Look, not every NFL week can be a winner. Luckily most of us were still comatose from a 20,000 calorie weekend, so we didn’t notice that the week 12 slate was full of dud matchups between mediocre squadrons. Still football is football and a full slate of games will produce moments.

The mediocrity started on the grand day itself, as America continued to punish themselves and Detroit’s fine citizens by putting the Lions on national TV. Plus as an added bonus this year we got the Raiders. In fact the most exciting thing to happen in the three Turkey day games was Josh McDaniels inspiring profanity, captured for millions of fans as Roger Goodell spilled his pumpkin pie. Who doesn’t love a little awkward announcing?

The Eagles and Falcons spared themselves similar profanities by barely keeping their playoff hopes alive. Against JV squads Washington and Tampa respectively, the favored fowl franchises foully fucked with their fandom before finally pulling out fourth quarter wins. Roddy White was the hero for ATL pulling down the game winning TD pass from backup QB Chris Redman with less than 30 seconds left. Read the rest of this entry »

Well it looks like LJ27 will have plenty of time to prep that demo for Roc Nation as he’s been released from the Kansas City Chiefs, subsequently due to some disparaging remarks on his Twitter account. Read the rest of this entry »

Oh, the power of words, or pwr ov wrds if you’re speaking the Twitter language. Frustrated with his notoriously lousy franchise the Kansas City Chiefs – which definitely includes the 37-7 paddling given to them last Sunday by the San Diego Chargers – star running back Larry Johnson let loose on reporters asking for comment on his Twitter tirade against head coach Todd Haley. Read the rest of this entry »

This just saved me getting on my soapbox today.

Steven A. Smith speaking on the plight of the black athlete. It’s a big pill to swallow, but there’s a lot of acidic truth in the man’s words. Read the rest of this entry »