BattleBots Finale and Awards Blowout!

Senor Weaselo - September 6, 2016

All right, it's that time, for the last time, it's robot fighting time. For old friends, welcome back! For new friends, welcome to the final BattleBots recap of the summer. I'm your friendly neighborhood Senor Weaselo. We've been following this season's BattleBots since the competing robots were announced back in April,

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The Jacksonville Jaguars Season Preview Brought To You By Their Biggest Fan

scotchnaut - September 6, 2016September 6, 2016

WHOOOO!!! How you doin' out there folks? I'm doing mighty fine because my Jagsters are going all the way this year! They've been lying low in the bushes, carefully stalking their prey and they are about to pounce. All you fans of lesser teams are having yourself a good giggle

An Open Letter to New DFO Visitors

BrettFavresColonoscopy - September 6, 2016September 2, 2016

Open letters are all the rage these days. There's even the open letter to open letters. Someday soon I'll write an open letter to Apple about my iPhone autocorrecting kegger to legged or letter. Here at [DFO], we've noticed a slight uptick in traffic lately and expect (read: hope) that

Drowning Lessons, A Look at My Shitty Pool

jjfozz - September 6, 2016

So summer is over at my pool. Boo fucking hoo. I hate the place and wish it sprung a gigantic hole that allowed water demons to pour out of the earth and kill every person there. Is it that bad? Yes. Let’s begin with the fact that I hate pools because they’re

The Atlanta Falcons – If “Why?” Was A Football Team

Beerguyrob - September 6, 2016September 6, 2016

Introduction: In the realm of football-related ventures, deciding to assess the value of the Atlanta Falcons prior to the 2016 didn't seem like a difficult task to take on. Sure, I have Seahawks season tickets, but DangeRuss & Co. are the domain of Beastmode Ate My Baby. I've been a

Commentist Beer Barrel: On the Value of Changing Your Mind

DFOing Good

makeitsnowondem - September 5, 2016September 5, 2016

"We'll be last brewery in the US to use aluminum cans," Lagunitas founder Tony Maguire tweeted in 2012. Maguire was shocked by the excesses of the aluminum industry, an earth-destroying enterprise preying on developing economies and potentially displacing good, sustainable, silica-based manufacturing of glass beer vessels. Or that's what it

Your Holiday Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 5, 2016September 5, 2016

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It's a holiday - Labour Day - in Canada. Not sure what it is in the US, or if it's nationwide, but there is a definite calm before the storm on Tuesday. Either way, it's a pretty light day. NFL Notes: JJ Watt has been cleared to begin practice. I'm also

The Aints are not marching because that would require a ground game – Saints 2016 Preview

Preseason Football Sucks

Duchess - September 5, 2016September 5, 2016

Pop Quiz Hot Shot Name one player on the New Orleans Saints not named Drew Brees? Yeah, I cannot do that either, and I am looking at the roster right now. On second thought this might have more to do with the fact that I cannot read. What do you need to know

A Call to Hodor: Colts Team Preview

Team Previews

Covalent Blonde - September 5, 2016September 5, 2016

*Blink and you might miss this review. Poor, Indy, finishing .500 last year, which by the good graces of being in the AFC South means they managed to be second in a division where mediocrity takes ambition. All of last year’s preseason rumors about potentially letting Pagano go if the Colts

Your Very Last (For Quite Some Time) Non-NFL Related Sunday Open Thread

scotchnaut - September 4, 2016

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Can the football just happen already? No? Guh! I'll go off on a different tangent. Okay. I'll say it. You guys are great. I'm interested in 75 to 80% of what you yak about because of your interests outside The Football and your Not-Insane postings about football/your team. You've daily

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Finals Bye Week

ballsofsteelandfury - September 4, 2016September 4, 2016

As we discussed last week, the AFL decided to institute a bye week between the end of the Home and Away season and Finals Week One in an effort to deter teams from resting players and stop allegations of tanking. This, of course, was a response to what happened last

Sunday Gravy with yeah right – Season Finale (?) – If You Want Gravy, You’ve Got It! Biscuits and Gravy

laserguru - September 4, 2016

Before we get started I have a couple of quick announcements: This is the final call to join the NFL.com Survivor League. Here's the link. If for some reason the link doesn't work the group name is DFO Crack Suicide Squad and the PW is football. Creative! There will be an