Tag: Blockbuster

How realistic is a blockbuster LB trade between AFC North rivals?

With the rumored departure of Cleveland’s Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, would the team trade their star player to Pittsburgh for the right price?

There is no love lost in the bitter rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. While trades within the same division are rare, these AFC North rivals have made deals before. Notable trades occurred in 1968, 1973, 1984, 1993, and most recently in 2017, when WR Sammie Coates and a 2019 seventh-round pick were sent to Cleveland in exchange for the Browns’ 2018 sixth-round pick.

One recent and exciting revelation swirling around the trade deadline rumor mill is that the Cleveland Browns have been receiving trade calls for their star LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah. While the Steelers have other pressing needs on the roster, LB Patrick Queen’s performance has been inconsistent, to say the least.

Owusu-Koramoah is currently ranked 3rd out of 154 eligible linebackers against the run, per PFF. Even if the Browns were to entertain sending their linebacker to the Steel City, how much draft capital would the Steelers send back to their rivals?

The Cleveland Browns’ linebacker would make an already great Steelers’ defense even more spectacular. This likely speaks volumes to how unlikely this trade speculation is; however, unlikely circumstances, such as Cleveland’s urgency to sell at the November 5th trade deadline, could allow certain rarities to take place.

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Netflix is releasing a documentary about the last Blockbuster and everyone pointed out how mean that is

This is so mean…but we’re still going to watch it.

We’re getting a documentary soon about the last Blockbuster, according to Hypebeast, and that sounds pretty cool!

Blockbuster was a staple for so many folks’ childhoods in the 90’s. That was the spot every weekend — whether you were trying to get a new movie to watch or find a good video game or just wanted to hang. It was truly an era.

So it’ll be cool to hear about its rise and subsequent fall after the streaming era. But that’s the wild part about all of this — the streaming era is what ended Blockbuster.

That’s why it’s so wild that Netflix is putting this documentary together.

Yes, that’s right. The same Netflix that is one of the leaders that ushered in the streaming era that ended Blockbuster is releasing a documentary about the business that it ended. Again, THAT’S WILD.

People everywhere pointed this out and said it was so mean.

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Blockbuster tweeted for the first time in 6 years and everyone had jokes

Be kind. Rewind.

It’s been six years since Blockbuster Video — the former movie-rental behemoth — closed all but one of its 9,000-plus stores and went completely dark on social media.

The company’s former leadership, which once scoffed at the notion of Netflix as a competitor, ended up in bankruptcy in 2010. And since then, that lone store in Bend, Ore., remains a relic of 90s nostalgia.

But on Tuesday, Blockbuster made a return to Twitter.

Tweeting for the first time since 2014, Blockbuster posted, “Just checking in.” This, of course, seemed like the beginning of some kind of coordinated #brand stunt because that’s exactly what it was.

Airbnb was teaming up with that one Blockbuster location to turn it into a 90s-themed living room — equipped with a VCR and box-style TV.

But, mainly, Blockbuster’s return to Twitter marked an opportunity for the internet to roast Blockbuster. The mentions were amazing. A lot of people might owe some late fees.

This is probably a good time to remind everyone that Blockbuster could have purchased Netflix for $50 million back in 2000. Netflix’s market cap today is $209.5 billion.

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