Editing Episode 609 (section)

=== Around the League ===
* The '''Pro Bowl''' has been officially eliminated. Arif mourned a lost opportunity to cover it (he had once turned down a Pro Bowl credential to cover the Shrine Bowl), praised the removal of the game itself and the end of Pro Bowl alternate proliferation, and cited Justis Mosqueda's legendary Pro Bowl film breakdowns as a casualty of history
* '''Deshaun Watson''' complained of being booed for personal reasons. Arif gave an extended assessment arguing he is primarily being booed for poor play and unavailability, that good players who are bad people tend to get their character laundered by performance, and that Watson's use of his foundation as moral currency was undermined by tax return data showing $510,000 raised in 2025 with $80,000 ever paid out — $488,000 of the revenue coming from Watson himself, suggesting a tax shelter. The Cleveland Browns were assessed as deserving of a fruit basket from every other team for assuming the worst-trade-in-NFL-history mantle from the Herschel Walker deal. Arthur Blank was also noted as having narrowly escaped the same fate
* The '''Atlanta Falcons' Watson counterfactual''' was explored: James proposed asking SūmerBrain what would have happened if Atlanta had signed Watson, noting the butterfly effects on Kirk Cousins' trajectory