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IN THE ERA of parity, picking the NFL playoffs is a crapshoot at best, so Extra Mustard is trying a new approach: Use the Wu Tang Clan name generator to convert coaches' names to rapper names, then enlist SI Now host and resident Wu Tang devotee Maggie Gray to pick winners based on who has the badder moniker.
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BILL BELICHICK
SCRATCHIN' CONTENDER
BILL O'BRIEN
B-LOVED GENIUS
MIKE TOMLIN
WACKO MAGICIAN
ANDY REID
SCRATCHIN' DEMON
B-LOVED GENIUS
WACKO MAGICIAN
WACKO MAGICIAN
WINNER
PHANTOM SWAMI
PHANTOM SWAMI
E-RATIC AMBASSADOR
JASON GARRETT
PHANTOM SWAMI
PHANTOM SWAMI
MIKE MCCARTHY
GENTLEMAN WANDERER
PETE CARROLL
E-RATIC AMBASSADOR
DAN QUINN
E-RATIC MAGICIAN
THEY SAID IT
"THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT AS OF TODAY I, STEVE SMITH SR., WILL NO LONGER BE ANTAGONIZING DEFENSIVE BACKS."
Steve Smith Sr.
The opening line of the veteran receiver's two-sentence retirement letter to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE
During the finals of the 2017 PDC World Darts Championship, an interloper ran onstage and tried to steal the trophy.