Another unsurprising update...

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. 

Kneeland Update -- appears we have a CTE case here...

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...  

NOW we have grounds for a Federal investigation (NCAA)...

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. 

Discipline Blotter Update

Frankie Luvu won his appeal, but it's $150,000 in fines -- $100,000 for him, $50,000 for the team.

Wrong decision. 

I expect this story to end exactly how I think it will end...

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. 

Probably the highest-profile sacrifice to football yet...

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? 

2025 Week Nine Political Rankings

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! 

 

2025 Week Nine Discipline Blotter, Part One

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. 

And you can remove Green Bay AGAIN...

How?

And Indianapolis...  And Detroit!

Eek. 

2025 Week Eight Discipline Blotter

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.

• Marlon Humphrey of the Ravens drew the short straw this week.  $46,371 for use of the helmet.  Repeat offender with that from the playoff game with Buffalo, AND from a November 2024 with Cincinnati, in which he was fined twice!  That is his eighth NFL fine in his eighth year with the league -- more concerning, it's his sixth in a calendar year.  Suspension, Roger???  Please?  I know there's no way to take a fine into a third tier, under the general fine schedule, but this would qualify on at least two grounds!
• Frankie Luvu of the Commanders also got $46,371, this one for a hip-drop tackle.  Was fined a month ago for the some offense.  That's HIS fourth fine in a calendar year, after receiving only one fine (for a role in a fight) in his first five-plus years in the league!
• Oh, lookie, it's DK Metcalf!  $12,172 for a striking, etc. offense.  His SIXTEENTH NFL fine since his career started in 2019.  First this year, only two last year after five the year before.

2025 Week Eight Political Rankings

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:

• Detroit would probably be the best "shoot" pick, but how much, barring a situation like last year, do they want to go to the well of a city like that?
• ... which see Philadelphia.
• Seattle is probably too much in that liberal northwest corner...
• There has been some talk that the Rams might be getting pushed, but I'd have to think that's to lose, if it was...

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. 

After Further Review: And there's the completion...

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…

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

— MLFootball (@MLFootball) October 28, 2025

 

🚨🚨THE REFS STRIKE AGAIN🚨🚨

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

— MLFootball (@MLFootball) October 28, 2025

After Further Review: This one might not have changed a result, but it shows...

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

Call cost them four points. They still won 23-3, but...

Probably the least surprising news of the weekend...

Adrian Peterson.

DWI and weapons charges near Houston, his second DWI in seven months.

He remains in jail today.

Gee what a fucking shock. 

After Further Review: This is what happens when your team is an irrelevancy and a joke...

 

A compilation of bad calls on the #Giants:

-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

— The Giants Report (@GiantsReport1) October 26, 2025

Shame?  The NFL?  You jest!

After Further Review: Brown County Went To Trump By Eight Points

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

Packers win 35-25.  They ARE now the #1 Political in the NFC.

Very Un-Goodwellian Week Eight here!!!

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. 

Almost certainly ANOTHER sacrifice to the sport of football:

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... 

2025 Week Seven Political Rankings

NFC:

Really, it's a crapshoot right now.  Eight teams have two losses or fewer.

• No one is going to convince me Green Bay is for real until they can show that they can't just luck their way to 27 points and winning that way.  The offense is stout, 27 points in each of their four wins and 40 with Dallas.  But the defense has not gotten to snuff yet.  Sunday night in the COVIDIOT Bowl might tell us more.  Unless the Bullshit Is Real.
• Philadelphia would be a nice job-counter to a more MAGA AFC team, and that's about all I can say.  They are 5-2 though.
• Detroit is 5-2, and would be a nice shoot pick, but I can't think that the people (more, IMODO, person) involved in making the decision wants a Philadelphia or a Detroit to win the Super Bowl
• ... or a 5-2 San Francisco
• ... or a 5-2 LA Rams
• ... or a 5-2 Seattle, though that would probably be the best option of those five, if it weren't on the liberal West Coast.
• Tampa's 5-2, but that loss to Detroit has just shuffled them back into the deck a bit.  Still would probably be the best choice of the ones I've listed, but...
• And Chicago is 4-2...  Somehow.

