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The quote in this article sums up my feelings about Mario Williams: Brian Galliford of Buffalo Rumblings told us last month that Williams is still an elite player -- when he is invested: "The book on Williams is the same as when he was a free agent prior to the 2012 season: when he wants to be great, he's great. He just doesn't turn on the juice as often as he could, and as a result, he's often invisible for long stretches. But when he's invested, and buys into a team and a scheme, he can still play at an elite level." I feel this was so true about Mario even in his best years. I think he could have been on a level with Bruce if there had been a consistent fire in his belly. I'm ok with him being released, despite the talent, his poisonous attitude had to go.

Oy. At least we know that none of that $53 million is owed to singing instructors. Even the studio tricks can't fix him completely

LOL, no argument from me! But that video you posted, his individual performance is crap. Maybe he just needs his production studio to help him sound like a real singer/rapper.

Wow. He's terrible. Besides that song being a token, vanilla rap/hip hop song, the guy can't even sing and can barely work his way through a rap. Never bothered with Kanye because of he just looks like a talentless jerk so thanks for posting this because it shows I guessed right.

Why do you say the Giants defense was "completely unprepared" for the play before the refs stopped for replay? I can't agree with this assessment. They weren't scrambling wildly to get lined up, they were only rushing two who were both in position but one hadn't got down into stance yet. The 8 defensemen in that picture seemed pretty well lined up waiting for Kelly to start his cadence. After the refs checked replay, the Bills were in a completely different formation but so it's reasonable to say they ran a different play because of the stoppage but it's purely speculative to say it actually changed the outcome of the game. As a 46 year old lifelong Bills fan, I have no trouble accepting this.

Don't get me wrong, they took a picture of it because it looked like ni**er. They either used the "l" or the "1" from the original phrase to make the "i". Just emphasizing that the kids didn't show up at school intending to spell that word.

The refs took 25 seconds to stop the clock, review, and start it again (2:40 of the video to 3:05). Giants didn't even get a water boy on the field. Not much of a breather. The refs probably didn't have a good sight angle on McKellar to say if the ball touched the ground so they quickly checked with the upstairs booth. It was a close superbowl so they wanted to make sure they were right. I personally feel you're on a lame excuse crusade here. Much ado about nothing, but that's just my take.

Not sure who started it. In the first 5 seconds of the TMZ video, you see a guy throwing a punch just before they red arrow McCoy. I thought that maybe McCoy went after this guy but he instead walked over with him to the main fracas. It also appears (though difficult to say) that after the girl in the white sweater kind of pulled McCoy back that he went around the ice bucket and back in to the fray and threw a big kick before getting pulled into the ice bucket but again, tough to say for sure. Doesn't look good for McCoy though. Dumb ass.

Well, reports say the cops ordered 4 bottles. Porter grabbed the fourth one and that's when things got interesting.

Not surprised you feel a kinship to him. Any cop that really wanted to DO THEIR JOB could pull over everyone going 1 mile over the speed limit but most here in Ohio wait until at least 10 over. The context of the situation didn't matter to him, nor do I suspect it's worth discussing with you.

I don't like generalizing about a group of people, but when it comes to policemen approaching me I expect repulsive behavior and hope for them to surprise me. Generally the good cops are off doing their duty which never involves me unless it's a speeding ticket! But if they're coming up to me for no obvious reason, chances are some form of harassment is soon to ensue. One balanced set of experiences: I used to take my hunting dog to a town parking lot at night to throw a ball for her. I never did it if there were any cars or people around, but 20-30 minutes of retrieval sprinting was worth a couple hours of walking and the asphalt sanded her nails down nicely! Well of course some cop happens by and comes over and reads me the riot act about every little statute and ordinance I might be breaking and makes me leave. A few weeks later I'm exercising her again and here comes the cop car, this time the guy is asking me what type of dog she is, telling me about his husky, out of his car and petting my dog. I made sure to compliment his approach to his job and mentioned the behavior of one of his coworkers. He gave me a sigh and knowing nod and apologized for it. So, I don't hate policemen but I've had enough negative experiences to plan for the worst and hope for the best.

Oh, if Shady were the devil he wouldn't have left it in someone's sternum, rather opposed and south of there I think.

Critical piece of info and answers my top question without having to look it up, thanks. From the link: McCoy, 27, now with the Buffalo Bills, former San Diego Chargers running back Curtis Brinkley, 30, former University of Pittsburgh player Tamarcus Porter, 27, and Christopher Henderson, 26 Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160209_LeSean_McCoy_eyed_in_assault_2_off-duty_Philly_cops.html#FrSbkD4B9QKYTzAF.99 so a bunch of former college/NFL players and McCoy over a fourth bottle of champagne the officers ordered that Porter felt they were entitled to. I do agree that McCoy seems like a real ass at times, and he's exactly the type that wouldn't stand with his friends in this type of situation.

