Disney's Super Bowl in Hollywood on V Day (aka America's favorite Dystopian pastime NFL and College 2026 -27)

The last time ABC broadcast the Super Bowl was in February 2006 for Super Bowl XL, when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Seattle Seahawks.

College Week 0 starts Friday Night! Decided to combine the NFL with NCAA as there isn't enough activity for two threads.

The Rams preseason TV games have always jumped around. Started on Fox but has been on KABC these last few years. Because David Ellison now own KCBS they're broadcasting them this year, makes sense as he's from LA. The strange thing is the Chargers have been on KCBS since the move and still are. So this year both are on KCBS but tonight they played each other. To get around this they broadcast the Rams on KCAL, their sister station.

They still play the Raiders in LA for the preseason on KTLA and tonight it's on vs the 49ers. Ironically, they hardly show up on Sundays on LA TV.

It’s profoundly annoying that the Browns are so bad and dumb that half my NFL content feeds are just guys going holy fuck, how stupid are the browns, this is gonna be terrible for them, guess this is what tanking looks like, etc

also I actually kinda feel bad for their fanbase but man y’know whaddaya etc.

similar issues with the Falcons, they’re probably gonna be Not Great, Bob this year but people can’t shut up about them? I suppose in both cases this comes down to poorly run organizations providing more preseason drama. But damn

when even media talking heads are suggesting fans boycott you know something is really on fire

ok this is pretty diabolical, seems to have worked too as the Pats during the Brady/Belichick years made 9.4% more of their FGs than their opponents which is the best in that span by a wide margin

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/patriots-devised-perfect-way-to-mess-with-opposing-field-goal-kickers

That's amazing... Do they still do it? And if not why not?

First Saturday in September is underway. Not sure how much college football I will watch this year but to start with The Ducks is the way to go.

Niners enjoying Melbourne and vice versa is adorable. Seems like a missed opportunity for the Rams to also show up early and engage with the locals before the game, but the Rams are lame

Also show up 24 hours before the game? Not sure how that is at all going to be beneficial for the players' health. I suppose whoever wins will be able to say "we told you so" but still, injuries in week 2/3 may tell the real story

The Rams have been doing this tho, they did it last year for London for example.

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/rams-australia-travel-plans-49ers-week-1/

The only thing I can see working in the Rams favor with the "rhythm" they intend to follow is the fact the game is at 10:30am, which could favor their travel schedule. Curious if they keep the team on a very strict sleep cycle and make sure they crash at like 5pm the day before and make sure all rooms have light sealed window blinds or something. Maybe?

I could see the Niners having issues adapting to the 10:30am start time once they've acclimated - normally the earliest they'd play is 1pm local time. Which really irks me about when they chose to play this game. It really should have been in November with only a 5 hour time difference and a bye week after since everyone is forgetting how shit the jet lag is going to be upon returning (way worse then going there)

Though if both teams leave at say 3-4pm in Melbourne, they should be back by 9am Friday (same day!) to the west coast, allowing them all weekend + Monday to get over the jetlag.

Regardless of the competitive logistics here, it still sucks the Rams are basically telling Melbourne and Australia "nah" and avoiding building the brand and fan base there.

That's true but the Rams are Super Bowl or bust this year. They have one goal and need to be selfish to accomplish that goal.

Not saying that is not the goal of the 49ers but the Rams are this year's favorites and it probably isn't close to whoever is second.

This Boise State v Oregon game is crazy

It shouldn't have been that close but Oregon does pulls it off.

That's true but the Rams are Super Bowl or bust this year. They have one goal and need to be selfish to accomplish that goal.

Totally - but I do feel their travel arrangement could possibly uptick injuries, though having an extra day (even if on the road) the following week will help. But who knows, maybe they are on to something.

the rams trying to flying in and out of literally fucking australia on a day's notice is sending me

a) it's completely absurd that the league asks this of teams, and the players union should demand massive compensation

b) the rams are good but i guess roster rules won't let them just send a b-team

c) kudos to the 49ers; australia is wonderful and i hope they enjoyed their week there

i mean fine you gave everyone beds and maybe you even tried to deal with the dehydration but the whole thing is absurd! they're playing at 10:35am local time!

ginger turd morelike

Yes they should have played this game in November after DST flipped for both countries, granting a 5 hour window and then offer both a bye week after. You could then play the game at noon local time instead of bloody 10:35

Part of the Rams strategy is to keep everyone on PDT so the game time is 5pm for the players, which is supposedly the time of day for peak physical preference.

I get the theory (and they supposedly sent players in the spring to trial it) but it's such a weird and kind rude look

Here we go!

Go Pars, can't believe I'm saying that but probably don't have a chance

Did I see that right, Sam Darnold is already out?

Wow

Finally some scoring

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Josh McDaniels breaks the NFL record with a flea flicker called in 57 straight games!

lmao real ones know this stat is accurate

What a catch

Terrible play or throw

JSN turning on the jets god damn

How can he drop that

Again?

yeah that was predictable

Josh Droups has arrived again

I'll be honest this game has made me feel a lot better about letting Doubs walk

How many false starts

Holding to 3 is a huge win there

that was a delay of game lmao

Smh

They knew they had that play

What a play

that defender bit pretty hard

Hawks defense is no joke

Unbelievable

both feet inbounds, how did he do it

I don't have to sign up for Netflix as it's on locally

ok, here we go

3 and out already

I love both the 49ers and the Rams the best of all teams so this will be a great game

The Rams do seem sluggish but A team didn't even play in the preseason either

What a catch from Puka Nacua and leads to 7

I'm a new person to the NFL. What did all of that at the end of the quarter mean?

oh so a touchdown

Welcome, games are usually fun. Not sure which part are you asking about? Time management?

Picked!

So is Stribling hurt already? Fuck this game. I don't give a shit who wins at this point

I will wear my 49ers hat and cheer for them but there are things to come

the 49ers are doing better than I thought they would

It all just seems like chance though

They are playing well

they look good, gonna suck when half this roster is on the IR by Week 13

This game over

greatest defense in NFL history just gave up a 99 yard touchdown drive while down two scores

the most ILX thing about me is I get Pet Shop Boys stuck in my head every time Piñeiro kicks a field goal

That's a lot of red

whoa ohh ohh

I don't anyone will automatically assume that living in Australia for a week versus swooping in and staying on your own time zone made much of a difference

But I do think that the 49ers being there and embracing an amazing city on a different continent across the world means a lot to a lot of people

I guess we'll see how they play the next couple games but I think it might've made a difference, just from a pure mental standpoint I can't see how you're gonna be at your best

i am not a professional athlete and have never enjoyed the advantages the rams did, but flying cross-country is in itself awfully exhausting

(what is the record of west-coast teams playing on the east coast at 1pm local?)

spending 16 hours on a plane, no matter how very comfortably, is rough!

