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A full Jeopardy-style board built entirely around your team’s history, lore, disasters, and occasional moments of glory. Four categories. Five clues each. $200 through $1,000. The $1,000 questions are genuinely hard. We verified every fact. We are not kidding about that part. Click on any one of the boxes and start the game!
| The Oldest Bird in the League | The Warner-Fitzgerald Run | The LaFleur Rebuild | The One That Got Away |
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| $200 | $200 | $200 | $200 |
| $400 | $400 | $400 | $400 |
| $600 | $600 | $600 | $600 |
| $800 | $800 | $800 | $800 |
| $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
Nine satirical classified ads, three columns, all team-specific. FOR SALE. WANTED. LOST & FOUND. HELP WANTED. ANNOUNCEMENT. NOTICE. PERSONALS. OBITUARIES. The CONTACT line is always the punchline. Always.
Kyler Murray signed a five-year, $230 million extension in 2022. He was released March 3, 2026. The Cardinals are absorbing $47.1 million in dead cap for 2026. The quarterback is no longer present. The dead cap is. The dead cap does not throw touchdowns. The dead cap does not generate first downs. The dead cap has been filed under “things we are managing.” The franchise quarterback search has been reopened.
The Cardinals have had one playoff appearance in the last decade. That appearance was a wild-card loss to the Rams in 2021. It featured Kyler Murray, who has since been released. J. Brissett is the presumed starter. G. Minshew has also been signed. Rookie C. Beck was drafted in the third round. The Cardinals acknowledge that none of these are franchise quarterbacks. The Cardinals are working on it. The desert is patient.
Murray was the No. 1 overall pick in 2019. He earned two Pro Bowl selections. He led the Cardinals to their only playoff appearance in a decade in 2021. He was given a $230 million extension. He missed significant time to injuries in 2022, 2023, and 2025. He was released with a $47.1 million dead cap hit. He has departed for the Minnesota Vikings. The desert has noted his departure. The dead cap has remained.
J. Brissett is the presumed starter for 2026. J. Brissett skipped voluntary workouts over contract concerns. J. Brissett is making $4.88 million, of which $1.5 million is guaranteed. J. Brissett reported for mandatory minicamp. J. Brissett is technically present. G. Minshew is also present. C. Beck was drafted in the third round. The position has been filled in the broadest sense of the word “filled.” M. LaFleur has a plan. The plan involves developing the position.
The Arizona Cardinals announce that M. LaFleur has been hired as head coach, J. Gannon’s 3–14 tenure has concluded, and the franchise quarterback search is underway. The dead cap of $47.1 million is being managed. The NFC West has been acknowledged as the hardest division in football. The Cardinals are in it. The Cardinals have always been in it. The desert is patient. The desert has always been patient.
Gannon was hired as head coach in 2023. His first season produced a 4–13 record. His second season produced a 3–14 record. He was dismissed. The era lasted two years. It produced seven wins across two seasons. It is survived by M. LaFleur, the dead cap, and Cardinal Nation, who filled State Farm Stadium regardless and will do so again under new management. The era has been filed. The file is thin.
The Arizona Cardinals formally acknowledge that they face the Rams (MVP + DPOY), the Seahawks (defending champions), and the 49ers (healthy roster) in 2026. The Cardinals further acknowledge a $47.1 million dead cap, an unsettled quarterback situation, and a first-year head coach. The Cardinals note that M. LaFleur is the same last name as the Packers head coach. The Cardinals note this is a coincidence. The NFC West has been notified. The NFC West has already moved on.
Cardinal Nation, lifelong, Glendale and beyond. Have watched one playoff appearance in a decade. Have watched a $230 million quarterback be released with $47 million in dead cap. Have watched 3–14. Have M. LaFleur now. Have J. Brissett now. Have the desert. The desert is hot. The desert is patient. Cardinal Nation is both of those things. The desert always comes back in spring. So does Cardinal Nation. So does the search for a franchise quarterback.
