Month: October 2024

data-mm-id=”_h5k5kj294″>After Everson Griffin was traded to the Detroit Lions by the Dallas Cowboys on Tuesday evening, NFL trade deadline szn was officially underway. There was much consternation from Seattle fans after Griffin went to the Lions and the Seahawks did not appear interested. They desperately need … well, any help at all on defense, but especially with their pass rush. Wednesday gave an indication that the Seahawks were merely biding their time (or got outbid and settled on their second option, depending on how positive a person you are) as they sent a seventh-round pick and a backup center for longtime Bengals pass-rusher Carlos Dunlap. Dunlap has been extremely displeased with his lack of playing time this season and has made that very clear via social media posts. He…

data-mm-id=”_9fj8lwvw4″>This ain't your grandpa's Steelers, but maybe they're trying to be. A report emerged today in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the Steelers are set to draft a running back, "likely in the first round, no later than the second." They reportedly want a "dynamic" running back who can be what Le'Veon Bell once was. This is part of an offseason spent overhauling their approach to the rushing game in an attempt to not be the worst running team in the league, as they were in 2020. Seems like a smart plan with injury-prone Ben Roethlisberger back under center in 2021. The top two draft prospects who fit that criteria are Alabama running back Najee Harris and Clemson running back Travis Etienne. Harris is expected to be picked in t…

data-mm-id=”_4y8e17tk7″>Syracuse beat Wake Forest in their regular season finale on Sunday, 72-63. After finishing the regular season with a 17-14 record, they will now face Wake Forest again in the first round of the ACC Tournament on Wednesday. It hasn't been a great season for the Orange. Most of them haven't been in the twilight of coach Jim Boeheim's career. Despite the win, Boeheim kept true to his ornery self by getting mad at people who call in to radio shows in a bizarre rant about who buys season tickets. “The fans here, they’re not the ones calling the radio show. Not one fan that was here tonight calls any radio show. The people that call the radio shows do not come to games. They don’t have season tickets. The only way they come is if someone gives th…

data-mm-id=”_spe089fz5″>Donald Trump turned himself in at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia on Thursday evening. On Friday MSNBC's Morning Joe crew had a good laugh about Trump's self-reported measurements and "strawberry blonde" hair with Joe Scarborough doing most of the riffing since he had the most experience standing near the surprisingly fit ex-president."It was a very sobering moment. I mean, the one of the few moments of levity provided by Donald Trump’s staff, self-reported weight and height. I’ve stood next to him many times. I’m about six-four, maybe he’s six-one, maybe he’s six-one and a half, six two. He’s a good bit shorter, but he is that for 40 minutes, six three and ended up fighting weight of 215. That would be like if my staff rep…

data-mm-id=”_x1gdxkzfn”>Welcome to The Big Lead's weekly fantasy football waiver wire column. It pairs wonderfully with our weekly start 'em, sit 'em post. Last week didn't contain quite the same number of surprises as Week 1 but there is value to be found on the margins and potentially more thanks to a few key injuries around the league. Here are the five best fantasy football waiver wire options for Week 3. (All stats via ESPN PPR leagues) Matt Breida, RB, New York Giants (Available in 98 Percent of ESPN Leagues) Saquon Barkley went down in the final minutes of the Giants-Cardinals game on Sunday and Monday brougth news that the All-Pro running back had sprained his ankle. He's set to miss a few weeks. It's time to turn to his backup. Breida is not in Ba…

data-mm-id=”_p6wzdzjst”>The Michigan sign-stealing scandal is nearing its climax. Jim Harbaugh has been hit with a suspension lasting the remainder of the regular season that the university plans to fight in the courts. The full breadth of the investigation and the punishment that will follow will not come to fruition until after the football season but the NCAA needs to decide what it's going to do about Michigan's College Football Playoff and bowl eligibility sooner rather than later. In the meantime all Michigan Men are participating in the war of public opinion to defend the school's honor and things are getting nasty on both sides. All of this has infuriated Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, who went absolutely berserk on Harbaugh and Michigan's holier-than-thou…

data-mm-id=”_vsj6q888c”>The Buffalo Bills have an opportunity to conquer recent demons once and for all with the Kansas City Chiefs coming to town as part of the weekend's slate of Divisional Round playoff games. Their fans wasted no time in setting themselves on fire in the hours leading up to kickoff so it's safe to say Bills Mafia is ready to go. If you were watching CNN on Saturday night, that was even more readily apparent. Anderson Cooper was hosting a weather report on the upcoming contest as the forecast called for more snow. The network had journalist Harry Enten on the ground in Buffalo and he made sure to declare his allegiances quite clearly, explaining to Cooper that as a Bills fan he hopes Taylor Swift cries by the end of the game even though he is also a Swift …

data-mm-id=”_k5mqp95pp”>The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens were locked in a tight battle in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday when absolute disaster struck one of the referees. The Ravens were down 17-7 in the last five minutes of the third quarter and were attempting to make a game out of it by driving down the field for a score, a tall task against this Chiefs defense. Baltimore was hindered by their own offensive lineman in the process; guard John Emerson was flagged for holding on a Lamar Jackson incompletion to Mark Andrews. The referee went to announce the penalty and suffered quite a noticeable voice crack in the middle of his moment in the sun. Like a trooper, though, he powered through it. The ref works through a tough voice crack on a penalty call. pic.twitter.com/…