Dallin Leavitt, Alex Bachman, and Cody Hollister all cut. Infuriating.
Even though I am not as familiar with the Leavitt or Hollister situation it is worth noting they were initially placed on their 53 man rosters. Cripes.
But the Bachman release is a real killer. Last year he was on their PS for about half a season. By all accounts he had a terrific camp this summer and as a slot he would add an injection of speed. Most slots are noted more for their quickness than downfield speed. You say to yourself what a nifty weapon for Daniel Jones? Some thought after David Sills went down Bachman was the obvious "next in line" choice to make the 53 man roster. It really makes one wonder. Are these teams set up like black country club affairs where whites at certain positions are considered interlopers? Just a shame. Just think it was only a couple of weeks ago there was a chance both Bachman and Sills would make the Giants roster.
Add him to my mystery list of players without an oar which includes Clay Matthews and Ryan Switzer.
One quickie. This self described "expert" (ha) will be a little hampered this season. I have decided against signing up for the sports package. Being annoyed that I have to jump through a few hoops to have it set up but more importantly the cost factor I said the hell with it.
I checked the Thursday night NFL lineup and the only games I will miss are the next two games. The rest are on Fox. Not having the NFL Red Zone will suck the most. The bigger hit will be college football beyond not having the NBA, NHL and MLB networks and peripheral college sports will be no ESPNU, CBSSN and especially the Big Ten Network. And the Pac -12 Network. For college football and basketball that is a blow.
One bit of good news is the Tennis Channel had been moved to my regular cable listings this past summer. This channel wasn't even on the sports package the last several years. It was placed on a more expensive higher tier. Other sports channels one can only get (in my area) with the extra higher more expensive tier and not included in the sports package include the enticing Olympic Channel ( track and field stuff), FS2 and the SEC Channel. The ACC isn't even offered in my area. The sports package isn't as much as buying the extra tier level. They do that on purpose to screw you up trying to force your hand in getting both. Other tricks include putting the great Turner Classics Movie channel on the sport package. Slime balls.
I live in the northeast so I get all the Red Sox, Bruins and Celtics games. Also get all Yankees and Mets. And Nets. But no Knicks or Devils or Rangers. Every Sunday I get the Patriots and Giants on national TV.
Funny when I first signed up for a sports package over 15 years ago it contained all the sports channels. No more. Now you even have to keep swapping out boxes to keep up with HD and other stuff. To think life used to be so simple and easier.
So I won't be quite as on top of things as usual and I don't like to dig too deep on games I haven't watched. That said there will still be plenty for me to watch and comment on. And there will be posters here that will fill me in on things I am sure. I'll survive.