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Aaron Rodgers used a South Park reference to sum up the horrible officiating

This perfectly summed up the bad reffing.

It was a pretty horrible night for the officials in the New York Jets’ Monday night loss to the Buffalo Bills, and Aaron Rodgers knew exactly what to reference when talking about it after the game.

In Season 16 of South Park, Randy Marsh creates a new game called Sarcastaball, which is played with tinfoil hats and a balloon. The joke is, of course, that Randy is sarcastic about everything while coaching.

Keep that in mind with what Rodgers said when talking about the officiating: “Some [penalties] seemed really bad, including the roughing the passer on me. That’s not roughing the passer. Might as well play Sarcastaball if we’re gonna call those things.”

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Happy Super Bowl Sunday! #SouthPark #SuperBowl

♬ original sound – South Park

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Twitter reacts to ‘Ted Lasso’ referencing the Denver Broncos

Spoilers ahead: The latest Ted Lasso episode makes reference to the Broncos.

Spoilers ahead!

Without getting too deep into the spoiler specifics, the latest episode of Apple’s popular Ted Lasso show makes reference to the Denver Broncos.

In the episode, the coach recalls a story of his friend who grew up a Broncos fan surrounded by Kansas City Chiefs fans. Lasso mentions that the friend had to watch the team’s back-to-back Super Bowl wins in the late 1990s alone, something the coach regrets in hindsight.

While the show mentions Denver’s first two Super Bowl titles, Lasso also makes a jab at the club during the story, calling them a “garbage-ass team.”

Jason Sudeikis, the actor who portrays Ted Lasso, is a big fan of the Kansas City Chiefs in real life, so it’s no surprise that he wanted to take a shot at their rival in the popular TV show.

Here’s a sampling of how Twitter reacted to the Broncos being referenced in this week’s episode of Ted Lasso.

Sean Payton has sympathy for everyone in 2020, including ‘the cardboard fans’

Saints coach Sean Payton knows how challenging COVID-19 can be, expressing sympathy for the Broncos and their cardboard fans from South Park

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The New Orleans Saints won a sloppy game against the Denver Broncos in Week 12, taking advantage of the declawed Broncos offense to win 31-3. Forced to play without any of their four quarterbacks after a positive COVID-19 test ruled them all out as high-risk close contacts.

Denver turned to a disjointed offense built around wildcat plays to their running backs and a handful of pass attempts for practice squad wide receiver Kendall Hinton, which didn’t find much success against the tenacious Saints defense.

When asked after the game if he had any sympathy for what the Broncos and his counterpart Vic Fangio had experienced, Saints coach Sean Payton expressed empathy for everyone after a tumultuous year, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I think it’s tough for all (of us),” Payton shrugged during his postgame media conference call, continuing: “This is a challenging year, I felt bad for the cardboard fans. It is what it is.”

It’s a funny jab from Payton at the Broncos’ spectators at Empower Field at Mile High, which includes 1,800 cardboard cutouts of characters from “South Park,” the long-running Comedy Central animated series set in Colorado.

Still, the Saints have had their own COVID-19 struggles. They were targeted by the league office for joining many other teams in not wearing masks during a postgame celebration two weeks ago, losing half a million dollars and a future draft pick. Standout left tackle Terron Armstead missed this Broncos game after testing positive, which severely limited what the Saints offense could do.

Payton himself recovered from a coronavirus infection early this year and knows personally just how challenging it can be. So, yes, he’s got an idea of what sort of interruptions the pandemic has introduced to daily life.

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Denver Broncos honor South Park through cardboard cutouts

The Denver Broncos paid tribute to South Park with cardboard cutouts in the stands.

The Denver Broncos had some fun Sunday with the cardboard cutouts in the stands at Mile High before their game with Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The team’s creative staff placed “fans” of characters from the hit TV show “South Park” in the crowd, which doesn’t exist due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Well played.