Well, now we can write off the Pats for sure, unless beating the shit out of people (allegedly!) is American Patriot Man...

A SECOND New England Patriot has been arraigned on charges of domestic violence.

Christian Barmore has been arraigned on misdemeanor assault and battery for an incident in August.  An argument with a woman (domestic nature) on food and air conditioning temperature.

Well, it's for sure now, if yesterday's news wasn't enough, this would do it.

If the New England Patriots even remotely SNIFF Super Bowl LX, then you know what happened and who made the decision -- and this one would NOT be Roger Goodell. 

I know he was probably going to get cut after this week anyway, but the optics of this one...

The Dallas Cowboys have cut (and possibly fired) Trevon Diggs, a two-time Pro Bowl cornerback.

Now, there's no secret:  He was gone anyway after the season.  No further guaranteed money, the team was dissatisfied with his rehab, he was dissatisfied with his role on the team and playing time...

So I get it.  He was gone.

So why cut him THIS WEEK?

Unless...  He IS Stefon's brother, after all.

Do the Cowboys believe Trevon was involved in the incident?  I think so! 

2025 Week 17 Political Rankings -- NFC (and a major possible change to the AFC)

First, the AFC:

As of this morning, Denver is now in front of the AFC Politicals.

Stefon Diggs has been charged with felony strangulation regarding an incident on December 2nd in Massachusetts.

Most other years, this would be a definite.  Like the one year that someone got arrested the week of the Super Bowl and that basically decided everything politically (I believe that was Chiefs-49ers if my memory correctly serves.).  Like the Britt Reid incident, etc.

This year, there is the one caveat of the Big Orange Fuck.  That he is the poster child for something like this MIGHT actually make what Diggs is being charged with be a manifestation of REAL MANHOOD (RARGH!).

If Donald Trump is at least partially calling the shots, and I believe he is, that could actually be something that could put the Patriots over the top, because that could be what a Patriotic White American Male Landowner is designed to do.

But I'm going to put Denver in front at this point in time, with that very important (and large) caveat.

With that, the NFC Politicals:

Still, really only the one team to list:

Chicago.  And that's for the reason I stated last week.

Chicago is a cesspool to the Trump regime.  Indiana went for Trump by 20 points.

The fact that the (next?) three best teams in the NFC are all liberal West Coast (and then you have Philadelphia) means that, as far as a political discussion to win the Super Bowl, especially with Bad Bunny Halftime ICE Mania a very real possibility (I wonder if Vegas is going to take bets that the authorities prevent the Super Bowl Halftime Show from completing...), it's either Chicago or hold your nose in the NFC.

The other six NFC playoff teams are:

• Three liberal West Coast situations
• Philadelphia (which see Chicago)
• Green Bay (too crippled to be credible at this point -- they'll probably only be served for the 2-7 with Chicago)
• and an NFC South winner that might well be 8-9 if Tampa Bay wins.

After Sunday's festival, I do think they now have it down to San Francisco and Chicago for the NFC title game for POINTS! and EXCITEMENT!! 

I do still believe that, except for Chicago, they're all jobbing to whoever wins the AFC. 

2025 Week 17 Kayfabe -- NFC

I don't think anything here changes with tonight's result -- game just started.

1) Seattle (13-3, IN)

2) Chicago (11-5, NFC NORTH CHAMPIONS, wins HTH tiebreaker over Philadelphia)

3) Philadelphia (11-5, NFC EAST CHAMPIONS, loses HTH tiebreaker to Chicago)

4) Same convention as with the AFC post:  Carolina-Tampa Bay winner is NFC South champion and the #4, loser is out.

5) San Francisco (12-4, IN)

6) LA Rams (11-4, IN)

Even if the Rams win tonight in Atlanta, they still are behind in division record to San Francisco (4-1 vs. 3-2).

7) Green Bay (9-6-1, POSITION LOCKED) 

Week 18:

Irrelevant:  Vikings/Packers, Cowboys/Giants, Saints/Falcons

Win or Go Home:  Saturday's early game:  Carolina vs. Tampa Bay.  Winner is the NFC South Champion and the #4, loser is done for the year.

So a lot to unpack in just four games:

Seattle is the #1 if they beat San Francisco.  The #5 if they do not and the Rams also lose.  If the Rams win, divisional record gives the Rams the #5.

San Francisco is the #1 if they beat Seattle, because even with a three-way tie, 3-1 against the Rams and Seattle is better than Seattle or the Rams can do (HTH record).

The Rams can't win the NFC West because, even if they beat the Cardinals and San Francisco beats Seattle, San Fran would have a 5-1 division record to break the tie in their favor.  However, there are still seeding implications:  A win means they are the #5, otherwise, they are the #6 regardless.

Chicago is the #2 if they beat Detroit OR Philadelphia loses to Washington.  Philadelphia must beat Washington and have Chicago lose to take the #2.  The other is the #3. 

2025 Week 17 Kayfabe and Political -- AFC

Game tonight is all NFC.  Only one playoff spot remains in the AFC.

So we'll start with the Politicals first.

1) New England

2) Denver

Still think the "Patriot" angle, especially with Fatfuck and Bad Bunny, is not only a neck in front for the AFC, but more than that ahead of anything the NFC has to offer politically.  And, as I've said before, if you thought 2025 was Trump politicizing everything badly, I don't think that has anything to offer with 2026, the 250 year anniversary, the World Cup, the Winter Transphobe Games, etc.

3) Buffalo

I do think they could well be in the league's back pocket.  If there was a year to pay off the Bills Mafia and Josh Allen, this could well be the one.  I just think there's a far more intensive political angle with at least the #1 above.  And the reason they're #3 behind Denver is, more, kayfabe -- Buffalo is a wildcard team.

The other three teams all in the playoffs now have two major flaws:  Yes, I do think The Race Card at quarterback is a very important thing, especially with Orange Fatfuck getting his tiny hands into the equation.  And LA, either way (Chargers or Rams) is a flat no as things presently stand.

The only reason I'm not rating Pittsburgh #4 at this point (because of COVIDIOT-8 and very little else!) is because they have to beat Baltimore next week to even get in.

Kayfabe:

1) Denver (13-3, won AFC West, wins common game tiebreaker over the Patriots

Common:  Raiders (NE 0-1, DEN 2-0), Titans (both won), Bengals (both won), Giants (both won), Jets (NE 2-0, DEN 1-0)

2) New England (13-3, won AFC East, loses common game tiebreaker with the Patriots.

3) Jacksonville (12-4, IN)

4) This one, I'll save time and just say the Pittsburgh-Baltimore Week 18 winner.

5) Houston (11-5, IN, wins HTH sweep over LAC and BUF AND conference record tiebreaker (9-2) over both the Chargers and Buffalo (both 8-3)) 

6) Los Angeles Chargers (11-5, IN, wins common game tiebreaker over the Bills)

7) Buffalo (11-5, IN, loses common game tiebreaker with the Chargers)

Common:  Chiefs (LAC 2-0, BUF 1-0), Steelers (both won), Eagles (LAC won, BUF lost), Dolphins (LAC won, BUF lost)

Week 18 in the AFC:

Plenty to unpack here.

Irrelevant:  Raiders/Chiefs, Cleveland/Cincinnati.

Win or Go Home:  Sunday nighter:  Baltimore at Pittsburgh, winner is the #4, loser is out.

Denver is the #1 seed if they defeat the Chargers, or if Denver does no worse than both Jacksonville and New England.

New England is the #1 seed if they defeat Miami AND Denver loses.  Jacksonville has a better conference record than both New England and Denver, so a New England loss means they are out for the #1.  New England can be no worse than the #3 to begin with, nor no less than the #2 if they win.

Jacksonville is the #1 seed if they defeat Indianapolis AND both New England and Denver lose (conference record, 10-2 vs. 8-4 each).

Houston wins the AFC South and snags the #3 if they beat Indianapolis and somehow Jacksonville loses to Tennessee.  Houston is the #5 if they and Jacksonville both win, or if all three of Houston, the Chargers, and Buffalo all lose.

LAC is the #5 with a win and a Houston loss.  LAC is #6 with a win.

Buffalo, to improve their position, must win and have at least one of the Chargers and Houston lose.

I think we have our NFC Championship Game...

They usually do trial runs in this, and I think San Francisco's win over Chicago tonight probably was a trial run for an NFC Championship Game.

And then we have Week 18.

I guess I was wrong about them sloughing off Raiders-Chiefs.  They'll let it go at 4:25 Eastern Sunday, even though the game means nothing. 

I actually disagree with most of the people about the decision for the Sunday nighter.  COVIDIOT-8?  A possible Lamar Jackson?  Figure it out.  It's Steelers-Ravens.

The other win or go home is the Saturday early game.  The NFC West showdown (Seattle-San Francisco) is late Saturday.

The other four completely irrelevant games, as is usual custom for the last week, go early.

The two other early games on Sunday are the AFC South, so New England and Denver, who play late, will kick off knowing what they have to do. 

Yeah, he stepped in, didn't he?

Both other playoff spots which could've been clinched today weren't, and are set for head-to-head Week 18 matchups.

• Shedeur Sanders could only lead the Browns to 13 points -- but when your defense gives up only six...  Tree, if Shedeur sucks that bad, what does that make COVIDIOT-8?  Just asking for a friend...  Welcome to Days of Our Steelers...
• That means Week 18, Steelers-Ravens in Pittsburgh for all the marbles.
• And hoo boy, that NFC South... The Buccaneers lost 20-17 to Miami, and that should've slammed the door there and gotten Carolina the situation, but Seattle slammed Carolina instead, 27-10.
• And that means Carolina goes to Tampa next week for the NFC South -- and if Tampa wins it, 8-9 wins the division!

So now we have the following as of 3:30 PM PST Sunday.

NFC:

1. Seattle clinches the #1 seed if Chicago loses to San Francisco tonight.
2. Seattle can do no worse than the #2 seed.
3. Either Chicago or Philadelphia goes in this spot.  Chicago clinches no worse than the #3 if they win tonight.
4. The Carolina-Tampa winner is the #4.
5. The two 11-4 NFC wildcards that are the #5 and #6 play prime-time this week.
6. So nothing is determined here at all, including that at least one of them can win the division, but they must win out and Seattle must lose to San Francisco next week.
7. Green Bay is the #7. 

