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GOOOOOD MORNING HAPPY MONDAY WINNERS!
I, for one, am so happy — the New York Jets were officially eliminated from the postseason on Sunday, and that means one thing: This whole “AARON RODGERS MIGHT COME BACK FROM A TORN ACHILLES RIGHT NOW!” thing is all but over.
We haven’t heard yet from the QB who looked pretty bummed on Sunday, or from the Jets themselves, but I’m pretty sure that the news will be that the franchise is shutting him down for the year, and we’ll see him at full strength in 2024.
Anything other than that would be SO JETS (can I, a Mets fan, bestow the LOLJETS thing on them? Thanks), but I’ll be intrigued to see what Rodgers does next year with a full offseason of rest and recuperation, instead of rushing back.
Because it’s been a little too much with him trying to come back so soon. It was a bad idea in the first place even if he’s miraculous healed. And now there’s no reason for him to complete what felt like an impossible task.
Taylor Swift: A fan just like us
Taylor Swift gets it. She’s now dropping what appear to be F-bombs — by the way, the memes out of that one were so good — when her beau, Travis Kelce, doesn’t earn a flag on his opponent for what probably was a flop.
And when Patriots fans inevitably booed her because she’s rooting for the opposing Chiefs, she took it in stride, appearing to say “I knew that was coming.”
She gets it.
Fantasy football is pain.
I’m not here to talk about my own fantasy football teams and how it stinks that one of them was knocked out on Sunday, nope definitely not doing that.
In all seriousness, this is my note to all of you who started Bijan Robinson and hoped that the Atlanta Falcons RB would shake off Arthur Smith’s weird coaching this year and deliver a top performance in the postseason.
Nope. Didn’t happen. The rookie was awful and fantasy managers were SO MAD. I don’t blame them! But that’s fantasy for you. You start the right guy at the right time in the right situation and then the thing that’s out of your control happens: The coach, for some odd reason, benches that right guy for a fumble instead of sticking with the more explosive running back.
Better luck next year.
Quick hits: More NFL action … Angel holding back her coach … and more.
— Christian D’Andrea has you covered with the grossest QBs of Week 15 (ugh, Dak), along with the best and worst of the weekend.
— Angel Reese had to hold back a fuming Kim Mulkey after the LSU coach was ejected.
— Tiger Woods looked so proud of his son, Charlie, after a chip-in while they played together.
Enjoy your Monday!
