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• Jets GM Joe Douglas mentioned during his Tuesday press conference that he sees benefit for Zach Wilson in getting to learn behind Aaron Rodgers, and it certainly wasn’t the first time that topic was broached in that building.
The team has been proactive in keeping Wilson informed through the pursuit of Rodgers—even at a time, after the way Wilson played last year, when it probably wasn’t necessary to do so.

Allen Robinson’s time with the Rams did not go as either side had hoped. It was a total flop.
Robinson signed a three-year deal with Los Angeles during the 2022 offseason worth $15 million per season. The move was supposed to give Matthew Stafford an additional weapon at receiver.
Instead, Robinson had career-lows in most statistical categories (he only played 10 of 12 games) and caught just three touchdowns all year. His first and only year with the Rams was a huge disappointment for both parties.

Because of overwhelming public demand, Curt Schilling weaved a yarn about an infamous confrontation on the latest edition of OutKick’s The Curt Schilling Baseball Show.
One that was between his wife and teammate Johnny Damon’s girlfriend during the 2004 postseason.
The story happened after the Red Sox were blown out by the New York Yankees 19-8 in Game 3 of the ALCS. However, it sort of began several years earlier.
In 2001, Schilling was pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who defeated the three-time defending champion Yankees in the World Series.

There went coach Nate Oats again Monday, sliding down the pole at the station one more time, rushing off to put out the latest fire within his Alabama men’s basketball program.
Sometimes Oats is the firefighter; sometimes he’s the arsonist. Either way, there has been a constant need over the past three months to keep an extinguisher handy. The sirens keep blaring at Bama.

Dallas is openly talking about drafting a running back and Bijan Robinson is the best of the bunch. He told Jori Epstein what he brings to the table.

Kings star point guard De’Aaron Fox suffered a fractured finger in the Game 4 loss against the Warriors on Sunday, putting his status for Game 5 in jeopardy.
However, ahead of Wednesday’s Game 5, Fox revealed that intends to suit up and play through the pain. 
“Most likely,” Fox responded when asked if was planning to play in Game 5 after practice on Tuesday. “For me right now, it’s just the [pain] tolerance on the pad of finger and making sure I can shoot the ball.”
Later in the media session, Fox sounded even more confident about his status.

The Bengals have the 28th pick in the 2023 NFL Draft after finishing the 2022 season with a 12-4 record and making it to the AFC Championship. 
Oddsmakers expect Cincinnati to take a tight end in the first round, according to SI Sportsbook. The last time the Bengals took a tight end in the NFL Draft was 2019, when they selected Drew Sample in the second round. Sample is currently third on the depth chart behind Irv Smith, Jr., who the Bengals signed to a one-year contract in the off-season, and Devin Asiasi.

I’d be willing to bet that most people are fans of having microphones to capture in-game audio. That said, I now know Brad Marchand is not one of them.
The Boston Bruins pest (I mean that in a good way) made his feelings about this known thanks to an incident in Game 2 against the Florida Panthers. As regulation was winding down and the Bruins doubling up the Panthers 6-3, tempers started to flare.
Panthers agitator Matthew Tkachuk was in the middle of it, this time jawing with Bruins center Tomas Nosek. At one point, Tkachuk even mentioned Nosek’s wife.
Them’s fightin’ words.

Power Slap, led by Dana White, is the the world’s premier slap fighting organization. It is licensed and sanctioned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, which recently suspended six competitors.
When Power Slap made its debut earlier this year, viewers were equally as horrified as intrigued.

Dana White’s ‘Power Slap’ League Makes Bonkers Debut, Leaves Viewers Horrified

The concept is not hard to grasp. Two competitors trade full-hand slaps back and forth until one cannot continue.

It leads to some crazy results.

The Bengals picked up quarterback Joe Burrow’s fifth-year contract option, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported on Tuesday.
The fifth-year option will guarantee Burrow $29.5 million in 2024, which is quite the jump from the $1.01 million he will earn in base salary this upcoming season, according to Spotrac.
This news didn’t come as much of a surprise since Cincinnati seems to be set on keeping Burrow in-house for the foreseeable future.