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.

Distraction of the Day

Weird: Eagles refuse to be on the field during the banner-raising ceremony Thursday night. [PFT]

Power rankings against the spread. [CBS]

How Jayden Daniels will change the NFL. [Yahoo!]

Predictions for “Offensive Rookie of the Year.” [NFL]

Just like coach drew it up on PowerPoint. [TikTok]

Dolphins outside linebackers coach might be a dirtbag. [TMZ]

Brian Kelly and Dabo Swinney apparently won’t be exchanging Christmas cards. [Outkick]

Screamin’ Stephen A. Smith still won’t rule out a run for president in 2028. [Awful Announcing]

So let Joe get this straight: BSPN allegedly stabbed Dave Portnoy in the back years ago over a show he was hired to do because a meddling pompous arse at BSPN claimed Portnoy was a womanhater. Yet BSPN hires Taylor Lewan, who had a brush with the law over a he-said-she-said when Lewan was implicated in a sordid claim against his then-Michigan teammate and roomie? How quaint. [Sportskeeda]

When you book your next vacation flight. [X]

Sports radio logic. [TikTok]

Good morning all & OTD in 1945, the Japanese Empire formally surrendered to the Allies on the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. General MacArthur accepted the surrender for the Allies & insisted on ex-POW Generals Percival (UK) & Wainwright (US) playing a visible role as well. pic.twitter.com/HHsF7nHmKG

— Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) September 1, 2025

Both teams get the ball in OT ✅
First downs measured by hawk-eye cameras instead of chains ✅@MikePereira explains some rule changes that we'll see this season! pic.twitter.com/97Q4UtVWo2

— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) September 1, 2025

Tom Brady doesn't think that QBs are as mentally developed as they were 25 years ago 👀

The FULL interview with Tom Brady and Cris Collinsworth is LIVE ⬇️

— PFF (@PFF) September 2, 2025