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Panthers Owner Fined After Throwing Drink At Jags Fan

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The NFL has fined Panthers owner David Tepper $300K after he was spotted throwing a drink at Jags fans from his open-air suite. The moment came as the Panthers were shut out 26-0 by the hometown Jags. The team was playing without Trevor Lawrence for the first time since they drafted him. “I should have let NFL stadium security handle any issues that arose. I respect the NFL’s code of conduct and accept the League’s discipline for my behavior,” Tepper said in a statement. The video was originally uploaded to social media by a Jags fan in a nearby suite. However, as the league’s second-richest owner, the fine is 0.000001% of his net worth.

The loss ended the Panthers’ 342-game streak without a shutout. Furthermore, it is one of the lowest points in an overall terrible season. Despite grabbing Bryce Young first overall in the 2023 Draft, the team started 0-5 and currently sit at 2-14. Tepper fired head coach Frank Reich earlier in the season, the third head coach Tepper has dismissed since buying the team in 2018. Of course, chants of “sell the team” could be heard intermittently throughout the game. On the field, the Panthers generated less than 200 yards of total offense.

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Panthers Secure First Overall Pick…For The Bears

Furthermore, the shutout loss means that the Panthers secured the first-overall pick in the 2024 Draft. However, thanks to the trade that landed them Young, the Bears will pick at No. 1 instead when April rolls around. If the Bears opt to stick with Justin Fields, the NFL could see Chicago trade the No. 1 pick for the second year in a row. Furthermore, the 7-9 Bears are expected to have a top-10 selection with their own natural 2024 pick.

As with the 2023 Draft, quarterbacks are expected to head the first few picks. Caleb Williams (USC), Drake Maye (North Carolina), and Heisman winner Jayden Daniels (LSU) are all expected to be off the board in the first three picks. Furthermore, J.J. McCarthy (Michigan) and Michael Penix Jr (Washington) could sneak into the first round. Given the latest draft projections, this will likely see Chicago, Washington, and New England debut rookie starters in 2024.

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Chiefs Offense Issues Are Not Due To Taylor Swift, Team Legend Argues

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Chiefs legend Christian Okoye has stepped in to defend Taylor Swift after some critics have blamed the singer for the Chiefs’ recent on-field woes. “She has nothing to do with how the team’s doing right now. Taylor Swift is not on the field,” Okoye said. “Travis is playing like he always plays. Teams are just doubling up on him now knowing that our receivers are dropping the balls,” Okoye argued in an interview TMZ.

Furthermore, Okoye said he’s a big fan of what Swift has added to the team over the course of the season. “When you’re doing bad, people have to find excuses. And they have to point fingers. Especially those who don’t like the situation about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Those people are pointing fingers and making it up right now. So I have to tell you they are wrong,” Okoye added.

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Travis Kelce Demands Accountability From Chiefs

Furthermore, Kelce himself also called on the Chiefs to come together as an offensive unit to close out the season. “It’s not just one guy – it’s not just me playing like dog sh-t. It’s not just us not being able to get the run game going. And it’snot just us not being on the same page, passing-wise. Everybody’s in this f-cking thing together. Everybody at some point isn’t being accountable. Every single play is somebody not doing their job, and it’s me … it’s everybody on the team. And whether that’s prep, whether that’s having the confidence and understanding of what the defense is in their coverages, their gaps in the run game, how we’re picking up blitzes, how we’re running routes versus certain coverages. All the above. Everybody’s just got to f-cking do their job,” Kelce ranted on his New Heights podcast.

The Chiefs have now lost three of their last four and four of their last six games. Mahomes was sacked four times on Christmas Day while throwing for just 246 yards. Meanwhile, the ground game failed to generate less than 100 yards of total offense. This included a stretch late in the second quarter when the Raiders scored two defensive touchdowns in the space of seven seconds. The Chiefs close out the season against the Bengals and Chargers.

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Russell Wilson Benching Due To Contract Dispute, Broncos QB Confirms

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Russell Wilson has confirmed speculation that the Broncos benched him because he refused to make significant adjustments to his contract. “They definitely told me I was going to be benched and all that. That whole bye week I didn’t know what was going to be the case. I was going to be ready to play, I wanted to go to Buffalo and beat Buffalo. I wasn’t going to remove the injury guarantee, this game is such a physical game, I’ve played 12 years and all that. And I want to be able to play, I want to be able to help this team win. Every time I step on the field it’s a physical game. I never play timid; I never play scared,” Wilson confirmed to reporters Friday.

