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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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
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.
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.)
And you mean to tell me the league can't review that? If not, change the damn rule!DK Metcalf appears to have an altercation with a Detroit fan pic.twitter.com/a478Zjg3tR
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) December 21, 2025
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.
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!!
— John Frascella (Football) (@NFLFrascella) December 19, 2025
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
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!
Then, three and out for the Rams and TWO PLAYS LATER...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.
— MLFootball (@MLFootball) December 19, 2025
😬😬😬
You would think he is calling a 35-7 game… Not the biggest game of the season.
pic.twitter.com/7DOUIDkc4t
Here's the touchdown that ended up tying the game. See if you notice the same thing I did...
DARNOLD TO BARNER TOUCHDOWN!
— NFL (@NFL) December 19, 2025
LARvsSEA on Prime Video
Also streaming on @NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/9eU3fOGMT9
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.
— Kevin Smith (@KTSmithFFSN) December 19, 2025
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
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.
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.
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
Just in the last couple of days:
Elsewhere:
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
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
— Bad Sports Refs (@BadSportsRefs) December 7, 2025
pic.twitter.com/Fjwko8tynP https://t.co/ApWShGlo0S
Dave Portnoy of Barshit takes it too far. As he has openly called for the murder of head coach Pete Carroll.
Seriously.
No joke.
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
It's about 15 minutes after the most bullshit CFP reveal, and, already, there are five pieces of news coming from it.
Week 13's Gameday Accountability list is out -- scroll down if applicable.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
So what do we have here?
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.
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.
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...
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!
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?
So let's go this route:
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:
... 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.
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!
Well, they didn't behave this week. Twenty-five incidents, including the Luvu $150,000 fine ($100K himself, $50K team under Club Remittance) incident.
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.
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...
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.
Frankie Luvu won his appeal, but it's $150,000 in fines -- $100,000 for him, $50,000 for the team.
Wrong decision.
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.
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?
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!
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.
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.
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:
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.
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…
— MLFootball (@MLFootball) October 28, 2025
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
🚨🚨THE REFS STRIKE AGAIN🚨🚨
— MLFootball (@MLFootball) October 28, 2025
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
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
Adrian Peterson.
DWI and weapons charges near Houston, his second DWI in seven months.
He remains in jail today.
Gee what a fucking shock.
A compilation of bad calls on the #Giants:
— The Giants Report (@GiantsReport1) October 26, 2025
-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
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
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.
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...
NFC:
Really, it's a crapshoot right now. Eight teams have two losses or fewer.
AFC:
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:
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.
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.
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:
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.
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:
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.
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.
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:
— Alex Wilcox (@AlexWilcoxTV) October 20, 2025
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
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.
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.
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.)
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.
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.
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...
New York is not supposed to be involved in calls like that. At least not under the rules we know...Lions HC Dan Campbell confirms that the officials told him New York stepped in to overturn Jared Goff’s touchdown.
— NFL Retweet (@NFLRT) October 15, 2025
The officials previously said that New York was NOT involved in the call…
Refs need to be investigated.
pic.twitter.com/EpUR2gbhCs
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.
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.
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.
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) October 13, 2025
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
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.
30 seconds to go, Chiefs up 4, 1st and goal.
Explain this lack of effort on that play by the Chiefs Chris Jones...
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.
So here we go again:
NFC:
1) I'm not really sure that the people who are going to make this decision want Philly or Detroit (almost certainly the two best teams in the NFC right now, or now-4-1 San Francisco...
Philadelphia gets #1 by a fair degree of default, though I don't think they will get there at the end.
2) Seattle
3) San Francisco
Especially if Donald Trump wants to make a production out of dealing with Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl, he's not going to want a Black QB.
AFC:
1) Buffalo
... which is why I still think Buffalo is the Super Bowl favorite at this point, not close.
2) Pittsburgh
The bullshit IS real. They're 3-1 somehow, and I think that COVIDIOT-8 would make for a very good political choice for Herr Trump.
20 fines this week in the Gameday Accountability report. (Scroll to Week 4 if you see this later.)
Threw the game three separate times AND Return of the Doink (which is the 11th field-goal doink in the first 65 NFL games, per Jake...).
Here's a compendium from Tom Grossi as to the disaster that led to San Francisco winning tonight...
The NFL won't let you embed videos with game footage. Besides, how many of the old videos on this blog have been toasted by now?
Edit to add: Tom knew what was coming. :)
No, I haven't worked as hard at this as I used to. There are many factors contributing. Some of them I could mention, some of them I definitely cannot.
So here's a brief look at the NFL's Week 3 Gameday Accountability Report. Remember to go down to Week 3 if you see this later.
As we head to Ireland for an NFL game for the first time (much to the chagrin of COVIDIOT-8), a look at where we are:
NFC:
1) A reluctant Philadelphia, mainly due to lack of other options.
