All jokes aside (those made and those yet to be made): what, exactly, would make anyone think that Beckham has any type of acumen whatsoever to be anything but a face on this thing?

"Christ, who are we sending over there?" Kennedy asked. "Girls?"

I love how Billick will rip someone for throwing a tantrum, as if we don't remember the "I'm leaving here with someone's ass in my briefcase, I just need to know the name" thing from Hard Knocks.

To be fair, this was a class project by kids who were home-schooled.

The dream of the 1890s is alive in Portland.

Kev29 FTW:

I mean, the Ravens have two of their own, and the 4 NFL titles (and the AAFC ones) don't exactly resonate with the people of Baltimore.

Or, as he is known in New England, "The Well-Behaved Tight End."

Agreed. It is not always a fair comparison. And MNF is on cable.

Not that they need to.

If there is a 1945 NFL Championship banner up there, THAT would be something.

I BELIEVE there is a 1947 NFL Championship banner hanging in University of Phoenix Stadium. Can't swear to it, though.

Even run-of-the-mill NFL games USUALLY beat baseball postseason games, even World Series games, don't they?

Remember, he can do what you do, but you cannot do what he does. Namely, subduing assholes on airplanes.

Say what you want in the comments, Dexter won't be reading them.

They were all just telling David Eckstein to stand up. Just because.

Moose would be passable if he wouldn't take 30 words to say what could be said in eight. He'd still be dumb, but he wouldn't be so exasperating.

Dude, most vertebrates are better than Kenny, Moose and Goose.

"Yay, verily, thou shalt be racially insensitive."

All we need now is someone in the next World Series game to not run hard to first, and Mushnick's Sunday column writes itself.