Author: Michael

Pat McAfee didn’t want to do it, but he had to. On Monday, the former NFL punter and current NFL pundit laid into the Bears. “I don’t want to say it because I love the city of Chicago, blue collar city… but the Chicago Bears, they stink,” McAfee said on “The Pat McAfee Show.

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This story is about the postgame jersey swap between Dallas Cowboys star defender Micah Parsons and New York Jets star defender Sauce Gardner that was interrupted by Cowboys star receiver CeeDee Lamb.
However, I’m going to digress from all of that for a few paragraphs, if you’ll indulge me. I’ve been called the oldest 34-year-old man on the planet and for good reason. I generally go to bed before 11 p.m. and prefer to stay at home and watch TV rather than go out. It’s been that way for a while.
That provides context for this take: I hate jersey swaps between opponents.

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What a rough start to the season for NFL running back Ronald Jones.
The Dallas Cowboys released Jones on Monday. He was set to return to the field this week after serving a two-game suspension for violating the league’s PED guidelines.
Jones denied the allegations of steroid use yet still served his suspension.
Dallas fans openly welcomed Jones after a decent run in Tampa Bay and Kansas City as a dual-threat running back.

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Forty names, games, teams and minutiae making news in college football (book of quarterback juggling tricks sold separately in Tuscaloosa):
First Quarter: Deion’s Great Expectations | Second Quarter: Coaches as instigators 
Third Quarter: Undefeated, Unranked … Any Good? 
There are 18 undefeated and unranked teams left in the FBS ranks. We’re still gathering intel on whether they’re actually good or just benefiting from a lenient early schedule. A quick Dash breakdown of most of the 18:
Auburn (21). Sagarin rank: 27th. Schedule rank: 165th. Notable win: at California.

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On the Friday night before Super Bowl LVII, Patrick Mahomes’s agent Chris Cabott texted the Chiefs, nudging them on the idea of redoing the transcendent quarterback’s contract.
The response: In 48 hours, Mahomes would be a champion again, and at that point the team would work through all the “wonderfulness” that comes with that. Sure enough, the 27-year-old held up his end of the bargain, outgunning the Eagles in a wild Super Bowl shootout to win his second ring.

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