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Week 4! TNF
Trevor Lawrence is excited to see himself as a "Toy Story" character.
In addition to the live broadcast on FOX and ESPN+, Disney is adding a "Toy Story Funday Football" broadcast. It’ll simulate the game on Andy’s bedroom floor, the iconic setting from Pixar's "Toy Story" movies.
The broadcast will use state-of-the-art tracking technology and a halftime show featuring "Toy Story 4" stuntman Duke Caboom.
Pixar has come a long way since 1986 when Steve Jobs, while exiled from Apple, invested $10 million into the company.
George Lucas, who owned Pixar at the time (back then it was Graphics Group), was getting divorced and needed to sell off some assets.
Jobs had been trying to get Apple to buy Graphics Group, but the board turned him down.
As a friend, Jobs gave Lucas $5 million and invested another $5 million into the company.
Fast forward a bit – Pixar decides to go all-in on movies, starting with Toy Story, which obviously crushed it. Disney, in 2006, ended up buying Pixar for $7.4 billion in Disney stock.
Steve Jobs went from being the single largest shareholder in Pixar to the single largest individual shareholder in Disney.
Prior to the Toy Story tie-in with the NFL, in January 1985, Jobs enlisted high school students to voluntarily cover the the benches at Stanford Stadium with Apple seat covers for Super Bowl XIX.
On the verge of making millions as Apple prepared to go public, Jobs took advantage of this advertising opportunity.
Numbers
255: Andrew Beck (255 pounds) is the 2nd largest player to return a kickoff for a touchdown, trailing only Casey Fitzsimmons (258 pounds) who returned an onside kick for a touchdown in 2007.
101: Jameis Winston threw for more yards Sunday (101 Yards) then Justin Fields (99 Yards). Winston didn’t enter the game until about half way thru the 3rd quarter.
11: After going 11-0 in one-possession games last season, the Vikings are now 0-3 this season, with all the losses coming in one-possession games.
2 [TRIVIA]: Which QB on Sunday became just the second player in NFL history to pass for over 400 yards with three touchdowns, no interceptions and a completion percentage of 85% or higher in a single game?
Quotes
"I've never been a part of a win like this. The resiliency of that locker room was incredible. I've never seen anything like it. It's hard not to get too emotional about it."
Packers HC Matt LaFleur
“My problem with the tush push is the NFL literally banned defensive players from pushing other players into the offensive formation on FG and PATs because it was a “Health and safety issue” but now it’s ok because it benefits the offense?”
"I'm crawling in my skin driving home from the stadium on Sunday, and the last two days. Golly, you’re sitting there in meetings, and you’re just frustrated. Because it matters to you."
Kirk Cousins spoke today about how losses like Sunday's against the Chargers torment him
“I played at MetLife in college and I knew that shit was ass.”
Colts LB Zaire Franklin about playing on turf
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Picks
Thursday, 9/28 @ 8:15pm
Lions at Packers (+2)
Matt LaFleur is 16-4 (80%) against the spread as an underdog, including 13–7 straight-up.
Record
ATS: 10-9 (+.01u)
O/U: 4-3 (+1.18)
Highlights
Andrew Beck turns a muffed kick into a TD
Zach Charbonnet sends a dude flying
Jake Bobo toe taps his way to his first career TD