collated last night and this morning's reporting on the Demond Williams Jr. situation, including some of my own tidbits from conversations with sources and compliance personnel. this is going to keep getting messier for everyone involved:

2025 has been really good to me despite it starting with me getting clocked by a Kyle McCord pass. engineered a great year at Wide Left, started covering basketball, moved the spreadsheets over to Football Sheets, hit 3k(!) of you. always grateful for the opportunity!

I cannot fathom what compelled the Chargers to start Bobby Hart over Austin Deculus this week given that Hart had not played LT in three years and Deculus has mostly been slightly above catastrophic

hey man I know I'm a Philip Rivers homer but he's fuckin dealing

that was Philip's first free play touchdown EVER???????

takeaways from the Chargers' 7th win in 8 games. Justin Herbert and Omarion Hampton played great games thanks in no small part to a good(!) game from the OL. defense stepped up huge in the second half. starting to feel like LA could *maybe* make a run

can make a very strong argument no QB has been carrying a heavier workload on offense the past two years than justin herbert. mahomes too.

nooooooooooo not Kimani Vidal

feels like there's one scramble every game where Justin Herbert simply decides he is untackleable behind the line of scrimmage

please extend Teair Tart this offseason

Chargers clearly think they have a matchup advantage against rookie CB Shavon Revel Jr.

Ben Sauls, the only left footed kicker in the league, just made his first career field goal. Earlier this year, @katson.bsky.social wrote about how surprisingly lonely it is to be a left-footed kicker www.wideleft.football/p/katson-the...

Good week at Wide Left - @katson.bsky.social: Can Philip Rivers Defeat Time www.wideleft.football/p/can-philip... @friesfootball.bsky.social The Vikings' Defense Showed What Could Have Been Against Washington www.wideleft.football/p/the-viking...

In light of the, uh Philip Rivers news? Is that right? @katson.bsky.social had thoughts on the possibility of Rivers defeating time www.wideleft.football/p/can-philip...

Philip Rivers is back? maybe? and I think how he plays could go a long way towards defining this era of the NFL:

The discourse around McCarthy has reached a fever pitch. I talked about the problems, expectations and complicated web of technical issues that have impacted his play. And what it means for his future www.wideleft.football/p/jj-mccarth...

folks, I have posted my way into reality. my special teams expertise has found its way to the Lou Groza Award and they have made me an official voter

holy shit how the hell did Omar Cooper do that

I hope Marshawn Kneeland's loved ones can find peace. talent, fame, and money don't make you immune to mental health and I hope the grief of last night's tragedy can be channeled into positivity and remembrance of a man who was, by all accounts, one of the best of us. RIP

Norse Code Episode Episode 579: Chargers Preview with @katson.bsky.social www.wideleft.football/p/norse-code...

"Listen, fuck your redshirting" is such a good line. Toledo should put it on a shirt

my deep distrust of LLMs knows no bounds

wrote about it this summer: it really doesn't matter if Trevor Lawrence is the 8th or 18th best QB in the league because he's the most memorable QB for a Jaguars team that has always folded in moments like tonight. every Jags fan is gonna tell their grandkids about that TD

thought the Athletic Football Show segment on WAS-LAC was really sharp. LAC are a light box team against a pretty heavy run game. on the back end, the pattern match coverage LAC runs allowed WAS to pull defenders out of their zones and then send receivers back into those holes

doing this against the Chargers defense is certainly a choice

Justin Herbert

Im ok just hydroplanned into the wall

I really think we've acquired a monopoly on guys whose brains work like this at Wide Left

white boy summer? ❌ Im ok just hydroplanned into the wall fall? ✅

football has grown in Brazil for many reasons: Gisele Bündchen, Jair Bolsonaro, the COVID-19 pandemic. but the efforts of four media members I had lunch with in São Paulo are a key reason too, one that makes me hopeful about the state of media coverage both abroad and stateside:

the people are clamoring

When Alex told me that the NFL denied him a credential after we had booked the trip, I didn't panic at all because I knew he was going to write a killer story anyway Despite knowing that, I was floored at how fucking good it ended up being

Wide Left sent @katson.bsky.social to Brazil. It was a disaster www.wideleft.football/p/god-did-no...

The NFL denied my credential. American Airlines put me in purgatory. God Did Not Want Me to Go to Brazil. Wide Left sent me anyway. I got one hell of a story out of it:

HELLO EVERYBODY I have been in a singular niche as the spreadsheet man since 2021. major media, NFL teams, P4 programs, agencies, and rabid fans have all supported me making a bunch of lists. this year, I am moving the spreadsheets off of Patreon. welcome to FOOTBALL SHEETS:

Jedd Fisch says that LB Jacob Manu is "getting close" to returning from his torn ACL, but Washington will then need to evaluate whether Manu will take a redshirt season. the Arizona transfer has 2 years to play 1 but could play 4 games + postseason and keep his redshirt

"I believe that our program isn't going to be one where people come and go. We're working really hard to make that the case," Jedd Fisch says. clear that Washington is making it an emphasis to keep their young core of talent intact for the long term

Raiden Vines-Bright will be Washington's starting slot receiver on Saturday against Colorado State, per Jedd Fisch. the true freshman from Tempe, AZ is listed as an OR with Penn State transfer Omari Evans but will get the first crack at the job

Jedd Fisch says that scouts from 17 NFL teams have been at Washington's practices over the last 8 days

Jedd Fisch says that he believes that everybody not previously ruled out for the season (e.g. Russell Davis II) will be available for Washington's opener against Colorado State Saturday. "does not mean everyone will play", he notes

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH LFG JP

final Chargers roster projection following LA's preseason finale vs San Francisco:

I love all of our staff at Wide Left but James might seriously be worth the subscription price by himself. been thinking about doing something like this for a while but nobody was better equipped to handle this than him

Richardson is the latest in a long line of results-oriented draft picks taken without a long-term plan that owner/GM/HC bought into. he also had the 4th-worst completion % in a season since 2000 and took himself out of a game last year. where does that leave us going forward?

the difference between here and Twitter is so crazy because you guys don't even know about the Justin Herbert-Madison Beer rumors

please go look at what this is in response to. what the hell is wrong with this place lmfao

theoretically this should be Tim Boyle's last appearance on the NFL transaction wire but you would've said that about the previous 7 times he got cut so I look forward to him signing with the Rams later

what if we just cancel the season

still not really sure how they'd put everyone on the field in the correct positions if he comes back but fuck it sure

I’ll also accept Los Angeles Charger Micah Parsons