(presumably they didn't have a middle-of-the-night several-hour stop-over in a non-airconditioned landing strip in tahiti as i did 20 years ago, but nevertheless)

anyway i go back to the fact that the league asking this of players is absurd both financially and competitively

I get paid significantly less than the minimum NFLPA wage and I have been asked to fly 23+ hours to a timezone completely opposite from my own (12-14hr diff), in the ass end of each plane along the route, get up on day one after landing and participate in public events as a representative of an organization significantly more, er, bigger than any NFL franchise

Would that I only had a union

did you physically excel at those events y/n

or at all

unless you beat the shit out of the local ninjas i fail to see a connection

I have been asked to fly 23+ hours to a timezone completely opposite from my own (12-14hr diff), in the ass end of each plane along the route, get up on day one after landing and participate in public events as a representative of an organization significantly more, er, bigger than any NFL franchise

look at this hero, who traveled around the world and 'participated in public events' 🫡

thanks to his efforts, AMERICA continues to be the envy of the world

I totally beat up all the local ninjas lol

Oh boo hoo...Kenny Stabler won a superbowl drinking jack and smokin' Marlboro's at half time and you complain about having to take a plane ride? Jack Youngblood played a Superbowl with a broken leg.

Got to figure the RAMs still should be decent, but losing those early season division games can come to haunt. I think the real thing is what happens if the old QB gets beat up.

And wow, Rodgers is just on a napalm run on the way out the door...what an axxhole. I got to think this dude might show up in a decade looking haggard and really f'ked as any new ager with their own smoke lodge will tell you spewing that much negative energy ends up coming back on ya.

To be clear, I didn’t mean to come across as whining - the opportunity to travel for work and see the world has always felt to me like the awesome privilege that it is. I was just trying to counter mookie’s rage at the terribly unfair treatment our entertainment figures must endure at the hands of their employer, with whom they negotiate a contract as a union

fwiw the niners approach is obviously superior to what the rams did

Wild result... But there's some jinxing precedent when the media hypes a team like the Rams before the season.

Remember the 2011 Eagles? The "Dream Team"? Lol

I do worry both the Rams and Niners will have some issues in the coming weeks. Having made the trip to Australia multiple times the return is way worse than flying there

And wow, Rodgers is just on a napalm run on the way out the door...what an axxhole. I got to think this dude might show up in a decade looking haggard and really f'ked as any new ager with their own smoke lodge will tell you spewing that much negative energy ends up coming back on ya.

― The Artist formerly known as Earlnash, Friday, September 11, 2026 10:07 AM (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

crazy he's going on the record to say his exes wanted to sleep with other guys I feel like that's not something I'd want to admit in public

It's a dick move.

Can't wait for him to be gone

Bears offense looks uhhh really good

Carrying over from last year. Ben Johnson is a wizard

Okay maybe not the wisest wizard on that 4th down call

We caught the Ravens and Steelers games on our antenna today and it briefly made me consider coughing up the cash for YouTube Sunday Ticket until our daughter was like nah

Watching the Bills trying to win as they are down

“Josh Allen tattoos number five with the football!”

Bills pull it out

Bonus coverage and the the Lions are in OT against the Falcons

It's the Saints, not Atlanta

4th or game over

Both score in OT but Sants are going for two to win

No good

Justin Herbert sure did like the team in the other uniform.

lol chargers

these results are unbelievable. how did minnesota pull this off

Refs calling bullshit penalties on every 3rd down stop that’s how

Man this is unbelievable

take the points next time

Rams in solo last place is genuinely hilarious.

Myles Garrett going down is a huge blow to the Rams. But they're like the Dodgers and probably won't effect them.

Ya accepting that penalty to go for it probably did cost them everything. I actually thought it was smart to go for it but you need an actual play, the Packers offense never runs a good QB sneak

BTW, fuck the Cowboys

I will say that this seems to increase every year but teams barely play real football in the preseason anymore and the first week of the season just feels wacky as hell as a result

also froggy - this is not a troll question, but is Matt LeFleur a good coach? I genuinely can't tell

the nfc south is already nfc southing

Teams getting tired towards the end of games plus hotter than normal temperatures seems to also be a factor in the wackiness of the early weeks

lol at dallas d in giants 2 min drill crikey

also froggy - this is not a troll question, but is Matt LeFleur a good coach? I genuinely can't tell

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Sunday, September 13, 2026 8:33 PM (forty-eight minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

me neither I mean he seems to be pretty smart drawing up plays on offense and I think he's fine making in-game decisions I just don't think he plays to the teams strengths, like yeah maybe accepting the penalty and going for it was the right play but you can't just run QB sneak, this team has never been good at sneaks and they've blown some big games recently by thinking otherwise. he also looks pissed off all the time like everyone is letting him down, maybe because they play unusually sloppy under him. I would've been fine showing him the door after the way last season ended, was kinda a big debate around here the whole offseason, so its kinda funny to see the Packers do it again but even worse

He seems mid. I'll be surprised if he's still around next year

he just signed a big extension so that doesn't seem likely

my view is give him one more year to win a playoff game. they've got the team they want, they made the big move for Parsons, you gotta make the leap now

Are the Giants just going to lie down?

Lol

just keep throwing against this pass defense

That should do it

https://i.postimg.cc/cJ7ndS7y/howboutthemcowboys.jpg

first time both New York New Jersey teams have won their Week 1 game since 2009.

Mark Sanchez won his NFL debut over the Matt Schaub-led Texans, and Eli Manning led the Giants to a win over a Jim Zorn-Jason Campbell Washington team

jim zorn?! in the modern football era?!? was he the coach, i hope?

yes, and he was *terrible* at it

Watched some of the Eagles Commanders game simply because it was on after Bills Texans and I was too lazy to turn the TV off, and even being severely inattentive this jumped out to me

Can someone explain this to me

Commentator (audio): The thing about Jalen Hurts is he has a new offensive coordinator every single season
Commentator 2 (audio, earnestly): and you cannot do that, you just cannot do that
Me (thinking): Is that bad? Didn’t they just win the superbowl last year?
(They did. Five minutes passes)
Commentator (video, past player): The thing about Jalen Hurts is he’s had a new offensive coordinator every season
Commentator 2 (video, an entirely different person, earnestly): You cannot do that, you CANNOT do that

Setting aside that it took me a year to work out the point of what they were actually making here was, is this repetition typical for nfl commentary? Like it got repeated several more times within about ten minutes to the point I genuinely wondered if I was having some sort of memory problem. Maybe it’s because I’m used to baseball commentary but do they really treat their audiences as that stupid and in need of repeating the same points over and over again? It was so fucking weird. I watched most of the Bills games last year and can’t recall a single instance like this.

is this repetition typical for nfl commentary?

yes

i mean it *is* somewhat important that he's had a new coordinator that often, and also that i can barely recognize a recent super bowl mvp without his clownish face paint

but mostly american football commentary is bad (which is why romo was so immediately fresh before he aged out of knowing anything about the current league without doing work)

tbf rafael devers just has to hit the fucking ball; he doesn't have to memorize plays or recognize the defensive schemes that are trying to stop him

if you really want to get into the nfl (which i do not recommend): Mike Tanier: OTM

also possibly important to note that eagles-commanders was being covered by Kevin Burkhardt and Tom Brady

tbf rafael devers just has to hit the fucking ball; he doesn't have to memorize plays or recognize the defensive schemes that are trying to stop him

Flashback to when I used to listen to Red Sox podcasts:

Former Red Sox pitcher Chris Murphy: One time I was in the hot tub with Rafi and I asked him how he hit Gerrit Cole so well.