AFC:

1. Denver has the edge on New England if they both go 14-3 due to common games record, so Denver wins the #1 with a win over the Chargers next week.  If Denver loses and New England wins over Miami, then New England gets the #1.  If Jacksonville (who needs a win or a Houston loss to Indianapolis to clinch the AFC South) wins over Tennessee and both Denver and New England lose, Jacksonville gets the #1 on the basis of a 10-2 conference record vs. 8-4 for the other two.
2. A win by New England means they can do no worse than the #2.  A loss by Denver and a win by Jacksonville means Jacksonville can do no worse than the #2 because Jacksonville beat Denver (or see above if it ends a three-way tie at 13-4).
3. Denver, Jacksonville, Houston, or New England, depending on who's the low division winner on the totem pole after next Sunday.
4. The Pittsburgh-Baltimore winner is the #4.
5. Unless Buffalo comes back, all three wild-card teams will be 11-5.
6. So nothing will be determined for these three spots.
7. Houston has a one-game advantage in conference record over Buffalo and the Chargers, so a win, at minimum, gets them the #5 (it could win them the division and perhaps throw the tiebreaker into a strength of victory/schedule scenario).

Still no official announcement.

Here are the known irrelevant games as of this moment for Week 18:

• Saints-Falcons
• Browns-Bengals
• Chiefs-Raiders
• Packers-Vikings
• Cowboys-Giants

So that means those games will probably get sloughed off into the early block.  Chiefs-Raiders could even get moved early Saturday because it's in Las Vegas and they don't usually like to do 10 AM Pacific starts out there.  The other four games will almost certainly be 1 Eastern starts. 

So if we had to guess right now:  Chiefs-Raiders and one of the two win and in games Saturday.  The four irrelevant games 1 Eastern Sunday.  You could well have an inverted Sunday schedule:  Four early games, the rest late.  The other win and in Sunday night, probably Steelers-Ravens.  They probably won't do a full inversion, but, at the very least, probably Bears-Lions and the two NFC West games late.

Goodell must be crying right about now.

A week and 3/4 to go in the NFL season, and only two playoff spots left.  The Lions lost on Thursday, so they're out and the Packers are in.  Houston won today, they're in and Indianapolis is out.

If Baltimore loses to the Packers tonight in the Battle of the Backups, they're out and Pittsburgh is in. 

EDIT TO ADD:  Not yet.  Packers got completely run over.  About the only purpose Green Bay is going to have going forward is a probable manipulated third matchup (probably as the 2-7) with Chicago.  Especially with Love out with a concussion too, no further use for them at all.

So, going into tomorrow, still two spots left to decide, the AFC North and NFC South:

• Pittsburgh goes to Cleveland early.  They win, they are in and Baltimore is out.  Cleveland wins, then it's Week 18 with Pittsburgh and Baltimore, and they play each other in Pittsburgh.  Hmmm, you think that might've had something to do with the result tonight?  Might want to consider laying some money on Cleveland if so inclined tomorrow.   
• Carolina hosts Seattle, Tampa Bay goes to Miami, both early.  Now that I've had time to explore:  If Carolina wins this week over Seattle, they win the division on conference record even if Tampa Bay wins next week.  However if they lose this week to Seattle, Carolina-Tampa is also Win Or Go Home, because Tampa can win the division on common games record by beating Carolina.  I'd say go with the hot hand in Seattle, but who cares about the NFC South?   

Seeds locked:

NFC:

The winner of the NFC South is the #4.

Green Bay is the #7.

Tomorrow:

The NFC West winner is the #1 if the Seahawks or 49ers can get to 13 wins and Chicago loses.  Chicago is at San Francisco in a huge game Sunday night.

The Eagles are at least the #3 with a win or a Carolina tie or loss.  Philadelphia goes to Buffalo late.

AFC:

The winner of the AFC North is the #4. 

Note:

There is no common-game tiebreaker between the Patriots and Broncos.  The Broncos have four games common, but the Patriots only have three. 

This is suspicious, either way...

Trapising through my normal view of social media (often with hashtag #rigged), I happened upon something interesting, as some would put it.

A one-time used "NFL is Rigged" X account, talking in terms of 2016 and Super Bowl 50...

(And, before you look on the page, I did research whether post times could be altered, and they at least claim they cannot be.)

But, either way...  This is quite suspicious.  Read the purported date and pull up the boxscore. 

And Metcalf's not the only one banned for the rest of the season...

Two bans for the rest of the season have been upheld.

DK Metcalf's, obviously...

But Denzel Perryman of the Chargers has also been banned under the Road to Burfict Rule.  A helmet-to-helmet foul on Dallas' Ryan Flournoy got him in person with the NFL, and he has been banned two games for a record of NFL violent disciplinary actions.

This is his second on-field suspension for helmet fouls, for which he has been fined or suspended six times in his 11-year NFL career. 

That suspension may be the most expensive in sports history...

DK Metcalf, who was suspended two games for an altercation with a fan he has historic beef with (and the non-zero chance the fan spewed racial slurs), has just, as a result of the suspension, had his entire contract guarantee voided:  FORTY.  MILLION.  DOLLARS.

2025 NFL Week 16 Kayfabe and Political Reports -- NFC

Before we do, though, some additions from tonight from the AFC side:

Indianapolis' loss means the two 11-win wildcard contenders (Buffalo and the Chargers) and the 11-win Jaguars join New England and Denver in the playoffs.

Meaning there's only two spots left in the AFC.  One of them goes to the winner of the AFC North.  The other goes to Houston unless they lose twice and Indy wins twice.

In the NFC:

Kayfabe: 

All four division leaders are spaced out, no tiebreakers needed.

1) Seattle (12-3, IN)

Probably needs both wins for not only the #1 seed, but the NFC West as well.

2) Chicago (11-4, IN)

The win over the Packers ends the NFC North.  Chicago will be the NFC North champions, barring two losses and two Packer wins, but who's going to be quarterbacking the Packers, some guy in the popcorn stand?

3) Philadelphia (10-5, CHAMPIONS OF THE NFC EAST)

Need a lot of help to improve their position, though.

4) Carolina (8-7)

Same situation in the NFC South as in the AFC North.  Carolina goes to Tampa Week 18 in a game that might end up in the late window.

5) San Francisco (11-4, IN, divisional record tiebreaker over the Rams)

6) LA Rams (11-4, IN, loses divisional record tiebreaker to San Francisco)

Yes, this means, two weeks out, there are only four spots left for the playoffs.  The two suck divisions and the two #7s.

7) Green Bay (9-5-1)

Something gives me the impression they might want Green Bay vs. Chicago again at some point in these playoffs, Jordan Love's health pending.

ON THE OUTSIDE:

Detroit at 8-7 for the #7.

Tampa Bay at 7-8 for the NFC South.

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Before we get to the NFC Politicals:

I usually do a nice rundown of how Goodell likes to make as many games relevant for Week 17 as he can.

He's got a MAJOR problem in that regard.

Ten of the fourteen playoff spots have already been clinched:  Patriots, Bills, Jaguars, Broncos, and Chargers in the AFC, Eagles, Bears, Seahawks, 49ers, and Rams in the NFC.

Here's the fun part:  The two #7's are both "one win and in" situations for the Texans in the AFC and the Packers in the NFC.

The Steelers are "one win and in" to win the AFC North.

Here's a scenario for you:

1. Houston beats the Chargers OR Indianapolis loses to Jacksonville -- that gets Houston in either way.
2. Green Bay beats Baltimore OR Detroit loses to Minnesota -- that gets Green Bay in either way
3. Pittsburgh beats Cleveland or Baltimore loses to Green Bay -- that gets Pittsburgh in either way
4. The one buggy-boo:  Carolina must beat Seattle AND Tampa Bay must lose to Miami.

If all four of those conditions are met, the ONLY relevance to Week 18 will be seeding and placement.  If I were a betting man, I'd be considering either Baltimore beating Green Bay (and then Detroit beating Minnesota) and Pittsburgh losing to Cleveland, if I were interested.

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NFC Politicals:

Yes, a new top dog in the political race in the NFC.  There actually is, now, with some of the news coming out of the Bears, a possible angle for the NFL and Trump to actually want the Bears at least in the Super Bowl, if not winning it.

1) The Indiana Bears

Chicago is a very repulsive city to MAGA.

Trump carried Indiana by almost 20 points.

Do I think that's completely a factor in the Bears announcement of considering Indiana for their new stadium?  Yes, but if and only if they've already been told that an improvement of their political situation with the power is required for them to win (or get to) a Super Bowl.

The Chiefs have just stated they are going to be playing in a stadium in suburban Kansas.  Do I think that doesn't have some political possibility too?  Probably.  There's a lot of MAGA in the Chiefs, and they do need to get their mojo back after being completely exposed as rigged paper tigers, this year being the result, culminating in Mahomes' ACL and the possible retirement of Travis Kelce. 

The other three of the four best teams in the NFC are all West Coast, and I can't see them not simply being served up to the AFC representative (barring a Super Bowl Week incident), especially if it's New England (Denver and Buffalo to a lesser extent -- call those "probablies"). 

Is it more likely that Seattle, San Francisco, or the Rams get to the Super Bowl?  Yes.

But I think the only NFC team with a political chance to win right now is the Bears, and I do think the Indiana move is a large part of it. 

And, as again predicted:

DK Metcalf has been suspended for the remainder of the regular season for his altercation with a Detroit fan at Ford Field.

And the worse thing is this probably isn't the first time:  The two apparently have beef and history. 

That is Metcalf's EIGHTEENTH NFL fine/suspension infringement since his career began in 2019. 

Here's another one to show how the NFL manipulates not only games, but the rhetoric...

Final play of Steelers-Lions.  Lions are down 4 and must get a touchdown to win, and they appear like they are going to do so, especially with two major Steeler penalties on the drive.

A pass is thrown near the end zone, but caught in the field of play, and the player is about to be stopped, but then laterals the ball to the Lions quarterback, who dives into the end zone for the winning score.

Or does he?

