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Didn’t know Jordan Mailata had those pipes, kinda knew Joe Buck didn’t

Jordan Mailata sang his ass off and probably shouldn’t have been revealed as Thingamabob on Wednesday night’s episode of FOX’s The Masked Singer. The Eagles’ offensive lineman made the transition from blocking defensive ends to singing “Wanted Dead or Alive” by Bon Jovi on national television. Read more…

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Thursday Night Football, Week 8: Injuries and COVID — it’s beginning to feel like 2020 again

Thursday Night Football has a reputation for being underwhelming. Just look at the seven Thursday games we’ve had thus far this season. Only two were really enticing matchups: Week 1' s Cowboys-Bucs and Week 5' s Rams-Seahawks. Luckily, in Week 8, we get another thrilling matchup between the 7-0 Arizona Cardinals and… Read more…

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I thought J.J. Watt wasn’t trying to win

J.J. Watt could’ve gone to just about any team he wanted in free agency last year. At age 32 and in his 11th year in the league, it’s more probable than not that he’s entered the twilight of his career, but with three DPOY awards under his belt, anyone would’ve taken him. Read more…

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Taylor Heinicke kinda looks like a young Tony Romo

Taylor Heinicke will make it hard for the Washington Football team to hand the starting position back over to Ryan Fitzpatrick once he’s ready to return from a hip injury. Heinicke leading Washington in order to a come-from-behind win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday was reminiscent of former Dallas Cowboys signal-caller… Read more…

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Deadspinners make their boldest, throw-reason-out-the-door predictions for the NFL season

Thursday was great, but now, the real fun begins. Tomorrow, the NFL season kicks off for 28 franchises. There are a lot of teams with high hopes coming into the season, a great deal of promising rookies, a whole lot of interesting storylines, but most of all, there are a good deal of question marks. […]

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Houston, we have a… new quarterback prospect?

There are few axioms this time of year that ring more true than “actions speak louder than words.” The Houston Texans, with their first opportunity to make a pick in the draft, demonstrated that statement perfectly in selecting a quarterback in the third round despite essentially being silent about the Deshaun Watson… Read more…