AFC:

1. Indianapolis
2. New England
3. Denver
4. Pittsburgh (to be re-evaluated after the COVIDIOT Bowl Sunday night...) 

The rest of the 2025 Week Seven Discipline Blotter

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:

• Rachaad White of the Buccaneers got the big one this week:  $46,271 for repeat-offender with the helmet.  Leading his helmet, as the ball-carrier, into a Lions defender.  In December of 2024, he was fined about the same amount for the same foul, even though Spotrac doesn't have a record of a third fine for that. 
• Apparently, another Denver player was fined for contact with the official late in the game with the Ants.  It is apparently Justin Strnad who the referee got out of the way, enraging Greenlaw.  Strnad was fined, contact with the official, but only $15,486.
• Five taunting fines this week.  (One ball as prop, one violent gesture)
• Three other "use of the helmet" fines.
• Four hip drop tackles. 

Another probable criminal investigation needing to happen...

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.  

And the situation MAY, if true, have just gone terminal for the NBA...

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.

 

This now just became a far bigger story than I think anyone is going to choose to admit.

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:

• Terry Rozier, point guard for the Miami Heat 

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.

• Damon Jones, no longer in the NBA, but a former player and assistant coach for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

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:

• Chauncey Billups, HEAD COACH of the Portland Trailblazers

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. 

Another sacrifice to football?

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. 

After further review (?) and 2025 Week Seven Discipline Blotter: This one is interesting...

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:

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

— Alex Wilcox (@AlexWilcoxTV) October 20, 2025

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. 

After further review: They do like Philly more than they like Minnesota, BUT...

This wasn't a catch.

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. 

2025 Week 6 Discipline Blotter

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.) 

• Brian Branch's suspension stands.  He sits this Sunday.  Good. 
• Maybe, just MAYBE, are the players getting the hint on taunting?  I think this is the second week in a row the only unsportsmanlike fine or fines (one this week) were for the ol' Finger du Middle.
• Biggest fines of the week:  Patrick Queen of the Steelers gets $23,186 for roughing the passer to the head.  Call that what it is:  Spearing.  Launch helmet-to-helmet and that should've been the rest of the game on the bench for him.
• The other $23,186 fine was L'Jarius Sneed of the Titans for a helmet foul.  Those usually get the biggest fines, as the league is trying to actively prevent the lowering of the head to bullrush move on both sides of the ball.  Sneed looks like this was a helmet shot to get a tackle.
• Trent Williams got an oddly-captioned fine, but correct.  Eleven grand for an altercation away from the ball when he tried to rip an opponent's helmet off by the face mask.

2025 Week 6 Political Rankings

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.

• Philly is definitely into the "Show Me, Don't Tell Me" column, especially with a loss to the LOLCOW Ants.  (Washington would be a better choice for them, especially with Trump trying to make the entire city about himself, but they are 3-3.)
• Detroit appears to be a no at this point, especially with the NFL insidiously telling them to get their house in order with the whole Brian Branch thing -- and then NFL Films promptly throwing Branch completely under the bus later in the week.  Detroit would be a very good "shoot" pick (Good team, willing to play for their coach, can win big games the last couple years), but I don't see it as a political one, and I think they are in the beginnings of an active de-push.
• Minnesota has feasted pretty well on the AFC (they've already played three of their four AFC opponents, going 2-1), but this definitely appears like a "not this year" pick.  Minnesota and Philadelphia play this week to start dealing with the congestion.
• Chicago is just plain out because it's Chicago.  Two 25-24 road wins cannot be ignored, but let's see if they can beat a team with more quality than the Commanders.
• Atlanta is a no, I think, because of Michael Penix.  That said, they have had some solid wins this year over teams they probably should not have beaten.  3-2 is better than I think some of them had pinned Atlanta for.
• San Francisco is a no because San Francisco, and the injuries will take care of that real soon.
• The Rams, like the Chargers, are a no because LA.  I really do think the Orange Fatfuck is going to have a lot to say about who wins the Super Bowl this year (maybe he can steal the Lombardi and put it next to his stolen World Cup), and that means LA is completely out.
• Seattle??  Probably too liberal of a city for them, checks the rest of the boxes.

