NFL Drama for EVERY TEAM: 10 NFL Coaches Got FIRED, Deshaun vs Shedeur, Max Crosby's Messy Trade

Hey Hotties! Welcome to NFL Season Part 1: The AFC Breakdown.

Ten head coaches got fired this offseason, which tied for the most in NFL history. 

Seattle's the defending Super Bowl champs after beating the Patriots. Now every team is scrambling to catch up.

The Browns have the messiest quarterback situation in football right now: Deshaun Watson versus Shedeur Sanders. Both want the job, neither is a perfect fit. 

John Harbaugh left the Baltimore Ravens after 8 seasons. The Ravens built their entire franchise identity on stability, and they just hit the reset button with Jesse Minter as the new head coach.

The Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens need to make a Super Bowl run this year. If the Chiefs are in a reset year (which they might be), one of these teams has to capitalize.

Denver's being talked about as Super Bowl contenders with Bo Nix healthy and Jalen Waddle added. Could they actually do it?

Max Crosby is a Trump supporter dressed head to toe in Virgil Louis Vuitton. That cultural appropriation meets politics thing is unhinged af.

The Dolphins had a $99 million breakup the most expensive in NFL history.

Justin Herbert and the Chargers are still trying to make something work.

This is Part 1 AFC. Next week we're doing the NFC with the Cowboys, Falcons, and more.

Timestamps:
0:33 Hot Girl Headlines: 10 Head Coaches Fired
1:58 Seattle's Super Bowl Championship
3:00 Deshaun Watson vs Shedeur Sanders
5:02 Why the Browns Situation is Messy
8:00 Teams to Watch 
10:30 Dolphins' $99M Breakup 
12:00 John Harbaugh Leaves After 8 Seasons
15:00 Jesse Minter New Ravens Head Coach & Franchise Reset
18:00 Kansas City Chiefs 
22:00 Denver Broncos 
25:00 Bo Nix Healthy & Jalen Waddle Addition
28:00 Las Vegas Raiders
30:00 Max Crosby Trump Support & Cultural Appropriation Discussion
35:00 Travis Kelce Dating History & Spicy White Boy Energy
42:00 Ferdinand Mendoza Drafted #1 & Kirk Cousins to Vegas
44:00 LA Chargers & Justin Herbert Pressure

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Welcome back to the Hoops for Hotties live show. Bitch! Today is gonna be a really, really fun show. We are talking all things NFL season. And if you know, you know. I just started covering the NFL like a couple of years ago, and it might be my favorite. It might be my favorite time of the year, which I like I hate to say, as an OG and VA girly, there is just something about the T and the drama and the NFL that just hits different. And so before we get into all the drama and the storylines, I need to take attendance. So if you are awake and alive in the chat, please say present. Let me know your name, let me know where you're from, so I can take attendance. Yes, welcome to the sports classroom for the girls, the gaze of days and the straight men who don't want to admit that they don't know anything about football, bitch. Ugh, and now that I'm like a seasoned NFL watcher, I feel like we're gonna have a really fun season, bitch. Because like I know, like based on last year, what like you know, to be looking forward to. Like, I know how these these fuck ass men be acting. So I feel like very prepared. Without further ado, I say we get into it. Today we are going to be talking about the NFL, all things drama, storylines, and I'm going to be taking you through every single team in the NFL. Now I know what you're thinking, Mariah. That shit is fucking boring. I don't want to sit there and listen to you talk about every single team. Well, I only plucked and picked and selected the actually interesting shit that the girls will actually want to know. So, and trust me, I know you guys well. Okay, I've been doing this a long time now. So I've only plucked and selected the things that I actually think that you guys will give a fuck about. So it's all the interesting storylines. And this will help you if you're playing fantasy and you need to know a little bit about like the reputations of each team. If you're an NFL fan already and you need to know like what am I looking forward to this season? Okay, this is like a comprehensive breakdown, but listen, bitch, there is a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of NFL teams. Okay, a lot of NFL teams. And so I am going to be breaking this up between doing basically the AFC and the NFC. And today we are going to be talking about the AFC. All right. Does that make sense? If you don't understand, basically the AFC and the NFC are the two conferences and the NFL, kind of like the Eastern and Western conferences and the NBA. But it's a little different in the NFL because basically there used to be an NFL and an AFL, and then they were like, don't beat them, join them, and they combined. And so the teams that were formally in the NFL are in the NFC, and the teams that were formally in the AFL are in the AFC. That's literally how they're split up. But you literally don't need to know that information ever. So, like, don't even worry about it. So let's get into these teams. So we are going to be starting by going over our hot girl headlines as per usual. Um, and I am going to be talking about the 10 head coaching changes this offseason. Bitch, 10 men lost their fucking job after last season. That is tied for the most in a single offseason in NFL history. Bitches were getting fired. Okay. Seattle are your defending champs. Okay. They lost in the Super Bowl or they won the Super Bowl. They beat the Patriots and it was not pretty. I was there and they whooped their ass. Um, and we are going to be talking about Deshaun Watson and Shador Sanders, the battle for being the starting quarterback and of the Browns. Oh my God. This is like when two women are fighting over some loser ass man. Bitch. Some loser ass man. Like, like they're both fighting for this position, but it's like, who really wants that? I mean, fuck. The starting quarterback for the Browns, it's like everybody like uh fighting for a man. If it's like, okay, he's 6'5 and he's got a great job and he's an amazing fucking person. He buys flowers every fucking week, and we're fighting over him, cool. But this is like fighting over 5'3, no job on the couch, like it's sad. It's sad for the girls. Um, so yeah, we're gonna get into the Browns quarterback situation. It's the messiest storyline in football right now, and