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wvParticipantI noticed this right off, because it was so predictable — The coverage of Epstein is always about the Pedophile stuff — its rarely about the money-power stuff. The legendary-Whitney-Webb touches on that here:
wvParticipantMalik Willis iz gonna be a big boom or a big bust for someone. I dunno why the Vikings wouldnt grab him.
wvParticipantIf i really boil the 2025 season down to its essence, for ‘me’ it was — Stafford and Puka.
Lots of other stuff goin on, but that is what i will remember.
And like the Martz team, this one was a play or two away from a Ring.
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vwvParticipantSome amount of resentment/hurt-feelings is unavoidable in some of these football divorces, and i do find it interesting that Kupp doesnt seem to have any animosity toward McVay. I mean, if its not McVay he’s mad at, who then?
At any rate, my wild-speculation is that Kupp is right, and the Rams owed him better communication and a better ‘send-off’. A recognition of what he did for them. No Kupp, no Super Bowl Ring. Triple-Crown. All-time year.
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vwvParticipantwvParticipantwvParticipantRobert Duvall. RIP.
wvParticipantFor teams like the Rams this free-agency-class is plenty-good. Cause the top teams only need a little tinkering. A player here, a player there.
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vwvParticipant…Fleury was George Kittle’s second TEs coach in the NFL. Started out as a QC and now is an OC in Seattle.
How come nobody ever blames the QC for anything?
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vwvParticipantChris Hedges on the Chomsky/Epstein thing.
wvParticipantDrake Maye is “not… like Stafford”
wvParticipantwvParticipant…I hope this retrospectively clarifies and explains Noam Chomsky’s interactions with Epstein. Noam and I recognize the gravity of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and the profound suffering of his victims. Nothing in this statement is intended to minimize that suffering, and we express our unrestricted solidarity with the victims.
February 7, 2026.
Valéria ChomskyYeah, ive been following the story.
I have many feelings about it. One particular feeling is in ‘infuriates’ me that Noam and Valeria did this shit — palld around with billionaires — because it has allowed the CIA and Mossad and the usual propagandists to have some wonderful dirt on Chomsky and thereby steer untold numbers of young people away from his writings. His writings, of course, are solid — but this shit has and will tarnish him so badly that a lot of youngsters wont read him now. He’s cancelled, so his IDEAS get cancelled.
The older folks, who were influenced by him long ago, still find his writings as important as ever.
I thought he was kinda changing a bit as he got himself a new wife and moved into old age.
I have a book laying around here on Epstein. I aim to read it this year. Just curious about the guy.
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vwvParticipantSo-Fi hosting the Super Bowl next year. O my.
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vwvParticipantIve asked many real-life humans who they wanted to win the Super Bowl, and the answer was overwhelmingly the same. No matter what team they were fans of.
“I just didn’t want the Patriots to win it.”
Ok, that is my last word on the super bowl.
I shall move on to blaming the Rams OC for this years unjust debacle.
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vwvParticipantI would not have Darnold or Hertz that high. Both good, but were carried by defenses, etc.
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vwvParticipantin fairness to ernest, puka is a goofy ass….
ernest was just being…. earnest.
i like puka though. i just think this is something one has to deal with
when dealing with puka.Ya know, Invader, if we still had a Zine, I would insist that post be zeened.
This may be the best post of the season.
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vwvParticipantErnest called Puka a ‘goofy ass’ ?
wvParticipantThe NFC Championship game should’ve been played in LA.
.Indeed.
Rams and Seahawks are cofavorites to win the Ring next year.
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vwvParticipantBarnwell, Golic
wvParticipantIf Stafford and Maye were on the same team, Stafford would be the starter, and Maye would be the backup.
Next!…
…i now have this image of Stafford trying to teach Drake no-look passes. “No, No, Drake you have to look the ‘other’ way…”
I guess we are gonna get one more year of Matt Stafford.
And then the dark ages start. Probly 18 straight losses to the 49ers.
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vwvParticipantI honestly believe there was no good argument for Maye being that close to Stafford in the voting.
Yeah, well history is written by the MVPs. Or somethin.
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vwvParticipantThis guy is just-plain-likeable. I’m sorry.
wvParticipantBarnwell’s post-super bowl article:
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47871743/seahawks-win-super-bowl-patriots-2026-recap-barnwell-defense-walker-darnoldSuper Bowl LX: How the Seahawks shut down the Patriots
NFL teams with young players in key positions dread the unexpected. With two weeks of preparation between the conference championship games and the Super Bowl, veteran coaching staffs like the one in New England are going to be able to break down tape and prepare second-year quarterback Drake Maye for everything the Seahawks have shown on film, especially from their past few weeks of football. I have no doubt that Maye and his offensive brain trust had answers for what they expected from the Seahawks on Sunday, but knowing what the Seahawks are going to do and beating it are two separate things.
Just when Maye thought he had the answers, Seattle coach Mike Macdonald changed the questions. The Seahawks brought a devastating wrinkle into their defensive game plan. And while Seattle probably would have been good enough to win the game without it, the unexpected look saved for the biggest game of the year tormented the Patriots, producing chaotic moments for New England’s offense before topping things off with a defensive touchdown.
