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

If the NFL is going to have a European franchise and the NFL is still hellbent on international games, just add eight expansion franchises. Have a European Division with four teams, and a four-team Pacific Division with a couple of Asian teams, a team in Australia (and maybe a team in Malina or Hawaii). [PFT]

Odds for next year’s Super Bowl. [CBS]

No wonder Drake Maye’s prop bets were taken off the board right before kickoff. [Yahoo!]

For those left wondering last spring why Bucs AC/DC-loving general manager Jason Licht was skittish about drafting James Pearce. [NFL]

Classic rant about Jerry Jones. LOL [TikTok]

How Tom Brady’s blunder led Seattle to the Super Bowl championship. Who was advising Brady, Mina Kimes? Given his time with the Bucs and now with the Raiders, Brady’s personnel evals are Chucky-like. [Go Long TD]

For years, when people asked, “Why do they even have the Pro Bowl,” the answer was easy and simple: People watched. When people watch, the NFL makes money. As always, following the money. The Pro Bowl in recent years has been so destroyed that people watching is no longer the case. A third as many people watched mongrels prance around a stage as the Pro Bowl last week. [Awful Announcing]

The 30 best NFL players of all time. [SI]

Feds: Cleveland pitcher rigged outcomes of pitches/at-bats in as many as 48 games. [Outkick]

Sopranos on “Law and Order.” [TikTok]

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