Devers: What I do is I remember what he got me out with last time and I wait for it. He threw a high fastball, I wait high fastball.

Devers vs Cole:

Regular Season: 46 PA , .350/.435/.975, 8 HR, 15 K
Playoffs: 5 PA , .500/.800/.500, 0 HR, 0 K

Cole v Devers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BniMYwFEpSM

I forgot all about Patrick Mahomes. But seriously I am surprised he is back so soon

That was too easy

that was not good evidence he is back. it was evidence of many other things imo.

actually i take that back. he was ok 50% mahomes, which is not nothing!

fuck ass ESPN with a social media post making fun of a player wearing a guardian cap. what the actual fuck?

Week 1 is always a bit weird, but this one seemed a bit more so than others.

Only game I watched this weekend pretty much all of it was Michigan/Oklahoma - which was a pretty good game. I don't think either team is excellent or anything but it was pretty even matchup. That TE Beers for OK is going to play in the NFL. Michigan's corner backs are really good.

Oh yeah, Alabama's defense looks to be a bit better this year, they took UK apart in the second half. Bama still cannot run the ball worth a crud.

Colts made a boodle of dumb mistakes in the part I watched. Derrick Henry is still a beast and the dude if he wants and can stay healthy might have an outside shot at going after Emmit Smith if you look at the numbers. He's starting to creep up on the all time rushing yards list.

i like joe buck more than most people do, but i don't understand why he gets nearly $1m per game

people watch for the football; no one cares if it's buck or nantz or michaels or tirico or kenny albert as long as the game is good

i thought ppl watch for the fastest info about their fantasy stats and prop bets

i guess there’s probly faster ways

Tom Brady gets even more than that and unlike Buck he's not even all that good at it. Though I admit he's better now than he was in the first year. But yeah I'm baffled by the whole thing, you're not selling the announcers, nobody's watching because of who's calling the game

Noticed they gave Romo's spot to J.J. Watt. What do you all think of him? I personally rate him with Olsen. Sometimes says inane stuff, but his voice doesn't bug me and he's not as, uh, idiosyncratic as Romo or Brady.

he seems fine but post-romo there's always the question of whether they fall apart the further they get from their playing days

however much brady improves i'll still find his voice annoying

troy aikman is mid at best and constantly utters meaningless shit about 'make(ing) a play' but i still like him because he will absolutely bury a team that fucks up its fundamentals. you can tell that it personally offends him

collinsworth too smug for me, but, again -- if you want to watch a good matchup, you have no choice but to listen to these assholes, so why are they so well-compensated?

JJ Watt is pretty good. Not as good as Olsen who I think is maybe my favorite but he's fine. I wouldn't mind him replacing Romo. Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed him those first two years when he knew stuff. The obnoxious guy in your living room shtick actually works when you know stuff. Lately I've wondered if he's drunk on air half the time.

jimmy fallon manages it i guess

My honest to god dream is to have regular ass play by play announcers doing their usual dry ass shit and then fire all the former players and replace them with lottery winners from foreign lands who are genuinely enthusiastic about NFL fubaw and just get excited about things

Do you love touchdowns and interceptions and sacks and 10+ YAC runs? Bring your thick accent to the booth and inundate me with your enthusiasm for this, the worst and yet also the best game

Absolutely insane quote from Deshaun Watson: "The media expects me to throw 400 yards and 5 TDs every week"

So I looked him up on PFR - he had exactly one game in his career when he accomplished this: 7 years ago against the Falcons. With Cleveland he has yet to have a 300 yard game and only threw for 3 TDs once. Suffice to say he did not come particularly close to either mark in Week 1.

It is absolutely insane that this man was a Week 1 starter. His last good season was in 2020. Since then he has thrown 20 touchdowns total. Not only that but he is coming off a major injury. Even if he was a fan favorite it would be crazy to start the guy. But he's not, in fact everybody hates him for some pretty obvious reasons. I really can't wrap my head around it.

He's always the victim

im sure its hard to be good when you know everyone hates you and knows youre a creep

Roethlisberger managed it for a while

yeah lots of scumbags pull it off i guess, he prob just sucks now

Amazonmusic disconnected Twitch via TV this year. You can only watch Thursday Night Football on mobile ot desktop.

Or i should say just Amazon

It also won't cast but I think I can mirror my phone to tv via an HDMI cable?

well this is a paddlin'

I actually like the Buck/Aikman booth, it’s the best #1 booth in the game. Buck just wore out his welcome on the baseball side of things. Cris Collinsworth drives me the most crazy with "that's the greatest thing" he has ever seen every game.

18 million per is a nice package but hey its Disney.

no one wants to hear it, but buck was good at baseball too

also jim nantz is the smarmiest motherfucker alive. 'hello friends!'

He got better over the years. He was bad at both football and baseball.

Exhibit A: His call of the Red Sox Yankees NLCS from 2004.
Exhibit B: His call of the helmet catch and 2007 Super Bowl

By the time he called the Travis Ishikawa home run that sent the Giants to the World Series in 2014 he was good. And he's the best NFL play by play guy out there right now, which 2005 me would be like ... WTF?!

no one wants to hear it, but buck was good at baseball too

I agree, he has some of the best calls in the history of the game but he was jaded towards the end. Joe Davis was a breath of fresh air compared to the last few years of Buck.

I think I was more pissed that he would do a regular season football game over the DLCS, Davis is there throughout and you can tell, he would never give up that for a regular season football game.

i like later, burnout version of nantz who starts telecasts with "hola amigos! it's been a week since i rapped at ya."

This Bears v Vikings game seems like a dud but fortunately I just tuned in to see Caleb Williams get injured

Now the Vikings just blocked a chip shot field goal

Wtf is wrong with the Packers right now

When I said fortunately, that was in regards to missing most of the game and not the injury to Caleb Williams.

I just looked up scores, sorry frogs. Against the Jets is salt in the wound

Auto correct on your name there

Well well game on

All this clock stuff is pretty crazy

Yeah I do not get how they wound up with the Hail Mary opportunity

This game has tie written all over it. Who knows though the Packers have stopped shooting themselves in the foot every play

Weeeeeeeeeeee

Pulled it off

sheesh. total disaster for Washington at the end of the half. hope Jayden is alright. Tom Brady dropped an "oh shit" which I take it is not a great sign

They are showing the 49ers instead of the Cowboys here in LA. Actually watching the, lol, Chargers instead.

Dolphins punter just dropped the ball and fell on it. l. o. l.

The Chargers are a joke

The Raiders, of all teams, just looked hungrier

What a throw and catch

Dak Prescott is a good quarterback, hard for me to admit.

xp Herbert is overrated af and has been for a while now. O-line overrated too and it affects the entire flow of the offense.

I feel this is going to be the year CJ Stroud, Jordan Love and Justin Herbert are finally exposed for being the mids they have always been. Meanwhile, Brock Purdy is having an MVP start.

