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Good move for Doug's career. He's the only HC candidate on that staff. He'll be the 2016 HC.

That 17 page topic with 300 replies is sure INconspicuous.

I thought they deflated them at half.

While I think Luck has been crowned a little prematurely, I think that if football had an EWA (Estimate Wins Added) stat, Luck would be top 6 in that category. Without Luck, the Colts probably barely split with the Jags and Titans.

The backtrack is hilarious. "My tweet had nothing to do with the most publicized movie and story of the last month." Can't wait for the, "people who draw pictures of Mohammed are cowards, my tweet had nothing to do with Charlie Hebdo," tweets.

Bob Kravitz ‏@bkravitz 9m9 minutes ago Breaking: A league source tells me the NFL is investigating the possibility the Patriots deflated footballs Sunday night. More to come. Bob Kravitz ‏@bkravitz 8m8 minutes ago I'm told at one point the officials took a ball out of play and weighed it. Should hear more tomorrow on this subject.

Agents help him save money?

Again, you're pointing out a contradiction I haven't seen. Are the same posters who think Marrone did the smart thing, the same ones who are bashing EJ for this? If not, why point out a contradiction that doesn't exist? Better yet, why take 2 different opinions and paint a large group of posters with them? This guy has his own, probably foolish, reasons to call EJ a POS. That doesn't mean he's contradicted himself.

I don't think that's the rule in the NFL, actually. It's a dead ball.

Did the poster you're referring to make both of those statements? Seems pretty weird to point out a contradiction if the contradiction hasn't been made.

Why slide there? Bad move.

That was Rodgers, Wilson was # 3, I believe.

Wilson is melting down.

"Blindside hit." What a call.

Good post Dean, but 3 point shots are the lowest percentage. Clearly the opposing team couldn't stop them in the paint, so shooting low percentage shots and "practicing" them makes sense. Slow up at 20 points? The game is still in reach at that point. I get what you are saying. But the opposing team scored 2 points. 2. I guess you could try more to not run up the score, but the other team has to do something. Stop full court press at half and they still only get a point? Against backups who are up 100 points, playing, I assume, soft D? This game could've been 90-2, 110-2, 150-2. It's still a blowout if the other team doesn't score. And the points scored weren't gonna matter. IMO, if the backups dropped 60 on them, and let up 1, there's no amount of creativity that could've helped the losers. Gug, these kids are teenagers in high school, not 10 year olds. They've already learned those lessons.

You're totally right, I completely forgot about layups, I was thinking jumpers. I don't think I was ever on the winning side of a match like this. Got a quick question for you BB. Let's say all those things you suggested occur. What do you think the final score would be? 120 - 10? Maybe 110-20? At that point, what is the difference? Is a 100 point loss really better than a 160 point loss?

John, I don't know if anyone thinks Kromer is irredeemable, only that he made a major mistake. You're right though. Everyone makes mistakes. He can come back from this.

Having your team shoot lefty is like someone boxing with an arm behind his back. If a team had done something like that to my team in my day, the benches would've been cleared. No greater show of disrespect than someone handicapping themselves for you. They sat their starters, and tried to possess the ball as long as possible to end the game. The refs should've mercy ruled the game at half, IMO My thoughts exactly. Like rubbing salt in the wound. Might as well have had the players put on blindfolds.

Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but I'd rather get blown out by a team actually playing basketball, instead of a team who doesn't respect me enough to not handicap themselves. Or doesn't respect me so much that they turn the game into a goofy practice.

The NFL is well known for being an organization where only the best get jobs.

Has anyone ever liked an OC in the history of football?

That's pretty much how I feel. I can see how having ambiguous genitalia would confuse a person. But the chromosomes are all that matter, sexual characteristics do not.

He tried to get a running clock in the third, officials said no. He made his players stop shooting until the shot clock almost expired. What is he supposed to do? Tell his team to turn it over and give them easy lanes to the basket? This would've gotten chippy in my day, too.

What abnormalities are you talking about? Hermaphrodites have Y chromosomes always. But let's say we're talking about physical characteristics. Turner's syndrome sufferers are clearly women. Those with Klinefelter's are clearly men. You see, something so vague as a "sex chromosome abnormality" can mean just about anything. With Barr bodies, sex chromosome abnormalities may not even have an effect on a woman.

He was in the NFL when EJ was his QB. So was Cutler.