In Week 7 of the NFL season, I learned that...
- ..., due to him falling untouched, with no one around him, New York City cops will now refer to the sobriety test as the Daniel Jones test.
- ..., after accounting for all his team's points in their win against the New York Jets, for the first time in history, a Buffalo Bills kicker is going to get laid.
- ..., from this point forward, when someone gets caught picking their nose, the proper response will be, "Another pick? Damn, man, who are you, Cam Newton?"
- ..., to everyone's surprise, since the back-and-forths were seemingly constant and the climax was great, many people are referring to the Cleveland Browns-Cincinnati Bengals game from Sunday as porn.
- ..., the Dallas Cowboys are so beat up, people are mistaking them for the New York Jets.
- ...the NFC East is so bad, Michigan State's thinking about joining.
- ...20 years from now, when being asked what his greatest regret in life is, Todd Gurley will respond, "Accidentally scoring a touchdown to give my team the lead late in the 4th quarter."
- ...Melvin Gordon pitches a ball back to the quarterback about as well as Stevie Wonder juggles bowling balls.
- ...the Houston Texans' defense is so easy, even I could score with, I mean on them...
- ...the Kansas City Chiefs score so many different ways, Kama Sutra is taking notes.
After its first week, I gave The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore a B+ grade. While I didn't think the show appeared to be perfect by any stretch of the imagination, I also liked the Daily Show meets Politically Incorrect vibe I got from it, and thought, with the proper adjustments, the show would indeed provide a great fill-in for The Colbert Report . In the show's succeeding weeks, however, I've been less impressed by it and think that if it doesn't make certain adjustments, it could be in jeopardy of losing many long-time viewers of the show's time slot. One major issue I think the show's had to this point is a lack of direction. It's been unable to decide whether it wants to be a comedy show with serious conversation sprinkled in or a serious show with comedy sprinkled in. It's almost as if the show's writers want to give The Nightly Show a Real Time with Bill Maher feel. The problem with that idea or format is the fact Real Time is an hour lon...
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