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At the height of former Louisville QB Lamar Jackson's domination of college football, my friend and I started a running joke. Jackson, the 2016 Heisman winner and one of the most dominant players to ever play college football, was in for a rude awakening once he decided to enter the NFL Draft. Despite his video game number playing quarterback at Louisville, passing for 9,043 yards, 69 TDs and a 57 percent completion percentage while rushing for another 4,132 yards and 50 TDs, we agreed that some NFL executives would see fit to ask Jackson to play a new position at the pro level. We joked Jackson would come into an NFL practice one day expecting to put on his usual No. 8, but hanging at his locker would be the No. 88 and a pair of those fancy Nike receiver gloves. (FYI: NFL receivers can only wear a number between 10-19 and 80-89.) When demanding an explanation from coaches, the head coach would say something like: "We just want to give you a different look," or ...

Now that we've had a few days to marinate on last week's NBA trade deadline let's take a look at the aftermath. In case you've been living under a rock, ala Patrick Star, here's everything that went down in the NBA on Thursday. Now that all the paperwork is complete and new jerseys have been printed here's the breakdown of why the Cavs secured the bag even before they beat the brakes off   defeated the Celtics  on national TV Sunday. For much of the season, Cleveland looked old, slow and tired despite sitting comfortably as a top-4 seed in the East. Yet, with a wave of fresh faces, the Cavs are primed to make another Finals run, as opposed to a team who might have lost in the first round. The Cavs acquired Jordan Clarkson, Rodney Hood, George Hill and Larry Nance Jr. at the trade deadline pic.twitter.com/mQNIi0Wszm — Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) February 9, 2018 Cleveland's front office pulled off one of the boldest strategies I've e...