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The NFL replacement refs 2026 panic is getting louder and I’m here to tell you it’s being driven by people who have somehow convinced themselves the current officials are doing a good job. They’re not. They haven’t been for years. The same refs everyone is rushing to defend are the ones who told Jesse James...

NFL owners wrapped up three days of meetings in Phoenix this week, voted on five rule changes, and congratulated themselves on a productive offseason. Three of those five changes were about the kickoff. Again. This is the third straight year they have fiddled with the onside kick rules, and the big new addition is a...

The flag football Olympics team question got answered today and it wasn’t pretty for the NFL side. Team USA went 3-0 at the Fanatics Flag Football Classic against a roster that included Tom Brady, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Jayden Daniels, Saquon Barkley, Odell Beckham Jr., Luke Kuechly, and Jalen Ramsey. The scores were 39-16, 43-16,...

NFL Refs Won’t Accept Accountability. Now the Whole League Might Pay for It. The NFL’s referee CBA expires at the end of May. Talks are going nowhere. Owners are frustrated. And the league is already compiling a list of 150 small college officials to replace the guys who are currently blowing calls on the biggest...

The Job Should Not Pay What It Pays Adam Schefter makes nine million dollars a year to answer his phone. NFL Insiders make too much. That is not a knock on his work ethic. The man genuinely works seven days a week and sleeps with his phone next to the shower. But nine million dollars...

The NFL just watched Seattle win Super Bowl LX 29-13 with defense and a run game doing most of the talking, and then the league immediately sprinted back to quarterback shopping like it forgot the whole lesson on the ride home. If you need a QB in the 2026 offseason, you’re not “finding your guy,”...

What would it take for a defensive player to win NFL MVP again? A season so ridiculous it feels illegal, plus a year where the quarterbacks don’t hand voters an easy choice. And even then, I’m not confident it happens, because the MVP has basically turned into “Best QB Season / Best QB Story.” Defensive...

Why was the Netflix NFL broadcast so bad is not even a dramatic question; it’s literally what it felt like yelling at the TV while everybody’s trying to eat cookies and pretend the holidays are peaceful. The Cowboys beat the Commanders 30-23 on Christmas, and the game itself was fine. The coverage was the part...

Quick question. If you lose the wrong guy in December, are you still the “better team,” or are you just the next team getting shoveled into the same grave every season gets eventually? Because sometimes the NFL isn’t about who’s the best team. It’s about who gets lucky and avoids the injury bug. That’s it....

Like clockwork, it’s that time of year again where we have the seemingly age old debate: Should the Steelers fire Mike Tomlin? In years past I have always erred on the side of keeping Tomlin, maybe mainly to troll my yinzer friends but at the end of the day I thought he was still a...

The Penguins tripped on Friday but responding with a stomping of the Nashville Predators on Sunday morning. Friday afternoon the Penguins came out with one of their least sharp performances of the season. Passes were not connecting crisply, offense was non-existent, and the defense was haphazard. Still, the Penguins were up 1-0 with about a...

When the air downtown felt electric, fireworks blew over the Allegheny, and black and gold wasn’t just a color. It was a damn identity. You could feel it in your chest. The Super Bowl was expected. The Cup was realistic. The city moved different. 2009, 2016, 2017. We were alive. That’s gone. Long gone. Now...

Right out of the gate, the trade deadline did not fix anything. It gave some teams shiny new toys and handed others excuses. I looked at every move, every rumor, and every receipt and ranked the five biggest losers from the deadline, all the way to the one that completely destroyed its own future. This...

They scored 42 points yesterday and still lost. They scored 38 the week before and still lost. That is not a fluke. That is not a bad beat. That is a structural collapse with big money attached to one side of the roster and nothing left over to stop opponents from walking down the field...

Welcome to the New York News, whether you care or not I have been given the power to vent about any and everything New York sports. Luckily for you I plan to mix it up, bringing you all things sports not just that contained to the 5 boroughs. Just a little background about myself. For...

Derrick Henry isn’t getting an Adam Sandler cameo this year. Let’s just be real about it. Sandler said he’d put the King in one of his movies if he ran for 2,000 yards this season. It was funny, it was cool, it gave everyone something to root for. But unless Henry goes full Madden-glitch for...

Kansas City Chiefs fans are officially the most delusional fanbase on the planet right now. Not loud in a fun way. Not proud. Straight up delusional. They sit on two Super Bowls, a superstar quarterback, a pop culture kingmaker, and act like they invented football. Say the Chiefs look beatable and your mentions instantly fill...

The League That Fines Towels but Can’t Own Its Own ScrewupsThe NFL will fine a player for wearing the wrong sock, the wrong cleat, or for celebrating like a human being and blast it to the public like it’s saving the planet. But when their own damn broadcast rig literally hits the ball and ruins...