After Further Review: I get the complaints, I do. BUT...

The Washington-Indianapolis game in London this morning basically blew out when Marcus Mariota got injured.

But that's not what has social media up in arms.

This is.  And JJ Watt (12 years in the league as a defensive end) had to get on to try to explain the distinction between this and two body-weight Roughing the Passer calls from last week:

Picture Perfect. Teach Tape. Not late, helmet to the side, hit him in the chest, brace the fall with arms so you don’t get the dreaded “body weight” flag. Perfection.

— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) October 4, 2026

I get the complaints.  I actually do.  More than a few people, with some cause, might actually want to ask what the distinction is.

The NFL provides this in the form of a video.  The hit is not declared "punishing" because of all the things Watt speaks of in his crediting of the hit.

When I try to talk about the rigging of the game, THIS is why I ask for video.  It's close.  It's DAMN close.  But it's not a foul.

After Further Review (College): Ask, and ye shall receive...

Keelon Russell should be arrested.

Because he saw fit to sniff his balls in the fucking end zone.

I’ve seen this celebration before… pic.twitter.com/qy2YIZmSmg

— CJ Vogel (@CJVogel_OTF) October 3, 2026

Game was also on ABC, making this another obscene FCC violation. 

By the way:  $2 million.

What is in the water in Colorado?

This may be one of the most bizarre things I have ever seen in college football.

Looking for video if it's findable, but Colorado State coach Jim Mora (yes, THAT Jim Mora -- "You play...  to win...  the game.") has, per ESPN, fired his defensive coordinator in the first half of a 56-26 loss to Oregon State.

After a couple of bad drives, Mora was seen pointing to the locker room tunnel and defensive coordinator Tyson Summer went down it.  At that point, cornerbacks coach Kenny McClendon took over.

It is no secret that Colorado State has one of the worst defenses in FBS.

But to fire one of your assistants during the game???

EDIT TO ADD Sunday 10:50 AM PDT:  Colorado State, by the end of the game, has given up 156 points in its last three games.  Two of them to Oregon State and Texas-San Antonio.

And, later, we also find out through CFB Reddit that Colorado called a timeout because only eight players had taken the field on a field goal block vs. #12 Texas Tech.

And when they came back out of the timeout, they only had nine!

EDIT TO ADD AGAIN:  And now word comes out that Texas Tech fans actually got their hands on Coach Sanders' offensive playbook and script before the game.

As I said, what is in the water lately in the state of Colorado??

Colorado: How many more before we get a full-on investigation here?

Regrettably, the first thing which might get Deion Sanders fired as head coach of Colorado is "The Buck Stops Here"...

Word today that Sanders has fired three defensive backs from the team:  A junior, a senior, and a fifth-year senior.  All for conduct issues.

He's going to get nailed in the record again, and then he basically is going to have two choices:  Another purge, like the one he had at the start of his stint at Colorado, or he's going to have to resign.

It is clear that there is a MAJOR CULTURE PROBLEM at the University of Colorado -- probably not unakin to that which famously had Sanders cut a significant portion of the team upon his hire.

2026 Week Three NFL Fine and Discipline Blotter

Before the Saturday report, we begin this week with an owner discipline:

• San Francisco:  Owner Jed York, banned from the team for six weeks and fined $500,000 for his prostitution arrest in August and no-contest plea.

And advisory, and all but an admission that the Sunday night game WAS rigged...

• LA Rams:  No monetary penalty, but a memo went out on Friday to indicate that teams and coaches should not divulge conversations with the referees and committee thereto regarding calls such as the key pass interference call which won Denver the game Sunday night.  Coach Sean McVay revealed earlier in the week that the NFL admitted that they should not have called the penalty.

And now, to the Saturday report.

The number of the counting is thirty, meaning 88 reported offenses by the National Football League (and several, including uniform violations, which were handled separately)...

After a week in which a half a million dollars in fines, and over 20 unsportsmanlike conduct fouls were given, this week, the league only did five:

Illegal Celebration:

• Denver:  Quinn Meinerz
• Denver:  and Jaylen Waddle, both dinged $14,926 for sharing an illegal celebration.  The celebration was a combination "using the ball as a prop" and a dice-rolling situation, which the league apparently thinks is too...  I can't even do that one with a straight face with all the gambling sponsorships.  The "ball as prop" might get Waddle's to stand, though.

