NFL News:
- The expected became fact this morning, as Ben McAdoo & GM Jerry Reese were both fired by the Giants.
- Reese can claim to at least have contributed to the Giants recent Super Bowls, so his tenure wasn’t an abject failure but simply a collective one.
- Steve Spagnuolo will be the interim replacement.
- GRONK MAD ABOUT CHEAP SHOTS & BAD CALLS!
- According to Deadspin, after the game Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott mentioned the incident to New England counterpart Bill Belichick, who “apologized and said the play was ‘bullshit’.”
- Mark the date: Grumblelord felt bad for something.
- The Patriots await the inevitable suspension (probably one game), saying “we control what we can control”.
- UPDATE: Nailed it.
- According to Deadspin, after the game Buffalo head coach Sean McDermott mentioned the incident to New England counterpart Bill Belichick, who “apologized and said the play was ‘bullshit’.”
- Everything’s covered in the opening sentence from ESPN:
- Baltimore Ravens cornerback Jimmy Smith, who suffered a season-ending Achilles injury Sunday, has been suspended four games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
- In case you missed it, the Silverdome implosion went hilariously wrong.
- According to CNN, only the kicker charges detonated, meaning the implosion did not take place.
- The Washington Post said that, according to demolition company Adamo, “10 percent of the explosive charges in eight key locations failed to go off because of a wiring issue”.
- The hope is that it can be removed soon, because the City of Pontiac has BIG PLANS for its redevelopment.
- The site’s eventual redevelopment “will be one of the economic opportunities that are marking a new era for the City of Pontiac,” the mayor’s office said.
- The plan is to use excavators this week to take down the structure. Unless gravity does its thing, of course.
- According to CNN, only the kicker charges detonated, meaning the implosion did not take place.
Finally, we are all in mourning at DFO today, after Marcus Peters returned BLEERGH to his home planet.
We anticipate his swift return, and hope that his time with the Elder Ones doesn’t bring tonight’s matchup to a frightening conclusion. It always breaks my heart when you see family photos and you know one of the people is missing.
Come back soon, big guy.
There was a larger-than-normal collection of the Jesus freaks out last night at the Seahawks game. It seemed a little odd – usually, I see them before the afternoon kickoff, because we heathens have spent the morning in Bacchus’ palace rather than the Lord’s temple. Methinks they were out due to the national broadcast & hopes they could get into a crowd-shot before the game.
And along with attention whores came an attention whore’s whore.
Dude, you guys won. Stay home. But I think I’ve seen your flag somewhere before…
Game preview: Steelers at Bengals
I think we all know what we’re expecting tonight,
But we probably won’t get it. The Bengals are on the outside of the playoff chase at 5-6, and need a win to keep their math alive. If they were right out of it, maybe then we’d get more of the Pacman & Burfict Show. But they are going so far to humanize this game, Peter King sent an intern out to Cincinnati to lovingly cup Burfict’s balls. (That’s what I guess – I’m not actually going to watch it.) However, a silver lining could be that losing this game might finally put an irremovable target on coach Marv Lewis’ back, and bring the changes Bengals fans long for. But not too much change; Mike Brown is still the GM, and change costs money.
The Steelers can’t afford to roll with the cheap shots either. They need a win to keep pace with the Patriots, lest they want to go to Foxboro in January. Ben needs to stay upright, and Le”Veon Bell needs more work on his ground game. They could probably sit Antonio Brown and still be fine, but he’s so enjoyable to watch it’d be a crime to not keep him active. Plus, he’ll give the Bengals’ safeties fits, and that might be the spark that leads to greater conflict. On the whole, expect lots of this,
and few actual punches. A convincing win and no injuries will make this the best-case scenario for the Steelers tonight.
Tonight’s sports:
- Monday Night Football:
- Steelers at Bengals – 8:15PM | ESPN / TSN
- NHL:
- Bruins at Predators – 8:00PM | Sportsnet
- NBA:
- Cavs at Bulls – 8:00PM | Sportsnet1
- NCAA:
- Men’s basketball:
- Michigan at Ohio State – 6:30PM | FS1
- Wisconsin at Penn State – 7:00PM | ESPN2
- Florida State at Florida – 9:00PM | ESPN2
- Northern Illinois at Iowa State – 9:00PM | ESPNU
- Men’s basketball:
- WWE:
- Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
- no PPV until the Rumble, so all rivalries in a holding pattern
- Monday Night Raw – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360
- Curling:
- 2017 Roar of the Rings Olympic Trials: Draw 8 – 7:00PM | TSN2
I don’t know why people keep trying to bring the Lord into football. After all, the owners worship Mammon, and Goodell wants to be richer than Croesus. A POX UPON THEM ALL!
So that’s who taught G.G. Allin to throw his shit around.
WHERE’S HIS FUCKING CHIN!?!?
What’d I miss?
An orgy of violence & wet balls. It was the Caligula movie Guccione was afraid to make.
Nuts
Well, I have finally seen the Clarkson Emirates first class commercial.
Serial killers by astrological sign; US.
Stupid sexy saints.
