Random Shots From Week 15

Joe Bryant with a look at goofiness from the past week.

Joe Bryant's Random Shots From Week 15 Joe Bryant Published 12/18/2024

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Hi Folks,

We do a ton of insightful, thoughtful, and serious features here at Footballguys with smart people thinking deeply for you.

This is not one of those features.

This is Random Shots, and it's a few pages of me sharing all the random goofiness from this week. With maybe a music note and sometimes a "soap box" wrap at the end.  

Here's to Football.

J

The Holidays are upon us. Let's open like we always do with the best rendition I've heard in a while of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" courtesy of that noted Holiday crooner - Bill Belichick.

Just like last year, I'm starting right off the bat with the music as we cover all the Holiday bases. First, a Run DMC - Charlie Brown mashup of Christmas in Hollis from the Best Christmas Movie Ever - Die Hard.

Next up is Adam Sandler with the classic Chanukah Song.

Elvis sings my favorite Christmas song.

And for a picture of cool personified, he butchers the words but still kills it live.

Long live the King.

Lastly, one of my favorite Sports Illustrated covers from a few years back featuring Belichick Santa.

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Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from all of us at Footballguys.

I truly hope it's a sweet time of the year for you.

Bryce Young has not had the NFL career we (and he) had hoped for. At least not yet. 

From a personal angle, he seems like a caring and thoughtful guy. And I thought this was good from a couple of weeks ago.

It's a good example of how one can carry their faith without necessarily shouting from the rooftops about it.

Seriously?

The Lions are dialed in.

They lost more key players on Sunday. Dan Campbell isn't making excuses.

Thanks to Fern Tremblay for that one. 

I'm with Ferris Bueller. “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” 

Truth.

Related: One more reason not to mess with the good vibes.

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Dan Skipper meant business.

Hang it in the Louvre.

I fully support this.

This just felt mean.

I'm not sure the internet could handle this.

If Larry Csonka played today, he'd never be able to pay the fines.

Yup.

Thank you, Veterans.

The perfect tweet does not exis...

My man Xavier Legette is wild.

My favorite part was Amon-Ra St. Brown leaning in so he could hear better. While wearing headphones.

This is bonkers.

Anthony Walker Jr.. is a world-class teammate.

Thanks to Matt Carey for that one.

The Titans new fullback.

Thanks to Bob Harris for that one.

Sir Purr went full Hingle McGringleberry.

Which is really just an excuse to post my favorite Robby Anderson clip.

Thanks to Sigmund Bloom for that one. 

Adam Thielen's been a Randy Moss fan for a long time.

Thanks to Keith Overton for that one.

It was a weird week.

Related:

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Listen to my buddy Sigmund.

The reason you don't play real NFL Games like Madden.

#Footballguy.

Unfortunately, lots of us could identify with Caleb Williams Monday Night.

Thanks to Sigmund Bloom for that one. 

Mac Jones as The Rizzler got me.

The Green Bay alternates were clean.

Truth.

You, like me, may have felt this a bit too much.

How is this not a thing?

Wrapping with this one. I said this last year, and I'll say it again. This has been an awesome year for many folks. And it's been a challenging year for many people. Maybe you're in both those groups. I am.

For the challenging side, the Holidays can make it even tougher for some.

Shauna Niequist is a writer I enjoy. She wrote this a few years ago, but I think it applies now.

"My prayer is that what you've lost, and what I've lost this year, will fade a little bit in the beauty of the Christmas season, that for a few moments at least, what is right and good and worth believing will outshine all the darkness, within us and around us."

That's my hope for you. That the pain of what you've lost this year may fade a bit as we seek out and focus on what's right and good and worth believing. That the light outshines the dark. If it's tough for you, give yourself some grace. I'm with you.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours from all of us at Footballguys. Rock on.

That'll do it this week. Thank you for being with me on this goofy journey.

And thanks to Footballguys Keith Overton, Jake Bryant, Bob Harris, Matt Carey, Sigmund Bloom and Clayton Gray for the help. If you've got a Random Shot of your own, email me at bryant@footballguys.com.

Love your neighbor and stick together.

Peace and Grace to you.

J

 

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