Chiefs Tremendous Bowl ring error; who’s the Bryson DeChambeau of the NFL

We’ve handed the halfway level in June and have simply over a month to go till NFL coaching camps kick off in earnest. Fortunately Home of the Dragon is again to assist us bide a bit extra time.

The offseason drought makes speaking in regards to the NFL a bit tougher than normal however that solely makes it extra enjoyable. Michael Peterson and RJ Ochoa are as soon as once more up for the most recent version of The Skinny Publish to debate all issues Soccer League of Nationwide.

Some required studying in order that all the jokes and factors hit you correctly:

• The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs are in all probability mad at their ring designer
• Bryson DeChambeau received the U.S. Open on Sunday
• There’s a new fantasy soccer punishment everybody has ideas on

Let’s start.

The Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tousled their Tremendous Bowl rings and that’s hilarious

Michael:

If I didn’t make it abundantly clear within the first version of The Skinny Publish, I’m a Chargers fan so this bit of stories was an actual juicy morsel when it dropped final week. Now let’s be frank, I’d commerce my life financial savings and the deed to my home if it meant the Chargers may win a Tremendous Bowl in my lifetime however that received’t cease me from dunking on the Chiefs after I can.

That is a kind of moments.

Kansas Metropolis unveiled their newest Tremendous Bowl rings and whereas they’re as beautiful as you’d count on, there was a minor mistake that was missed. Contained in the ring, the Chiefs listed all of their opponents they defeated en path to successful the championship together with their seed for the postseason. Nevertheless, the Chiefs engraved a “7” subsequent to the Dolphins, denoting them because the seventh seed. Right here’s the factor: The Steelers had been the seventh seed whereas the Dolphins had been the sixth seed.

I can’t categorical simply how embarrassing this have to be for the back-to-back Tremendous Bowl champs. It’s so embarrassing they could find yourself ending final within the AFC West this season. The anticipated ridicule will merely be an excessive amount of for Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid.

It was a fantastic dynasty whereas it lasted although!

RJ:

Objectively talking, the ring factor is a catastrophe. No one can change my thoughts on this.

In our day and age the place groups give attention to the symbolism and which means behind issues like what number of diamonds are within the ring and whatnot, messing up an important element is a foul look and hilarious from the skin. What’s extra is that it appears like the explanation Kansas Metropolis put the seeds within the first place was to emphasise how powerful their path to their newest title was provided that they beat the Buffalo Payments (No. 2), Baltimore Ravens (No. 1) and San Francisco 49ers (No. 1). They actually beat each No 1 seeds and that’s actually ridiculously spectacular.

So with this being the case… the error in query really makes their playoff path look much less spectacular. The flub makes the Dolphins look worse than they had been, which is as soon as once more hilarious given all the pieces concerned. Finally a element in your third Tremendous Bowl ring in 5 years is the top definition of wealthy folks issues, however think about being the one that signed off on this getting the telephone name about all of it as soon as the web noticed the rings.

Beneath the radar gamers who may utterly change notion with a title

RJ:

As famous up high, Bryson DeChambeau received the U.S. Open on Sunday, his second main championship. By the way each of them are U.S. Open victories.

I’m a large golf fan (shout out to our colleagues right here at SB Nation over at Enjoying By means of for being a day by day learn of mine) and in case you aren’t then what you’ll want to know is that Bryson was a bit, um, unpopular over the previous couple of years.

It’s troublesome to clarify precisely why Bryson was so not preferred, provided that it’s a number of issues. His character rubbed folks the improper manner (he had quite a bit to do with that), however within the final yr or so he has actually turned issues round.

DeChambeau misplaced golf’s most up-to-date main championship (the PGA Championship at Valhalla) to Xander Schauffele by one stroke, and whilst somebody who appreciates Xander a ton I used to be so bummed for Bryson. It was complicated.

Watching Bryson get it executed on Sunday at Pinehurst and taking down a fan favourite like Rory McIlroy within the course of and being overwhelmingly joyful for Bryson was such a bizarre sequence of feelings given all the pieces up so far. Within the spirit of this… I needed Michael and I to take a shot at determining which NFL gamers may elicit comparable feelings.

Finally I believe that the reply is Kirk Cousins. Netflix’s Quarterback actually elevated Kirk’s status for lots of people and his season-ending Achilles damage final yr whereas he was enjoying nice soccer appeared to tug much more folks into his nook. Then there’s additionally the truth that his new staff within the Atlanta Falcons drafted Michael Penix Jr. proper after paying Kirk to hitch them within the first place.

Think about if Kirk led the Falcons to the Tremendous Bowl this season? If Kirk was the individual to slay the 28-3 demons? If Kirk had been the one to do all of it? Given all the pieces that has occurred up so far?

Dare I say it will be Bryson DeChambeau successful the U.S. Open at Pinehurst.

Michael:

I’m going to hop into your neck of the woods and use Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott as my selection right here.

Prescott is broadly seen as one of many higher quarterbacks within the NFL. Relying on who you ask, he in all probability varies anyplace between the highest 15, high 10, and even the highest 5 of NFL quarterbacks throughout some stretches of the season. The unlucky half is that, regardless of being on a staff that had each a top-5 offense and top-10 protection over the previous three seasons, Prescott has not been in a position to information the Cowboys out of the Divisional Spherical in three consecutive playoff appearances. He’s 2-5 within the playoffs and 1-3 since 2021. These numbers are usually not changing into of a staff that has been top-of-the-line regular-season golf equipment of the previous 10 years and has 12 wins in every of the previous three seasons.

So much like what you needed to say about Kirk Cousins, the current narrative round Prescott and the Cowboys may very well be flipped on its head had been they to win their first Tremendous Bowl since 1995. The factor is, perhaps they should cease being so profitable in the course of the common season so the stress isn’t almost as excessive come the postseason? Perhaps they need to barely squeak into the playoffs after which they’ll play with nothing to lose and all the pieces to realize.

Ideas? Prayers? Feels like a steel-clad plan to me.

How we’d strategy the McDonald’s fantasy soccer consuming punishment

Michael:

Alright so I cherished this story whenever you despatched it to me.

A man acquired final place in his fantasy soccer league and his punishment was that he has to spend 24 hours inside a McDonald’s. Nevertheless, he has the chance to “eat his manner out” by consuming menu gadgets, every of that are paired with a time quantity that will get taken off the clock. So for instance, if he eats a bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit, he will get 45 minutes taken off the clock. If he consumes a complete hotcakes and sausage combo meal, he will get an hour taken off.

Right here is the total construction:

So now let’s discuss how I might personally assault this factor.

If I started on the morning time, I might begin with a plethora of Sausage McMuffins with Egg. Usually I’m simply an Egg McMuffin man, however the extra sausage would offer 15 extra minutes off the clock and that little slab of meat added received’t have an effect on my total abdomen capability. I might gorge myself on these till I merely couldn’t anymore. Perhaps that’s six or seven of them which quantities to about 5 hours already gone. From there, I’d intermittently nap to cross the time and digest. Once I wake, I’d devour one other McMuffin or swap to the double cheeseburgers because the morning turns to afternoon.

Whereas a McDouble is simply half-hour off, a double cheeseburger is 45 minutes. I’m not fully positive what the distinction is between the 2, however it could possibly’t be a lot of something so we’re going with the merchandise that takes extra break day the clock.

If I can get out of there earlier than the solar units fully, I’d be joyful (and grossly full).

RJ:

Full disclosure: I despatched this to lots of people on Saturday morning, coincidentally whereas I used to be within the drive-thru at McDonald’s of all locations. Life may be humorous like that.

However my perspective on that is that the aim shouldn’t be to get out of there as rapidly as attainable. My aim could be to spend one thing like 7-8 hours bodily within the constructing and spend the time writing, studying or watching one thing. Figuring out that getting out in an hour is step one of acceptance right here. You’ve acquired to lean into the ordeal.

Understanding that I’m making an attempt to shave about 16 hours off I really feel the necessity to say that as a child I actually loved the hash browns from McDonald’s. I might eat round 4 in a single sitting… as a child.

With the stomach of an grownup I actually assume that this might be the cheat code for me as my child-like order of 4 would knock out an hour at a time. Hash browns are additionally actually small relative to all the pieces else so I believe I may do about 16 over the course of my first hour. After a while to settle I believe I may repeat this and increase, half the time I need to take off is now gone. Presto, child.

For the document I don’t assume I’ve had an precise hamburger from McDonald’s since across the time that I used to be crushing hash browns with regularity (as a Texan I’m a Whataburger loyalist). That being mentioned I believe a cheeseburger is a simple mountain to climb 4 instances to take one other two hours off. Six to go.

I believe at this level you sort of have to simply accept that that is the place issues begin to suck so I might simply do the “Massive Breakfast with Hotcakes” 3 times to pull myself throughout the end line.

Increase. Accomplished. Straightforward.