Did the NFL RIG games for Taylor Swift ratings?



Former Super Bowl champion Derek Wolfe knows a thing or two about the NFL — and he’s fairly certain that there’s something seriously sketchy going on within the league.

“My rookie year, which was 2012, we had Peyton Manning, we lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the playoffs,” Wolfe tells Alex Stein of “Prime Time with Alex Stein.”

“The way they were able to kind of get the score tight again, was all these calls that the refs were making, these pass interference calls that can be called both ways at any time pretty much. There’s a penalty on every play. So, it all depends on when the ref wants to call it,” Wolfe explains.

The NFL is a business at the end of the day, and Wolfe believes that part of their strategy is “who’s going to bring the most money” and “the story.”

The story this year was a love story: Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.

“The Chiefs weren’t that great of a team. They lost to the Broncos this year in a game, so they weren't at their best. They played really good football in the playoffs, but a lot of things were going their way,” Wolfe says.

“The X factor there is the Swifties, and they’re bringing an entire new market into the NFL,” he continues. “People that would never watch football are now gonna watch football, and they’re getting the ratings because where the money comes from is the ratings.”

While many people assume the NFL’s money comes from ticket sales, they couldn’t be more wrong.

“What pays our salary is the TV deals,” Wolfe says.

“Have you felt that there was a game particularly that you remember that was just totally robbed from you?” Stein asks, intrigued.

“It’s that 2012 playoff game,” Wolfe answers, telling Stein that he believes the game was rigged in order for Ray Lewis “to go out as a champion.”

“That’s a bold statement, Cotton,” Stein says in amazement, adding, “I love to hear it, because people think it’s real. But it’s sports entertainment.”


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‘NFL told me to LIE to my wife’ Derek Wolfe exposes absurdity of NFL vax mandates



Super Bowl Champion Derek Wolfe may be an NFL veteran now, but he was making defensive tackles on the Baltimore Ravens as recently as 2021.

Wolfe announced his retirement in 2022 and wasn’t left with the best memories from his last couple of seasons.

“It was hell,” Wolfe tells Alex Stein, recalling the COVID years. “It made football suck. It did. It took the one thing I loved to do the most and it made me hate it.”

“‘You have to put a mask on as soon as you take your helmet off,’” he mimics. “Dude, I was just on the field head-butting these dudes. Spit flying, blood, sweat, and then you’re telling me I got to put a mask on?”

Wolfe also recalls grabbing a protein shake after a two-day practice.

“I’m drinking it, walk in next day, I got a $15,000 fine on my locker,” Wolfe says. “They said I refused to wear a mask.”

“I was like you’re literally taking money out of my bank account because you saw me walk 15 steps without a mask on,” he continues, adding, “You know these don’t work, and I was like, you know underwear doesn’t stop a fart.”

“It’s all about compliance, just like the vaccine,” Stein says in agreement.

The pressure put on NFL players to get the vaccine was even worse.

“When the vaccine finally became available, we had a coach stand up in front of the whole defense, really the whole team, and said, ‘If we got a player, we got two players of the same caliber. One’s vaccinated, one’s not, and we have to pick one, the guy that’s vaccinated is getting the job,’” he explains.

“Every day they harassed me to get the vaccine. I told them, I said, ‘Listen. My wife is like 1,000% against this, and she will lose her s*** if I get a vaccine,’” he says. “They were like, ‘Well, we can just lie to her.’”

“'You want me to lie to my wife about this,'” he continues, “'you’re out of your mind.'”


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Photo: Former Super Bowl champion slays massive mountain lion with bow and arrow after 200-pound beast slaughtered neighborhood dogs



A former NFL player slayed a massive mountain lion weighing nearly 200 pounds after the animal was "wreaking havoc" in his neighborhood.

Derek Wolfe, a former NFL player who played for the Baltimore Ravens and won the Super Bowl with the Denver Broncos, shared an incredible photo of the mountain lion he took down with a bow and arrow.

Wolfe said he received a call from a friend who is a hunter regarding a "giant" male mountain lion that had been "wreaking havoc in a rural neighborhood" in Colorado.

The former NFL player said, "He had already killed two of her dogs and was living under her porch, nervous what he might do next."

Wolfe and his hunter friend started tracking the mountain lion, and quickly discovered a mule deer that had been killed.

Wolfe hiked 9,600 feet up a mountain in the Colorado Rockies, and suddenly the big cat was in front of him. Despite being exhausted, dehydrated, and cramping from the grueling hike, Wolfe was able to slay the mountain lion with a direct hit with a bow and arrow.

He said that he "had to crawl backwards down the mountain" to bring the mountain lion to the truck. Wolfe admitted that he fell 10 feet off a rock on the way down the mountain.

Wolfe shared a photo of the enormous mountain lion on his Instagram. The former defensive tackle, who is 6 feet 5 inches tall, is seen hoisting the mountain lion that stretches nearly as far as Wolfe's body. The mountain lion is estimated to be about 195 pounds.

Reactions online varied, and some attacked Wolfe for killing the mountain lion. However, Wolfe's kill was completely legal under Colorado state law.

A spokesperson for Colorado Parks and Wildlife informed TMZ Sports that Wolfe did everything by the book and his hunting license and is "in good standing."

Wolfe, who is an avid hunter, described the takedown of a male mountain lion (known as a Tom) during an episode of "The Drive" sports-talk radio show that he co-hosts.

"I love hunting deer and elk, and mountain lions kill deer and elk, and mature male mountain lions kill the cubs of female mountain lions to get them to go back into heat," Wolfe said. "I feel like I am doing my part by taking care of some of these Toms. It is not easy."

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