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The Los Angeles Rams may have cracked something open on offense, and the rest of the league is paying attention. Their tight end-heavy thirteen personnel sets caused real problems in two thousand twenty five, and after a draft Day Two loaded with tight end talent across the league, the question isn't whether teams will try to copy it — it's whether anyone can execute it well enough to matter.
Shifting to baseball, the clock is already ticking on the next labor fight. MLB and the Players Association sat down for the first time this week, and the topics on the table — revenue sharing, service time manipulation, free agency structure — are exactly the kind of issues that have derailed seasons before. Both sides are talking, but make no mistake, the gap between them is real and the stakes are enormous.
And in St. Louis, JJ Wetherholt is making a serious argument that he belongs in the Rookie of the Year conversation. The Cardinals rookie led his club to another win Tuesday night, and the consistency he's shown at this stage of the season is the kind of thing that gets voters' attention fast. Keep an eye on this kid.
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