After significant discussion, a flag which had been thrown is revealed to be offensive pass interference, and the Lions fans are having a cow.

When you see this video and the blatant nature of the OPI, not only was it the correct call, but you have to believe Amon Ra-St. Brown was in on it.

Why?  Who's the quarterback for the Steelers again?

 

Do YOU believe this was OPI on Amon-Ra St. Brown on the final play of the game? 🤔#OnePride pic.twitter.com/14w8mMFeck

— Crunch Time Sports (@officialctpod) December 22, 2025

2025 Week 16 NFL Kayfabe and Political Rankings -- AFC only

Yes, Indianapolis plays tomorrow, and that's important for at least kayfabe, but the position is locked either way.

But we can do the AFC either way on Indianapolis (San Francisco, however, is a bit more complicated on both ends, so that has to wait until after MNF)...

Kayfabe:

New England and Denver are 12-3 and both IN THE PLAYOFFS.

1) Denver (12-3, IN, common game tiebreaker over New England)

It is beginning to look like Denver-Chargers is going to be the Week 18 finale.  The Chargers can win the West with two wins.  Denver MUST beat the Chargers or hope the Chargers lose next week.  And that's just the division.

2) New England (12-3, IN, loses common game tiebreaker to Denver) 

New England needs two wins and a Denver loss (either game) for the #1 seed.  They split with the 11-4 Bills, so every win counts.

3) Jacksonville (11-4, IN if Indianapolis loses Monday night)

They have wins over the Chargers and Broncos.  New England somewhat complicates things for them, but two wins would give Jacksonville a conference record tiebreaker over everybody not named the Chargers or Texans.  They split with the 10-5 Texans, same drill as the Patriots.

4) Pittsburgh (9-6, WINS THE AFC NORTH with a win or a Baltimore loss, but is out if they lose twice and Baltimore wins twice)

And yes, Lions fans, that was Offensive Pass Interference on the final play there. 

5) LA Chargers (11-4, wins conference record tiebreaker over Buffalo because Buffalo has one more conference loss in playing one more AFC game already (8-2 vs. 8-3), IN if Indianapolis loses Monday night)

The Jaguars won the meeting between the two, however.  They need probably two wins, a New England loss, and a Jacksonville loss for the #1 seed.

Win next week, Chargers-Broncos is for the whole shooting match in the West no matter what the Broncos do next week.  

6) Buffalo (11-4, loses conference record tiebreaker to the Chargers, IN if Indianapolis loses Monday night)

Split the Patriots, but lost another game in the division, so they need two wins and a Patriots loss to explore further tiebreakers in the East, which would be their only path to the #1 seed -- win that tiebreaker (which is too deep to look at, hope the Chargers win the West at 13-4, and survive the Chargers and maybe the Jaguars.

7) Houston (10-5)

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN:

Indianapolis (8-6, pretty much must win Monday Night, wild card only)

A loss would mean they would have to win next week, Houston would have to lose, and then Indy would have to beat Houston Week 18. 

Baltimore (7-8, division only, must win twice and have Pittsburgh lose twice)

Political:

1) New England

2) Denver

Still have the Patriots a neck in front of the Broncos because of name and the fact that Drake Maye really DOES appear to be on the short list of a mega-push this year.  MVP may come down to the two (White) quarterbacks.

3) Pittsburgh

As much as Jacksonville has two games on them and Pittsburgh is probably going to face a team with a better record than them at their home field on wild-card weekend, it can and will not be ignored that, for all intents and purposes, MAGA COVIDIOT-8 is going to be in the playoffs.  Yes, I do believe, as a result of Aaron Rodgers' political beliefs, they've got a better shot than the Chargers.

Somehow.  As UrinatingTree says, the bullshit IS real.

4) Buffalo

Very quiet 11-4, and it really does sound to me like they're being held in the back pocket, just in case.  As much as Buffalo has made a lot of regular season noise, though, other teams have gotten more of a push.

Not considering:

LA Chargers due to LA, and the fact that their fanbase probably resembles Phoenix' the one year they made the Super Bowl.

Jacksonville because of a Black quarterback and several other more "patriotic" (read: White) alternatives.  The geography fits and the league themselves have probably wanted to push Trevor Lawrence, but I don't think this one is in their hands at all.  

Houston, about the same problem as Jacksonville, and about the only people who really know the Strouds are those who know Tom Grossi memes, such as myself.

Indianapolis has been pulled for some odd reason, and Baltimore is all but out.

ELIMINATED:  Jets, Dolphins, Browns, Bengals, Titans, Chiefs, and Raiders. 

After Further Review: DK Metcalf -- AGAIN!

Throw this cocksucker out of the league.  (Not just for this one act.  I think everyone knows he's got a record of this bullshit.)

DK Metcalf appears to have an altercation with a Detroit fan pic.twitter.com/a478Zjg3tR

— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) December 21, 2025

 And you mean to tell me the league can't review that? If not, change the damn rule!

And, as predicted:

For LAST WEEK'S comments, Puka Nacua has been fined $25,000.

And yet more from last night's debacle:

One of the Seahawks has been suspended for spiking one of the Rams in the first quarter.

Derick Hall drew a one-game ban for stomping on the leg of Kevin Dotson of the Rams.

After Further Review: Puka screws the Rams, and it sounds like he's not finished...

Hey Puka Nacua:  Care to shut up yet?

We got a LOT to unpack here.  

Let's start before the big officiating to-do...

Earlier in the game (and I can't tell which from the video), the Rams were forced to settle for a field goal after THIS was called Ineligible Man Downfield after a Rams touchdown:

TOUCHDOWN RAMS!!

Wait… illegal man downfield?

Where??

Sean McVay is PISSED

Terry McAuley ref expert says this is NOT a penalty

What is going on in the NFL????
pic.twitter.com/YhfvjLYQMy

— John Frascella (Football) (@NFLFrascella) December 19, 2025

At best, that's ticky-tack.  The lineman is clearly engaged until just a moment before the ball is thrown and has no time to re-legalize himself.

It's 30-16 in the fourth to the Rams, and the Seahawks get a punt return for a touchdown.  And this looks like it was pretty much given too!

TRENDING: #NFL fans are calling for iconic broadcaster Al Michaels to RETIRE after he did not show any emotion on a massive punt return touchdown.

😬😬😬

You would think he is calling a 35-7 game… Not the biggest game of the season.

pic.twitter.com/7DOUIDkc4t

— MLFootball (@MLFootball) December 19, 2025

Then, three and out for the Rams and TWO PLAYS LATER...

Here's the touchdown that ended up tying the game.  See if you notice the same thing I did...

DARNOLD TO BARNER TOUCHDOWN!

LARvsSEA on Prime Video
Also streaming on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/9eU3fOGMT9

— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2025

Wide... Fucking... Open... Not a defender within five yards.

That gets it to 30-28.

Here's the 2-point conversion everyone is talking about...

Upon further review, its two, in the most unimaginable play possible: pic.twitter.com/NgglJYU4Nl

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 19, 2025

The booth reviewed it. It WAS a lateral.

There's another problem, though.  They BLEW THE PLAY DEAD, and the review basically reversed the entire situation and awarded the two points!!

From the NFL Rulebook, Rule 7-2-o  (Emphasis DTByrd):

That ball is dead and they have to replay the try upon a review that the pass was actually backward.  There is NO AUTHORITY at that point to allow the play to complete and award the two points.

Those two points directly tied the game and sent it to overtime.

Edit to Add 3:15 PM PDT 12/19:  The NFL, however, claims the officials DO have the right to so award, by another (contradictory) rule:  15-2-3, Awarding Possession, says they CAN do it.  But people have also pointed out that, due to the Holy Roller Rule (8-7-6), any fumble on a try can only be recovered by the player who had the ball last -- in this case, the quarterback... 

The Rams scored a touchdown and got the kick to go up 37-30, but the Seahawks, under the new overtime rules, get the ball.  They drive the field for the touchdown, and you all see what's coming...

Last play: Seahawks two-point conversion in OT for the win.

Looks like they’re running Mesh. Barner comes in motion and runs the high cross. JSN works the high-hole at the back of the end zone. TE Eric Saubert (81) chips the edge, then runs low cross from the opposite side. A… pic.twitter.com/5DEPepoAzv

— Kevin Smith (@KTSmithFFSN) December 19, 2025

That was not only a rigged game by the referees, but the Rams were acting on league orders to throw the game.  And if you're a Rams fan today, you can thank Puka Nacua for ALL OF IT.

Puka Nacua opened his mouth again on the officials after last night's game -- and if the Rams want to have any kind of a season left they can be proud out, the NFL has sent a clear message: Suspend or CUT the guy.

A little late for me to do Political/Kayfabe this week...

If it weren't the top two teams in the NFC tonight on Thursday Night Football, I probably still would.

But we need to have a talk about the Nacua family, who might just have put the pin in the Rams' political chances at all.  We'll see starting in Seattle tonight.

Earlier this week, I noted that Rams player Puka Nacua had spoken out against the refereeing in the league.

Then, Nacua said that, if he scored tonight, he would perform the anti-semitic "Covetous Jew" dance -- an act for which he should've been immediately suspended by the league.  The NFL has cowardly put out a "statement", but Nacua should be sitting the rest of the regular season for that shit.

But THEN, his brother was one of two men arrested for stealing the car of Lakers player Adou Theiro. 

Methinks we have a clear #1 in Seattle in the NFC.  We'll know more after tonight's game. 

Been away a few days. Some catch-up:

•  Week 14 Gameday Accountability (scroll to Week 14 if you look at it later this season)...

1. 17 fines this week
2. Only two were even $17,000+
3. Biggest fine of the week was Alex Anzalone of the Lions, $17,968 for piling on -- it was listed as "Striking/kicking", etc., but it was for a leap into the pile in the game against the Cowboys.
4. The other was a repeat offender Taunting foul by Tariq Woolen of the Seahawks, $17,389.  One of only three unsportsmanlike fouls fined this week.  Woolen's third taunting offense and fourth fine in just 13 months.

