Not just dirty as fuck, but stupid as fuck too. What the hell did that guy think he was accomplishing by doing that? Brown wasn’t even close to the ball at that point.

I really want to know how “longest human tunnel traveled through by a skateboarding dog” became a thing in the first place.

Right now? I doubt it, they’re under more scrutiny now than they have ever been before. Even if they *wanted* to pull some shenanigans, I have a hard time believing they would be able to pull it off without anyone noticing.

Well, yeah, but if they get caught with anything this year (or any future year, really), it will be even more egregious.

Pretty much every good passing offense in the NFL employs pick plays these days, they’re hardly unique to the Patriots offense. Much like how the 2013 Seahawks led to “increased emphasis” on defensive holding penalties the following season, I wouldn’t be surprised if the NFL did something similar next season with…

Teams can act self-righteous and indignant in public while privately knowing what’s up.

More or less how I feel about it. The Patriots would have to be a special class of arrogant/stupid to try anything even remotely shady this season, so if other teams want to waste their time trying to figure out whatever new nonexistent scheme Belichick is pulling rather than, you know, figuring out how to beat the…

Deadspin staff has acknolwedged in the past that Simmon’s greatest strength is/was being able to find and cultivate talent. Say what you will about Simmon’s own work, but Grantland had a fantastic stable of writers.

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I love that this dick jokes and football column understood the nuances of Bomani’s argument better than Whitlock’s column that went up around the same time as this.