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. 

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. 

2025 NFL Week 4 Political Rankings

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. 

2025 NFL Week 4 Discipline Blotter

20 fines this week in the Gameday Accountability report.  (Scroll to Week 4 if you see this later.)

• Two biggest fines are Christian McAffrey of the 49ers and Frankie Luvu of the Commanders, both just over $23,000 for lowering the helmet on somebody.
• Jalyx Hunt of the Eagles drew two $6,834 fines.  A first-quarter blindside block and a third quarter hip-drop tackle.
• Only two taunting fines this week, both Seattle. 

The NFL Thanks You For Your Service, Rams

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.  :) 

Two parties completely ignorant of today's reality:

1. The University of Colorado, fined $50,000 today by the Big XII Conference for starting a "Fuck The Mormons" chant against BYU.  BYU won 24-21.  Gee, you think that happens if Prime isn't coach?
2. The NFL.  Not for naming Bad Bunny the Super Bowl 60 halftime show -- but the show will be in Spanish.  I can't see that flying with Rump around.   

2025 Week 3 Discipline Blotter

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.

• Brian Branch is a three-time loser for Detroit.  A low block docks him another almost 12 grand.
• Quinnen Williams should probably have been ejected -- for two fineable personal fouls.  He's about $29,000 lighter for a first-quarter facemask and a third-quarter hip drop tackle.
• Biggest ones are three $23,000+ fines.  Two for use of the helmet to butt your way forward, a third a hit on a defenseless player. 

Week 3 Political Rankings

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. 

Care to tell us anything, ACC?

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. 

Speaking of having our answers, the one we all expected....

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. 

And I think we have our answer, Mr. LaFleur?

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. 

A rare bit of awesome in this madness...

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.

 

And there goes that #1 ranking in about five minutes of the fourth quarter.

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. 

2025 Week Two Political Rankings

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. 

2025 Week Two Discipline Blotter

The Gameday Accountability post for the week is out from the NFL:

• Saquon Barkley got the biggest one of the week, and with all fines already doubled to the Eagles from just Week 1, that was nearly 100 grand between Barkley $46,371 and the team having to match it.
• Of the 19 fines this week, seven were for various forms of unsportsmanlike conduct.  The fines don't work there, people.  There's going to have to be ramifications on the scoreboard, just like in college.
• CeeDee Lamb should've been tossed from last week's game, as he got dinged twice.  Taunting in the second quarter, and a violent gesture in the fourth.  
• So should've George Pickens, who got two fines from the same play, and it was the same play of the violent gesture of Lamb's.  Those fines totalled about $55,000, but should've resulted in suspension for both Pickens and Lamb, because both should've been tossed.
• Lamb was flagged for the second-quarter foul, part of a play in which FOUR penalties were called on the same play.  The Giants had too many on the field and committed roughing the passer (unfined) AND defensive pass interference against Lamb's taunting foul.
• None of the three fines from the fourth quarter were penalized.  Lamb WOULD have been tossed, Pickens should have been.
• A fifth fine for a leg-whip brought the week's total for the Cowboys over $60,000.  That puts Dallas about $10,000 from matching everything already.  That's seven fines for the Cowboys in two weeks.
• Mr. Taylor Swift, in another evidence the league may finally be done with the Chiefs, got about $14,500 himself for "obscene gestures".  Unflagged after a long completion.
• The league's just gotta decide to allow New York to get involved in unflagged fouls, under the guise of "clear and present error".  That's just becoming evident. 

Statistic of the Week, from Jake the... AWAKE???

(OK, you're probably still an asshole, but...)

One of Jake's Points of Emphasis is the old song he likes to do, "Return of the Doink", a personal remake of the old hit "Return of the Mack" to highlight the number of balls that hit uprights, especially when it happens inexplicably.

The statistic?  We have had EIGHT upright shots in the first two weeks.

Let.  That.  Process. 

2025 Week One Discipline Blotter, Part The Rest

Sorry, been a Hell of a week, and this is a week where I am probably not allowed an opinion on the very central subject of the week (non-sports).

You may eventually get it anyway, but we'll see.