• Are we ready to put football on trial yet for Football Man?  Ohio University has fired, for cause, head coach Brian Smith for the type of misconduct that the wording they used, quoted in the articles about the firing, indicates ANOTHER sexual harassment situation.
• Expect a $25,000 fine for the Rams Puka Nacua.  Called the referees "the worst" and says they make calls to get themselves on television.  You're fucking 11-3 and the #1 seed in the NFC, and you're going to mouth like that?  You know something's coming, I take it...    
• Tua Tagovailoa has finally been benched for poor play by the Dolphins.  Let's hope that's the first step that he never takes the field again before the next concussion turns out terminal.  When those fingers went all odd directions after that one, he never belonged on a football field again.     

After Further Review, another fixed prime-time game...

No chance this guy was in bounds, and you can almost see the official waiting for the word in his ear to score the touchdown from New York...

 

Is the Fix In? Clear Incomplete Pass Ruled a Touchdown! pic.twitter.com/oPsgVlxENS

— Vic Monte (@TheVicMonte) December 12, 2025

All Hell Is Breaking Loose...

Just in the last couple of days:

• Michigan football coach Sherone Moore was fired for an affair with a staffer.
• Then arrested when he went to her house and threatened to kill them both.  He's now in protective custody.
• Now word the university knew of his mental-health condition.  Oh, that's gotta be a great look for a football program already on the ropes after the other garbage which got revealed.    
• Knowing this, they still fired Moore 1-on-1 -- no security, no HR person present to guard against a possible physical retaliation.
• Warde Manuel, the Michigan Athletic Director, is almost-certainly going to be fired, but present reports indicating he has appear, as of the time of this writing, to be false.

Elsewhere:

• The situation is so bad in Indianapolis that Philip Rivers has been plucked out of retirement (at 44!) to QB the team.  This should be the end of all Colin Kaepernick speculation, once and for all.
• We have another college athlete ensnared in the previously-reported betting scandal.  Marcus Williams of the University of San Francisco should be arrested soon.  The NCAA has reported he apparently provided material betting information to already-proved gambling involvement Mykell Robinson for at least nine games last season.
• But the worse news for the NCAA and for what's left of college-pro sports is something ESPN deliberately chose to bury:  There are investigations either in progress or completed against athletes from Western Michigan, Dayton, Eastern Kentucky, and Wisconsin.  If you are paying some of the players, then you also open the door that if certain players aren't getting paid enough to keep the games fair then -- like video games -- they won't.  
• When is Grayson Allen finally going to be run out of basketball?
• A Federal lawsuit between NASCAR and at least two of their charter organizations regarding monopoly status of the sport has been settled, late in the process.  No terms released. 
• Outside of sports:  Five European countries say they will no longer take part in the Eurovision Song Contest as long as Israel is allowed to continue to compete, for obvious reasons.
• The 2024 winner, Swiss singer Nemo, has also renounced his victory and returned his trophy.
• If people think the politicization of everything is bad now, you just wait... 
• The House of Representatives, as part of a military bill, has passed a provision banning outside drone technology from American sporting events.

2025 NFL Week 14 Kayfabe and Political Rankings

God, for being two of the better teams in the NFL, that game tonight was UGLY.  Most turnovers in an NFL game since 2000 (8).

Well, that shakes things up a bit.

NFC:

Kayfabe:

1) LA Rams (10-3, HTH win over the Seahawks)

Might get a good idea what these guys are worth in the next two weeks.  Home to Detroit and then at the Seahawks in the rematch.

2) Green Bay (9-3-1)

Oh, if they only won at least one of the earlier-season games they could've.  None of the three losses nor the tie are very good on their record.  Some might consider them the best in the NFC, but @Denver, @Chicago, Baltimore will say quite a bit.

3) Philadelphia (8-5)

That division is turning into as much a Tank Division as the AFC North!

4) Tampa Bay (7-6, common games over Carolina)

They play twice in the last three weeks, including Week 18.  Early candidate for Win or Go Home Sunday nighter?

5) Seattle (10-3, loses HTH with the Rams)

Bit of a road to hoe after next week with the depleted Colts.  Home to the Rams in the rematch, at Carolina and San Francisco.

6) San Francisco (9-4, wins conference tiebreaker over the Bears)

7) Chicago (9-4, loses conference tiebreaker to San Francisco)

They do play, Week 17, the Sunday night after Christmas.

Detroit is one game out, Carolina is two.

Political:

I'm not comfortable ranking the NFC teams.  I think they all have enough political weaknesses that none of them are going to win a Donald Trump-driven Super Bowl (Super Bowl "We Hate Bad Bunny, even though Puerto Rico is an American territory!").

If you don't believe me, answer this about another game this week:  If Lamar Jackson were White, and/or pro-MAGA, that pass to Isiah Likely is a touchdown, right?

Yeah, I went there.

AFC:  

Kayfabe:

1) Denver (11-2, 7-2 conference record, 6-2 for New England)

Only two of their eleven wins have been outside one score.  If that doesn't indicate some pimping...  Big game:  #1 AFC vs. #2 NFC late window Sunday with Green Bay that should tell us a lot about both teams and where they are going.

2) New England (11-2, loses conference record tiebreak to Denver)

I still think this is where Trumpie and the MAGAs want to go, especially with the likes of the Charlie Kirk Memorial Halftime Show, etc.

3) Jacksonville (9-4)

4) Pittsburgh (7-6)

Don't think some of us haven't noticed that bias there, NFL...

5) LA Chargers (9-4, 7-2 vs. 6-3 conference record with Buffalo)

6) Buffalo (9-4, loses conference tiebreaker to the Chargers)

7) Houston (8-5, HTH win over the Colts, rematch in Week 18)

Kayfabe:

1) New England

2) Denver

3) Pittsburgh

4) Buffalo

5) Houston 

After Further Review: Some more..

It now appears that you need to actually possess the ball for "three feet", rather than just the two, according to the tap-dancing lemmings in the NFL having to explain the rigging of Sunday's Baltimore loss to the COVIDIOT-8 Steelers.

And then there's this one with Tampa Bay and the Saints...  Second replay will probably do better.

 

This arguably cost the Bucs the game
pic.twitter.com/Fjwko8tynP https://t.co/ApWShGlo0S

— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) December 7, 2025

Look, I'm all for folding the Raiders at this point...

Dave Portnoy of Barshit takes it too far.  As he has openly called for the murder of head coach Pete Carroll.

Seriously.

No joke. 

After Further Review: The Quarterback Race Card??

Steelers win, and it's complete refball...

 

No one at the NFL level has any idea what a catch is, especially as it relates to the EZ. How is that control, then two feet down in the EZ isn't a TD? Certainly a new standard if three feet are needed in order to establish a TD.#Ravens #RavensFlock pic.twitter.com/j0fg6F79JV

— All 22 Films (@All_22_NFL_Cuts) December 7, 2025

One of the major reasons I have not been posting as much is I do believe that, if you think this year is bad for politicization of everything around the Orange Oompa-Loompa Jabba The Hutt, you haven't seen anything yet. I don't think it's just Lamar being Black, but that the other quarterback is COVIDIOT-8, one of the most MAGA pieces of shit in the NFL.

And it sounds to me that, finally, the entire system may be falling apart... (CFP/Bowls)

It's about 15 minutes after the most bullshit CFP reveal, and, already, there are five pieces of news coming from it.

1. Alabama gets rim-jobbed to #9, even though they got completely blown out by Georgia.  I get that the counter-argument is "why play the conference championship game at that point", but the fact is you wouldn't do that if it weren't a blueblood like Alabama.  There was even talk that completely doing this could end the concept of conference championship games.
2. The committee puts Miami in at #10, even though the conference was won by an 8-5 Duke team which will be nowhere near the tournament.  This should, in the spirit of all the years Boise State never got a BCS title shot, disqualify all teams from the ACC.  The ACC is teetering off the cliff of being "Power 4" (more like Power 3 at this point!), and the fact that a substandard team won the conference should reflect on the rest of the conference vis-a-vis CFP bids.  Another preference to the bluebloods.
3. This removes Notre Dame, and Texas (below even BYU) from the tournament.  I have no issue with James Madison (a second Go5 conference champion) getting in -- that is the rules of the situation.  I have issue with Alabama getting in because of their blowout loss to Georgia, and I have issue with any ACC team getting in.  That would mean Texas and probably BYU at that point, since Miami beat Notre Dame.  (It does appear that Miami got in because of the HTH win over Notre Dame, which makes sense.
4. But this out of the Big XII.  Iowa State AND Kansas State have both refused their bowl bids already.
5. And, hence, both teams have been fined $500,000 by the conference themselves.  This is going to seriously gunk up the situation, and may create a situation where more teams might refuse.  There's already word Auburn may also refuse. 

2025 NFL Week 13 Discipline Blotter

Week 13's Gameday Accountability list is out -- scroll down if applicable.

• 29 total fines this week.
• Ten of them were unsportsmanlike conduct.
• But Isiah Pacheco drew the short straw:  $46,371 -- repeat offender leading with the helmet.  His third fine in just over a season, all for the helmet.

2025 Week 13 Kayfabe and Political Rankings

Well, I think we have a definitive front-runner for the Super Bowl title.  New England.

Yes, they've beaten a bunch of shit teams, but the fact is that they check the boxes for what it appears the people who want to make the decisions, including Herr Orange Fatfuck, want.

Yeah, it's beginning to look like Super Bowl XXXVI, all over again...

NFC:

Kayfabe:

1) Chicago (9-3, conference tiebreaker over the Rams)

Yes, as of today, the Chicago Bears are the #1 seed in the NFC.  No sane person can actually believe they are the best team, but a win over the Packers on Sunday will do a lot.

2) Los Angeles Rams (9-3, loses conference tiebreaker to the Bears)

Spoiler alert:  They are the #1 Political in the NFC.  Not quite sure why everyone is pimping the Rams, but it does appear that they are the team the media, etc. is pimping out of the NFC.

3) Philadelphia (8-4)

4) Tampa Bay (7-5)

5) Seattle (9-3)

6) Green Bay (8-3-1)

7) San Francisco (9-4)

Political:

1) LA Rams

As I said, I'm not sure why they're being pimped (I can come up with two better choices for MAGA from teams out of the playoffs (Carolina and Dallas), and one far below them in them (Green Bay)!).  This would definitely be a "lose to the AFC Champion" scenario.