we're gonna get into all of it. Um, and the teams to watch for me this season are the Buffalo Bills and the Baltimore Ravens, and I'm gonna tell you why. And we're also going to talk about the Dolphins and their 99 million dollar breakup, the most expensive breakup in NFL history, and it is not close. Now, look, without further ado, let's get in to the AFC North. Yes! I love this. Um, I will be watching the chat. So if you guys have any questions or you want me to explain something in more detail or whatever, let me know, bitch. But for now, I'm gonna get into it. We're gonna start in the AFC North, and we are going to start with the Baltimore Ravens, okay? We're gonna start with the Baltimore Ravens, and not just because my best friend Raven, who's a Ravens fan, is in the chat. All right, if you can see my handy dusty, handy dandy, crusty dusty notes, okay? We start with the Baltimore Ravens. So, the first thing that everyone is talking about when it comes to the Ravens is the fact that John Harbaugh is gone after 18 seasons, okay? Imagine being somewhere for 18 years and they let you go. All right, that's a lot in and of itself. It was very interesting based on how their last season went, they got into a situation where they were both like both teams had coaches fighting for their jobs, okay? At the end of last season, the Steelers and the Ravens, whoever lost that game, the coach was getting fired. Turns out both of the coaches are gone. So, so you know, you know. So now Jesse Minter, the former Chargers defensive coordinator, has taken over as only the fourth head coach in franchise history. Franchise stability is their entire brand, and they just hit the reset button. Okay, so imagine an NFL franchise that's only had four coaches ever. Like Lamar's season was very rough, okay? On and off the field. And you guys know if you've watched the NFL before, how it goes with Lamar Jackson, the quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens. Ever since he's been drafted, it's kind of been like disrespect at every turn, even though he's won the MVP multiple times. And he's done everything you could possibly do to be considered a great quarterback, except for get to that Super Bowl and win it. Yeah, get to that Super Bowl at least and then win it, you know? And so it's just like everybody is waiting at the edge of their seat for him to hopefully win a Super Bowl, including myself. I am rooting for Lamar, okay? I am rooting for Lamar. I am hoping the best for him and for his career, and I want him to shut up the haters and the doubters, and so I want him to win a Super Bowl very, very bad. But last season, off the field, he was accused by a Ravens reporter of falling asleep in meetings and being distracted and being like basically a cancer to the locker room, which is interesting because he was also dealing with an injury for most of the year, and he even asked ownership to remove their games, their papa shot, like all of their like fun little arcade shit they have in the locker room. He TVs, he asked them to take all that shit out so they could focus on the football. So, like, is he falling asleep in meetings or is he like super locked in? I mean, it's hard to get to being an NFL quarterback if you're the kind of guy that'll fall asleep in the meeting. No, but hey, now the main storyline for the Ravens as you go into this season that I want you guys to be thinking about not only are they going into the season with a new coach and things are going to be different, and that is not something that's usual for this franchise, they also have a heartbreaking loss every fucking season. I can only imagine what it feels like for a Ravens fan. Like, bitch, they don't just lose, they lose in a way that sticks their hand in in your fucking chest and rips it out. In 2023, they lost because Zay Fow Zay Flowers fumbled. Okay, he dropped the ball. I I think the simplest thing, and if it were me, simple, I would simply hold the ball. I don't know. If it were me, I simply wouldn't drop it. Like, isn't this football? Isn't that the point? Um, in 2024, they lost to the Chiefs in the AFC Championship. In 2025, Mark Andrews dropped the ball. And in 2026, their rookie kicker. Oh, how could you forget this one, bitch? They're playing the Steelers already like a big, big game because these teams don't fucking like each other. But whoever wins this is going to the playoffs, and also both coaches are like playing for their jobs, not playing, but coaching for their jobs. It was so fucking intense. I remember watching it, and the Ravens had an opportunity to win the game, bitch. They had an opportunity to win the game, bitch. They were so confident that their kicker would make the field goal that instead of trying to go further down the field to make it easier for him, Lamar just took a knee. They took him out there. They're like, he's gonna make it from right there. Tyler Loop. They would have gone to the playoffs, but loss to the Steelers in a heartbreaker. When rookie sixth round pick, Tyler Loop missed the kick. And bitch, when I say he missed the kick, I knew the kick, I knew that shit wasn't going through the boop-a-di boops. I knew that shit wasn't going through the boop-da-de boom-bada boops when it left his foot. I yeah, that was bad. So heartbreaking loss last season didn't go to the playoffs. Now their coach is gone in a new era. New coach. Can Lamar finally fucking do it? A lot of people are putting a lot of pressure on him because they're saying that he had a say in this coaching decision and that basically this is going to be the year where everything is the way that Lamar wants it. And if they can't win, it's his fucking fault. And honestly, it's hard to defend him. If, like, come on, Lamar. Like, please. However, I like let's manage expectations here because it is really hard to win your first year with a new coach. Like, let's be serious. Okay, moving on to the team that they lost to, the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are in the post-Mike Tomlin era after 19 seasons. My Mike Tomlin was not fired. He stepped down, he stepped away, he walked away. But this felt to me, to me, to me, like I'm gonna break up with you because you kind of wanna break up with me, anyways. And I would rather leave with my dignity than let you dump me eventually. And right now, while like if the word on the street is that