With a little help from his friends, 7-year-old brain cancer patient Jack Hoffman rambled 69 yards for a touchdown in front of 60,000 fans during Nebraska’s spring scrimmage on Saturday.

The safety of American football has long been a topic of discussion, especially recently after the suicide of Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau and its potential link to head injuries sustained while playing in the NFL. The discussion has now extended to President Barack Obama, who voiced his own concerns to The New Republic.

There was an utterly strange sequence in the last episode of HBO’s “Real Sports,” where there was talk of people watching baseball but not football, accusations of racism, and just generally awkward opinions. Video, after the jump.

Happy post-Thanksgiving, everybody. We hope the tryptophan is out of your system, your most annoying relatives have left, and you have enough leftovers for several sandwiches. If you’re still trying to piece together what the hell happened this weekend, you can find some help here, and the rest can be found, in GIF form, after the jump.  

Jets owner Woody Johnson’s job is to assemble a team capable of winning a Super Bowl. Meh to that, says Johnson. The Jets owner would sooner see his pal in the oval office than have his football team win a Super Bowl. Feel your last shred of dignity evaporate after the jump, Jets fans.

Tack on Redskins corner DeAngelo Hall to the laundry list of NFL personalities that are just about done with the replacement referees. How much would having the real refs back be worth to Hall? Besides the decreased late hits and heightened safety, about $2 million. Read more after the jump.

Robert Griffin III is having a pretty damn good week. He wins his first NFL game, does it against a Saints squad in their impenetrable fortress, and becomes the first rookie to take home Player of the Week honors in Week 1. On top of that, he’s received high praise from everyone’s favorite football guru, John Madden. And even better, it came at the expense of Tim Tebow! Read more after the jump.

Ashton Kutcher, when are you just going to jump out and tell us that this was all a joke, that this whole replacement ref thing was just a stunt? I’m sorry if I’m convinced this NFL preseason has been one drawn out episode of Punk’d, but after this watching this clip —the coup de grace of hope for the replacement refs — from tonight’s Patriots/Giants snoozer, you might feel the same.

Usually, fun would be made at the expense of Daron Bryden’s parents. The Brydens seem to have just discovered the “Internet,” and made a kitschy little blog touting their young son as the next great thing in football. It’s like a public scrapbook, filled with abrasive color schemes and pictures of him autographing footballs. This would be so embarrassing for Daron — if he wasn’t actually quite good, for a 10-year-old.

When the announcement was made that the LFL was coming back to TV, there was no doubt a certain promise the sport’s fans saw in its return.