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

CeeDee Lamb “confident” in Cooper Rush. It’s over dude. Give it up. The season is over. [PFT]

Bold predictions for second half of season. [CBS]

This season is the wrong year to earn the first pick in the draft. [Yahoo!]

Preston Smith said he wanted to get traded from Green Bay. [NFL]

Daniel Jeremiah has his take on Anthony Richardson. [TikTok]

TV ratings for Thursday Night Football booming. [Front Office Sports]

What’s in the fridge? [TikTok]

Florida decides to retain underwhelming Billy Napier. But by doing so, a clause in his contract kicks in raising his buyout to $27 million. You sure about that, Gators? [Gainesville Sun]

C’mon, Adam Schefter. Admit it. You got busted. The saddest thing about this is even though you make over seven figures a year, either you can’t afford, or BSPN is too cheap, to buy a subscription to Sunday Ticket. #Lame [Awful Announcing]

There is no need to change the NCAA basketball tournament. Just no! If you can’t have a winning record in your own conference, and you can’t win your conference tournament, your season should be done. Get off Joe’s TV. Get out of his office. Pest. [HoopsHQ]

Wait….DJ Moore walked off the field on a play?? pic.twitter.com/YWf2YjaBmq

— Chase Daniel (@ChaseDaniel) November 4, 2024

The NFL’s broadcasting boot camp is helping prepare its players for post-game careers in broadcast and ensuring that they have successful futures off the field. @KayleeHartung shares an exclusive look inside @NFL’s boot camp helping players become TV analysts. pic.twitter.com/QIkXbwAeSZ

— TODAY (@TODAYshow) November 7, 2024