What’s Brewing With Jen Includes Dad-Bods and Solar Eclipses

See what was brewing with Jen Scordo today. Every day on The Best Show Ever? Jen Scordo shares a few recent weird and interesting news stories. Today that includes a baseball home opener during a solar eclipse and Patrick Mahomes’ “dad-bod”… Here are her stories from today.

Guardians Home Opener Possibly During Solar Eclipse

The Cleveland Guardians home opener is scheduled for April 8^th with the time to be determined.  Also scheduled that day is the world’s first total solar eclipse since 1806.  The solar eclipse will take place at 3:13pm and is expected to last just about four minutes.  If the game is in the afternoon, the total eclipse will happen during it.  And I think that would be awesome!  I’m sure the MLB will probably schedule the game after the eclipse for obvious reason – shadows, darkness on the field, etc. But I think it would be really cool. Give all the guests the special glasses and let them experience it in the ballpark.  I’m sure they won’t do that, but it would be really cool.

[Source - NY Post]

Patrick Mahomes Jokes About His “Dad-Bod”

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is taking his “dad-bod” in stride.  ‘Inside the NFL’ posted a video clip of a shirtless Mahomes in the locker room after they won the AFC Championship against the Ravens.  He saw the clip and jokingly said, “Yoooo why they have to do me like that!?!?!? #DadBodSZN” I must admit that the camera angle was not very flattering, but I wouldn’t say Mahomes has a “dad-bod”… Kyle Schwarber, yes, total dad-bod.  Mahomes needs a little more weight on himself to be in consideration for a dad-bod.  At least in my personal opinion.  But he took it lightly and he was able to joke about it, which makes me like Mahomes a little bit more.

[Source - ESPN.com]

The Eagles will not be playing in the Super Bowl next weekend. Instead, they went out in a burst of flames. The last month and change of the season was a complete disaster, seeing them go 1-7 including the loss to the Bucs in the Wild Card round. It was an embarrassing follow-up to them making it all the way to the big game last season. But just because the Eagles will not be in it, does not mean the Philadelphia area won't be represented.

There are 4 players with local ties playing in the Super Bowl next weekend, split evenly between the two teams. Two born in New Jersey, and two born in Pennsylvania. We kind of cheated with one because he moved to Texas before High School. But he was born in Philadelphia, so he still counts. The other 3, were born and raised in the local area. One is even open about how they grew up as an Eagles fan.

There is a RB expected to play a big role in the game. A WR having a breakout rookie season. A Safety now playing a big role after an injury to one of the 49ers starters. And a rotational Defensive Tackle who only recently joined the 49ers.

So before the big game, let's get to know the local guys playing in it a bit better.

By far the best player in the Super Bowl with local ties is Isiah Pacheco. And unlike some of the other guys on the list, we know he grew up as an Eagles fan. He has said so himself. That makes the role he played in beating the Eagles in last year’s Super Bowl sting just a bit more. But he has developed into a very good RB for the Chiefs, He averaged 4.6 yards per carry this season, with 6 TDs. He has a TD in all 3 of their playoff games thus far, so anticipate him being in the end zone once again in the Super Bowl.

Rice moved to Texas when he was young and played both his High School and College ball there So this is a bit of a stretch to call him a local. But he was originally born in Philly, so we are going to count him as a local. Rice has emerged as the Chiefs' best WR in his rookie season. He had 938 yards for 7 TDs during the season and has 20 catches for 223 yards and 1 TD in 3 playoff games so far. Outside of Travis Kelce, he is the next best option Mahomes has to throw it to.

The 49ers selected Brown in the third round of this past draft out of Penn State. He started out the season mostly playing Special Teams, but the 49ers turned to him as the starting safety after Talanoa Hufanga tore his ACL in late November. However, in the first playoff game against the Packers, he saw his role vanish. Logan Ryan took all of his snaps at Safety, and Brown never actually saw the field. But in the NFC Championship game, Brown got his role back against the Lions and played every snap.

Joseph Day has been around the NFL for a few years now. He was first drafted in the 6th round out of Rutgers by the Rams in 2018. He later signed with the Chargers but was cut in December. Not long after getting cut, he signed with the 49ers. He has not exactly been a difference-maker for them. But he is still a solid rotation DT and should see the field at least a bit in the Super Bowl. He did not show up on the stat sheet against the Lions but registered two tackles a week earlier vs the Packers.