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

Jets may acquire “multiple” veteran quarterbacks. [PFT]

Grading the David Montgomery trade. [CBS]

Kyler Murray to the Vikings? [Yahoo!]

AR-15 trade fits. [NFL]

Missing with the baseball bat was a nice Three Stooges move. [TikTok]

Jason Licht helping kill “Combine: The TV Show?” LOL If so, well done, Jason! [Front Office Sports]

You just hate to see it! [Rotoworld]

Here are 32 bold predictions for the offseason. [SI]

Aqib Talib slaps around AR-15 as a fraud of a franchise quarterback. [X]

If you don’t like NFL games on streaming services, welp. Just like international games, there’s not going to be less of them. Too much money in them thar hills. [Awful Announcing]

Josh Heupel wants a 24-team playoff. Any coach who *wants* a 24-team playoff very likely has a hefty bonus in his contract that he cashes in if his team makes the playoff. These coaches who want every team to make the playoff aren’t advocating this for the better of the game, it’s actually career preservation. At least whiny Jim Boeheim admitted this when he advocated expanding the basketball tournament years ago. The rationale is not what’s good for the game, it’s getting a coach paid and saving his job. [On3]

Always remember and never forget: The most important thing to do in a moment of personal crisis is to record it. [Instagram]

Bear vs. buffalo. [TikTok]

"No wonder Mike Tomlin left. … This organization under Art Rooney II, I mean right now it looks like a disgrace compared to what his family has established for so many years."@stephenasmith responds to the Steelers receiving an F on their NFLPA report card 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/9E85QRbaxt

— First Take (@FirstTake) February 27, 2026

“Some of the SAME guys that have said the last 2 or 3 days the combine is really just about the medical testing…will now say ‘so and so’s’ stock went up because he ran a really good 40 or jumped really far.”@RossTuckerNFL on a pet peeve during the NFL Combine: pic.twitter.com/HCanPTxV6A

— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) February 28, 2026