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Always hoping we find the diamond in the rough, but this guy fooled 32 teams for 7 rounds if he’s an undercover superstar. His stats don’t pop, his combine measurements don’t particularly impress, but I’m still rooting for him. Hell, Dawson Knox had comparatively few reps at TE and still had a highlight reel hype video when he was coming out.

I used to confuse him with Dennis Green because I felt they both were good coaches who never were able to get the staff they really deserved.

We can expect the same "answer" and "accountability" that the government has had for the past two years: "It's over. Why dwell on the past? Moving forward."

All I do is stag stag stagnate no matter what...

I remember after a few seasons of play with Buffalo being way too easy, I chose the Pats with their newly redone uniforms in I think Madden 94 because I felt bad for them. I thought the flying Elvis logo and colors were an improvement over the old Colonial Williamsburg employee uniform. Honestly, I think that if New England wasn't constantly embroiled in scandal while we had our statistical anomaly of a drought, we wouldn't hate them quite as much. It lent a bit of credence to the idea that maybe our team wasn't so spectacularly poorly run. If Brady wasn't so smarmy and whiney, maybe we'd respect him like Payton Manning or Aaron Rodgers. If Belichick wasn't trying to do his impression of Walter Matthau in Grumpy Old Men every press conference, we might have begrudgingly respected him like Bill Parcells or Don Shula.

If can pull down Mia Khalifa to come hang out, I’m sure he could have found someone willing.

Then to a water park 🤣

Aaron Donald said that he'd play again if they can "run it back." He seemed to know then that LA wasn't keeping the band together and I assumed he was giving himself an out for his retirement talk he alluded to the whole playoffs.

More than Watson, I feel the NFL needs to drop the hammer on the Browns. They were aware of the numerous allegations. They manipulated his contract in anticipation of him being suspended so they'll only take $1M cap hit. I'd suspend him for two seasons at a minimum just to make an example to other teams. And those other teams already are angry with the Haslems for making the seemingly least deserving player the first to have his contract guaranteed.

They all smoke weed too but all but a few can figure out how to work the system. I get the feeling the same happens with PEDs.

He's got to say that or he's a bad teammate.

Like I said, it won't be the last Fitz thread.

Tom Brady has a doctor who isn't a PhD. His TB12 system made Edelman pop for PEDs. Alex Guerrero went from checkered past "alternative medicine" nut to the fixer for players looking to play past their prime (mostly current and former Patriots players). He's playing longer than anyone has played before. I'm sure there's nothing suspicious about it.

How about this trip down memory lane? Every day is confirmation that we picked the right Josh

If you grease the tour guide's palms, they'll let you try to slide down the handrail in the 300s.

If I was Arizona, I would do it in a heartbeat. Ravens letting Lamar twist in the wind despite being their presumptive franchise QB who has delivered more than Murray. Take the hail mary out of his resume and what has Murray done? Has Murray done charitable work? Did he humbly sign autographs for opposing fans after the biggest defeat of his career? Murray was publicly demanding an extension before he was actually able to do so, Lamar was a league MVP. Murray is rumored to be selfish and immature. Which is to be expected for his age, but not for his position. If we're calling their physical talents equal (exceptional runner, middling passer) then the tie breaker would be experience and locker room presence.

I love that we didn't bother to fix the spelling of his name because he's not worth it. Personally, I would change every mention to "Not James Cook."

If Beane was truly reckless with the cap, he would have freed up space for Bradberry. Could you imagine Tre White bring free to take his time coming back to be the cherry on top of our defense? It would have wrecked the league before it even had the chance to check itself. And you must give one the sporting chance to check oneself before allowing themselves to wreck themself. It is only good manners.

It's cute that you guys believe that the Deflator is personally tweeting and it's not the social media arm of his PR team.

For those who forgot their own chosen narrative, Kaepernick was benched for Blaine Gabbert in the preseason before his crusade. He didn't dress and sat on the bench for the national anthem during the second preseason game. No one noticed. He did it again in the third preseason game. The media noticed the second time. The final preseason game is when he knelt for the first time. He only became a crusader when he was called out for poor sportsmanship and a bad look for a former franchise QB. Suddenly, there was bigger fish to fry. Now that he had free time, he literally couldn't stand for something that had been apparently nagging him forever. He can believe what he wants, he's entitled to it. But your cause may not be a backpedal.

My wife worked for US Airways. She explained it to me this way. Every time you fly, chances are you're paying the most anyone has ever paid for a ticket. But you have to go, so you deal. You are given the 3rd degree by a TSA agent who is rude to you because after the 10,000th time explaining, one can't be courteous. To make sure you don't miss the flight, you showed up 2 hours early. Now the flight is delayed so you're bored and irritated. Post Covid, almost all delays are because of manpower. The ground crew cleaning the plane you're waiting for has to do twice as much work for same pay because a large portion quit during covid. The pay is usually around minimum wage because now airlines bid for contracts with airports, so they allocate the absolute minimum. And the kicker is they've found that they can still function with an overworked bare bones staff so instead of it being temporary, it's the new "streamlined business model" for increased profits. They might get complaints but what are you gonna do? Drive to FL? So the customers are stressed, the employees are stressed, and surrounded by security officers who don't joke around because there are literally signs telling you not to. You're in sky jail. It's no wonder there are so many incidents. Pile on top of that people who are nervous fliers, babies, mask mandates, and emotional support ostriches, it's so easy to revert to fight or flight mode. Not an excuse, just an attempt at an explanation. But I have to wonder what was going through their heads. They're at the ticket counter. He hasn't got any baggage near him in the video. He hasn't been through security yet. And the moment you square up on an employee before you hope to utilize their services is an interesting logic. Like sucker punching your cab driver and then telling them "Take me to Applebees!" Probably not going to get there. The employee is the worse of the two. He can call security. He doesn't have to dirty his hands at all. Yet goes the extra sky mile and love taps this guy in much better shape than him. Both will learn that when you're at an airport, you can be charged in federal court.

Forgive me for not believing that he’s suddenly sincere. The guy who is known for being a career sore loser. The one who retired for his wife and kids only to come back a month later. He’s in branding/legacy mode. His PR team most likely emphasized social media and self deprecation to make his image more likable. His roast is merely to promote the products of his production company. As much as I personally dislike him, he is not stupid. He has the best people giving him the best advice. He will do as told.

Is Edelman's beard what it looks like when TB12 makes you pop for PEDs? Of course it's prescribed by a doctor? Reminds me to add Just for Men to the grocery list.