Perhaps indicative of our place on the football calendar—so close to the cusp of consequential news, but still teetering on the edge of the dead period—the thing to do online Monday was complain about Madden ratings.
Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen was upset about his “deep route running” ability being a 75/100.
Cam Jordan struggled to diplomatically make it through a reveal.
Tom Brady responded by making one of those awful dad jokes.
And so on, and so on.