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

The NFL returns to Munich in 2026 and 2028. If the Bucs are one of those teams, do yourself a life-long favor and beg, borrow and steal money to go. Joe went when the Bucs played there back in 2022 not knowing what to expect and it may have been the best thing Joe ever did. There’s really no language barrier (about 70 percent of populace speaks English and the eateries have menus in English), they drive on the right side of the road and the locals drink (very good) beer like water. And if you are a history geek, there’s World War II-related stuff all over the place. [PFT]

Where will Trey Hendrickson land? [CBS]

Panic Meter. [Yahoo!]

How Mike McDaniel turned around the Dolphins. (Bucs play them in two weeks. Yay! [NFL]

When Ed Orgeron and Tommy Tuberville were roommates as young coaches at Miami for Jimmy Johnson. [TikTok]

NFL shortens time between draft picks beginning in April’s draft. [The Athletic]

Memo to Florida State (and take notes Seminoles): This is how you clip a coach you want to wash your hands of without paying through the nose. You plant a young blonde in the guy’s office and you bait him. Then, you sit on the evidence until something comes up. Well, for Michigan, something came up this year with another lousy offense and non-development of the Wolverines’ very expensive, five-star quarterback. So, Michigan knee-capped Sherrone Moore by releasing the evidence they were sitting on. You get rid of a bad coach with zero buyout fee. Now that’s how you get rid of a coach you don’t want boys and girls. A beautiful, precise, professional hit job with no parting gift (buyout clause). Al Davis and Sam Giancana would be proud. [MLive]

Sherrone Moore II:  Shortly after learning he was fired, Moore goes to a woman’s apartment (the address seems to suggest it was the residence of his side piece), allegedly attacks a woman and then gets dragged off to jail — eeerrr — is “detained.” So in a matter of about four hours, Moore lost his job, lost his family, lost his side piece and lost his career. Now that’s a full day. Pretty efficient work. Maybe Citrus State Prison needs a coach? (Let’s see who gets that reference.)
[Metro Detroit News]

YouTubeTV to offer sports packages where you only get channels that have sports, at lower monthly fee. (Joe also read a Twitter from a top TV media reporter that maybe by next fall, YouTubeTV will offer a “football package” where your subscription only lasts August through February. [Awful Announcing]

Ohio man pinched after going to bank, accidentally deposited the wrong stash. So, it’s fair to say his stash wasn’t FDIC insured. [WLWT]

Shark first tagged off Nova Scotia pinged “near Tampa.” [WFLA]

Construction #Fail. [TikTok]

Gronk can't stop hyping Jameis Winston's appearance on FOX last Sunday:

"[He's] a star in the making" 🌟📺@Jaboowins | @NFLonFOX | @RobGronkowski | @heykayadams pic.twitter.com/xxMhDCWwAU

— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) December 10, 2025

Takes an angry runner to know an angry runner😡

Drop your top 5👇 @LG_Blount pic.twitter.com/oOOmQz9jbd

— Good Morning Football (@gmfb) December 9, 2025