Readily visible or observable: “In what ways do you communicate online?”

The game: Chargers at Patriots
The beer: Foundation Lilith Dark Czech-Style Lager
The result: Win, 16–3
The playoffs: 1–0
The headline: “Even the fabulous can’t avoid a random attack to pass a boring night.” – Helmet, “Murder”

The commentary: I’m a blog-maker, alright?? I blog! Everyone reads it! No one does! I blog online, it’s an online blog! It’s a “web log!” It’s a blog! I’m a blogger! What’s your next question, Day One Incorporated, whether or not I drink beer and eat football? Come on.

How’s about this: Doesn’t the NFL get enough media attention without some bloggo copying, pasting and parsing entire Guardian columns in weekly tests of fair use? Fine, you’re right. Transcribing podcasts through, there’s accessibility value to that—who can resist when Connor Orr and Marc Sessler bring some of that good Heat and Light shit to Monday’s tolerable Heed the Call playoff recap?

Conor: It felt like the Chargers just had nothing, and they were completely formless and lifeless. […]

Dan Hanzus: […] I don’t put the loss on Herbert entirely because the offensive line was terrible, the wide receivers… it didn’t even feel like wide receivers dressed for the Chargers in this game. […] You give credit to New England’s defense, obviously, but Herbert deserves blame as well. […] His playoff resume stinks, quite frankly.

Marc: […] There was a moment in the game where Herbert was like “My only answer here is to take off and run and sacrifice my body eight, nine, ten yards downfield and get gang-tackled.” […] It just got worse and worse as the game went on. […] I know it was close at the end to some degree—it was like, get Justin Herbert out of here. He was brutalized.

Dan: Well, you can’t get him out of there, this is the playoffs!

Marc: I mean with like two minutes to go. At one point it’s like, do we want him to go into the offseason with four broken ribs and a separated shoulder? It was gory.

Dan: […] I understand your greater point, he took a vicious amount of abuse in this game.

Connor: […] I think we need to call bullshit on Harbaugh a little bit here too. “Oh, we’re gonna attack every day with the enthusiasm unknown to mankind.” You attacked that fourth quarter like a guy that was sleeping outside of a Popeye’s! This was pathetic. […] Christian Gonzalez is out of the game—fucking go! Throw at the backup! Move! […] Stop giving them a chance to get their subs in! […] Move your ass! There was no enthusiasm and that drove me absolutely out of my mind. […] Infuriating.

[Additional Chargers-centered jibber-jabber. Disrespect.]

Dan: […] You have to seize the day! You have to… Heed the Call! […] Which takes us back to the Patriots–

Swell, they’re only the second seed. “Brutalized,” “gory,” “vicious abuse”—Christ, I didn’t recognize this defense either. Of course Dan reverted to what non-casual listeners probably recognize as a regular bit to insert his podcast’s name into the conversation. Gimme a break. (It’s cute when I do it.)

Seriously though: “You attacked that fourth quarter like a guy that was sleeping outside of a Popeye’s!” Heat! Light! Orr you kidding me??

Up next: Remember that 2012 bullshit with the Texans wearing letterman jackets? Cheers!