They drew the maps. They drew the MONSTERRR MAPPPPS.

Many friends of mine said the same thing as we were watching last night. The NFL thinks it’s kneeling players that turn off fans when it’s really the fact games aren’t as fun to watch when almost every big play gets overturned and exciting catches are always met with skepticism under review.

This is quite a shock, since there has been virtually no substance at ESPN for many years now.

The thing is...he did establish possession by any reasonable definition of that word. He had the ball. He controlled the ball. From the time that he caught the ball until the time he crossed the plane there is no bobbling or juggling or movement of the ball to signify a lack of control. He has the ball in his…

This also seems ridiculous because, while still in possession of the ball, he reaches for the goal line.

Another serious question: where do they spot the ball if he had enough control to thrust it over the goal line with two hands while falling (as he did), but then tucked it back into his chest as he fell, with the ball at the 1-ft-line as he hit the ground? Is that a TD because the ball had momentary crossed the plane…

So what the NFL expects us all to believe is that a player who stopped a moving ball with two hands, the ball never moves or leaves his hands, gets two feet and a knee on the ground, he then reaches the ball with both hands across a goal line.....never caught the ball??? THIS IS THE RULE THAT THE NFL WANTS ITS FANS TO…

You are correct. If he had bobbled the ball while making the initial catch, that could be overturned. But once he makes the play upfield, he should considered a runner.

Former teenage boy reporting in with a caveat about laundry: any sock you find under the bed should simply be disposed of (preferably while wearing gloves) and never, ever, ever spoken of again.

I think he’s saying “Get in the fucking box, you mother fucking bitch mother fucker” because the batter had stepped out. Also because he’s insane.

D.B. Pooper

Man, I spent way too much time looking into this. And didn’t really find a solid answer. My first thought is that the speed of the ball coming down is simply too fast for the eye to stay on track. Studies have shown that a good hitter can track the ball to within about five feet, and a not-so-good hitter loses eye…

Fucking hipster. “Big deal. I’ve seen better. I saw a vastly superior catch made by a Vietnamese immigrant during a stick ball game while I was traveling abroad in Andorra. It was at night as the sun set over the Mediterranean Sea. Only three of us saw it, myself and this deaf mute couple who were teaching me Moorish…

“You think that’s bad—you should see my videos of the things they say at practice”

That makes no sense. You want a sequel to the third book in the series? If anything, it’s a sequel to Game of Thrones. Or you can view it as a series. But in almost no sense is the Winds of Winter a sequel to Storm of Swords.

Diner: “Can I have the double bacon cheeseburger, fries, beer and the injured player walk-through special please.”

Waiter: “Would you like the special teams player injury or can I interest you in upgrading to a starter?”

“Complete hogwash”? Then why has the number of early entrants doubled from about 50 per year (before the current CBA) to about 100 per year?

I have to bring this out of the greys, because, holy hell.

Did you watch the DoPS video on Orpik? Did you also note that Orpik made no contact with Maatta, save for his head (with an extended elbow)?

The lateness of Orpik’s hit was egregious. Letang deserves a game. Orpik should feel solid with three.

I’ve been…