Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction.

Distraction of the Day

Colts tap out Anthony Richardson. [PFT]

Are the Steelers legit contenders? [CBS]

Stefon Diggs has season-ending ACL injury. No big loss. His numbers were fading but his ‘tude wasn’t. [Yahoo!]

Baltimore trades for a receiver! [NFL]

Eff the World Series! Joe would much rather watch “The Joker” on the mound in slow-pitch prison softball. [TikTok]

Mike Golic sends a not-so-veiled message to his former radio partner Mike Greenburg to STFU about the Jets. [Awful Announcing]

Some two million viewers watched USC football last Friday night on FS1 with an 11 p.m. Eastern kickoff. Yet these hollering shows just jam the non-basketball association down innocent Americans’ throats. (And people wonder why the B1G wanted USC.) [Front Office Sports]

Did Publix drop the ball by not having stuffing/dressing on its Thanksgiving sub? [Outkick]

Anyone interested in an Alex Van Halen interview? [Spotify]

Squish. [TikTok]

.@MLombardiNFL was offended by the Giants decision-making during Hard Knocks 😳

"It looks like people were doing their fantasy draft … and that's offensive to me." pic.twitter.com/d8KVBj93CL

— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) October 24, 2024

Jameis Winston was cool enough to give us the origin story of Eating W’s … pic.twitter.com/6C260H5nH2

— Kyle Brandt (@KyleBrandt) October 29, 2024