Afternoon Blogdome: Be Thankful This Is Not Your Team

• Whatever keeps my family from talking to each other: They should definitely take the Thanksgiving Day game away from the Lions. Or not. Either way, I'll be drunk on cranberry sauce. [ Sports Climax + Examiner] • Not begin in jail helps Is Matt Ryan the MVP? It's kind of sad when "he hasn't knowingly abused a defenseless animal" is a legitimate selling point. [ SportsPolitik] • I am nonplussed: Congratulations to these players for being the most statistically average players in all of Major League Baseball. They should be very content with their mediocrity. [ Mouthpiece Sports] • Mark Brunell is your new bicycle: Simply thinking about the Don James Era of Washington football has been known to cause brain tumors to spontaneously heal. [ Sports Northwest] • Hey, there's a baby on the table!: Is it hypocritical for the NBA to denounce gambling and then take advertising from casinos? I say we let this next spin of the roulette wheel decide. [ Slam Online]