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That has to be the tweet of the day right there.

ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk And now perhaps we know why the Falcons and Browns got a slap on the wrist. Sets a recent precedent for the Patriots.

Thanks for the heads up at the end. I don't usually hold grudges, and I'm a pretty reasonable guy, but I really can't stand Rodak.

Dan Carpenter?

So this is the reader's thread, do we really need to use spoiler tags? Makes for some difficult discussion. I'll do it this time, but... With regard to Jon's fate, the one thing we don't know yet is: The reason for the above is the Prologue to Book 5, which shows one of the wildlings doing that himself (except for the return part). Seemed like a strong foreshadowing. The only problem with this is that the TV show hasn't provided any hint the Jon could do this with Ghost, whereas in the book it seemed like a possibility.

Regardless of how good this guy is, I want the Bills to sign him just to make Rodak look like the big ass that he is.

Dan Carpenter?

One thing that confused me is that LF and Sansa were down in the crypts...below Winterfell? Are they already in Winterfell? I thought they were still at Moat Cailin? Who knows if killing off Barristan is something GRRM was planning or just the whim of the TV guys...especially since there is no Strong Belwas, and the storyline has already gone away from the books a bit.

Ian Rapoport @RapSheet The #Bills will sign versatile DL Alex Carrington to a one-year deal, source said. He’s visiting today, played there from 2010-2013.

"13. I think the Patriots’ draft will be blindly praised because that’s the standard protocol for analyzing any Patriots draft. I also think it’s hard to understand how the Patriots could go defense with all four of their Thursday/Friday selections and yet manage to avoid addressing their glaring need at cornerback." I like this guy already.

The oddest part about the Polian view is that he spent quite a bit of effort towards the end of the draft debating why it was perfectly fine that the Browns didn't draft a QB. He talked at length about how it was a sound philosophy for them to build a strong running team while they wait next time for the franchise QB. Weird.

I can't imagine anything going wrong there.

I wish teams would stop being so infatuated with black jerseys. I mean, those are ridiculous.

I think I'd be on board with this. With the way things are shaking out in the AFC East, we need some beasts on the OL.

Seriously, I'm already trying to figure out which game it will be this year. And just remember, if you see some dude at the Ralph wearing a #2 Carpenter jersey, come say hi cause it could only be me!

Me too. I think that he just needs to fire the ball, forget about placing it like he seemed to be doing.

Funny but related story. This past holiday season, my mother-in-law (who lives in Illinois) was asking if there were any particular gifts I was interested in. I thought that was really nice of her, and I figured it would be reasonable to suggest a Sabres t-shirt from the online store, since I didn't have one. So I picked out three different ones, emailed her with the links to all three numbered #1, #2, and #3, and said I'd be interested in any of them, but the one I liked most was #2. Despite me thinking this was pretty simple and explicit (pick one, click the link, you're done), somehow my mother-in-law only chose to read a few select words from the email and had it in her mind that I would only be interested in Buffalo Bills gear, completely ignoring whoever these "Sabres" are. And links? What links? She figured I must be talking about a Buffalo Bills jersey, and I mentioned the #2, so that must be what I want. So yeah, I opened up the gift to reveal a brand new Dan Carpenter #2 Buffalo Bills jersey. It took me a while to figure out what the story was and why I was looking at a kicker's jersey, but once we pieced it together it was hilarious. We still get a big laugh out of it. I'm wondering if I'm the only one with a Carpenter jersey. I wonder if someone told Dan that somebody bought his jersey. Either way, I can't wait to wear it to a game.

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That pick-6 against Brady was one of the most electric plays I can recall in the past 10 years. 70,000 people were collectively orgasming simultaneously. I'll always remember that one.

I would support this, if we can make it work cap-wise and don't give up too much in return.

Jesus, it's like I'm swimming in Kool-Aid right now. I can't get enough of this ****.

Good luck to you as well. Should be pretty quiet around here until Friday.

Who knew we could glean so much information from a few comments after the first minicamp practice of the season.

Never too late to get started, my friend. Trust me. *Sigh* such is my life...

The North will never rally behind the Boltons the way they would for the Starks. That is why Roose wants to wed Sansa to Ramsay. However, it seems that LF is probably planning to subvert that alliance via Sansa getting her revenge (not sure how yet) and rallying the North, so they can partner with the Eyrie to control the North and be a powerful force. That's my guess, at least.