No fights yet from Michael Crabtree and Aqib Talib

The most anticipated fight of the offseason besides me vs. Falcons fans is new Baltimore Ravens WR Michael Crabtree vs. new Los Angeles Rams CB Aqib Talib. The two have a history of ruffling each others' feathers (I can use this pun now because Crabtree is a Raven). Both players went at it last November, resulting in an ejection and a one-game suspension for both. 

Crabtree and Talib 2.0 pic.twitter.com/vPBngrIrKv

— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dkurtenbach) November 26, 2017

In Monday's joint practice -- the first of two before Thursday's preseason game -- there was no chain snatching, no curse words (that I've heard of) and both Talib and Crabtree were on their best behavior. The Ravens offense struggled, but Talib did manage to break up the only pass thrown at Crabtree all day, so he's got that going for him. 

Sounds like they've either put it behind them (hope not) or they've gotten some warnings from their new coaches who are capable of actual leadership. Both Sean McVay and John Harbaugh made sure to say they have "no tolerance" towards fighting before both teams practiced.

buzz-worthy:

• Arizona Cardinals C AQ Shipley will miss the 2018 season with a torn ACL. I'm totally about to curse the Ravens here, so stop reading now if you believe in curses, but former Ravens players are out here getting injured and Baltimore being virtually scot-free when it comes to injuries so far is just incredible. 
• Seattle Seahawks OL Germain Ifedi is the next Michael Oher as far as penalties go. After leading the league in penalties last season, head coach Pete Carroll benched Ifedi on Saturday after continued fouls. I'll never stop hearing "false start number 74" in  my head.
• Carolina Panthers TE Greg Olsen kinda just wants former teammate Kelvin Benjamin to stfu. “We enjoyed Kelvin. For the most part he was a good person to have around. Things didn’t work out here for him. I get it. I know what that’s like. But you’d like to see him just kind of move forward to his team, embrace his new opportunity rather than go personal on it.” 
• Roughly 40,000 people showed up to watch the Philadelphia Eagles' open practice at their stadium on Sunday night. Things were apparently pretty hype for just a practice - check out highlights here. There were lots of chants.
• Newly enshrined Hall of Famer Terrell Owens worked out for a CFL team this weekend, because of course he did. I don't think he actually is going to play - more like proving a point that he COULD still play if he wanted to. This is so T.O. it's silly.
• New York Jets rookie QB Sam Darnold may have a better chance at winning the starting job than originally thought. Josh McCown is currently sitting in the No. 1 spot, but we all know that's not a great idea. Darnold will have plenty of playing time in the preseason, which could shake up (I wish I had a Lego person joke to put here) the depth chart.
• Broncos P Marquette King is having trouble getting along with others in Denver. He's already had it out for a radio personality, where he answered, "I just don't like talking about football," during an interview..... about football. Not great (also you're a punter)!
• Los Angeles Chargers QB and very fertile man Philip Rivers says he doesn't have a number in mind when thinking about retirement. "I laugh when I hear Drew, Brady’s already 41, when I hear them say mid-40s, I go, ‘Y’all can have that. I have no desire to get there. One thing I am thankful about is I know what I’m gonna be doing when I’m done. I’m gonna be coaching high school football somewhere, maybe the very next season.” Rivers turns 36 in December, and I see him playing a few more years - gotta rack up as much cash as possible for his 63 children who need to go to college.
• Becca picked Garrett last night on The Bachelorette after he cried during the entire episode and made me roll my eyes out of my head. Blake Manziel was sweating a whole lot, and had a complete breakdown afterwards. Very emo, but one of the first real reactions I think we've seen in this dumb show but we all still watch. They said "I love you!" to each other no less than a hundred times (who are you trying to convince?), meaning I'm giving this one about six months tops.

What I'm reading today:

• Matt Nagy's Bears watch Brian Urlacher's speech together, use message for practice (Chicago Tribune)
• Preparing for own new role, Myles Jack likes what Jaguars have at linebacker (Jacksonville.com)
• Dolphins RB Frank Gore gives no thought to retirement after 2018 (Palm Beach Post)
• Malcolm Butler, tone-setter of Titans training camp, tired of Super Bowl questions (Tennessean)
• Everything we know about missing college student Mollie Tibbetts (People)

last word:

Me: $15 for a glass of rosé, OK!

Also me: $8 for WiFi on a 3hr flight when I need to work — that’s way too much

— Jayme Lamm (@jaymelamm) August 6, 2018