Butler issues statement about missing curfew:

Did not know the Pats’ LB coach was Brian Flores, so my immediate reaction was Tom Flores is still coaching!?! He has to be in his 80's, easily.

Thanks Bill for benching your best corner for the biggest game of the year.

OK, let’s see you do it twice, motherfuckers”

Post-Viking Collapse Magary and Patriot-Hatred Fueled Magary always make the best articles.

Can someone smart explain to an idiot like me why they chose to show all these clips in reverse? It really takes away the effect of these injuries for me. I’m confused.

It’s a shame these guys are forced to play football.

Loses all impact in reverse.

I get why you would think that, but consider the situation. I should disclose here that I used to be a deputy.

That’s why he won’t face battery charges. He is open to assault though.

Hopefully he’s sentenced to an hour sharing a cell with Larry Nassar.

My son and I have spent the seemingly mile long walk into school this week pretending to be Tom Brady (standard Disney Channel Laid Back Cool Guy voice) and Gisele (messy Carla Bruni style French/Spanish hodgepodge), discussing why anyone lives here.

That’s not good enough.

I started using Drew’s chili recipe the first year he posted it. I have made it so many times that my friends and family now regard it as my chili recipe. It is good, and I stole it all from Drew.

“You crazy Michiganders and your stories. ‘The water is tainted.’ ‘Detroit’s vacant buildings are being inhabited by wildlife.’ ‘The university doctor assaulted me.’”

It’s highly unlikely that a reporter who heard stories about sexual abuse wouldn’t investigate them. It’s even less likely if the allegations involve the doctor of an Olympic team against young women.

“Fuck the pole grease!”

This is just some bullshit concocted by the braintrust over at Gillette Stadium to give their fans another opportunity to feel like, when the inevitable Patriots victory comes, THEY were the true underdogs the whole time. They overcame adversity through sheer GRIT and SCRAPPINESS and goddamnit they DESERVE another…

I’m not a football guy but, c’mon. Who here HASN’T been hurting after a really rigorous handoff? Like the rest of us, he’ll be back at it in a few days.

Mmm yeah, that’s just the type of camp sign that I want to drop off my pre-teen daughter at.