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Kendall Gaskins makes the team, and in the season opener he meets Spikes in the hole and elbows him so hard in the head that it comes clean off Brandon's shoulders and rolls across the field leaving a bloody wake. Gaskins then taunts Spikes' lifeless body as they haul it off the field. Normally one to frown on such antics, in this instance I somehow find it in my heart to look the other way... and when no one is looking, I even smile to myself a little in the face of this "tragedy" as I feel an unexpected sense of justice and satisfaction.

DUDE, did you put Tiger Balm in my jock?!?! Man, I would never... okay, maybe a little bit.

Easy to forget how good we had it. Kelley was a perfect example of someone who could cover a team in good times and bad, and was not afraid to deliver criticism, sometimes pointedly and vehemently, but had the credibility to back it up. He was also a talented writer, the likes of which is unfortunately quickly becoming extinct in this "instant gratification" society we live in.

I think you have to have a soul to shed tears. It probably started to rain, his face got wet, and the imbecile thought he was crying. Was it a clumsy reference to MW's Instagram of Hernandez? http://blacksportsonline.com/home/2013/06/mario-williams-mocks-aaron-hernandezs-love-of-guns-via-instagram-photo/

The interesting thing about this piece is the degree of inside information. Given everything that has happened over the last several weeks, all of the useful information has been from non-local sources, while all of the tabloid pieces have been TBN and the like. Anyone else get the feeling that the locals have bitten the hand that feeds one too many times, and some of their testiness is a reflection of their dwindling access? You could put Marrone's "blowup (hardly)" in the context of one final shot across the bow.

I just saw Jerry Sullivan crying like a little schoolgirl after Mario gave him an atomic wedgie as coach Marrone pointed and laughed!! Who's the drama king now, BEEOTCH!!

That's too bad. Haynesworth and Suh were looking forward to endorsement deals.

Am I missing something? Are there people trying to answer this seriously? And... are there other people who are actually somehow bothered by it? Oy Vey!

So, since '94, my Bills #32 jersey seems to have lost its mojo... think I'll start rocking the Patriots #81 for a while. Maybe kill two birds with one stone. Sorry. Poor choice of idioms.

People must have loved you when "The Sixth Sense" came out, huh?

Less than 35% of TBD calling for his job head job head job at the end of the season. (We are not that angry of a mob, are we?)

When did TG change his headshot?

My take by description of the event without the benefit of seeing it, most likely thing is it's a day to day sprain. Likely to heal quickly, but can't practice on it and risk further injury. Kolb probably knew it the moment it happened, and threw his helmet in disgust because the praise he's given EJ over the last few days is not lip service. He knows any advantage he has over Manuel because of his experience is tenuous. Kolb, by reports, had his best day of practice yesterday, and any momentum that he he'd gained is now probably lost. I'm sure he realizes he is not the favorite in this close QB competition, and regardless of what he says, I'm sure it's weighing on him. If it was something he could practice through without risk of further injury, I'd hope someone in his situation would work through it. If not, there is no actual competition.

TBD lightning rod.

Maybe Astro IS your dad. I know... right? Mind. Blown.

Did I miss something? When has Sullenman ever written anything that was actually about football, or sports at all, for that matter? I thought he only produced poorly written opinion pieces that, while attempting to elevate himself above both the subject and the reader by way of relentless unqualified criticism, only serve to highlight his contempt for people in general and his utter lack of professional achievement. Sports in general just happen to be a convenient vehicle to allow him to continue to bang that drum.

How does it feel to be interviewed by man-sausage royalty?

<Insert gratuitous Rex Ryan joke here>

I'd settle for the Pinstripe Bowl at this point.

From a modern era championship standpoint, IIRC, they're actually a lateral factory of sadness (you need to go back to the 1948 Indians). Taking into consideration the NBA, NHL and MLB, they're a proportionately larger factory, but with more opportunity to bust that goose egg.

And a B word ain't one... probably because we spend too much time on a message board. Are you suggesting that in addition to being their shill, they make him do a funny dance?

He'll forever be remembered as the player who ended Favre's streak, and that's about it. And, yes... upon re-reading, it is an odd thread.

Good thing AVP isn't still here. They didn't call him Pil for nothing.

Bringing it a bit closer to home, Talley was listed at 6'4" 235 lbs and Bennett 6'3" 240, and while it was a bit of a different game in the late 80s early 90s, it wasn't that different.

With a dash of abysmal coaching for good measure.