Money, Power, Politics (with all due respect, Stephanie Ruhle)

This week, the Schloss-Blog is harping over money.

And power.

And politics.

Like, did you see how much MONEY some pro football players (and a wall) got this week and how much more powerful the already-powerful got?

Again.

Jared Goff, for instance, got a record contract, period. He's getting Aaron Rodgers money. He's getting Drew Brees money. He's getting Matt Ryan money.

Well, at least Rodgers and Brees have won a Super Bowl. Goff is getting $134 million over 4 years, including - are you ready(?) - $110 million guaranteed. That's more than Rodgers is getting guaranteed and twice as much as Brees is getting for two years, period.

Yo, Jared, call me when you win a Super Bowl. Defenses are starting to smarten up to you and your team's quick-paced, high-scoring procedures (see Bowl, Super, 13-3 loss to Patriots). You better win a Super Bowl soon.

Like this year.

Meanwhile, Ryan's favorite receiver, Julio Jones, got a record wide receiver contract, $66 million for three years while Ezekiel Elliott, who just wanted to hang in Cabo and skip training camp and preseason games, got $90 million. They probably deserve it. NFL owners make a lot of money, even through losing seasons (see, Cardinals, Arizona and 49ers, San Francisco), so the amount of money being thrown around should not be a surprise. The players - some very rich players - are the game. The owners are a bunch of rich guys - well, even richer guys.

But the POWER play here was by the Patriots. They didn't get Antonio Brown by accident. Brown requested his release from the Raiders.

On Instagram.

He wants a ring and the Patriots figure to help get him one. Except he's ineligible to play this week against the Steelers, where he started this calendar year, making this his third team this year. The Patriots only signed for one year after he forfeited some $30 million from the Raiders with his release.

But that ought to tell you how important it was to him to play for Belichick and with Brady.

What the POWERFUL want, the POWERFUL get in the NFL. Unless you under-inflate a football, that is.

The POLITICS of it all can make you sick. I mean, where's the money for the Bahamas? For the Carolinas? For the military bases that need childcare facilities for military families?

It's being transferred to build-the-wall accounts by our ignoble president.

Time to impeach the SOB.

Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Listen to my show on Sunday (4-6 p.m. filling in and 9 p.m.-12 a.m., my regular shift, both Arizona time) and hear your name called for "liking" the announcement of my being official herein on radiofreephoenix.com.