As for the rest of the blotter, there's no need to continue to list it as the NFL does so on a week-to-week basis themselves now.  (Scroll to Week 1 if you see this in a later week.)

But there are some points to be made:

• Counting the suspension incident, which was not in Saturday's announcement, there were 17 total fineable offenses in the NFL for Week 1.
• True to the NFL's Point of Emphasis on Taunting fouls, six of them were for Unsportsmanlike Conduct fouls.
• Counting the suspension incident, there were six fineable offenses in that Thursday night opener.  Four for Philly, two for Dallas.
• Including the biggest other fine of the week, a hip-drop tackle which cost Philadelphia's Jakorian Bennett over $23,000 and the Eagles over $110,000 as a team, as well as dollar-for-dollar for all fines going forward this season under the new policy.
• Brian Branch probably should've been ejected against the Packers, as he was fined for two separate incidents on the same play (a facemask and a taunting) less than five minutes into the game.
• Is the NFL looking harder at the national games?  Six incidents in the Thursday nighter, one Friday night, four in the National Game of the Week in Green Bay, two in the Monday nighter -- that's 13 of the 17 incidents.

2025 Week One Discipline Blotter, Part One

• Philadelphia Eagles:  Jalen Carter IS suspended one game.

Kind of.

He will lose the Week 1 paycheck, rendering a $57,222 mark against the team for the new remittance policy.  (All fines are paid also by the team at $94,500, including the first $94,500 -- with a maximum of $75,000 per incident.)

Announced today by the NFL, the suspension is deemed served because of the timing of the incident, being that he never played.

It is unknown, at this point, whether Carter will play Week 2's Super Bowl rematch with Kansas City -- but that will be a team issue and handled in-house, per the Eagles head coach. 

And then a classic which all but eliminates Baltimore Week 1...

Sixteen unanswered including a field goal at the gun, and Buffalo all but ensures any rematch with Baltimore is in Buffalo, 41-40.

Well, the Lamar Jackson pick took a nice dive right there.

ESPNBet still has them at the top two for the Super Bowl futures (+550 for Buffalo, +650 for Baltimore, +700 for Philly, +800 for Green Bay, +1000 for Kansas City), so how would I look at a Week 1 Political Rankings with Chicago vs. Minnesota tonight?

NFC:

1) Washington

2) Green Bay

and they play on Thursday.  But there is an important play here.

He is trying to position himself, him being the Pigfucker, as the center of American culture and sport.  He held another audience yesterday, this at the US Open Men's Final.

The biggest problem I have with both of these picks is the same problem I have with Baltimore now:  If Donald Trump is the play, the quarterback almost certainly has to be White.  That's Jayden Daniels out, that's Jordan Love out, that's Lamar Jackson out, that's Patrick Mahomes out.

The reason, however, these two still top my NFC Political Rankings is the military power desired to be asserted in Washington and the rural power (which overwhelmingly votes Trump) in Packer Nation.

3) and a distant 3rd at that, Philadelphia

They play Kansas City this week at Arrowhead.  But that's not the problem.  If the NFL wishes to take it's sportsmanship initiative seriously, you will see Jalen Carter pay, and pay huge, for that incident before the opening play.

Current word is that Carter still may be suspended as of posting this.

Once you get beyond Philly, it gets rather tentative on political ends:  San Fran is too liberal, LA is probably facing a full martial law scenario after the Super Bowl through the World Cup, Arizona is just a flat no, and Tampa is just meh.

Biggest drop:  Detroit.  For the same reason that the Buffalo win reshapes the AFC, Detroit (until they got punched in the mouth by Green Bay, a hungry Green Bay at that, in one of the more convincing wins of the week) now probably has an uphill battle.

AFC:

1) Queasy, but Buffalo.

Same concept as Green Bay, White quarterback, you probably get most of the marks checked off with this.

2) Pittsburgh

Pleasedon'ttelltheYinzer... Pleasedon'ttelltheYinzer... Pleasedon'ttelltheYinzer... Pleasedon'ttelltheYinzer...

But that's one mark on the Aaron Rodgers situation.

They're, more, #2 in the AFC, at least for Week 1, because they check all the marks.  Right-wing White quarterback, less urban of a following than their Philadelphia counterparts.

