Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe’s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction.
Would the Crows really can John Harbaugh? [PFT]
DK Metcalf’s suspension triggers a $45 million void of guaranteed money per his contract. Wow! What. An. Idiot. [CBS]
Winners and losers in Week 16. [Yahoo!]
Washed Travis Kelce leads Pro Bowl vote. Taylor Swift had something to do with this, didn’t she? [NFL]
Shannon Sharp has some thoughts on Lawrence Taylor. [TikTok]
Chiefs moving 21 miles west, where the State of Kansas will build them a new $3 billion dome and a new team headquarters/practice facility. Damn, Gracie is a savvy negotiator. [Kansas City Star]
The hidden technology behind NFL games. [Front Office Sports]
Man, this disgraced former Michigan coach Sherrod Moore was one horny SOB. Apparently, he would slide into the DMs of various women in sports media right before kickoffs and right after his press conferences. No wonder Michigan’s offense sucked, look where his head was during games. And then there was the report that he DM’ed an Only Fans model during the Rose Bowl. Dude had no filter. LOL [The Athletic]
When are these talking heads going to learn if the college football playoff bans the small schools, the very next day they will get slapped with an antitrust lawsuit? [Awful Announcing]
Fun at Texas high school state championships in Jerry’s World. [Outkick]
Dude’s hungry. [X]
Work #Fail. [TikTok]
The morning of the Bucs-Chiefs Super Bowl, Tom Brady was still texting his teammates clips of film to let them know what he wanted against different defensive looks.
“All my teammates were like, ‘This dude is a complete psycho.’”pic.twitter.com/oOT7vbxYWQ
— Henry McKenna (@henrycmckenna) December 19, 2025
“Coach @BarstoolGruden was singing this Johnny Cash song, and he’s telling us to watch out for the Ravens… The Ravens are dead, the Patriots put a stake in them last night, what are you singing about today coach!” – @stoolpresidente pic.twitter.com/ipaFvJ72Jr
— Wake Up Barstool (@wakeupbarstool) December 22, 2025