Yesterday, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the Seattle Seahawks running back the trademark to his phrase, "I'm just here so I won't get fined".
Lynch filed for the trademark less than 3 weeks after he used it to answer more than 20 questions at Super Bowl XLIX's media day.
The New England Patriots played all day as if they were wearing ankle weights against the New York Jets, but still managed to push the game past regulation into overtime with a late and shining moment of clutch city from Tom Brady. Let's just say things went downhill fast soon as OT started.
In an act of madness the Patriots chose to kickoff, after winning the coin flip for overtime.
Here is the transcript of the coin toss at MetLife. Seems like Slater just made a mistake. Game-changer. pic.twitter.com/ajuyE0u2Ml
— Kevin Seifert (@SeifertESPN) December 27, 2015Whoops?
@MikeGarafolo pic.twitter.com/9dLTXxMSOv
— Eli Chesner (@eli_chesner) December 27, 2015Unsurprisingly it took the Jets a mere five plays to drive down the field for a six-yard TD pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick to Eric Decker for the win.
Jean Francois showed off these cleats, which depict Darth Vader and Kylo Ren to the eager eyes of the internet today. Francois plans on hitting the gridiron tonight against the Eagles, sporting these flashy new cleats. Let's just say the force is strong with this one. Lightsabers not yet NFL approved though.
Here's a sneak peek of my footwear for "Saturday Night Football" pic.twitter.com/D0vKFY8aC2
— Ricky Jean Francois (@Freakyjean99) December 24, 2015So, it turns out Ryan Fitzpatrick has a laugh on par with the Pillsbury Doughboy. The laugh itself is more of a shock than Nick Mangold's photobomb.
The greatest highlight from today's NFL Sunday games was William Gay's "excessive celebration" against the Bengals. A flag was tossed and things took a turn for the amazing. Can you get double flagged for celebrating too hard?
You may remember his teammate Antonio Brown captured our hearts last week when he went full Super Mario Bros during his celebration:
Albert Einstein gave Marie Curie advice on how to deal with trolls in newly discovered letters [Vox]
As if you needed another reason to be afraid of flying: potential midair collisions with toy drones. [BBC]
The latest Frankenfood battling the battle to end obesity: Dorito-covered, stuffed crust pizza. Mmmm… [LA Times]
More NFL players protest on the field - this time wearing "I Can't Breathe" shirts for Eric Garner [The Guardian]
The "father of video games," Ralph Baer, has died at 92. [The Verge]
You can grow your very own James Franco, thanks to this super weird "Saturday Night Live" sketch. [SNL]
A few players on the St. Louis Rams decided to hold a little protest of their own on Sunday, prior to their game against the Oakland Raiders, by entering the field with their arms up to show support for the protesters in Ferguson.
Tavon Austin, Kenny Britt, Stedman Bailey, Jared Cook and Chris Givens all participated in the stunt before pregame introductions, with the coach denying any advance knowledge of it.
The St. Louis Police Officers Association is not amused. They are asking the NFL to issue an apology calling it "tasteless, offensive and inflammatory."
But the Rams are standing by their actions.
"I just think there has be to a change," said Cook. "There has to be change that starts with the people that are most influential around the world."
In their game against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday, New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. caught a pass from Eli Manning with just one hand, scoring a touchdown.
Unfortunately the Giants lost 31-28, but that catch though...
"That is absolutely impossible what he just did," said NBC commentator Cris Collinsworth. "That may be the greatest catch I've ever seen in my life.
The NFL tweeted that Odell's catch basically pulled a Kardashian butt.
Odell Beckham just broke the internets.
Catch. Of. The. Year. #DALvsNYG http://t.co/e8J5kzCFN4
— NFL (@nfl) November 24, 2014And it has also inspired some "Things Odell Could Catch" memes on Twitter.
"@Khokhlachuu: #ThingsOdellCouldCatch pic.twitter.com/kjTZTH3xkL" yall couldn't wait huh.......
— Trell (@CantrellPicou) November 24, 2014This is why I have photoshop. Odell Beckham Jr. #NYGvsDAL #SNF pic.twitter.com/rgirHdNC7T
— Mike Johnston (@MikeyJ_MMA) November 24, 2014You can watch the full video below:
A visibly frustrated Peyton Manning implored the crowd to quiet down during a play late in the game last night, and could be seen mouthing "shut up" after one of his offensive linemen got flagged for a false start. In the post-game press conference, Manning clarified that it wasn't the fans who were getting on his nerves, it was the scoreboard operator who was playing graphics encouraging fans to get up, get loud, and dance.
Getting up, getting loud, and dancing are all well and good, just save it for when the home team's on defense!
"Shut up!!!"
It's understandable that KOMO 4 news in Seattle might be a bit nostalgic for the era of the Supersonics, but let's at least try to keep it within the same sport.
The NFL finally showed a bright side when the Cincinnati Bengals signed Devon Still to the practice squad allowing him to retain his NFL medical insurance. This morning Still posted this endearing video to instagram.
Houston Texans DE J.J. Watt is one of the most fearsome pass rushers the NFL has ever seen. But before he was forcing fumbles and knocking QBs to the turf by the dozens, Watt was an undersized kid with an oversized bullying problem. He was constantly picked on in school, and told that he would never play football because of his size. So when Watt met Billy, a local kid with his own bullying problem, the issue hit close to home.
