KD in CA Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 What is with this double standard? When OJ was accused of murder there were jokes from day 1. Now suddenly no one can speak their opinions about Hernandez (even separate from the charges) without being criticized. I didn't know Bellicheat had such a far reach. Welcome to our new 'zero tolerance' world, where six year olds get suspended from school for biting their poptart into the shape of a gun.
Heitz Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Or how bout the NFL's golden boy Drew Brees? Little known fact - Brees is actually shooting puppies in this photo... I'd agree that the Grand Theft image was in poor taste, but getting mad because Mario owns guns (and uses, gasp, protection) is just silly. We all knew the guy wanted to come here for the deers! Did they thing he was going to hunt them with his pass rush?
uncle flap Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Didn't Mario post a pic of a gun with a silencer attached on a pillow? That has a completely different meaning - at least to me - than the above pics. True. He did. And in a vacuum, I'd agree with you. But considering everything we know about Mario, I'd place him closer to the Jimbo/Jared Allen/responsible gun owner edge of the spectrum and nowhere near the Aaron Hernandez/dumbass thug category.
Homey D. Clown Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 What else would you expect from the Tim Grahams of the world. We have an endless supply of tools that do nothing but manufacture garbage for a living under the guise of 'news'. truer words have never been spoken my friend....
buffalobillsfansince1918 Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Dumbest topic ever.... Who cares if he made fun of Aaron Hernandez. Who hasn't. He owns guns, this is America isn't it. I know it's slow season or the nfl but c'mon.
marauderswr80 Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 No different then any of us who make or made fun on Hernandez and Patriots....only difference he plays for the Bills and makes lots of money! I dont think he did anything wrong....non issue if you ask me. And I think Tim Graham has too much time on his hands!
BuffaloBill Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 much ado about nothing Not really ... When you are the 100 million dollar man everything you do is subject to scrutiny.
RealityCheck Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 All I care about is what Mario does on game days. Outside of that, I couldn't care less. If he gets caught breaking any laws then that's between him and the bar association.
Coach Tuesday Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 So let me play devil's advocate, since this is a thread full of dudes agreeing with each other and I see it a bit differently. I don't care about the guns. What bugs me is that Mario just seems unfocused to me. To be sure, it's not fair, but as a $100 million man, the so-called cornerstone of the franchise, on a losing team, I'd like him to be focused on, talking about, and thinking about one thing and only one thing - winning games. I just don't get the sense his head is where it should be. I don't want him making jokes about A-Her and video games, I don't want him distracted by lawsuits against his ex, I don't want him pissing off other players blasting music at his locker after losses. I want him eating, sleeping, and humping the Lombardi trophy and nothing else. Tweet a picture of the trophy, if you're gonna be clowing around on Twitter. He should be firing up his teammates to focus on this upcoming season and improving this wretched franchise. Nothing else. And again, it's definitely a double standard. Most players aren't held to that level of scrutiny. But he accepted it when he signed that contract, and I think it's reasonable for the Bills to expect a bit more leadership, and a bit less awkward aloofness out of him. That's just my view. It has nothing to do with being "P.C." or whatnot - I don't really care what his message is; the problem is what his message isn't - it isn't about football, and rarely is with this guy. I want more and better.
Russ 'Em Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Just because the Bills backed the Brinks truck up to his door does not mean he is or has to be the leader of our football team. It is well documented that he is not a rah rah guy even before he signed his contract. The Bills knew that. He was signed because we needed an answer at pass rush, something he's good at, not because we needed leadership. Your right about our team being in the grips of over a decade of no post season play, but shooting guns and poking fun at a division rival retard during one of the only breaks from football he gets a year, is NOT news. Maybe when your done humping your home made lombardi trophy you could deliver it to Mario and talk with him about your concerns.
biglukes Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 So let me play devil's advocate, since this is a thread full of dudes agreeing with each other and I see it a bit differently. I don't care about the guns. What bugs me is that Mario just seems unfocused to me. To be sure, it's not fair, but as a $100 million man, the so-called cornerstone of the franchise, on a losing team, I'd like him to be focused on, talking about, and thinking about one thing and only one thing - winning games. I just don't get the sense his head is where it should be. I don't want him making jokes about A-Her and video games, I don't want him distracted by lawsuits against his ex, I don't want him pissing off other players blasting music at his locker after losses. I want him eating, sleeping, and humping the Lombardi trophy and nothing else. Tweet a picture of the trophy, if you're gonna be clowing around on Twitter. He should be firing up his teammates to focus on this upcoming season and improving this wretched franchise. Nothing else. And again, it's definitely a double standard. Most players aren't held to that level of scrutiny. But he accepted it when he signed that contract, and I think it's reasonable for the Bills to expect a bit more leadership, and a bit less awkward aloofness out of him. That's just my view. It has nothing to do with being "P.C." or whatnot - I don't really care what his message is; the problem is what his message isn't - it isn't about football, and rarely is with this guy. I want more and better. What about the fact that its June and he created a picture that probably took all of 5 minutes to make. He's never given anyone a reason to question his commitment to the team. Yes his job is to play football, but he's also a human being. They are allowed to have other interests and occasionally do other things besides studying the play book and lifting weights.
