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Even A Naked Idiot On The Field Found The End Zone In Buffalo<em></em>
There’s not much to set up here. Just please enjoy this nude member of Bills Mafia running all over Ralph Wilson’s field at the end of a blowout....
The Path Of Least Resistance Is Through The Bills' Rush Defense
Drew Brees is getting up in years (he’s 38 now), and there are some doubts about how far he can carry the newly promising Saints. But as long as he’s playing the Bills, anything appears possible—even a touchdown scramble....
Vontaze Burfict Triumphantly Exits Field After First Career Ejection
Vontaze Burfict caught what was surprisingly his first-ever NFL ejection in the first half of today’s Bengals game against the Titans. He didn’t seem to mind:...
Stefon Diggs Flagged For Pretending To Be A Plane And Jumping Into The Goalposts<em></em>
The NFL relaxed its touchdown celebration rules this year, but some things are still verboten. For example, Le’Veon Bell was penalized earlier this year for punching the goalposts like Vai Sikahema....
John Fox Challenge Turns Bears First-And-Goal Into Turnover
Another frustrating NFL rule is starting to assert itself. After the Jets got screwed out of a touchdown last month, the “fumble at the pylon” ruling reared its head again on a run from the Bears’ Benny Cunningham....
Jaguars Run A Fake Punt For A 56-Yard TD
Up 37 early in the season against Baltimore in London, Jacksonville decided not to limit themselves. They ran a fake punt to running back Corey Grant for a huge gain of 58, setting up another score against a then-helpless Ravens defense....
Maurice Harris Might Have Just Made The Catch Of The Year
This outstretched one-handed falling grab right on the sideline by Washington’s Maurice Harris initially looked like an impressive failure, with the play ruled out of bounds. But on further review, the catch was good, and Harris had come down with one of the best plays of the year....
Chiefs Defensive Lineman Roy Miller Arrested And Charged With Domestic Battery
Kansas City Chiefs defensive lineman Roy Miller was arrested and charged with domestic battery Saturday morning in Jacksonville, Florida, reports ESPN:...
High School Football Team Wins Game By Scoring 19 Points In Final Minute
Minnesota’s Class 6A state quarterfinals featured one of the wildest endings to a football game you will ever see. Down 27-10 with 4:30 left to play against St. Michael-Albertville, Maple Grove capped off a 70-yard drive with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Curtis Haugen to Joe Raymon. That made it 27...
Russell Wilson And The Seahawks Seem To Have Skirted Brain-Injury Protocol
During last night’s game against the Cardinals, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson took a direct shot to the jaw that left most reasonable observers thinking he would need to be evaluated for a brain injury:...
Doug Baldwin: "Thursday Night Football Should Be Illegal"
Thursday night football continues to be largely trash, as the Seahawks lost cornerback Richard Sherman for the season with a ruptured Achilles during tonight’s 22-16 win over the Cardinals. Several Seattle players used their postgame comments to be candid about the current schedule format—including ...
Jerry Jones Is Not Fucking Around With His Attempt To Burn Roger Goodell On Contract Negotiations
Last time we checked in on this chapter of Jerry Jones vs. Roger Goodell, the commissioner was reportedly furious over the Dallas Cowboys owner’s efforts to undermine his contract negotiations by threatening to sue the league and fellow owners in order to stop them from re-upping Goodell. (This was ...
Robert Kraft Among Sports Team Owners Who Appear In The Paradise Papers
The offshore holdings of New England Patriots’ owner Robert Kraft, along with those of several other American sports owners, have been discovered in the Paradise Papers—the millions of leaked documents that detail the international financial data of some of the world’s largest corporations and wealt...
Roger Goodell Reportedly "Furious" At Being Offered Non-Guaranteed Contract
Perhaps the most unjust thing about the NFL is that owners are not required to offer players guaranteed contracts. Commissioner Roger Goodell, who has become fabulously wealthy thanks to the guaranteed contracts he’s enjoyed for the last 11 years, has never seemed too concerned by the fact that so m...
Report: Giants Players Have Given Up On Ben McAdoo
ESPN’s Josina Anderson is reporting some damning, if unsurprising, quotes coming from a couple of unnamed players in the 1-7 New York Giants locker room. They claim that the Giants are leaderless with coach Ben McAdoo at the helm, that he can’t communicate with players and isn’t making the right dec...
Packers Cut Martellus Bennett With "Failure To Disclose A Medical Condition" Designation
The Green Bay Packers announced today that they’ve cut TE Martellus Bennett, tagging him with the “failure to disclose a medical condition” designation. That label will allow the Packers to potentially reclaim $4.2 million out of Bennett’s signing bonus from when he signed a three-year contract with...
We'll Never Know The Full Extent Of Jeff Fisher's Crimes Against Football
The Rams are 6-2 and in first place in their division. Todd Gurley, who looked possessed by the spirit of Trent Richardson last season, is a fringe MVP candidate this year. Jared Goff no longer looks like butt. The team is solid, but the offense in particular has been outstanding. It’s been quite a ...
The Politico Goes On A Cletus Safari, Finds Two Angry NFL Fans Willing To Say What They Mean<em></em>
The world demonstrably does not need another Cletus safari into the heart of Trump’s America, but The Politico has one for you anyway. In this one, writer Michael Kruse checks in with Trump voters in and around the multiply depressed city of Johnstown, Pa., a year after the election to see how they ...
Report: The Giants Are Looking For Their Next Franchise Quarterback
The Giants’ front office is apparently as fed up with Eli Manning as anyone who has watched a Giants game this year has been, and is, according to ESPN, working to find a new quarterback in this year’s draft....