you're considering dumping me, I'm gonna just go ahead and get up out of here. That's what that felt like to me. I don't know about y'all, chat, but hey. After 19 seasons, another dynasty-length coaching run is over. He was really um writing on this high that they had never had a losing season. But Hoddies, a non-losing season could mean you won eight games and lost seven. They've been perpetually mid for years and years and years and years and years and years and years and years, and it's time for something new, but not too new because Aaron Rodgers did not retire. He is coming back, and this will allegedly be his final season. They hired Mike McCarthy, who will be reuniting with Aaron Rodgers because they were together in Green Bay. Um, and they also have a game in Paris, which I think is very interesting. They have a game in Paris this season against the Saints, which love that for them. Um, Aaron Rodgers in Paris. Um, okay. Did y'all see that TikTok where a girl was like trying to learn French and she was like, How do you say hot dog? And they were like, Sue. And how do you say six? And they were like, Sue. And then she was like, How do you say put the hot dog in the bag and go up to the sixth floor? And it was like, S, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, si, so. Like, girl, bye. Bye. Is he gonna actually retire this year? I thought he was gonna retire after how his season ended last year. But hey, the the question with the Steelers is can they be anything better than mid? Because that would be an improvement. Next, the Cincinnati Bengals. Another team I've seen a lot of people talking about in the chat, okay, and that has like a controversial outlook from everyone. Some people think they're gonna win the Super Bowl, and some people are like, well, if they didn't go to that last Super Bowl, would we be considering Joe Burrow as great as we consider him? Like, there's a lot of like controversy surrounding the Bengals, all right? Joe Burrow and training camp compared this team this year to his LSU team that won the championship, which is very high praise because the vibes were very high. I mean, have you seen the video of him in the cigar? Like, aura everywhere, that team. Okay, and he said that it felt like that, which is really good news considering he ended last season depressed as fuck. I mean, go back, hotties, and look at his press conferences where he's like, Joe Burrow is like, I just want to have fun again. Okay, and not to mention he got outed for dating Olivia Ponton, who he hates, by the way. I'm not okay, don't clip me, don't clip me down, don't clip me down, don't clip me down. Here's my thing. He's dating the influencer Olivia Ponton Ponton, bad bitch, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous woman. Gorgeous, she's blonde, she's white, she's skinny, she's thin, she looks like a model, she's hot. But every time I see a photo of these two together, he's walking 10 paces in front of her. Like, 10 paces in front of her. Like he's like, like they're trying to race to the next spot, and like he like he's trying to leave her behind, and like he doesn't want anyone to know he's with her. And if a photo's taken, hopefully, like she gets captured alone. Like that's that's very much what they give when they're walking around together. And so I'm like, I kind of feel bad for her. I don't know. Like, I don't know. So yeah, he got out of for dating her because some people robbed his house while he was playing a game, and they fucking the the the 911 call was from her, and so now he has to like be seen with her in public, I guess. Um back to the bagels, their defense was ass. That's literally what I wrote in my notes. Because every morning when you watch, you know, like any sort of NFL analyst speak or anything like that, it seems to be that they're talking about how ass their defense is and how good they could be if their offense was just or if their defense was just a little better. If their defense was just mid, okay. Um, so their defense was ass. They went six, six and eleven. As you can see, that's probably why Joe Burrow was miserable. I mean, imagine going only winning six games, losing 11, and you live in Cincinnati. I haven't been to Cincinnati, but I wouldn't imagine there's much to do there. No, not for a guy like Joe Burrow, where every time you see him, he's like at an Oscars party surrounded by Instagram baddies. But then he got just just when things couldn't get any worse, he gets turf toe in September. Uh basically tore a ligament in his toe. By calling it turf toe, they make it sound so much less serious than it is. He gets turf toe in September. And then when he's healthy again, he does decide to play again, which is like honestly really dope. Um, he was like, I'm not, you know, we play a child's game for uh work. I am blessed to get to play. So if I have the opportunity to play, even if I have nothing to play for, because my team is so ass, I'm gonna play, which I respect from him. So hopefully he can be happier this season. That's the question for the Cincinnati Bengals. They're expected to be dangerous if they can stay healthy after they've had a defensive blow up. They've added some pieces. Okay, their defense is a little better this season. So let's see if the the Bengals can be better. All right, all right. Now let's get into the real tea, bitch. The real tea. The Cleveland Browns. Oh my gosh, the amount that I've been talking about the Cleveland Browns the past couple of years like is insane. A team that just like isn't that great, but they are so interesting on paper, storyline-wise. And bitch, let's get into the tea. If Joe Burrow's season is shit this year, do you think he will want to move on from the Bengals? I mean, fuck, I would. I would. Would you not? Damn. All right, let's talk about the Browns. So the Cleveland Browns quarterback battle is the story of the preseason. You've got Deshaun Watson. Hide your fucking masseuse. I mean, this fucking guy. If you don't know, you must not follow me because I mention it every time I mention this man's name. Deshaun Watson was accused of assaying over like around 30 women. He is a creepazoid. I don't want, I don't want my live to get taken down, but bitch, just know this man is disgusting. And Shador Sanders, if you don't know, and we'll get into in a second, he had the worst rookie season, I think, fucking