It wasn’t long ago that Jerod Mayo, the first new coach in New England in over 20 years, was bathing in the shower of Gatorade after his first shock win over the Bengals in week one. Flashforward a few weeks and there is a report or two that Mayo may already be facing a mutiny in that same locker room. The NFL is not just a what have you done for me lately business with the fans it’s also the case for the players and especially the owners. And well Mayo has lost 4 straight, including an embarrassment on primetime against the rival Jets. The Patriots haven’t exactly been getting blown out in fact a few plays here and a few plays there they might even have a chance to be near the top of their division. This is great in a fantasy land but that is not where we live, we live in the real world and in the real world the Pats are dead last. So what’s wrong, the defense seems to be serviceable and even good sometimes and the special teams are unquestionably better than last year. De
Succession is one of the most nuanced and quite frankly fun shows to come out in the last 20 years. Now that it has been in the rearview mirror for over a year let’s rank the 4 Roy kids based on which should have been the successor by series end. Yes, Connor gets to be on this list too. So let’s rank the back stabbing, wisecracking, power hungry kids we have all grown to hate to love over the years. Without further ado the Quad Culture Succession hierarchy we hope Logan Roy would have loved but probably wouldn’t have. 4: Connor Roy Despite his potential 1% had he stayed in the presidential race Connor is the least cut throat and has the least knowledge of the business. In a lot of the ways he is the least like his father or pop as he calls him and while in most cases this is a good thing in the case of the business Connor is thoroughly behind his three half siblings. Also the arranged marriage with a prostitute just is not a good look for the CEO of a major media company, right?