Taunting:

• Carolina:  Lee Hunter, $10,174
• New York Giants:  Abdul Carter, $11,941

And one of the week's biggest losers:

• New England:  Mack Hollins, who got $11,941 for taunting
• New England:  Mack Hollins, ... on the same play he got $22,500 for use the helmet.

Speaking of the helmet fouls (and since we don't know if any of them fell under the Points of Emphasis, we still aren't 100% sure...):

• Atlanta:  Cameron Thomas, $8,333
• Carolina: Thomas Incoom, $9,222
• Detroit:  Jameson Williams, $23,417 -- with his two last week, that's THREE-TIME LOSER
• Minnesota:  Josh Metellus, $23,882
• New York Giants:  Cam Skattebo, $7,073

And the week's biggest loser:

• San Francisco:  Fred Warner, $23,882 for the helmet
• San Francisco:  Fred Warner, and another $17,911 AND a strike for potential suspension (his first) for a hip drop tackle.

So we might as well get to the Points of Emphasis fouls and strikes to suspension:

• Houston:  Azeez Al-Shaair is in trouble with the league for the third consecutive week, but it's his first not for the eyeblack:  $17,911 for a defenseless player foul, his first toward suspension.
• Houston:  Jamal Hill, $5,972 for a blindside block.  His first strike.
• Los Angeles Rams:  Kamren Curl, $17,911 for a hip drop tackle.  His first strike.
• New York Giants, Isaiah Likely, $17,911 for a blindside block.  His first strike.
• Pittsburgh:  Cole Holcomb, $11,041 for a blindside block on the opening kickoff.  

Yep, that's SIX.  Two hip drops, three blindside blocks, and a defenseless player fine.

And SEVEN helmet fouls.  If that's not in the Points of Emphasis, it needs to be.

And here are the rest:

Roughing the Passer:

• Buffalo:  Bradley Chubb, $17,911, late hit.
• New Orleans:  Danny Stutsman, $7,011, body weight on the quarterback.  TWO-TIME LOSER from the preseason.  And that was the one everybody was bitching about against the Raiders, so that one was called.   
• However, the other one, the one where Patrick Mahomes got splatted, was...  NOT FINED???  
• Seattle:  DeMarcus Lawrence, $17,911, head/neck.

Face Masks:

• Carolina, the team's third of the week:  AJ Dillon, $6,750
• Jacksonville:  Arik Armstead, $11,941
• Minnesota:  Dallas Turner, $11,941
• New York Giants, the team's FOURTH of the week:  Shelby Harris, $11,941

We have our first fine for a Roughing the Kicker foul:

• Cincinnati:  Cedric Johnson, $6,164

Chop Block:

• Jacksonville:  Nate Boerkircher, $8,625
• Tampa Bay:  Bucky Irving, $6,988

Low Block:

• Jacksonville:  Robert Hainsey, $6,750
• Kansas City:  Mansoor DeLane, $12,537

Striking, etc:

• Jacksonville, the team's FOURTH of the week:  Antonio Johnson, $12,537

And one more:

• Seattle:  Brady Russell, $11,111 for an act away from the play that was worthy of a fine.  Unnecessary hit, Chad Clifton Rule.  

After Further Review (College): We haven't even started Saturday yet...

Friday night game between Pitt and Virginia Tech.

35-33 Pitt, three seconds left, ball in the air at the gun...

This kick was declared NO GOOD...

Another team but a different conference, having a game rigged against them. @HokiesFB get robbed by the refs. #Rigged Nothing to see here.

pic.twitter.com/flE9HJw3lW

— Spicoli in Chapel Hill 🇺🇸 USA (@spicoli_75) October 3, 2026

That's now two games this year in the Power 4 (Michigan) with irrefutable evidence that the result was fucked with at the end. There may be a lot more games I say are rigged and all, but they usually don't come with this clean of irrefutable evidence.

After Further Review: Watch This Video Closely, Or You Miss The Point...

Another angle of that Roughing the Passer call on Miami to benefit Mahomes and the Chiefs has been released, and someone dissected it.

Again, to be clear:  The call was correct -- but as this particular poster on X put it, that's not the point.

Watch the video closely for timing on the part of the official on the right side of the screen in the black hat...

This ain’t about the rule, it’s about being #RIGGED https://t.co/KLs3IC3oI5

— Nate In The Booth (@BigNate412) October 2, 2026