After Further Review: What the fuck was THAT in Jacksonville?

They called holding on Jacksonville's Brenton Strange (#85, lined up in the backfield) on this play.

Early second quarter, 7-0 Houston in London.

I have no use for the MAGA scum who posted this, but someone explain to me where the offensive holding was on this play?

Another week in the NFL where the referees are rigging games. In this series a touchdown turned into an interception. Roger Goodell needs to fix this. https://t.co/jg5XhLbBsW

— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) October 18, 2026

The drive got nothing on an end zone interception.  Houston upset Jacksonville 34-31 on a field goal at the gun.

2026 Week Five Fine Blotter

It's that time again.

We'll start with quite a few helmet fouls this week:

• Arizona:  Elijah Higgins, $20,411
• Buffalo:  James Cook, $21,167
• Cincinnati:  Erick All, $7,073
• Cincinnati:  Jordan Battle, $21,623  Both within the first half of the first quarter.
• Cleveland:  Carson Schwesinger, $14,699
• Las Vegas:  Maxx Crosby, $23,882

Taunting:

• Buffalo:  Bradley Chubb, $14,329.  Making him a TWO-TIME LOSER.

Shockingly, though there were six helmet fouls this week, ONLY ONE TAUNTING FOUL.

Striking, etc.:

• Buffalo, their third of the week:  Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, $11,194  And the second TWO-TIME LOSER for Buffalo this week.

Low Block:

• Washington:  Amik Robertson, $12,537, making him a TWO-TIME LOSER in two weeks.

Face Mask:

• Dallas:  Otito Ogbonnia, $11,111
• Houston:  Jaylen Noel, $8,165
• LA Rams:  Braden Fiske, $11,941
• New England:  Mike Brown, $6,750
• Washington:  Dorance Armstrong, $11,941

And one more that bleeds us into the Points of Emphasis:

• New York Jets:  Minkah Fitzpatrick has earned a league meeting for his second strike.  Not only was he fined $11,941 for a facemask, but another $17,911 for the defenseless player foul previously referenced on the blog.  That makes him a THREE-TIME LOSER in two weeks, and STRIKE TWO against the policy.  Both fouls were in the first quarter, both fouls against KC Concepcion.  They removed him from the game, but he is not on this week's injury report. 
• Baltimore:  Nnamdi Madubuike, $17,911 for a hip-drop tackle.  His first strike.
• Detroit:  DJ Wonnum, $12,611 for a hip-drop tackle.  His first strike.
• Indianapolis:  Austin Ajiake, $5,583, defenseless player.  His first strike.
• San Francisco:  Malik Mustapha, $6,998, defenseless player.  His first strike.
• Tennessee:  Micah Robinson, $5,583, hip-drop tackle.  His first strike.

Six PoE fouls this week:  Three hip-drops, three defenseless player hits.

And then two fouls declared "Away From The Play" and not otherwise classified:

• Jacksonville:  Bryan Thomas, $4,972, on the opening kickoff.
• Philadelphia:  Jeremiah Trotter, $6,428.  They both were on the same play, that ejection altercation that got them tossed before a play from scrimmage even occurred.   

22 fines and two previously reported suspensions this week.

Oh Great... Josh Jacobs is back...

You better not fucking play him, Green Bay...

I guess it would be six games after the Cowboys game Sunday night, but the NFL has announced the removal next week of Josh Jacobs from the Commissioner's List, even though the investigation continues.

So is Johnathon Cooper, for his two DV arrests.

I see too many of these stories every day, and I'm beginning to wonder if youth should have organized sports...

I am legitimately seeing stories about every day now about football teams being shut down across the country and all that.

But I have two three stories from today that make me wonder if youth should have organized sports.  And the first one is a throwback to a previous story I did -- I believe way back at the beginnings of this blog!

Dateline:  Winter Haven, FL.

Youth football game degenerates into a parent fight after.  We hear this story from time to time, and it's not that uncommon, sadly.

