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

Starting to smell like the Bears are moving 23 miles across the state line to play in Indiana. (The proposed Arlington Heights, Ill. stadium is 33 miles from Soldier Field.) [PFT]

Who were the teams the NFL thought about sending to Seattle for the first game of the regular season in the Continental-48? [CBS]

Position groups that could swing the NFL season. [Yahoo!]

Do the Bears really want Caleb Williams to be more conservative? [NFL]

Olivia Dunne: Locked in baseball WAG, potty mouth. [TikTok]

NFL chieftain Roger Goodell pushing for 11 international games for 2027. Soon, there will be 16. That’s not speculation. Just a matter of time where every team plays one game overseas. [Front Office Sports]

Antonio Brown: Livin.’ [X]

CAREFUL, TRICIA! Former Rays dugout babe and the hottest, coolest journalism professor in the land, Tricia Whitaker, blasted by line drive while working a game for AppleTV. [Outkick]

Netflix sort of admits they went overboard with their opening day baseball game coverage. Hey, it can’t be a big baseball game without a topless Bert Kreischer. [Awful Announcing]

Welp. That’s one way to stop a fight. [WFLA]

When you tried to cash an expired ticket from a kickass parlay last year. [X]

We all need some Bugs Bunny to help push us through this depressing Tuesday after a three-day holiday weekend. [TikTok]

Ken Rosenthal thinks the Rays will eventually land a big name player in a trade, and said this could be the season it happens. pic.twitter.com/z36m4epd3B

— Jake (@TBRaysCentral) May 22, 2026

“I can't EVER remember a player complaining about their schedule…”

“I think complaining about your team's schedule is LOSER behavior & a loser mentality…”

Do you agree with @RossTuckerNFL?@LabattUSA #ad MSG21+ pic.twitter.com/1L3altjihQ

— Ross Tucker Podcast (@RossTuckerPod) May 18, 2026

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: A Bills construction worker posted a behind-the-scenes video of the new Highmark Stadium being built.

• $2.1 billion cost
• 1.35 million square feet
• 60,000-seat capacity
• Real heated snow-melting grass

One of the nicest stadiums we have ever seen. pic.twitter.com/lISrAmIFEK

— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) May 24, 2026