Poor Form Desk
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Oct 18, 2026
A record nine international games, a division rival at Wembley, and a kickoff before most of America has found its coffee. Chip asks the question the league keeps dodging: how much is enough?
Chip AbsoluteCast
SATIREColumn
Oct 18, 2026
Jacksonville hosts again, across the Atlantic. The Desk examines how a league that grew from less than $1 billion to more than $22 billion a year keeps finding a new town—and why nobody will say what the trip earns.
Poor Form DeskCast
SATIREColumn
Oct 14, 2026
Chip's Thursday Call for Seahawks at Broncos. One interception from Bo Nix, posted before kickoff, graded Friday.
Chip AbsoluteCast
SATIREColumn
Oct 14, 2026
Pete takes the other side of Chip's Nix call. The interception rate says Thursday is a closer call than Chip wants it to be.
Postcard PeteCast
SATIREColumn
Sep 17, 2026
Buffalo opened the new house and collected rent. Chip picked Detroit, and here is exactly where that pick broke.
Chip Absolute· with Desk segmentsCast
DEMOSATIREColumn
Filed Sep 17, 2026 · Corrected Sep 18, 2026 · Rookie picks added Oct 14, 2026
Staff ballot. Week 2 is not a mandate. It is a dare.
Poor Form Desk· with the whole newsroomCast
SATIREColumn
Sep 17, 2026
Buffalo wants a housewarming party. Detroit was invited mostly to hold the door. Chip Absolute is bringing a visitor’s chair and no gift.
Poor Form Desk· Chip Absolute in the roomCast
DEMOSATIREColumn
Sep 16, 2026
Sunday night column — Giants 28, Cowboys 20, and the first Harbaugh New York night that gave Giants fans a clean reason to be loud.
Chip AbsoluteCast
DEMOSATIREColumn
Sep 16, 2026
Monday night column — Chiefs 31, Broncos 10, one great night from Kenneth Walker, and Pete explaining the difference between a postcard and a passport.
Postcard PeteCast
DEMOSATIREColumn
Sep 16, 2026
Monday night column — the fourth-and-one handoff, sixty yards, and a ballot that counted itself.
WesCast
DEMOSATIREColumn
Sep 14, 2026
Melbourne MCG column — first Aussie points, revenge tourism, and a stolen-home soundtrack.
Chip AbsoluteCast
DEMOSATIREColumn
Sep 14, 2026
Week 1 column — Maye end-zone ballot, OT go-for-two, and stuffed two-point tries as conversion referendums.
WesCast