Specifically, as Wilson alluded to, the Broncos had wanted the veteran QB to defer an injury guarantee to 2025. Under the current language of Wilson’s contract, he would receive $37M in guaranteed money if he wasn’t able to pass a physical in March 2024. Meanwhile, head coach Sean Payton, who cited the desire to trigger an “offensive spark” when benching Wilson, denied any knowledge of the contract dispute. “I’m not privy to any of those [discussions], I’m handling the football. I know how this has been written, but this decision is strictly what I believe gives us a chance to win No. 8. Hard decision [but there] will be no other reasons,” Payton said.

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Ex-NFL GM Calls Russell Wilson Trade “Worst Of All Time”

Elsewhere, former NFL GM Michael Lombardi has labeled Wilson’s trade to the Broncos the “worst of all time”. “When you add the contract and the trade, it’s the worst of all time,” Lombardi told TMZ this week. The Broncos gave up multiple first-round picks, multiple second-round picks, and three players to acquire Wilson. Furthermore, the team then gave Wilson a $245M contract extension.

However, Wilson was not the player that the Broncos thought they were trading for. Wilson struggled massively in 2022 and while he has improved in 2023, he has not turned the Broncos into a playoff contender. The team finished 5-12 in 2022 and while they have improved to 7-8 with two games remaining, their playoff chances sit at just 8% entering Week 17. In all likelihood, the Broncos will be missing the playoffs for the eighth consecutive year.

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Elijah Moore Out Of Hospital After “TNF” Head Injury

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Elijah Moore has been discharged from hospital after being seen convulsing on the ground following a hard hit to the head during Thursday Night Football. Head coach Kevin Stefanski said Friday that Moore was recovering at home and was in concussion protocol. “He’s doing better. Those [hits] are always scary,” Stefanski said.

Moore recorded 61 yards and a touchdown in the Browns playoff-clinching win before going down. The game served as a major revenge game for Joe Flacco, who dominated the team that passed on him in favor of Zach Wilson. Flacco threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns as the Browns cruised into the playoffs. After no playoff appearances between 2003 and 2019, the Browns have now made the playoffs in two of the last four sesaons.

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Russell Wilson Trade Branded “Worst Of All Time”

Meanwhile, experts have started to declare the Broncos’ decision to trade for Russell Wilson “the worst of all time”. The moniker comes after Wilson was benched and reportedly expects to be cut in the offseason. “When you add the contract and the trade, it’s the worst of all time,” former Browns GM Micheal Lombardi told TMZ. The Broncos gave up multiple first-round picks, multiple second-round picks, and three players to acquire Wilson. The Broncos then gave Wilson a $245M contract. It will cost the Broncos upwards of $85M to cut Wilson in the offseason, if that’s the direction that they take.

But Wilson was not the player that the Broncos thought they were trading for. Wilson struggled massively in 2022 and while he has improved in 2023, he has not turned the Broncos into a playoff contender. While there are front-office financial issues, the Broncos have claimed benching Wilson was purely a football decision. “I understand all the speculation and everything that surrounds a move like that. I can tell you — look, we’re desperately trying to win. Sure, in our game today there are economics and all those other things. But the No. 1 push behind this — and it’s a decision I’m making — is to get a spark offensively,” head coach Sean Payton said.

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Russell Wilson Trade Branded “Worst Of All Time” By Former GM

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Experts have started to declare the Broncos’ decision to trade for Russell Wilson “the worst of all time”. The moniker comes after Wilson was benched and reportedly expects to be cut in the offseason. “When you add the contract and the trade, it’s the worst of all time,” former Browns GM Micheal Lombardi told TMZ. The Broncos gave up multiple first-round picks, multiple second-round picks, and three players to acquire Wilson. The Broncos then gave Wilson a $245M contract.

But Wilson was not the player that the Broncos thought they were trading for. Wilson struggled massively in 2022 and while he has improved in 2023, he has not turned the Broncos into a playoff contender. While there are front-office financial issues, the Broncos have claimed benching Wilson was purely a football decision. “I understand all the speculation and everything that surrounds a move like that. I can tell you — look, we’re desperately trying to win. Sure, in our game today there are economics and all those other things. But the No. 1 push behind this — and it’s a decision I’m making — is to get a spark offensively,” head coach Sean Payton said.

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Jarrett Stidham Taking Over For Russell Wilson

With Wilson benched, for football or financial reasons, Jarrett Stidham takes over for the rest of the regular season. Stidham signed a two-year, $10 million contract with Denver in the offseason but will be making his first start of the season this week. “Obviously it’s difficult and all of us feel like, ‘Man, we didn’t do well enough’. But one of the things we saw when we signed Stidham in the offseason is not only film from preseason games, but regular-season games. He’s a guy that I’m anxious to see play,” Payton said.