Purdy is looking good

these all-white uniforms are terrible

if perhaps not as bad as the giants' recent road uniforms? just the worst parts of everything

He made it but can see the NFL not letting the Chiefs lose

Of course

Hell yay

this game has been awesome

Incomplete

Cmon Colts

Drama

bonus football

Beautiful

Fuck

Thornton is really making some plays

okay troy aikman

No flag

pretty sure he's down there but still wtf are you doing man

Unbelievable

Smh

Colts are such cowards, choosing to defer and then play for the tie so that KC (who is famously very good in these situations) gets 2 possessions while they get 1, they do deserve this L

Here we go

Rams should easily win

ruminating at the start, this has to be a Rams win

He should have had that

Ouch

Rams should easily win now that the Giants qb is injured you mean ... I had this game as a tossup with him healthy

Really? The talent level between these two teams is vast

Right as the Rams get an interception in the end zone

I mean this game would be tied or Giants in the lead if the offense was competent.

this might be the worst uniform matchup of all time

honestly wtf

Yeah the Rams look hideous! Giants are wearing their usual road attire. Rams really just should have gone back to that 80's/90's look and stayed there

Giants are wearing their usual road attire

which is also horrible!

WFAN going to be real good listening the next 24 hours

Davante Adams is having a game

Yeah, the Rams uniform is horrible, they do better when they are blue dominate

of all the shades of yellow why highlighter

two different people I know (who don't follow NFL) mistook them for the Chargers.

I can't believe how quick Aaron Donald still is. he's 35 and two years removed from the league, how the hell is he still so fast???

pittsburgh kid

Dart out for season. call it the Trump curse.

https://www.betweenthehashmarks.com/p/the-official-quarterback-hell-travel-guide

Should have included Minnesota in there too. Their defense will carry them but Murray, Wentz and McCarthy aren't exactly confidence boosters

rodgers plays like a man scared shitless of getting hit

but then you see what happens when he *does* get hit and it's totally understandable

dude should long ago have retired, but then mcafee wouldn't have him on his show

that humanizes him a bit for me. he knows he can't take much more. he wasn't exactly afraid of getting hit with GB, in fact one of his issues was that he would never just throw the ball away. maybe because he wanted to keep that completion percentage up but either way he got pancaked quite a bit. fumbled a lot too in the process. but now he looks like his life is flashing before his eyes during every dropback, he wants to get the ball out as quickly as possible which puts so much pressure on his receivers which in turn makes him pissier and pissier. maybe if the line holds up they can quick pass their way to 7-8 wins or it could be a total disaster. McCarthy sure as shit ain't gonna bench him but he might bench himself which would be hilarious

between twilight roffles and darkness rodgers (with a brief spell of kenny pickett lol) it's been a good while since the steelers had a QB whose go-to move wasn't 'instant checkdown'

mccarthy is the fourth steelers head coach of my lifetime (and i am fucking *old*). tough to measure up to chuck noll/bill cowher/mike tomlin but really: this guy? i know he's from pittsburgh but try harder

idgi either, sure his overall W-L is impressive but he's also had stacked rosters his entire career. when Rodgers or Dak were hurt he had basically zero game plan. he's not exactly the guy you want to rebuild a franchise.

one thing I've pondered lately is, what if Jay Cutler hadn't gotten hurt in the 2010 NFC Championship game? right before the end of the half he got crushed on a deep pass play which took him out for the game. in the second half they brought out Todd Collins who was so bad they replaced him with Caleb Hanie, who wasn't exactly any better. Packers only won by 3, I think if Cutler stayed in the game they probably would've lost. which would mean that Aaron Rodgers would never have made the Super Bowl even once. that might be his whole legacy, I mean even Marino at least made it the one time, and Rodgers is better than Marino. though I think it's pretty likely in that case McCarthy gets canned and who knows what would happen after that.

can't speak to that specific moment . . . but if you mention jay cutler i'm gonna post this

https://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Referee-Knocks-off-Jay-Cutlers-Helmet.gif

Good luck frogbs.

This game is not going the way I thought it would

Blocked

Blocked field goal turns into seven for the Falcons.

Atlanta has over 200 yards of rushing and its only halfway through the third quarter.

What the fuck is this debacle I’m watching and why is GB unable to stop the Falclowns

matt lafleur extension not looking great

Wow, the Falcons melted some cheeze tonight. Lots of hot seat talk about lafleur coming to a sports radio/tv guy show tomorrow.

Oh yeah, what about Northwestern beating the snot out of Colorado last week.

Was at a show tonight so I’m just seeing the score now : what da fuck happened

especially looking at the QBs - guessing the betting markets have soured hard on GB after this one.

xp an embarrassment

and honestly GB *should* be 0-3 had the jets not jetsed on sunday

which would've made 8 straight losses since Parsons went down. I'm checking out the box score and holy hell, 17 total yards rushing vs 242 for the Failcons, thinking that's issue #1 to figure out right now but lets face it there is so much wrong with this team and I'm getting the sense the players aren't really buying into LaFleurs system anymore

hah I swear that typo wasn't intentional

It's amazing to me that the 49ers already have so many players on the Injured Reserve list that that they can't fit Nick Bosa on it. WTF? I hope he's ok. The idea that injuries define an NFL season for many team makes it hard for me to be a dedicated NFL football fan

First quarter
Josh Allen is “seeing ghosts”

Second quarter
Josh Allen: boo!!! 👻

Third quarter
Josh Allen sacked more than Rome

What in the world is happening in the Seahawks Commanders game

I am on a plane with shitty wifi so all I can really follow is the score

These scores are crazy today, Kansas City is also having issues in Miami.

Fourth quarter

Commentators: we have a term we use to describe the things this franchise does and it is “Chargers-like”
Me: What does that mean
User SV: You know the term “Spursy”
Me: 🫪

What I can gather the whole game is all over the place today. Aaron Rodgers got some good parasites in his raw milk and it fixed the part of his brain that prevented him throwing touchdown passes

Bonus coverage and Washington just might pull this off

Oh my God

The Cleveland Browns are 2-1 and tied for first in their division!

drake maye not be the kwisatz haderach after all

Cowboys tried a 59 yard kick, it was blocked

Smh

Baltimore doesn't want to win this game

the 49ers' injuries keep accumulating, it's very discouraging. I hate it!

Hell yeah

Unbelievable, the Ravens defense is Swiss cheese

No way

The fucking refs

False start

Oh baby is right

Great game

Ahahahah Cowboys

Why did Aubrey kick through the end zone

Unlike the Giants game, I'm a bit worried about tonight's game. On the road and the Broncos want to prove they're real.

3 and out will work

I'm interested in the Rams/Broncos game, I hope the Rams win

but can I just say - the 49ers' Brock Purdy has been amazing, he is a quarterback machine

It's good, right?

Touchdown

Big stop

And missed it

That’s fine

20 would have been better but 16 to 0 works

nice catch on the 2 point conversion

appears the momentum may have shifted

Fuck

Four scores instead of two but yet you have a tie game

I did not have the Jags putting a beat down on the Pats in the cards for this week. Jags have had some talent for a few years now, so it is not surprising in a way.

Looking at the score, I would think that Saints and Raiders game was probably pretty entertaining. Silver vs. gold on the unform color scheme is ace when these teams rarely face.

