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Come On, J.J. Watt Should Be The MVP
J.J. Watt made NFL history today by being the first player to ever have two seasons of at least 20 sacks. Let's take this achievement as an opportunity to say that Watt should be this season's MVP, dammit....

Reports: Jim Harbaugh Will Be Named New Michigan Head Coach
After weeks of speculation and reports from curious sources, Fox Sports's Bruce Feldman is now reporting that Jim Harbaugh will be introduced as the new Michigan Wolverines head coach on Tuesday....

Pink Elephants On Parade: Your Guide to Ignoring the NFL Today
What a day for football, you guys! Here's a rundown:...

ESPN's Hollywood-Style Sam Ponder Camera Angle Was Weird
For Samantha Ponder's halftime interview last night with USC head coach Steve Sarkisian, ESPN used an approach rarely seen in television: a long lens, with shallow depth of field. It looked less like live sports programming—and more like Hollywood....

Josh Gordon And The Browns Team Up To Fuck Over Josh Gordon
The Browns announced Saturday that they had suspended wide receiver Josh Gordon for violating team rules, and placed him on the reserve/suspended list. According to Michael Silver, as well as numerous other reporters, Gordon (and Johnny Manziel, who is on injured reserve) missed a walk-through for...

Report: Rex Ryan Has Already Cleared Out His Office
How positive is Rex Ryan that he is going to be fired after six season as the New York Jets head coach? According to a report from Dom Cosentino, Ryan has already cleared out his office in advance of Sunday's game at Miami. Jets owner Woody Johnson has reportedly hired former Texans GM Charley Casse...

Did Brennan Clay Finally Get His Revenge On DeMarco "Spray Tan" Murray?
Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray missed practice Thursday with a reported illness. According to a source whose tips have proven accurate in the past, however, Murray wasn't sick. He was dealing with some off-the-field matters concerning girlfriend Heidi Mueller, thanks to a scorched-earth maneu...

Report That Andre Johnson Is Willing To Take A Pay Cut Is News To Him
Andre Johnson, the greatest receiver in Texans history and the longtime face of the franchise, may be somewhere else next year. He'll turn 34 during camp, and after a disappointing season, it'd be hard to justify the $16.1 million cap hit he'll carry. ...

It Took Four Days For Alex Smith To Find Out He Had A Lacerated Spleen
Alex Smith isn't going to start for the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday because he has a lacerated spleen. Smith suffered the injury during last Sunday's game against against the Steelers, but he didn't find out what had happened to him until yesterday....

Somehow, Chiefs WRs Still Haven't Caught Any Touchdowns
It is one of the most bizarre streaks I can recall, and 60 minutes away from a piece of pointless, fascinating history, and if your team is already out of it, you could do worse this Sunday than tuning into Chargers-Chiefs to see if Kansas City can complete its entire season without having one of ...

The Cardinals' Starting QB Will Be Ah Who Cares
This whole thing may be purely academic; the Cardinals are zeroing in on a road wild-card game, and Drew Stanton will probably be back by then. But, for the NFL completists out there: the third-stringer appears to have regained the inside track from the fourth-stringer for a likely-meaningless Week ...

How The NFL's Christmas Albums Crashed And Burned
In 1970, before the NFL was the marketing juggernaut it is today, a random ad man could swoop in and round up 26 teams to record 26 albums of Christmas carols. He thought it would make him rich. He ended up forced to unload a warehouse full of unsold records for scrap vinyl....

75-Yard Miracle Play Ruined By Failed Two-Point Conversion
This is perhaps the greatest college football play any of us have ever seen, and it was all for naught as Central Michigan went for two, and a 36-point comeback, and failed. CMU was down 49-14 at one point, and this play left the final 49-48—again, because they went for the win and didn't get it....

What We Know About The Confusing Saga Of Brennan Clay And "Spray Tan"
The love triangle—or possible misunderstanding—involving NFL free-agent running back Brennan Clay, his wife Gina D'Agostini, and Cowboys halfback DeMarco "Spray Tan" Murray has played out slowly since the end of November, offering enough twists and turns to confuse even those who know the involved...

This Guy Is Overwhelmed After Receiving Present From The Seahawks
Alex explains his story at the beginning of the video, but basically he met Robert Turbin's girlfriend in Kansas City when the Seahawks were playing the Chiefs, and she asked to take a picture in his Seahawks jacket. In exchange she was going to bring him to meet Turbin, but his phone died and he mi...

86 Players Not Named Odell Beckham Jr. Made The Pro Bowl
The NFL has announced the 2015 Pro Bowl rosters, and since you aren't going to watch the game nor do you actually care about the Pro Bowl, here's the actionable information: Odell Beckham Jr. did not make the team. Despite being tied for the fourth most TDs, having the third most yards per game, a...

Jim Harbaugh Once Smeared A Player's Blood On His Face Like War Paint
With the University of Michigan all but begging Jim Harbaugh to be their next coach, the stories about Harbaugh's maniacal competitiveness are coming fast and heavy. For instance, last week we learned about Harbaugh hunting down a 10-year-old kid while playing laser tag. But this latest story, from ...