Somehow "Jerome Bettis is from Detroit" has been displaced as the dumbest bye week story.

Simmons begins work on 25th Hour related article.

And now we will see yet another example of why no professional sports team's fan base is better than any other. That onside kick guy will get death threats.

Lynch should've pulled a Westbrook to kill timeouts.

He doesn't seem like a "eats Snickers with a fork" guy though.

It took one year for the playoff to produce a wild card-esque winner.

I miss the BCS.

ESPN

Jersey patches

Fuck it, I'm going bowling

They weren't even given a television ban. I'm sure ESPN had some influence on the final decision.

On the plus side, you can't restore a heartbeat.

MITTENS IS BACK!!!

The rule that annoys me more than this is the "half yard line rule". In the NFL's mind, once the ball carrier's knee hits the ground the entire universe stops; even though he keeps falling toward the end zone. I also love how they always reviews those calls. "Don't worry about the dozens of holding calls we missed, we…

It's pronounced Lin Elliott.

what were gas prices espn?

In other news, Rodgers gets the Lance Harbor treatment at halftime... (crickets)

Letter of the Law police are out in full force. Thoughts on the 100 holding/pi calls missed today?

I love that Packer fans think they are not one of the untouchable teams of the league. Everyone has as inferiority complex.

I know the accepted strategy is "knock it down". But as tonight showed, it really should be "knock it back". Knock it out of the end zone and it doesn't matter if someone catches the ricochet.