General Sports Thread

Yeah he is every bit as good as I hoped when they drafted him. Interesting fact, he was selected 22nd overall, the Eagles were picking at 21 and there were a couple of other receiver needy teams earlier in the draft order as well, but I thought there was no way Jefferson would make it past the Eagles pick if he was still there at all.

The Eagles took Jalon Reagor instead, so the Vikings landed Jefferson. Reagor was a massive bust in Philadelphia and the Vikings signed Reagor this off season for **** all, like a 7th round pick or something

 

It’s also the reason why they have to draft a QB this next draft and move on from Cousins. Jefferson only has a year left on his rookie deal and receivers have started getting huge money, which Jefferson will want. If this ****ing team keeps Cousins and can’t pay Jefferson because of it then they are even stupider than I thought.

 

Yep, Eagles messed up there. Still, they look pretty good at the moment. They'd be even better with Jefferson!

 

In F1 .

Gasly confirmed at Alpine .

De Vries Confirmed at Alpha Tauri .

Options running out for Danny Ric , I would like it if he went to Williams , would he be better going to Merc as third Driver ?

 

It's a wet Japan GP. Reminds me of Bianchi.

 

WTAF? There was a tractor moving about near the track while cars were going round the track. In these conditions it was a minor miracle a car didn't hit it. That is so ****ing stupid - I thought the Japanese were intelligent people? Gasly was livid and I can't blame him.

 

It seems the recovery vehicle was released by race control. ****ing idiots.

 

FIA's statement is laughable TBH. If they had made the decision to red flag it then why not wait until all the cars are in the pit lane before the recovery vehicle is released? Given the circumstances of how Bianchi died it's outrageous that the vehicle went out while cars were still driving around. Even if the SC was out, the conditions were still very treacherous and could easily lose control even at reduced speed. This is going to cause serious anger with the drivers.

 

TBF after watching Sky analysing what happened it's not as clear cut as I thought. Gasly was going too fast given it was under double yellows and as result couldn't slow down enough when it went to red flag. And obviously you have recovery vehicles out under yellow and red flags normally. But it still seems like a huge risk given the lack of visibility the drivers had and the track conditions to have those vehicles out there.

 

Charles will surely lose 2nd place for that.

 

Yep, a slam dunk 5 second penalty if ever I saw one.

 

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F1 making everyone confused here by declaring Max champion prematurely!

 

Oh no, seems Max is champion, due to some obscure wording in the regulations regarding race resumptions. Quite amusing that for the 2nd year running Max has to hold fire on the celebrations!

 

Apparently because the race had started , then red flagged , then resumed ( resumed being the important point ) .

It is classed as a full race so Maximum points are awarded .

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Rodgers you choked. Nil points in the 2nd half! Nice one Giants.

 

Perfect opportunity for the Vikings to take a 2 game lead in the division