It's good to be back.

The Tuesday column has been quiet since Week 1 , as I took paternity leave following the arrival of my second kid. She's real stinkin' cute, and her big sister loves her (if perhaps a little too enthusiastically at times). Thank you to everyone who sent well wishes.

At first, it was easy to spend time pushing strollers and changing diapers while the 2025 NFL season whisked on. But after six weeks of keeping my mouth shut -- a truly Herculean task for an NFL analyst during a season -- I'm bursting at the seams with takes. I want to talk about that Cardinals implosion against the Titans , and Jaxson Dart 's debut against the Chargers , and that ridiculous 40-40 overtime finish between Green Bay and Dallas. But there is only so much time.

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