Atticus Sappington spelled backward is basically Not Gonna Pass, Suck It. This may be a Chad Powers situation.

Me hearing @qbklass.bsky.social compare Kliff Kingsbury to Greg Roman:

The Eagles on 1st downs this season: Pass DVOA: 22.4% (11th) Run DVOA: -17.7% (26th) Run Ratio: 57.1% (4th) Have you considered passing on 1st downs, Kevin Patullo? Source: @aaronschatz.com and @ftnfantasy.com

The Jets or Cardinals trying to trade for Tanner McKee after he goes Matt Flynn on the Commanders this week:

Matt Nagy may be making the greatest PR play for a head coaching job since Mike McCarthy spent a couple of days at PFF headquarters and convinced everyone he had solved analytics

Nix: Designed rollout for a 2-yard catch. Caleb: Some designed, but some "IT'S ROLL RIGHT HERO TIME." Ward: "Haaaallllllp" Mahomes: Mahomesing. Hurts: Mostly scramble and hope. Eagles don't call designed rollouts, because they are too much like "plays."

kirk cousins is better than mike penix

Seasons with 13 or more regular season wins: Sam Darnold: 2 The Carolina Panthers: 1

The Eagles on 1st downs this season: Pass DVOA: 22.4% (11th) Run DVOA: -17.7% (26th) Run Ratio: 57.1% (4th) Have you considered passing on 1st downs, Kevin Patullo? Source: @aaronschatz.com and @ftnfantasy.com

Kevin Stefanski has Stockholm syndrome confirmed

Row summing for advanced stats @pro-football-reference.com

Career games with 300 or more passing yards: Tyler Shough: 2 Bryce Young: 3

Panthers fans seeing the team is actually above average over the last 5 weeks:

After his big Sunday night, Luther Burden is now over 3.0 yards per route run for the season. That is a super rare benchmark for a full season. Puka Nacua and JSN are the only other receivers over 3.0 YPRR in 2025 per @ftnfantasy.com.

If Matthew Stafford wanted to win the MVP, he shouldn't have let Bryce Young throw 3 TDs against his Rams

My updated AFC power rankings:

The Boston Globe:

Trevon Diggs will be a compelling comeback player of the year sleeper in 2026 when a man-heavy team like the Lions frees him away from all the zone Matt Eberflus ran with mismatched personnel in Dallas this year

Did the Rams lose to the Falcons on purpose so they would fall to the No. 6 seed and duck my undoubtedly fearsome Panthers team - that beat the Rams in the regular season - in the 4-5 matchup? Many people are wondering.

Happy to have you as a Panthers fan @miketanier.bsky.social, however temporary

Complicating the MVP discussion: Matthew Stafford has played the third-hardest schedule of opposing pass defenses. (Harder: TEN, SF) Drake Maye has played the easiest schedule of opposing pass defenses.

The glass-half-empty view of this Falcons win for a Panthers fan hoping for the three-way 8-9 tie that would put Carolina in the playoffs is now the Saints are in a position to screw us again

A.J. Terrell punching that near Puka Nacua catch free:

The possibly missed Dee Alford defensive pass interference against Tutu Atwell:

Zane Gonzalez, Panthers sleeper agent

Never a doubt

ESPN expected to play that Matthew Stafford legacy statue segment 2 hours ago

Jared Verse peacing the Falcons bench *at midfield* during his blocked FG touchdown is hilarious

Any team playing the Falcons:

Guy beside me just celebrated because this means they can't go up 28-3

Bijan Robinson gained 31 yards on this carry:

This game makes me think the Falcons are closer to competing in 2026 than I realized. They should consider trading their 1st-round pick to try to win now.

Can the Rams be the best team in the NFL if they lose to 2 NFC South teams?

Pick 6s is the funniest stat that accurately ranks the best quarterbacks of all time

Bijan Robinson with the greatest 3-yard run in NFL history:

Bijan Robinson is going to finish this game the league leader in scrimmage yards and not be anywhere near the OPOY discussion

Davante Adams 84 TDs on 26 career red zone targets #elite

Panthers fans after that Bijan Robinson touchdown:

Congrats to the Falcons for not being opening script merchants

one of my favorite bits in the NFL is when a defensive coordinator sends a crazy exotic pressure with a disguised coverage and the rookie QB just hits a simple throw for a solid gain because they have no idea what's going on anyways.

Seasons with 13 or more regular season wins: Sam Darnold: 2 The Carolina Panthers: 1

The Panthers with the 8th worst kick returning special teams per @aaronschatz.com and @ftnfantasy.com:

Christian McCaffrey is doing some bizarre sideline stretches to loosen his back. Possibly because he has more than 400 touches this season since Kyle Shanahan refuses to play Brian Robinson despite Robinson leading the position in broken tackle rate.

Trey Lance truthers:

Nick Sirianni has to weigh whether a one-week reduction in Jalen Hurts injury risk is worth risking 1,000 questions about benching Hurts for Tanner McKee if McKee lights up the depleted Commanders in Week 18

I enjoyed Seth Henigan in Outlander