NFL News:

• Ben McAdoo looks destined for Cleveland.
  • They are also looking at Mike Mularkey, because if you put all the 2017 failure in one basket you can’t help but germinate success!

• Get the the-NFL-helps-the-Patriots conspiracy bandwagon fired up: Leonard Fournette was in a car accident Tuesday morning.
  • He was rear-ended, the head of a three-car incident. As his was the last to be impacted, he was able to drive it home.
  • No injuries were reported.

• Aaron Rodgers has moved on from Olivia Munn to Danica Patrick.
  • May I be the one to use this data and politely ask that we now cease with the “no homo” attitude around Mr. Rodgers references?
    • It’s quite stale.

• Rumblings in Steeler nation that some in the ownership group want Mike Tomlin removed as head coach.
  • Florio is the point man on this story.
    • He says it comes down to issues about team discipline and lack of situational urgency.
      • “As one source observed, Pittsburgh would be undefeated if Bill Belichick were the coach, given the talent on the roster.”

Finally, in what may be the greatest story I steal from Crimebeat! all year, an Eagles fan named Taylor Hendricks (of course) was arrested Saturday night for punching a police horse after being ejected from the Falcons-Eagles game for intoxication.

• From FOX Sports Philadelphia:

  • Police say it all started when the 22-year-old Whitehall Township resident got ejected from the Eagles-Falcons game for being intoxicated and not having a ticket. After he got tossed, police say Hendricks approached a mounted police officer—punching his horse repeatedly in the face and neck, then striking the officer in the legs.

• He was charged with aggravated assault, illegally taunting a police horse, simple assault and defiant trespass. He could also receive an animal cruelty charge when he next appears in court January 30th.
• The CBS link above helpfully includes related video of a Newcastle fan punching a horse, for context & visualization purposes.
  • I don’t want to show it; I need to show it. Really, it should be the cover page for each Saturday morning Lesser Footy post.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTsxZPJDcUY

Tonight’s sports:

• NHL:
  • Flyers at Rangers – 7:00PM | NBCSN
  • Vegas at Nashville – 8:00PM | Sportsnet
• NBA:
  • Pelicans at Celtics – 7:30PM | Sportsnet1 / NBA TV
  • Suns at Blazers – 10:00PM | Sportsnet1 / NBA TV
• NCAA:
  • Wisconsin at Purdue – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
  • Louisville at Notre Dame – 7:00PM | ESPN2
  • Kentucky at South Carolina – 9:00PM | ESPN / TSN2
  • Oklahoma at Kansas State – 9:00PM | ESPNU
• Tennis:
  • Australian Open: Day 3 – 9:00PM | ESPN2 / TSN
• WWE:
  • Smackdown – 8:00PM | USA / Sportsnet360

HAVE AT IT!