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Welcome to your Morning Cup of Joe, an eye-opener to help Joe\u2019s readers ease into their busy workday with a few football links, wacky news and a pleasant distraction.<\/p>\n
Distraction of the Day<\/a><\/p>\n Chucky is going to make the NFL bleed for killing his career. [PFT<\/a>]<\/p>\n How the Super Bowl teams were powered by free agents. [CBS<\/a>]<\/p>\n Warren Moon breaks down Cam Ward. [Yahoo!<\/a>]<\/p>\n The 49ers and Rams will play in the first NFL game in Melbourne (Australia). This will be the first time the NFL will have regular season games in the same season on four different continents. [NFL<\/a>]<\/p>\n There was two-way duct tape on the rim, right? [TikTok<\/a>]<\/p>\n Why players and team staffers are so loyal to Mike \u201cVerible<\/a>.\u201d [SI<\/a>]<\/p>\n RG III calls out that dizzy actress who claimed prior to the broadcast of the Honors awards that she\u2019s a big football fan yet had no clue who Mike Vrabel is. Good for RG III! In no uncertain terms, there should never EVER be anything called \u201cred carpet\u201d related to a football event. EVER<\/a>! [Newsweek<\/a>]<\/p>\n Yet another piece of evidence that network suits openly root against small market teams (unless it\u2019s the Packers, Steelers, Chiefs or maybe the Bills). Al Michaels recalled how former NBC big-shot Dick Ebersol was openly horrified that the Cardinals beat the Eagles in the NFC title game and hostile to the concept of producing a Super Bowl broadcast featuring a team from Phoenix in February 2009 in Tampa. It turned out to be perhaps the greatest Super Bowl ever played but if it was up to Ebersol, it never would have happened. [Awful Announcing<\/a>]<\/p>\n The Honors show was a shameful, disrespectful, embarrassing slap to the NFL. [Outkick<\/a>]<\/p>\n Screamin\u2019 Stephen A. Smith and Shannon Sharpe reuniting? [Front Office Sports<\/a>]<\/p>\n Too late. [TikTok<\/a>]<\/p>\n Umm so\u2026 @heykayadams<\/a> just put @RobGronkowski<\/a> in an Anaconda Vice\u2026<\/p>\n Thanks @CMPunk<\/a> \ud83d\ude06 pic.twitter.com\/EeCdSvhtmD<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) February 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n No Way: 49ers legend Joe Montana threw a Cowboys helmet in the trash at a fan meetup \ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n No one hates Dallas more than Montana. pic.twitter.com\/tddMOKJ8M9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) February 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t