Stillers might have won this battle, but, they may lose the war. Ryan Shazier has no feeling below his waist. There’s A LOT of other injuries, that would otherwise highlight the ticker. Talk about Pyrrhic Victories. Just go ahead and crown New England out of the AFC.
A victory on the darkest timeline is not a good victory.
I don’t know why I let myself be optimistic that CIN might win. It’s the FUCKING BENGALS,, what the fuck did I expect? Maybe the Ravens will put an end to this nonsense next week.
I put half of my push money on Philly (+2.5 @ RRRRRRRRRRRAM IT!!) and the other on NC State (-6 vs. Sparky in Sun Bowl). Because when you’re pissed off and hate everything, you should always make MOAR financial moves.
BTW, Yinzers making it waaaaayyyy down my list of “acceptable NFL franchises.”
Just now?
Le’Veon and Coach Epps kept them in the mid-teens for quite a spell.
They are slightly above the P*triots in my book.
Are Suzy and Charles Woodson drunk or something? This post-game show is just awkward. I think Steve Young is drunk from thinking about alcohol.
Suzy and Charlie tipped a couple back from The Suzy Flask.
Well, at least Gronk will be back from suspension in two weeks for the Steeler game.
Fucking ginger QBs rarely come through in the clutch. Why is that?
Duh, no souls.
Need a soul to be clutch. Science.
Only in the CFL.
Did you see how all the Bengals rushed the kicker? Tomlin should have called a fake field goal and won on a TD. SMH. There’s just something about that guy…
He seems to lack some…necessities to be a good coach.
FUCK YOU ROETHLISBERGER GO RUN FOR A SENATE SEAT IN ALABAMA!!!
He doesn’t like ’em young, just unwilling.
People forget that.
i mean come on
The Ben’s favourite Christmas song is Baby it’s cold outside
I really can’t stay
BEN PEE PEE IN YOUR TUNA HOLE
“AFC North football. Like how I treat women in the bathroom. Tough, merciless, concussed, sperm.”
“We’re excited to hear about the injuries. Prayers. AFC North football.”
Yeah, not a lot of neurons firing right now.
Right now?
Welp, I just watched that. I CAN’T UNWATCH IT.
Jesus that was ugly. I hope everyone is ok.
I’m fine, thanks. Are you still hungover?
GOD FUCKING DAMMIT.
LOL prolly woulda missed from 5 yards back
you know, morons, this isn’t a chip shot in the rain. Just make ’em kick it
Fucking Bengals.
“Jon, the rain appears to be…chocolate???”
Burfect is going to RKO the kicker out of nowhere
That would be fine.
BAH-GAWD!!!! THAT’S BURFICT’S MUSIC!!!!
This should end like a Smash Bros. sudden death, with Bob-ombs raining upon the players.
Why is Cincy calling timeout when they don;t have 3? They can’t force anything except letting PIT get closer.
Want the ball back with more time
But there will be none regardless
Yeah, so it seems. TV execs told them to run closer to 9/11/12?
The Steelers, The.
I see Witten’s been traded to the Lions…
Mike Brown’s desperately hoping for OT so he can reopen the beer tents.
Uh, I know how this will end.
Fuck. Two goddam weeks in a row they should have lost and are once again gonna win. Fuck.
Let their confidence grow, so they hilariousy get curbed stomped in the playoffs
Full disclosure, I’m rooting for Bengals in my capacity as a Pats fan. But I HAVE hated the Steelers since the 1970s,
“Wet balls are harder to grip, but you just gotta want it”
– Jerry Sandusky
/ball slap
Jesus Christ. Banner this man.
Oh man.
The good news is that Burfict is off the stretcher and roaming around the stadium.
The bad news is that Burfict is off the stretcher and roaming around the stadium!!!!
well, I’ll at least push on my over bet unless there’s a 20-all tie or walk-off safety
God damn, the Bengals are unbelievable. Unbelievably dirty, that is.
Yeah and the Steelers are saints.
Or the Patriots…
Let’s see. Bengals drive down and shank winning field goal as time expires, go on to lose in OT. WHO’S WITH ME HERE?!?!
I’d drink to that if I had any quality liquor.
As long as PIT doesn’t cover, I’M IN!
Game ends in a tie, not because time runs out in overtime, but because everyone ded
Just wanted to check in to reiterate that Antonio Brown is a tough little motherfucker.
Could we have this as a playoff game please?
No one’s gonna be left.
Gruden hates seeing this kind of football, but he was just jerking off over Ju-Ju’s second nasty block on a blind-sided Bengals player.
The crowd was saying “Ju-urns” (ain’t scrollin down to see who I plagiarized)
oh just fuck everything on this piece of shit planet
Well there’s the retaliation.
They, uh, they might want to just call this game. Someone is literally going to die in the next four minutes.
Hell, move em to different divisions
“Rothlisberger is in his element here…a filthy bathroom in a dive bar in Georgia, facing down a shit-faced co-ed who may or may not be of age to be in said bar.”
Banner
All actions are alleged.
She probably just got id’d on her way in.
Vontaze is dead. On the cart they were holding up his arm to make it look like he was alive and waving.