Morning Cup Of Joe
April 25th, 2024
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.
NFL Network races to the rescue of Jerry Jones. [PFT]
What are the Raiders going to do for a quarterback? [CBS]
Is Jonathan Kraft the new shot-caller of the Patriots behind the scenes? [Yahoo!]
Four surprise first-round picks for tonight. [NFL]
An entire town in one building. Looks almost like a prison or something you’d expect to see behind the Iron Curtain era in some remote Siberian outpost. Looks cold and very depressing. [TikTok]
Bears hold a prayer vigil for a new stadium. Yes, Joe is fully sober. [SI]
Bill Belicheat becoming a media star. New deals announced. Hey, if Belicheat on his draft show tonight with Pat McAfee is anything close to the guy who appeared on McAfee last week, he will be the best thing to hit NFL-related broadcasts in a long time. [The Athletic]
Did the NFL indirectly spark a firestorm that has led to mass cancelations of paid video subscription services in recent months? More people are becoming “nomadic” viewers signing up for services, then binge and cancel. Personally, Joe won’t subscribe to Peacock because, outside of Mike Florio’s Pro Football Talk Live, it offers nothing of interest or value to Joe (no, Joe doesn’t get amped watching a fifth-tier B1G football game between Indiana and Maryland). Joe wasn’t going to pay to watch an NFL playoff game when he could watch it a couple of hours later on NFL+ which Joe subscribes to (Amazon broadcasts are a different story — who doesn’t have Amazon?). And like a nomad, Joe signed up for AppleTV for just one weekend this month, long enough to binge “Masters of the Air.” (“Masters” is good, but not as good as its sister series “Band of Brothers” or “The Pacific.”) [Awful Announcing]
Justice for Reggie Bush. [On3]
Big ol’ gator tried to infiltrate MacDill Air Force Base. #Fail Doesn’t the creature know that’s where CENTCOM is located? Don’t eff with America, reptile. USA! USA! USA! Video style! [Outkick]
Businesses across America erupt over FTC ban on non-compete clauses. Tough s(p)it. If you want to prevent someone from working, compensate them. If you think said person is so valuable that they threaten your business by working for a competitor, maybe you should keep them on the payroll. [Wall Street Journal]
RIP Larry Dalrymple. That’s the way Joe wants to go out. [WFLA]
This doesn’t look half-bad. [Instagram]
George Carlin did not celebrate Earth Day (when he was alive). [TikTok]
HOF'er @CalvinJohnsonJr reacts to @ReggieBush FINALLY getting his Heisman Trophy back 🗣️
"The things he did on the football field, it was joystick. Haven't seen it since…" 🕹️@uscfb @heykayadams pic.twitter.com/v3XSh2OiJD
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) April 24, 2024
NFL draft meeting pic.twitter.com/1adH1C5Hny
— Annie Agar (@AnnieAgar) April 24, 2024
April 25th, 2024 at 5:18 am
George Carlin is the GOAT rip!
April 25th, 2024 at 6:16 am
We will be hearing about the Cowboys now throughout the season. A big yawn. I have to tell you, I am in TX right now on vacation visiting family stationed here. And I am seeing many Cowboy t-shirts. My family wears FSU, Bucs, and Lightning!
Agreed. We will have to see how Belichick does tonight. It all depends on his personality. Pat and his group will keep it going.
Yay to Reggie!
Not subscribing to Peacock and some others either. Cable, Netflix, and Prime is enough for me.
Wow!!!! Massive alligator. Go AF!
April 25th, 2024 at 7:34 am
“Bears hold a prayer vigil for a new stadium.” Praying is never the wrong thing to do.
April 25th, 2024 at 8:14 am
The town of Whittier AK reminds me of the Pentagon. Once you’re inside there is everything within the walls that a normal city has. Grocery store, post office, barber shops etc. Actually a pretty cool experience.
April 25th, 2024 at 9:14 am
Cool intel!
April 25th, 2024 at 1:08 pm
Sorry Joe – dropping dead off a barstool is not the way I would choose.
I want to go peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather did – not screaming, like the passengers in his car!
April 25th, 2024 at 3:54 pm
Well played John
George Carlin found ironic humor in the truth.
Some never even find the truth.