Not really much to separate the rest, it's just clear that there's a definitely top of the litter as far as who's being pimped.

AFC: 

Kayfabe:

1) New England (11-2)

Finally into their bye week...

The two weakest schedules in the NFL right now are the Patriots and Bears.  Yes, this is bias due to their own records, but they are also at the bottom of Strength of Victory as well.

That said, all the checkmarks are there, and with Bad Bunny scheduled at halftime, you know the "Great" Orange Fatfuck wants his mitts in determining who wins.

2) Denver (10-2)

Probably far and away the 1 and 2 for the Politicals as well.

3) Jacksonville (8-4, common games over Indianapolis)

4) Baltimore (6-6, common games over Pittsburgh)

Both pairs have their first meeting on Sunday in the early slot.

5) LA Chargers (8-4, conference tiebreak over Buffalo and Indianapolis)

6) Indianapolis (8-4, loses conference tiebreak to the Chargers, wins it over the Bills)

7) Buffalo (8-4, loses conference tiebreakers to the Chargers and Colts)

Politicals:

1) New England

2) Denver

and from there...  maybe Baltimore at least to get them up if Lamar can stay healthy... 

And our first LOLCows:  Yep, no less than four teams didn't even make it to December before elimination:  The Giants, Saints, Titans, and Raiders.  The Titans, the only team with one win, have the #1 draft pick right now. 

2025 NFL Week 12 Discipline Blotter

A little too late for Political/Kayfabe, with Green Bay, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas, Kansas City, Baltimore... already in the book.

But we can get the weekly Gameday Accountability file up:  (Scroll to Week 12)

Sounds like the league office also had a short week.  13 fines to go with the earlier-mentioned suspension.

And, for the post-game punch-up, Jauan Jennings was fined only the standard $12,172.

Biggest fine of the week was Brian Branch of the Lions, $23,186 for a defenseless player foul.  Should've been more:  That's number FIVE for the season on Branch.

After Further Review, College Edition: I want the ref fired, I want the player expelled.

How does Jaishawn Barham not get ejected for this?

 

That is a clear deliberate headbutt of the official.  The player was NOT ejected.

He should be immediately brought up on disciplinary charges for expulsion from the University of Michigan for the assault.

And, at least in 21 states, according to the National Association of Sports Officials, he would and should be arrested. 

After Further Review: The NFL has officially abandoned Detroit...

THIS was a fourth-down second-quarter touchdown to Dontayvion Wicks on the Packers in the Thanksgiving opener today.

Second foot clearly out.

Packers won by that touchdown. 

And here's another one!  4th and goal from the 1.  Clear false start on the Packers, but the referees claimed a timeout was called first!

And sorry to Tom Grossi, but, under the present rules, that sack by Micah Parsons wasn't RTP? 

Keeping the multi-disciplinary blotter going and asking the question again...

When are we just going to investigate combat sports, as a means of shutting them down?

Another New York City UFC PPV, another black eye that it sounds like outside authorities are going to address.

Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams wants a piece of Dillon Danis and several teammates of Islam Makhachev, who had a physical altercation before the beginning of the UFC 322 card in Madison Square Garden.

Danis has been banned from all promotion events for a record of trying to rile shit up like this -- both with altercations and social media.

What is in the water this season?

Monday Night Football appears to be headed for a couple of possible supplemental discipline suspension-level situations, involving the 49ers' Jauan Jennings and the Panthers' Tre'von Moehrig.

Some point during the game, Moerhig low-blowed Jennings, and after the game, Jennings didn't forget about it and decked Moehrig, having to be tackled to the ground by team security to reduce a larger skirmish.

Edit to Add 4:20 PM PST 11/25:  Moehrig has been suspended one game for the nut punch.  Jennings will probably be fined for his post-game strike, but Moehrig's actions made him the clear aggressor in the eyes of the league.

Edit to Add 8:00 PM PST 11/26:  Upheld, and correctly.

Multi-Disciplinary Blotter

• First, college football.

Colorado State has suspended it's quarterback, Darius Curry, and lineman Liam Wortmann for one game for spitting on Boise State players in the second half of a game Boise won 49-21.

Curry's first start, Wortmann had started all season.

The conference already has affirmed the school's decision.

Let's hope that's the last game either suits up for -- at any level.  In fact, it would be nice to find student disciplinary procedures against the pair to remove them from Colorado State University entirely.

• The unthinkable in college football, Saturday in Birmingham, AL.

At the UAB football complex on Saturday, Daniel Mincey, a transfer to the UAB program this season, was arrested for allegedly attempting to murder two of his teammates on Senior Day.

No further details have been released. 

• Hockey...

An ugly boarding incident earlier this week involving Dallas' Miko Rantanen.

Rantenan boarded Alexander Romanov of the Islanders and was ejected from the game, in a hit I truly believed merited an in-person meeting for a significant suspension.  DoPS declined.  Word is that Romanov is out the season with an injury as a result of the hit.

They have also declined a second Rantanen boarding incident against Matt Coronato, instead opting to defer to NHL rules -- receiving two physical game misconducts within a half season is an automatic one-game suspension.  Any further adds a game to the suspension.  He must play half a season worth of games or lapse two years before they wipe.

He should've gotten five or more just for the Romanov hit! 

• And we might as well just do the NFL weekly Gameday Accountability Report here...  (Scroll to Week 11...)

So what do we have here?

• 23, so a fairly consistent week.
• Seven unsportsmanlike fines this week.
• Jalen Ramsay got a regular $14,491 fine for his punch to JaMarr Chase.
• George Pickens of the Cowboys drew the biggest fine of the week, $26,085 for repeat offender illegal touchdown celebration -- use of a prop.  His FIFTH Unsportsmanlike Conduct fine of the year. 

 

2025 Week Twelve Discipline Blotter Part One

Probably the biggest story of the week was the ejection of Pittsburgh's Jalen Ramsay after an altercation with Cincinnati's Ja'Marr Chase.

Ramsay was facing a suspension of his own for punching Chase, but Ramsay claimed Chase spit at him.

The NFL concurred with Ramsay's account, suspending Chase a game for his expectoration -- the second such suspension this season -- costing Chase over $440,000 and the team $50,000. 

EDIT TO ADD 11/18:  Upheld. 

2025 Week Eleven Political and Kayfabe Rankings

With Dallas and LOL Las Vegas playing tomorrow night, this can be done now:

AFC Kayfabe:

1) Denver (9-2, 6-2 in conference vs. 5-3 for New England)

2) New England (9-2, loses conference tiebreaker to Denver)

3) Indianapolis (8-2)

4) Pittsburgh (6-4)

5) Buffalo (7-3)

6) LA Chargers (7-4)

7) Jacksonville (6-4)

AFC Political:

1) New England -- it may take a playoff loss in Denver to do it, Denver is on a roll and is getting into a stretch of winnable games, but until I see different, I still think "Patriots Are Champions" is the way Fatfuck would wanna go here.

2) Denver -- outside of the question of whether Denver itself is liberal enough, they do check all the boxes, and should be favored in every remaining game.

3) Indianapolis -- it is really a three-team race, and it's no secret that all three are very conservative in one realm or another, and all have White quarterbacks. 

NFC Kayfabe:

1) Philadelphia (8-2, 7-1 conference vs. only 3-2 conference for the Rams)

2) LA Rams (8-2, lose conference tiebreaker to Philly)

3) Chicago (7-3 -- yes, the Bears now lead the North)

4) Tampa Bay (6-4)

5) Seattle (7-3)

6) San Francisco (7-4)

7) Green Bay (6-3-1) 

The only thing I think I am now clear on the Politicals is, as of this week, it's a two-team race (Philly and the Rams), and whoever wins of those or Chicago will lose the Super Bowl to whoever emerges from the AFC. 

2025 Week Ten Discipline Blotter

Yeah, late again, real life...

We have a probable suspension for Week 12 from the Steelers, just heads up on that.

Here's the Link, scroll to Week Ten... 

• 24 this week.
• Biggest this week goes to two Washington Commanders:  Javon Kinlaw of the Commanders, $28,555 for contact with an official. 
• And Ale Kaho, $46,371 for a helmet foul.  Repeat offender, six weeks ago.  Gee, that $4600 or so fine sure did the trick! 

Another Brick Falls: This one DOES involve the Mafia!!!

New Jersey, today.

14 people have been arrested in a Mafia-led sportsbook scam in New Jersey.  This, in a state where it's been legal to gamble on sports for 7 1/2 years.

The Lucchese crime family, led in this operation by Joseph "Little Joe" Perna, bankrolled a number of illegal sportsbooks, some of which were actually run by college athletes in the state!  Some athletes have been arrested, but no word on names or schools they had attended.

Well, this one's a little different.  As noted above, sports gambling has been legal in the state over seven years, now. 

The biggest story in this is when we find out which college athletes are being accused of running Mafia sportsbooks in New Jersey.  Talk about a double life! 

2025 Week Ten Political and Kayfabe Rankings

Well, that's the end of Green Bay.  They'll be lucky to go .500 this year.  They have NOTHING on the offensive end of the ball, and, rigging aside, that's where you go "for show".

NFC Kayfabe:

1) Philadelphia (7-2 -- 6-1 conference vs. 4-2 for SEA)

2) Seattle (7-2 -- wins division record tiebreak with LA (first meeting is this Sunday), loses conference record tiebreak to Seattle)

3) Detroit (6-3 -- HTH over Tampa, HTH over Chicago)

4) Tampa Bay (6-3 -- loses HTH to Detroit)

5) LA Rams (7-2 -- loses division record tiebreak with SEA)

6) Chicago (6-3 -- loses HTH to Detroit)

7) Green Bay (5-3-1)

Political Discussion: 

So after Philly at #1 in the Politicals right now (which is kind of a force after this game), who's #2?

• There's been a lot of press about the LA Rams being a pimped team, but they need to beat Seattle first.
• Detroit is a political non-starter, unless Trump's visit on Sunday was also an audition...
• I've been saying Tampa, but that loss to New England wasn't very convincing.

So let's go this route:

1. Philadelphia
2. The Seattle-Rams winner
3. Tampa Bay
4. Detroit

And I really think it's down to those four now.  And of those five teams, I see precisely one Super Bowl Champion POSSIBLE, and that's Tampa.

