NFL Draft Review

NFL Draft – Comparisons             

Each team in the NFL gets seven draft picks in the annual draft each April.   Most team will take their 

seven picks and fill the team’s needs by position to get their roster ready for the new season.   Some 

team will use the draft as an opportunity to wheel-and-deal to get many more draft picks or trade away 

multiple draft picks to get a high-end player.

The New Orleans Saints traded away multiple draft picks and landed just three top players in the draft. 

In the seventh round they selected a Quarterback and ended up with only four picks in the entire draft.

In quite the opposite fashion, the Minnesota Vikings ended up with 15 draft picks in the draft.  By 

trading away some top picks, they are able to add multiple lower level picks including multiple picks in 

the First Round (2), the Fourth Round (3), the Fifth Round (2), the Sixth Round (2), and an amazing 

FOUR picks in the Seventh Round alone!  By getting eight picks in the final three rounds, this is a great 

way to pick up talent and a relatively cheap way.   

Salaries for the team’s draft picks are for the most part pre-determined by round. The bottom three 

rounds are very cheap, and you can pick up great talent down there.  The Vikings General Manager 

Rick Spielman likes to keep things interesting on Draft Day and is known for this wheeling-and-dealing 

to load up on talent.  

The Vikings also got some exceptional players in the early rounds. By trading Stephon Diggs to the 

Buffalo Bills in the offseason, the Vikings received the Bill’s #1 draft pick.The Vikings selected Justin 

Jefferson, a receiver from LSU, which will be a much cheaper version of an explosive play-maker 

and should be an immediate starter for the Vikings.

The Vikings also loaded up with five defensive backs, which is more than the entire Saints Draft 

Class of four.

Dan

WWE Annual Release Party

April 17, 2020

Every year, the week after WrestleMania, WWE releases a good amount of the talent. This goes for the SuperStars (Wrestlers), Producers, Referees and other staff. 
Some say this year was a little heavy because of the COVID 19 and shows being cancelled. Might be. But business is business. AEW is coming on strong as competition. NWA is off to a good start/reboot. And ROH, TNA and other indie organizations are doing well. Don't forget about New Japan and IWPG. 

Here is a list of some of the talent released this week. The Revival Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder Rusev, The O.C. (Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson), Drake Maverick, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, Heath Slater, No Way Jose, Sarah Logan, Mike Kanellis, Maria Kanellis, Aiden English, EC3, Lio Rush, Eric Young, Primo Colon, Epico Colon, Erick Rowan, Deonna Purrazzo (NXT), Aleksandar Jaksic (NXT), MJ Jenkins (NXT), Josiah Williams (NXT), Mike Chioda (Referee)
WWE also released produces Kurt Angle, Lance Storm, Mike Rotunda (IRS), Sarah Stock, Dave Finlay (Fit Finlay), Shane Helms (Hurricane), Pat Buck, Shawn Daivari, Scott Armstrong

You will see most of these names later this year show up on other shows. Most have a 90 no compete clause in the release. With no one working and no shows scheduled for the spring, the clock is still ticking. 

Even in the good financial years, WWE makes these cuts. So not really a surprise. The names are about 80% if what you would guess. Always a few surprises. 

-Andy 

Album Review "Break Like The Wind" by Spinal Tap

Album Review "Break Like The Wind" by Spinal Tap 1982

Spinal Tap is made up of

"David St. Hubbins" (Michael McKean) - you may also know him as 

Lenny Kosnowski in Laverne & Shirley or Chuck McGill on Better Call Saul

"Nigel Tufnel" (Christopher Guest) - you may remember him as 

Harlan Pepper in Best of Show"Derek Smalls" (Harry Shearer) - In 1989, he joined the cast of the animated sitcom The Simpsons; he provides voices for characters including Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, Reverend Lovejoy, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert and more. 

This the the follow up to the 1984 Spinal Tap album. The songs include a range of genres, from the glam metal anthem "Bitch School" down to the skiffle satire of "All the Way Home". The title, and the album's title track, is a double entendre that combines and confuses the idiom "make like the wind" (also possibly a reference to the Christopher Cross song "Ride Like the Wind", famously covered by British heavy metal band Saxon) with "break wind", a euphemism for flatulence or farting. 

Originally, the CD was packaged in an 18-inch "extra-long box", as a satire against the controversial packaging policy of longboxes which was increasingly criticized as unnecessary and wasteful.

Other artists to appear on the album are  

Jeff Beck – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"

Cher – co-lead vocals on "Just Begin Again"

Joe Satriani – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"

Slash – guitar on "Break Like the Wind"

Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals on "Christmas with the Devil" and "Cash On Delivery"

Dweezil Zappa – guitar solo on "Diva Fever"

The album does not list a track 13, but there is one. 

Is is a rock album or comedy album? Yes. Serious music and very good guitar by the 3 members. Not really a "Weird Al" of rock, no parody songs. 

You need to listen for yourself. Enjoy the music and have a good time 

-Andy