Coach Tuesday Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 What about the fact that its June and he created a picture that probably took all of 5 minutes to make. He's never given anyone a reason to question his commitment to the team. Yes his job is to play football, but he's also a human being. They are allowed to have other interests and occasionally do other things besides studying the play book and lifting weights. That's definitely the other side of it which I get. But for the amount of $$ they invested in him, I don't want him in the news AT ALL unless he's building playgrounds in inner-city Buffalo or talking about restoring a winning culture. That's it. JMHO.
angryfan62 Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 IMHO, Aaron Hernandez is presently in jail for murdering one, possibly 3 people. If he is found not guilty I suppose that I, Mario, and most folks on this board will owe him a big apology for all of our jokes and negative comments. Until then, I think that "Grand Theft New England" pic is pretty well done and funny as hell and I really don't care if it hurts his feelings.
RussellDopeland Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Who gives a rat's a$$! As long as he's not beating his girlfriend, doing 110 in a 35 mph zone, driving drunk, smoking weed, etc....no big whoop. Anyone who has their panties in a bunch over this needs to chill. Just because he was paid an exorbitant amount of money doesn't mean he's required to spend his free time building hospitals, visiting the troops, or signing autographs at Mighty Taco. He's an adult who has time-off from work- he can do what he damn well pleases (just like the rest of us).
QCity Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 So let me play devil's advocate, since this is a thread full of dudes agreeing with each other and I see it a bit differently. I don't care about the guns. What bugs me is that Mario just seems unfocused to me. To be sure, it's not fair, but as a $100 million man, the so-called cornerstone of the franchise, on a losing team, I'd like him to be focused on, talking about, and thinking about one thing and only one thing - winning games. I just don't get the sense his head is where it should be. I don't want him making jokes about A-Her and video games, I don't want him distracted by lawsuits against his ex, I don't want him pissing off other players blasting music at his locker after losses. I want him eating, sleeping, and humping the Lombardi trophy and nothing else. Tweet a picture of the trophy, if you're gonna be clowing around on Twitter. He should be firing up his teammates to focus on this upcoming season and improving this wretched franchise. Nothing else. And again, it's definitely a double standard. Most players aren't held to that level of scrutiny. But he accepted it when he signed that contract, and I think it's reasonable for the Bills to expect a bit more leadership, and a bit less awkward aloofness out of him. That's just my view. It has nothing to do with being "P.C." or whatnot - I don't really care what his message is; the problem is what his message isn't - it isn't about football, and rarely is with this guy. I want more and better. Did Mario run over your dog?
IDBillzFan Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 When I saw Tim Graham's article about Mario, the first thing that crossed my mind is that Tim is quick to point how Mario shouldn't do this because the NFL is trying to battle in image problem, but never once discusses how the NFL has allowed itself to have this image problem. If the NFL doesn't want to be associated with accused murderers, dopers, etc., then maybe they should find a way to keep teams from drafting this kind of "image problem." But no.
Coach Tuesday Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 Did Mario run over your dog? Yes, that is it. Actually, I just have a different opinion than many of you. I work at a large company and I know that we prefer our highest-ranking employees to project professionalism and leadership. I don't see that from Mario and I'm not sure we ever will.
Lurker Posted June 28, 2013 Author Posted June 28, 2013 we prefer our highest-ranking employees most prolific posters to project professionalism and leadership. I don't see that from Mario TSW and I'm not sure we ever will. Spooky synchronicity, huh?
The Big Cat Posted June 28, 2013 Posted June 28, 2013 When I saw Tim Graham's article about Mario, the first thing that crossed my mind is that Tim is quick to point how Mario shouldn't do this because the NFL is trying to battle in image problem, but never once discusses how the NFL has allowed itself to have this image problem. If the NFL doesn't want to be associated with accused murderers, dopers, etc., then maybe they should find a way to keep teams from drafting this kind of "image problem." But no. You could set a 15 second egg timer when you start reading a TG article, and you'd have well over 10 seconds to go before you've found the logical flaw in whatever tripe he's preaching on that week.
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