Biggest drop:  Baltimore and Kansas City took pretty significant drops, but I think you have to go Miami here.  Probably the flattest performance of Week 1 in a 33-8 loss to Indianapolis. 

Seven hours, forget the commercial-free... It's Week 1... Let's see how long it takes for things to go caca today...

• I wasn't going to pay to begin with on the old NFL situation.  How do they expect me to want to pay $40 a month because they now own 10% of ESPN?
• Jalen Carter of the Eagles is almost-certain to be suspended, but I am surprised they are waiting til Monday, especially with the mention of the sportsmanship Point of Emphasis this year in this morning's discussion on the wait for the Eagles star.
• Ten of the first fourteen games finished within one score...
• ... including COVIDIOT-8's coming out party against the Jets. 
• Only three Cliffhangers though.
• Through fourteen games, the average total is about 38.5. 
• Home teams are only 7-6. 

Upon Further Review (Week 1, Part 1): With one exception on the "On The Float" "Anybody's Year" theory...

It sounds like that Dallas-Philly situation just got substantially more complicated, and the fact that the NFL hasn't immediately levied a three-game or so initial suspension on Eagles star defender Jalen Carter shows there may be more to this story than first meets the eye.

Including:  Did Dak spit on Carter first?  About the only reason one might not think that is that New York had jurisdiction to eject Dak Prescott on the play, once "non-football acts" were involved.

It appears that Dak Prescott may have been interpreted as to spit on Carter's feet, which obviously got the inappropo (and still a multiple-game suspension-worthy foul!) response from Carter.

That might explain, even with such an act, why the NFL decided to have the Eagles win anyway, when there was no case for them to do so otherwise.  To literally have an incident like that before Play One is usually an indicator (at least to me) that something fishy is going on...

I still think the Eagles are gonna pay for that big-time, however.  They'll just wait. 

Edit to add Tuesday afternoon:  Carter gets the game he never played in, and loses the paycheck.  Probably some mitigation by Prescott's actions -- and that could be actionable on Saturday as well. 

 

Well, if this ain't interesting...

Meet your NFL Kickoff ad for the opening weekend of the season and ask yourself if you see something odd:

An NFL ad that basically says it could be anyone's year -- after the league effectively had to change course for the Super Bowl because they got caught...

And then, the Chargers beat the Chiefs in Brazil last night to "back it up".

Is this going to basically be the play here?  The Return Of "Any Given Sunday"? 

There are no coincidences, Part I, II and III...

Brian Tuohy always puts that tagline (or at least used to) on the end of many of his commentaries on his website.

Yesterday and today, we got three good examples as to why...

Either the opening day of the NFL or the opening day of the $40/month ESPN/NFL+ package (which was yesterday), two men were arrested in Egypt yesterday and efforts made to close down the world's largest sports-piracy site, StreamEast. 

Also, ESPN shill Pat McAfee trying to shill for his new owners, as the fact that the seven hours of football where Every Touchdown Will Be Aired will no longer be commercial-free as of this season.  (NFL RedZone, and, trust me, fans are not happy. 

But then we get to the opening kickoff of tonight's first game, with the champion Eagles hosting the Cowboys, and not only have the Eagles lost Jalen Carter for probably Week 1 and 2 (disqualified from the game for spitting on Dak Prescott), but have lost Ben vanSumeren for the season due to a torn ACL on the play.

As of when I hit send, it's 17-14 Cowboys, the Eagles are driving, and no punts have been had for the entire first half. 

ETA:  Whoops.  Make that 21-17 Eagles with less than a minute to go in the first half.  The difference being the Cowboys were held to a field goal. 

Does Major League Baseball want to just leave Florida to Spring Training??

Sure sounds like it, if incidents like this are any indication.

Redditor attends what probably is going to be his last Tampa Bay Rays game.

He somehow comes into possession of the 40th home run of the season by Rays slugger Junior Camineros.

Security at the ballpark physically accosts the fan, demanding that the ball is now the property of MLB and the Rays (and I would not be surprised if that is the "answer" for all the big-money balls of the roid freaks of the 2000's) -- the fan isn't entitled to anything for it.

