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A sleepy NFL slate can be worse than a bad loss—because it exposes all the quiet mistakes. We unpack a Sunday full of blowouts, a brutal ankle injury that turned stomachs, and the coaching choices that keep teams stuck. Pittsburgh’s mirage record, a legend playing afraid of contact, and a defense running on fumes set the stage for a bigger theme: ego vs outcomes. If your quarterback is hurt or outplayed, why is he still on the field? We pull apart sunk cost bias, loyalty myths, and the thin line between “tanking without tanking” and just being honest with your fans.

The tone shifts to October thrills with a secret screening of Shelby Oaks, a moody blend of faux documentary and found-footage that gets under your skin without wasting your time. We contrast it with Black Phone—lean, eerie, and satisfying—before lighting up Werewolves, a creature feature that abandons its own setup. Disappearing characters and unanswered rules break trust; horror, like football, needs a payoff that matches the promise. Along the way, we hit a World Series turning point where a manager waited an inning too long, proving once again that proactivity beats hope.

We also roam through the edges: RedZone fatigue on a dull slate, bye-week clumping, why continuity matters for quarterbacks and play callers, and a few genre detours—Welcome to Derry’s 1960s dread, a divisive new Crow, and a Halo remake on Unreal that might drag us onto Twitch whether we’re ready or not. It’s messy, funny, and direct, the way a Monday debrief should be.

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