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

Big names who could be unemployed by Sunday night. [CBS]

Maybe the Commandos will get a clue: Team store put Redskins gear on the shelves. All sold out in a couple of days. [Yahoo!]

Saint Lamar Jackson said injuries limited his running last year. [NFL]

Predicting 2026 league stat leaders. [SI]

Football fans were a major reason the NFL killed the Pro Bowl. (Really, it was the NFL. Saying the Pro Bowl died because of the fans is like saying customers forced a restaurant to change the menu when the chef was cooking slop not fit for a stray dog.) [Front Office Sports]

Shannon Sharpe claims the players killed the Pro Bowl. He’s got a point. Still, was it the players who moved it out of Hawaii? Was it the players who changed it to a flag football game and then morphed it into dodgeball? No. [Awful Announcing]

Likely international cities that may get an NFL franchise. [BSPN]

Clothesline. [TikTok]

Bear vs. goat. [TikTok]

"I don't like players going pro and then deciding to go back to college..

I've been around sports my entire life and you see the impact it has on developmental high school players" ~ Marcus Spears #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/0TBHjJCrS0

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) August 26, 2026

"In Seattle, by midway through the season they're going to say 'Kenneth who?'… I think this [Jadarian] Price kid is special."@PriscoCBS believes the Seahawks won't fall off at RB after losing Kenneth Walker. pic.twitter.com/zr2aZy2I1t

— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) August 26, 2026

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