Daily Bullets (May 31)

Throwing It Down Field

Mason Rudolph’s arm appears to be holding up just fine in Pittsburgh, completing an impressive feat with all-world wide receiver Antonio Brown.

Brown turns 30 in July and will most likely be in his final years when (and if) Rudolph is the eventual starter on Sundays.

But apparently the two have hit a rare practice feat already.

“He overthrew A.B. even though A.B. is not going to admit it,” said Roethlisberger about Rudolph. [ESPN]

Overthrowing the league’s greatest deep threat is quite an accomplishment for a rookie – being able to deliver where he wants it will turn even more heads.

Pick Your Dez-tination

Dez Bryant let his preference for his next employer slip on the interwebs.

Although Bryant ended up deleting the comment, this is the internet, where you can’t actually delete anything, so the cat’s out of the bag, Dez wants to go to San Francisco.

Of course, the biggest problem for Bryant is that the 49ers don’t exactly have any need for an extra wide receiver right now, because they already have ELEVEN receivers on their roster. Not to mention, they just added two of those receivers in this year’s draft in the form of second-round pick Dante Pettis and seventh-round pick Rickie James. The 49ers also have multiple veterans in guys like Pierre Garcon and Marquise Goodwin. From a pure numbers perspective, it just doesn’t feel like there’s room on the roster for Bryant.

On the other hand, the idea of Bryant going to San Francisco actually isn’t that crazy, despite the fact that half the 49ers roster is already made up of wide receivers. The reason Bryant could be a fit in San Francisco is because he’s dominant in the red zone, which is a spot where the 49ers struggled last season. [CBS Sports]

Call me crazy, having eleven receivers on the roster (before roster cuts) doesn’t really mean a whole lot when you don’t have eleven jump ball specialists in the red zone. Also, somebody fan Cox, our resident 49er fan who passed out thinking of Garoppolo-to-Dez.

OSU and NCAA Notes

Oklahoma State Golf plays with a pressure few teams ever experience….Journalism at it’s best – a deep dive into the Ole Miss scandal….Missed this a couple days back – Cowgirl Tennis duo fell in the national final….Breakdown of the regional that Holliday’s Pokes are in

Sagarin saw it coming.

Sagarin rankings for each player today:
Hovland (5) vs Hodges (21)
Wolff (4) vs Riley (26)
Ventura (34) vs Furr (191)
Eckroat (72) vs Shore (256)
Bauchou (14) vs Hardee (123)

— Oklahoma State Stats (@OSUStats) May 30, 2018

Congrats to the stud freshman on winning the best in the land.

Congrats to @matthew_wolff5, this year’s Phil Mickelson Outstanding Freshman Award winner! #okstate #GolfSchool pic.twitter.com/HzRbN90K3v

— Oklahoma State Golf (@OSUCowboyGolf) May 30, 2018

What a moment.

The roar heard 'round Oklahoma ?️@OSUCowboyGolf becomes the 1st team with 10 wins, including a #NCAAGolf national title in the same season since 1977. @OSUAthletics #GoPokes pic.twitter.com/x8diSSQxnl

— Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) May 30, 2018

Underrated fun news about today.

*whispers*

4 of the 5 #okstate golfers return next year.

— Carson Cunningham (@KOCOCarson) May 30, 2018

What You Missed on PFB

• Oklahoma State crushes the Tide for their eleventh national championship in golf
• OSU offered an offensive lineman that plays with the top running back in the country
• Nine thoughts on the national title-winning run
• Social media reaction to the Cowboys winning the title
• Photos: OSU winning their 52nd national title

Other Stuff I’m Reading

• Enjoyed this New Yorker piece on the expansion hockey team – the Las Vegas Golden Knights
• I’m more of a Dan Pink guy but this on the two things a job provides to be enjoyable was thoughtful
• Thought this on CarMax’s “no-haggle” practice leading to higher margins was interesting
• Pretty settled on this but The Ringer plays good cop-bad cop on the Warriors-Cavs final