Double Gaffes

Today's Wordle word is 'GAFFE'. I couldn't figure it out, when I played in the early hours of this morning, but - upon realising what the answer was - I rolled my eyes.

Typical. The word 'Gaffe' popped up mere hours after I found out I had made a couple of gaffes of my own.

My friend reached out yesterday evening and alerted to me to some mess ups I made in Taylor's Pro Football Gambling Annual.

Coincidentally, they both appeared in one section of the the chapter for this week's fixtures.

While writing about tomorrow's game between the Baltimore Ravens and Atlanta Falcons, I wrote that the Ravens 'parted ways with Jim Harbaugh after eighteen seasons'.

Those who follow the NFL are sure to know exactly where the screw up is in that line. Jim Harbaugh was not a head coach of the Baltimore Ravens. That job was his brother's. Yep, I typed 'Jim' instead of 'John'.

There's no excuse. However, I think there could be a mild reason why Jim Harbaugh came out instead of his sibling. The new Ravens head coach - Jesse Minter - had worked under Jim at the University of Michigan and the Los Angeles Chargers between 2022 and 2025. It must have been a subconscious 'don't mention Jim' thing... which led to me mentioning Jim.

Either way, that was one big:

The second mess up was a simple typo. I can back it up. I wrote the Atlanta Falcons' head coach's name as 'Kevin Stevanski' when it's actually 'Kevin Stefanski'. I know that. I've written it the correct way at least two other times in the book. 

My friend suggested it was likely because the V and F are close to each other on the keyboard. That's a fair excuse. Still, it's an embarrassing:

At least I haven't written 'San Francisco ho' as I did last year.