John Malkovich is here to hype the Jaguars-Patriots AFC showdown

This is so weird, and SO good.
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Adam Rosenberg
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The best football ads are the weird football ads.

So it was with Electronic Arts' Madden Season debut back in 2014, and so it is now with CBS Sports' "teaser" video for Sunday's AFC Championship match-up between the Jacksonville Jaguars and New England Patriots.

No explanation needed, really. Know only that this weirdness is fueled mostly by John Malkovich, the best "weird dude" actor in Hollywood. Just look at this epic nonsense.

Good job, CBS Sports. More like this, please.

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Adam Rosenberg

Adam Rosenberg is a Senior Games Reporter for Mashable, where he plays all the games. Every single one. From AAA blockbusters to indie darlings to mobile favorites and browser-based oddities, he consumes as much as he can, whenever he can.Adam brings more than a decade of experience working in the space to the Mashable Games team. He previously headed up all games coverage at Digital Trends, and prior to that was a long-time, full-time freelancer, writing for a diverse lineup of outlets that includes Rolling Stone, MTV, G4, Joystiq, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, EGM, 1UP, UGO and others.Born and raised in the beautiful suburbs of New York, Adam has spent his life in and around the city. He's a New York University graduate with a double major in Journalism and Cinema Studios. He's also a certified audio engineer. Currently, Adam resides in Crown Heights with his dog and his partner's two cats. He's a lover of fine food, adorable animals, video games, all things geeky and shiny gadgets.

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