Thread by @JoshuaCypess

1/ Yesterday's #NFL games, where two 1 seeds fell to a 4 & 6 seed, were revenge for all the whiny pundits saying Wild Card weekend was a bust because of all the blowouts. In three games the 49ers beat the Rams, Cowboys and Packers. This is why sports is fun!

2/ And while the Cowboys & Patriots getting blown out in the first round is fun, toppling 1 seeds is even better. Here's a thread with some of my favorite reactions to yesterday's games, especially all the epic dunks on Aaron "Meth Hobo" Rogers.

3/ The Bengals are a division rival & on principle I want them to lose but if they win, it will confirm why div. winners are significant. My #NYM NL East div. was mocked for being soft but our rival ATL won the World Series. My #Steelers rival doing the same would be poetic.

4/ Bengals are also a last to first story. Smart drafting pays off.

https://twitter.com/Jason_OTC/status/1485049089595265025?s=20

As for the Titans? Two good dollops of snark:
1. Re: their QB

https://twitter.com/Brandon_Warne/status/1485036307327950855?s=20

2. Their history (as an old PIT rival, too):

https://twitter.com/byjoelanderson/status/1485046604583227403?s=20

5/ I actually didn't know the Bengals kicker was so good (they mainly scored a billion TDs against us this year, grumble) but this is a cool trick shot (he kicks the cap off a water bottle). That's 3 top notch PK in the division along side Tucker & Boswell

https://twitter.com/Kay_Breezy22/status/1485093049600339971?s=20

6/ The #SFvsGB game also showed how the macho mocking of special teams, like all relics of toxic ideology, will kill you in the end (see also: anti-vax, but more on that soon). GB had the worst ST this year and that's why they lost:

https://twitter.com/NFL/status/1485097405821304834?s=20

https://twitter.com/billbarnwell/status/1485098469794668545?s=20

7/ And because I'm still salty: when PIT played GB, the refs negated a game-changing special teams play because Rogers' teams, like Brady's, gets the benefit of the doubt in calls. Minkah & Haden weren't offsides!

https://twitter.com/Dejan_Kovacevic/status/1444782618428547073?s=20

https://twitter.com/joehaden23/status/1485116005135175681?s=20

8/ And now, the dunks on Rogers. It was a glorious night on this Bird Site, because of the unified scorn for someone whose selfishness, male entitlement, and truculent misanthropy, made his humiliating exit a delicious picture of earthly karmic justice.

9/ And, as for why I'm even spending the time, as @atrupar (who has been staring into the abyss for 6 years for our safety) points out, Twitter gets taken over by big niche events all the time (yet with this one even anti-NFL people can join in)

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1485116887147163649?s=20

10/ To demonstrate the epic unity, here's why:

https://twitter.com/TheRealHoarse/status/1485133927106981894?s=20

And here are good illustrations by diverse groups as to how it felt:

https://twitter.com/AndrewBrandt/status/1485107420108136448?s=20

https://twitter.com/ConorRyan_93/status/1485112733397921792?s=20

and my favorite:

https://twitter.com/jonnysun/status/1485130886974623745?s=20

11/ To add context, not only did Rogers lie about being vaccinated, he went on an Ayn-Rand fueled grievance binge that culminated, on the day of his loss, with casting doubt on the 2020 election. His NFL prowess kept him above criticism; then that popped.

https://twitter.com/exavierpope/status/1484973037523017728?s=20

12/ Some good quips:
1)

https://twitter.com/EricColumbus/status/1485115597352542209?s=20

2) The MLB cheater actually was in the audience!

https://twitter.com/gfstarr1/status/1485104874689863681?s=20

3)

https://twitter.com/GrantBrisbee/status/1485104142297174016?s=20

4)

https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/1485102287936704516?s=20

5)

https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1485105356317544455?s=20

13/ The mood:

https://twitter.com/dhmontgomery/status/1485105633062002690?s=20

Dave is right, of course:

https://twitter.com/Dameshek/status/1485100175739658241?s=20

And this summarizes the ridiculousness of Rogers' egotism:

https://twitter.com/mtbguy1/status/1485102827508748296?s=20

15/ And, for real NFL analysis:

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1485247193133031424?s=20

https://twitter.com/NFL_Memes/status/1485260236915154957?s=20

https://twitter.com/theStevenRuiz/status/1485129267780325376?s=20

16/ That's it for now. It was a glorious feeling when we all came together as one to enjoy the crash and burn of someone who rode his bizarrely lucrative talent to prominence and then went full jerkwas Icarus in front of our eyes.

@threadreaderapp please unroll.