AFC Kayfabe:

1) Indianapolis (8-2, Conference record over New England and Denver (6-1 vs. 5-2 vs. 4-2 respectively)

2)  New England (8-2, Wins conference record over Denver, loses conference record to Indianapolis)

3) Denver (8-2, loses conference record to Indianapolis and New England)

4) Pittsburgh (5-4, somehow)

5) LA Chargers (7-3)

6) Buffalo (6-3)

7) Jacksonville (5-4, HTH over Kansas City)

Political:

1. New England, even with the conference record disadvantage.  This is having 2001 vibes all over again.
2. Indianapolis
3. Denver -- neither has looked convincing the last two weeks, but they are the next in line.
4. Buffalo
5. Kansas City -- yeah, I'm going there.  They even get into the playoffs and, as we all know, weird things can happen. 

2025 Discipline Blotter, Week Ten, Part One: Let's see them do it consistently, but...

... an encouraging sign the league is done with some of the Cro-Magnon shit that goes on on the field.

The NFL, today, suspended Daron Payne of the Commanders for one game for decking, in front of everybody (including the President, which will probably get it's own post later if political matters can get me to simmer it down!) Amon Ra-St. Brown of the Lions.

Literally just off and, in the middle of the field, decked the guy.  Got tossed, as well he should, but I do agree this merits another game -- for stupidity on top of the act itself!

And maybe finally we're starting toward the "1+1" model of getting tossed is a suspension in the NFL.  Most states do it in high school, college somewhat modifies it.

 

Shut down all Daily Fantasy prop bets. NOW.

Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase have both been indicted for spot fixing in Brooklyn today.

Two games in June, each paid $5000 each for Ortizto throw an intentional ball in one game, $7000 in another.

It is time for Federal authorities to close down all prop-bet Daily Fantasy, because if you think that's the extent of it...

According to Spotrac:  Ortiz was being paid about $800,000.   Clase?  $4.9 million.

There is ZE and RO chance this doesn't involve full-out game-rigging.  This is just what they have so far.

But please tell me why I should believe otherwise when you literally have a pitcher (Clase) making $5 mil a year on a MASSIVE contract throwing it all away for $12,000...  And he was gonna make $6.4 million this year with two $10 million club options

MLB, you got more to find -- a LOT MORE, and that's just on these two. 

Edit to add 7:35 PM PST:   Now word is they've found suspicious patterns dating back three seasons! 

2025 Week 9 Discipline Blotter, The Rest

Well, they didn't behave this week.  Twenty-five incidents, including the Luvu $150,000 fine ($100K himself, $50K team under Club Remittance) incident.

• Rashod Bateman of the Ravens is $25000 lighter for verbal abuse of the official.
• Josh Allen is about $14000 lighter for a violent gesture.
• TEN unsportsmanlike fines this week.  There were only ten fines all of last week. 
• Aaron Jones of the Vikings is the only other even remotely sizable fine:  $23186 for a helmet foul. 

Another unsurprising update...

Would usually combine these, but saw the Kneeland one and this one several hours apart:

Mark Sanchez has now formally been fired by FOX, replaced with Drew Brees. 

Kneeland Update -- appears we have a CTE case here...

The Cowboys are on their bye week, so, Wednesday night, Marshawn Kneeland was at home -- and about two hours before his body was found after a police chase, police were summoned to the house for a welfare check for suicidal ideations...

sigh

Fucking CTE from high school and college is probably now the front-runner.  Hopefully someone can donate his brain to science so we can find out.

24...  Was in the NFL and contributing...  I know it's easy to pile on the Cowboys as a lesser team, but he was on there and trying...  

NOW we have grounds for a Federal investigation (NCAA)...

The NCAA has banned six players, at least five players from two schools for open-faced match-fixing.

Three players from New Orleans and two from Mississippi Valley State have been banned for throwing games.  The New Orleans players allegedly threw or attempted to throw no less than SEVEN contests, while the NCAA has found the Mississippi Valley State players openly offered money to throw one game and at least one discussing throwing a second.

And again, what I say often has to apply here:  It is completely legal for the NCAA and the conferences and the like to fix games.  It is a Federal crime to do what has been found here.

A sixth player, from Arizona State, was found to have simply shared inside information.

Another side effect of the rise of gambling and of college sports going professional:  If the players aren't paid enough to keep the games honest, they won't. 

Source:  ESPN. 

Discipline Blotter Update

Frankie Luvu won his appeal, but it's $150,000 in fines -- $100,000 for him, $50,000 for the team.

Wrong decision. 

I expect this story to end exactly how I think it will end...

Antonio Brown is now in prison, after being extradited from Dubai, where he fled after an attempted murder rap in Florida.

Yeah...

This is going to end exactly as you think it's going to end.

Maybe they'll search his brain for CTE when this is all over. 

Probably the highest-profile sacrifice to football yet...

On Monday night, 2024 second-round draft pick of the Cowboys Marshawn Kneeland scored a blocked-punt touchdown for the team on Monday Night Football.

By Thursday morning, he was dead.  He was 24.  Traffic incident, sped off to avoid the police, shot and killed himself.

24, in the NFL second season...  Wow... 

So now the only question left, in my mind:  College and HS-based CTE?  Or was he on the run from something and somehow hid it from even the NFL? 

2025 Week Nine Political Rankings

Doing this one early, because of how this week went...

AFC:

1) New England

It does seem to be lining up nicely for the Patriots, isn't it?  Six in a row for 7-2, but now a test as they go to Tampa Bay in what, shockingly, may well represent a Super Bowl preview if Herr Fatfuck has his way.

12-5 now appears to be their floor.  They beat a couple teams they might be going against in the playoffs, and the road to San Francisco might go through Foxboro again. 

2) Denver

a hair over

3) Indianapolis

because of the results this week, but Indianapolis lost and Denver barely got out of Houston.  Neither team looked that impressive.

4) Buffalo

A quiet 6-2, but they lost the first meeting to New England and the second one is in Foxboro Week 15.

Kayfabe:

The three 7-2 can't settle it HTH, so it's conference records at least the first step:

1) Indianapolis, 6-1 over the other two's 4-2. (7-2)

2) The two teams have only one common opponent, so it goes Strength of Victory, and that goes to New England, .333 to Denver's .325 (7-2)

3) Denver (7-2)

4) Pittsburgh (5-3) -- the bullshit IS real.

5) Buffalo (6-2)

6) LA Chargers (6-3)

7) Jacksonville (5-3)

Kansas City is a half-game and the tiebreaker out of the playoffs.  They lose HTH tiebreaks with all three current wild-card teams.

NFC:

Buenos Suerte now.  Your guess is as good as mine.  So I'll go through it in Kayfabe order and show why I'm not exactly 100% convinced on anybody right now.

We have 4 6-2 teams.  The Eagles, Seahawks, Rams, and Bucs.  First break the divisional tiebreaker, Seahawks/Rams.  They have not played yet.  Seahawks are 1-1 in the division, Rams 0-1 -- so the Seahawks go in with the Eagles and Bucs.

No HTH sweep, so...

1) Philadelphia, 5-1 in the conference.  (6-2) Philadelphia may end up being the NFC's choice after all, but there is ZERO CHANCE, barring some replay of last year or the one year KC beat San Francisco after a Super Bowl Week incident left the league with no choice. 

2) Tampa Bay (6-2), head to head over Seattle.  I still think Tampa is a far more palatable MAGA choice than most anyone else on this list, especially the current 6-2s.  That said, they have New England, in a game which will probably say a lot as to where both teams are when we do Week Ten.

3) Seattle (6-2), liberal West Coast, etc.  Can't see that as a palatable.

4) Green Bay (5-2-1)  Yes, Carolina is now shockingly 5-4, but YOU CAN'T LOSE TO THEM if you want anyone to take you seriously, and now you've lost your tight end to an ACL and possibly your WR as well.  A semi-palatable choice due to demographics and fanbase, but too many other factors will probably have Detroit in their place soon enough.  They get Philly next Monday Night in a massive NFC showdown.

5) LA Rams (6-2)  See Seattle.

6) San Francisco (6-3)  Goes double here!

7) Detroit (5-3 with a win over Chicago).  NFC North is lining up to be a juggernaut again, but I still don't see where Detroit gets chosen as a MAGA champion.  In anything! 

 

2025 Week Nine Discipline Blotter, Part One

And he fucking did it AGAIN.

Less than 36 hours after receiving a $46,000 fine for his second hip-drop tackle, Frankie Luvu of the Commanders performed ANOTHER such tackle, uncalled, in the Sunday nighter against Seattle.

This one costs him Week Ten, over $500,000, and a $50,000 team fine.  SUSPENDED, as well he should be.

That's three hip-drop tackle incidents in six weeks, his fifth league offense in a calendar year. 

The Commanders alone have now been fined $119,000 and change for the inability of this idiot to cleanly tackle. 

And you can remove Green Bay AGAIN...

How?

And Indianapolis...  And Detroit!

Eek. 

2025 Week Eight Discipline Blotter

They were good this week, or else the league fell asleep.

Only ten fines this week.  (Scroll to Week 8 if you see this later this season.)  That might be a record for the two years the league finally admits to reporting them all on a consistent basis.

NONE of them were taunting/unsportsmanlike conduct.

• Marlon Humphrey of the Ravens drew the short straw this week.  $46,371 for use of the helmet.  Repeat offender with that from the playoff game with Buffalo, AND from a November 2024 with Cincinnati, in which he was fined twice!  That is his eighth NFL fine in his eighth year with the league -- more concerning, it's his sixth in a calendar year.  Suspension, Roger???  Please?  I know there's no way to take a fine into a third tier, under the general fine schedule, but this would qualify on at least two grounds!
• Frankie Luvu of the Commanders also got $46,371, this one for a hip-drop tackle.  Was fined a month ago for the some offense.  That's HIS fourth fine in a calendar year, after receiving only one fine (for a role in a fight) in his first five-plus years in the league!
• Oh, lookie, it's DK Metcalf!  $12,172 for a striking, etc. offense.  His SIXTEENTH NFL fine since his career started in 2019.  First this year, only two last year after five the year before.

