Buzz - Crabtree vs. Talib: Practice Edition is about to be lit af

The Baltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Rams are holding joint practices together this summer before their Week 1 preseason matchup. Not only will there be two complete babes coaching both teams, the storyline everyone will be watching is new Ravens wide receiver Michael Crabtree and new Rams cornerback Aqib Talib going at each others' throats. I am all for this. It's about time preseason had some excitement.

There's something about a necklace, a chain. Talib has snapped Crabtree's chain around his neck numerous times when they played for the Broncos and Raiders. Then there was that one time when Crabtree literally TAPED his chain to his neck and Talib still got it. Bananas. This should be a PayPerView.

buzz-worthy-

• Patrick Peterson hopes the Cardinals can find a "solid" No.2 corner. Free agency took away Tramon Williams and Justin Bethel, but they also added Bene Bewikere and Lou Young. “If we can find a solid No. 2 corner to make it kind of difficult for a quarterback to pick and choose which side he wants to go on, then that would make not only me but the defense a lot better." 
• Michael McGlinchey visited with the Falcons on Thursday. McGlinchey is Matt Ryan's first cousins, so it's about time someone talented from that family made their way into the Falcons' facility.
• Bills put Richie Incognito on reserve/retired list on Thursday. The offensive lineman announced he was retiring earlier this week, and I guess they finally took it seriously. Incognito said "absolutely not," when asked if he would consider changing his mind.
• ​Vontaze Burfict has been officially suspended for the first four games of 2018, and this should shock no one. His suspension for PEDs was reported last month.
• Jarvis Landry is close to a long-term deal with the Browns, which will give him approximately $15 million per year.
• Dez Bryant is tweeting through it on the eve of his big meeting with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. This meeting could mean he's either cut, or taking a pay cut.

I really been enjoying my offseason..I never in my life heard so much media try to destroy a single soul which is very sad but what is so great is I’m so un fucking bothered □ #throwupthex

— Dez Bryant (@DezBryant) April 12, 2018

• Former Packers QB and small penis-haver Brett Favre is worried about CTE now. "If that's a concussion, I've had hundreds, probably thousands, throughout my career, which is frightening." Just wait till he blames the dick pic on CTE.​
• Jacksonville Jaguars' savior Tom Coughlin had a hand in designing the team's new uniforms, which will be revealed next week. Hope they don't include pleated khakis and New Balances.
• Reuben Foster, 49ers LB and certified horrible person, is facing three felony counts of domestic violence. He reportedly "dragged her by their hair, physically threw her out of the house, and punched her in the head 8-10 times." Remember that time he threatened that nurse or something at the NFL Combine, and everyone brushed it off? Yeahhhhhhh.. The 49ers are complete morons and are keeping him ON THE TEAM despite this... but wait - who can't get a job....??
• The Seattle Seahawks were supposed to work out Colin Kaepernick, but postponed their workout when he "declined to stop kneeling during the national anthem" next season. Definitely seems to be strengthening his on-going collusion case. So, if you're keeping track, Kaepernick can't get a job because he wants to kneel during the national anthem of his own, but Foster has a job. 

What I'm reading today-

• How NFL scouts evaluate intangibles (The Ringer)
• The Combine at night is where the NFL happens (Deadspin)
• Stanford scientists search for clues to concussions (The Mercury News)

last word-

Plan on drinking too much wine this evening.

— Ben Natan (@TheBenNatan) April 12, 2018