ever. Like, God bless him. He has been going the fuck through it. Deshaun Watson and Shador Sanders are splitting first team reps, which honestly, good for Shador. At least he's getting first team reps this time around. Because last season he didn't. So, you know, Todd Monken was the former offensive coordinator in Baltimore. He's now their new head coach. Kevin Stefansky, who was their former head coach, has now landed in Atlanta. Miles Garrett, who won, like he had a very, very record-breaking historic year as a defensive player. Problem is, you can only be counted as like a great player if you play in big games. And playing for the Cleveland Browns isn't gonna get you to big games. So he was traded to the Rams, which is a whole other conversation. The Rams look scary after his record-breaking season. And there is no timeline currently on naming QB1. According to their coach, here's how it's gonna go. One is gonna start in one preseason game, and one is going to start in another preseason game. Whoever does better is going to start in the third. Now, he mentions Dylan, like sprinkles Dylan's name, Dylan Gabriel, into there, and he's like, Yeah, we've got three great quarterbacks, but it doesn't necessarily seem like Dylan is putting up much of a fight in this competition. But show who the fuck cares about Dylan Gabriel? Um, so if you don't already know, on the field, because I've already gotten to how I feel about Deshaun Watson's creepy ass off the field, but on the field, he's a former pro bowler. Everyone was like, he's amazing, he's amazing, like dick riding, like fuck. And he's only played 19 games since arriving in Cleveland. All right. He has not played since October of 2024, and the Browns owner, Jimmy Haslam, went on record at the NFL annual league meeting and called Deshaun Watson's trade a big swing and a miss. He took personal accountability for it. Uh, Cleveland gave up three first-round picks to Houston and handed Deshaun Watson a fully guaranteed $230 million contract at the time the most lucrative in NBL in NFL history. They made him the highest, oh fucking rapist, the highest paid player in NFL history. Yeah, Karma, Karma is a fucking bitch. Um, and it wrecked their draft capital and their salary cap. Fucking assholes. Shador is coming off of a very messy, but let's be real, statistically bad on the field rookie season. Okay? Now we're gonna get into a segment we always do here on the Hoops Hotdy's live show called Tea Time, where I have to explain to you some lore or some tea behind like some drama that's occurring. Because if you don't know the lore and the tea, it's gonna be very hard for you to like really get grasp how crazy all this shit is. So we are going to be talking about Shador Sanders' absolutely fucking disastrous rookie season. I think people forget like how bad it was. I think sometimes people are like, oh yeah, like Shador, like he really went through it, but like he's a millionaire. No, bitch, like he went through it. So the narrative damage to Shador's image started at the Combine. If you don't know who Shador Sanders is, if you're brand new to the football world, Shador Sanders is the son of Deion Sanders, primetime Deion Sanders, like very iconic figure in NFL history. His he was his college coach. Like, people love Deion Sanders, and he's very known for his like kind of brash, arrogant attitude, but he's like a nice guy. Like, I don't know how to explain it. Like, everyone loves Deion Sanders, all right? And that's his dad. So Nepo baby down, but he was very, very, very, very, very, very, very talented. And going into the NFL draft combine, which is basically like tryouts for the NFL for college kids, NFL Network's Tom Pelisario reported that one NFL assistant coach called Shador Sanders the worst formal interview of his life and called him, quote, entitled. An AFC executive says that the quarterback makes you feel small, which how bitch made is that? You're a grow you're a grown-ass man and an NFL executive, and this college kid is making you feel small. Doesn't that sound like a you problem? No? Okay. Anyways, anonymous scouts called him brash and arrogant, and Travis Hunter, his former teammate, publicly said that the criticism was really about his father, Dion. And one high-level exec told Jordan Schultz the anonymous quote cycle was embarrassing for the league. So there's this like push and pull of people who know Shador, people in the media, people in the league. Some are saying that he's arrogant and he fucking sucks, and some are saying this is fucking bullshit that people are spreading these rumors. I don't know. But saying that anonymously is bitch made to me. I wish that those people had to show their faces. You do that much damage to somebody's reputation behind like an anonymous quote. Are you fucking joking? You should have to show, I should know your name. If you're gonna accuse somebody of that and try to ruin their football career, the biggest moment of their life, I should know your fucking name and face. You should not be able to do that behind an anonymous quote. Fucking joking. Don't like that. Draft weekend, round one. Okay, I just want to put like, can I just like paint this picture for you? Projections had him going anywhere from the number three pick to the Giants or the number 21 pick to the Steelers. Okay, he's supposed to go number three or number 21. He goes undrafted in the first round. Everyone is gagged. Do y'all bitches remember watching that on TV? Like, everyone was like, Shador Sanders didn't get drafted. The fuck? And then this whole thing is being like live streamed on Twitch or some shit. Like, because his brother's a streamer, I guess. I don't know if Shador streams himself, but this whole like him getting rejected team after team after team after team after, and you gotta think every single pick is a team rejecting you. So yeah. And this is somebody who thought that they were gonna go third overall. So he's falling and falling and falling and falling. They're on live stream, and he gets a call from the GM of the New Orleans Saints telling him he just have to wait a little longer. Turns out it was a fucking prank call. That shit made me so I don't think you guys are getting it. Imagine you're waiting on the biggest call of your life to get a job, and you get a fucking prank call of somebody pretending to be that job saying, sorry, you're