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I think it's interesting how little interest there is on this site for this story. 100 posts is not nothing, but it's not a lot either. It's almost as if we're not as excited about the GOAT as we used to be.

My guess is they have a handshake deal that he can go wherever he wants in return for playing out this past year.

If Brady retires, I wonder If Rodgers slides over to Tampa QB...

I think this problem of escalating costs and resources goes hand in hand with the other huge youth sports problem: everything is organized and nothing is pickup/informal play. Is the point of youth sports to develop the next generation of professional athletes, or are sports supposed to provide...

Fitzpatrick is my prediction. My guess is Belichick has a Chad-Pennington-like crush on him.

For the record, the title of this thread is fantastic! Hot take alert: I think Hayward will have a similar post-Celtics level of success as Horford is having.

Really? Do I have a posse? This is sports, where players compete against each other physically and often physically punish each other on the field: hard retribution fouls in basketball and soccer, groin punches in the pile after tackles in football, hard slides in baseball, etc. It's part of...

I disagree. The Astros deserve to get thrown at. They stole at least one championship. If the MLB won't punish them, I think the players should. I don't want to see any pitches anywhere near the head, but I would love to see multiple batters get plunked in their ribs or legs. This season...

I agree. And when it happens, I will be pissed all over again. If you have a young face of the franchise who is in the top 25 all-time in WAR for his age, you don't trade him. If you overpay to keep him, so what? I could give 2 shits about international slot money or losing draft picks...

I like the Washington Hogs. Old school with cool potential logos....

To be honest, I have felt less and less passionate about my Red Sox fandom over the past decade. Maybe a year away from the game will rekindle some nostalgia? Or maybe it will render the MLB obsolete like boxing or horse racing. Time will tell...

I always had a soft spot for Fouts. He was my favorite QB as a kid. As an announcer he never took the game too seriously, which I also liked. Over the last few years, it definitely seemed like he was mailing it in, so I agree with the change. That said, I enjoy an announcer who doesn't...

The Paul Pierce episode of the All The Smoke podcast was a great listen!

That's a lot of money.

Name one team that traded a HOF player in his prime to get under the luxury tax. Henry was cheap this time, considering the cost in talent to his team.

My point is, once you have a top-5 talent, that asset is more valuable than the draft picks. The odds of the draft pick penalty resulting in missing out on a Mookie-level talent are too small to calculate. Keep the talent if you have the money to pay the talent. We fans have paid the owners...

I don't care about the luxury tax. I don't know why any of you do either. Draft picks are assets, but Mookie Betts is a bigger asset than draft picks. Unless the owners' secret plan is to get under the luxury tax so they can pay Mookie as a free agent, then this is a cash grab by the owners...

That was in Foxboro. Based on 50 years of frustrating futility (and that the warmth of a February visit to Miami is so much more appealing to midwest fans), I think this Super Bowl will be a home game for the Chiefs. I also think the Chiefs are peaking and would have crushed the Pats if they...

100%! This cannot be the outcome. If it is, fuck them and all the BS contracts they signed so that they won't sign the contract that actually makes sense to do so. Ugh!

In terms of the greatest example of the principles of sport, my pick is the Watson forced fumble in the Denver playoff game. They lost the game. The refs blew the call. Man, though, that combination of athleticism and will to win in the face of defeat was awesome...