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How The NFL Lost Its Mind And Its Nerve On Anthem Protests

The NFL’s approach to players protesting racial injustice during the national anthem has moved to a whole new level of attempting to please everyone. In a matter of weeks, the league has gone from supporting the players, to co-opting and marketing their protests, to trying to squelch the demonstrati...

The Tape Lies

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday during the NFL season. Email Drew here. Buy his book here. ...

Giants Suspend Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie Indefinitely After Disagreement With Ben McAdoo

Giants cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie met with coach Ben McAdoo this morning in an attempt to smooth out has recently become a tempestuous relationship. Rodgers-Cromartie tossed his helmet after he was taken off the field during the team’s loss to the Chargers last weekend, and he later clar...

Tight Butt

Woman Who Released Video Of Dolphins Coach Snorting Lines: "A Point Had To Be Proven"

Kijuana Nige, the Las Vegas model who released the video of Miami Dolphins offensive line coach Chris Foerster snorting lines in his office, appeared on The Dan Le Batard Show today to detail the backstory between her and Foerster—including a description of how she became Foerster’s “cocaine platter...

The Giants Are Now The Jets

Say, how are things going with the New York Giants?...

Ben Roethlisberger's Grumpy

The Steelers had their doors blown off by the Jaguars on Sunday, with Ben Roethlisberger throwing five picks. Pittsburgh is still 3-2 and tied for first in the AFC North, but Big Ben has been especially cranky lately....

Report: Florida Man Sets Self On Fire After Cowboys Loss

Here’s a Florida Man story that’s just, like, a little too on the nose—a 27-year-old guy in Vero Beach who was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns after setting himself on fire when he lost a bet on Sunday’s Packers-Cowboys game. ...

Mike Ditka Slams NFL Protests: "There Has Been No Oppression In The Last 100 Years" [Update]

Pro Football Hall of Famer and former ESPN analyst Mike Ditka dove again into the NFL protest controversy last night in an interview with Jim Gray on Westwood One Radio, saying that players kneeling during the national anthem need to “go to another country and play football” because he “doesn’t know...

Roger Goodell Says In The Blandest Way Possible That He Wants All NFL Players To Stand For The Anthem

In the NFL, there are no spectrums. There are only polarities. Star or bust. Locker room guy or distraction. Truck or trailer. Divided or united....

Report: Adrian Peterson Will Now Average Three Yards A Carry For The Cardinals

Adrian Peterson has been demoted from Saint to Cardinal....

Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week: What Is Jay Cutler Even Doing Here?

Welcome to Bad Quarterback Performance Of The Week, a recurring feature in which we celebrate the worst quarterback play the NFL has to offer....

The Bears Had Been Holding Onto That Sweet Trick Play For A While

Let me list all the things I’m aware of from the football game: It was 3-2 at halftime. Sam Bradford broke down again. Mitchell Trubisky apparently looked decent in his NFL debut, even if basically all the other Bears are bad. This fake punt TD pass was pretty cool, though. Drew says his Vike boys w...

Jerry Jones Thanks Donald Trump For Telling Him What To Do

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is surprised that all these anthem protests are still happening—for some reason, they didn’t go away after he personally ripped off the cause with a smirk and an empty gesture on national television—so he’s doubling down on his intention of benching any player who “d...

The NFL Quietly Changed Its Obscure Rule About Standing For The National Anthem

Having gotten all the public relations it wanted (even a hackneyed Sports Illustrated cover), NFL leadership is now back to the more familiar demeanor of reminding its players to either get in line or join the unemployment line. Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Monday that any player who is “d...

Y.A. Tittle, Football Great, Was Once Tackled By His Own Pants

Quarterback Y.A. Tittle now sounds like a grizzled relic of football, but there was a time when his name was just weird. Comic Phil Foster had a bit about it in the 1950s: “I used to love the tough guys in pro football. In my day we had real he-men: Bronko Nagurski, Alex Wojciechowicz, Mel Hein. Now...

Deshaun Watson Is Extremely Fun And Seemingly Untouchable<em></em>

For the second straight week, Texans QB Deshaun Watson tied the NFL rookie record by being responsible for five touchdowns. Even though Houston lost to the Chiefs, 42-34, and some of Watson’s scoring came in garbage time, the QB still looked a hell of a lot better than Tom Savage. ...

Leonard Fournette Wasn't Afraid Of The Steelers

Jags rookie running back Leonard Fournette finished yesterday’s win against the Steelers with 181 rushing yards on 28 carries. Those look like stats belonging to a running back who dominated the whole game, but that’s not quite what happened. Instead, Fournette gave the Steelers three quarters of ho...

Jerry Jones Says Any Cowboy Seen "Disrespecting The Flag" Will Not Play

Jerry Jones—the owner of the Dallas Cowboys, the inventor of the bullshit but diabolically ingenious national anthem protest rebranding scheme, and the odds-on favorite to portray Dobby the House Elf’s great-grandfather in any future Harry Potter sequels—is done pretending. No longer does he feel th...

Jaguars Junction: Week Five

Something quite remarkable happened in Pennsylvania yesterday....