Mike Tomlin gracefully shown the door (fired). Kevin Patullo out as Eagles OC. Nick Sirianni should be….fired.

Anthony Davis is hurt again for six weeks but postpones hand surgery in an attempt to generate any trade value.

Brooks Koepka rejoins the PGA Tour. PGA Enterprises crafts a narrow policy to recapture Rahm, Smith, and Bryson, but so far, NO BUDGE! Thoughts: as a collective non-profit tour, subjecting players to qualifying (Tour Cards) makes a lot of sense. As a for-profit enterprise (now), what is the point of the qualifying? Is the PGA not one giant mega-team (league?) that can sign players as they choose?

I peaked into college basketball tonight and the engine was firing again. When the sun goes down this early, it’s time to get in the gym. Darryn Peterson (Kansas) has a drool-worthy mid-range pull-up, but he needs to add toughness (and get healthy).

It is that time of the off-season when restless teams and agents just start leaking negotiations to the media. OBSERVE:

- Yanks make $30m per year offer to Cody Bellinger

- Kyle Tucker offered 3yr, $120-$140m from Mets

- Kyle Tucker offered $50m per year from Mets

BANG. Offer go up! In one day, Tucker squeezed the Mets for an extra $10m (ish) per year. Of course, the accuracy of all these reports are only known by a few people, but as baseball’s free agency drags on, teams and agents can’t help but soft-launch their deals into the public. Does it help anyone? I don’t really know. It seems to have helped Tucker, but this could all be pure NYC media speculation.

Enough gossip. Let’s stick with Kyle. If the reports of a 3yr deal are true, this is criminal. In no world should teams balk at employing Kyle Tucker for 5 or 7 years. That is a well established, age appropriate contract length that EVERY team in the sport could support. And here’s the problem: if his market is this depressed, then he’s almost certainly going to the Dodgers. EVEN I WILL ADMIT, that the Dodgers signing the winter’s premier free agent for a radically sub-market price could indicate the sport is collectively in trouble. That said, Tucker’s other obvious suitor (the Blue Jays) just made the World Series themselves. How different would it be for them to add Tucker to an already rich lineup?

The longer the off-season drags on without Tucker (or Bo Bichette signed), the more likely the Dodgers and Blue Jays sign one of them. Two teams smack in the middle of their championship window should behave like this. All the other teams getting out of their way is the issue. Where are the Mariners? Why can’t the Cubs sign Bregman plus Tucker? Would anyone actually want to be a Red Sox if they opened their purse strings?

This is not how free agency should operate. It’s frustrated Rob Manfried to the point that he’s threatened a Free Agency Deadline date. This has absolutely no chance of becoming a reality. It removes leverage from players and hands it to owners currently sitting on their…hands! Jokes aside, the rumor mill is at least picking up to the degree that I believe deals could get done this week. But if Tucker can’t get 8 years, then there’s no reason for me to put in any more time in the cage.