The folks over at No Bull put together a short film featuring Tia-Clair Toomey, Katrin Davidsdottir and Brooke Wells, discussing the habits and character traits that make them three of the best CrossFitters in the world. Pretty cool 20-minute film. … Continue reading Kaizen: April 20-26, 2020
A week or two ago, I posted something on Twitter about how we better be getting some outstanding songwriting done during this pandemic. Well, some Covid-related songs are starting to find their way out into the world, even if we … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–April 24, 2020
Video feed crashed, so I’m live blogging it. We’ll Do It Live! Bengals–Joe Burrow, QB. Bengals had to do this one or the fans may have rioted. I personally would have gone Chase Young, but I get it. Highest graded PFF QB season since they started grading (2014). #1 QB in Footballoutsider’s QBase as well. Bengals just have to hope the improvement was not because of Joe Brady, two first-round receivers and being a year or two older than most QB prospects. 2. Redskins–Chase Young, DE. It’s probably a good thing they are not in Vegas for this. If I … Continue reading NFL Draft Live Blog
1. Chase Young, Edge, Ohio St. 6047, 264, Jr Age: 21.03 PFF: 96.5 SackSEER: 30.7 #1 Sparq: N/A Background: HS transfer to powerhouse DeMatha Catholic in Md.. 2016 state champs, 118 tackles, 37 TFL, 19 sacks. Post Defensive player of the year. No. 7 ranked player in class. On same basketball team as Markelle Fultz. College stats: Fr. 3.5 sacks, so. 10.5, second-team Big 10, led team in sacks; Jr. 16.5 sacks led nation, unanimous all-american, Bednarik and Nagurski awards, Big Ten POY. Two-year starter. Combine: Did not work out by choice. According to Footballoutsider’s SackSeer stats, Chase Young is … Continue reading NFL Player Profiles
The NFL draft always feels special, even for those Raiders fans who suffered through the late Al Davis’ late years. With no sports for a month, and some (me) relegated to betting on home dart tournaments (don’t ask how that went), the draft feels needed this year. Back when I was in more dynasty leagues, I did more draft research than I have the last couple of years. That is not going to stop me from trying to sound smarter than I am with a mock draft, however. So, here goes… Cincinnati Bengals–Joe Burrow, QB, LSU. (2) Washington Redskins–Chase Young, … Continue reading NFL Christmas: I Am Weez Mock Draft
When I started my new training log book, I called it Ton of Fun, because one of my goals was a six-lift (squat, bench, clean, deadlift, press, snatch) of 2,000 pounds. When I started this latest journey, it was 1285. When you consider I have totalled more than 1,500 in a three-lift powerlift (squat, bench, deadlift), you start to understand some of the life choices I have made over the years. However, this week, I just changed the name to Kaizen, japanese for the concept of continuous improvement. It’s nothing original in the fitness world to adapt this word. Katrin … Continue reading Kaizen: April 13-19, 2020
My Journey To Becoming A Two-Time CrossFit Games Champion, by Katrin Davidsdottir Katrin Davidsdottir has been to the top of the mountain within her world, twice. As a two-time CrossFit Games champion, and a member of the Dottirs with Annie Thorsdottir and Sara Sigmundsdottir, her name is synonymous with badass females within the fitness world. My attention span with the Games had waned by the time Katrin had ascended to the top, so I was only tangentially aware of her story. Still, I followed her on Instagram, and saw her post about her autobiography. I decided to buy it. Admittedly, … Continue reading The Book Nook–Dottir
WIth the NFL draft less than a week away, the mock drafts are flying. It is never a bad idea to look at a few, for a general sense of what is expected to happen. It doesn’t even take long to throw them in a spreadsheet. So, here is a spreadsheet: The mocks included are Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks with NFL.com, Mel Kiper and Todd McShay with ESPN, Kevin Hanson with Sports Illustrated, The Huddle Report’s Forrest Long, and DraftAce’s Ryan McCrystal. This will probably get updated Thursday, the day of the draft. It may even include the Weez … Continue reading Mock Draft Season
Here are this week’s five songs worth listening to. Wade Bowen & Randy Rogers–Rodeo Clown Starting this week off with some tongue-in-cheek country comedy from a couple of buddies pairing up once again. Wade Bowen and Randy Rogers have run … Continue reading Fab Five Friday–April 17, 2020
The NFL Draft is set to kick off on April 23. As one of the few things that well feel normal in the sports world right now, even if it is held under a completely revised format, there should be plenty of eyeballs on this year’s selection process. There are multiple people who look at prospects, either professional or as an extensive hobby. But instead of just using one person’s ratings, composite rankings smooth out the outlier opinions a bit. The below rankings are an average ranking of 13 different source rankings. Included this year are Daniel Jeremiah, Charlie Campbell, … Continue reading NFL Draft 2020 Composite Rankings
