I’m barely aware it’s Monday because multiple days off tend to confuse the hell out of me. So there’s that.

Fallout:

-TEAM’s Jonathan Allen took a swing at a buddy yesterday and called it a “brotherly disagreement”-no word on whether Hulk Hogan has been flown in to mediate.

-The “Clinchers of Division Crowns” phase of the regular season has begun. The first two entries are the Chiefs and Cowboys. (spits)

-Panthers owner Tepper has sounded the death knell-he’s been quoted as being ‘tremendously supportive’ of qb-swapping aficionado Matt Rhule.

-Burrow’s 525 yard throwfest came within two yards of 2nd-place on the list. There are two guys at 527 (not looking, I swear) and my guesses are Warren Moon and Dan Marino. Woo! I was correct with Moon but the other guy was fookin’ Matt Shaub. C’mon!!!

To The Game!

Fins/Saints:

-Combined, these teams are 7-7-7-7.

-Ian Book gets the start tonight. (despite the Saints reaching out to Brees?) I took a very shallow dive into a few of his draft assessments and positive phrases such as ‘good in the pocket’ and ‘can throw short and intermediate’ bubbled to the surface. Other worrisome words included ‘unpredictability’ and ‘throws a lot of 50/50 balls’. So… Taysom Lite?

-With 86 grabs Jaylen Waddle is within reach (hah!) of Anquan Boldins record of 101 catches for a rook. (anyone recall the latter’s first game in the NFL where he went for 217? That was bananacakes)

-Tua has shown a bit of improvement over the last six weeks (last week excepted) but he seems to be on a career track as a boosted game manager at best.

-If the Fins win they will be the first team to have followed up a 7 game losing streak with a seven game win streak and will have captured the #7 seed in the AFC playoffs. I’ve no doubt that on Xmas morning coach Flores said, “What’s in the box???”.

Keep on typing.