NFL/MLB Open Thread: Fun Differential Edition

For the first time since I was in grad school, the Mariners are playing a meaningful game 162. I, of course, will be chairing a virtual APSA panel in the middle of it, but hopefully they will be building up a big lead while I’m away while the Rays sweep the Yankees. Obviously the best outcome would be Mariners and Blue Jays wins and Red Sox and Yankees losses, leading to a four-team play-in. The fun differential would hit triple digits!

To set up tomorrow’s other big event, enjoy this history of Bill Belichick trying to draft wideouts. Yowza! Shows that even legends are imperfect. Speaking of much larger-scale imperfection, how about Mr. Matt Nagy:

Fields, by contrast, looked utterly unprepared for his first start. Bears Coach Matt Nagy insisted Dalton was the team’s unchallenged starter from the moment the 11-year veteran arrived in March, denying Fields any chance to compete for the role in the preseason. Whether Fields is now unready because of a lack of starter’s reps or he didn’t earn starter’s reps because he wasn’t ready for them is the sort of chicken or egg question N.F.L. franchises typically answer by firing the coach.

Enjoy, and I assume everyone will agree to a 90 minute pause at 1 PT.