After stints at Baylor and Auburn, Stidham was a fourth-round draft pick in 2019 by New England. After appearing in eight games over three seasons, he was traded to Las Vegas in 2022. There he made his first two career starts, replacing Derek Carr for the final two games of the regular season. Despite going 0-2, Stidham impressed the league, especially as he helped take the 49ers to overtime in his first start. His first start in Denver comes against the Chargers.

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Aaron Rodgers Says He Didn’t Ask To Be Taken Off Injured Reserve

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Aaron Rodgers has addressed critics going after the fact that despite no intention to play this season, he was activated off IR and thus filled a roster spot for the Jets. “I assumed I was going to go on IR. I asked to be put on IR, but then there was a conversation. ‘Do you want to practice?’ I said not at the expense of somebody getting cut. I know how this works – I didn’t feel like I needed to practice to continue my rehab. I could do on-the-field stuff on the side, but, obviously, I got overruled there. It is what it is. This was an interesting situation,” Rodgers told The Pat McAfee Show this week.

Rodgers was activated on December 20, when his 21-day practice window closed. If he had been kept on IR, he would not have been able to practice with the team for the rest of the season. Despite having been eliminated from playoff contention and with no plans to feature Rodgers in a game, the Jets moved him to the active roster. This led fullback Nick Bawden to be waived and later signed to the practice squad.

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What’s Next For Aaron Rodgers And The Jets?

As mentioned, the Jets are now officially eliminated from playoff contention, which had been Rodgers’ primary condition for returning. However, with six wins, the Jets are not in contention for the first-overall pick. At the time of writing, the Jets are projected to have the ninth-overall pick, which many experts believe they will use to pick a young receiver.

However, the biggest question remains at the quarterback role. Rodgers is expected to be QB1 come the start of the 2024 season. However, coming off a season-ending injury and now in his 40s, Rodgers is not the long-term solution in New York. Meanwhile, Zach Wilson has consistently shown that he is not the player that the Jets were hoping he would become. The question that needs to be answered sooner rather than later. But for now, the Jets have two more games to play, facing the Browns and Patriots to close out the season.

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Patrick Mahomes Calls Taylor Swift “Top Tier,” Says She’s Part Of The Chiefs

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Patrick Mahomes has given high praise to Taylor Swift during an interview with CBS. The Chiefs QB called Swift “top tier” and said that Swift had quickly become part of the team after she began dating Travis Kelce. Furthermore, Mahomes said he’s enjoying seeing Swift bond with his wife Brittany. Swift and Kelce recently engaged in some pre-birthday shenanigans with the Mahomes. She and Kelce recently partied until 2am with the Mahomeses to celebrate Swift’s birthday early.

Last weekend, Swift was spotted getting a little foul-mouthed with the refs during the Chiefs’ game against the Patriots. The Chiefs ended a two-game skid with a 27-17 win over the hapless Patriots. However, there were so close calls and tight moments, leading to Swift’s animated reactions. Kansas City are next in action on Christmas Day when they host the Raiders. The Chiefs are 9-5 and have a two-game lead over the surging Denver Broncos, who are 7-7. The Chiefs have three games left on their schedule before the playoffs roll around.

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Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce Cause Baby Name Spike

Meanwhile, Taylor and Travis have become some of the most-searched names on BabyNames.com, a representative for the website told TMZ. The team behind the site popular with expecting parents believes that Swift and Kelce’s romance has led to the unexpected spike in search’s popularity. According to BabyName.com’s internal data, searches for the pair of the names saw a 25% spike in November and December.

It’s not the first time a pop culture phenomenon has sparked a spike for the site this year. The hype around Barbie over the summer led to a wave of searches or the eponymous doll’s name. As for the meanings of everyone’s favorite music-sports crossover couple – Taylor is derived from tailor and thus means someone who works in that industry. Meanwhile, Travis cromes “crossing or tollgate” in Old English and likely derives from “traverse”. With the search terms up in popularity, expect many babies of 2024 to bear the name Taylor or Travis.

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Travis Kelce And Taylor Swift To Celebrate Christmas And New Year’s Together, Star Shares His Thoughts On Fans Reactions At Patriot Game

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If you are not sick of the constant talk around Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship, buckle up. These next couple of weeks might bring some people to insanity. According to PageSix, Swelce will be smooching under the mistletoe and ringing in the New Year together in Kansas City, an insider reveals. We can already see all of the pictures and reports around the high-profile couple. The reason for them remaining in KC is due to the Chiefs’ tight end having games in Arrowhead Stadium.

The 9-5 AFC West division leaders square off against one of their rivals, the Las Vegas Raiders at 1 p.m. ET on Christmas day. Then, on New Year’s Eve, the Cincinnati Bengals come to town for a 4:25 p.m. ET matchup. These next two games are critical for Kelce and his team to remain at the top of their division and play a home Wild Card game. The insider for PageSix says that “[Taylor will] for sure be at the games” as well.