Mike Golic was doing some radio play by play tonight driving into work, he's pretty good at the color on the game, surprising really. I always kinda dig listening to football on the radio. Kevin Harlan was always the big guy on CBS/Westwood One games and they would have John Riggins doing sideline/3rd announcer. It was boisterous and pretty entertaining.

So needed

that's a painful one, you really don't want LA getting their mojo back

Huge

big time swat

hell yeah Davante

oh nooooo

Wow

This is all on Stafford

Hell yeah

can't believe some people thought Drake Maye ought to be the MVP

dunno if Bo has what it takes

well c'mon I could've completed that pass :)

Of course

whoa that is wacky

That was not pass interference

yeah that's not a lot of contact c'mon

Another flag

Story of the history of the franchise, if Cincy cannot beat Pittsburgh, it's not going to work.

It would have been better if they scored

Payton's definitely going for this on 4th isn't he

ahhh man Davante

He got it

...

cmon Staff

Heart attack

Story of the history of the franchise, if Cincy cannot beat Pittsburgh, it's not going to work.

rip bob trumpy (seriously)

my dad always turned the TV audio down for steelers games and listened to the radio feed (jack fleming/myron cope), but he particularly hated bob trumpy for his presumed Bengal bias

don criqui (who is still alive!) got a pass

Fuck

Knew this was a trap game

not sure 1-2 teams get to talk about 'trap games'

in primetime

touché

Bob Trumpy - my dad liked to call him Bob Grumpy. That was a pretty good diss in the 80s.

Note for the non-midwesterners - Chris Collinsworth's first media gig after retirement was with WLW as a replacement for Trumpy's radio show - which I listened to all the time. I always had an opinion on Jim Breech and the Bengals kicking game. I got on the show once when I was like 13 or 14.

Trumpy definitely did not like the Steelers. That dude's playing career pretty much timed with the Steel Curtain rise to power. Trumpy was a pretty good TE as I understood and really one of the first good Bengals players as he started either first or second year of the franchise.

4x ALL PRO - did not remember that Trumpy was 6-6. He was a big dude for his time.

Dave Lapham still going strong on the Bengals radio broadcasts, he has been on there forever.

i was told that trumpy got some important body part broken in a game vs. the steelers?

but i can find no evidence of that

Lapham has been doing radio for the Bengals since 86. I knew he was there in the Icky Shuffle days and was still playing for Cincy when they rocked the stripes and went to the Superbowl the first time.

Bengals were the little brothers that got the crap beat out of them by the Steelers forever. It was a big deal I know back in 81 when they went to the Superbowl as I think that was the first time EVER they swept Pittsburgh in a season (if I remembering right...I watched them and the Bears every week).

There was ALOT of Bengals fans that were pi$$ed in the 80s when the Colts moved to Indy as when that happened - Cincy games disappeared on TV and they were popular in those days and the Colts sucked.

Sam Wyche Bengals vs. Jerry Glanville Oilers was must watch TV back in the day.

As much as the Bengals don't like the Steelers, they really hate the Browns and those are some of the wackiest games ever. THere is always some weird crazy sh1t that would happen in those games back in the day.

i was given this set of magnetic nfl helmets in 1977 by my next-door neighbors the lenoskys. their large son mike played linebacker for pitt before being supplanted by . . . hugh green

https://i.postimg.cc/k4gh5GZR/1976-7.jpg

nfl 'soft power'

I had a magnet set similar, but they were molded rubberish football helmets and they had sheet that you put on the fridge where you could put them in order each division.

There was a baseball one we had too and I found a couple of the magnets with the old Texas Rangers and Pirates logo in a toolbox of my dads.

nice

yah primo

Are the Eagles good this year?

Lol, almost wrote Phillies

those magnets look good

Bears are playing well

O@

Stupid, Stupid, Stupid

Picked off, crazy start to this game

I will stop live posting.

they blitzed him 11 times and every single time he made them pay. god bless you Case Keenum

i dont hate case but his broncos era so meh minus.

hey he nearly threw for 4000 yards that year, something a Bears QB has never done. probably went way over that mark if you factor in all the balls he threw to the other team

all true imo

joey porter jr to the cowboys

it'll be interesting to see how long it takes his back injury to heal

Flag was valid, unlike the Rams game

when it was 4th and 10 I would've bet my life savings on a DPI flag

Browns pull it out anyways

steelers in utter disarray

omar khan trades away george pickens and joey porter jr. for being *distractions* but never replaces their production in any suitable fashion

fine mike montgomery is from pittsburgh, but really?? come on

acting like rodgers can, at 42, make you anything better than 9-8 is absurd (and that's a stretch)

the way they're glazing Watson in this postgame show is really disgusting

love too overcome off-field issues

Browns got the Jets, so this might continue. Their schedule looks workable for a shot at .500 for the year with already 3 wins in hand.

Their D is good enough, if Cleveland does not turn over the ball, they could hang around in some games and keep winning ugly.

Browns fans are pretty long suffering, but having Watson around is just a drag.

Steelers are in need of a real rebuild. They really have not been this shaky since the last couple of years before Cowher took over the team, which was a long time ago at this point.

Cleveland is actually pretty good at basically every position but QB

I know Watson's put up decent stats the last few games but if you actually watch him, he still sucks. misses wide open throws, takes sacks when he really shouldn't, often careless with the ball, I think this redemption arc is not gonna last long

lmao at the clip of Rodgers yelling "call the fucking play!" at McCarthy who responds "fucking asshole"

i was really hoping the Steelers would hire another up and comer who would turn into a HOF coach and stick around for 15-20 seasons.

Tony Romo done at CBS

https://www.sportsmediawatch.com/2026/10/tony-romo-leaving-cbs-mutually-parts-ways/

The Tony Romo era at CBS is over.

CBS announced Friday that it has agreed to “mutually part ways” with its lead NFL analyst Tony Romo, ending a nine-year tenure that began with widespread acclaim and a record contract, but ultimately collapsed under the weight of his shortcomings in and outside of the broadcast booth. Romo had been on a leave of absence after being arrested for OWI in Wisconsin over the summer.

xp yeah the McCarthy hire is a real head scratcher. Rodgers is done this year and unlikely making the post season. Yet they'll likely be picking 8-10 in the draft.

They're going to be pretty bad for a long time unless they really clean house and take a risk on a younger coach. Seattle and Chicago are showing you how to do it right.

Maybe they sign Mac Jones next year...

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i was really hoping the Steelers would hire another up and comer who would turn into a HOF coach and stick around for 15-20 seasons.

mccarthy is the fourth steelers head coach of my lifetime (i am 55!) and easily the most unimaginative selection possible

idk who they should have hired instead, but nor is it the most important facet of my job to know that

at least they didn't hire josh mcdaniels i guess

Mark Sanchez, Tony Romo....who will be next?

I got to think a bunch of these media types pound the booze at every weekend gig. Its got to be a big party job.

networks are just using this stuff as an excuse to get out of absurdly large contracts

ppl just want to watch good games; they won't tune in because of brady or skip it because it's daryl johnston

there's no need to spend what they do on commentators

I would love to skip the brady games but I live my NFL life via an antenna tuned to Baltimore/Washington stations so y’know it is what it is

Mark Sanchez, Tony Romo....who will be next?

