Gosh, At Least They’re Not Gambling

TEAMS WITH SOLID QB SITUATIONS

49ers, Bears, Bengals, Bills, Browns, Cardinals, Chargers, Chiefs, Cowboys, Jaguars, Patriots, Ravens 

UPDATE: Guess I was wrong.  A day after saying they were out of the Watson sweepstakes and Baker Mayfield wasn’t allowed to leave, the Browns decided to keep at least one sexual predator in the AFC North. Baker appears to still be held against his will.

TEAMS PROBABLY STICKING WITH THEIR STARTERS

Falcons- Matt Ryan has been the face of the franchise for 14 years, so they’re not just going to let him go. On the other hand, he’s been playing for 14 years, and the Falcons just finished 7-10. If Matty Ice was ready to retire or move on, I feel like we won’t know right up until it happens. UPDATE: Wow! Did not see that coming. Ryan's a Colt. With their awful 2021 performance, are they now in contention for a high draft pick QB? And is Marcus Mariota enough to backup the real 2022 starter, or are they actually giving him. second shot? UPDATE 4/29: If Mariota doesn't cut it, maybe third rounder Desmond Ridder will be able to somehow show letting Ryan go was actually a good idea.

Giants- If you ask anyone but the Giants organization if Danny Dimes is QB of the future, they’d probably think you were insane for even thinking he could. But the franchise that kept a shaky Eli Manning on the roster for over a decade is likely to stick it out and see if their new head coach can turn him into the kind of QB only a man who calls himself Danny Dimes could think he is. UPDATE: Jones is going to have to keep up with Tyrod Taylor if he wants to keep the job he clearly doesn’t deserve. UPDATE 4/28: Giants are not picking up Jones’s fifth-year option. Let’s see what they do in the draft today.

Jets- You’d have to be really bad at football to bail on your #2 draft pick in his second year. But this is the Jets we’re talking about, and they do hold #4 and #10 picks. Wilson is probably safe for one more year.Keep Reading >>

Numbers Time: Parity 2: Back in the Habit

This may be the most even playoff field in recent years. Five NFC teams are in a tight pack at the top, but the Wild Card teams could easily play spoilers. The AFC is so even, it’s possible only two games could separate the #1 seed and a team that gets eliminated. Only the Packers have locked in a bye, but that’s not because they’re overly dominant, they just have tie breakers over the rest of the pack. In a year this even, it’s not surprising so few games just don’t matter.


NFC: Go Forth From Fourth

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Explained List: Hockey Pants

 #6 - Tenet

Is this movie good? Honestly, no. Not really. Or at all. Have I already watched it 3 times in the year it came out? Yes. I firmly believe in collaborative filmmaking, and as such, I usually don’t enjoy movies made by a writer/director. There needs to be another voice in the room to prevent an artist from getting lost too far up their own ass. For years, this was clearly his brother Jonathan, who always made sure the insanity was rooted in character and emotion. Tenet is plain silliness that thinks it’s really serious and deep. But damn if I’m not along for the ride. That Tallinn car chase is so involved it takes multiple viewings to fully grasp, which is totally fine if the plan is to just put it on in the background and half pay attention to it. I think the thing I love the most about this movie is that I can make fun of it on every level, like absolutely rip it to shreds, and still enjoy the hell out of it.

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Explained List: Murph!

#11 - Following

It’s just not fair to judge this feature against his others. It’s a marvel a small movie like this got made at all, and I’m thrilled it got noticed and we have the other movies on this list to enjoy. You can see Nolan’s fascinations here right from the start. It’s non-linear. It’s about two men in suits, and the woman is just kind of window dressing. There’s a guy named Cobb. The only thing I remember, though, is being bored to tears.

#10 - The Dark Knight Rises

A bad Nolan movie is still leaps and bounds better than most. It’s just hard to watch this movie without judging it against the films that came before. Nolan was going to make a bunch of great movies, and if this is what he had to do to get carte-blanche, power to him. If you’re gonna sell your soul, at least do it for a good reason. This movie, though, is just so bad. Top to bottom, so bad. From Bane’s ridiculous voice to that flaming bat on the bridge he had time to make despite a literal ticking clock to Blake’s birth name being… sigh… Robin, this film was clearly a project to just get done and move on. At least he tried to say something about class warfare, but ultimately, it was a completely empty piece of fluff. And for real, how the hell did his back get fixed? And he got to Gotham from the Middle East with no money? Okay, I’ll stop.

