1. The climate forecast for Saturday evening’s wild-card game in Buffalo for the Patriots-Payments game calls for single-digit temperatures and doable snow.
ESPN speaking head and former Ravens and Jets linebacker Bart Scott supplied some artistic recommendation to Payments quarterback Josh Allen on how to battle the frigid circumstances throughout Thursday’s Get Up.
After host Dianna Russini revealed that Allen advised her he doesn’t like taking part in in chilly climate as a result of he has unhealthy circulation that impacts his ft, Scott mentioned he has a performance-enhancing suggestion.
“VI-A-GRA. Take a Viagra earlier than the game, child. That’ll get that circulation going proper,” mentioned Scott.
This acquired his fellow panelists all flustered, so Scott adopted up with a proof.
“Quite a lot of NFL gamers, not less than in my day, took Viagra as a result of it opened up the blood vessels,” mentioned Scott.
Sadly, no one on the panel pressed Scott concerning the difficulties of taking part in with a relentless erection.
Scott then adopted up the Viagra dialogue by declaring that if an NFL participant can’t deal with the chilly, “they’re comfortable, anyway.”
As a result of this can be a critical subject and I’m a official journalist, I reached out to a few NFL gamers about this and their responses had been attention-grabbing. One man mentioned he had by no means heard of NFL gamers’ utilizing Viagra to enhance circulation throughout cold-weather video games, whereas one other man mentioned he had heard gamers joke about utilizing Viagra however by no means knew anybody that really did, earlier than including, “I’m positive folks did it when Bart Scott was taking part in.”
And since every little thing in life is a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode, it appears becoming I finish this merchandise with this clip.
2. A brand-new SI Media Podcast dropped this morning and this week’s present options an interview with Richard Deitsch, who beforehand hosted the present. Deitsch, who now works for The Athletic, mentioned the state of podcasts, what makes a great podcast and what makes a great host. We additionally talked about sports activities media information objects, together with the disappointing rankings for the faculty soccer nationwide title game and the NFL’s being arrange for a monster postseason when it comes to viewership.
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3. Invoice Belichick wore a sweatshirt at his Wednesday press convention with the phrases “Hazard Zone” on the entrance.
Naturally, Twitter had jokes.
4. It isn’t a shock that folks in L.A. do not care concerning the Rams. Highway groups at all times usher in a ton of followers to L.A. and infrequently find yourself with dwelling discipline benefit. Fan apathy has gotten so unhealthy that Matt Stafford’s spouse, Kelly, had to remind Rams followers to not promote their tickets to Cardinals followers for Monday’s playoff game.
5. That is nice stuff by former NFL working again LeSean McCoy speaking concerning the time he confronted Robert Kraft concerning the Patriots’ letting go of Tom Brady.
6. TMZ caught just-fired Giants coach Joe Decide getting an enormous pizza and beer supply, however there was a pleasant story behind the transfer.
7. RANDOM VIDEO OF THE DAY: Glad 61st birthday to one of many funniest folks in tv historical past, Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Everyone knows about Seinfeld and Veep, however always remember how she stole the present throughout David Letterman’s closing Prime 10 Checklist.
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