Over the hump and safely onto the other side of the week.Phew.
We made it.It's all down(up?)hill from here!We've got NFL football tonight.
Raiders-Texans at 8 p.m.on ESPN! Joe and Troy in the booth and back in our living rooms, presumably.
Not a bad little game for Week 2 of the preseason.I'll take anything at this point.Football is close, I can taste it.
I can hear it.I can smell it.
Nine days till Week 0.I pumped out two fantasy mock drafts last night.I'm woefully unprepared, for those wondering.
But I've still got a few weeks.Back to the drawing board!On that note, welcome to a Thursday Nightcaps — the one where Natalie Decker gears up for a big pool party before NASCAR's season-finale next weekend in Daytona.OUTKICK IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE FOX NEWS APP: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOADFeels like the fellas were just starting engines for the Daytona 500, and now the regular season is just about over.
Nothing like a pool party to end the summer!What else? I've got ESPN's Holly Rowe crying over a WNBA crowd, Pete Alonso getting absolutely robbed of a home run, and let's check in with how things are looking over at Citi Field before we end the day.You'll never see it coming.Trust me.OK, grab you a pen and paper to start prepping for tomorrow's National Fantasy Football Draft Day, and settle in for a Thursday 'Cap!Natalie Decker talks with her crew during qualifying for the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts United Rentals 300 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb.
14, 2026.(Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire)First of all, tomorrow is far too early for a fantasy football draft.
That's insane.Do you know how many players are going to get hurt between tomorrow and Week 1? The absolute earliest you can have a fantasy draft is next weekend, and that's even a little early.Like I said in the open, I'm woefully unprepared this year.
During normal years, I would've already listened to a zillion podcasts and pumped out two dozen mock drafts by now.But, I have ...