But then you remember that Florida youth football often involves gang-fueled betting on the game.

And this time, the Sheriff actually had his office right next to the field!

He's threatening to send undercover cops to future games.  They better be armed -- Florida youth football has THAT reputation, and I don't think even Johnny Law is going to be immune from the effects.

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Of course, you could be Penn Wood High School in Pennsylvania -- all activities suspended during an investigation to an unnamed incident which has prompted not only a special investigator, but a student walkout at the punishment.

Apparently, according to a number of people, it's another hazing incident.

One game has already been forfeited, and I would be surprised (especially when a fight broke out during the walkout -- unrelated) that the other two probably are going with it.

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And here's one I saw later that places a bunch of things in conflict.

Dateline:  Arizona

Desert Ridge's football season is basically over.  And it's basically the coach stating he's the ultimate boss, at ANY cost.

Late in a game, Gunner Brewer had a play called for himself by the coach.  Brewer, probably seeing something at the line, audibles the play to a running play, and the running back gets a first down, Desert Ridge wins.

And you'd THINK this wouldn't cause a problem.  AT BEST, the coach might pull Brewer aside and say that it was a good call, but, if you do that again, you better be right.

Nope.

Not only did head coach Miles Smith throw him off the team, he banned him from being around anyone else on the team.

And THEN Smith threw 12 more players off the team when they decided to stand up for him.

This also after Smith FIRED the offensive coordinator during the season.

It's clear that the coach wants to clean house.  The team went 0-10 last year.  They won two games this year, but lost 49-7 and 50-0 since Gunner got tossed.  And in the former game, Brewer violated the coach's directive and showed up.  Media had to be banned from the stadium last night.

I get the real sense that we're looking at a Coach Deion situation here.  Wipe the slate clean, and force the issue -- either get some better football players or end the tackle football program.

Well, we have our answer... The Dodgers have gone MAGA...

I was wondering what got the Dodgers out of the commissioner's doghouse and into what appeared to be Most Favored Nation status before last night's elimination.

We have our answers:  Some of the most MAGA-level entitled twats around.

And I'm not talking just the players, who pal around with Trump every chance they can get.

And I'm not talking just former players like NBC analyst Clayton Kershaw, who decided to go all homophobic for "Christian Pride Night" and against the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.

And I'm not talking just former players like Dodger announcer Orel Hersheiser, who used his microphone to go all transphobic and proclaim the old MAGA canard about men in women's sports.

I'm not just talking the ownership group -- at least one major owner of which donates to MAGA causes whenever he gets the chance.

But these FANS...  Give them a title or two and they start sounding like Boston and Yankee and Cub fans.

They are somehow CONVINCED that the Brewers cheated, Trashtros style.

Milwaukee won the season series, 4-3.  Including 2-1 at Dodger Stadium.

Now the fans are spawning all sorts of shit, basically talking about the Brewers dooming themselves (remember, they were also in LAST YEAR'S NLCS against the Dodgers!) or this and that and the other.

Why do you think Urinating Tree celebrated last night with (as one of at least three Tweets) the "World Peace" scene from The Simpsons?

But yep, you're MAGA and entitled.  Gee, what a concept.

2026 Week Five Discipline Blotter Suspension Appeals

• Dre Greenlaw has LOST his suspension appeal -- he sits this week.
• Alaric Jackson has WON a partial appeal -- his two-game suspension has been reduced to one.

It is long past time to throw in the towel on some schools having football.

Not only on safety, but, also, what I call "uneducational results".

The latest example comes from Oregon.

And, frankly, this result should've been reversed on the way out.

Marist Catholic High School's head coach decided the other team, since they only had 16 kids on the team, had no right to soil the field with their presence.

In just 24 minutes, Marist Catholic scored nine touchdowns, and kicked two onside kicks just to put the nose in it.

The opponents walked at halftime.

Wait...  I said the head coach of Marist Catholic?

Try FORMER head coach of Marist Catholic.  For that stunt, he's been FIRED!!!