I was wrong about Chicago, but that now means...

... the league has no Plan B to satisfy the Orange Fatfuck.

It's New England, and the whole riot yesterday was to place New England as the babyfaces in next Sunday's AFC Championship Game.

Well well... Is CJ Stroud taking care of business?

(Writing this partially just after halftime.  If the Texans win this, you never see it...)

Well, do we have our answer as to how Patriots Are Champions (even if they beat the shit out of their girlfriends like Donald Trump does his wife Ivanka).

CJ Stroud has thrown four interceptions in the first half of a 21-10 halftime deficit for his Texans to the Patriots.

Let's pull up the video, courtesy NFL Interceptions:

Here's the first one.  Threw it only where the defender could get it.

Stroud with an overthrow. Great play by Carlton Davis pic.twitter.com/dxfmpO46Aa

— NFL Interceptions (@interceptnfl) January 18, 2026

Second one's a Pick Six and it's blatant:

Stroud just throws it up while under pressure. Sometimes it’s better to take the sack, here’s a perfect example of that.

Leads to a Pats pick-6 pic.twitter.com/1UT2yZsEvp

— NFL Interceptions (@interceptnfl) January 18, 2026

Third one is an overthrow through the hands, so it looks like the receiver probably "helped" on this one:

This one is not Stroud’s fault. Hutchinson has to catch this, he had two hands on it.

Regardless, this is Stroud’s 3rd interception of the first half. Oof. pic.twitter.com/qXPUBLQKdM

— NFL Interceptions (@interceptnfl) January 18, 2026

With a side of ejection-level spearing on the hit.

And here's the fourth -- covered man, never should've thrown the ball, and he's lucky that wasn't caught in stride or that's a Pick Six too:

CJ Stroud with a full on disaster performance. His 4th interception of the first half. (3 his fault, 1 not his fault).

Carlton Davis gets his 2nd interception here pic.twitter.com/iaES1bXTw9

— NFL Interceptions (@interceptnfl) January 18, 2026

And yep, in the rain, the second half was never an issue.  Patriots win, 28-16.

CJ Stroud threw the game, probably because they couldn't go through with another obvious officiating problem with the league rapidly running out of options.   

Another one from the Bills game that has people talking:

I think I now know why I couldn't embed those:  Account was suspended for saying the ICE shooter shouldn't get the Medal of Honor, but a noose around his neck instead.

Anyway, upon reinstatement after another week off, ANOTHER PLAY from the Bills-Broncos farce.

This is the play which ended Buffalo's one overtime possession.  Watch carefully.

I still think the Bills got screwed on this call.

At worst, it’s a simultaneous catch, which = Bills completion.

There’s no way this should have been a Broncos interception. He didn’t even have possession until the Bills receiver hit the ground

pic.twitter.com/OZtBrCgWk7

— Jon Root (@JonnyRoot_) January 18, 2026

Here's the worst part of this whole exercise:  There's a good chance, under the wording of The Catch Rule, that the call IS correct.

Now, we know the reality of The Catch Rule:  A catch is a play result which will benefit the team the NFL wants to win.

But, under "Survive The Ground", he does not survive the ground with the ball -- the Broncos defender does.

But there's the classic "but to the but":  Cooks is down by contact with the ball and rolls over before McMillan takes the ball out.

Under "Survive The Ground", he is down by contact with possession but no catch. 

So what then?  Incomplete?

Well, I think it's now almost clear it's New England in the AFC...

After the game today, announced that Bo Nix is out for the playoffs with an ankle.

After Further Review: Bills Get Out Of The Way

People are talking about how bad the calls were to get the Broncos the win over the Bills today.

The Bills threw the game to get out of the way -- the only remaining question in my mind is whether it was out of the way of Denver or of New England.

This was the first call.  Note:  There was also a correct Roughing The Passer call declined on the same play.  At best, this was a blatant defensive hold on the Bills as well, no matter what Bills fans or others are saying.  (Can't embed this for some reason.  Here's the link to the video.) 

This was the second.  And if you want to talk consistency, the question then comes down to ensuring the game is scripted for overtime and then a Denver win -- which it was.

And then a flagrant ejectable unsportsmanlike conduct on top of it. 

And then watch the play on the right here.  That was to deny a DPI which would've set the Bills up for a winning touchdown. 

Rigged, Scripted, Thrown.  Thank you for watching another NFL Scripted Playoff Production. 

It's legal when the leagues do it -- it's not legal when the players do it...

And the players, even current ones, are too stupid to see this.

20 players in the last three seasons (including four that have played in the last WEEK!) are among almost 40 people indicted today in Federal court on sports bribery and match fixing.

The four include the preseason Conference USA player of the year -- the player forecast to be the best player in the conference THIS SEASON, Keenesaw State's Simeon Cottle, who has been thrown off the team.

None of the alleged incidents involve games of this college basketball season, but at least 20 players are said to have thrown games in the last two before it. 

The price is alleged to be $10,000-$30,000 per game to throw the games. 

More NFL scripting...

28 in the fourth, again.  Buffalo wins 27-24.

Three games, all at least 28 in the fourth.