I'm praying for Cris Collinsworth

I would love to skip the brady games but I live my NFL life via an antenna tuned to Baltimore/Washington stations so y’know it is what it is

same . . . but with the fucking giants and jets, who (i'm pretty sure) are the worst two teams in the league over the last ten years

That illegal shift penalty on the commanders would-be TD was some bs

just bad football. bad announcing, too. Kelce is awful. Three guys in the booth is always a disaster. Why am I watching this?

THE JETS HAVE INTERCEPTED A PASS

Has a three-headed lamb been born lately? because these omens may signal the near approach of End Times.

Im so frustrated with Matthew Stafford this year.

lamb 17/189 o_o

How the Rams pulled that off I'll never know.

One last thing, it stop raining and then Stafford got going. Eagles also had a ton of injuries.

Really want the raiders to just put this one away but Spags is putting on another clinic as per usual

All the teams I hate won today

At least Michigan lost yesterday, I guess

The Harbaugh signal-stealing era is over and good riddance.

I guess we're all local partisans. I'm glad the Rams and 49ers won and am sorry the Bills lost

we're never gonna get the lions-bills super bowl i was promised

(by me)

I have no particular interest in either team, but I did watch it up until a few minutes ago. To my eyes, the whole difference in the game was Bryce Young consistently throwing pinpoint passes in the last couple tenths of a second before the Lions defense was able to touch him. It was his night to shine. He seemed jubilant whenever the camera showed him after yet another completion. When QB is on fire like that, what can you do?

its the Cat Bowl meow meow meow

lol wtf is Detroit doing

boy I bet you wish you had those 3 points now instead of going for it on 4th and 20 with 7 minutes left

We had double cat bowls this week.

Bryce Young at times was crazy accurate at Alabama. Those teams he was on was not the earlier juggernaut Crimson Tide teams, Young would often seem to be running for his life and then make some crazy throw or play.

Just tuned in after watching some baseball. Was not expecting this score

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my hottest take on young is “how the fuck are your stats like that at 5’10”?!”

as for today my take is like lol nfc go drink pee, can both teams lose?

these are uninformed unwise takes as we can see.

tryin to figure out which hilarious way the Cowboys are gonna blow this, failed 2 pt conversion a bit too obvious

there it is

Does Tampa have any defense

There it is

Tampa pulls it off

are the Giants gonna win the NFC East with Famous Jameis

awww theyre interviewing Jalen's mom

the eagles suck

jagwires absolutely determined to self destruct via penalties

Sick fg attempt 57

Ok i’m listening only but that was sick

Awesome game in the end tbh

has a team ever shown a 0% chance of winning on stupid bet-y shit and won lol

I’m guessing the backup long snapper will be super happy to go back to his regular day job after having to put in that particular rep

i dont usually nfl but the bears scrub qb scramble was incredibly satisfying when it got def holding not off holding lol

by “not usually nfl” i except donkeys

This Bears Packers game is turning out just as you would expect.

Missed extra point on one side, Missed field goal on the other

Can we change borad descrip to: “not usually nfl” i except donkeys

Turned over to Giants v Commanders

Going into OT

Giants missed field goal

Feel bad for the Giants kicker tbf

He’s got a serious case of the yips

How is that not a turnover

jameis is cooking

zvada gotta redeem himself

Huge running lanes

No way

I can't believe that actually happened

Etf!

How do you lose in that fashion

neither team deserved to win tbh

Lmao, next score wins so they should have just kicked it. Leaving time didn’t matter!

NFC east winless this week despite two of its teams playing each other

lol that is a great summary

Oh my God

Seattle gave the 49ers 7 free points

Lmao come on Seattle

come on 49ers

Hahaha just saw how Washington managed a tie…did they think they had a time out???

It looked like it

49ers are dominating this game

they haven't really been able to do anyting on offense though

scoring drives of 18, 11 and -4 yards

Hahaha just saw how Washington managed a tie…did they think they had a time out???

― frogbs, Sunday, October 11, 2026 6:11 PM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

important to note that the giants fumbled deep in field goal range to set it up, a well deserved tie

Hay, a made field goal.

Lol at the 49ers

21 - 22. I would think you would go for two there?

9ers cant be giving the ball up getting the ball was really working for them

Two points don't matter but three does or is it chasing points too early?

I cursed the 49ers, sorry dan.

Is that a pass?

Refs suck

Wow

9ers offense looking good now

refs conspiring against the innocent 49ers

Don't know about that

refs powerless

Wrong, he got it

purdy good

This has been a great game. Mainly for the defense

Of course this game is tied

29 all, the most common score

T
Right down the middle

serious game

Wow

Wide open

He dropped that?

thats bad

Fucking a

oh my gosh

looks like he got it

Call on the field?

What a game

"plane of grass" --tom brady

Mike Evans looking to see the name on the back of Trevon Diggs’ Jersey is an all-time trash-talk gesture

Niners losing two more dudes to injury on offense ... Deebo's hammy is probably going to have him out for a couple months, Cowing with an ankle injury, yet somehow without either they drive 75 yards for a TD on the only drive of the game to go the distance for a TD. My goodness

football is of course evil, but man these last two days of it have been wildly entertaining

🚨🚨LEGENDARY🚨🚨#49ERS STAR WR MIKE EVANS HIT #SEAHAWKS CB TREVON DIGGS WITH THE “WHO ARE YOU?…”

BEFORE LITERALLY TURNING HIM AROUND TO READ THE NAME ON THE BACK OF HIS JERSEY.

DIABOLICAL 💀💀💀 pic.twitter.com/GG2jCBkpJ6

— MLFootball (@MLFootball) October 11, 2026

pretty good

yah actually great imo

Collinsworth just said this has been 14 hours of ridiculous football and I couldn’t agree with him more

Ravens are determined to eat this OT clock

Derrick Henry being basically a force of nature is helping

Snoop Huntley appears to be having the time of his life

all that for a field goal???

lol @ Taraico : "second overtime of the day, will this one have a winner?"

whoa wait a second I read the score wrong sorry must've celebrated the Brewers victory too hard

Tua's back baby

Not able to watch. wtf happened to Penix?

I couldn’t even tell but they had to call up Tua who immediately threw an interception which was like OH THERE THE FALCONS ARE FINALLY BACK

might have asked this before, but: have we previously had a team with *two* lefty quarterbacks?

DuckDuckGo’s slop generator suggests that the 1991 Bengals and 1997 Jaguars meet this measure

ty!

(i actually added dillon gabriel to wiki's quite short list of lefty quarterbacks last year)

Penix “did not feel like I could give the team what they needed with the pain that I was feeling”

I am sympathetic and yet at the same time I am like DUDE

a jay cutler moment

(they were both no doubt correct but will be endlessly shit on nevertheless)

My nickname for him is "Mr. Glass"

glass penix

detachable penix

that's my fantasy football team name

"broken penix" felt too easy

ok, Bills-Rams has started

Looking forward to this.

Rams special teams rears it ugly head again

This game is stressing me out

There we go

Should have been a flag

Extra point no good

What happened to kickers this year?

