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Robert Kraft Loves His Players A Little Too Much
Here's a tender moment between Patriots owner Bob Kraft and Vince Wilfork. It's sweet, and totally common for owners to share intimacy with their employees....

Marcus Vick Has Some First-Half Analysis Of His Brother
Marcus Vick was critical after the QB replaced Geno Smith in the first half, but he's still optimistic....

Geno Smith's First Quarter Performance, In One Vine
Jets quarterback Geno Smith got yanked after a first quarter performance for the ages. If you missed his spectacular display of passing, we made a Vine for you:...

Lions Fuck Themselves Into A Win
We're used to the Lions beating themselves, but today, Detroit screwed themselves so badly, they won....

Reports: The Seahawks Are Fed Up With Marshawn Lynch
Marshawn Lynch is the latest Seahawks player to find his name at the center of reports about the apparent melodrama that continues to play out in the team's locker room. According to multiple reports, Lynch has fallen out of favor with the organization, and the team does not plan to bring him back...

Your NFL Week 8 Viewing Maps
Morning football feels weird, and I don't understand how you West Coasters have adapted to this....

Ray Rice Blackface Halloween Costumes Are The Worst Idea
Dressing up as Ray Rice for Halloween is a bad idea. An even worse idea is dressing up as Ray Rice for Halloween and wearing blackface. ...

Cops: Shonn Greene Arrested After Series Of Poor Driving Decisions
Titans running back Shonn Greene made a small blunder Friday, allegedly parking in a handicapped spot. Police say he compounded that error by driving away from the parking enforcement officer attempting to ticket him, and made a string of decisions that resulted in him being arrested later that nigh...

Hey, The Falcons And Lions Are Playing At 9:30 A.M. ET Sunday
Yeah, we did a post touching on Sunday's Lions-Falcons game in Wembley Stadium, but an informal poll showed that most of us didn't know it would air on the East Coast at 9:30 a.m. We thought it'd be at 1 p.m. like usual. Anyway, now you know. Double-check your fantasy team and start drinking earlier...

You Get Three Questions Before Bill Belichick Changes The Subject
On Tuesday, Darrelle Revis was late to work, so Bill Belichick sent him home—or at least held him out of practice. It wasn't exactly clear. In his first time meeting with the media since then, Belichick was not about to make things any clearer....

Browns WR Exiles 2-Year-Old Son From House For Liking Bengals
Andrew Hawkins played three seasons for the Bengals, but he signed with the Browns this offseason. The wide receiver had to uphold the AFC North rivalry after Hawkins's two-year-old son said his favorite players were Bengals receivers Mohamed Sanu and A.J. Green....

Out-On-His-Feet Chargers Player Swears He Wasn't Concussed
Sometimes a concussion doesn't knock a player out, or even down. In the video above, keep an eye on Charges safety Jahleel Addae, No. 37, coming in from the left side of the screen. And keep in mind that he says it wasn't a concussion....

Peyton Manning Has Had It With The Broncos' Scoreboard Operator
Peyton Manning was his usual brilliant self last night's win, tossing for 286 yards and three TDs in what eventually turned into a rout of San Diego. But, ever the perfectionist, he showed his anger both during and after the game with the guy controlling the scoreboard at Mile High....

Police: Broncos Safety Punched Cab Driver, Tried To Hide In Mulch
John Boyett, a former Colts safety who was arrested in Sept. 2013 while yelling, "You can't arrest me, I'm a Colts player," was arrested Wednesday in a Denver suburb after the Broncos practice squad player's outing at a bar ended with him allegedly trying to hide from police by covering himself in m...

Branden Oliver Is San Diego's New, Improved Darren Sproles
The Chargers looked stacked at running back before the season started. Ryan Mathews would lead, Danny Woodhead would find some carries and work as a frequent pass-catcher, and Donald Brown would do... something—So nice to have you, Donald! By Week 5, Mathews, Woodhead, and Brown were sidelined by in...

Kevin Kolb Is Still Messed Up From Concussions
Former NFL quarterback Kevin Kolb gives The MMQB an as-told-to today, and it's weird to think of him as a "former" anything already. But a series of concussions ended his career and righteously fucked with his body and his brain, and it sounds like a good thing he called it quits when he did....


The NFL Fandom Map Of America, According To Twitter
We've seen this based on Facebook likes, but now Twitter's data team has released released its own interactive NFL fandom map: who each county in America roots for, based on the number of users who follow the team's official account....

Graphic: The Atlanta Falcons Don't Know Where London Is
To give Falcons fans an inside look on the team's journey across the pond for this weekend's game against the Lions, the team has posted an infographic detailing the travel schedule. It ... has at least a couple mistakes....