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MOBILE, ALABAMA - JANUARY 29: Scouts check their stopwatches after a participant ran the 40-yard dash during the 2022 NFL HBCU Combine at University of South Alabama Jaguar Training Center on January 29, 2022 in Mobile, Alabama. (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)

Funbag

NFL Draft Analytics Are Teaching Me Some Pretty Incredible Shit

Defector At The Movies

Down With Sympathetic Villains

CLEVELAND, OHIO - JANUARY 09: Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns looks on during warm-ups before the game against the Cincinnati Bengals at FirstEnergy Stadium on January 09, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

Would Your Team Be Better Off With Baker Mayfield? LET’S FIND OUT!

How Long Do You Have To Spend Somewhere To Say You Lived There?

SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 08: In this photo illustration, Hasbro board games are displayed on February 08, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. Hasbro reported better than expected fourth quarter earnings with net income of $105.2 million, or 76 cents a share, compared to $95.5 million, or 69 cents a share, one year ago. (Photo Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Things We Actually Like

Confessions Of A Yahtzee Pervert

At Ambition’s End

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white) A pile of Scrabble pieces during rounds 1 to 3 of the 24-round Scrabble Champions Tournament, during the Mind Sports International World Championships held at ExCel on November 19, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Underexplained Lists

Scrabble Tiles, Ranked

American vaudeville actor Ray Bolger (1904 - 1987) prepares for the opening of WJZ-TV by the American Broadcasting Company at the Palace Theater in New York City, 10th August 1948. (Photo by Graphic House/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Elder Wisdom

The Best Time To Watch A Movie Is First Thing In The Morning

Eric Adams Is Unfortunately A Comic Genius

Aspen, UNITED STATES: Ski racers take a chair lift up the hill during a free skiing session 08 December, 2005 in Aspen, Colorado. In cold weather skiers were preparing for the World Cup Super G scheduled for 09 December, 2005 in Aspen. AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT (Photo credit should read DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

The Great Outdoors

Under The Big Sky

Maxx Crosby #98 of the Las Vegas Raiders and AFC sacks Kirk Cousins #8 of the Minnesota Vikings and NFC as Matthew Judon #9 of the New England Patriots and AFC defends in the second quarter of the 2022 NFL Pro Bowl at Allegiant Stadium on February 06, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

If The Vikings Don’t Trade Kirk Cousins I Will Fucking Die

Photo of Bill Belichick during the 2013 AFC Divisional Playoffs game at Gillette Stadium on January 13, 2013 in Foxboro, Massachusetts.

I Am Addicted To Hoodies

English Is Killing Off Other Languages And That Is Not Good

Jamboroo

And Now … Dad Sounds

The Upside Of Shame

Let Us Charge Into A Weekend Of Super Bowl Excess

Do You Eat Meals One Food At A Time Or All Together?

Life Lessons

Hear Me Out: Let’s Bring Back Tucking Your Napkin Into Your Collar

What The Fuck Happened Between The Vikings And Jim Harbaugh?

23 Jul 1995: A view inside a port-a-potty that implies the toilet as the home of the San Francisco 49ers at the Dallas Cowboys training Camp in Austin, Texas. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Dunn/ALLSPORT

“Just Remember The Next Time A Dog Licks You That They Will Eat Anything.” Your 2022 Super Bowl Pooporoo!

Attendee uses a virtual-reality headset, at the VR/360° Filmmaking Masterclass For Women- Industry Night on January 28, 2022 in Nairobi. - The VR/360° Filmmaking Masterclass For Women is dedicated to strengthening the creative economy in different sectors in Kenya. The project consists mainly of training & workshops for creatives and related events. (Photo by Simon MAINA / AFP) (Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)