Cale Clinton's blog

It's combine time, which means NFL discussion is focused on the usual matters: cryptocurrency, Flat Earth conspiracies, fake IDs, and malt liquor.

The Super Bowl, of course, dominated conversation this week, but people were also talking baseball, engagements, and asparagus.

It's Super Bowl media week, which means once again, reporters are trying to get meaningful answers out of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick -- and failing.

Yes, the Senior Bowl is going on, and yes, the XFL is coming back. But mostly everyone is just talking the Patriots, the Eagles, and the Super Bowl.

This week: Wings! Beer! Sports! No, really, we have quotes about wings and beer and sports and then wings again.

The final week of the year brings us plenty of drama: James Harrison vs. his old team, the Giants vs. each other, Dak Prescott vs. Dez Bryant, Richard Sherman vs. angry fans, Sean Payton vs. fantasy players, and Jeff Fisher vs. common sense.

I don't know what they want from me. It's like the mo' money I come across, the mo' likely I am to try to buy the North Carolina Panthers.

As the regular season enters its home stretch, teams prepare for the playoffs, and everyone's busy with holiday activities, it's only obvious that the top item on anyone's mind is Star Wars. (No spoilers.)

This week served as a reminder that football is a violent, dangerous game -- but also that NFL players do and say funny things and help out people in need.