From that article: "Today, anyone who has watched a sports game will be familiar with a barrage of reminders that this “telecast is copyrighted,” even though such formalities are no longer required under the law. But in that first Super Bowl, it’s unlikely the broadcasters thought to do that–especially as Congress didn’t extend copyright to live sports broadcasts until 1976." Thanks for the article, precisely what I wondered about.

There's no proof that's going to solve anything and the growing awareness of CTE in rugby and Aussie football hints that it won't. I read an article about Snake's condition and he was showing signs of it at least the last few years, according to his girlfriend. Just didn't get a lot of press. There's no proof CTE is going to be found in every player's brain. Preliminary diagnosis while living is based on cognitive/neurological deficits/disorders. Personally, I suspect some are more vulnerable than others.

Good God, people need to get a grip. http://datab.us/CRdaeFxuE-U#"I'AMNOT A RACIST": Arizona Student In "N*GGER PHOTO"...SPEAKS OUT!! Even the press is out of line, claiming they were spelling n*gger. They were spelling nl**er, with that being a small "L" not an i. From the article: Those girls were part of a senior class photo that spelled out the message "The Best You've Ever Seen Class of 2016" with letters printed on their shirts. the photo used asterisks to separate the words. After the photo was taken, the Tempe Union High School District said the six girls arranged their shirts to spell "Ni**er". They were probably standing around talking and someone realized there was a goof to be had. I'm sure most or all of them never intended to have it posted online. Mildly humorous and very poor taste. Bunch of high school kids that didn't think about the larger implications. Gee that NEVER happens in high school. Let's lynch 'em! If anyone should be expelled it should be the kid who posted it online.

That would be the only potential loophole Haupt could look into. Was a sufficient broadcast copyright in place at the time? Otherwise, it's property of the league and Haupt should have taken the 30k.

I agree with everything you're saying here, especially that players pushed themselves to play through it as much or more than the team. But I would honestly say it's inconclusive at WORST right now. From what I can gather, the biggest concern WRT CTE is sustaining an additional concussion(s) before the original effects have healed completely. And having this scenario play out multiple times. The sub-concussive assertions are still highly speculative IMO since concussions were poorly defined and reported until now. The truth is that this is a new and rapidly evolving area of research. And that's because what constitutes a concussion was never clearly defined until now and more importantly, the need to assess and let even the mild ones heal was never widely done until now. So in 20 years or so, we might be able to see if the new treatment protocols have a positive effect on CTE. WRT the NFL, I don't believe in some evil conspiracy, just that the league mostly ignored and was unsupportive of the research until enough of it was gathered and a critical mass obtained. Why would they support early efforts? It didn't make any business sense to do so. But now it does and they will take every precaution they can. I do believe susceptibility to concussions and CTE is variable, but it's been clearly defined in a subset of NFL players and I have no doubt rugby and Aussie football will be following suit. Until studies against the general population can be done and we get a better handle on avoiding CTE, extra caution is a good thing.

Maybe. But the total number in 2015 is very comparable to 2012, the first year official records were kept. So IMO you can't rule out it was just simply more concussions than the previous 2 years. Even before the movie the truth is out, the NFL can't hide from it any longer so I have to believe they will take every preventative step possible based on current research or be found liable. We do need a good 6 years more data to have a decent baseline establishing normal variability of occurences. This is all still evolving. Concussion protocol requires reporting of any positive diagnosis. http://images.nflplayers.com/mediaResources/lyris/pdfs/NFL_Diagnosis_Mgmt_Concussion.pdf

Current XP rules except that: Teams have to go for two in the first half, their choice in the second half. Bonus just for poops and giggles: drop kick is worth 2 points all game and must be kicked 9 yards behind the line of scrimmage instead of 7.

Well, that's a F'in mess! But, it would kind of ruin her defense of not handling any classified emails on her server. As you said, she's not smart enough. Though it would be entertaining to watch her try. Kind of like the bug zapper on a summer night.

But can she, without proper permission, declassify info that's already been classified by the department of defense?

C'mon now, they just opened another window and did both. Yes, and it set Trump up nicely too!

Went and saw the Benghazi movie, "13 hours" yesterday. Good movie, Obviously a Black Hawk Down, American Sniper type of movie. Definitely stayed apolitical but Bay did a great job of indirectly highlighting that no air support was ever given and that there was a drone monitoring most of the proceedings. Definitely makes one wonder who was watching and why the non decision for air support? Really a shame the administration botched the situation both before and after the attack. Obama, Hillary & co. casting it as a protest gone wrong was just shameful.

I agree with you, why pay $1500 if it doesn't significantly help? Here's a better article with a video near the bottom comparing the motion of VICIS vs a traditional helmet: http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-vicis-football-helmet/ Here's an older study comparing different generations of Riddell helmets, so it is possible to achieve a reduction: http://www.momsteam.com/health-safety/football-helmets-reduce-concussion-risk-study-says Personally, I doubt concussions can ever be eliminated with equipment but good equipment and good rules + enforcement may cut concussions dramatically. This area of research is just catching steam with the HITS sensor, so we'll see.