Passed March 3, 2026, following release by the Arizona Cardinals. It had two Pro Bowl selections, one playoff appearance, one wild-card loss to the Rams, three significant injuries, and a $230 million extension that now costs $47.1 million in dead cap. It is survived by J. Brissett, G. Minshew, C. Beck, M. LaFleur, and Cardinal Nation, who showed up for all seven seasons and consider one playoff appearance an insufficient return on their investment. Services were quiet. The dead cap has already begun.
A full team-specific Top Ten list. Completely deadpan. Treats every item with total journalistic seriousness. The list below is a sample. Yours will be specific to your team’s particular situation, history, and ongoing triumphs and disasters.
Seven team-specific fake eBay listings, ready to go every cycle, styled exactly like the real site — photo, description, seller, and current bid. The items are always something your team has misplaced, squandered, or never possessed. Reserve has not been met, and never may be met.
One team-specific Outer Limits Enquirer front page, every cycle. Completely straight-faced. It sells itself — that’s how funny it is.
Four new proposed NFL rules, each presented with complete regulatory seriousness. The title is always “THE NFL COMPETITION COMMITTEE PROPOSES:” followed by the rule name. Three to five sentences of deadpan satire. A new batch of four rules, every seven-week cycle.
Effective immediately, any player who is visibly sad after a penalty will be allowed to challenge the call on emotional grounds. The replay official will review the player’s expression in slow motion. If certified “genuinely devastated” by a panel of three therapists stationed in the press box, the penalty is waived. The Dallas Cowboys have already filed 847 pre-season challenges.
Starting in 2026, head coaches will be required to answer one post-game question with complete honesty. The question will be selected at random by a wheel spin. Early testing was abandoned after three coaches resigned, one cried, and Bill Belichick’s honest answer was legally classified as a threat.
In an effort to make fumbles less discouraging, any fumble recovered by the opposing team will now be referred to as an “unintentional lateral.” The player who fumbled will receive a certificate of effort. The team that recovered it will receive six points. Both outcomes will be celebrated equally on the official broadcast.
All play-by-play announcers will now be graded in real time by a panel of former players. Phrases such as “he just wanted it more,” “that’s a football player right there,” and “you cannot teach that” will trigger an automatic fine of $500 per occurrence. Early projections suggest the league will be debt-free by Week 3.
A fully illustrated satirical children’s book, team-specific, written for the fan who has a child who needs to understand why Sunday afternoons are like this. The illustrations are beautiful. The subject matter is not. Both things are intentional.
In the upcoming weeks and months with your paid subscription, you can also look forward to titles like these:
“I won $6 on a scratch-off at a gas station off the 101. Subscribed instead of cashing it in. Felt $6 richer in ways that are difficult to quantify, which tracks with most Cardinals math this year.”— R. Alvarez, Glendale, Ariz. · 4-Month Subscriber
“My husband and I both subscribe. We used to argue about who the starting quarterback even is. Now we just pass the phone and nod. It has actually brought us closer, mostly out of shared confusion.”— Anonymous · Joint Subscription · Tempe, Ariz.
“I read the Children’s Book to my actual kids. They’re five and eight. They understood the ‘oldest team in the league’ chapter immediately. We’ve all renewed, mostly out of history-based obligation.”— L. Fitzgerald (no relation), Chandler, Ariz. · Family Subscription
“I told my therapist about the eBay listing for Kyler Murray’s dead cap space, sealed in a jar. She said, quote, ‘that’s oddly specific and also correct.’ Insurance doesn’t cover this newsletter. It should.”— M. Delgado, Scottsdale, Ariz. · 8-Month Subscriber
“My father-in-law asked why I was laughing alone in the garage. I showed him the trivia board. He subscribed before he left the driveway, then asked if Coach LaFleur is related to the other one. He is not.”— K. Osei, Mesa, Ariz. · 3-Month Subscriber
“Cancelled twice out of loyalty-related guilt. Resubscribed twice out of everything else. This is now just a monthly donation to my own sense of humor and the desert’s patience.”— Anonymous · Auto-Renew, No Regrets
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