just gonna have to wait a little longer. That's fucking asshole shit. And to do that, knowing he's on stream, embarrass him in front of the whole fucking world, get him excited, thinking that he's gonna get drafted, like jail, jail to all of them. Turns out that it was the Falcons defensive coordinator's son, Jax. Jax. So, like, who the fuck does that? Who the fuck does that? That sucked. And then in round three, pick 94, the Browns take Dylan Gabriel. That's a detail that people forget that Cleveland drafted a different quarterback 50 picks before him. Then finally, round five, pick 144. The Browns trade up with Seattle to take Shador Sanders. He posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, thank you God. He was the sixth quarterback off the board. And immediately when he gets drafted, the fucking NFL pins the post that he got drafted to their page because he's like the most famous person in the fucking draft and they're using him for clout. Yet they just embarrassed him and hung him out to drive in front of the whole world. Didn't like that at all. Within 24 hours, fanatics confirmed that he had the number one highest selling jersey among all 2025 draft picks across their network, including the NFL shop and the Browns owned store before Shador even had a jersey number signed. Now, we get into a season, preseason, okay? The first unoffice unofficial death chart lists him fourth. Last. Okay? He's behind Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and Dylan Gabriel. Okay. This is a kid that's supposed to be drafted third overall. He's fourth on the death chart. The GM literally is in a press conference talking about some damn that it was not my idea to draft him. Like they're making it obvious that they didn't want him there. Which is crazy, right? Then August 8th, he starts because there's injuries ahead of him. The Browns win the game. The game drew the best preseason ratings in a decade. He misses the next game with an oblique strain, and then Dylan Gabriel starts. And during a CBS sideline interview, he's uh Dylan Gabriel says, There's entertainers and there's competitors. I totally understand that. But my job is to compete. The fuck do you mean by that? There's entertainers and there's competitors, but my job is to compete. Okay, Dylan Gabriel. Um, knowing that the guy with the number one highest selling jersey who streams on Twitch, his dad's Deion Sanders, blah, blah, blah, is the guy you're competing with. I find that to be an interesting choice of words, right? But he allegedly went up to Shador on a team plane and ironed it out. Shador kept it real cute in public and was like, listen, he didn't mean it in that way. I feel like the media is trying to start stuff. Move on, right? Um, and Dylan tried to say by entertainers, he meant the media. Entertainers are you all, the media. Girl, okay. Like, girl, get the fuck. Don't try to gaslight me. Okay, okay, okay, okay. And then August 18th, Joe Flacco was named their week one starter. He eventually, like, okay, so like to explain how this goes, Joe Flacco eventually leaves when Joe Burrow gets the turf toe to go play for the Bengals, right? And um, I'm thinking I got a text. It's just my Apple Watch telling me to stand. Like, what the fuck? He eventually leaves and goes to the Bengals. So that's one comp that's one piece of competition done. Kenny Pickett is gone. Uh, so it's just between Shador and Dylan Gabriel at this point. And Deshaun Watson is still on the team, but he never played at all because he tore his Achilles in October of 2024, retore it, and had a second surgery in January of 2025. The Browns declined to activate him, ending his 2025 season. So they went into this season with a $230 million quarterback unavailable, which is why they had five quarterbacks in the room in the first place. Literally every weapon formed against Shador like did not prosper, okay? Was literally removed from the situation. Eventually, Dylan Gabriel hit his helmet on the ground on a run late in the first half and was evaluated for a concussion at halftime. And this was the first time that they had to put Shador in, all right? Because Dylan Gabriel was hurt. Literally, everybody else like dropped like flies. They had to put Shador in the game. And people were literally chanting in the crowd, like, we want Sanders. They were cheering for Shador, blah, blah, blah, blah. Shador goes into the game. He's playing with the starting offense without practicing with them at all. So they they they threw him in there without ever letting him practice. Like, imagine, guys, you played sports. Imagine going in and you've never practiced with these people. You're playing in a fucking NFL game. Obviously, he looked bad, right? Dylan Gabriel makes a TikTok. Dylan Gabriel's fiance makes a TikTok and said, and I quote, to the Browns fans at the game on Sunday night, if you cheered at the start of the second half, knowing that Dylan was hurt, there's a special place in hell for you. You should feel ashamed of yourself. Players are real people, not fictional characters in a movie. She was talking about people cheering for Shador entering the game after her fiance got hurt. All right, girl. So now he's having his run as a starter. Okay, he goes in on November 23rd against the Raiders. This is his first career start, and they win the game 24 to 10. He became the first Browns quarterback to win his first career start since 1995. Then, in his home debut, for some reason Dylan Gabriel came in for exactly one snap after he tweaked his ankle and then just a whole thing, okay? And the media, like after all of these drama moments, ask Shador questions to try to poke and pry and get him to say something shady about Dylan Gabriel or his coach or whatever. Because even after Dylan Gabriel got hurt and they had to start Shador, Kevin Stefanski would not call him the starting quarterback. Like, would not call him the starting quarterback for shit. Like, if they would ask him, like, so who's like your QB1? And he's like, We're not gonna make any decisions right now. Nigga, you don't have any options. Literally, everyone else is gone or hurt, like, you have no options. Just like it, he he seemed like he hated Shador and he didn't want him to play. That's that's genuinely how it seemed. And Shador is like being like keeping it very cute in the media. Then this was my favorite. Dylan