2025 Week Eight Political Rankings

NFC:

1) Green Bay

A bit of a nose in front with the ref's help in the COVIDIOT Bowl.  But after this week's game with Carolina (in progress as I do these posts late this week), it gets much harder.  Showdown with Philly on MNF, then Minnesota and Detroit.

2) Tampa Bay

Probably the most MAGA-palatable of the two-loss teams, as discussed before.  And that definitely includes the race card on the quarterback, if you've been seeing a lot of the racist vitriol on social media.

From there, the rest of the two-loss teams are probably still in a bit of a mish-mash:

• Detroit would probably be the best "shoot" pick, but how much, barring a situation like last year, do they want to go to the well of a city like that?
• ... which see Philadelphia.
• Seattle is probably too much in that liberal northwest corner...
• There has been some talk that the Rams might be getting pushed, but I'd have to think that's to lose, if it was...

AFC:

1) Indianapolis

As long as the AFC's road goes through Indy, they're #1 on this list in that regard.  I get that there might be people who might be thinking somebody else (see below), but Indy still checks probably even more boxes than them, and it keeps the situation from going TOO crazy.

Yet.

2) New England

There is no basic explanation otherwise as to how these guys are 6-2.  Especially with MAGAs calling themselves "Patriots", is the NFL considering getting on THAT bandwagon, especially if the Orange Pustule shows up in San Francisco and Santa Clara in February?

3) Kansas City

I could probably have put "today's Buffalo-KC winner" in this slot and save time.  But it DOES appear that the referees may be donning their RED and white stripes again.  UGH. 

After Further Review: And there's the completion...

With a ten-point win by Green Bay and a three-touchdown win by Kansas City, only ONE GAME, and it needed the Jets to massively comeback for the Mangold Sacrifice win over the Bengals, went within one score at all.

That has GOT to be a post-merger record. 

And another irrelevant team takes it up the ass...

 

🚨🚨OH MY GOODNESS🚨🚨#COMMANDERS APPEAR TO CONVERT FOR A FIRST DOWN ON A 4TH DOWN ATTEMPT…

THE REFS DECIDE TO REVIEW IT AND DO A VIRTUAL MEASUREMENT RULING ZACH ERTZ JUST A COUPLE INCHES SHORT.

QUESTIONABLE REFEREEING AGAIN.
pic.twitter.com/D4TgsZidsF

— MLFootball (@MLFootball) October 28, 2025

 

🚨🚨THE REFS STRIKE AGAIN🚨🚨

THE REFS DID NOT CALL A HOLD ON THE #CHIEFS AND JUJU SMITH-SCHUSTER FOR TACKLING A WASHINGTON DEFENDER.

😳😳😳

This allowed Kansas City to have a massive play and set themselves up for a touchdown.
pic.twitter.com/UeLMfbsZ5L

— MLFootball (@MLFootball) October 28, 2025

After Further Review: This one might not have changed a result, but it shows...

That whatever the NFL is trying to do, it's finally becoming more open that they are getting the referees involved in tampering with contests:

 

Don’t let NFL media scrub this video from the internet pic.twitter.com/ThqSpMf80d

— Salty Buccaneer🧂🏴‍☠️🟥🟧⬜️ (@SaltyBuc91) October 27, 2025

Call cost them four points. They still won 23-3, but...

Probably the least surprising news of the weekend...

Adrian Peterson.

DWI and weapons charges near Houston, his second DWI in seven months.

He remains in jail today.

Gee what a fucking shock. 

After Further Review: This is what happens when your team is an irrelevancy and a joke...

 

A compilation of bad calls on the #Giants:

-Insane no fumble call
-False start called neutral zone infraction on Kayvon
-Slayton OPI
-Wandale phantom block in the back
-Korie Black DPI on 3rd and 11

Not to mention all the missed holding calls. The #NFL should be ashamed. pic.twitter.com/TVwn0w9u3Q

— The Giants Report (@GiantsReport1) October 26, 2025

Shame?  The NFL?  You jest!

After Further Review: Brown County Went To Trump By Eight Points

And the referees have to make themselves the story in the COVIDIOT Bowl.

Wow… an awful week for NFL officials gets worse. Wyatt and Parsons both a MILE offside. Steelers robbed of a 3rd and 3. pic.twitter.com/G40TcjFUFX

— Ben (@TheHurricaneBen) October 27, 2025

Packers win 35-25.  They ARE now the #1 Political in the NFC.

Very Un-Goodwellian Week Eight here!!!

As of the end of Week 8's Sunday main games, eleven games will have been completed.

ONE, and only ONE, will have even been decided within one score.

The record is not easily found, but it is unlikely that even the three maximum (note, I'm not talking three Cliffhangers, I'm talking 3 games within one score -- and that's if the COVIDIOT Bowl tonight and the Monday nighter ARE within a score!) would not be an NFL record. 

Almost certainly ANOTHER sacrifice to the sport of football:

Nick Mangold, former center of the Jets.

Dead at 41.  Needed a kidney transplant and everything failed within 12 days of announcement.

Makes you wonder what was done to get that man on the field every week... 

2025 Week Seven Political Rankings

NFC:

Really, it's a crapshoot right now.  Eight teams have two losses or fewer.

• No one is going to convince me Green Bay is for real until they can show that they can't just luck their way to 27 points and winning that way.  The offense is stout, 27 points in each of their four wins and 40 with Dallas.  But the defense has not gotten to snuff yet.  Sunday night in the COVIDIOT Bowl might tell us more.  Unless the Bullshit Is Real.
• Philadelphia would be a nice job-counter to a more MAGA AFC team, and that's about all I can say.  They are 5-2 though.
• Detroit is 5-2, and would be a nice shoot pick, but I can't think that the people (more, IMODO, person) involved in making the decision wants a Philadelphia or a Detroit to win the Super Bowl
• ... or a 5-2 San Francisco
• ... or a 5-2 LA Rams
• ... or a 5-2 Seattle, though that would probably be the best option of those five, if it weren't on the liberal West Coast.
• Tampa's 5-2, but that loss to Detroit has just shuffled them back into the deck a bit.  Still would probably be the best choice of the ones I've listed, but...
• And Chicago is 4-2...  Somehow.

AFC:

1. Indianapolis
2. New England
3. Denver
4. Pittsburgh (to be re-evaluated after the COVIDIOT Bowl Sunday night...) 

The rest of the 2025 Week Seven Discipline Blotter

The Gameday Accountability report is out -- and, as usual, if you see this in a later week this season, scroll to Week 7.

23 other fines this week, other than the Dre Greenlaw suspension:

• Rachaad White of the Buccaneers got the big one this week:  $46,271 for repeat-offender with the helmet.  Leading his helmet, as the ball-carrier, into a Lions defender.  In December of 2024, he was fined about the same amount for the same foul, even though Spotrac doesn't have a record of a third fine for that. 
• Apparently, another Denver player was fined for contact with the official late in the game with the Ants.  It is apparently Justin Strnad who the referee got out of the way, enraging Greenlaw.  Strnad was fined, contact with the official, but only $15,486.
• Five taunting fines this week.  (One ball as prop, one violent gesture)
• Three other "use of the helmet" fines.
• Four hip drop tackles. 

Another probable criminal investigation needing to happen...

Ken Williamson has just refereed his last game.

A 41-year official, 21 in the top division of college football, 17 in the SEC.

This was supposed to be his last year, so he has just been thrown off the field for good.

He was the crew chief for Georgia vs. Auburn, a 20-10 victory for the Bulldogs.

A performance review was made of the officiating, and Williamson was banned for the rest of the season as a result.

This is usually a one-game situation, maybe two.

This is one of the senior referees in the SEC.  This usually isn't more than one game, maybe two.

This SCREAMS malfeasance. 

If it were possible (and it is not), this kind of suspension to me indicates this game should be replayed.  Eleven different calls were complained about, nine of which substantiated.  One of the first turned what would've been a 17-0 Auburn lead to 10-3, at which point Georgia dominated (with probable assistance from Williamson) the second half.

And apparently, there is some talk he has also manipulated the Auburn-Oklahoma game earlier in the season, a 24-17 loss for Auburn.

Criminal investigation, now.  

And the situation MAY, if true, have just gone terminal for the NBA...

At least one of the games involved in the NBA gambling scandal appears to have involved LeBron James.

James, to this point, has denied any involvement in knowing about the situation with the arrested today.

He had BETTER be telling the truth.  And I'm not 100% sure he is. 

Damon Jones was apparently off the books with the Lakers when he disclosed to his Mafia contacts that James was going to be out in a February 2023 game against the Bucks.

Milwaukee became an 8-point favorite with James out, and covered by one point -- 115-106.

Another Lakers game is also in the discussion, a January 2024 game with the Thunder.  This game involved information surrounding Anthony Davis.

 

This now just became a far bigger story than I think anyone is going to choose to admit.

Today, the day finally came for the first of the arrests in the Jontay Porter NBA gambling incident.

And I think Adam Silver had better be asking some real questions about the future of the National Basketball Association as a result.

Thirty-four people were arrested today in conjunction with at least seven NBA games in which insider information was fed to the Mafia to influence bets. 

At least three major NBA parties are involved, all have been placed on leave to be banned from the league if established, as Porter already has been:

• Terry Rozier, point guard for the Miami Heat 

Rozier was already under investigation with the NBA and Federal authorities regarding at least one game where suspicious bets were placed on his fantasy-sports numbers. 

The league allowed Rozier to continue to play, because no link to a crime had been established in the 2023 game.

Today's arrest shows that to be bullshit.   Rozier is now believed to have removed himself from the game the NBA was investigated to aid Mafia ties.

In short, match-fixing.  Point-shaving.

• Damon Jones, no longer in the NBA, but a former player and assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Jones is not only involved in the insider information end of it, but he is also being charged as part of a scheme to rig underground poker matches for the Mafia.

Players would be suckered in under the premise of being allowed to play with NBA stars, current and former.  And the house (the Mafia) would always win.

