The Week in Sports 9/10

The NFL’s new rule changes went into effect week 1 and it led to a concerning amount of roughing the passer and other personal fouls called. Luckily for the league, fans weren’t too upset about the calls, as it wasn’t even the worst officiating of the weekend.

The White House has spent all week looking for the person who wrote a NY Times op-ed piece about the chaos of the administration. If they’re looking for someone who’s an expert at sabotaging things from the inside, I think I know where they should begin their search.

Speaking of the Steelers, after an ugly 5-turnover performance in the rain, they tied with the Cleveland Browns. Drawing is a fitting result for the Browns, as it’s also what Hue Jackson does on the sidelines during games.

Hurricane Florence is headed towards the East Coast and is expected to cause severe damage. It was silly to name the hurricane Florence – because if they named it Dak it wouldn’t have done any damage to the Carolinas.

Another company has come to the support of NFL players as Ford issued a statement in favor of their displays of protests. I’m not sure how Ford will recover, as the Fiesta was a huge hit among far-right conservatives.

Paul McCartney tried to surprise New Yorkers with an impromptu concert at Grand Central on Friday. However, like most things in New York over the weekend, it was shut down by the Jaguars defense.

Anthony Davis fired his agent last week, just a year before he’s eligible to discuss a max extension with the Pelicans. His agent was reportedly blindsided by the firing and demanded to know what went wrong. Here’s a hint: maybe it started with trying to make your client famous for having a unibrow.

Ray Allen led a class of newcomers to the Basketball Hall of Fame over the weekend and Allen issued a statement that he was incredibly happy that he “finally got there”. Given Allen’s history, we can only hope he was talking about the Hall of Fame.