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Put Away Your Pitchforks, Eli Manning Is Starting Again
The outrage that followed now-fired Giants coach Ben McAdoo’s benching of Eli Manning was mountainous and seemingly never-ending. Everyone had something to say about how badly the Giants fucked up, with an outpouring of support perhaps unprecedented for a player of Manning’s decidedly average talent...
Herm Edwards Flabbergasted By Small Football Jersey
Herm Edwards hasn’t been a professional football coach since 2008, and he hasn’t worked for a college team since the 1980s. Fashions and customs have certainly changed since then, apparently to Edwards’s surprise....
Chiefs Suspend Marcus Peters One Game For Throwing Flag Into Stands, Leaving Field
The Kansas City Chiefs, once 5-0 and Super Bowl favorites, are in a freefall. They’re 6-6 and tied with two other teams atop the AFC West. On Sunday, they went up 14-0 on the Jets five minutes into the game—and lost, 38-31....
Beyoncé Makes Surprise Appearance To Present Colin Kaepernick With <i>Sports Illustrated</i> Award
Beyoncé showed up at tonight’s Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Ceremony to present Colin Kaepernick with the Muhammad Ali Legacy Award, given annually to an athlete who uses sports as a platform to change the world....
Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: Trevor Siemian Is Just Kinda ... There
Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....
Doug Marrone's Ideal Meal Is A Bologna Sandwich By Himself
Now that the Giants have fired Ben McAdoo, someone else has to be the spiritual successor to Jim Tomsula, a former doormat salesman whose figurative and literal hunger earned him exactly one season leading the 49ers, but oh, what a season it was. Jaguars coach Doug Marrone already seems like a viabl...
Oh, God, This Was All So Brutal
Tonight’s Steelers-Bengals game was brutal—football that can charitably be described as “old-school” and accurately, necessarily described as “sickening.” The hits came and kept coming, with the injury count ticking upward. The night’s worst injury, though, happened only minutes after kick-off, when...
Just Try To Bring Down Alvin Kamara
Saints rookie running back Alvin Kamara has turned into an absolute force this season as he’s made tacklers miss left and right. Chances are your friend won’t shut up about how he’s rescued their fantasy football team. (Great move, you’re the Howie Roseman of your league. Now fuck off.) The 5-foot-1...
Saints Get Special Teams Excellence From A QB Named Taysom
For a long time, the backup Saints QB has been a cushy gig. Aside from one emergency Luke McCown start in 2015, New Orleans quarterbacks other than Drew Brees have thrown 10 passes this decade. So, third-stringer Taysom Hill’s best chance to actually play is at a position other than quarterback. Thi...
An Early Guide To The New York Giants' Head Coaching Search
On Monday, the New York Giants relieved head coach Ben McAdoo of his McAduties. It was somehow both a long time coming and abrupt—over a little under two seasons as the team’s coach, McAdoo first positioned himself as something like a rising star and then instantly and dramatically biffed everything...
Julius Thomas Scores Touchdown, Fucks Football
Touchdown celebrations are cool. Touchdown celebrations that pantomime sex are even cooler....
Robbie Gould Clowned The Bears
Kicker Robbie Gould’s 11-year tenure with the Bears came to an unceremonious end when the team released him a week before the 2016 season started. GM Ryan Pace believed that Connor Barth was better and more affordable than Gould, though Barth was cut last month for Cairo Santos. On Sunday, Gould, t...
Jaguars Junction: Week 13
Well, another week has passed, and with it, another Jacksonville Jaguars victory game. (Higher score.) ...
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Even Bill Belichick Knew Gronk's Late Hit Was "Bullshit" [Update]
Rob Gronkowski, a palooka with a new mean streak, somehow avoided an ejection after he crushed Bills cornerback Tre’Davious White well after the play was over. (White had to leave the game and be evaluated for a concussion.) ...
Joe Flacco Ate The W
Joe Flacco, last week’s Bad Quarterback of the Week, was actually quite good in yesterday’s 44-20 stomping of the Detroit Lions. Flacco threw for 269 yards and two touchdowns, and was feeling so good after the game that he opened his press conference by clowning Jameis Winston....
Marcus Peters Melts Down, Throws Official's Flag Into Stands<em></em><em></em>
Kansas City cornerback Marcus Peters had a meltdown late in a one-possession game after a penalty was called against the Chiefs on a failed New York Jets two-point conversion....
Bad Gronk Squashes Opponent After The Whistle, Somehow Doesn't Get Ejected<em></em>
Rob Gronkowski apparently forgot what sport he was playing late in New England’s game against Buffalo. After an interception from Tre’Davious White, Gronkowski ran up and, for no particular reason, decided to plow his elbow into the back of White’s helmet while the defender was still on the ground. ...
Tyrod Taylor Carted Off With Knee Injury
Tyrod Taylor was carted off the field in the fourth quarter of the Bills game against the Patriots, as he’s dealing with a knee injury....
Leonard Fournette And Jaguars Celebrate Touchdown With Free Throw
Here’s this week’s NFL celebration that makes little sense: After Leonard Fournette’s five-yard touchdown run today, some of the Jacksonville Jaguars lined up for a free throw....
Tarik Cohen Runs Like 90 Yards For 61-Yard Punt Return TD
Nothing gets a fan screaming in fear and disgust like a punt returner running the wrong way, but when the 49ers kicked to the Bears’ Tarik Cohen, the Chicago returner made the worst possible decision seem like a perfect one. Cohen received the punt at his own 40 yard-line and ran back to his 25 whi...