Don't shoot me...but I watched the movie Green and Gold with the trophy wife last night.  
Didn't know what to expect.

Good cast, some familiar names...
Craig T Nelson (from Coach...Minnesota State LOL)
M. Emmett Walsh (filmed just before he passed away at age 90)
Charlie Berens (one of my favorite comedians)
Brandon Sklenar (from Taylor Sheridan's 1923/Yellowstone pre-quel)

I was holding my breath that it was going to be about the Packers.
Well, honestly, the Packers in the 1980s were a backdrop, but that really wasn't the story.  I won't give it away, but I will tell you, particularly after having lived for ten years in Northern Wisconsin/Michigan's UP during that time frame, I understood the passion.  It's no difference than the passion that we have for our Vikings.

It was about hard times farming. About dealing with loss...family, the farm.  Those were tough times for family farms.  It was about aspirations and disillusionment, and doing the right thing.
The movie was about people.  About chasing your dream.
The dairy farmer had a cow named Max McGee that gave birth.  And other cows named Jerry Kraemer, Bart Starr and other Packer notables.  
You learn to hate the banker.
You see how people rally to support their neighbors.
A little bit like Field of Dreams, but far more real.  Goosebumps ending.

I gotta say, I recommend it.   You can still hate the Packers, but you'll get it.

Plenty arent happy with the the BBB,   now the Epstein shits seems to be getting swept under the rug?  Either he doesn't have the power he thought he did,  or he is selling out.  That whole epstein shit just blows my mind,  and the lack of outrage by our elected officials just dumps more gas on the fire that our 2 party system is broke beyond repair.  

We dont need a third party,  we need to get rid of the parties all together.

This is so fucked up.

Good Listen on the Eagles cap strategy and more on why the cap is a myth, even more now than in the past.

Brett Kollmann

How Accountants Broke the NFL

https://youtu.be/UR9aAOiaVVE?si=RhnVtjdkve8F0a_p



Lol on the NFL copyrighting stuff.

https://twitter.com/LGlodek/status/1942726234515070978

Just 26 years old and I do think he's got more upside. Active, built low to the ground and quick for a guy his size. Big time athlete, ranked 4th in that department at the Combine the year he came out.

https://www.si.com/nfl/32-teams-32-days-...lions-2025

They've squandered some opportunities the last few years (happily), but I think it is Superbowl or bust this year for the Lions. They're a talented team and one Kevin O'Connell can't seem to beat (along with the rest of the league). As mentioned in another thread, I think Minnesota closed the talent gap with them but still isn't quite there. No easy game for the Vikings in the NFCN.

Good for him. Seems like a lot of these younger NFL players are getting engaged (Drake Maye, a few others I can't recall)....I'm sure it beats the hoefest gold diggers trying to get their claws in at the club. 

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Minnesota Vikings linebacker Dallas Turner was the target of a banking fraud scheme that cost him roughly $240,000, according to a police investigation.

Details of the suspected scheme are spelled out in a search warrant affidavit filed in Dakota County District Court this week that cleared the way for police to seize financial records from a JPMorgan Chase Bank branch in Eagan.

Police Sgt. Rich Evans said the investigation “has identified several suspects,” and his department is moving forward toward charges being filed. Evans added that slightly less than $2,500 of the stolen money has been recovered.

Police have asked JPMorgan Chase whether its internal investigation has determined how “the fraudster was able to obtain sensitive account details including Dallas’ full name, linked phone numbers and [his] LLC account info” and whether any bank employees played a role in the scheme, the affidavit noted.

According to the affidavit:
Turner and his attorney contacted police in April to report that Turner received a call on Feb. 19 “from an individual impersonating a JP Morgan Chase banker. The caller claimed someone was attempting to impersonate [Turner] at a Chase Bank branch in Arizona and presented two copies of ID to execute a wire transfer.”

The caller directed Turner to immediately transfer his money to two separate business accounts in an effort to thwart the theft attempt.

That afternoon, Turner went to a Chase branch in Eagan and transferred $120,000 to “Island Food Truck LLC.” Before day was over, he visited a Chase Bank branch in West St. Paul and transferred another $120,000 to “CNL FL LLC.”

“[Turner] spoke with a family member and determined [he] may have been a victim of a fraud scam,” the affidavit read.

StarTribune

Fun watch. And there are people who argue Turner is a bust when he wasn't able to get more snaps...ahead of THIS guy. 

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/4569...l-penix-jr

"Kirk Cousins felt 'misled' after Falcons drafted Michael Penix Jr."

Yep, that's life in the big city, nothing is guaranteed. You went for the bag and got it, can't look in the rearview now. He says he was hurt and if affected his play....ok....but the organization inserted Penix and haven't looked back. You'd think if they thought his poor play was injury-related only they'd have a competition this year for the starting job. Cousins is a competitor so I'm sure this is a blow to his ego, but they named Penix this year's starter many months ago. My guess is its for a reason.