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Travis Kelce Has A Lot To Be Cheerful About This Holiday Season

PageSix also found out how Travis felt about the New England Patriots mixed reactions to Taylor Swift repping Chiefs gear at Gillette Stadium. Taylor performed there multiple times this year for her tour. This past weekend, she was in attendance as a fan, but for the road squad. She made comments that “Brads and Chads” got upset with her at the game. But, so many were screaming their hearts out after the pop icon was shown on the jumbotron. Kelce shared his thoughts on his podcast, New Heights. “You don’t see an entire home team fan base go insane for someone wearing the opposite colors. Just shows you how amazing that girl is,” he said.

What are your initial thoughts on Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift spending the holiday season together? Do you think these two will eventually get married one day? Were you surprised that the fans were so elated to see Taylor at the Patriots game? Is this craze for Swelce getting too out of hand, why or why not? We would like to hear what you have to say about all of this. With that in mind, be sure to leave all of your hottest takes in the comments section below. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest breaking news around Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on around the pop culture world.

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Aaron Rodgers Officially Closes The Curtain On Returning To The Field In 2023

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The New York Jets season has been heartbreaking, to say the least. This was going to be the year that the bottom feeders would rise to the cream of the crop of the AFC. That effectively came to a crashing end after their first series of the 2023-2024 campaign. A reinvigorated Aaron Rodgers was at the helm. However, that lasted for roughly a minute before going down with a torn achilles.

It stunned the NFL world, the Jets organization, and the team’s fans across the world. Throughout the early part of their schedule, they were able to stay afloat with backup Zach Wilson. But, predictably, that did not last long. Now, the Jets are officially out of the playoff race after getting shut out by their division rival, the Miami Dolphins.

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It Is For The Best That Aaron Rodgers Recovers Fully

Rodgers still worked hard to get back as soon as possible. He was making remarkable progress. However, no matter how many times he felt good that he could return, expectations were lofty at best. With the Jets season over, Rodgers has concluded that he is going to wait until next year to suit up. According to TMZ Sports, the California product joined his close friend Pat McAfee on his ESPN show to announce he is out for good. He stated that he is still about 3-4 weeks away from being 100 percent. However, if the quarterback was ready now, he felt strongly about playing. “If I was 100 percent today, I’d be pushing to play.” New York is 5-9 and faces the Washington Commanders at home on Christmas Eve.

What are your initial thoughts on this breaking news that Aaron Rodgers is officially ending his season after tearing his achilles? Do you think he would have been making the wrong decision if he were to return? How much do you believe this will affect Rodgers next season, especially with even more pressure to win now? We would like to hear what you have to say about all of this. With that in mind, be sure to leave all of your hottest takes in the comments section below. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest breaking news around Aaron Rodgers. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on around the sports world.

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Chandler Jones Supposedly Handcuffed After Interaction With Police Officers At His Arizona Home: Watch

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Ever since late September, Chandler Jones’ life has spiraled out of control. The former defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots, and Las Vegas Raiders, is currently on his couch. After a series of concerning videos and arrests, the latter had no choice but to release him. The troubled NFL star rarely appeared for the recently relocated team, and when he did, Jones was not himself. The actions off the field were essentially the final straw, and it seems they are not stopping.

According to TMZ Sports, Jones was at his Arizona home when the police confronted him. As we mentioned earlier, he was handcuffed for violating protective orders. He did so twice, with the first instance involving him going to a woman’s home, stealing furniture, and setting ablaze in his yard. The new footage you can see below is from Monday morning.

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Chandler Jones Looks To Be Arrested Again

The authorities audibly say, “Mr. Jones, we’ve got to talk about why we’re here now.” Immediately after, they tackle him to the ground as Jones’ phone camera goes black. The athlete shouts, “Wait! Wait! No!” TMZ Sports reached out to the Maricopa County officers for a word on this interaction to no avail yet. They were “there to help,” as this could be another case of him being forced into a mental hospital. Even with Jones not being the best law-abiding citizen, there could be some deeply rooted issues with him.

What are your initial thoughts on this latest police confrontation footage with Chandler Jones? Do you think all of these legal issues he is having are a culmination of a serious injury he suffered in the NFL? Will he ever return to the league, why or why not? If not, do you think he should seek help and move on from playing? We would like to hear what you have to say about all of this. With that in mind, be sure to leave all of your hottest takes in the comments section below. Additionally, always keep it locked in with HNHH for all of the latest breaking news around Chandler Jones. Finally, stay with us for everything else going on around the sports world.

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