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Get that man a cushion to sit on.

Joe Flacco still has one of the finest arm punts.

Klagenfurt is fully purple. Another round of expansions announced for next season... still no Amsterdam or London

The European League of Football has kicked off a second season after expanding to 12 teams. To celebrate this they've put up a cinematic/NFL Films style presentation of the champsionship game from their inaugural season. No London Monarchs or Amsterdam Admirals yet

If you told me that was a picture of Mac Jones I wouldn't argue. That's certainly one way to confuse defences.

Jim Tomsula is going to be the head coach of the Rhein Fire (again) having coached the NFL Europe version previously.

I thought he was absolutely adorable living his best life out there. He did also win the "threading the needle" skills event, showing that he truly belonged Did Brady retire just to get out of the Pro Bowl?

Imagine Matt Stafford's pudgy little face lifting the trophy. Beautiful isn't it. Imagine Matt Stafford's pudgy little face all sad at having missed out. Heart-breaking. Having said that, I wouldn't be mad if Joe Burrow and the Bengals win as he seems like a lovely young chap. I just hope they all have a lovely time, but one obviously won't. Don't give me the sad puppy dog eyes Matt Stafford, I can't help you win it.

Bengals in the Super Bowl? I guess anything is possible.

Given the way that the official NFL social media pages have absolutely flooded out Tom Brady retirement material it's going to be hilarious if he doesn't retire.

I'm guessing the upcoming bin fire of Tampa Bay not being able to re-sign everyone was not appealing enough to have one more go round as he can clearly still play. I will always love him.

I think he's gone full Uncle Rico.

Quite hard to win a game when your defence can't force a single negative play or make a single stop. Just an absolutely embarrassing game for the Patriots when the lone highlight was a blocked extra point. The Bills, and Josh Allen in particular, looked excellent.

Probably not news to anyone, but the Jaguars are horribly bad. New England already have 50 on the board with 7+ minutes left in the fourth and Hoyer in.

"Graham Ga-no good" is a lofty standard to beat.

Is it possible to reverse the Stephon Gilmore trade to the Panthers?

I cannot let it pass without mentioning that Lovie Smith's beard is absolutely majestic.

Are there strong crosswinds inside NRG? Both teams have missed XPs and a kickoff went out of bounds. Missed XP count now at 3.

Sun is variable this time of year in England, but the new Tottenham Hotspur stadium was built explicitly with facilities to host NFL games. E.g. the changing rooms are much larger than a normal soccer stadium and it has two pitches with one for Spurs to play on and a synthetic one that can be slid in for NFL games (and concerts, boxing matches etc). Son and the boys don't get their playing surface cut up by linemen and the NFL teams have a bililard table surface to play on which keeps everyone happy.

Sam Darnold currently leads the league in rushing touchdowns. No "Dick Pick" as it was ruled a fumble

The European League of Football Championship Game ended up being a rerun of the last ever World Bowl with Frankfurt Galaxy taking on the Hamburg Sea Devils. The Rhein Fire are back next season. My dream of the London Monarchs returning remains a dream for now.

Zach Wilson INT counter now at 4. Damien Harris capped that off with a hell of a TD run. (7 missed tackles)

Make that 3.

The tie was on without the freezing time out