve said this before, but I’d rather sit in a Bills draft room than attend a Bills Super Bowl. I’ve done that once, but I’ve never sniffed a war room.

In so many ways…… But we all have hope! Well, most of us.

We know, just keep your chin up. Things may turn around. 😋 Have you met @HOUSE, BTW?

We have DTV Streaming and it hasn’t worked for most of this week since we had to change the AT&T password. I get just a few channels on DTV Dish, but fortunately that includes ABC and NFLN. NOBODY is helpful. My wife has spent way too many hours on it this week and we even hired a tech guy who couldn’t make it work, either. My wife has been practicing her dirty words. Maybe we can get it worked out by tonight? And yes, I did clear out the cache of cookies and browser history as I read that may be an issue. I miss simpler times.

Bill Belichick draft nuggets are much like what my dogs leave in the backyard.

I’d rather spend a 2nd and a 4th looking for a cheaper alternative. We have to get younger and cheaper.

….as far as he can recall. He’s not proud of it, on multiple levels. 😋 But it got him off the hook. Being in a draft room is probably my greatest sports bucket list item. That would be fascinating to see the real deal.

Again??? I guess they like a “type”. .

……unless you are napping! 😴

I don’t know how all the points work out and all that stuff, but it makes me feel a little better that the Viking’s 2nd rounder shouldn’t be that much lower than the 1st we’d lose. I hate giving up the future, but that would take some of the sting out of it.

This is exactly why we hoard all of those 6th and 7th rounders. 🤷‍♂️ .

We took our grandson to NYC last summer and took him to a cool indoor amusement park/museum place. He loved the Disney style rides, as we all did, but I don’t think he appreciated the set of the Honeymooners as much as I did. 😂 He knew the sofa from the coffee shop in Friends, however.

Cheers meant Taco Night, a treat in our house! 🌮 🍺

EJ and Josh have one thing in common, neither one of them knows how to slide. 😋

We won’t have any draft picks until he’s on his second contract. 😋

Regardless, I hope they ALL get drafted before #28 so somebody has to fall. 😋

Picking the right young (and cheap) WR out of college is looking better and better.

Partners exist all over the league, it’s just not worth my time to track down how many teams have how many partners. You hear about celebrity ownership all the time. Tom Brady is about to become a part owner. Private equity may be the future, investors are now and have been for a while. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-fbn-dolphins-estefans-062509-2009jun25-story.html .

Investors are far more common than I realized. The “owner” is only required to control 30% but can start sharing slowly with family after a period of ownership. The inheritance taxes are a critical reason owners had to find a solution, otherwise they’d be forced out of control. They are even considering letting private equity join the party to give some liquidity to minority investors and provide flexibility for the principal owner. This is a great article, if a bit long. It mentions the Bills specifically. In it they point out inheritance tax on a few hundred million dollar asset is one thing, a 5 BILLION dollar asset is something else. This is a complex world few of us can begin to imagine. Taxation and liquidity. https://www.crainsnewyork.com/sports-recreation/nfl-owners-face-huge-real-estate-taxes-keep-teams-family .

Much better to be headed than beheaded!

Did I hear a celebratory beer??? 🍺 I don’t “study” any of these guys, but I think I should watch a little more of Odunze. .