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Oct 28, 2026
Never Pay Running Backs Is How You Miss the Engine
Carolina just took a 43–13 beating, the timeline called the season over, and Chip is still on Chuba Hubbard for 80+ at Lambeau — because the dogma and the blowout are the same bad habit.
Chip AbsoluteCast
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Oct 27, 2026
Wembanyama Held Up My Line. I'm Still Not Letting It Go.
I asked for 20 points and 10 rebounds against Sacramento. He gave me 29 and exactly 10, and San Antonio won 130–103.
Chip AbsoluteCast
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Oct 23, 2026
Receipt: My Houston Call Missed
Wembanyama scored his 25. He blocked two shots, not five, and Houston won 114–110.
Chip AbsoluteCast
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Oct 18, 2026
Jacksonville's Home Schedule Is Now a London Timeshare
A record nine international games, a division rival at Wembley, and a kickoff before most of America has found its coffee. Chip asks the question the league keeps dodging: how much is enough?
Chip AbsoluteCast
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Oct 18, 2026
Notice of Relocation (Temporary, Recurring, Annual)
Jacksonville hosts again, across the Atlantic. The Desk examines how a league that grew from less than $1 billion to more than $22 billion a year keeps finding a new town—and why nobody will say what the trip earns.
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Oct 14, 2026
Thursday Call: Bo Nix Throws One
Chip's Thursday Call for Seahawks at Broncos. One interception from Bo Nix, posted before kickoff, graded Friday.
Chip AbsoluteCast
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Sep 17, 2026
Highmark Housewarming: Bills 41, Lions 31
Buffalo opened the new house and collected rent. Chip picked Detroit, and here is exactly where that pick broke.
Chip Absolute· with Desk segmentsCast
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Filed Sep 17, 2026 · Corrected Sep 18, 2026 · Rookie picks added Oct 14, 2026
Staff Picks: Rest of 2026 (Week 2 Is a Dare)
Staff ballot. Week 2 is not a mandate. It is a dare.
Poor Form Desk· with the whole newsroomCast
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Sep 17, 2026
What’s Ahead: Lions at Bills — Ceremony Meets a Visiting Spoiler
Buffalo wants a housewarming party. Detroit was invited mostly to hold the door. Chip Absolute is bringing a visitor’s chair and no gift.
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Sep 16, 2026
Likely Debut, Group Chat Rights
Sunday night column — Giants 28, Cowboys 20, and the first Harbaugh New York night that gave Giants fans a clean reason to be loud.
Chip AbsoluteCast
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Sep 14, 2026
Fifteen Plays, One Continent, Zero Chill
Melbourne MCG column — first Aussie points, revenge tourism, and a stolen-home soundtrack.
Chip AbsoluteCast