The third one, however, is probably the biggest.  He was only arrested for the poker end of it, but when you see who it was, I don't think there's any chance this doesn't eventually blow up into a major match-fixing scandal:

• Chauncey Billups, HEAD COACH of the Portland Trailblazers

And if Adam Silver wants to come out and claim no games were fixed, especially now with a head coach involved in the Mafia in 2023 (and probably further), I've got swampland I need to sell you in Libya.

As I often have to caution:  It is completely legal (criminal and civil) for the NBA (or any sports league) to fix it's own games, through the league itself.  This has been established in numerous court cases. 

What is not, and has never been, legal is the players and coaches to go into business for themselves.

This is the latter, old-school Mafia style.

There is no way I can believe that the Portland Trailblazers weren't ordered, on some level outside the NBA's purview, to lay down.  There has been ZERO relevance of the Trailblazers at any point during Billups' entire coaching career with the team.  The Trailblazers have had a .357 winning percentage in 328 games Billups has been the head coach, entering this season.

It is time for every player, every coach, every team to be investigated for possible match-fixing in the National Basketball Association.  Not as a function of "guilt by association", but the scale of the situation is, even to Bug Eyes, "mind-boggling". 

Anyone who bets on basketball, at any NBA level at this point, is throwing money to the Mafia.

Because I would metaphorically wager money I do not have that this situation goes far beyond these people, with the number of irrelevant "tanking" teams in the NBA. 

Another sacrifice to football?

Yesterday, it was reported that seven-year NFL veteran Doug Martin died at 36.

It's now clear it was police-involved, according to a report today.

Martin was involved in a break-in in Oakland, CA, was arrested, and died in custody.

Money I don't have says he was disposed of by the police. 

After further review (?) and 2025 Week Seven Discipline Blotter: This one is interesting...

This was the game-winning kick for the Broncos yesterday.

Watch afterward, as Dre Greenlaw pursues the official and actually draws a post-game flag.

 

Something caught my eye from Lutz's game-winning kick yesterday:

After the play, Dre Greenlaw runs after the ref, yelling at him, and the ref actually throws a flag.

It was after the play, and the game was over, so idk what happens.

Just a fine for Greenlaw? Something more? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/LqFTfPV0vV

— Alex Wilcox (@AlexWilcoxTV) October 20, 2025

Greenlaw has been suspended by the NFL for that outburst for one game.  I do think this one will be appealed to a fine.

There was no contact with the official, so it's obvious that the official had to report what he had said to get the suspension.

The NFL quoted the general rule about prohibition of "the use of abusive, threatening or insulting language or gestures to opponents, teammates, officials, or representatives of the League."

That's fine.  That's usually, however, going to be a fine reported on Saturday.  Usually a rather stiff one, but a fine nonetheless.

I can understand if the referee felt challenged and had to throw the flag to report it to the league, etc. and so forth.

But it is CLEAR that Greenlaw said something real bad.

Also, I think it's time for football to change the rule that the score can come off the board in cases like that.  And yes, that would mean game over and Broncos lose in that case. 

EDIT TO ADD 5:15 PM 10/20:  It appears the suspension was a physical threat to the official, based on Greenlaw interpreting the ref trying to extricate himself from the celebration as an aggressive act.

If that's the case, Greenlaw should be suspended indefinitely, pending a face-to-face meeting with Goodell and the head of the NFLPA in New York. 

EDIT TO ADD 6:40 PM 10/21:  Suspension UPHELD.

We need to know what he said, NFL.  I no longer believe one game was sufficient -- not necessarily because of the incident itself, but, to give context, Bill Belichick physically attacked a replacement referee after that famous "Bovine Excrement" game in Baltimore and a controversial call on the Ravens winning the game at the horn.

He was only fined $50,000.

I get the general rule, but this smells like direct physical threat to the referee's safety -- and that's more than one game in my book. 

After further review: They do like Philly more than they like Minnesota, BUT...

This wasn't a catch.

Watch the second replay, and you'll see the ground causes the fumble, as CAN now happen (specifically to cost possession) under the Catch Rule. 

Cost them any real remaining chance to win the game, yes. 

2025 Week 6 Discipline Blotter

I know I have not done score reports or spreadsheets to track a lot of this this year as I have in the past.

Part of it is motivation, part of it is that there are many more important things in the world right now.

But I do try to claw out a little bit on Saturday afternoon to check out the weekly NFL Gameday Accountability blotter for the week.  (Scroll to Week 6 if you see this later.) 

• Brian Branch's suspension stands.  He sits this Sunday.  Good. 
• Maybe, just MAYBE, are the players getting the hint on taunting?  I think this is the second week in a row the only unsportsmanlike fine or fines (one this week) were for the ol' Finger du Middle.
• Biggest fines of the week:  Patrick Queen of the Steelers gets $23,186 for roughing the passer to the head.  Call that what it is:  Spearing.  Launch helmet-to-helmet and that should've been the rest of the game on the bench for him.
• The other $23,186 fine was L'Jarius Sneed of the Titans for a helmet foul.  Those usually get the biggest fines, as the league is trying to actively prevent the lowering of the head to bullrush move on both sides of the ball.  Sneed looks like this was a helmet shot to get a tackle.
• Trent Williams got an oddly-captioned fine, but correct.  Eleven grand for an altercation away from the ball when he tried to rip an opponent's helmet off by the face mask.

2025 Week 6 Political Rankings

AFC:

1) Indianapolis

With the two losses by Buffalo and the inexcusable loss by the Steelers Thursday night, we can no longer ignore that Indy checks the boxes -- a city that Trump would find acceptable, a White quarterback, etc.

Indianapolis is the only team right now in the top AFC tier that also doesn't have an inexcusable loss or two on their resume.

That's it's Derp Jones is even a further insult to the debacle that is the New York Ants.  And another reason Goodell should force an investigation on the New York teams.

2) New England

Gonna put this up here as a function of the same checking of all the Trump boxes, as well as the "It could be anyone's season" meme that definitely appears to be in force at the NFL offices.

And if, as I'm beginning to suspect, this could be a very different country even by Super Bowl XL this February (I don't see the shutdown ending before the checks and cards are at least threatened stopped and it gets real sporty out there before Christmas...), equating a White quarterback and Patriots being champions (including Robert Kraft being a rub-and-tug partner of Donald Trump -- some of us didn't forget THAT STORY too!) could be the move too.

Yes, inexcusable loss to the Faders, but three in a row, including a win at Buffalo, can't be underestimated.

3) Denver

Same thought with Denver, maybe a bit less politically-compatible of a city, but 4-2 with a White quarterback could be a nice MAGA presentation.

Considered less:

Pittsburgh:  What the Hell was that Thursday night?

Buffalo:  Like Pittsburgh, has to show me something to get back into the mix.

Jacksonville:  Can't see them going with Trevor Lawrence.  The NFL is still a quarterback media-driven league, and even though Lawrence has been at least an occasional push by the NFL, the fact is that he's not going to be politically compatible with what is almost-certainly going to be a highly politically White Right-charged Super Bowl.

Kansas City:  Not yet.  They're 3-3 on a brutal schedule, and it's clear that only last week against Detroit did they get some of the benefits we've associated with the Chiefs in previous seasons.  That's going to have to percolate a bit, though.

NFC:

1) Tampa Bay

Can't be avoided anymore.  5-1 in a very Trump-friendly state with a White quarterback.  Definitely ticks the boxes, and when you look at the rest of the conference right now, on a purely political front, who do you have?  Seriously?

Green Bay is next on the record at 3-1-1, but an inexcusable loss to Cleveland, a draw with a fairly-weak Dallas team, a questionable defense (and Micah Parsons has spoken up about it all), and Jordan Love isn't White.  Green Bay, in semi-rural Wisconsin in a county Trump carried by eight points, would make a lot of sense, but there do seem to be better options the league is pursuing a bit more fervently - right now.  But, again, "It could be anyone's season."

There are EIGHT two-loss teams in the NFC right now.

• Philly is definitely into the "Show Me, Don't Tell Me" column, especially with a loss to the LOLCOW Ants.  (Washington would be a better choice for them, especially with Trump trying to make the entire city about himself, but they are 3-3.)
• Detroit appears to be a no at this point, especially with the NFL insidiously telling them to get their house in order with the whole Brian Branch thing -- and then NFL Films promptly throwing Branch completely under the bus later in the week.  Detroit would be a very good "shoot" pick (Good team, willing to play for their coach, can win big games the last couple years), but I don't see it as a political one, and I think they are in the beginnings of an active de-push.
• Minnesota has feasted pretty well on the AFC (they've already played three of their four AFC opponents, going 2-1), but this definitely appears like a "not this year" pick.  Minnesota and Philadelphia play this week to start dealing with the congestion.
• Chicago is just plain out because it's Chicago.  Two 25-24 road wins cannot be ignored, but let's see if they can beat a team with more quality than the Commanders.
• Atlanta is a no, I think, because of Michael Penix.  That said, they have had some solid wins this year over teams they probably should not have beaten.  3-2 is better than I think some of them had pinned Atlanta for.
• San Francisco is a no because San Francisco, and the injuries will take care of that real soon.
• The Rams, like the Chargers, are a no because LA.  I really do think the Orange Fatfuck is going to have a lot to say about who wins the Super Bowl this year (maybe he can steal the Lombardi and put it next to his stolen World Cup), and that means LA is completely out.
• Seattle??  Probably too liberal of a city for them, checks the rest of the boxes.

Obviously, still a LOT to shake out.  There are two reasons this has been such a volatile season:  The fact that I do think Trump has a voice in the decision process this year, and that the NFL is taking their float commercial and "It could be anyone's season" seriously. 

After Further Review: Sounds to me like they may be starting to push KC again...

Not the actual play in this case, but how they got there.

Jared Goff was correctly called for illegal motion -- as he motioned out, he basically lost the protections given to the quarterback thereto.  And the referee admitted it's almost never called.

The problem comes in that it is now evident the call came from New York...

 

Lions HC Dan Campbell confirms that the officials told him New York stepped in to overturn Jared Goff’s touchdown.

The officials previously said that New York was NOT involved in the call…

Refs need to be investigated.

pic.twitter.com/EpUR2gbhCs

— NFL Retweet (@NFLRT) October 15, 2025

New York is not supposed to be involved in calls like that.  At least not under the rules we know...