It finally escalates to the point that the next time the fan might be allowed in the ballpark is going to be some point next season.  Not only is the ball taken from him, he's banned six months after Florida Man Security physically attacks him.

No word on whether that clock actually stops in the offseason, but I think it's clear they might as well not bother letting him back in the stadium at all.

Well, we know the phraseology to that:  FUCK ROB MANFRED!!! 

And more evidence this ESPN deal is bad for football...

"Seven hours of commercial-free football..." is no longer commercial-free.

Pat McAfee announced today that part of the NFL-ownership of ESPN is going to be that the RedZone channel will now have full commercials.

One can only hope that the commercials will be spaced out (early in games, not during the classic "Witching Hour"), but that has to be doubtful.

Wonder what my former "friends" at the pirate site I used to drive up the wall about the games being rigged -- that is, until I found out that the main person behind Baked (as in 420'd) was a Trump supporter... -- are going to think about full ads in the RedZone coverage. 

More evidence the games are rigged...

So Belichick goes to UNC with a hot girlfriend and a new team.

Pretty much all new, and he's primetime on ABC at home against TCU.

I think we have an answer as to who made who here:  TCU ROFLStomped them 48-14. 

After two years off, it's time for a 2025-26 NFL Predictions Post

First off, a couple of things:

 

1) The NFL got caught red-handed for Super Bowl Week last year.

 

The NFL had to openly address the rigging of games on Super Bowl Week -- and it was, thence, no coincidence at all that the Eagles won one of the worst (and most lop-sided) Super Bowls in recent memory.

 

What basically became clear was the NFL got nailed for the last couple of years being so blatantly rigged for the Chiefs.  And, especially with last week's news of the Swift-Kelce engagement, only that the NFL got called on it's blatant pimping of the Chiefs to their faces finally got them to back off -- and the game which resulted showed that the Chiefs had no business in that Super Bowl in the first place.

 

And then there's Pigfucker and all that...  One of the reasons I am genuinely surprised the engagement took place.  Kelce, apparently, had little problem bending the knee upon command, which made me surprised that the wedding is still on.  Especially true with Swift showing her pussy...  (CAT), in telling the world she opposed the Pigfucker.

 

2) I have made no secret that ESPN has made itself to get into the business of college football -- and they may finally be willing to consummate the whole Penn State debacle into a national title this year...

 

... but that's not this post.

 

Whatever the result, I do get the idea there will be even more games than some years to pump money into the ESPN-NFL semi-merger.  This means more Cliffhangers and more games relevant late in the season.

 

I'd wager money I don't have that there could be more games decided late in the fourth quarter (you know, at least for the early games, that "Witching Hour" where the NFL rigs losses into wins and wins into losses...)...

 

Gets banned from Baked again...

Oops.  

On to the picks...

AFC: 

East:  The real question, to me, in the East is whether they can keep Tua on his feet the entire year.  Especially given the marriage back into college football, I could easily see them picking Tua and the Dolphins, if but only if they can keep him afloat.  I know everybody thinking about Buffalo, but you can't (which see Green Bay) keep only at some level for so long and not have people wondering.

Miami if Tua stays afloat, Buffalo if not.

North:  So that's where COVIDIOT-whatever his number is going to be this year landed.  And no, I can't blame the disgust of Urinating Tree -- not only for being such a self-centered idiot, but a supporter of Pigfucker and RFK Jr. as well.  This will probably be the most-pimped run of the year, with Rodgers and Lamar both in the same division.

Obviously, Rodgers won't be around long, but I do think Lamar takes it.

Ravens if Lamar can last the season, Pittsburgh if not.

South:  The two South divisions are just open jokes.

Race to 9.  Wins. Whoever gets there first, gets the division.  Jacksonville?

West:  Kansas City.  NEXT!! 

Wildcards, assuming health:  Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati.

Over-under on Shedeur Frauders seeing the field:  Week 8.

NFC:

East:   All I know is that it won't be Dallas after they threw in the towel with the Micah Parsons dump.

Washington for the Pigfucker, the defending champs in Philly have to be a factor, and the Giants are just a joke.

Go with Philly with enough Tush Pushes to get there.