Wow

Tie game, of course

Sure seemed like they let them score

:04

I tell ya Joe that's why you gotta make the extra points

OT probably like it should be

Unbelievable

Ball is out

Wow

now that is a Bills way to lose

I mean factor in the missed xp that is just brutal

Unbelievable

okay come on this needs to be a tie somehow

Well now I'm depressed

Hilarious game last night that was the perfect topper for a hilarious weekend of incompetent and wild football.

Rams definitely leaning into the dream team jinx storyline

As was posted elsewhere, the Rams are potentially a Jaxon Dart and Siriani disasterclass away from being 0-5

Oh so this is on.

OT again, this NFL season is crazy

Picked

Right down the middle

Such a massive gift for the Niners to get with the Rams and Hawks self owning repeatedly this early on

Texans offense is clicking today meanwhile Jags still self-sabotaging in the red zone

OK starting to wonder if the Houston offense is clicking or if it’s more like the Jaguars’ D just doesn’t have their shit together today. Hoping for another INT by Jacksonville tbh

why must I have close relatives who love the turquoise cat team and make me care

on to iggles panthers, more cats with playoff potential even despite themselves

Eagles are not a good team

Not today they aren’t

Ravens Browns going to OT. I give up

I’m watching Panthers-Eagles in German and the commentator just referred approvingly to Tanner McKee being sacked as UN PISS UND VINEGAR SPIELE lmao they’re fucking bloodthirsty

eagles are done and should tear it down

tank watch eagles

EINE FOURGAMELOSINGSTREAK

daniels 4 down run was sick eh?

Lol Rams!

Officially in last place with that loss. Super Team jinx continues.

Joke

the arizona cardinals have two wins at sofi stadium this season

the rams and chargers combined have one

Really? Ouch

Yikes, but it really isn't a home field much for either team

SoFi stadium always seems to be dominated by 49ers fans when I've watched games there

rams and chargers play each other in two weeks; let's hope it ends in a tie

Smh, Rams should be alright as they have a cup cake schedule for the next few weeks. Though that was supposed to start against the Cardinals.

At least the Cowboys are looking as horrible

That is not an interception

That is a catch

Heading into the 4th I was thinking watch the pack totally bungle holding on to this lead - and somehow they did not.

the brian schottenheimer experience

https://i.postimg.cc/3RVCTPFG/schottie.jpg

xp that cupcake schedule was supposed to start today.

I could see them losing to the Raiders and Commanders. They seem mentally off and McVay is not coaching a great season so far, his play calling is atrocious.

And who is going to be their kicker now? Moody?

I will admit that the Raiders are not pushovers this year, that was gut reaction.

I don't know if its McVay or Stafford, as the QB looks old. They are barley losing but losing nonetheless. Kickers are easy to replace but will be the third one in as many weeks.

They should have beaten the Broncos, Bills and Cardinals. The only game they had no chance in was the 49ers in Australia

Should have, could have, would have ect

incredible to me that mcvay is considered a great coach while also legendarily not giving a fuck about special teams

does he . . . not have time for that? is that somehow not part of his purview? figure it oot

seen a lot of speculation that McVay has been burning himself out and is basically not even sleeping anymore

speaking of not sleeping...yikes

https://bsky.app/profile/rapsheet.bsky.social/post/3myacy7yxrc2y

NFC East could be won by a 7-10 team

how tf did they let him play

this jalen hurts story is absolutely insane

heads have to roll on the medical staff

He is actually lucky to be alive, what the FUCK. Did he take an international flight in this condition?

ya this whole thing is nuts even before you consider them letting him play despite knowing he hadn't slept in 36 hours

What do you think they’re doing to the guys who aren’t Jalen Hurts?

I can’t stress enough how much telling someone with a blood clot not to sleep is not a real thing doctors do

so what do you think is happening here?

I think the narrative that we’ve finally been given seems plausible. superficial thrombosis -> DVT -> PE. unless someone is symptomatic, we generally don’t investigate for PE in patients with DVT since the treatment is the same, though VIPs often get extra diagnostics like this

in terms of staying awake all night, I can only assume something is being lost in translation here, like he was just up all night because he was undergoing tests

is this similar to what forced Chris Bosh into early retirement?

he had a pulmonary embolism too yeah. I don’t recall his exact circumstances off the top of my head, but I assume his were recurrent. generally the treatment for a first time event when the cause is known is blood thinners for 3-6 months. if it’s recurrent you often need to be on them lifelong

in terms of staying awake all night, I can only assume something is being lost in translation here, like he was just up all night because he was undergoing tests

His agent has since said that that wasn’t true.

The coach was then deliberately asked why Hurts was allowed to fly home despite being diagnosed with a superficial blood clot. A testy exchange with a Philadelphia Inquirer reporter ensued.

"We've put out a statement – we've put out multiple statements – for you guys to hear," said Sirianni, adding that he would not address the topic further.

Forthrightness evaded Sirianni again when he was asked who, specifically on the medical staff, was part of the pregame conversations regarding Hurts' availability.

"I understand that you want this information on this," Sirianni said. "I fully trust the people that are involved in helping us all make these decisions. And we have great people here."

He pointed out that the medical and training staff include the same individuals that helped the Eagles stay healthy in 2024, which included 21 of 22 Week 1 starters playing in the Super Bowl en route to the organization's Super Bowl 59 victory. Once again, Sirianni said players' health at forefront of the organization's mind. He said his relationships with the players are special because of the care they all have for each other.

I mean I get that he’s not a doctor and he might not feel comfortable commenting but a horrific health scare and avoidable risk for one of the best players in the game probably deserves better than “I don’t want to address it further”.

His agent has since said that that wasn’t true.

if that’s the case, as someone who has treated hundreds of patients a year in the hospital with blood clots in the legs, lungs, and elsewhere, there is no rational explanation for this. and at the time, the clot was in a superficial vein!

Wemby recently experienced this and came back to reach the finals with no issues. Hope that's the case with Hurts.

But damn if there doesn't seem to be more here with regards to communication, this is a mess

To the degree I’d give anybody any sympathy here, and I really couldn’t give a shit less about Sirianni’s rep, but the guy probably has absolutely no idea what he’s talking about wrt how a body works, and doesn’t even know what questions to ask of the staff. He might be familiar with a handful of bones, ligaments, and tendons in a few spots, and he should absolutely know concussions from a hole in the ground, but I can kinda understand him sounding like an ignoramus about this

yeah sirianni deserves little blame for the medical side of things. starting a QB who hadn’t slept in 36 hours, might be something there. anyway he sucks as a HC and should be fired anyway

“This guy who hasn’t slept in a day and a half is still our best chance to win” is indeed mind blowing but Sirianni, like a lot of his peers, probably operates on a frightening sleep deficit throughout the season and might be like whatevs dude that’s not such a stretch

I think the main challenge that comes with deciding to fire an HC is the incredibly shallow pool of twisted obsessives who want the job and are qualified in any way

As k3vin said, from a medical point of view it's obvious that Hurts should never have been allowed to play that game.

