Morning Cup Of Joe
June 15th, 2026
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.
It’s pretty clear Rupert Murdoch is behind feds coming after the NFL for possible violations of the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961. Will the NFL pull its deal with FOX as payback for siccing the feds on them? [PFT]
Best fits for Stefon Diggs. [CBS]
Cardinals’ Mack Wilson needs help. [Yahoo!]
Players who should debut in the top-100 this summer. [NFL]
Texas football. [TikTok]
Joe always thought A.J. McCarron was an ass. Surprised he didn’t get lit up in this video. [X]
Does Disney/BSPN floating $60 million a year at Pat McAfee prove he’s bigger than screamin’ Stephen A. Smith, who Disney/BSPN signed last year for $21 million annually? [Outkick]
“Big Ev” breaks months-long silence. [Awful Announcing]
Football fans like Josh Allen. [Front Office Sports]
Ordering Chinese takeout. [TikTok]
Gambling Scandals in Sports: From DraftKings to Calvin Ridley — FULL PODCAST: The Bow Tie Sports Podcast — #Falcons pressing on to mandatory minicamp. https://t.co/94ftdZPSUm
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“Motion by a wide receiver across the formation is NOT the same man/zone indicator that it was five, ten years ago…”
“Running backs have become a MUCH better man/zone indicator and predictor.”@GregCosell explains why: pic.twitter.com/7ystSoUtGo
— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) June 12, 2026
June 15th, 2026 at 6:10 am
Meh, I don’t have a problem with McCarron in that video. I mean when Bowles read the riot act to our Bucs, I think everyone was like this is a breath of fresh air. Nothing wrong with calling out your players.
June 15th, 2026 at 8:32 am
I couldn’t watch more than a few seconds of the McCarron video. Seem like his vocabulary is extremely limited and shallow.
June 15th, 2026 at 9:46 am
Stephen A. Smith, Pat McAfee.
Just a pair of loud obnoxious people to me. If the idiots at Disney and BSPN want to drop insane money in their lap? Just to make fans mad? I laugh at such foolishness. Not a single one at either BSPN/Dizzy that can hold a candle to Ira. They canned the real sports journalists.
McCarron
Alabama football is King there (Sorry Auburn)… Birmingham/Tuscaloosa and the Tide fans would lose their minds if anyone laid a hand on AJ. Seriously! I would fear for my life if I were such a player. Lived in Tide country for 30 years as a quiet Gator fan…
Go Bucs
June 15th, 2026 at 9:56 am
Chinese takeout
I really did get tickled at this one even though it is a really devilish thing to do.
I regularly find myself trying to decipher a phone call from my local hospital here in Thailand reminding me of an appointment etc. The Nurse probably hates calling expats as well though… I don’t speak Thai at all and bless there hearts they try very hard with English.
Go Bucs!
June 15th, 2026 at 10:00 am
Stephen A. Smith, Pat McAfee.
Just a pair of loud obnoxious people to me. If the idiots at Disney and BSPN want to drop insane money in their lap? Just to make fans mad? I laugh at such foolishness. Not a single one at either BSPN/Dizzy that can hold a candle to Ira. They canned the real sports journalists.
McCarron
Alabama football is King there (Sorry Auburn)… Birmingham/Tuscaloosa and the Tide fans would lose their minds if anyone laid a hand on AJ. Seriously! I would fear for my life if I were such a player. Lived in Tide country for 30 years as a quiet Gator fan…
Go Bucs
June 15th, 2026 at 10:07 am
Time to adjust the filters Joe. Half my posts are disappearing and I am being very careful not to use any words that may trigger it.
Go Bucs!
June 15th, 2026 at 12:18 pm
Does Disney/BSPN floating $60 million a year at Pat McAfee prove he’s bigger than screamin’ Stephen A. Smith, who Disney/BSPN signed last year for $21 million annually?
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They both suck.
Stop watching those fools and all the garbage shows they’re on.
June 15th, 2026 at 1:19 pm
Garro:
Have to remember something about media in the 21st century: Quiet and demure hosts don’t attract nor hold any sort of desireable-sized audience. Networks make money when people put down the remote. Sedate keeps the remotes working.
If polite and reserved pulled in massive audiences, BookTV would bring in the same number of eyeballs as the NFL.