2) Tampa Bay
I can't see them going San Francisco, on true politics. Green Bay takes a huge drop with LaFleur throwing the game last week (and don't be surprised if Dallas wins the Sunday nighter).
On the other side: Will someone in the NFL look into the New York Giants sometime soon?
AFC:
1) Buffalo, now the Super Bowl favorite by a stiff margin.
2) Don't undersell Indianapolis as a Plan B.
On the other side: Retire, Tua, please. The Jets still suck. And so does the AFC South, outside Indy.
This play got Virginia the win over Florida State in overtime last night.
See if you see something the officials did and I did not...
He clearly bobbles the ball, but appears to have it well-gathered by the time he gets to the back of the end zone.
According to Virginia officials, 15 people were injured in the fan storm that ensued after Virginia won.
The NFL is a very fortunate place this season.
If you recall (and this was during the blog's hiatus), a lone gunman entered the building which houses the main NFL offices in New York on July 28 and opened fire.
Fortunately for the NFL, the elevator which the man took was to floors nowhere near the NFL offices.
Unfortunately for the destination of that elevator, Shane Tamura took four lives before ending his own.
He had grievances against the league and the sport, believing he was suffering from CTE.
Today, we find out he was right.
Low-grade CTE was found in Tamura's brain.
Was wondering why the team only put up ten points against the Cleveland Browns and then so spectacularly collapsed...
You threw the game to shut the team up, didn't you?
You came out today, as coach of the Packers, and publicly stated you were sick of the team squawking about being undefeated.
Well, knowing how the NFL works, I guess I now have to conclude the coaches threw the game to shut the team up.
We'll see how all that goes over next Sunday night in Dallas.
I used to remember this as a kid.
11 am, coming home from church, and I hear Brent Musberger telling us "YOU ARE LOOKING LIVE!" at several of the different stadiums where CBS was covering games that day.
Well, in a moment of being fair, Sunday, September 21, was the 50th anniversary of the first edition of "The NFL Today".
And CBS pulled out all the stops. Throwback outfits, hairdos, the graphics package (slightly updated for the occasion, but it's otherwise accurate), the closest they could come up with to the old-school CBS Sports Control where the show emanated for so many years...
And speaking of "so many years"... One more time, at EIGHTY-SIX YEARS YOUNG, Brent Musberger came on with the classic line.
What happened?
Up 10-0 in Cleveland, after holding them with a penalty to a field goal from 1st and goal at the 1.
Turnover for a TD to 10-10.
One good play, then it all goes backwards for Green Bay, blocked field goal, cliffhanger at the gun and Packer fans are left scratching their head.
NFC:
1) Green Bay
I do believe, end of the day, that Herr Trump is going to have a voice, if not the final word, as to who wins the Super Bowl this year. About the only reason, after the first two weeks, I am not even more sure on Green Bay (for the same reason I have NOT believed the Packers a relevant player in the past -- the rural nature of the fanbase) is the Black quarterback. I do believe a movement toward the White Right is a major player in all of this, and Jordan Love would be, frankly, a bit inconvenient.
I don't really have a #2 in the NFC at this point, but it's not because I think Green Bay is THAT FAR ahead of the matter.
Philadelphia is having major discipline problems this year, already fined over $300,000 for on-field offenses in the first two weeks, the team having to pay all fines backward and forward under the policy.
Tampa Bay would work with Baker Mayfield, but would the league want to go there? I could see it, but the NFC South is so weak, who knows how good they could actually pass off Tampa Bay to be?
San Francisco? Nuff said.
Los Angeles? Nuff said.
Arizona has the same problems they always have -- a fairly complete lack of a fanbase to market as Super Bowl champs.
Could easily see the NFC West getting the same rub the NFC North had last year, and the same result... 3 teams that high up, no playoff wins.
AFC:
1) Buffalo (already 3-0, so they'll have this spot for Week 3 as well)
They have the one thing Green Bay doesn't, a White quarterback. Hence, my current Super Bowl favorite.
Only the Bengals, Colts, and Chargers are 2-0. The Chargers are LA and have no fans, so they're down. Could easily see the Bengals and Colts getting a bit of a shove for the same reason I kinda like Green Bay and Buffalo right now. So maybe the Bengals and Colts a 2 and a 2A at this point.
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On the other side of the equation, some 0-2's to discuss:
Kansas City is really at the top of this list, and, though it is the Chargers and Philly (two teams which might have some relish this year), I think a large part of it is, in fact, the league knows it got caught and can't push Kansas City, even if it would otherwise want to.
I think the only other one to discuss is 0-3 Miami. The Tua situation is over, people. Retire him before he gets hurt.
The Gameday Accountability post for the week is out from the NFL:
