<p>Who gets to take pride in football, even (and especially) if Sam Darnold is your quarterback? Who gets to lock the gates on excellence, even if you're snubbing Bill Belichick? Did Tom Brady only get better in the booth... because he couldn't get much worse? And do people only care when you're wrong? Plus: brrrtue-signaling, the pageantry of nonsense, The Polian Dimension and the Kraft family syndicate on Jason Whitlock's bulletin board.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Further content:</p><br><p>• <a href="https://x.com/OllieConnolly/status/2016449665340752186" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"In the 'no' camp is a known liar...'"</a> (Ollie Connolly)</p><br><p>• <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47747076/belichick-not-first-ballot-hall-famer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Sources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer"</a> (Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham)</p><br><p>• <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6990290/2026/01/22/tom-brady-fox-nfl-afc-championship/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Tom Brady knew he needed to improve on TV. So he channeled his 'quarterback' days"</a> (Andrew Marchand)</p><br><p>• Subscribe to <a href="https://pod.link/1437647915" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny"</a></p><br><p>• Take a <a href="http://theathletic.com/survey26" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PTFO audience survey</a> for your chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>