I think the Lions and Bucs should be blowing up Mike McDaniel's phone right now. He is a gifted offensive mind and managed to maximise a physically limited QB, but I don't think his leadership style is developed enough to lead a struggling team

Lane Hutson skates like a toddler on two redbulls and an adderall and it is absolutely fantastic to watch I would be genuinely shocked if he doesn't win a Norris in his career

An AFC North CLASSIC to end the 2025 regular season. Rodgers gets one more playoff run to cap his legendary career. If I'm Baltimore, I think this game pushes me into making a coaching change. Time to start rolling the dice, can't keep having Lamar miss out through a heartbreaker each year

The Denver Broncos are an elite team with an absolute buzzsaw of a defence that is good enough to win them the Super Bowl That said, I raise my eyebrows a little bit that a motivated offence couldn't crack a Chargers defence playing their second string Something to keep an eye on

Myles motherfucking Garrett A once in a generation defensive force

I am so happy that the my franchise’s single season TD record for a quarterback is no longer owned by Blake Bortles

Man I am going to talk about Nick Chubb in five years the way people talk about Derrick Rose He was actually so good with the Browns, advanced stats darling, and injuries have stolen his career

The Saints are a weirdly well-coached team Both Spencer Rattler and Tyler Shough have looked like functional NFL starters despite having some of lowest skill position talent in the league at their disposal

Jesus H Christ Miles Garrett is so fast Being that fast at that size should qualify you as a weapon of mass destruction

I take it back…DUUUUUVAAAALLLL

Some weird energy brewing in the NFL early window Wtf was that Cousins INT and why are the Jaguars pretending they are still coached by Urban Meyer?

I know Kyle Shanahan must have been sick to his stomach watching the Seahawks kills the 49ers with the outside zone run plays that he helped spread across the NFL Unbelievable defensive game from Seattle as well, who are edging ever closer to making me flip my NFC title pick

The Bucs-Panthers game was certainly entertaining but doesn't really inspire much hope for whichever team makes it to the playoffs The Bucs O-line were excellent in the run game but the passing game was stagnant - Baker won't be able to to run around for that long against better defences

Watching the Suns realise they actually don’t need to help off Sacramento drives was entertaining Also, Dillon Brooks developing a functional midrange was not on my 2026 bingo card

The Rangers showing that with the goalkeeping edge, incisive passing and excellent special teams, you can comfortably win a match despite being outshot nearly 2:1

The Miami Heat managed to catch the Detroit Pistons out with their own style of hoops, turning their usual dominance of the glass and the fast break into a lopsided affair in the other direction Jaime Jaquez Jr. has really flourished off the bench, shades of Manu in his do-it-all style

For 75% of last night's match, I thought the Kings played the perfect game to counter the Hedman-less Lightning: aggressive man defence, double teams and relentlessness driving rush chances But there's a very fine margin of error against such excellent players and LA just couldn't hold on

Man I was so high on Bilal Coulibaly as a raw prospect for this young Wizards squad. The athletic gifts are still evident but he is one of least efficient scorers in the NBA at the moment and his TS percentage has fallen each year he's been in the league Chances of an efficiency bump are slimming

Giannis was pretty clearly focused on getting back into his own scoring rhythm vs the Wizards, which in the context of this one game was probably to the Bucks' detriment Hopefully as he returns to full confidence in his own scoring he can start spreading the ball around

Leaving Adam Fox of the US Olympic roster is one of the most baffling personnel I’ve ever witnessed I do not care if he’s been rough at previous international comps, he is at minimum at top 5 defenseman in the league Such a needless own goal by USA Hockey

Ended up enjoying Flyers-Flames a lot more than I expected going into it. The Flyers remain an excellent defensive team, but they reallys struggle in and around the slot area Calgary have resurrected their season out of nowhere - also a good defence but with better offensive pop

Disappointing from the Devils not to take advantage of the depleted Leafs. Especially since they effectively handed the Leafs control of the game with some unncessary early penalties Kudos to Toronto, they were great when holding the lead, packed the blue paint and blocked a ton of shots

Back when he was competing with Joker for MVPs, I was a harsh critic of Joel Embiid, but maturity and greater ball-knowing have enlightened me, because he is a truly phenomenal player I was worried this latest injury would be it for him and am very glad we get to see more of him

