Best guess: the guy who refused to trade Burns for two firsts is the same guy who fired the old GM and the same guy wouldn’t budge on Burns contract and the same guy who told the new GM to trade Burns for the highest offer … and the same guy who owns the team
Marshawn Lynch just logged onto national television with a sideways camera, while eating a snack, said "what's up big dogs" and then told them he took three shots of Hennessy before the game.
Beast Mode is a national treasure
Wife: “why is football on?”
Me: “I have to watch this.”
Wife: “This isn’t NFL.”
Me: “draft prospects!”
Wife: “name one.”
Me: “CeeDee Lamb!”
Wife: “well now you’re just making shit up.”
A hedge fund is angry because a bunch of people got together, pooled a ton of money and bought stocks in the hopes of massively profiting at the expense of someone else.
The NFL announced five new gambling partners prior to this year and then empowered referees to completely flip games based on nothing more than an arbitrary rule that essentially lets them judge intent without knowing.
Larry Nassar sentenced to 175 years in prison on multiple counts.
“I just signed your death warrant.”
“You do not deserve to walk outside of a prison ever again.”
Judge said it was an “honor” and a “privilege” to sentence Nassar.
Point: The Rams have way better matchups in the trenches and an advantage in terms of superstars, coaching and scheme plus experience in the Super Bowl
Counterpoint:
NFC North:
Packers 5-1
Vikings 4-2
Bears 3-2
Lions 2-2-1
NFC North (if Lions win)
Lions 3-1-1
Packers 4-2
Vikings 4-2
Bears 3-2
The NFL refs inability to get basic calls correct are literally the difference between first place and last place for the Lions.
So the NCAA:
Sent shorthanded NC State team on the field Friday
In a jammed stadium with 20,000 people
Cancelled the season at 2am
Sent Survive/Advance tweet
Isn’t testing/quarantining Vandy players/coaches who were around NCSU
Providing zero public info
Sounds about right
Tennis is zooming in on microscopic grass grains to figure out if balls are in or out and the NFL is using 60 year old men with a giant metal chain to measure down and distance.
Some people teach their dogs to fetch and sit.
Bill Belichick teaches his dog to draft defensive backs from obscure Division II schools in the second round.
Bill O’Brien spent eight total years working for either Bill Belichick (2007-2011, 2023) or Nick Saban (2021-2022) and didn’t win a Super Bowl or a National Championship.
That’s gotta be a club with a membership of one
Deion Sanders thinking Kevin Byard was a random fan less than a year before Kevin Byard became the highest paid safety in the NFL is the most underrated football story of the last year.
The Raiders rented Antonio Brown *for the offseason* at the cost of a third- and fifth-round pick.
Unquestionably the single worst transaction in NFL history.
Hearing a wild rumor that has serious legs. Rob Gronkowski is strongly considering returning to the NFL to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with his old teammate Tom Brady. Has been training in Florida in addition to Wrestlemania. Please credit Leroy woof woof
Chiefs-Pats scheduling suggestion:
Jets forfeit their Week 8 game to Chiefs
Jets forfeit their Week 9 game to the Pats
Play Chiefs-Pats one of those weeks.
Leonard Fournette at No. 4 overall instead of Deshaun Watson or Patrick Mahomes — because you had Blake Bortles — is not only worse than the Bears taking Trubisky at 2, it’s one of the all time worst draft picks.
48 hours ago:
QB - Justin Herbert
RB - Austin Ekeler
WR - Keenan Allen
WR - Mike Williams
TE - Gerald Everett
Today:
QB - Justin Herbert
RB - Gus Edwards
WR - Quentin Johnston
WR - Joshua Palmer
TE - Will Dissly
Jim Harbaugh raising eyebrows in LA
Patriots just paid $48 million for five years of Nelson Agholar and Kendrick Bourne.
31 other NFL teams would be getting crucified for that duo of WR moves.
Odell Beckham slapped a police officer's ass while the dude was working and then taunted him to his face. Fully endorse this arrest warrant out of principle.
Bill Belichick asked a weird question about whether he had a message for the fans who stuck with the Pats "through thick and thin" fired back pretty quickly...
"I wouldn't say it's been that thin around here personally”
The Giants are retiring Eli’s number, holding endless ceremonies and treating a .500 QB like the 🐐.
The Chargers won’t even return Philip Rivers texts.
Archie’s move to force a trade in 2004 couldn’t have been more smart.
It would greatly behoove ESPN/ABC News to offer some clarity on the report as to whether or not Kobe Bryant’s daughters were on the helicopter mentioned during the cut in to the Pro Bowl.