Morning Cup Of Joe
April 2nd, 2025
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.
Richie McKay, the man other than Roger Goodell most responsible for taking football out of football, thinks if the NFL changes playoff seeding, it may mean a division winner must have a winning record in order to host a playoff game. [PFT]
With a simple swipe of the pen, Tom Brady is no longer the sole leader in championships won by a quarterback and Bill Belicheat no longer has the most titles won as a coach. [CBS]
WTF is a “nose wipe celebration?” You mean some dude can’t blow his nose after a touchdown? Gross! [Yahoo!]
What did NFL strongman Roger Goodell have to say yesterday? [NFL]
Cool lightning. [TikTok]
The NFL has gifted us an early Christmas present! This year on Christmas Day, we won’t have one game, we won’t have two games. We will get three games! Two on Netflix in the afternoon and a game on Amazon at night. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Roger Goodell. Christmas sports used to be so painfully boring. If you weren’t assaulted by the non-basketball association, then you were forced to watch the hideous Blue-Gray Game like the scene in Clockwork Orange with the guy who had his eyes clamped open. Such a dreadful sports day. Now we have meaningful football to watch all day long! Bravo, NFL. Bravo! Thank you, Roger Goodell! [Awful Announcing]
So Jay Glazer practices checkbook journalism, eh? Anyone remember Joe’s story about trying to bum rush onto Jerry Jones’ Cowboys bus at the combine? Jones was barhopping with then-head of NFL officiating Dean Blandino, Glazer and various groupies and hangers-on. Nothing like being drinking buddies with a guy who could determine a close game for you. Jones knows how to play the game. He wasn’t born yesterday. [X]
Kirby Smart is outraged teams are trying to cherry-pick his players. Dude, it’s real simple: Until schools start signing players to contracts and letting the players unionize, this crap isn’t going to stop. Once the players settle on a collective bargaining agreement, then schools can stop this crap right now. Unless the schools change their minds, this is the norm. Use your leverage to squeeze the egghead presidents to see the light. [Outkick]
The Ole Miss student linked to wild and salacious rumors that took social media by storm insists she plans to sue Pat McAfee, BSPN, Barstool Sports and Antonio Brown (among others) for spreading these rumors, which she vows are false. [The Athletic]
When you have to work for your water. [TikTok]
"My comp on Shedeur Sanders has kind of been in that Andy Dalton range."@tthasselbeck shares how he believes the Colorado QB will translate to the NFL. pic.twitter.com/FcbHXR1u4D
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) March 31, 2025
Best dressed coach. Most improved.
Hotel Fitness Center guy. The AFC west coach who dominated.
And the winner of the 2025 photo.
It’s all here. pic.twitter.com/5VUcuF322r
— Kyle Brandt (@KyleBrandt) April 1, 2025
April 2nd, 2025 at 5:39 am
Can we the people please do something about Richie and his pal Roger? Soon!
Not to mention Blandino’s boys!
Go Bucs
April 2nd, 2025 at 6:52 am
RIP Iceman
April 2nd, 2025 at 8:38 am
Doc Holliday. “I’m your huckleberry “. RIP
April 2nd, 2025 at 11:21 am
I am ROFLing at the “Clockwork Orange “ reference. Well played!
April 2nd, 2025 at 11:23 am
I don’t like it. If the NFL does this then you may as well get rid of divisions.
I don’t like this for a variety of reasons. I haven’t looked, but I have no idea if the AAFC played more games or less games. I have no idea what the talent level was compared to the NFL.
You said The Athletic, but you linked a New York Times article. It’s so typical of the Times. “Hey, let’s use the false rumor to further drag her name in the mud just so that we can criticize Pat McAfee and others.”
People at the New York Times and a vast majority of their readership don’t like strong, opinionated men who march to the beat of their own drum. They should turn that critical eye on themselves, starting with their lies while covering the COOF.
April 2nd, 2025 at 11:38 am
Nope. Joe linked to The Athletic article.
Exactly, always said that. If a division winner isn’t rewarded, what’s the point of having divisions?
April 2nd, 2025 at 11:40 am
I love Brandt! This was a great idea for a video. So glad Joe posted it. I am glad I got to see it!
April 2nd, 2025 at 11:56 am
That’s right, I forgot the NYT bought The Athletic. I looked at the URL.
April 2nd, 2025 at 11:58 am
Every The Athletic article has a New York Times URL.
April 2nd, 2025 at 12:46 pm
I think fhe “nose wipe” actually means “pu€%e fingers”
You know, like smelling your fingers after you pleasure a woman
April 2nd, 2025 at 3:25 pm
The old AAFC was very comparable to the NFL. When the two leagues merged, the AAFC champion Browns played the NFL champion Eagles in the first game of the season. The Browns destroyed the Eagles.
When the two teams played later that year, the Browns beat the Eagles again. After the first meeting, Eagles coach kept calling the Browns a gimmick team that can’t win like men because the Browns passed a lot. This infuriated Paul Brown so much that he didn’t call one pass play in the second meeting.
It was the last game in NFL history where every play by one team was a run.
April 2nd, 2025 at 4:49 pm
I don’t know how anyone could be on MacAfees side on this…
Oh wait, yes I do. Loud man good, poor girl bad.
April 2nd, 2025 at 5:31 pm
“It was the last game in NFL history where ever play by one team was a run.”
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Awesome bit of history!
April 2nd, 2025 at 5:34 pm
Did McAfee even mention her name? Key element in a slander or defamation lawsuit.
April 2nd, 2025 at 6:49 pm
Oh yeah in terms of the lawsuit – I dont think she would win (if she even files one). He did not mention her actual name as far as I know.
I was just referring to the overall situation. It was watching his show the day this went down and thought it was real weird they were discussing random teenage social media drama
April 2nd, 2025 at 7:05 pm
LOL!
April 2nd, 2025 at 10:21 pm
Unbelievable
I responded immediately this morning, it was not allowed. Suffice it to say I agree with you.