Day 594, including an answer to my question about how bad Week 7 really was...

• Quinton de Kock was thrown off South Africa's T20 World Cup match against the West Indies for refusing the pre-match taking of the knee against racism.  
• Patrick Chung, now retired from the NFL as of last March, charged with assault and battery of a family member, domestic violence against the mother of one of his children.
• Two members of the Chicago Blackhawks, including Johnathan Toews, are in the COVID protocol, joining a concerning trend, indicating either a close contract-trace or an outbreak on the Blackhawks.  Unknown at this time how many, if any, are positive for the virus -- and the NHL does not require that for the protocol.
• Speaking of the Blackhawks:  The NHL has fined the Blackhawks $2,000,000 for inadequate protection and investigation of 2010 sexual assault claims against one of their coaches.  Half that money will also be set aside for local sexual assault charities.
• And the last two remaining links to the team to the 2010 season are gone:  Team President Stan Bowman and Senior Director of Hockey Administration Al MacIssac "resigned".  (They were fired, they just were just given a polite way to have it done.)
• About three weeks ago, WCCO confirmed what many of us suspected with respect to the cancellation of the Proctor, MN football season -- two players raped a third through sodomy in the locker room.

When I did Sunday in review, I said Week 7 of the 2021 season may have been the worst Sunday in the history of the league.

I now have backup, as YouTuber Official JaguarGator9 posted this (again, plenty of NFL footage, so embedding it here probably would have you clicking through in the first place) to answer the question as to if Sunday was the worst NFL Sunday ever.

Short answer:  If it wasn't, it's on the very very VERY short list.

But some points:

• The last time a Sunday afternoon went with only game within a possession was Week 7 -- 2009.
• The last time a full Sunday had only one game within a possession -- Week 7  -- 1993.
• And the 1993 Sunday had only 8 games.
• And those two, W7 2021 and W7 1993, are the only two times since 1976.  You'd have to go back to the final week of 1975 to get anything comparable.

I'm going to say a realization I had, looking into especially these last two weeks:

The NFL is using the manipulation of these last-minute finishes to paper over a completely shit league.

Keep in mind:  Six teams in the AFC have two losses.  Five teams in the NFC have one or fewer, and another is 4-2.  Meaning 12 NFL teams are 4-2 or better.

Just watch the video if you can.  He does a good job with the research.