In Week 12 of the NFL season I learned that...
- ..., no matter how many points the Detroit Lions might be up, you've got them right where you want them.
- ..., after the season, Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell will form the cover band Beers For Tears.
- ..., given the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback's level of speed, the slowest animal in the world will now be referred to as the Slothlisberger.
- ...Clark Griswold has a better chance of winning at blackjack than an NFL analyst has at accurately predicting what the Las Vegas Raiders will do on any given week.
- ...Ryan Tannehill without Derrick Henry is like an elderly Neo without a blue pill; it just doesn't work.
- ...Cam Newton has proven you truly don't know what you have until it's gone, comes back, and totally sucks the second time.
- ...Kirk Cousins has shown the world one potential side effect of not getting vaccinated is attempting to handle balls under big men's butts that aren't there.
- ...Cris Collinsworth doesn't need porn so long as he can watch Lamar Jackson miss open targets and expertly hit opponent's corners in stride.
- ...Baker Mayfield's next commercial will inevitably be with LifeCall, where he cries out, "I've fallen...and I can't get up!"
- ...Atlanta's C. Patterson plays so many positions, the ancient text will soon be retitled, "Cordarrelle Sutra."
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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