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My Goodness, The Jaguars Are A Mess

It is remarkable just how quickly a team that was one competent quarter away from the Super Bowl, and still looked like world-beaters two weeks into this season, has so completely fallen apart. Remarkable not for the why of it—injuries have taken out their top wide receiver, top running back, top tw...

Justin Tucker's First Career Missed Extra Point Came At The Worst Possible Moment

Oh man, Justin Tucker pulled a John Carney. He pulled a damn John Carney against the team that had experienced a John Carney!...

Blake Bortles Gets Benched, And The Jaguars Are Tumbling

The Jaguars elected to bench Blake Bortles in the middle of today’s 20-7 loss to the Texans, instead opting to go with a quarterback that by definition would’ve been considered worse than Blake Bortles before the game. Surprisingly, he was slightly better....

The Eagles Blew A 17-0 Lead At Home In The Fourth Quarter

So how are the defending Super Bowl champs doing this season? An hour ago, things looked pleasantly optimistic! But, this instant… not so well....

Eric Reid Tries To Settle A Score With Malcolm Jenkins In Panthers-Eagles Coin Toss, Scuffles With Zach Ertz

Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid is grateful to finally have a job, and he’s also grateful to be on a football field so he can act on a grudge. Reid has a history with Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins, and got in his face before today’s game started....

Mitchell Trubisky Runs About 70 Yards For Eight-Yard Touchdown Run [UPDATE]

The Chicago Bears pulled ahead of the New England Patriots late in the first quarter by cashing in on a touchdown after the Pats fumbled a kickoff. How they did it was awesome: QB Mitchell Trubisky, dropping back to pass on third-and-six, ran about 50 yards in the backfield before scoring on an eigh...

Mike Vrabel Fucked That One Up

The Tennessee Titans lost 20-19 to the Melvin Gordon-less Chargers in London because they couldn’t pull off the two-point conversion they elected to go for instead of the game-tying extra point. Head coach Mike Vrabel’s final play call was a little too ballsy....

Ohio State Was Thoroughly Spanked

This was near the end of the devastation, but here’s a perfect example of how Purdue kicked Ohio State’s ass Saturday night:...

Report: Mike Leach Called Pac-12 Official "A Total Coward" In Series Of Texts About Player Safety

Even though he refused to comment after the game about the non-flagged helmet-to-helmet hit on his team’s quarterback on Sept. 21, Washington State head coach Mike Leach ripped into Pac-12 officials about player safety just days after the fact through text messages, according to documents Yahoo Spor...

Michigan State's First Score Comes From "Philly Special"-Type Play

Michigan State showed a national audience on Saturday that their in-state rivals, Michigan, were doing something else the Sunday of this year’s Super Bowl. On a 2nd-and-goal situation on the four-yard line, the Spartans ran their version of the famous “Philly Special” trick play to put up their firs...

Rutgers Still Doesn't Know How To Deal With Kickoffs

Rutgers football this season has been marred by self-inflicted mistakes and god-awful play that have hurled the team down to a 1-6 record with no wins in conference play. Returner Isaih Pacheco must have thought that the only way to save the lost year is with some semblance of consistency because he...

Devin Bush Jr. Takes His Hatred Of Michigan State Out On Midfield Spartan Logo After Pregame Scuffle

College rivalries are always better when the players seem to be into it just as much as the fans are. The Michigan-Michigan State rivalry is no exception, and Wolverines linebacker Devin Bush Jr. fucking hates MSU—or he does now, at least....

The Jaguars Don't Want To Wait For Their Hamstrung Running Back

Jaguars running back Leonard Fournette lasted for about one half in the team’s season opener before he injured his hamstring. He missed two games, returned for Week 4 against the Jets, and hurt his hamstring again. After being ruled out for Sunday, Fournette will now miss three straight games. Jacks...

Odell Beckham Jr. And The Giants Aren't On The Same Page On Drinking Water

Odell Beckham Jr., an NFL superstar who has had to leave multiple games this year to receive IVs because of cramping, dislikes drinking water because it gets all “sloshy” in your stomach. Come on....

Now That's A Guy To Remember

Here Is Just A Totally Absurd Von Miller Highlight

Few things on a football field are easier to overlook than what goes on at the line of scrimmage. But sometimes a player does something so spectacular within that grunting tangle of limbs and padding that it can’t help but stand out as a highlight. Von Miller is one player capable of producing such ...

The Cardinals Shouldn't Be Allowed To Do This To David Johnson

The Arizona Cardinals, a team brewed in the depths of a toilet, possess a great gift. They have David Johnson, which means they have something that many NFL teams do not have: a running back who can stay on the field for all three downs and is just as dangerous as a receiver as he is a runner. Someo...

The Arizona Cardinals Are Toilet Soup

Von Miller called his shot earlier this week when he said his team would kick the Arizona Cardinals’ asses. The Broncos, who had lost four straight, had planned to take out their frustrations in tonight’s game. The hopeless bird men were happy to oblige....

Why The NFL Dumped Its Anthem Policy

NEW YORK — The NFL was really feeling itself at this week’s fall meetings in lower Manhattan. Scoring is through the roof! Games are historically close! Ratings are up! Concussions are down! It was impossible to chat up a league official without being reminded of how swell things are going, and ain’...

The NFL Is Screwing Over Defenses, And I Love It!

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