That Florio fluffing of Mayfield didn't go one micrometer beyond access currying. It was the Michael Jordan, GOAT of access currying. Never mind the nose, Florio's got brown 2 inches deep over his entire face.
Baker Mayfield's 158.3 perfect passer rating in a victory over the Packers at Lambeau set the wheels in motion for Joe Barry's firing. I say pay the man!
Glad to see Mike reference the equalization of Guard and Running Back salaries. It's something that's struck me this offseason. At the price being paid for mediocre - possibly even replacement level - Guards this free agency, I have to wonder if the price tag for RBs who are reliable in pass protection and - even more so - the price tag for quality blocking TEs, has dropped too low (in relative terms).
If the NFL is just a tough-guy/d*ck measuring contest, why’d Tebow get one chance to…win a playoff game & never to be seen again? 😉 still think he coulda been taught to throw a little better, but no one was getting his team more fired up late than Tebow (yes, the dreaded PFF Tebow/Fred Taylor guy showed up 🤦♂️☺️). Hey, I’m a Bucs fan: Tebow doesn’t throw that backbreaking pick at the end like Baker did 🤷♂️
Bravo to the Coldest D*ck Killer in the writing game!
Your work is so clever, detailed, so expository, so brimming with volcanic fury at both the absurd and the banal (and the absurdity of the banal?), that even attempting a comment in affirmation requires a great deal of thought and and/or anxiety.
Mike, loved the clever use of language. I’m on my way to the NWSL opener in Kansas City. (Go Thorns!) One reason I love women’s soccer is the happy lack of pricks, or of Jerry Jones level destructive egos. But a main reason I love the NFL is the depth of clever writing and commentary available, including from this site. When you write the distaff version of this column, I’m reading it!
Dude, I thought you taught high school math ... did you do substitute English teaching as well?
That Florio fluffing of Mayfield didn't go one micrometer beyond access currying. It was the Michael Jordan, GOAT of access currying. Never mind the nose, Florio's got brown 2 inches deep over his entire face.
This is the quality content I come here for. Never change, Mike.
lol love the Puck shout out
Never heard of him before but what a transparent Wolverine knock off
All this time I thought Mussolini was describing himself as Il Douche
Baker Mayfield's 158.3 perfect passer rating in a victory over the Packers at Lambeau set the wheels in motion for Joe Barry's firing. I say pay the man!
Glad to see Mike reference the equalization of Guard and Running Back salaries. It's something that's struck me this offseason. At the price being paid for mediocre - possibly even replacement level - Guards this free agency, I have to wonder if the price tag for RBs who are reliable in pass protection and - even more so - the price tag for quality blocking TEs, has dropped too low (in relative terms).
Shakespeare and Mel Brooks, quality references!
George Carlin in the Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television: “You can prick your finger, but DON’T finger your….”
After reading you for 20 years I’m just gonna assume “group grope” is a Fugs reference, and for that I applaud you.
If the NFL is just a tough-guy/d*ck measuring contest, why’d Tebow get one chance to…win a playoff game & never to be seen again? 😉 still think he coulda been taught to throw a little better, but no one was getting his team more fired up late than Tebow (yes, the dreaded PFF Tebow/Fred Taylor guy showed up 🤦♂️☺️). Hey, I’m a Bucs fan: Tebow doesn’t throw that backbreaking pick at the end like Baker did 🤷♂️
Bravo to the Coldest D*ck Killer in the writing game!
Your work is so clever, detailed, so expository, so brimming with volcanic fury at both the absurd and the banal (and the absurdity of the banal?), that even attempting a comment in affirmation requires a great deal of thought and and/or anxiety.
Thank you!
Your whole section on prickliness reminded me of this:
https://youtu.be/32iCWzpDpKs?si=aEt5AoWcdQ7qjv2V
Mike, loved the clever use of language. I’m on my way to the NWSL opener in Kansas City. (Go Thorns!) One reason I love women’s soccer is the happy lack of pricks, or of Jerry Jones level destructive egos. But a main reason I love the NFL is the depth of clever writing and commentary available, including from this site. When you write the distaff version of this column, I’m reading it!
*cough Hope Solo *cough *cough
If that Bengals link was supposed to show some melodrama, afraid I sure missed it.
Shakespeare references and a (not that one) Puck shoutout. Love it.
Come to think of it, John Byrne is famously a prick. And my favorite Shakespeare double entendre is “get thee to a nunnery!”
Come for the etymology analysis. Stay for references to minor X-Men characters. Further, I think of "peckerwood" as a cousin to "redneck."