A more experienced quarterback or one with better protection might have had the wherewithal and time to adapt quickly. Maye did not, and the Patriots were flummoxed by something the Seahawks hadn’t shown on tape in nearly two months. The end result: Seahawks 29, Patriots 13. Let’s make sense of what happened in Super Bowl LX.
The Witherspoon pressure wrinkle
I have no problems with Seattle running back Kenneth Walker III winning MVP in this game, but I would have been happier to see Devon Witherspoon take home the hardware for what he did on defense. The Seahawks cornerback was excellent in coverage and made a number of splash plays, including the one that helped create Seattle’s game-sealing defensive touchdown in the second half.
To get there, Macdonald broke with an established tendency and showed the Patriots something they either weren’t expecting or severely underestimated. During the regular season, the Seahawks blitzed only 20.7% of the time, the fifth-lowest rate in the NFL. On Sunday, that number actually dropped to 15.1% — but it was heavily split by half. Macdonald blitzed Maye 33.3% of the time in the first half before dialing it back and sending extra rushers just 8% of the time after the break.
What’s more important than the general blitz rate, though, is which player the Seahawks sent after the quarterback. Witherspoon is an excellent blitzer and physical force around the line of scrimmage, but Macdonald had held off on using him to get after the quarterback. The third-year pro had rushed the quarterback just 33 times across 12 regular-season games. More recently, Witherspoon hadn’t been sent on a single blitz in Seattle’s past four games, covering the final two regular-season contests and Seattle’s wins over the 49ers and Rams in the postseason.
In the Super Bowl, though, Witherspoon rushed Maye seven times, with one being wiped out by an offside penalty on a teammate. His other six pass-rush snaps produced one sack and what was really a strip sack on a second, only for the ball to stay in the air as it flew into the hands of Uchenna Nwosu for what went down as a pick-six. Those pressures didn’t single-handedly win Seattle the game, but they created big plays and seemingly got into Maye’s head for the entirety of the contest.
Let’s start with the first Witherspoon blitz of the game. The Patriots were facing a third-and-9 in the first quarter from the Seattle 44-yard line. Even a few yards here might put the Pats in position to attempt a long field goal. Macdonald was incentivized to produce a negative play or an outright stop to force a punt, and the Seattle coach dialed up one of the more exotic pressures the Seahawks have shown all season:… see link for rest of article
wvParticipanti’m still a little taken aback that mina kimes voted for maye. i think it was close, but i woulda thought she woulda voted for stafford.
One of the stats that pointed toward Maye was common opponents. Pats were 6-0 and Rams were 4-2. I think the QB stats in those 6 games favored Maye.
I also think what Maye can do with his legs was a significant point in his favor.It was close.
Mina did say she would not have voted for Maye if the Charger, Texans, and Bronco games were included.
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vwvParticipantJalen Hurtz and Sam Darnold have won the last two Rings. The PFF boys were noting that you dont need a Mahomes or Josh Allen or Lamar Jackson or Joe Burrow to win a Super Bowl. You need a complete team.
The Rams are awfully close to being a complete team. A couple guys in the secondary. A reliable return guy on special teams.
Seattle, LA, and the 49ers just might be the three most complete teams in the NFL next year.
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vwvParticipantAdam Schefter pointed out, “Russell Wilson helped Seattle win their first Super Bowl, and he helped them win this one”
The Wilson trade got Seattle:
1st Rd pick: LT Charles Cross
2nd Rd pick: OLB B. Mofe
1st Rd pick: CB Devin Witherspoon
2nd Rd pick: OLB D.Hallw
vwvParticipantThe impressive thing about the Seahawk defense this year (and the Eagles last year) is it was done in this era where the rule changes all favor the offense. I mean this is not the era of Doomsday Defenses or Steel Curtains or Fearsome Foursomes or Purple Gangs or Gang-Greens.
Last year the Chiefs Oline looked overmatched. Pats Oline looked overmatched this year.
Maybe the Oline is important in foot ball.
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vwvParticipantRandom things said on the internet
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Calling Drake Maye “The Schedule” is some of the best slander I’ve heard in a minute
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Worst Super Bowl for a guy named Drake since last year
—————–The Seahawks are the first Super Bowl champion to go their entire postseason run without committing a turnover
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Kyle Shanahan on NBC, asked about what makes the Seahawks so difficult: “I know you guys want my expert opinion, but I haven’t scored a TD on these guys the last two times I’ve seen them.”
——————-Sam Darnold won a Super Bowl before Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, Justin Herbert Jared Goff, Dak Prescott, Baker Mayfield, Trevor Lawrence, Brock Purdy and Joe Burrow.
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Mike Tirico: “Cris, all of a sudden, there’s a rhythm to the New England offense…”Cris Collinsworth: “[Drake Maye] is reading the defense now… a couple of the best plays that he’s had so far…”
*Interception*
Collinsworth: “Ummmm, I’ve got nothing for you here.”
—————wvParticipant17:10 mark of the Rodrigue vid above. Jourdan Rodrigue “costs the Rams the Super Bowl”.
She did a show and Mike MacDonald ‘took notes’ on it and learned stuff…
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