For however long he needs to stay on anticoagulants he cannot play in the future.

i know much less than k3vin but having had a PE (in one lung, not both) this is all incredible

i finally called 911 when simply rolling over in bed left me out of breath. absolutely no way someone could play football in that situation. nor did anyone ever (thank god) tell me to stay awake. i still take blood thinners six years later.

the thing is that once this was a DVT or PE, the management is clear — he can’t play

what I still need to understand is the management of the superficial thrombosis (can’t sleep?), allowing him to play on no sleep, and then the decision to let him fly to the states with all this going on. none of it makes sense

patients have a right to choose their outcomes I guess

nfl concussion spotters, however feeble their powers are, suggest otherwise

dont think you can fire Sirianni midseason because the division is still in play, even without Hurts they may be the best team in the East. but yea after that they gotta cut him loose, that team needs to be shaken up

i trust howie is going to see reason. there’s nothing to fight for this season, supposedly a very strong draft next year, time to sell

the division may or may not still be in play but c'mon

they have no quarterback and no offensive line; they're going nowhere

as has been noted elsewhere this is a team that's won two super bowls in the last decade and been largely competitive

yet they are setting records for the most rancid vibes possible

i'm more than happy to shit on philly and its fans but there seems to be something else going on

yeah there is no semblance of hope, no silver lining to anything this year. the injuries have obv been biblical but there’s been nothing to suggest the coaching has been putting them in the best position either. clean house, sell anything that’s not nailed down, and reload

tbf at least they didn't hire a terrible coach in an effort to re-sign a 42yo has-been quarterback

Seriously wtf was Pittsburgh thinking?

fyi the NFC east did not record a win this week either

no division had previously gone winless in two straight weeks since (at least) the NFL-AFL merger

That's actually insane.

seeing now that doctors didn’t recommend hurts stay awake for medical reasons, which at least puts to rest the most inexplicable part of this whole saga

okay but how did that story even arise? i'm perfectly willing to accept that beat reporters simply passed along what they were told, but who told them that?

xxxp i honestly have no idea what the steelers are doing. utter disarray

i can literally remember hearing about art rooney sr. dying in 1988

since then it's been dans and arts alternating to the point where i've no idea

New England scores on a play with only :03 left @ around the 50.

Falcons….good??

49ers fan travel well and they were loud in Atlanta

The Browns are 5-2!! Todd Monken might be the greatest coach in Browns history.

NY Giants win in OT

Packers kicker missed a 26 yarder woof they may need a new one

I was lead to believe that the Raiders are a good team this year. The Rams just walked up and down the field to score in the first half

Ok there’s been like 3 completely inexplicable calls vs. Green Bay right today

the number of ints the lions are trying to throw here but the packers just wont catch them

27 in the first half should be enough for the Rams

Wtf yet another insane roughing call on GB

I hate the Packers but yeah some egregious calls

Falcons….good??

They're decent with Penix! Niners are beat up and were on a short week and due for a loss; this game screamed "TRAP" weeks ago. Hopefully they can rest up on their bye and get key players back for the Raiders game and beyond

Had the pleasure of watching the Bengals comeback live in person today. Sorry Ravens. Burrow & company got the good stuff at halftime apparently (while those of us in the stands were watching a corgi race)

the end of game for packers-lions was deeply nuts, both teams trying their hardest to lose

yeah deeply frustrating, so many dropped passes by GB (interceptions and a TD), two missed chip shot field goals, a neutral zone infraction which iced the game for Detroit, numerous insane, inexplicable calls completely changing the flow of the game...even Brady was calling them out. Detroit didn't exactly play a tight game either

going for it late in a tie game from your own 24 yard line is madness

the lions drew a false start when they were trying to do victory formation. green bay will get a new kicker right?

The 49ers looked really bad today

in 24 games under aaron glenn, the jets have been outscored 107-6 in the final two minutes before halftime

the slow zoom in on Trey Smack's thousand yard stare was brutal, like he knows thats the moment it was over for him in the NFL

49ers go down, are the Chiefs next?

would be amazing if the sole remaining undefeated team was the thoroughly unconvincing 6-0 Vikings

did anyone see that Firefox commercial? first ad I've seen to tap into the "holy shit, the internet sucks now" feeling everyone has these days

Nothing depresses me more than the war dot com commercials.

War dot gov, which actually makes it worse

Going back to the game, I'm glad KC lost even if Seattle is in my same division. I think I just hate the Chiefs more.

We all do.

this is great (gift link)

Inside an NFL headset: The technology, chaos and split-second conversations behind every play

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/interactive/how-nfl-headsets-work-technology-coach-player-communications/?unlocked_article_code=1.LlE.kigf.WBdop3Ca6YCA&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_interactive_copylink&smid=url-share-ta

Thanks for sharing mookie

Jay-Z picks himself to perform for the SB half-time show because he is apparently super relevant right now

that headset article is amazing

lmao @ Jimmy Garoppolo.."We’re killing brain cells here. So why don’t we make this a little quicker with the wristband?"

Stafford clip is incredible too

Jimmy - always a G haha.

Amazing article, big thanks for sharing! The list of coaches who shared anecdotes is legendary, can literally parse the coaching trees by taking in their assistant coach roles. Some of those 90's staffs are loaded with future Super Bowl winning head coaches.

yeah the aged-ness of the real-life stories doesn’t give me a feel about usage now, but the first part covers now’s ui well. the rest is, you know, as they say. fun tales tho.

Packers offense seems like they partied with the rest of Wisconsin last night.

I still feel like you should get more points for hitting the upright. Poor Smack.

nice to see a dramatic comeback from a hospital trip

I'm actually rooting hard for Smack to turn it around, feel like he's living out every aspiring NFL kicker's nightmare

Packers may be a formidable team after all, if only for their defense. They've been weirdly good and Parsons isn't even back yet.

Why did the Panthers go for 2 as now they're down 8.

you're supposed to do that.

assuming it's a 50/50 shot, if you get it the next possession you score a TD and kick an XP to win. if not you go for 2 again, a 50/50 shot at tying, then a 50/50 shot of winning in OT. its a longshot but anything on top of the original 50/50 is a bonus. that is assuming things go as planned...you get the stop and then score a TD with 0 on the clock

nice to see a dramatic comeback from a hospital trip

WWE energy

Lamar Jackson thumb injury on his first play back 👎🏻

with QBs getting injured left and right you might think that smart teams would be better off putting more $$ into a great defense and a strong running game than unbalancing their payroll by paying sky high salaries to QBs and WRs.

the Vikings have been experimenting with not having an offense at all

Raves are on their third quarterback and hung in there for most of the game, not over

zero completions = 1 tampa win

Cowboys go down to the Cardinals!

Vikings finally lose one to the Lions

can't believe arizona missed the extra point after scoring what should have been the winning td, I can't remember anyone missing the kick in that situation

jets are currently in line to have three top-ten (two of them top-five) draft pics next spring: their own, the cowboys' and the colts'

burrow's stat line was just obscene today
38/48 462yds 5td 3int

Mina Kimes:

The Pittsburgh Steelers sacked Deshaun Watson 8 times today.

That's the most any QB has been sacked in a game this season.

Watched the battle of LA. Sean McVay refused to run the ball in the first half. Rams started off with five, three and outs, couldn't have looked worse.

Broncos within 3

What is sack

No good

Fuck Harrison Butker

Wow

Seven

But did you give Mahomes too much time?