Gabriel's fiance makes another TikTok. And this time she's doing a get ready with me, and she says, Brown's lost, what's new, with a laughing face. Um, and then replied to a critic in the comments and wrote, actually, everyone in the building wants him, Dylan, to play. But you wouldn't know that because you've never played in the NFL or been a coach, right? Everyone in the building wants Dylan to play 100%. Did Dylan tell you that? Was that pillow talk? My favorite game was the one where he was having his best game ever. And the coach, they had the opportunity to win the game, and the coach literally took him out of the game. Like, what in the actual fuck? Mind you, all of this is going down while his dad is battling cancer. Like, God's strongest soldier for real. His time as a starter was not cute, okay? And he still was added to the Pro Bowl roster, which is like the all-star game roster, on January 26, 2026 as an injury replacement, despite finishing with the worst passer rating in the league. Um, Kevin Stefanski was fired on January 5th after a five, five and 12 finish in six seasons. So, yeah, last season was a fucking disaster for Shador. Now he's battling with Deshaun Watson for the starting spot. We'll see who ends up with the spot with the job. Um, but I'm rooting for Shador. And listen, he had a bad season last season. Like he didn't look good, he didn't play good, but at the same time, he never practiced with the starting lineup. Like all of this shit going on in the what about the game where they literally gave him the wrong wristband so he couldn't communicate plays because he had the wrong wristband. And the coach won't say, I think something got on it, or something like that. Like he was obviously being sabotaged last season. He didn't play good, I'm admitting that. But at the same time, it's very obvious that something was going on behind the scenes that they did not want him to play. Like, anyways, so yeah, that's the Cleveland Browns. Really, the only reason anyone's paying attention to them is to see who the starting quarterback is. I mean, let's be serious. Now, let's talk about the AFC East, all right? We gotta speed through these because they're so much tea and so little time. Um, okay, so in the AFC East, we've got the Buffalo Bills. They fired their coach, Sean McDermott, two days after their playoff loss. They lost to the Broncos in overtime, 33 to 30, and Josh Allen cried and said that they didn't deserve to win because they had five turnovers. They promoted their offensive coordinator, Joe Brady, Joe Brady, to head coach, and they're moving into a brand new $2.1 billion high mark stadium. So they've got a new building, new coach, but will it be the same Josh Allen heartbreak? It's kind of similar to the Lamar thing. Everyone's just kind of waiting to see which one of them is going to be the first to like get over the Patrick Mahomes hurdle, okay? Get to the fucking Super Bowl. Um, so that's what I'm gonna be watching for this season. The New England Patriots, okay? AJ Brown is coming from Philly. I thought it was so funny how AJ Brown had so much beef in Philly. Like he him and Jalen Hurts started beefing, I guess, because AJ Brown, okay, if I remember the story correctly, AJ Brown, who I'm pretty sure is married, was sleeping with the same girl as another player on the team. Okay? That player then gets traded or leaves the team. And AJ Brown and Jalen Hurts, and I'm pretty sure Jalen Hurts is like the goddad to his son or they the other way around. I don't know. Somebody's a godparent, all right? And AJ Brown was upset because Jalen Hurts knew that AJ's teammate was also fucking AJ's side piece. And AJ was mad at Jalen for not telling him. When Jalen was like, why the fuck would I get involved in that shit? Why the fuck would I get involved in that shit? You you're married, you got a side piece, and you mad the teammates also screw in her. Like, I that's just like messy. Messy boots, messy boots, messy boots, messy boots. And if you've ever met an NFL player, let me tell you, this story is likely, I'm not gonna say, definitely, likely 100% true, 100% accurate, no more comment. But he gets to go to the Patriots, which lucky him, because he's a Patriots fan and he has like a Patriots rug in his house. Like even when he was playing for Philly, he had a fucking Patriots rug in his house, which is weird, in my opinion. And he's going to the Patriots finally and reuniting with Mike Vrabel, who coached him before. So lucky them. No more Cardi B, no more Stefan Diggs. This the circus is left town, okay? And Cardi, like R.I.P. to Cardi's Wag era, because when I say those outfits, like I still have dreams about her botega coat that she wore when she was sitting next to Robert Craft. Like, that was really iconic. Their quarterback is Drake May. He's young and they genuinely love him. And they were the reigning AFC champions, but lost Super Bowl LX. Lost the Super Bowl last year, 29 to 13. It sounds closer than it was. I was there. It sounds closer than it was. They got their ass handed to them in the Super Bowl. But at least they were there. Shit. None of these other people can say that. The Miami Dolphins, full demolition. They had the most expensive breakup in NFL history when they released Tua turn the ball over. Two years into a $212 million deal, they ate $99 million in dead money, which basically means that they paid him $99 million. Like they're like, please. That they can't use to leave. His injury history finally caught up to them, and they were like, listen, brother, like I get nervous every time I watch Tua Turnaball of a play because he has hit his head so many times and had so many concussions. Like I don't want to, I don't want to witness some shit happen to him on live TV. I can only imagine how his friends and family feel. They cut Tyreek Hill, they have a new head coach, new GM, full demolition. We'll see if this new energy can bring them any sort of excitement or something interesting. Okay. The New York Jets last year was so bad that Justin Fields, their starting quarterback, was crying on his closet full floor because they could not win a game. Okay? It was bad. It was so bad. They have not been to an AFC championship in 16 years. They've got a real chance to improve under Aaron Glenn with a revamped roster, and they're not projected to make the playoffs as usual. So yeah. I'm