data-mm-id=”_5msk3xl4k”>The first round of the 2020 NFL Draft has been completed. Here is a look at the biggest winners from the draft's first night. Cincinnati BengalsCincinnati's biggest need was a franchise quarterback to build around. They got that in LSU's Joe Burrow, so they are definitely a big winner. The Bengals landed the top quarterback on my board and the player who provides the most value in the entire draft given his position. As soon as Cincinnati hired head coach Zac Taylor, the front office had to work on getting a quarterback who fit his offense. The franchise did that with the highly-accurate Burrow. At 6-foot-3 and 221 pounds, with enough arm to make every throw and elite accuracy, Burrow is the kind of quarterback you take with the first pick. He…
data-mm-id=”_sesaxevnd”>College football, an American institution, is under attack by a global pandemic. On Get Up this morning, Paul Finebaum was asked about the possibility of college football being played without fans in the stands. Finebaum said it would be the end of college football as we know it because it would mean abandoning any semblance of amateurism."I think it would be the end of college football as we know it … from what I hear, I do not believe college presidents and commissioners would go for this."—@finebaum on the possibility of college football being played without fans pic.twitter.com/znWfseD7TO— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) April 16, 2020Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing. Earlier today, Greg McElroy said that college football, "has to be pla…
data-mm-id=”_b748hfwpm”>When the rapper 50 Cent shanked his opening throw with the Mets all those years back, the general consensus was that it was and would forever be the worst throw of all-time. For six years, those people were right. No throw rivaled Fiddy in terms of total lack of accuracy, control, or skill. That is until the world got hold of the now-viral engagement-ring-thrown-overboard video, which I present to you now free of commentary, which will be reserved for after you're done watching the video. NOT THE ENGAGEMENT RING ? ?(via miles_vs, a_zalesov, olya_kayy, dmitry3000, romka/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/RAzBwsDDct— ESPN (@espn) August 9, 2020When I first saw this, I thought it was staged because there's simply no way anyone could misthrow a ring box that bad…
data-mm-id=”_qda6l86hm”>Since Peyton Manning sailed off into the sunset after winning the 2016 Super Bowl, the Broncos have featured a who's who of starting quarterbacks every other NFL team has been happy to avoid. They've come to Denver in the form of first-round picks and overpriced free agents and undrafted free agents and, most recently, fresh off the practice squad a few months removed from working in sales. No, it hasn't been a pretty five seasons under center for the Broncos, and despite preseason optimism that they found their long-term man in Drew Lock, he has proven to be another extension of the problem rather than the solution. So what's a team with talent at every other key position except the most important one in football to do? Based on the way thin…
data-mm-id=”_pfygcxif7″>The Los Angeles Lakers are down 3-0 to the Denver Nuggets and have generally looked outmatched and outclassed during this year's Western Conference Finals. The squad Rob Pelinka tried to rebuild on the fly has largely outperformed expectations but the wizardry of Nikola Jokic and the human flamethrower that is Jamal Murray is proving too much. To most, there is no real shame in that; the Nuggets are really freaking good and the Lakers looked like a lottery team as recently as January. To make it this far is an accomplishment when looking at the big picture for this version of Los Angeles. Such nuance does not make for engaging television, however. Look no further for an example than Craig Carton this morning, who (unsurprisingly) subscribes to the idea that…