They’re about to either hire the least-analytical GM they can or just Will McClay

It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time. Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.

when Lee Hunter is single-teamed:

The corporate media continues to minimize elite complicity in this administration’s cruel policies. This is not a nameless Ninja Turtle. This is Michaelangelo. Name and shame these guys!

This is pretty much peak Gronk, covered the slip and fall at the end perfectly though

Congrats to the Cowboys on 250 years without making it to the NFC Championship Game.

they're gonna just ship 2026 in unplayable condition and hope some community management bullshit will bridge the gap until the first major updates, I can tell

Jalen Moss goes into the end zone .... and into the cereal bowl.

Going to be nice to Nick Caserio for one day this year and put the spotlight on a conclusive win so far: man-free-a-football-newsletter.ghost.io/did-the-texa...

i was 16 when this was on tv every day and it’s taken until now to crack what it was tha—oh wow my therapist emailed right as i was posting this haha what a world

Was messing around with DVOA taking out a player's top targets. Like, Drake Maye's DVOA falls to 13.9% if you take out targets to Stefon Diggs, and Matt Stafford's falls to 12.6% without Puka Nacua. Sam Darnold falls to -15.2% without Jaxson Smith-Njigba. That's your JSN for OPOY stat.

Really just a testament to the power of having an opening premise and not actually going anywhere beyond that youtu.be/mVnoNpncfh0?...

Going to be nice to Nick Caserio for one day this year and put the spotlight on a conclusive win so far: man-free-a-football-newsletter.ghost.io/did-the-texa...

I've banged on about him for 18 months, but it still strikes me how underrated Kamari Lassiter still is. He is the definition of an All-Pro corner in 2025. In-out versatility, fitting the run, tackling in space, bump-and-run coverage, latch-and-grab off-coverage

The constitutional remedy for a president who uses collective punishment against people for the crimes of a few is impeachment, removal, and disqualification, followed by a criminal trial.

Sometimes a stray comment from @shivambhatt.bsky.social gets you thinking "Wait, why is Final Fantasy's sexy female ice elemental named after a Hindu god?" www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/how-did...

Ah right, "the first down thing," often a key part of "a good offense."

I don't miss being in quarterback purgatory. I'd be Mad Online for weeks if my team was rumored to be into Ty Simpson. (www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...)

Pinged this @rotopat.bsky.social last night—is Burden a top 50 fantasy pick next year? Lot of target competition, especially if Moore stays. Caleb has been uneven. But…

In a hurry while filling out your MVP ballot? Too tired to pick nits between fading Matthew Stafford and cake-scheduling Drake Maye? You should consider John Christian Ka'iminoeauloameka'ikeokekumupa'a Fairbairn. Everyone likes saying his name and every generation needs a Mark Moseley moment.

There was no Republican ideological need to do this. It was all just for love of the game (killing as many children, immiserating as many people, and puffing up the egos of the least deserving men as much as possible).

the 49-year Falcons-Saints rivalry has all been leading to the moment Sunday when it decides an NFC South title that neither team can win

In a hurry while filling out your MVP ballot? Too tired to pick nits between fading Matthew Stafford and cake-scheduling Drake Maye? You should consider John Christian Ka'iminoeauloameka'ikeokekumupa'a Fairbairn. Everyone likes saying his name and every generation needs a Mark Moseley moment.

DJ Humphries getting bullied every other play.

It's more likely the sinkhole falls in a Bijan Robinson

BIJAN

Raheem Morris should spend his entire post-game presser talking about how the committee would be doing the NFL a disservice to not invite the Falcons to the playoff, maybe someone gets confused along the way.

Scared to compete, but unironically.

Lmao

Bo Nix now 2-for-2 on getting bailed out of anything slightly uncomfortable in Week 18.

This, combined with "vice signaling" (taking pride in antisocial behavior) has given us the reign of the Stupid Asshole, something most people are against, but can only be remedied if we're not too polite to talk about it

(I know he did it before the final game both times but) Show me when the league moved to a 17-game schedule without showing me when the league moved to a 17-game schedule.

This game is like watching a 1999 Rangers/Indians game. Lee Stevens hitting 450-foot bombs off Paul Assenmacher. Travis Fryman hitting tanks off Mark Clark. Everyone getting more and more irritated instead of excited.

Brock Purdy capping off his unbelievable Mahomes-esque touchdown with one of the worst dances since George W. Bush.

my demands are simple, mr. bond

Between the people I love who root for the Bills and Eagles all I can hope is that you get to puke equally on each other in the stands

Steichen should be fired solely because I wanted to see how far Rivers would have thrown this.

Rivers tip-picked to set up some classic Trailing Rivers Script

DUDE IS MOVIN

The yearly Mo Alie-Cox touchdown catch that makes you wonder why Mo Alie-Cox never is or was a thing.

DADGUM ITTTTT

Grizz, the Memphis Grizzlies mascot, turning a child into a meat crayon.

Phil Rivers intentional grounding.

Lawrence picked as Germaine Pratt covers Washington in end zone