pretty sure their new quarterback is Geno Smith. Um, which good for them. Good for them. And Justin Fields landed in Kansas City because Patrick Mahomes got hurt. So poor him. Good for them. Hopefully they can be better. I'm not expecting much. Next, let's get into the AFC South. So we've got the Houston Texans, where CJ Stroud became a meme for a four-interception meltdown. Bitch, they were posting pictures of Northwest and they were like, CJ Stroud, when you need him to play good in the game. But he's such a nice guy, it seems. It seems like he's such a nice guy. So I wish the best for him. They got to round two of the playoffs, and he did not get the extension that he was eligible for, so they didn't pay him. So he was eligible for some money and they didn't pay it. So yeah, it seems like he's kind of playing for his life this season. They've got a powerhouse defense, and apparently CJ's looking sharp in training camp. So this team, you know, one to watch. They could actually be good. The Indianapolis Colts, they've got the badass owner lady who be on the field, and everyone was like, she's micromanaging them. Bitch, I own the team. I'll be in the field and I'll be on the moon watching that team and fucking binoculars if I want to be. Girl, fuck you. Micromanaging. I own the shit. The fuck? Carly, Carly is Ray Gordon, their owner. She'd be on the field with her little headphones on, serving cunt. I hope she's not a Republican. Like, I when it comes to sports, like I just would rather not know. I don't know. Because like all these people are repubs. They're all trumpets down. And like, it would just be better if I could just pretend, pretend I do not know. Pretend I do not see. So yeah. The Tennessee Titans. Oh, wait, girl, I done skipped a whole the Indianapolis Colts thing. They started seven and one. People were like Super Bowl, Super Bowl, Super Bowl, Super Bowl. And then they went one, one and four, and their momentum got derailed. Daniel Jones tore his Achilles and was out for the year. They didn't win another game. And they're expected to be middle of the pack. Middle of the pack this season. The Tennessee Titans. Okay, some tea. Finally, some good food. They've already had a fight, girl, in training camp. Jeffrey Simmons and center Austin Schlochtmann got tangled up after a play, and Jeffrey punched his ass in the fucking face and got ejected from practice. And I really admire this because their coach said if you throw a punch in practice, you get thrown out of practice because that's what would happen to you in a game. So you get thrown out of practice, but you don't get to go inside because if you get to go inside and sit down, that's a day off. You still have to train just by yourself in the corner and be outside and hot and fucking muggy. Which I think is like a good punishment for that. Cam Ward is in year two as the former number one pick. And they have a new head coach in Robert Salah, um, new offensive coordinator and Brian Dable, and they're expected to be much improved. So good for them. When you're ass, I mean, all you can be is improved, right? Not to be an asshole, but the Jacksonville Jaguars quietly went 13 and 4 last season. They were good and nobody gave a fuck, which is crazy. And closed on an 8-0 run. Nobody's talking about them, but Trevor Lawrence put up MVP caliber numbers and they have one of the most complete rosters in the entire AFC. Travis Hunter apparently looks good in camp. And they said he put on 10 pounds of muscle. Um, he bulked up, which is so funny because a man putting on 10 pounds is like, woo in the NFL. Me putting on 10 pounds, like I could clear, I could put on two pounds in two days. 10 pounds in two days. Woo! 10 pounds. I will say it is interesting because they said that he's just as fast as he was before. So that's probably the part that makes it hard, but good for him. He's focusing on corner and playing part-time receiver. He plays on both sides of the ball. Um, he said he'd rather quit football than not be able to play on both sides of the ball. And he apparently he has a reversible jersey and training camp so that when he's like switching, you can tell which side he's on. And like the staff helps him take on his jersey off his jersey, flip it, and put it back on when he like switches positions, which I think is like really silly and fun. Um, and finally, we've got the AFC West. The Kansas City Chiefs and that fucking corny ass wedding. I'm sorry, that shit, that Madison Square Garden shit was corny as fuck. Can we be for real? Bitch. Like, can we be for real? That Madison Square Garden shit was corny as fuck. Anyways, this season is all about Mahomes' comeback. Okay, he tore his ACL and LCL in the same week that they were eliminated from the playoffs, ending their 10-year playoff appearance streak. He's fully cleared this year. Apparently, there's no issues. And Kelsey is in his 14th season despite dodging retirement questions at every fucking turn, bitch. Everywhere he goes, they are asking him if he's gonna retire everywhere he fucking goes. Okay? They're young as a team, but also old at the same time, which is like, what the fuck? Like they've got a very young team that like needs to be developed before they're good, but they've also got like a very old team that's like won a billion Super Bowls and is like pressured to win again. Like they don't they don't really have like balance there. It feels like a reset button year, but you never know with the Chiefs. So who knows? I will say if that is the case, that this is a reset button year. I'm looking at you, Baltimore Ravens. I'm looking at you, Buffalo Bills, because one of them guys needs to get to the fucking Super Bowl. Okay. Next, the Denver Broncos. We definitely had a Broncos fan in the chat. I'm pretty sure it was my girl Maria. Am I right? So the Denver Broncos, I have Super Bowl contenders question mark. Because that's the listen, the analysts are saying they're Super Bowl contenders. I don't know. Y'all tell me in the chat if they're Super Bowl contenders or not. Denver was the number one seed at 14-3 and lost the AFC title game 10 to 7 at home. Bonex broke his ankle in the closing moments of the second round win over Buffalo, but he is back and fully healthy, no ankle issues. They added Jalen Waddle. They seem to be in good spirits in a good place, a good team. And the word on the street