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Your NFL Sunday Open Thread
The lights are low, the shades are drawn, we're eating sriracha-based chili: let's watch some football. Big 'ol slate of early games and then soft landing in the afternoon, where you're more or less stuck with the Jets-Patriots game, unless your one of the country's many overzealous Jags fans. Fort...
Dolphins Center Mike Pouncey's Newest Tattoo: Teardrop Andrew Jackson, Trollface Ulysses S. Grant, And Old West Bank Robber Ben Franklin
You have to admire the commitment to civic-mindedness, history, and patriotism, but that is one ugly tattoo. We do like giving Andrew Jackson the teardrop tattoo—a tattoo within a tattoo, probably symbolic of Old Hickory's involvement with the Indian Removal Act of 1830 that set in motion the Trail ...
The Steelers Lost Because They Gave Sebastian Janikowski A Chance To Win It, In Four GIFs
It was a back-and-forth game in Oakland that ended with a Janikowski field goal, included a vicious hit on Darius Heyward-Bey that has him in the hospital as we speak, and saw an absurd Ben Rothlisberger performance wasted, which is the only way a Ben Rothlisberger anything knows....
"The Redskins Lost Because Their Comeback Ran Out Of Time, In One GIF
The Bengals beat the Redskins with a lot of interesting play calling and strong play from Andy Dalton and A.J. Green. But for a lot of the game, it seemed like the Redskins were just playing badly. At half time, it was 24-10 Washington, and people we're saying stuff like this:...
Basically Everything Happened In The Titans' OT Win Against The Lions, In Four GIFs
1020 yards of total offense, 85 points, an overtime, and Chris Johnson still only had 24 rushing yards on 14 carries....
Christian Ponder Played Quarterback Despite The 49ers Best Efforts, In One GIF
The Vikings pull of the upset! So if the Vikings beat the Niners, and the Niners beat the Packers, and the Packers won the Super Bowl—you guessed it: Brett Favre is returning to the Vikings....
The Cowboys Outlasted The Bucs And The Game Tape Goes In The Garbage, In Two Gifs
Don't forget this—the moment when a scab ref in a likelihood ruined a touchdown for the Cowboys....
The Bills Beat The Browns And Everyone In The Press Box Survived, In One GIF
Today, the weather report for the neighborhood of Cleveland Browns Stadium said, "Rain is only occurring in a few spots." One was, for most the game, the stadium itself, and another might as well have been the press box. If you checked in on Browns and Bills beat writers, you found a lot of deadpan...
Your Belated Week Two NFL Open Thread
Whoops! Hope you didn't have any thoughts during the first, oh, 80 minutes football this weekend. Luckily the games are flying fast and furious, so everyone was probably too discombobulated to think of anything witty. Right? Yak here and we'll link back throughout the day. Here's the best gif ever, ...
Your NFL Week One Open Thread
So many games! So much sweet, sweet football. Yak here, and we'll link back for the afternoon and night games as well. Suggested topics: scab refs and Tim Tebow. Just kidding, don't talk about that bullshit. (Unless the refs fuck up [which they will].)...
OMG LT Is Down (Maybe)! Begin Looting Now!
Your Sunday morning NFL headlines to adjust your line... up of food for: • LaDainian Tomlinson's owie toe may keep him off the field (or, you know, not) for the Chargers' attempt to topple Denver down to sea level. Regardless, we require six in-depth profiles of his backups by Monday morning. After ...