GOING DEEP

The alphabet made him wait, just like all of us kids back in elementary school. Sonny Styles steps forward and looks down. Finds his mark that demands another, child prodigy graduating to permanent marker. The next play is all he’s ever focused on, so why would he have prepared for this moment any other way?

If you read Part 1 of this #OTANSWERS miniseries, then you know Brian Schottenheimer’s QB rooms have put him in a blender. But this isn’t about whether Russ could, would, or should have been allowed to cook—we’re not here for Sopranos-sad endings in Year 1 of #SCHOPPENHEIMER’s Dallas experiment.

Micah Parsons is headed for a holdout. Our own Gavin Dawson isn’t holding back—getting behind the mic to guarantee Parsons’ absence. In fact, Dawson’s doubling down, expanding on the reasons why (LINK BLOG WHENCE LIVE) Parsons is barreling toward the wrong kind of Training Camp headlines. Last week, the superstar gamebreaker alternately professed his availability for Mandatory Minicamp next week and put contract negotiations in Jones Family hands in the same tweet.

The league fined George Pickens $90k in 2024, with the Steelers’ dollar amount perhaps forever TBD—team fines and even some league...