The defensive turnaround in Atlanta this year has been legitimately very impressive and their 2025 draft decisions, which many were sceptical of, seem to be paying off It's not easy to get two (should have been) pick-sixes out of Matt Stafford, but that's what happened last night

I don’t think Drake Maye is the MVP this year, largely because he has had the benefit of playing in a division with two lame ducks while Stafford has been in the best division in football That said, Drake Maye is an absolutely sensational QB

The starting five skaters for the Avalanche this season is starting to feel like the Hamptons Five on the 2017 Warriors. Hard to capture how dominant they are at 5-on-5, Vegas could barely get a look-in during the third period. Every comeback just felt inevitable

I'll be the first to admit that I have not been keeping a very close eye on the Nets this year, but they pulled out some interesting moves against the Wolves last night I thought they did a great job of getting past Minnesota on the perimeter to force Gobert into tough positions

Derrick Henry - the best running back of his generation Had Packers fans celebrating the Lambeau Leap with him after his fourth TD of the game. What an unbelievable player. Shoutout to the Ravens offensive line, who were excellent as well

Malik Willis might legitimately be an NFL starting quarterback. The first few times he filled in for Love it was easy to put their success down to LaFleur’s coaching but it’s clear Willis is being trusted to do more and more and is executing extremely well Has a excellent arm as well

Getting JJ Moser resigned is an excellent bit of business for the Lightning He’s been one of the breakout D-men this year and gives Tampa a top defensemen to sustain them as Hedman winds down

Zayne Parekh is a SNIPER Big win by team Canada at the World Juniors to exorcise some demons

Blazers had an excellent defensive game plan early on vs the Clippers, throwing double teams at Kawhi and Harden early on in the shot-clock and forcing them into rushed reads and TOs But as the game went on, the vets started to figure out the patterns and force more 1v1 matchups

I have a two stage litmus test for determining whether someone has basketball opinions worth taking seriously: 1) in your opinion, is Draymond Green a Hall of Famer? 2) in your opinion, is Rudy Gobert in a Hall of Famer?

Big fan of Courtland Sutton getting a career second-wind under Peyton. Classic X-receiver and a key offensive weapon for the Broncos

Lakers defence is looking...porous. More a case of low awareness than low effort from what I saw, but too many communication breakdowns that overwhelmed some of the positive effort plays they had

The Rockets are a much better fit for KD than the Suns ever were. One area where KD doesn't really operate at all is on the offensive glass, and the Rockets have the personnel to compensate for that. They actually have players who play in the paint who can make the most of missed KD jumpers

Commanders secondary has held up much better than anticipated

The spirit of New York has been possessing Jalen Brunson since the start of the fourth quarter

The real Darius Garland is back, which is massive for Cleveland

Cavs have been at their best defensively when they play up tight to the Knicks and catch them standing still Couple of possessions where they had KAT and Bridges holding only the rock too long

KAT is a menace driving from the perimeter. He’s like a charging buffalo and there are very very few big men who he can’t shrug off or bait into a foul

confession: I have HIGHLY enjoyed watching Kevin Durant's basketball career and will miss watching him play when he leaves. Thank you

The Sacramento Kings are the most ‘what are we even doing here’ team in sports right now. Old, underperforming roster built by sacrificing the future Grim watching

I did not realise how good Tim Stutzle was on defence - a bit undersized by has hyperactive hands and good instincts to break up passes I think if he could become even a little bit sturdier, he'd unlock a new level, as he can sometimes get forced over

Seeing TSN using MoneyPuck xG data in their broadcasts makes the stats nerd in me unreasonably happy

Still a lot of hockey to be played obviously, but the Flyers have all the makings of a team that can mire a more talented opponent in a playoff series that leaves them vulnerable in the following round To be avoided

Are there ten more explosive scorers in the NBA than Donovan Mitchell when his jump shots are falling? I would wager not. Those jumpers have never been consistent enough to make him one of the best scorers overall, but he does have a higher gear that can win playoff games on its own

Time is an absolutely vital resource for any sporting organisation, infinitely more so when you have a once-in-a-generation talent like Lamar on your roster So one has to wonder how much more of that time Harbaugh is going to be allowed to use?

The Raiders secondary was bad enough to almost completely undermine one of the best performances I've seen from their front-7 And it's still only their second-worst unit, behind a o-line that renders their skill positions essentially futile

This Titans match really shows how much the Chiefs roster has degraded over time and how much they’ve been relying on Mahomes improvising