Morning Cup Of Joe
December 15th, 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.
Snowgate. [PFT]
Jackson Dart is going to get himself killed. [CBS]
Winners and losers from Week 15. [Yahoo!]
Grading all 2025 first-round picks. [NFL]
Drunk bowling. [TikTok]
So much for watching the Chiefs on Christmas night. Can’t root against Pat Mahomes. [Front Office Sports]
Micah Parsons’ injury doesn’t look good. [The Athletic]
Vikings already fed up with J.J. McCarthy? Hey, they’re the ones who thought a dude who excelled in handing the ball off in college would somehow magically transform into a throwing quarterback in the NFL. [Awful Announcing]
Wild allegations surface in the wake of disgraced former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore’s arraignment. [Outkick]
Rob Reiner, who played “Meathead” in “All in the Family” and became a Hollywood big shot, directing “A Few Good Men” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” found with his wife stabbed to death. [TMZ]
Joe will never, ever understand why anyone would willingly want to jump from a perfectly good airplane. [TikTok]
ITS OVER. THE NFL GOES THROUGH NEW ENGLAND AGAIN! THE REAL DYNASTY IS BACK! THIS IS OUR LEAGUE!!! #NEPats pic.twitter.com/lOAOh0H6Ni
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) December 14, 2025
I can't believe this box we just got!
It's the Stadium Series jersey from the @TBLightning!!
This thing is AWESOME! I can't wait to get to a Lightning game this season and cheer on the BOLTS!!
Thank you Coach Cooper and everyone at the Lightning, this is amazing! pic.twitter.com/afdwQbuCmG
— Jon Gruden (@BarstoolGruden) December 12, 2025
December 15th, 2025 at 5:23 am
Bengals should have done what the Bills do. They get their fans to come in and shovel snow. They make $20 an hour and the Bills also provide food, drinks, and the shovels.
Agree with Egbuka’s grade in the first-round pick article.
RIP Rob Reiner and wife Michele. Spinal Tap II just came out in September. Their deaths are maddening and so sad.
December 15th, 2025 at 5:47 am
Man, Dart and Skattebo, they’re going to play themselves out of the league with their style. Fun to watch, but not good for longevity.
Egbuka grade, yeah that’s fair.
It’s crazy to think that this is the first time in Mahomes’ career that he has never made the playoffs. The worst he ever did as a starter was lose in the afc championship game until this year. On top of that an acl tear is wild.
Speaking of acl tears, local radio (Wisconsin) everyone is panicking and convinced Micah has a torn acl. Not official yet, but I believe Schefter said its initial thoughts. We all think we have a bad pass rush? We absolutely do, but without Micah, the Packers are just as bad. They also lost WR Christian Watson to some shoulder injury. It’s not looking good for them
December 15th, 2025 at 6:10 am
Bengals excuse for not removing snow? Seriously that owner is the cheapest and worst owners in sports.
I don’t think these horribly run franchises should ever be talked about, Bengals, Jets, Browns, Cardinals. Not during the season, not at the draft. They are all perennial losers and will always be
December 15th, 2025 at 6:26 am
El Presidente is high, the pats showed how weak they truly are. Maye looked lost, played nervous and was mentally not equipped to handle the Bills in the 2nd half. And Vrabel was defensively irresponsible. Special teams were not special. The pats may make the playoffs, but will fail.
December 15th, 2025 at 8:00 am
I’m stunned! I woke up around 4:30 AM, looked at my phone briefly and saw a post on Reddit about it. I thought it was a hoax. I’m a fan of his work.
December 15th, 2025 at 9:33 am
The Bengals treat their players and city like spit.
December 15th, 2025 at 11:44 am
Reiner’s son was arrested this morning for murdering him and his wife. What a sad, messed up story.
December 15th, 2025 at 11:52 am
Itzok Says: Bengals excuse for not removing snow? Seriously that owner is the cheapest and worst owners.
Totally agree!
December 16th, 2025 at 8:06 am
I spent 23 years drinking excessively. Paid a heavy price for it. Never once occurred to me to mix it with bowling though. Was that what I was dong wrong?
LOL
Go Bucs!