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...

2025 Late Week 5 Discipline Blotter

Didn't do this one on Saturday, should probably do it now.

Only 13 this week, so not much to do in Week 5.  Scroll to it if you see it later.

Leonard Williams got the big one, $46,000+ for impermissible use of the helmet.  He was also fined in Week 3, same offense.  So that's almost 70 grand himself and the team as well!

Only one unsportsmanlike conduct fine, probably for the ol' Finger du Middle.

 

2025 Early Week 6 Discipline Blotter

The Lions Brian Branch did something stupid after losing to the Chiefs last night.

He started a mass melee by busting the nose of Ju-ju Smith-Schuster.

And, for that, he got the correct one-game suspension.  That's at least his third transgression against the league this year.

Branch will appeal -- one I hope fails, for not only the stupidity of the act on it's face, but the fact it's his third already this season. 

After Further Review: First game the family is all together and...

1) The Chiefs have no penalties called on them the entire game.

(The Lions had four.)

2) One of them was this, that wiped a touchdown off the board, however...

 

THIS IS WEIRD.

THE REFS ORIGINALLY CALLED THIS PLAY TOUCHDOWN. HUDDLED, AND THEN DECIDED TO CALL THIS AN ILLEGAL MOTION ON THE #LIONS.

Illegal motion is a non-reviewable play and the refs were not allowed to use replay or NY.

Have never seen this before.pic.twitter.com/OzIbX7RBBf

— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) October 13, 2025

2025 Week 5 Political Rankings

NFC:

With Philadelphia losing twice...

I don't really see a political front-runner in the NFC.  Green Bay losing to Cincinnati and tying Dallas before their bye precludes them.  I can't see the political considerations falling in favor of Detroit or San Francisco at this point.  Philadelphia is now on their ass after an embarrassing blowout loss to the Giants last night.  Washington's loss at Atlanta puts question marks on their situation.  Minnesota also lost to Atlanta.  Seattle just lost to Tampa.

As of right now, the "anybody's season" situation seems to apply in the NFC.

AFC:

Largely because there do seem to be three quite obvious front-runners in the AFC:

1) Buffalo

2) Pittsburgh

3) Indianapolis 

As I've said before, I do firmly believe that Herr Trump is going to have a voice in who wins, especially given the Bad Bunny controversy and the competing Turning Point USA Charlie Kirk Memorial Halftime Special.

All three of these teams have two things in common.

They're smaller cities, and the teams have White starting quarterbacks.

Yes, I do believe that is something Trump wants in his White House visits.

One of the reasons I don't put Jacksonville on here, even though they'd be up here too. 

This is what certain people watch for when they say the games are "phony baloney with a side of rigaroni"...

30 seconds to go, Chiefs up 4, 1st and goal.

Explain this lack of effort on that play by the Chiefs Chris Jones... 

Major multi-sport disciplinary blotter

• Jerry Jones has been dinged $250,000 for an obscene gesture he gave to New York fans on Sunday at Met Life Stadium.
• Odell Beckham Jr. has been suspended six games for a PED violation.  Your career is over, kid.
• And Conor McGregor has been banned for 18 months from fighting for missing drug tests.  Not that Shithead Trump will mind once the Gladiator Games start... 

And then probably the most suspicious game of the week has led to more discipline.

Early in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals were up 21-6 on the lowly Titans.

Emari Demarcado appears to score a 72-yard touchdown, but does this inches from the end zone.

 

Imagine picking up Demarcado for your fantasy team and seeing him drop a 72 yard TD celebrating too early 💀 pic.twitter.com/PCaNTOfFmm

— Monster Bet (@monsterdotbet) October 5, 2025

This drew the following response from his coach, Jonathan Gannon, for which he has been fined $100,000.

Here is the video of HC Jonathan Gannon and RB Emari Demercado that resulted in a $100,000 fine: pic.twitter.com/LGVzgaQDjx

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 7, 2025

Make no mistake, when the Titans came all the way back to win 22-21, it was clear the Cardinals threw that game.

That said, a coach can't do that, contacting the player twice, including kicking him.  I would be very surprised if Gannon is the coach much longer.  First, that's a firing offense.  Second, it's clear the team threw the game at that point.  Third, I don't think Gannon is going to look upon that too kindly himself.