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Marvin Lewis's Opinion Of The Replacement Refs? "Whatever The Commissioner Says Is Right."
Every morning, the fine folks at Sports Radio Interviews sift through the a.m. drive-time chatter to bring you the best interviews with coaches, players, and personalities across the sports landscape. Today: The Bengals coach already knows what he'll say about the refs tonight if asked....

There Was At Least One Sign Depicting Roger Goodell As Hitler At The Superdome Yesterday
Roger Goodell temporarily may have lost his battle to suspend the Bounty Four, but he's still winning in his fight to become New Orleans's most hated man since Mike Brown. Here he is, helpfully adorned, on at least one placard. (We don't know if there were several of these things at the game Sunday....

Rob Ryan Used To Eat Entire Pizzas In His Van And Spend $70 On Chocolate And Skittles
Jets head coach Rex Ryan and Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan are twins. Rex Ryan got lap-band surgery two years back, so Rob got it earlier this year. Rex has lost over 100 pounds. Rob's down 55 and counting....

Superlative Jets Rookie Stephen Hill Dominated Yesterday's Game While Periodically Puking On The Sidelines
Rookie Jets wideout Stephen Hill wowed anyone within a one-hundred-mile radius of East Rutherford yesterday, catching five passes for 89 yards and two touchdowns. He was the first player to catch two touchdowns in his debut since 2005. But imagine what he could have done if he were healthy? Rich Cim...

This Photo Captures The Moment A Pissed-Off Steelers Fan Threw Her Beer On The Photographer After Tracy Porter's Game-Ending INT
Everyone, leave Syria, leave Afghanistan, the Pulitzer for breaking news photography is now a one-shot race. A 26-year-old Broncos fan named Greg Wilson took this photo of an angry Steelers fan at Mile High moments after Tracy Porter picked off Ben Roethlisberger to seal Denver's 31-19 victory. The ...

Here Are The 21 Worst Replacement Referee Mistakes From Sunday
Despite management-friendly scribes swearing to the contrary, the NFL's replacement officials made some enormous errors yesterday—some of which affected the outcome of games and at least one that directly led to a starting quarterback being knocked out of the game. That's not to mention losing trac...

Everyone On Twitter Was Confused About Why Willis McGahee Didn't Say "The U" In His Player Intro Last Night
During Sunday Night Football, something weird happened. It wasn't that the quarterback with the misbehaving cervical vertebrae threw for 253 yards with two touchdowns and only seven incompletions, and it wasn't that the Steelers still hadn't learned how to cover Demaryius Thomas. Both of those eve...

Let's Count How Many Metaphors We Can Make Out Of Brandon Weeden Being Trapped Under A Giant American Flag
1. Perfect illustration of the NFL's tendency to smother you to do death with its American-ness....

Jets And Bills Fans Greet The Season By Brawling In The Stands
Fans of the old AFC East rivals chose to renew their own rivalry in the upper reaches of MetLife Stadium on Sunday, and the rout was on around the 32-second mark, when the meathead in the black tanktop took a swipe at the (male? female?) Bills fan who appeared to be arguing with someone else....

Redskins Quarterback Had A Great Debut
For a bungling NFL franchise looking for a reason to believe, there's nothing quite like a breakout performance by a superstar quarterback. So after years of failure, Washington fans had to be delighted to see the numbers RGIII put up in his first start for the team. When you see a stat line like th...

Makeshift Stripper Pole At Chicago Bears Tailgate Defeats Woman
A stripper pole with a Bears logo that's unattached to anything in the middle of a tailgate party outside Soldier Field? This probably won't end well. It doesn't....

Maybe The Jets Really Are Not Planning On Using Tim Tebow At Quarterback
As much as the Jets insisted throughout training camp and the pre-season that there was no quarterback controversy ("Mark is our starting quarterback") is it possible they were telling the truth? Did the Jets decide sometime a few weeks ago that Tim Tebow was actually going to be exclusively a runni...

Thanks To Chris Kluwe, Gay-Baiting Maryland Legislator Decides NFL Players Have A Right To Say What They Think After All
Maryland state delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. probably had quite a weekend. After Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo expressed his support for Maryland's upcoming ballot initiative to legalize gay marriage, Burns wrote a letter to Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti that basically said football p...

The NFL's First Female Official Broke Up A Fake Fight
After the final whistle blew on a killer loss for the Rams, one they could have, maybe should have had to start the season an unlikely 1-0, tempers boiled over a bit. Rams guard Harvey Dahl shoved Ndamukong Suh to the ground, everyone started pushing, and shoving, and "hold me back, bro"-ing. It was...

Robert Griffin III Went Wild In New Orleans: Your Sunday NFL Roundup
What. A. Day. We had a lot of highs and lows for the first weekend of the year but I can't believe it's basically over now. Robert Griffin III had himself a day. Ryan Tannehill had himself a day to forget. We'll fill you in on it all with the first Sunday roundup of the year. Thanks to commenter wh...

The Return Of Peyton Manning: Your Sunday Night Football Viewing Guide
Pittsburgh at Denver: Usually I get a little pukey about "story lines" in big games. Football, by virtue of its rarity alone, is exciting enough without some contrived plot point forced down our gullets. However. I am legitimately interested to see how Peyton comes back and it will absolutely domina...

Replacement Refs Lose Track Of Timeouts, Give Seattle An Extra One, Then Lie About It
A day of replacement referee miscues came to its climax as Arizona-Seattle ended up with the Seahawks being awarded an extra time out in the final moments in Glendale....

Vernon Davis Scores Touchdown, Attempts To Dunk On The Goalpost, Fails
Great job, Vernon! You just scored a touchdown to extend your team's lead on the Packers! What are you going to do next?...

David Akers Tied An NFL Record With This 63-Yard Field Goal
Akers is something like 75 years old, but still kicking field goals like a boss. He drills this one right on the crossbar, bouncing over after a few drama-building seconds to give San Francisco a 16-7 lead over Green Bay heading into halftime....
