Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Accountability... Whoda thunk it?

And coming from about the last coach one might EXPECT to show it...

Deion Sanders has expelled a number of players from his Colorado team after several players were seen laughing on the sideline as they were getting thrashed by Northwestern 41-7.

OK, Deion -- I respect that and specifically that.

The next thing you need to do is start investigating those former players, because I can tell you exactly a scenario in which that would happen, but I don't think you want to go there.

Otherwise, your statement is absolutely correct:  "I don't understand how in the world you can find joy, or you can find a laughing matter when I'm right behind you walking [into the locker room]," Sanders said Saturday. "I don't understand that, and I addressed it, and I'm going to put my foot in it, not on it."

2026 Week Two Political Stock Up And Down

Again, too early to tell -- though I think we're getting an impression from that ring you showed off Sunday night, Mrs. Kelce!

Stock up, no particular order:

AFC:

Buffalo:  Yeah, rigged as fuck, but that was a solid win over Detroit.

Cincinnati:  Don't look now, Cincy is 2-0.  Can't say either of the teams they beat look THAT good, but they're doing the work.

Kansas City:  Duh.

NFC:

Minnesota:  Gotta give em credit for the win over Chicago, even if the no-TD game is WTF...

Seattle

The NFC West:  Six wins between the four teams.

Holding off:

San Francisco:  Still not sure where the Rams are going to be this year yet with the whole Puka Nacua thing (incident AND injury), so don't know how their 2-0 looks yet.

Las Vegas:  Yeah, yeah, they're 2-0 and have New Orleans this week.  Reality hits NEXT WEEK when Kansas City comes to town.

Stock Down:

AFC:

Pittsburgh:  What the Hell was that?  The High End Talent made sure the Bullshit was NOT real, and that got messy fast!

New York Jets:  How did you let THAT ONE get away?

NFC:

Chicago:  Proving the whole Week One track meet was fraudulent.

DUD OF THE WEEK AWARD:

Nominees:

The Miami Division II Football Team.  I do wonder if the Hurricanes could beat you fuckers right now.  Those first two weeks have been DISGRACEFUL.  And Week Three doesn't get any easier:  Here comes Kansas City.

Atlanta.  What.  The Fuck.  Was THAT?  You better hope you don't slam your Penix in the car door Thursday night in Lambeau.

The LA Chargers.  We thought you were supposed to be at least outside players for the playoffs -- and you lose to the Cardinals AND the Raiders, by identical 26-14 scores?

Tampa Bay.  How do you lose to DeRapist Rapist and CLEVELAND?  I guess the only thing which could be worse is if Shedeur was the quarterback.

Quarterback injuries.  At least three major ones this week took a lot of the steam out of games, including the Monday nighter.

Bronze medal:  The AFC South.  Jacksonville's win over Cleveland is the only win the entire division has through two weeks.

Silver medal:  NBC in general, Cris Collingsworth in particular.  So you start with a Chiefs rim-job piece before the game, Collingsworth can't get off Mahomes' dick, and you just HAD TO have Taylor showing off the ring after her husband's touchdown.  Yeah, this is going to be a legitimate game.

(And yes, that one call in the overtime aside, because the league was going, instead, for the LAST...  POSSIBLE...  SECOND... angle with Mahomes and the Chiefs.)

Gold medal:  Keenan Allen, the other probable catalyst for Sunday night.  So you get charged for your DUI formally during the season, and you expect the league not to take immediate action -- at barest minimum, to ensure a result against your team...

2026 Week Two Score Report

Well, this week looked a bit more sane than Week 1 -- at least after Thursday night...
  • 647 points this week, not even 40.5 this week after basically a 50 per last week!
  • 1,438 points for the two weeks, then.  Average:  44.94
  • Home teams were 7-9, 17-14 for the season.
  • 6 Cliffhangers in 3 games this week -- GB snags an overtime FG to Escape From New York, a double in Tennessee with a go-ahead FG for TEN at 1:56, only to get the winning TD pass for Philly at 9 seconds, and Sunday night's shenanigans.
    5 Last Chance Misses, including Chicago getting four shots from the 20 and inside the last four plays...
  • Also including a 4-bagger in Kansas City for the rig-job Sunday night.  Long pass play at the gun almost gets there for Mahomes, and three overtime field goals for the triple-cliffhanger on top.
  • 7 non-competitive games -- which means, of the first 32 games, fully 13 never were within eight points at any point in the fourth quarter.  There's going to be a LOT of shit football this year.
  • Only one other game finished within eight points, and one other was within 8 at some point in the fourth quarter but didn't finish there.
  • 9 Cliffhangers in five games, 11 Last Chance Misses, 4 other games finished within 8, and 3 were within 8 at some point in the fourth quarter but didn't finish there.

Monday, September 21, 2026

It's official, the NFL wanted to kill somebody yesterday...

And we haven't broken the planet...

The Titans field in Tennessee was so hot yesterday..

(HOW HOT WAS IT???)

The field temperature was measured at 157 degrees Fahrenheit.

So hot some of the cleats for some of the players yesterday actually MELTED.

Yeah, they wanted someone to die yesterday.

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Week Two, After Further Review, Week Two: Not a doubt in my mind... But the NFL wanted to make sure for both itself and Vegas...

After the DUI earlier in the week, there was no chance Indy was going to win.

So why, Chiefs lovers ask, was THIS PLAY allowed to be reversed?
Why?

For the last...  possible...  second...  field goal for the Chiefs, including Mr. Taylor Swift with the Mrs. showing off the ring after he scores the first touchdown of the night.

EDIT TO ADD Monday Morning 7:45 AM PDT:  AND Colts coach Shane Steichen says the 4th and 8 that they took the FG, went for the tie, and gave the ball back to Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs for the winning drive, they'd have gone for it...  if the coverage was right?

You can't make up this comedy!!!

And, not only that, but they get the Vegas bettors on the Chiefs -6.

The house wins, three different ways.  NBC gets a last-second overtime winner, the Chiefs win, and the Chiefs do not cover.

Week Two, After Further Review, Part One: I think I've seen an NFL anomaly...

I don't usually pull out stuff during the week, but this one needs a mention.

When I'm not banned from searching, I will search #Rigged on various platforms.

I found this play from Baltimore-New Orleans today.  It was called a touchdown.

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have found a play that can be declared for BOTH TEAMS SIMULTANEOUSLY.

Not only is that not a touchdown, but there's a nice little facemask in the play too!

EDIT TO ADD 5:25 PM PDT:

And that took one week.  Given the call last week, how is this not at least an incomplete pass?


Some thoughts on Week Two

  • Last week the Bears scored 59 points.  This week:  3.  Minnesota is 2-0 in two of the ugliest wins this league has produced in some time.
  • And, while we're on the subject: Last week, the Panthers gave up 59 points and lost 59-37. Well, they got one thing consistent this week: They scored 34 -- but only gave up 3!!!
  • The 49ers will go 2-0, and the march toward a very probable 0-16 for the Dolphins continues apace.  As I start this bullet-point post, it's 35-6 San Francisco over Miami in the 3rd.
  • Somebody's getting fined this week...
Hmmm...  Methinks the players are often co-participants.
  • Oh great...  DeRapist Rapist actually won one.  In a lightning storm where most sane NFL fans would ask if it could take both teams out, the Browns actually won one -- 23-20 over the Buccaneers in Tampa.
  • Early in the day, several taunting calls got even a friend of Tom Grossi angry enough to rant over X, and got that trending.  And most of Football Nation America wants mouths to be allowed to be shot off.  You do realize, it's punches next...