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Unexplained List: Wasting Your Time

15) Sassafras Roots
14) Pulling Teeth
13) Chump
12) In The End
11) Enemius Sleepus
10) All by Myself
9) Having A Blast
8) F.O.D.
7) Longview
6) Coming Clean
5) She
4) When I Come Around
3) Burnout
2) Basket Case
1) Welcome to Paradise

Unexplained List: Closet Skeletons

40) Reject (N) 39) Disappearing Boy (39) 38) Brain Stew (I) 37) Viva La Gloria (21) 36) Peacemaker (21) 35) All by Myself (D) 34) Deadbeat Holiday (W) 33) Nice Guys Finish Last (N) 32) The Grouch (N) 31) Having A Blast (D) 30) Good Riddance (N) 29) Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? (K) 28) 80 (K) 27) Holiday (A) 26) 409 In Your Coffeemaker (39) 25) F.O.D. (D) 24) Minority (W) 23) East Jesus Nowhere (21) 22) Longview (D) 21) She's a Rebel (A)

20) Stuart and the Ave (I) 19) Armatage Shanks (I) 18) Stuck With Me (I) 17) Coming Clean (D) 16) She (D) 15) 86 (I) 14) Worry Rock (N) 13) Prosthetic Head (N) 12) Paper Lanterns (39) 11) Whatsername (A) 10) Letterbomb (A) 9) When I Come Around (D) 8) Burnout (D) 7) Jesus of Suburbia (A) 6) Dry Ice (39) 5) J.A.R. 4) Hitchin a Ride (N) 3) Basket Case (D) 2) Welcome to Paradise (D) 1) Geek Stink Breath (I)

Unexplained List: ALERT ALERT ALERT

36a) Paul 36) Bryant 35) Bill 34) Mitchell 33) Michelle 32) Lance Bass 31) Daniel 30) Antonio 29) Ava 28) Alana 27) Miranda 26) Adam 25) Joey 24) Emily 23) Isabella 22) Ashley 21a) Everson 21) Sean 20) River 19) Chloe 18a) Bru 18) Mercedeze

17a) Crissa  17) Ed 16) Terilisha 15) Nick 13) Ruksana 13) Jacki 12) Jackson 11a) Carol 11) Shubham 10) Rebecca 9) Khat 8a) Jared 8) Savannah 7) Calvin 6a) Alyssa 6) Courtney 5) James 4) Chris 3) Kai 2) Sammie 1) Trevor

75 Actors Who Were on "Star Trek" and "MacGyver"

If you don't have cable, you might spend a lot of time watching H&I. If you watch H&I, you know they show a lot of MacGyver and a lot of Star Trek. You watch enough MacGyver, and you recognize a lot of actors. And if you're like me, once you realize they're mostly from Star Trek, you won't stop until you compile a comprehensive list of those actors. Of course, then you'll realize there isn't an easy way to cross check five different series (I only did TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT), so you have to compare the two lists manually, name by name.

(yes, I am aware many of these actors played multiple roles. I'll sift through a thousand names, but I'm still lazy)

MacGyver Recurring Characters

Bruce McGill - Captain Braxton / Jack Dalton (MacGyver's BFF)

Teri Hatcher - Lt. Robinson / Penny Parker (MacGyver's love interest)

John Anderson - Kevin Uxbridge / Harry Jackson (MacGyver's Grandpa)

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Unexplained List: Oh My God We Did It

50) Girls 49) Murphy Brown 48) Friends 47) Fresh Off the Boat 46) Head of the Class 45) Black-ish 44) Insecure 43) That 70s Show 42) Bewitched 41) The Golden Girls 40) Spin City 39) Night Court 38) Futurama 37) NewsRadio 36) 3rd Rock From the Sun 35) Mad About You 34) Boy Meets World 33) Silicon Valley 32) Schitt’s Creek 31) Scrubs 30) Better Off Ted 29) Fresh Prince of Bel Air 28) Daria 27) Don’t Trust the B... 26) Get Smart

25) Louie 24) Atlanta 23) Episodes 22) Rick & Morty 21) Happy Endings 20) How I Met Your Mother 19) Extras 18) All in the Family 17) 30 Rock 16) The Good Place 15) The Simpsons 14) South Park 13) Curb Your Enthusiasm 12) I Love Lucy 11) Search Party 10) Brooklyn Nine-Nine 9) It’s Always Sunny... 8) Community 7) Archer 6) Frasier 5) Seinfeld 4) Arrested Development 3) Veep 2) You're the Worst 1) Sports Night

Numbers Time: Ten GOAT

Let me get this out of the way, up front. After being a big fan and defender of Tom Brady for two decades, I am finally off the bandwagon. I find his support of Antonio Brown indefensible. It's clear Belichick was the moral center of the Patriots, and had he had this success on another team, Brady would have enabled far more monsters. That being said, his achievements on a pure numbers level are worth looking at in how absurdly high some of his stats are.

With 7 Super Bowl wins, Tom Brady has won more Super Bowls than any entire NFL team, more than any other player. Only Bill Belichick has more, 6 with the Patriots, 2 with the Giants. One administrator has 7, but who cares about that guy?

He has won more Super Bowls than the worst 18 Super Bowl teams, combined (including the four teams who have never even been to one)

He has won more Super Bowls than 3 entire divisions, the NFC North, AFC and NFC South. He ties the NFC West as a whole.

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