is they could win the Super Bowl. But who knows? Who knows? Okay. The Las Vegas Raiders. Oh, bitch. How can we forget that Max Crosby? I thought he was a spicy white boy, but the streets were telling me that he's a trumpet. Can somebody can somebody in the chat let me know if Max Crosby is a Trump supporter or not? And listen, if if you're gonna come in the chat and tell me that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter, that doesn't matter, this is football. Sorry. Maybe Hoops for Hotdy's isn't the place for you, ho. Yep. Callie and Cole both said yes. Yes, he is. He how you a Trump supporter and you got grills and fucking Virgil Louis Vuitton head to toe. Like that shit is so irritating to me. I don't know. And he he know damn well. He know damn well he be doing do he be doing black man cosplay and a Trump supporter, bitch. Like oh my god, it seems like a lot of the chat is learning this for the first time as well. Yes, yes, and Gigi, Gigi clocked T and said them be the main ones, them be the main fucking ones. Y'all, when I was a wee lad, when I was a child, I used to love, and okay, like not too much on me because I went to school with like white people. Like when I was in when I was in middle school, that's all I had was white people. And so, like my favorite type of like of white boy, and I was also a Justin Bieber stand, was like the I wanna be black white boy. It's so embarrassing, but like come on, bitch. I was 13, okay? So like fuck off. I'm not in a relationship with a white boy now. But I used to love a spicy white boy. Like, Travis Kelsey, you're lying to me if you're gonna say you didn't think that he was fine at one point. I mean, when he was with Kayla, with Kayla next to him, he was fine. Like, don't even, don't even, I don't know. As soon as that woman left his side, he got chunky and very like dad with the lawnmowery. I mean, just groat, right? But when he was with Kayla, he was fine. Get gave very spicy white boy. Like, I used to fine until I learned they be the main ones that be trumpets. Trump supporter. Like, they be the main. Once and people were saying people are even saying, like, Jackson Dart. Jackson Dart is a trumpet. Trump supporter. That weak ass shit he did when he was like, I don't know what he do, announce Trump or introduce Trump. Like, literally, no reason to do that. No reason to do that. Okay? Like, embarrassing. Embarrassing. And they'd be the main ones with chains on, just trying to act black. But you know what really pisses me off with that? Oh my god, I'm in it's so funny how my views and my chat goes crazy when I'm starting to say something that I want to say amongst private company, amongst amongst the hotties that really know me and watch me every Thursday morning. Okay, bitch. So this is like private company thoughts right here. It's so funny to me how white boys that want to act black be the main ones that you know are Trump supporters and shit like that. That's that's that's true. But uh at the same time, it's interesting to me that it be black men that are telling them that that shit's cool and okay and fi. Oh no, man, I don't care about politics. He's still my brother. I don't know. Like, it'd be like, I don't know. Because I like obviously, as women, as black women especially, we be calling it out all the time. We're like, ugh, I'm trying to think how to say this. Like, I said that on live and now it's out there, but it's so funny because as black women, like, we call that behavior out. We're like, how are you like sagging? And again, like acting black, I get it, isn't a thing. Acting white isn't a thing, but you know what I mean. It's like it very much gives there's a certain vibe to it. I wish I were a black man, I'm trying to be a black man, I dress like a black man, I act like a black man, like very much adopting black culture and things that were started by black people, which honestly, I don't mind when a white person behaves that way and appreciates black culture and our street style and our music and blah blah blah blah, but like loves black people. Like that's one thing. But it's very interesting to me when you want to adopt black culture and you are pandering to a black fan base, but you're a trumpet. Like the f oh my gosh, somebody in the chat, thank you. Y'all understand what the fuck I'm talking about. Y'all understand what the fuck I'm talking about. The free four shirts that that man got into a fucking accident on Easter weekend and like injured innocent people and tried to walk away from the scene and they wearing t-shirts talking about free four. It's like the way they enable each other is so but that was the whole point of what I'm saying. See, I I really thought I was gonna get through today without being controversial, and here I am. Alright, let's get through this fucking shit. So, Max Crosby was traded to the Baltimore Ravens and then sent the fuck back after he failed his physical. Awkward. So now he's just now he's just in Vegas. Imagine walking back into that locker room. Hey, hey, how y'all doing? That's fucking awkward. They drafted Fernando Mendoza, number one overall. Uh Kirk Cousins will likely start. Happy for him that he's the fuck out of my city. Um, and the Los Angeles Chargers. They are relying on Justin Herbert to save them again. They have a lot of pressure to finally win a playoff game. High expectations, and Justin Herbert takes the hit for all of it. All right, bitches and hoes. That is it for part one of my NFL season preview. Next week we will do the NFC, so we'll be talking about the Cowboys and my Falcons and a lot of other shit. I hope that you guys enjoyed this. Um, I can't believe I got controversial today. Again, awesome. Well, if you're just tuning in, just know I post all of these hoops for Hotdy's lives at 7 p.m. Eastern the same night I go live. So tonight at 7 p.m. Eastern, you can go watch the full live on YouTube. Nice and edited and polished for you. And if you like to listen on the go while you're on a walk, while you're in a car, while you're with your friends, whatever, I also post the audio to all audio platforms as a podcast. So you can listen while you're on the go anywhere that you get your podcast. I love you, I mean it. Please subscribe to Hoops for Hotties on YouTube. I mean when I say it helps me keep the lights on in this bitch. 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