North:  Could, again, be the best division in football this year. But be careful of being a fan of the Packers or Lions.  Lions probably have the slight edge because, if the NFL "lets go" and lets the best team win, it's not in Green Bay.

Even with Parsons on the Packers, it's in Detroit.

South:  Tampa by default.

West:   Much of the NFC is a stinkeroo except for the North and East, when you look at it.

Probably the Rams by default.

Super Bowl:  I, too, like ESPN's one guy posted today, kinda like the Lions (best and best coached) vs. the Ravens (with Lamar), but serious looks have to be given to Washington (Trump) and Green Bay (rural, hence Trump) with Kansas City (The American Royal Wedding) in the AFC.

So Lions vs. Ravens. 

The Worldwide Leader in Snorts Is Now Part of the National Religion

What might be the far bigger story of the pair, in reality, of the two I speak about in my relaunch article is that, a month or two ago, the NFL announced a partnership with ESPN that finally consummates what started with the NFL's cancellation of ESPN's Playmakers drama that came a little bit too close to home.

The NFL now owns ESPN in truth and actuality.

Or at least 10% of it.

In exchange for a whale of an amount of money, ESPN is now 10% owned by the NFL -- a fact which really should surprise nobody.

In fact, one of a number of launch promotions of the new partnership will allow, the NFL will allow their Redzone channel, the NFL Network, and ESPN to team up for forty dollars a month.

(Yay.  More Pay-TV.  Probably would pirate the shit if I didn't find out my main pirate source's main administrator wasn't a flaming Trumpie.)

(Probably lots to talk about about THAT too...)

But this partnership also means that the NFL and college football can work even closer together than they do now.

And that indicates even more skullduggery ahead.  Especially in a season after the NFL was uncategorically caught in it's skullduggery.

(One of the reasons I cannot take outside of face value a recent major NFL reporter on ESPN actually calling Ravens vs. Lions as the Super Bowl pick...)

(More on that...  Next post...) 

The Return of Super Fraud

 I need things to do to prevent me from going violent.

 That is basically the gist of it.

So much has changed in the nearly two years since I laid this blog down at the demand of a reader and a friend who insisted I was saying something I did not.

But we are where we are, and the fact of the matter is, my rage at the Trump dystopia knows very few bounds.

I need an outlet that's not going to get me in enough further trouble (and, trust me, I am in a bit more of it than I can even mention here at the moment.

I guess I'm going to get at least a bit of it out of the way here.  I have friends of mine in the transgender community.  There has been an organized effort, from Pigfucker Trump on down, to kill them all.

To put it simply, I believe that even the Democrats themselves would allow them to die if it gave them the sufficient votes to be relevant these days.

You, as a nation, are going to leave them alone to live their lives, or you will pay.

It's that simple, it's that direct, and I have very limited sympathy (really, only for the third-party victims) when all Hell breaks loose.

It's like a friend of mine in the community says repeatedly:  How much do you expect them to take?

It is clear that Stephen Miller wants them dead.

It is clear that he speaks for much of America who desires the same result.

There are things I cannot say to that regard, but the fact is:  Leave them alone or else.  Trans Rights Or Else.

There are right-wing influencers all over the Internet whose necks I want to snap.

This blog is an outlet (and I say that to everybody) to prevent such violence because I can't go there yet.

How certain am I that violence may be about to result, and all of that?

Today, the day I relaunch this blog, is the 55th birthday of Debbie Gibson.

Each and every passing day, I am more and more certain the NYPD needed to have me shot and killed that fateful night.

And no, Deborah...  You cannot be who you are -- basically her central message to everybody on said birthday.

You have to be acceptable first.  Just ask my friends in aggrieved communities like the trans community.

But, for now, and probably a degree of surreptitiously, I bring this blog back as a recreation.  As an act of something to do so I don't get myself in trouble in a manner which will have me lose the work that I was put on this Earth to do.

And no, not necessarily this blog in that regard, but I am far closer to being, in soccer terms, "sent off" and permanently this time.

Yes, it is about NFL season, can't blame the skeptical for thinking that might be part of the reason (especially with what probably are the two biggest NFL stories in a long, long time...).

But let's get to it.  We might as well...