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Week 8!

Oct 30, 2022

With the news that Malik Willis will be the Titans' starting QB today, the oldest starting QB for an AFC South team in Week 8 will be…Sam Ehlinger.

Ages at time of kickoff:

Sam Ehlinger (IND): 24 years, 30 days
Davis Mills (HOU): 24 years, 9 days
Malik Willis (TEN): 23 years, 158 days
Trevor Lawrence (JAX): 23 years, 24 days

Ehlinger played high school football at Westlake in Austin, Texas, where he broke various school records held by Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks Drew Brees and Nick Foles, before committing to play college football for the Texas Longhorns.

In Friday Night Lights, the team played in the pilot episode, the Westerby Chaps, is based on the Westlake High School football team. All scenes involving the Chaps were filmed at Westlake High School, with real students portraying fans.

If you’ve seen the show – Minka Kelly - who played Lyla Garrity, was making ends meet as a scrub nurse, preparing women for their lip and breast implants when she wasn’t auditioning.

“I was an actor — I was auditioning — but I was always embarrassed to say I was an actor because that’s not how I was paying my bills.”

Kelly has dated some real studs:

Chris Evans in 2007
Derek Jeter from May 2008 to August 2011
Jesse Williams for nearly a year before they broke up in 2018.
Trevor Noah in the beginning of 2020, but they broke up this year
She also has dated Donald Faison, Wilmer Valderrama, Josh Radnor, actor Brian White, and John Mayer.

Minka Kelly is the daughter and the only child to Rick Dufay, who played guitar in Aerosmith.

Minka Kelly named Esquire's 'Sexiest Woman Alive 2010'

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Numbers

2: Tom Brady is 2 games below .500 for the first time in his career.

49: Patrick Mahomes is on pace for 5,243 yards and 49 TD this season. Josh Allen is on pace for 5,610 yards and 48 TD. We are in the midst of historic seasons by the two best QBs in the NFL right now.

786: After Monday night's victory over the Patriots, the Chicago Bears now have the most regular season wins (786) in NFL history.

500: Joe Burrow Sunday: 34/42 501 Total Yards and 4 Total Touchdowns. He is the first QB in NFL history with multiple 500/4 games in his career.

125,000: By playing at least 60% of the snaps and because the Commanders won, QB Taylor Heinicke earned a $125,000 incentive Sunday.

1 [TRIVIA]: Which team is throwing interceptions at the highest rate in the NFL?

Quotes

“I think we definitely need to look at this really seriously in the offseason again,” Carroll said. “It’s been a discussion before. We’ve got to do what’s right, and we’ve got to do what’s safest for the players and we’ve got to make those choices. I would pound on the drum for that.”

Pete Carroll calls for NFL to re-examine safety of grass and artificial playing surfaces

"I got traded, so yeah, I've got a chip on my shoulder."

Christian McCaffrey

"What the fuck are we doing?"

Aaron Rodgers

"It was pretty sweet seeing how hush it was...after we were making some big plays, I was like 'where are the fans talking?' I was expecting at least some Bears fans or something. But man, it was like you could hear a rat piss."

Roquan Smith on quieting Gillette Stadium

“I love Sam. He’s been awesome since the day I got here. My job shifts now — now I gotta do everything I can to help him. He’s gonna do great for us.”

Matt Ryan

"There ain’t a whole lot of good that comes with playing the O-line except the money. A lot of times you’re getting shit on...you’re playing all the snaps, the defenders are playing 50%, 60 % of the snaps. They get a sack, they’re fucking tweeting about it.”