TUESDAY COMMENTARY – THINK AGAIN

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IT’S TUESDAY AND THAT MEANS ANOTHER EDITION OF THE GOOD, THE GREAT, AND THE UGLY!

FIRST, THE GOOD: THE CFL IS OFF TO AN EXCELLENT START TO 2022. WE’RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR INTERESTING STORIES TO SELL TO CANADA AND BC QUARTERBACK NATHAN ROURKE LEADS THE WAY SO FAR.

HIS LIONS ARE 2-0 AFTER TWO VERY LOPSIDED VICTORIES AND HE LEADS THE LEAGUE WITH AN 87.8 PASS COMPLETION PERCENTAGE. HE’S FIFTH IN LEAGUE PASSING YARDS OVERALL, BUT HAS PLAYED ONE LESS GAME.

EVERYONE’S IN A TIZZY THAT THE NFL HAS NOTICED THE CANADIAN QUARTERBACK BUT HERE’S A NEWSFLASH: THE NFL HAS NOTICED EVERY CFL PLAYER.

THERE ARE NO SECRETS ANYMORE.

NEXT, THE GREAT: FRANKLY, I’VE GOTTA SAY, IT’S THE TORONTO BLUE JAYS, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

IT SEEMS WHEN THEY WIN, WHICH IS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THEY DO IT BIG AND WITH PIZZAZZ.

MONDAY AT ROGERS CENTRE, TORONTO CLUBBED BOSTON 7-2 AND THE BIG NAMES ALL WENT DEEP: VLADDY JUNIOR, GEORGE SPRINGER AND MATT CHAPMAN.

HEY, I’VE NEVER BEEN THE BIGGEST BASEBALL GUY BUT I’M CHECKING THE JAYS SCORES EVERY NIGHT AND FOR 20 YEARS I LARGELY DIDN’T.

IT’S NICE TO HAVE A CONTENDER AGAIN, WHICH THEY’VE BEEN SINCE 2015.

AND IT’S ALSO NICE TO LISTEN TO JAYS GAMES ON THE RADIO WITH ACTUAL RADIO ANNOUNCERS, RATHER THAN A CHINTZY TV SIMULCAST.

AND LASTLY, THE UGLY: WE COULD KNOW IN 24 HOURS WHETHER THE NFL’S CLEVELAND BROWNS WILL HAVE A QUARTERBACK OR NOT THIS SEASON. THE NFL HAS RECOMMENDED TO THEIR CHIEF DISCIPLINARIAN AT LEAST A YEAR-LONG SUSPENSION AND SUE ROBINSON BEGINS HER EXAMINATION OF THE CASE TODAY.

THEIR HAPLESS OWNERS – THE HASLAM FAMILY – MOVED HEAVEN AND EARTH TO ACQUIRE DESHAUN WATSON AND EVEN GAVE HIM 230-MILLION GUARANTEED DOLLARS THIS WINTER.

WE ALL ASSUMED THE BROWNS OWNERS KNEW WATSON WAS FACING SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ACCUSATIONS FROM TWO DOZEN FEMALE MASSAGE THERAPISTS. IN THE MEANTIME, THE BROWNS SPURNED THEIR CURRENT STAR QUARTERBACK, BAKER MAYFIELD, WHO LED THEM TO THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS.

YOU THINK BECAUSE THEY OWN AN NFL TEAM THEY MUST BE SMART RIGHT?

THINK AGAIN.

THAT’S TODAY’S ROD PEDERSEN COMMENTARY

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