Morning Cup Of Joe
July 3rd, 2025
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.
Commandos big shots wine and dine Washington, D.C. city council in order to get new stadium funding approved. [PFT]
When will the NFL move to an 18-game schedule? The sooner the better. [CBS]
Buffalo’s first-round pick is in some hot water. [Yahoo!]
Top offensive line values. [NFL]
Lost scenes from “The Godfather?” [TikTok]
BSPN, FOX “reluctant” to let its talking heads freelance for Netflix in its NFL Christmas Day games coverage. Sadly, this likely means no Laura Rutledge. So, given that talent from NBC and CBS and others are apparently free, here goes Joe’s picks. Studio host: Kay Adams (duh). Studio analysts: Chris Russo, Kyle Brandt, Mike Florio and Chris Simms. Sideline reporters (two games, remember): Melanie Collins, Stacey Dales, Jenny Dell and Maria Taylor. Play-by-play: Noah Eagle and Ian Eagle. Game analysts: Nate Burleson and J.J. Watt for one game (Burleson and Watt were outstanding together last Christmas), Charles Davis and Ross Tucker for the other. Done. See how easy that was? [Front Office Sports]
Travis Kelce admits he “can’t really read that well.” [Outkick]
Adrian Peterson is scheduled to box the guy he recently threw hands with at a Houston VFW hall poker room. [TMZ]
Explosive rumor about screamin’ Stephen A. Smith. [Awful Announcing]
Fireworks factory goes BOOM! [WFLA]
Oh no, Pasco! [WTSP]
Ooohhh, the struggle. Just… can’t… help… [TikTok]
One of the best gift I’ve ever received and it comes from the Manning family down here at the Manning Passing Academy
My very own Archie Manning jersey! How cool is that! pic.twitter.com/27PO4ZATjd
— Jon Gruden (@BarstoolGruden) June 28, 2025
“The Steelers are operating like someone's on the hot seat…”
“The moves they're making. These are the types of moves that a GM makes when he thinks he's on the hot seat.”@RossTuckerNFL on the Steelers’ trade for Jalen Ramsey: pic.twitter.com/nvsdxB6Pd8
— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) July 2, 2025
July 3rd, 2025 at 5:31 am
Congratulations to Kelce’s college (and most of the colleges) for graduating someone who can’t read very well. Well done.
July 3rd, 2025 at 8:34 am
Start the day with rare scenes of Sonny Corleone? Thanks Joe!
July 3rd, 2025 at 9:00 am
Kelce’s an Ohio guy and he probably got a fluoride scholarship as a starting tight end. For a regular Joe, at the University of Cincinnati for an in-state student it’s about $140,000 for a four-year degree.
Money well spent! LOL
Adrian Peterson is either 40 years old or about to turn 40.
He’s jacked in that photo. How many 20 something year olds would like to be built like him? Annnnnddddd, why would somebody who’s 40 want to get punched in the head by another person? Maybe there’s some dain bramage from is RB days? He did play a long time.
I like how they call Kellerman a genius. He didn’t look like such a genius when he was talking about how Baker would fall off a cliff and be a terrible QB for the Bucs. Kellerman’s takes are obviously not always correct, so maybe he just looks like a genius next to Steven A. That’s understandable.
July 3rd, 2025 at 9:02 am
Fluoride = full ride
Love my voice recognition.
Not my best editing. LOL
July 3rd, 2025 at 9:13 am
Stacey Dales……OHHHHH YEEEAAAHHHH
July 3rd, 2025 at 9:40 am
Joe aims to please. 🙂
July 3rd, 2025 at 11:41 am
I thought fluoride scholarships were for cheerleaders with nice smiles.😉