...not happy with the offense.  The Eagles got the best of them last night.

However, I am quite happy with their offensive offense.

This is still a big deal and remembered with reverence here in MN, Michigan, Oh, Wi, Canada etc...

Hard to believe its been 50 years now. 

God rest the 29 souls of The Edmund Fitzgerald. 
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TWO HARBORS, MINN. – The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a wicked storm 50 years ago on Lake Superior. On Monday, at Split Rock Lighthouse, where the doomed ship passed on its final trip, the sun shone bright on a chilly day and the water below merely rippled.

An annual event paying homage to the crew — including the names of the 29 lost men read aloud, a bell ringing after each, and then the lighting of the historic beacon — drew thousands to the North Shore.

Really? This is the burden we want to saddle the financially ignorant of our country with? Its beyond stupid and basically insidious. Homeowners will build equity much more slowly and could, ultimately, end up on the hook for almost double the interest they’d pay compared to a standard 30-year mortgage. Selling souls to the company store (lenders).

I'm a youtubetv subscriber so I can get all the Viking games. Well now, YouTubetv and ESPN/Disney/ABC are in a spat and no longer broadcasting these channels, which means I get zero college football or Monday Night Football. It's such bullshit the way these streaming services operate. Now my only option is to subscribe to ESPN for an additional $30 bucks a month, and I simply refuse to do it. They absolutely try to gauge the consumer for every dime they can get. Assholes

Paul Tagliabue, who served as NFL commissioner for 17 seasons as the league experienced tremendous prosperity and growth, died Sunday morning at the age of 84, his family announced.

The apparent cause of death was heart failure complicated by Parkinson's disease.

Tagliabue became commissioner in 1989, taking over for Pete Rozelle. He was succeeded by current commissioner Roger Goodell in 2006.

"Paul was the ultimate steward of the game -- tall in stature, humble in presence and decisive in his loyalty to the NFL. He viewed every challenge and opportunity through the lens of what was best for the greater good, a principle he inherited from Pete Rozelle and passed on to me," Goodell said in a statement Sunday.

"... I am forever grateful and proud to have Paul as my friend and mentor. I cherished the innumerable hours we spent together where he helped shape me as an executive but also as a man, husband and father."

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/4690...ies-age-84

ESPN

The New York Giants fired head coach Brian Daboll following Sunday’s 24-20 defeat against the Chicago Bears, the team told CNN on Monday.

The loss condemned New York to a 2-8 start through its first 10 games of the 2025 NFL season.

Daboll ended his time as Giants head coach with a 20-40-1 regular season record.

Mike Kafka, the Giants’ offensive coordinator, will take over as head coach on an interim basis, a team spokesperson said.

Team president John Mara and chairman Steve Tisch released a joint statement noting that it was in “our best interest to make a change” in moving on from Daboll and that the pair takes “full responsibility” for the results over the last three years.

“The past few seasons have been nothing short of disappointing, and we have not met our expectations for this franchise. We understand the frustrations of our fans, and we will work to deliver a significantly improved product,” the statement read.

Mara and Tisch said general manager Joe Schoen will remain with club.

TJH having a great year being that safety blanket for a rook QB

Its not happening, part of it by design 

I'm losing some of my affinity for keeping TJH around much more after this season. 

ytd: 31 receptions, 241 yds, 2 tds

Disappointing game.  Started well, but I was stressing by the second quarter.

• Mason is struggling in pass-pro.  Whiffed on Hamilton giving up a huge pressure and knockdown by Hamilton
  
• Refs seemed to favor Baltimore.  I know we jumped 8 times.  But calling it on a QB?  When does that ever happen?  At one point late in the game Baltimore only had 1 penalty for 5 yards.  
  
• False starts at home?  Something was up with JJ's cadence.  Either he was just amped and barking louder, or we were trying to get Balt to jump.  Whatever the case, it wasn't working.
  
• Jefferson seemed disinterested.  Seemed almost lethargic, getting tripped up on that deep INT and then not hustling.
  
• Absolutely no issue with the deep shot on 3rd and 1.  Jefferson 1-1 with no safety?  Who wouldn't take a shot on that matchup?  Those criticizing that play are hiding behind the 20/20 hindsight or just don't understand football.  How often do we complain that coaches don't go for the kill shot?  That was a kill shot and a great call.  Didn't work out, but it was still a great call.
  
• Our run game seems better, should have leaned on it more, but I really don't think play calling was the issue here.
  
• The INT was a big moment, but the fumble on the kick return was bigger.  Short field, the D rallied so many times holding them to FGs, but couldn't stop this one.
  
• Wonder where Price's head is at going forward.  Fumbled the next return as well.
  
• Nailor stepped up in a big way.  That 4th down catch where he double clutched it was huge.  The TD was a thing of beauty.
  
• How many tipped balls did our D just miss?  I think there were 3 that had potential, but just fell short.  Could have been a huge difference
  
• But the D played a tremendous game IMO.  Van Ginkel is such a great player.  Causes the other team so many issue.
  

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What a disaster-class of a game by KOC.  Obviously, it was a mess of a game overall, but I think KOC could have won this game if he called a better game, and at this point in time he should know better (as opposed to JJM, who’s in his 4th game).  It felt like we were playing some high end defense and KOC knew our only chance to win was to make a couple 45 yard TD passes that score in one shot.  When in the real world, we’re playing a defense that is struggling a lot and didn’t put pressure on us at all.

There should be no coach who asks his rookie QB to throw that many times, especially in a game that was close the whole time.  I feel like what was clearly missing was consistency in calling the run game and easy passes.  Aaron Jones ran for 5 ypc, Mason for near 6, JJM for almost 10.  We had 13 rushes by the RBs.  Is there a bigger WTF, than our complete lack of rushing the ball?  It felt like every pass thrown was a high difficulty pass and every pass took like 4 seconds for the receivers to run 20 yards down the field.  What was the point of that?  At some point in the game, JJM is overthrowing every receiver.  Why not introduce some confidence boosting throws into the mix, ones that didn’t need to be rocketed all the way across the field?  Regarding the false starts.  Clearly there was some miscommunication thing happening.  It didn’t appear to me that anyone was making any effort to figure out what was going on and trying to address it midgame.  I kind of feel like any of the veteran players could probably point out to JJM and KOC, what was going wrong, and what JJM needed to fix to stop having that issue.

Overall, it felt like we were being way to cute and unnecessarily complex and beat ourselves, when we could have just gone out there ran a basic bare bones offense and come away with a victory.

Also, we’re 1-3 at home with none of our home losses looking like a remotely functional team.

I think we’re close to the point where KOC should take a break from playcalling for a period of time.  KOC repeatedly calls plays that his team can’t execute and he needs to figure out why he does that and how to stop doing that.  It’s clearly a personal flaw of his, and his lack of awareness that this is happening, and the lack of adjustments is holding our team back.  Let someone else call the game, who will actually call a run play.  Focus on ensuring the team is executing at a high level.